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Various: Public Service Broadcast 5

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by Mike Diver
The concept is simple, so simple that it's been repeated four times over: take bands at the fringes of the mainstream, regardless of genre; toss them on a compilation CD designed purely to get them attention from the baying hoardes of the music-buying public and the suited-and-booted execs alike; and flog it dirt cheap from a merch stall in some grotty pub or other and through a website. How does number five fare against numbers one through four? It's the best, damnit. The best.

Where to begin? How about with track numero uno. You know Distophia, right? If you don't, after hearing their 'Shrimpboat' you'll want to get everything they've ever committed to record. And rightly so too, since they're all about manic Sebadoh-does-Sparks pop rockin' high jinx. Bravo.

Keep it to yourself, but it gets better - Dive Dive come on like At The Drive-In's wimpy cousins given a shot of pure adrenalin and let loose on a Spanish bull run; Twofold's full-bodied gruff-core makes Hot Water Music sound as tough as a sponge; and Cayto are... are...

There are no words to really describe how great Cayto's 'The Hand Me Down' is. Just listen to it for yourself.

Add Tara Jane O'Neil, Fixit Kid and Dead Or American to the mix, and what do you have? Not even half of a fucking must-buy compilation. Click that link, buy this record, tune in and cop off. See you in volume six...

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  • Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

    Agreed.
    Fantastic record.
    Again.

    Bands that rock on PSB5:
    Distophia
    Dive Dive
    +/-
    The Nothing
    The Betes Noires
    peterwhite | 7 Dec '04, 13:18 | Reply

    • Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

      And Sucioperro.
      StuDiS | 7 Dec '04, 16:12 | Reply

    • Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

      what dive dive song is it?
      waves | 7 Dec '04, 17:10 | Reply

    • Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

      ahh, the website - got it.
      waves | 7 Dec '04, 18:26 | Reply

    • Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

      Twofold song is on the new EP, which is also fucking brilliant. I've been bumming it quite hard for about three or four months now and no one seems to have paid attention. I carry on regardless...
      Effloresce_Sean | 7 Dec '04, 21:07 | Reply

    • Re: Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

      The +/- song is one of the best songs I've heard in a long time! And to think, I jumped straight to it, to see if it was in any way a rip off of Metallica's song of the same name. It's not. It's ace.
      JonnyRockstar | 8 Dec '04, 11:23 | Reply

      • Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

        ...and no time for a bit of shameless plugging, legitimised in part by the fact we Grand Delinquents are on PSB #5:

        A delinquent Xmas Fayre
        This Sunday (12th December)

        Host
        Grand Delinquents
        Alice and the Enemies
        The Rumble Strips
        Polyphonic Man
        Ninki V
        + Piney Gir doing sumfink special, Sami & Cookie singing a special Xmas song, DJ Charlie no.4, Santa Claus, a Xmas assortment of DJs and more stuff than you can wave a stocking at. Oh, and you get a free CD featuring all the bands if you're one of the first 100 folk in.

        Needles Wine Bar, Clipstone Street, nr Great Portland Street. 4pm-late, £6/£5 with a flyer.

        Plugging over. I reckon the PSB series keeps getting better as it goes on - I got all of 'em, but #4 & #5 are particularly strong.
        johndelinquent | 8 Dec '04, 13:41 | Reply

        • Re: Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

          Shame it's this Sunday - you've scheduled it right up against the DiS thingy at the Windmill..
          guntrip | 8 Dec '04, 14:13 | Reply

      • Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

        Yeah, there's tons happening this Sunday all over London, seems to be the designated Alternative Xmas Day.

        Who is this DiS crowd anyway? ;)
        johndelinquent | 8 Dec '04, 14:39 | Reply

      • Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

        Centrifuge stand out on that compilation

        great to see a band (JPL) putting so much into new music. good stuff
        mattjuk | 8 Dec '04, 20:58 | Reply

      • Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

        anyone else reckon the dragonflies draw flame track is fantabulous?
        kernelkrock | 9 Dec '04, 03:36 | Reply

      • Re: Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

        I saw The Nothing the other night - dead good, they where.
        guntrip | 9 Dec '04, 12:46 | Reply

      • Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

        nah, ripping off idlewild too much for my liking.
        Idlewildman | 10 Dec '04, 16:04 | Reply

        • Re: Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

          the guitarist is an arrogant bully as well.
          kernelkrock | 12 Dec '04, 10:05 | Reply

          • Re: Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

            lol, aren't all guitarists?
            Idlewildman | 12 Dec '04, 11:22 | Reply

            • Re: Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

              Check out the longer/better version of this song on +/-'s excellent Holding Patterns EP - available at www.teenbeatrecords.com
              SmalltownAmerica | 13 Dec '04, 20:04 | Reply

            • Re: Various - Public Service Broadcast 5

              As long as we can afford it as a band the nothing are proud to send you a copy of our album for free and post it to you free of charge, which is quite a good deal really.

              Send me a PM on this site or e-mail us at matt.p.street@btinternet.com
              xxxxxxx
              iamnothing | 14 Dec '04, 15:28 | Reply
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