Hi everyone,

This is a rolling thread for the Indietracks Festival. For details of the 2012 festival, please scroll down...

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Just to let you know, we've started a new blog, introducing you to a wide range of indiepop bands and sharing free MP3s to download.

The Indietracks Festival Blog has interviews and MP3s from bands playing at this year's festival. At the moment bands featured include The Bobby McGees, Slow Down Tallehassee, Strawberry Story and many more. There's also lots more to come!

The Indietracks Festival takes place on a 1950s steam railway in Derbyshire, UK, on 26 and 27 July 2008. Headliners include The Wedding Present, Los Campesinos!, Darren Hayman (ex-Hefner), The Kabeedies, The Wave Pictures, Kate Goes, Comet Gain and Ballboy.

Hope you enjoy the blog!

Andy

I can't wait for this festival! I'm a little nervous about how little the dollar will be worth by this summer, but I've decided I don't care about that and am just gonna rock it because it is gonna be so much fun! The Smittens are gonna play a regular show and I am also gonna play a solo set on a train! how crazy awesome! Plus I can't wait to see all the other bands - I've never seen the wedding present live, either!

Haha, don't worry, I think the dollar and the pound will be spiralling down at the same rate! Yep, it's going to be brilliant. The train gigs are particularly fun

Hi there, just a quick post to update you on what’s been happening on the Indietracks Festival Blog over the last month or so...

We’ve had interviews and free MP3 downloads with lots of the bands appearing at this year’s festival, such as the Bobby McGee's, Darren Hayman, The Kabeedies, Esiotrot, Pocketbooks, Town Bike and Slow Down Tallahassee.

We've also had guest columnists writing about indiepop, as well as some fun quizzes and competitions!

And… there’s loads more to follow over the next couple of months. Do pop over, have a look and feel free to send over ideas, contributions etc.

Holy Lord, I wish I could go to this...

Hi again,

To celebrate this year’s Indietracks Festival (26 and 27 July), Make Do And Mend Records are releasing a double CD featuring some of the most exciting indiepop bands around.



The CD features 45 fantastic tracks from bands playing at this unique festival, ranging from dancefloor fillers and punk-pop explosions to dreamy acoustic folk and gorgeous summer harmonies.

The compilation showcases a number of bands who are already creating a buzz on national radio and across this year’s summer festivals, including The Kabeedies, The Voluntary Butler Scheme, KateGoes, Esiotrot and Slow Down Tallahassee.

They’re joined on the compilation by some of indiepop’s most celebrated names. The double CD includes never-released-before songs from ex-Hefner legend Darren Hayman and and acclaimed ukulele popsters The Bobby McGees, as well as classic tracks from John Peel favourites Ballboy and Milky Wimpshake.

The Indietracks 2008 compilation also introduces a wave of new and exciting bands from around the world, from A Classic Education’s dreamy Italian folk pop to Punk TV – Russia’s answer to the Chemical Brothers!

Copies are available now at a cheap price from the Indiepages shop, or from: http://www.makedoandmendrecords.co.uk or http://www.indietracks.co.uk[img]

Tracklisting

CD1
01 Slow Down Tallahassee Baby Don't Cry
02 The Just Joans Hey Boy...You're Oh So Sensitive!
03 Shrag Forty-five 45s
04 Milky Wimpshake I Wanna Be Seen In Public With You
05 Allo, Darlin' Emily
06 Marjit Vinjerui Good Thoughts
07 The Manhattan Love Suicides Clusterfuck
08 Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern Amy And Rachel
09 KateGoes Happy Dancing
10 The Occasional Flickers When The Sky Looks So Gray
11 Silverdrop Drown Her
12 Airport Girl Tenderness
13 Pocketbooks Falling Leaves
14 Mexican Kids At Home Female Thief
15 Lardpony Trance Anthem
16 Still Corners History Of Love
17 The Smittens Half My Heart Beats
18 The Zebras Push Our Way To The Front
19 The Good Natured How Can I Believe In You?
20 Liechtenstein Stalking Skills
21 The Bobby McGees U'r Enemies Enimy Is Yir Pal
22 Punk TV Every Minute Is OK
23 Cocoanut Groove The End Of The Summer On Bookbinder Road

CD2
01 The Kabeedies Sideburns
02 Esiotrot My Chemical Romance Saved My Life
03 The Retro Spankees Charlie's In His Garden
04 Little Things Brand New Rollerskates
05 The Deirdres Fun To Pretend
06 The Foster Kids Will We Ever Make Love Again?
07 The Mai 68s Totality For Kids
08 Tortoise Shout! Shanti
09 Red Pony Clock Don't Forget Who Your Friends Are
10 Ballboy The Guide To The Shortwave Radio
11 The Rosie Taylor Project The Sun On My Right
12 Mono Taxi We Wanna Get Some Real Fun
13 Dirty Fingernails Bruno
14 Voluntary Butler Scheme The Eiffel Tower & The BT Tower
15 Silence At Sea Come Home
16 Roadside Poppies Cute Susan
17 Strawberry Story Boys (from The Story) D&D Remix by Bernard O'Reilly
18 A Classic Education Badlands & Owls
19 Zoey Van Goey Two White Ghosts
20 The Starlets All To Make You Feel Brand New
21 Socks & Shoes And We Might Even Meet Dave Gedge
22 Amida The End Of The Affair

Hi everyone,

Cars Can Be Blue will be headlining the Indietracks Christmas event!

It'll be at the Indietracks: Christmas Twee event, which'll take place on Saturday 6 December at the Midland Railway Centre in Derbyshire.

They're joined on the bill by June Brides founder Phil Wilson and local popsters Mascot Fight.

There will also be free steam train rides, a disco and a Secret Santa CD swap!

Hi, we're back again!

The Indietracks festival returns on 24-26 July 2009. Appearing this year will be Camera Obscura, Teenage Fanclub, Art Brut, Emmy The Great, Au Reviour Simone, The Smittens, BMX Bandits, La Casa Azul, The Frank And Walters, The School, Pocketbooks, Butcher Boy, Tender Trap, Lucky Soul, Speedmarket Avenue and loads loads more.

Please visit the Indietracks Festival website to find out more.

Also, we've a fun-filled festival blog with band interviews, features, free MP3s and loads more. Please pop over and visit us: Indietracks Festival Blog

Hope to see you at the festival this year!

I wish, I wish!

Hiya, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, will headline this year's Indietracks Festival, which takes placed on 23-25 July 2010 in Derbyshire, UK.

They'll be joined by The Primitives, Love Is All, Ballboy, White Town, Allo Darlin’, The Smittens, Standard Fare, The Pooh Sticks, Stars in Coma and dozens more indiepop bands from around the world.

To find out more, please visit http://www.indietracks.co.uk

The Indietracks Festival is happening on 29 - 31 July 2011 at the Midland Railway, Butterley in Derbyshire, UK!

This year's headliners include: Edwyn Collins, The Hidden Cameras, Herman Dune, Crystal Stilts, Jeffrey Lewis, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, Jonny, Math and Physics Club, Help Stamp Out Loneliness, Milky Wimpshake, Very Truly Yours and dozens more indiepop acts.

Tickets and further information are available from:
http://www.indietracks.co.uk

... and this year's Indietracks compilation is now available!

It features 40 fantastic tracks from artists playing at this year's Indietracks festival. You'll be able to set your own price for the download compilation, and 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the Midland Railway charity.

The compilation includes several previously-unreleased songs, as well as tracks from four of this year’s headliners; The Hidden Cameras, Jeffrey Lewis, Crystal Stilts and Herman Dune. There's also some amazing songs from upcoming indiepop sensations such as Help Stamp Out Loneliness, Withered Hand and Papa Topo.

The compilation is available from:
http://makedoandmendrecords.bandcamp.com/

The Indietracks Festival is happening on 6-8 July 2012 - slightly earlier this year than usual because of the Olympics - at the Midland Railway, Butterley in Derbyshire, UK!

Band playing this year include The Vaselines, Allo Darlin', Summer Camp, Veronica Falls, Standard Fare, White Town, Evans The Death, The Monochrome Set, The Jasmine Minks, Tigercats, Orca Team, Gold-Bears and The June Brides. Slumberland Records are helping to curate the outdoor stage.

Tickets and further information are available from:
http://www.indietracks.co.uk