1) An indie band from Scotland. Although virtually unknown outside of indie… Read Full Bio ↴1) An indie band from Scotland. Although virtually unknown outside of indie rock circles, the Pastels were one of the most inspirational and enduring groups of the genre, in their early days spearheading a movement toward a renewed sense of wistful musical primitivism and willful naivete known variously as "shambling" and "anorak pop." In addition, their influence helped bring international notice to a resurgent Scottish musical community, with frontman Stephen Pastel's legendary 53rd and 3rd label helping to launch the careers of bands including the Jesus & Mary Chain, Shop Assistants, BMX Bandits, the Vaselines, and the Soup Dragons. Formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1982, the band initially comprised vocalist/guitarist Pastel (nee McRobbie), guitarist Brian Superstar (born Brian Taylor), and drummer Chris Gordon; they debuted that autumn on the Whaam label with the single "Songs for Children," but Gordon soon exited, the first of many subsequent lineup shuffles.
Ambition was never the Pastels' strong suit, and luck was rarely on their side; as the group's members -- now including bassist Martin Hayward and drummer Bernice Simpson -- devoted their primary focus to their studies, new music appeared only sporadically and to little notice, on a seemingly random series of labels. After 1983's "I Wonder Why" was released on Rough Trade, they moved to Creation, where they hit their stride with the 1984 drone-pop gems "Something's Going On" and "A Million Tears." After one further single, 1985's "I'm Alright with You," the Pastels split with Creation, moving to the tiny Glass label. In 1986, their track "Breaking Lines" appeared on the influential C-86 collection assembled by the New Music Express, transforming the anorak movement into an overnight media sensation quickly accompanied by intense critical backlash.
Regardless of prevailing musical trends, however, the Pastels soldiered on: after recruiting one-time Shop Assistants keyboardist Aggi Wright, they recorded the 1986 single "Truck Train Tractor," followed by Crawl Babies and Comin' Through. Finally, in 1987 the group found time to assemble an LP, Up for a Bit with the Pastels, followed in 1988 by Suck on the Pastels, a collection of unreleased Creation-era material. In 1989, former Vaselines frontman Eugene Kelly and ex-Shop Assistant David Keegan joined the fold for Sittin' Pretty, the final LP to include Superstar, Hayward, and Simpson. The remaining duo of Pastel and Wright expanded to include Katrina Mitchell for the 1991 collaboration Jad Fair and the Pastels, followed by the 1994 EP Olympic World of Pastelism. Their third album, Mobile Safari, was released in 1995 by Domino in the U.K. (which began a long-running alliance) and Up Records in the U.S. It featured a lineup including longtime band associates Norman Blake and Gerald Love (both from Teenage Fanclub) and ex-Shop Assistant guitarist David Keegan, and a guest appearance from Luna's Dean Wareham.
Their next album, 1997's Illumination, was issued by the same configuration of record labels and featured a similar lineup, only with the addition of guitarist Jonathan Kilgour and guest shots from Belle & Sebastian's Isobel Campbell and pianist Bill Wells. A remix album, Illuminati, was released in 1998 and featured reworks of tracks by Kevin Shields, Stereolab, Cornelius, and other A-list indie rockers. This burst of recognition and activity was derailed when Wright decided to leave the band in 1998, throwing Mitchell and Pastel into a spin. Instead of jumping back into making music right away, the band went on hiatus while figuring things out. The duo next formed Geographic Records in 2000 as an offshoot of Domino, and began releasing records by friends (Future Pilot AKA, International Airport) and obscure acts (Nagisa Ni Te, Maher Shalal Hash Baz.) The band reappeared at last in 2003 with the mostly instrumental soundtrack for the film The Last Great Wilderness. The album was produced by the Sea and Cake's John McEntire and featured International Airport's Tom Crossley along with a vocal feature for Jarvis Cocker. A friendship with Japanese band Tenniscoats led to their next release, 2009's collaborative effort Two Sunsets. The core band was expanded to include Crossley and Mitchell's sister Alison, with Love still there, too. With the record label slowing its pace and releasing one album a year, the band turned toward recording an album of their own, and in 2013 their fifth record, Slow Summits, was released. McEntire was again in the producer's chair and guitarist John Hogarty had joined the ranks. Also on board as guests were To Rococo Rot's Stefan Schneider and Robert Lippok, as well as Norman Blake (again), and original bandmember Annabel Wright. (c)Jason Ankeny
2) An American 50s pop group formed by Dee Irwin while he was serving in the military. Consisted of DiFosco "Dee" T. Ervin Jr. himself, Richard Travis, Tony Thomas and Jimmy Willingham. They toured widely until splitting up in 1959.
Ambition was never the Pastels' strong suit, and luck was rarely on their side; as the group's members -- now including bassist Martin Hayward and drummer Bernice Simpson -- devoted their primary focus to their studies, new music appeared only sporadically and to little notice, on a seemingly random series of labels. After 1983's "I Wonder Why" was released on Rough Trade, they moved to Creation, where they hit their stride with the 1984 drone-pop gems "Something's Going On" and "A Million Tears." After one further single, 1985's "I'm Alright with You," the Pastels split with Creation, moving to the tiny Glass label. In 1986, their track "Breaking Lines" appeared on the influential C-86 collection assembled by the New Music Express, transforming the anorak movement into an overnight media sensation quickly accompanied by intense critical backlash.
Regardless of prevailing musical trends, however, the Pastels soldiered on: after recruiting one-time Shop Assistants keyboardist Aggi Wright, they recorded the 1986 single "Truck Train Tractor," followed by Crawl Babies and Comin' Through. Finally, in 1987 the group found time to assemble an LP, Up for a Bit with the Pastels, followed in 1988 by Suck on the Pastels, a collection of unreleased Creation-era material. In 1989, former Vaselines frontman Eugene Kelly and ex-Shop Assistant David Keegan joined the fold for Sittin' Pretty, the final LP to include Superstar, Hayward, and Simpson. The remaining duo of Pastel and Wright expanded to include Katrina Mitchell for the 1991 collaboration Jad Fair and the Pastels, followed by the 1994 EP Olympic World of Pastelism. Their third album, Mobile Safari, was released in 1995 by Domino in the U.K. (which began a long-running alliance) and Up Records in the U.S. It featured a lineup including longtime band associates Norman Blake and Gerald Love (both from Teenage Fanclub) and ex-Shop Assistant guitarist David Keegan, and a guest appearance from Luna's Dean Wareham.
Their next album, 1997's Illumination, was issued by the same configuration of record labels and featured a similar lineup, only with the addition of guitarist Jonathan Kilgour and guest shots from Belle & Sebastian's Isobel Campbell and pianist Bill Wells. A remix album, Illuminati, was released in 1998 and featured reworks of tracks by Kevin Shields, Stereolab, Cornelius, and other A-list indie rockers. This burst of recognition and activity was derailed when Wright decided to leave the band in 1998, throwing Mitchell and Pastel into a spin. Instead of jumping back into making music right away, the band went on hiatus while figuring things out. The duo next formed Geographic Records in 2000 as an offshoot of Domino, and began releasing records by friends (Future Pilot AKA, International Airport) and obscure acts (Nagisa Ni Te, Maher Shalal Hash Baz.) The band reappeared at last in 2003 with the mostly instrumental soundtrack for the film The Last Great Wilderness. The album was produced by the Sea and Cake's John McEntire and featured International Airport's Tom Crossley along with a vocal feature for Jarvis Cocker. A friendship with Japanese band Tenniscoats led to their next release, 2009's collaborative effort Two Sunsets. The core band was expanded to include Crossley and Mitchell's sister Alison, with Love still there, too. With the record label slowing its pace and releasing one album a year, the band turned toward recording an album of their own, and in 2013 their fifth record, Slow Summits, was released. McEntire was again in the producer's chair and guitarist John Hogarty had joined the ranks. Also on board as guests were To Rococo Rot's Stefan Schneider and Robert Lippok, as well as Norman Blake (again), and original bandmember Annabel Wright. (c)Jason Ankeny
2) An American 50s pop group formed by Dee Irwin while he was serving in the military. Consisted of DiFosco "Dee" T. Ervin Jr. himself, Richard Travis, Tony Thomas and Jimmy Willingham. They toured widely until splitting up in 1959.
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Address Book You know I don't mean half the things I say 'Cos…
Attic Plan It's midnight 'round about here There's a curfew, we'll kis…
Automatically Yours I don't wanna go halfway across the globe To find things…
Baby Honey If I wish upon a star Take you just the way…
Basement Scam I can't twist Those landmarks that you've missed When your…
Been so Long The Pastels Been so long since I held you tight Been so…
Boats Row Row Rowing my boat Row Rowing my boat Row Row Row Rowing…
Breaking Lines Your feelings touch me so I'm holding on cause I can't…
Bye Bye Bye bye baby, Remember you're my baby When they give you…
Classic Line-Up See the sunshine split those buildings And I'll feel my hea…
Comin' Through Yes you love her, course you do She's always somehow coming…
Coolport 3 boat rendezvous Sub-moonlight serenade Respect is due to…
Crawl Babies She comes walking down the road And I know that dogs…
Cycle Sticky melons juices flow Cycle paths broken glass Where d…
Cycle (MBV Remix) Sticky melons juices flow Cycle paths broken glass Where did…
Different Drum You and I travel to the beat of a diff'rent…
Everybody Is a Star Everybody Is A Star Who Can Rain And Chase The Dust…
Exotic Arcade Penny parade, exotic Arcade Swimming pool mansion A family…
Exploration Team Everyone should have a friend To share your life and your…
Firebell Ringing Have you seen those flames Light up the sky orange, red,…
Flightpaths To Each Other Aircraft buzz, airport lights Are we closer to the world at…
Fragile Gang Pixelated pictures Moments without sound Will we all go do…
I'm Alright With You If you are feeling down And want some reason to come…
If I Could Tell You Time says nothing but I told you so And laughs at…
Kicking Leaves When we're kicking leaves In November freeze And you smile W…
Leaving This Island In the morning you will breahte and in the evening you'll…
Mandarin My happiest memories are Mexico When you didn't have to go W…
Mechanized Mechanised No-one's inside There's no keeper So your paint i…
Night Time Made Us In the shed of my parent's house I can always…
Nothing To Be Done Take my hand and take my heart I shiver when you're…
On the Way Take your shoes off Step this way To the waterfall and bac…
Remote Climbs Remote star climbs Upward arc Part, apart California 1964…
Ride I was born in the middle of nowhere And since that…
Rough Riders Rough riders in button downs When they smiled it was sincer…
Secret Music Rain is falling on a European street Park your car outside…
Sometimes I Think About You Sometimes I get this feeling That the sun is shining And the…
Speeding Motorcycle Speeding motorcycle Won't you change me Speeding motorcycle …
Speeding Motorcycle 2 Speeding motorcycle Won't you change me Speeding motorcycl…
Strategic Gear Scratch out the negative 'Till I don't know what it is…
Summer Rain Summer rain I will meet you in the lane Summer rain on…
Thank You For Being You It may be winter time But baby it's super fine You may…
The Hits Hurt The hits would be so nice But they just don't come When…
The Viaduct We could drive there Arrive there Be alive there But your…
Token Collecting Rug is keen and seaweed queen My eyes are green my…
Truck Train Tractor T-t-truck t-t-trucker man Going to a foreign land Roads co…
Ugly Town I was talking with the ? And they said it's not…
Unfair Kind of Fame Directing movies, you wrote your own scripts You were a boo…
Up For A Bit My sister's lover was like no other Boyfriend she had ever…
What It's Worth I forgotten what it felt like I forgotten what it tasted…
What You Said One, Two, One Two Three GO! Dat Dat da da da Dat…
Worlds of Possibilities Truth shimmers like palaces in the sun And your inventions …
Yoga It might not last So we're gonna record everything Trip the…
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