Rough Trade Publishing turns fifteen this year, and celebrates this anniversary with a double-disc compilation record.
Sweet Fifteen is to be released on September 18, with each disc featuring sixteen bands that have seen their wares go through the RTP machine sometime over the past - d'uh - fifteen years.
Acts contributing tracks include The Futureheads, Trumans Water, Violent Femmes, Snuff, Le Tigre (pictured), Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Wrens and Animal Collective. And LOADS more, obviously.
In semi-related news, look out for an Animal Collective-related announcement, excitingly involving DiS, really soon.
Wut no Carter USM?
Indie revisionists.
Yes
and I'm revising for my Indie exams
First question, where do S*M*A*S*H hail from?
What what what?
I hope Jakobinarina make the final cut.
Welwyn Garden City!
Innit?
Unfortunately
yes
Do I win a NWONW themed prize?
Yes
Conclusive proof from Bamos!
I have a towel used by Julian from These Animal Men you're welcome to?
Result!
Although I was looking for the first Blubber single and a drum skin from Blessed Ethel, so if you have them I'll take them instead. Thanks.
I only have
Utopia and a signed Done Lying Down ticket, sorry.
I believe
Meanwhile, back in Communist Russia... are also on this compilation.
Yes.
Indeed they are. Acid Drops I believe.
MMMM
I really liked that 'Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before' Rough Trade thing.
But only because it was about a fiver.
Snuff!!?!?
What the fuck have they put the poor mans Rancid on there for? This is - lets not forget - a side-project involving more or less the same people as behind Guns and Wankers and Dogpiss, two bands with names more or less summing up their output.
Guns and Wankers
were ace, as were Your Mum. I'd take Snuff over any of those twee-rock chancers.