GREAT Power Pop Tracks Currently NOT on Spotify

Hey there, my Spotify Power Pop Playlist is approaching 700 tracks. Here's a smattering of tracks I went looking for but could not find them on Spot currently. Happy listening!

700 GREAT Power Pop Songs: 1970-2010 (Roughly)

American Pop Punk! (Again Mostly from the 1990's)

There is some overlap here with the late 80s and early 00s. Not every band on here claims to be "Pop Punk" or even "Punk" for that matter, but I think you'll find most of these songs fit the bill. Oh, and there might be a few Canadian bands represented...

Alt-Country (or whatever you want to call it) *Mostly* from the 90's

Hey there, Last month's trip down the Southern Rawk trail, led me to this month's "Alt-Country" bender. I've been on a *mostly* 90's Alt-Country kick over the last couple weeks, which led to this 229 track (and counting) playlist. I tried not to double up artists unless there were separate song-writers in the band (IE: Uncle Tupelo). Not all the artists here would be considered "Alt-Country" but I think these all fit (there might be a few strays). This is a work in progress, as I'm still adding to it. If you are up for it take a look at the playlist and feel free to recommend any artist or track I may have missed. I'm especially looking for tracks by artists who aren't associated with the genre. Much like Frank Black's wonderful duet with Marty Brown, "Dirty Old Town".

Happy Listening!

Southern Rawk!

I've been feeling nostalgic for one of the most popular sub-genres of Rock in my neck of the woods (The South). I know Southern Rock is not everyone's cuppa, but there are some really great tunes out there if you give it a chance.

Disco Didn't Necessarily Suck!

Grunge Revisited Vol. 2

Another 25 tracks a few artists doubled up from Vol.1. It clocks in at a little less than 85 minutes. Happy Listening!

Grunge Revisited!

"Grunge". If you lived through the 90's, this word probably has a very specific meaning for you. It was inescapable to be sure. You probably either embraced it or you hated it. I think it gets a bit of bad rap amongst music snobs. There were certainly some artists that cashed in on the phenomenon, but there were also some really great acts. The fact that some of these really great acts made boatloads of money, probably rubbed some people the wrong way. I know I got tired of a lot of these bands. Recentely, I decided to revisit some of these albums, and I found myself enjoying the music way more than I expected. I decided to make and share this playlist. Hopefully you already own or are at least familiar with the genre defining Singles Soundtrack. This playlist works as a nice companion piece. Many of the same artists but none of the same songs. Happy listening!

Merry Christmas Everbody!

I know, I know, I keep saying I'm back, and then I disappear. Honestly, I just think it's some kind of weird magic that this space still exists. Well, the reason I'm here is because I decided to make a master playlist of my Xmas Redux comps over on Spotify. Of course they didn't have all of my selections, but I was impressed with the amount of songs that were available. All told, it's up to 8+ hours of Christmas Cheer. If you'd like to give it a go, here ya go:

Millennial Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Third Psychedelic Era, 1996-2015

What if Rhino put together a fourth Nuggets Box Set? About 5 years ago, I put four playlists together on my iTunes library using that very concept. These most likely would have shown up on this very blog, had I still been actively blogging at the time. A recent thread in a Facebook group I frequent, reminded that I had tackled this, so I decided to see if I could recreate those playlists on Spotify. Turns out, pretty much most of what I picked was available on there. A few were missing and I had to swap tracks for certain artists, but I was pleasantly surprised. I put it all on one playlist on Spot. 107 tracks and a little over 5 hours worth. I will probaly continute to add to this playlist but if you'd like to listen to what I have so far . . .

Millennial Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Third Psychedelic Era, 1996-2015:

Proto Power Pop! [The Resurrection of Burn and Shine?]

Hello folks, not sure if anybody cares, but I thought I'd start sharing playlists again. I've finally decided to give Spotify a go after years of shying away from it. Format will be the same, all of my playlists will still fit onto an 80-minute CDR, you just won't be able to download them. I am at the mercy of what is available on Spotify, so that compromises my choices a little, but it also forces me to be a little more creative.

My first two playlists are up and running. I've labeled them Proto Power Pop and Proto Power Pop V.2, but they are essentially one big document of the music that I think might have inspired some of our favorite Power Poppers later. I posted an early version of the first playlist in the "I Love Power Pop" Facebook group and got some great feedback. Lots of great suggestions for choice of songs and artists. In fact, I had so many great suggestions that I had to make a second playlist.

Here are the tracklistings. Each volume is roughly in chronological order:

V.1

01. The Kinks - Tired of Waiting For You (Jan '65)
02. The Remains - Why Do I Cry (Mar '65)
03. The Bobby Fuller Four - Let Her Dance (Jun '65)
04. The Byrds - I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better (Aug '65)
05. The Hollies - Look Through Any Window (Sep '65)
06. The Lovin' Spoonful - Didn't Have To Be So Nice (Nov '65)
07. The Beach Boys - Girl Don't Tell Me (Dec '65)
08. The Mascots - Words Enough to Tell You (Dec '65)
09. The Action - I'll Keep On Holding On (Feb '66)
10. Link Cromwell - Crazy Like a Fox (Mar '66)
11. The Creation - Try and Stop Me (Jun '66)
12. The Troggs - With a Girl Like You (Jul '66)
13. The Turtles - Outside Chance (Jul '66)
14. The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing (Aug '66)
15. Small Faces - All or Nothing (Aug '66)
16. Love - I Can't Explain (Sep '66)
17. The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville (Oct '66)
18. Simon & Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade of Winter (Oct '66)
19. The Who - So Sad About Us (Dec '66)
20. The Merry-Go-Round - Live (Jan '67)
21. Tommy James & the Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now (Jan '67)
22. The Move - I Can Hear the Grass Grow (Mar '67)
23. Left Banke - She May Call You Up Tonight (Sep '66)
24. The Rolling Stones - She's a Rainbow [Single Version] (Dec '67)
25. The Zombies - Friends of Mine (Apr '68)
26. The Easybeats - Land of Make Believe (Jul '68)
27. The Nazz - Open My Eyes (Jul '68)
28. The Iveys - Maybe Tomorrow (Nov '68)
29. The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (May '69)
30. The Clique - Superman (Jun '69)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/269Iy44klMWBrZIjsHckz1


V. 2

01. Buddy Holly - Maybe Baby (Feb '58)
02. The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (Apr '60)
03. Little Eva - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (Oct '62)
04. Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Heat Wave (Jul '63)
05. Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You (Dec '63)
06. The Searchers - Needles & Pins (Jan '64)
07. The Cookies - I Never Dreamed (Jun '64)
08. Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good (Aug '64)
09. Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Aug '64)
10. The Honeycombs - Have I the Right (Nov '64)
11. The Dave Clark Five - Any Way You Want It (Nov '64)
12. The Beau Brummels - Just a Little (Mar '65)
13. The Eyes - When the Night Falls (Nov '65)
14. The Knickerbockers - Lies (Nov '65)
15. The Association - Along Comes Mary (Mar '66)
16. Clefs of Lavender Hill - Stop Get a Ticket (Apr '66)
17. The Brigands - (Would I Still Be) Her Big Man (Apr '66)
18. The Choir - It's Cold Outside (Oct '66)
19. The Ronettes - I Can Hear Music (Oct '66)
20. The Del-Vetts - That's the Way It Is (Dec '66)
21. The Music Machine - Masculine Intuition (Dec '66)
22. The Five Americans - Western Union (Jan '67)
23. The Music Explosion - Little Bit O' Soul (Mar '67)
24. Paul Revere & the Raiders - Him or Me, What's It Going To Be (Apr '67)
25. The Equals - Baby Come Back (Jun '67)
26. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Call It Pretending (Oct '67)
27. Del Shannon - My Love Has Gone (1967)
28. Graham Gouldman - No Milk Today (Feb '68)
29. Terry Reid - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace (1969)
30. The Kinks (Dave Davies) - Mindless Child of Motherhood (1969)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7qbX4QLXLONsrpQChRAus9

As always comments and criticisms welcome. Happy listening!

I'm Back! (Sort of)

Hey folks, I haven't blogged in quite some time, but I'm still sharing music and comps over on Facebook. Join our small community over there at the Gimme [American] Indie Rock!! Group

The Death of Burn and Shine.

I guess I kinda kept everyone hanging, but as you probably surmised, this blog is now officially dead. I continue to make comps, but due to the problems with file sharing sites, this has become too much of a burden for me. I'll let the url live on, but I will not be making any more updates, nor will I post new links for comps. Thanks for reading.

Cheers,
Burn and Shine

Beautiful Noise Documentary Update!

From the Kickstarter website:

Dear BEAUTIFUL NOISE Backers:

We crossed the funding goal with 3 days to go thanks to every one of you awesome backers! Thank you so much, you have made this project a reality, after 8 years of hard work and dedication this movie is going to be released!

But wait, there's more! We still need your involvement. When coming up with our goal we calculated the minimum amount we needed to get the film released. Now that we have made it to that amount, we could definitely use more funds to pay for additional songs, footage, for post production sweetening and manufacturing costs that will enhance the final film.

So stay tuned and stay involved. Only 3 days left to be a part of this campaign. Please keep spreading the word: http://kck.st/RX9lFK

Best,

Eric, Sarah & the 'Beautiful Noise' team.

This is great news! Can't wait to see it.

I also stumbled upon this Fantastic compilation yesterday and thought I'd share it with you. It is a nice companion piece to my Shoegaze Primer: Obscure Shoegaze Vol. 1 Complied by Ursula 1000

Track list:

"Love Sick" by Fury Things (Cheree Records 1990)
"Shy Me" by Nature Things (Action Records 1991)
"Change You Leaving" by Feral (Lust Recordings 1991)
"Mirrored" by Drop (Chapter 22 1991)
"Slyde" by Blair 1523 (Wilde Club Records 1992)
"Sunriser" by That Uncertain Feeling (Dead Dead Good 1991)
"Something Sonic" by Beautiful Happiness (Cheree 1990)
"Who's" by The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa (Ecstasy Release 1991)
"Ride" by The Lavender Faction (Lust Recordings 1990)
"Need To Be" by Headtime (Cherry Red 1991)
"Saints & Razors" by Aenone (kokopop 1993)
"Jealousy Comes To The Rescue" by Flood (Quarry 1991)
"Space Ship" by The Suncharms (Wilde Club Records 1991)
"Give Her Tomorrow" by The Waiting Sound (Engergy-Vent 1990)
"Sugar I Swear" by Whipping Boy (Cheree 1990)

If you download it from SoundCloud, it is just one big mp3 (nearly and hour long). I'll be honest, I'd never heard any of these songs before I downloaded it. In fact, the only artist that I was familiar, was Flood-- and I only know him due to his production credits. Don't let that discourage you from giving this a listen, there is not a weak track in the bunch!

Cheers.

Beautiful Noise - Shoegaze Documentary Needs Your Help!

Hey Folks,

First of all, I'm aware that Mediafire has taken down some of my public links. I will upload the Christmas Redux series some time this week. I'm not sure if MF has taken down any of my other links, if so I'm not sure what I'm going to do. We shall see. As far as I know, the Divshare links are still okay-- if not, let me know, thanks.

I do have a new compilation for you today. I was not planning this, but I thought I would do my part to help spread the word about a great new Shoegaze documentary that desperately needs our help. Please watch the trailer below:



If you are fan of Shoegaze (or guitar) music at all, please consider making a donation. More info here: Beautiful Noise Documentary. There's a little less than a week to go, and those DVD's would make great stocking stuffers!

In the meantime, feel free to download my 20-track Shoegaze primer. Not sure if all the artists I've used are featured in the film, but I feel like this is a pretty good representation of the British Shoegaze scene of the late 80's/early 90's. Happy listening!

Beautiful Noise: A Shoegaze Primer

01. 14 Iced Bears, "Inside"
02. Lush, "Stray"
03. The Jesus & Mary Chain, "The Hardest Walk"
04. The Telescopes, "Flying"
05. Ride, "Like a Daydream"
06. Flying Saucer Attack, "Past"
07. My Bloody Valentine, "(When you Wake) You're Still in a Dream"
08. House of Love, "Christine"
09. Kitchens of Distinction, "Quick as Rainbows"
10. Cocteau Twins, "Sugar Hiccup"
11. Catherine Wheel, "Crank"
12. Slowdive, "Alison"
13. Swervedriver, "Blowin' Cool"
14. The Boo Radleys, "I Hang Suspended"
15. Curve, "Superblaster"
16. Chapterhouse, "Breather"
17. The Verve, "Gravity Grave"
18. Spacemanen 3, "Take Me To the Other Side"
19. Bleach, "Trip & Slide"
20. Pale Saints, "Sight of You"

Total Time: 1:13:42

Download it here: Beautiful Noise: A Shoegaze Primerd

[Please note that if you download the compilation, the track listing will not be in the order I listed above. I did not take the time to sequence this comp. Instead, I just placed the tracks in order from shortest to longest.]

Merry Christmas!

Hey Folks, kicking off the Yuletide Season a little early this year at Burn and Shine! I've already seen an increase in traffic for some of my older Christmas posts, so I think most of you are ready for some new Holiday tunes. In case you happen to be finding this blog for the first time and would like more Christmas Compilations just click HERE to find the other six volumes in my Christmas Redux Series. See you around the turn of the new year for my best of 2012 compilation-- that is, if the Mayans were wrong . . .

Happy listening!

Christmas Redux Seven

01. Charles Brown, "Please Come Home For Christmas"
02. Strawberry Whiplash, "Santa Needs a Holiday"
03. The Spongetones, "Christmas Boy"
04. Grenadine, "Jingle Bells"
05. The Old 97's, "Here It Is Christmas"
06. The Pristeens, "Christmas is a Time For Giving"
07. Martin Newell, "Christmas in Suburbia"
08. She & Him, "Christmas Day"
09. Lazy Cowgirls, "Sock It To Me Santa"
10. Everything But the Girl, "25th December"
11. The Next Door Neighbors,"Letters To Santa (From Four Real Girls)"
12. The Recital, "Hey Mr. Christmas, Why the Long Face?"
13. Don Kriss, "Jingle Bell Rock"
14. The Catskills, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
15. Green Day, "Christmas Day"
16. Coconut Records, "It's Christmas"
17. Eux Autres, "Teenage Christmas"
18. Dada, "My Baby Fell For Old St. Nick"
19. Lee Rogers, "You Won't Have To Wait Till Christmas"
20. Guster, "Tiny Tree Christmas"
21. Liz Phair, "Winter Wonderland"
22. Stiff Little Fingers, "White Christmas"
23. The Magnetic Fields, "Everything is One Big Christmas Tree"
24. Redd Kross, "Super Sunny Christmas"
25. Comet Gain, "Asleep on the Snow"

Total Time: 1:10:52

Download it here: Christmas Redux Seven

1987.

We've made it to November, which means we get to celebrate some songs that are a quarter of a century old here at Burn and Shine. This is the fourth such compilation that I've shared, and if you are interested in the others click on these links: 1986, 1985 and 1984.

Not much to say about 1987, but I will mention that the brilliant comedy, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, came out that year and it is far and away the greatest Thanksgiving movie ever. Be sure and watch it again some time this month.




Lots of jangle on here for those of you so inclined.

Happy listening!

1987

01. Sex Clark Five, “I Want You Mine”
02. Material Issue, “She’s Goin’ Through My Head”
03. Scrawl, “Standing Around”
04. The Jesus & Mary Chain, “About You”
05. Paul Kelly, “Before the Old Man Died
06. They Might Be Giants, “Don’t Let’s Start” (Single Version)
07. Big Dipper, “She’s Fetching”
08. Pastels, “Crawl Babies”
09. Dumptruck, “Going Nowhere”
10. U2, “Sweetest Thing”
11. American Music Club, “Outside This Bar”
12. The Stems, “For Always”
13. Julian Cope, “Saint Julian”
14. Flying Color, “Dear Friend”
15. The Blue Aeroplanes, “Bury Your Love Like Treasure”
16. The Fastbacks, “K Street”
17. The Chills, “House With 100 Rooms”
18. Young Fresh Fellows, “Get Outta My Cave”
19. The Stone Roses, “Sally Cinnamon”
20. Will & the Bushmen, “Bus Stop”
21. Concrete Blonde, “Still In Hollywood”
22. Able Tasmans, “Sour Queen”
23. X, “4th of July”
24. Blue Rodeo, “5 Will Get You Six”
25. Spacemen 3, “Walkin’ With Jesus”

Total Time: 1:19:43

Download it here: 1987

Halloween Time Again!

Hey Folks, it's that time of year again. As some of you know, I kicked off this blog with a Halloween compilation back in 2008, so I've been blogging for five years now. Not sure how much longer I'll keep going, but I'm pretty sure I had no idea back in '08 that I'd still be doing this in 2012. Please keep checking in here-- especially over the next three months, as I will be posting more Burn and Shine comps.

As for this year's volume of Candy Apples & Razor Blades, I think it's a peach. Book ended by two versions of Daniel Johnston's haunting "Devil Town" I hope you'll enjoy it.

Happy Listening!

Candy Apples & Razor Blades, Vol. 5

01. Daniel Johnston, "Devil Town"
02. The Screamers, "...122 Hours of Fear"
03. Feist, "Graveyard"
04. Chug, "Witches"
05. Toy Love, "Death Rehearsal"
06. Slaughter & the Dogs, "Victims of the Vampire"
07. Black Francis, "Ghost Coming"
08. P.F. Sloan, "Halloween Mary"
09. The Afghan Whigs, "Big Top Halloween"
10. The Almighty Defenders, "The Ghost With the Most"
11. Mötley Crüe, "Shout at the Devil"
12. The Fartz, "Children of the Grave"
13. The Raveonettes, "Apparations"
14. The Suicide Commandos, "Monster Au-Go-Go"
15. The Bats, "Free All the Monsters"
16. The Adverts, "Back From the Dead"
17. Geza X & the Mommymen, "Funky Monsters"
18. The Undead, "I Want You Dead"
19. The Clash, "City of the Dead"
20. Misfits, "Horror Business"
21. Roky Erickson, "I Think Up Demons"
22. Last Word, "Sleepy Hollow"
23. The Flaming Lips, "Halloween on the Barbary Coast"
24. The Sonics, "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark"
25. Bright Eyes, "Devil Town"

Download it here: Candy Apples & Razor Blades, Vol. 5

Back Again! (Barbara Manning 101)

Hey Folks,

Well I've been on a lengthy hiatus, but that doesn't mean this blog is dead. I'm still having computer issues, so posting compilations here has been low on the priority list. I plan on resuming my normal Fall/Winter schedule, with Vol. 5 in the Candy Apples & Razor Blades series in October, a 1987 comp in November, Christmas Redux Vol. 7 in December and, of course, a best of 2012 playlist in January-- so please stay tuned!

As for today, I've been on a huge Barbara Manning kick. Since it seems that she is not quite as well known as she should be, I thought I'd put together a Barbara Manning primer. If you are a fan of her work, then please help me spread the word by inviting your friends to download this comp! If you are unfamiliar with BM, then you are in for a treat. This comp concentrates on the beginning of her career, 1985-1997. Featuring her work with the legendary 28th Day, World of Pooh, SF Seals, and her solo stuff.

I found a great article online from a few years ago via the San Francisco Chronicle that gives a great overview of her career. If you'd like to find out more about Manning, please click on that handy link.

Here's the Compilation, pretty much in chronological order. Happy Listening!

Barbara Manning 101: 1985-1997

01. "This Train", 28th Day
02. "Stones of Judgement", 28th Day
03. "Somewhere Soon", World of Pooh
04. "Someone Wants You Dead", Wold of Pooh
05. "Scissors", Barbara Manning
06. "Breathe Lies", Barbara Manning
07. "Every Pretty Girl", Barbara Manning
08. "Straw Man", Barbara Manning
09. "Sympathy Wreath", Barbara Manning
10. "Don't Let It Bring You Down", Barbara Manning
11. "B4 We Go Under", Barbara Manning
12. "Doc Ellis", SF Seals
13. "Joed Out, Barbara Manning
14. "My 1st Gun", Barbara Manning
15. "Optimism is Its Own Reward", Barbara Manning
16. "Back Again", SF Seals
17. "Day 12", SF Seals
18. "Winter Song", SF Seals
19. "Locked Out", SF Seals
20. "Bold Letters", SF Seals
21. "Pulp", SF Seals
22. "San Diego Zoo", the 6ths
23. "Blood of Feeling", Barbara Manning
24. "Stain of the Sun", Barbara Manning
25. "Isn't Lovely Lovely", Barbara Manning

Download it here: Barbara Manning 101: 1985-1997

By the way, probably the best known/loved song by 28th Day is "25 Pills". I decided to leave it off this compilation, because Manning is featured as a the back-up singer. Still, it's great, and if you haven't heard it, check out the youtube clip below:

God Save The Clean! Excerpts 1990-2009

Hey folks, I'm on a bit of a mission of late. It seems that even among my biggest music geek friends, very few are aware of the wealth of great music that came from New Zealand starting in the late 70's and continuing to this day.

One of the most important of these acts were The Clean from Dunedin. Nine years ago, Merge Records put out an amazing two-disc compilatition simply titled Anthology. Not only is this collection essential, it is very much still in print and readily available. I urge you to head over to the Merge Records Online Store and pick up a copy-- you won't be sorry.

Below, I have put together a 25-song companion disc, which culls tracks from The Clean's five albums since 1990. The Anthology I mentioned above, covers the first three of these albums, but I tried to avoid overlap (there is one track on both).

The Clean are playing a handful of dates here in the U.S. this Spring:

May
30 Los Angeles CA The Echo
June
2 Austin TX Chaos in Tejas - Club De Ville
4 Allston MA Brighton Music Hall w/ Times New Viking
5 New York NY Le Poisson Rouge w/ Times New Viking
6 Philadelphia PA Johnny Brenda's w/ Times New Viking
7 Washington DC Rock & Roll Hotel w/ Times New Viking
8 Chapel HillLocal 506 w/ Times New Viking

I'll be at the Chapel Hill show!

Happy listening.



Excerpts from The Clean: 1990-2009

01. Bye Bye
02. Dunes
03. Home
04. Getting To You
05. Starting Point
06. Outside the Cage
07. 2 Reasons
08. Something I Need
09. Different World
10. Champagne and Misery
11. Changing Your Head
12. Happy Lil Fella
13. Rope
14. Valley Cab
15. Stars
16. Crazy
17. Golden Crown
18. E Motel
19. Poor Boy
20. Complications
21. Loog
22. Are You Really on Drugs
23. In the Dreamlife U Need a Rubber Soul
24. Factory Man
25. Asleep in the Tunnel

Total Time: 1:13:27

Download it here: Excerpts From The Clean: 1990-2009