You know how you see bands on MySpace, but never get around to listen to them? Glasgow band The Search Engines were one of those for me. Until recently I looked in on their page and spotted The Rain Parade amongst their influences. Then I realised what I had been missing! (Rain Parade being perhaps the most renowned Paisley Underground group.) Like Bubblegum Lemonade, featured in DROP 8, The Search Engines are into jangling psychedelic pop and eighties indiepop - despite their modern name. Unfortunately they were only around 2001-2005. Among the four songs on their page this is the one I like best.
This was a combined blog and radio show about POP! music. I started the blog when I moved to Glasgow and it ran during my stay there. We broadcast weekly from Glasgow University's Subcity.org. The shows are catalogued as SPLASHes, and you can still listen to all of them. There are also some rare or hard-to-find indiepop gems for download, and these are labelled DROP. Have fun while it lasts!
or any encouraging words you might have, can be sent to this address. But it'll be a whole lot easier to just leave a comment! I won't check the mail too often. If you've got more general ponderings, such as "what's all this pop stuff about anyway?", your questions might be answered by the manifesto I wrote some time ago, for better or worse.
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