How are things? After all the time I was gone I find it a bit harder to run the blog and the label. Maybe we’ve lost a bit of the attention we used to have? I wonder. Will need to recover our supporters.

Those that keep supporting the label by ordering records and people that leave me comments still on the blog and get in touch through any other social media, I appreciate that. Many have told me nice things, about how they missed the blog for example, and the music recommendations. But things are quieter for sure. Maybe this is good for me, as I need time, but at the same time I miss the attention. I guess it is part of it.

I do have a question for all. I have started planning Cloudberry 1050. I think I may do a 10″. But I wonder about the pricing. Would people be ok to pay $15 plus postage? So, within the US it would be something like $22, and for orders abroad something like $35? I find it expensive but at the same time I understand these are the prices that are normal now. The band and the songs would be more than worth it. What do you think?

Letting Up Despite Great Faults: as I continue going back in time, the months I was away, I keep finding out releases that I missed out that are really good. For example “IV” by the great Austin combo. The album is still available on CD and vinyl, with 10 songs of their trademark upbeat dreampop. I should order this one soon!

Comet Gain: the classic London band released back in December a winter EP titled “Winter Fingers”. It is an interesting release where some forgotten songs are rescued, others are changed, and some others remained unreleased until now. Only digital.

The Terrible Hildas: this superb global indie pop band is back! I don’t know who are the people behind this band. I think I know who Knut may be from Norway, but the rest? Not sure! Anyhow, this group that has members in the US and the UK, released another EP back in October that is ace. Titled “Get Surfing!” it has three songs of catchy pop tunes!

The Caroline’s: this Indonesian band sounds great! Their cassette “On My Way To U” is out now on Paska Records from Surabaya. It is a short one, 4 songs of female fronted jangle pop! The band hails from Bandung and is formed by Eureka, Baiq, Indra and Rizal and that’s all the info I have about them.

Cœur-Joie: “Allumettes au bout des îles” is the name of this French band’s mini-album that is out now on Melotron Recordings. This label is one you can always trust. They know to pick up terribly great jangly bands. This time is no exception. The 7 songs on this record that is available on limited quantities on CD are great.

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There are tons of great discoveries on the stoneeyedkiller Youtube channel. It’s been a while since I listen to any of the songs uploaded there. Hard to pick one, but let’s start with the US band Nag Nag Nag.

The song uploaded is called “Winona Westcott” and it is a superb jangly track. So of course I wonder, are there more songs? And the answer is yes. They are on Soundcloud. Someone called Clarke Moore has uploaded 17 songs by Nag Nag Nag.

The songs vary in their style. Some are rockier and others are jangly. They are part of an album called “7 Too Many”. Not sure if it was released like that or was put together for digital with this name. The album dates from 1992 but was released in 1993 and includes these songs: “Intro”, “Voodoo Doll”, “You’re On”, “Winona Westcott”, “Sophia’s Song”, “Chara”, “Mr. Lee”, “Get Well Party”, “Autumn Leaves”, “Sex with my TV”, “Bad Mood”, “Interference”, “Mr. Happy”, “Cheerleader”, “Trouble in Mind”, “Pus” and “Mosquitoes”.

Some info is available too. All of the songs were recorded during the summer of 1992 at the Slaughterhouse in Hadley, Massachusetts and also at the OSB Underground in Springfield.  There is a photo of the band where we find the names of the band members, Anthony Westcott, Paul Pelis, Ari Vais and Brian Osley.

Thanks to these names I find out that Anthony lives now in Atlanta. He has a Soundcloud were there’s a song called “I Want” by Bespectacalia. The interesting bit here is that this band was formed by Anthony, Paul and Brian. The sound is a bit harder than Nag Nag Nag, so not my cup of tea, but still, pretty interesting to see how they evolved.

I keep looking for more connections. I find that Ari Vais and Paul Pelis were in a band called Humbert that was based in Northampton, MA. They have a Bandcamp.

So that’s that. All I could find. Would be nice to know if the band released anything on physical format…

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Nag Nag Nag – Winona Westcott