August 2008
The Archives
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08.22.08THE WHEELIESThe Wheelies formed in the summer of 1994 when 4 childhood friends perhaps foolishly decided to try their hand at making music. The original line-up - Thomas Slight (lead guitar), Steven "Smally" Small (vox), Ali Wright (bass) and Craig "Moppy" Moyes (rhythm guitar, bongos, black bullets and whistling) were originally from Fife, but began recording and writing when they moved to Edinburgh after leaving school. The band name was chosen by Thomas in a rare moment of creative inspiration after a TV programme from their childhood called "Chorlton & The Wheelies".During the winter of 1994, while living a life of beatific depravity at Edinburgh's West Preston Street, ...
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08.19.08Review: BECKY N – Two Wheels EPBECKY N: Two Wheels EPBefore I tell you why I love this little record and why you will love this little record, let's get the lo-fi issue out of the way. Many years from now with a daisy-chain of shining records behind her, Becky N's swelling army of admirers are going to follow it back to where it all began and dig up "Two Wheels". An accidental collection of four songs recorded on either side of the planet by a poet with a portable microphone tied to her hair, this record electronically crackles and hisses with 21st century basement bootleg distortion ...
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08.15.08BECKY N – Two Wheels EPOut Today! As promised here's something pretty fucking cool & then some for your weekend. Quixodelic Records is proud to present the latest in its short-line of collective musical adventurers, BECKY N and her debut TWO WHEELS EP. Fans of the Daydream Generation compilations might be familiar with the songs, but thanks to our resident gangsta engineer Bubbasmooth, they've been given a bit of an audio shoe-shine. While I continue to try and fathom why so many people (including myself) love Becky's songs so much, you can download it for FREE from the STORE link at the top of the site & hear ...
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08.15.08One Man’s Strawberry Fields Is Another Man’s PiggiesJust a quick mid-monthly note to let all you daydreamers and watchers of daydreamers and bots and whatnot know what the fuck is going on at The Daydream Generation right now.Of course I don't have to tell you again that we've taken the giant leap from distribution channel mining to a full-blown quixodelic collective with our very own quixodelic download label like a seed in the virtual ground. If you water it, it may grow. But then I said the same about the forum and look what happened to that. Ask me again in 3 years and I'll tell you ...