After a Popfest-filled feature, I thought I'd throw on some songs taken from records I acquired in San Francisco! Here are some of the newer releases.

Cause Co-Motion! - "You Lose": I love, love, love this band! Their new EP, "Because Because Because", on Slumberland is brilliant, of course...

Cheap Red - "The Hurt On Her": This band certainly won a lot of fans at the San Francisco Popfest, and their new album (which contains a bonus disc of remixes from friends!) on 555 Recordings is just as good.

Lothar - "Malone": I'd heard this Swedish band before, and really liked them, but their debut album, "Montgolfier", on Quince, is even better than I was expecting! Amped-up shoegaze-y pop!

Socialist Leisure Party - "Down With The Kids": The newest release in the attractive 7"+cd collection on Shelflife, and this is probably my favorite of the bunch! Excellent Scottish-flavored pop!

...and here are some songs taken from older releases purchased in SF last month.

Downdime - "Seeds Of Hopelessness": I just learned about this band a few months ago (it's Ged from Boyracer!), and was bummed that the first single was already sold out by the time I ordered the album and second 7" from Squirrel Records. So, I was quite excited to find this one!

Neoangin - "Time And Money": Wow, talk about elaborate packaging! I saw this at the Radio Khartoum shop (open by appointment only), and had to get it for the gorgeous book that housed the disc. Oh, and the music is a lot of fun, too!

Sourpatch - "You": This is one of the bands I was most looking forward to seeing in San Francisco, and I was certainly not disappointed! This song comes from their demo cd, but they're finishing up their debut album, which should hopefully be out soon! I promise this is not the last you'll hear about this band on the site...

The Sugarplastic - "Grasshopping": I knew this band had a very good series of seven 7" singles from several years back, but at Amoeba I discovered a box set called "Ottawa Bonesaw" with three 7"s in it from 1993 that was totally new to me - nice!