So, it's 'Back To The 80s' (as the film title goes) with
'Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)' by TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
from Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) 1987
This album is notable for being the only studio album not represented on Petty's 1993 'Greatest Hits', even though 'Jammin' Me' was co-written with fellow Traveling Wilbury Bob Dylan, and was a sizeable U.S. radio hit. An all-round good guy, Petty died of a heart attack on 2 Oct 2017
Build It Up by FRANZ FERDINAND
from The Human Fear 2024
Glasgow's FF release their sixth studio album
And we just played these...
Nothing Matters by THE LAST DINNER PARTY
from Prelude To Ecstasy 2024
The South London fivesome are Abigail Morris (vcls), Georgia Davies (bass), Lizzie Mayland (gtr), Aurora Nishevci (keys), and Emily Roberts (ld gtr). They are described as 'a phenomenally exciting new band', and - despite the hype - they are. We know this starts by sounding a bit like Abba, but they've also been compared to Florence, La Bush, etc, so make up your own mind
Boys In the Better Land by FONTAINES D.C.
from Dogrel 2019
Previously The Fontaines, this is the debut album by the Dublin based band which comprises Grian Chatten (vcls), Conor Deegan (bass), Carlos O'Connell (gtr), Conor Curley (gtr), and Tom Coll (drms). The band got their name from a character in the movie 'The Godfather' called Johnny Fontane, a singer and movie star portrayed by Al Martino
Sorry Like You Mean It by HONEYMOAN
from Sorry Like You Mean It 2023
Based in London and Cape Town, the line-up is fronted by Alison Rachel's vocals
All Summer Long by KID ROCK
from Rock And Roll Jesus 2007
A masterly mashing of Warren Zevon's 'Werewolves Of London' and Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Sweet Home Alabama'. A big 2XS summer favourite in 2007, it finally became a single in July 2008
Quiet Men by ULTRAVOX
from 1978
Released on 6 Oct 1978, this line-up still featured Chorley's Dennis Leigh (aka John Foxx). He would leave in 1979 to pursue a solo career, replaced by the far bigger ego of Midge Ure
I'm Looking Through You by THE WALLFLOWERS
from I Am Sam (O.S.T.) 2002
This film soundtrack comprised entirely Beatles cover versions, most of them surprisingly good, as in this by the California fluff-rockers, led by Bob's son, Jacob Dylan
San Antonio, Tx by FRANK BLACK AND THE CATHOLICS
from Devil's Workshop 2002
Former Pixie, Boston (USA)'s Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV reinvented himself before reverting to Black Francis in 2007
Shithouse by BIG SPECIAL
from Postindustrial Hometown Blues 2024
The Black Country's (or Birmingham's, depending on who you believe) Joseph Hicklin and Callum Moloney formed the band after a decade of odd jobs and projects and tell us they 'wish to explore the bleak and beautiful honesty of a nation in an ever growing state of depression'
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