Martha's Vineyard - I Had A Green Heart

The full title of this album is 'I Had A Green Heart But Could Not See ... The Flower Inside'.  Quirky title for a quirky band.  Another hidden pop gem that is not seen often.

Like The Boys, Martha's Vineyard popped out from from Perth (Western Australia) - must be something in the water.  The release before this was a self titled EP cassette.  Note to self - get around to posting this sometime soon!

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The Boys - Inside the Cage (Australia)

This is the second album from this Aussie band.  Well worth a listen if you're taken by their first album.  Real pity that this album has not yet found it's way into an official release.

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The Boys - Self Titled (Australia)

The first thing that strikes you about this album is the cover.  Personally, I would rank it up there with 'Sticky Fingers', 'Sgt Peppers' and 'My Pussy Belongs To Daddy'.  Other than that, the music contained within is pure pop.

The Boys emerged from the outer suburbs of Perth (West Australia) with a killer single 'When You're Lonely'.  The album (and it's follow up) have never been released on ceedee, although there is much web talk that this will one day happen (uh-huh).  Until then, this is the best we can do.  By the way, to avoid confusion, we should also mention that there are/were bands in the US & UK with the same name.

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Schnell Fenster - Ok Alright A Huh Oh Yeah

After the near universal apathy that greeted their first album, Schnell Fenster released "Ok Alright A Huh Oh Yeah" before calling it a day, due to Noel Crombie's tinnitus.

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Schnell Fenster - The Sound of Trees

After the dissolution of Split Enz, Noel Crombie and Phil Judd teamed up again to form Schnell Fenster to produce a little gem of power pop: "The Sound of Trees". Apparently they originally wanted to call themselves: "The Wanx", but settled for Schnell Fenster (which is German for "fast window").

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Kinoco Hotel - Marianne No Koutotsu

More Kinoco Hotel, this time their earlier effort: "Marianne no Koukotsu".


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Kinoco Hotel - Marianne No Yutsu

Kinoco Hotel is a four piece girls band who hark back to the glorious days of 'GS' - Group Sounds scene that occurred in the 60's in Japan in response to the Beatles. Formed in 2007, fronted by Marianne Shinonome (who sings and plays organ) they have become quite popular in Japan both live and on record. This album (which translates to "Marianne's depression") was released in February 2010 and contains eight catchy, infectious retro sounding songs.

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