Can you say simple minds, talk talk, brian ferry

Saw these guys in DC in 1991 (opening for They Might Be Giants).  They stole the show.  Had many of their tracks from this album at the top of my "nostalgia" playlist ever since B-)

Jack Rubies!!!!! Great 'share'. Loved 'Wrecker of Engines' :)

Sunday 03 17 2019...

A deluge of critical hype -- and a cool name -- couldn't convince music fans that the Jack Rubies were doing anything original. Formed in London, England, in 1987, the Jack Rubies consisted of vocalist Ian Wright, guitarist Stephen D. Ineson, bassist Steve Brockway, and percussionist Lawrence Giltnane. Wright and Ineson were also the group's songwriters. Not in synch with the dance flavors of late-'80s British rock, the Jack Rubies produced derivative jangle pop with biting lyrics that hooked U.S. college radio. The haywire drums and sinister vocals of "Be With You" immediately landed on left-of-the-dial stations in 1988; the video for it also became a favorite of MTV's 120 Minutes. The band also released their debut album, Fascinatin' Vacation, that year. The group toured with They Might Be Giants and Modern English, and their second LP, See the Money in My Smile, appeared in 1990. In the mid-'90s, Ineson left the band to start the Milagro Saints in New York City with Joyce Bowden (clarinet, percussion, vocals, lap steel guitar) and Lee Kirby (piano, organ, harmonica), eventually relocating to Raleigh, NC. The Jack Rubies then switched their appellation to the Screaming Windsors, replacing Giltnane with Martin Owens of Speedball Baby.

The Jack Rubies -Mona lisa

A "Mystic Jungle Tribe" Production.
Early Sounds 2015.

[EAS009] The Mystic Jungle Tribe - "Sølaria LP"

[EAS010] [COMET072]Nu Guinea - "The Tony Allen Experiments"

Bella-Esque

http://shelflife.com/catalogue/LIFE136.html

It's been nearly two years since Shelflife has had the pleasure of putting out new music from the eternal Close Lobsters, and we're proud to say that this will be changing shortly. On June 2, we are extremely excited to be releasing the Scottish band's new EP featuring "Under London Skies" b/w "Wander Epic Part II" on limited gold 7" vinyl with download and digital formats. 

These self-proclaimed "Post-Neo-Anti-Close Lobsters" are back in a big way, and with these two tracks you'll be quickly convinced of that. The A-side, "Under London Skies," serves as both a lament and ode for London- the radical London of The Clash, the Rock London of The Only Ones and Flesh for Lulu, and the Libertarian London of The Mob and the June Brides. There's a lot of history (both musical and otherwise) tied closely with London, and if any band is gonna do justice to that fact it's undoubtedly our trusted Close Lobsters. If that sounds like a big subject to tackle, the single's B-side "Wander Epic Part II" will make you think again. Calling the song an epic is no exaggeration; the band has described it as a yearning for the vast and endless sea. The song is both a wanderlust and a pilgrimage, designed to take the listener on a journey as huge as the subject matter they're tackling. 

The release will be available on 70 gram limited edition 7" vinyl with download coupon that includes bonus tracks "Wander Epic Parts I & II" and "Wander Epic Part III". Early presale copies will be available on gold colored vinyl. There will also be a digital-only version that includes an exclusive bonus mix of "Under London Skies."

Close Lobsters - Under London Skies

The Mystic Jungle Tribe are back, this time inspired by the lush island of Capri - more info soon... 

A1: Terrazza Sul Mare
A2: Sguardi
B1: Visioni
B2: Vespro
B3: Il Custode Delle Chiavi


[EAS012] The Mystic Jungle Tribe - "Qvisisana"

Demos (2016)

The Ambler Riot

Exotic house jams soaked into a romantic tropical feel filtered through a vision of sunset on the sea.
@thenormalmen

Written and Arranged by R. Arcella and E. Fierro 
Recorded & Mixed at West Hill Studio (Naples, Oct. 2015) 
Published by Westbury Music / EHP 2016 
©Ⓟ Early Sounds
Distributed by Early Sounds

Exotica Movements

Buy Link

[EAS014] The Normalmen - Exotica Movements

http://www.shelflife.com/catalogue/LIFE151.html

Shelflife presents the new single "Laura Palmer" from The Luxembourg Signal available June 23rd on limited edition 7" vinyl and digital formats. 

With the release of their first single and debut album on Shelflife in 2014, The Luxembourg Signal quickly found a loyal following among fans of dream pop/indie pop music, and received enthusiastic reviews for their pop sensibilities, angelic vocals and lush soundscapes. Since the debut release, the band's lineup of Beth Arzy & Betsy Moyer (vocals), Johnny Joyner (guitars), Brian Espinosa (drums) and Ginny Pitchford (keyboards) has been expanded with the addition of Kelly Davis (guitars) and Daniel Kumiega (bass). 

The seven-piece played a handful of shows in the UK and Europe in the summer of 2015 to promote their debut album, including a Sunday evening performance at Indietracks that many cited as one of the highlights of the weekend. 2015 also saw the release of a split 7" single with Soft Science (Test Pattern Records), which featured a remix of Dying Star by Robert Hampson (Loop/Main). 

The band returned to the studio in 2016 to complete their second full length Blue Field coming out this fall on Shelflife and Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten. "Laura Palmer" is the first single from the album and one of our favorite tracks of the year. The b-side is a special cover version of "Let's Make Some Plans" by the Close Lobsters. 

The Luxembourg Signal will be playing various dates in Germany (TBA) in September 2017 as well as The Paris Pop Fest on Friday September 22, 2017.

Laura Palmer

The Luxembourg Signal "Laura Palmer"

Ed Longo & Applied Arts Ensemble - The Other Fantasy

We welcome Ed Longo and his studio project The Applied Arts Ensemble debut on Early Sounds with “The Other Fantasy”, the result of many recording sessions that took place in different places around Europe with an array of musicians from a predominantly jazz background.
Conceived with a strong jazz-funk, fusion and boogie approach, the record is conceptualized around the quest for Otherness in the schizophrenia of the digital age, and the resulting exotic dystopias which we are confronted with every day.

The Jack Rubies -Mona lisa

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