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July 14, 2026

Leaving the confines of Rock at the door, this Gulls Window Circus rocks in an out-of-bounds non-rock way that sits astride genres such as dancehall, re-edits, experimental/electronic, jazz, funk/soul, electroclash and shoegaze. Every track was strongly vetted both on its own merits and as part of a cohesive set.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Gary Clark Jr.	Blak And Blu	Blak And Blu	Warner Bros. Records
Thoughts Define Character	Expression	Expression	Thoughts Define Character
Shaggy	Oh Carolina (Instrumental)	Oh Carolina	Virgin
Emika	3 Hours	Emika	Ninja Tune
Tipper	Over The Coals	MÜ: Myutopia Winter 2003 Sampler	Myutopia Recordings
Alan Parsons Featuring Shpongle	Antarctica	MÜ: Myutopia Winter 2003 Sampler	Myutopia Recordings
Disco Romancer	大丈夫か?マイフレンド(なんとなくクリスタルフィスト)	Midnight Dancer	Sonic Plate
Imagination	Just An Illusion (Lindstrom Dub)	Just An Illusion	Juno Records
Ajello	Acrostico	Editainment Volume One	Demo-Disc
Gui Boratto	Beautiful Life	Chromophobia	Kompakt
Avi Adrian / Haim Mizrahi	Acceptance	Home	Mizrahi and Adrian Productions
Blast Head	Ship Your Cup	I	Sonic Plate
Bim Marx	Harlem (TP Love)/Cant Leave You	Bim Marx (Edits)	Not On Label (Bim Marx)
Mozart’s Sister	Lone Wolf	Being	Asthmatic Kitty Records
Kurt Swinghammer	Seagull	Vostok 6	Cultural Engineering
The Children of the Plague	Atari Holocaustic	Heartbreak Holocaust	The Children of the Plague
If Not For Dreaming	Three Weeks	5-Song Demo	self-released
Dave Allison	Hologram Hotel (John Fryer Room 64 Remix)	Hologram Hotel	Custom Made Music

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July 7, 2026

Gulls Window Circus visits a few compilations today [Obscure Independent Classics 1985-1987, Bent 100, Max’s Kansas City] and a bunch of uncovered tracks by unknowns [Telepathe, Idiot Glee, Jacob Thomas, Valentino Epidemic, Cigarbox Planetarium, Carissa Johnson And The Cure-Alls, Liquor Tricks, The Bynars] alongside well-knowns such as Freezepop, Franz Ferdinand, Black Lips, Talking Heads, The Adverts. Also late-period The Mission sounding different than expected, and GD drummer Mickey Hart solo.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Sensations’ Fix	Barnhause Effect	Music Is Painting In The Air (1974 – 1977)	RVNG Intl.
Telepathe	Throw Away This	Throw Away This	White Iris Records
Freezepop	Less Talk, More Rokk	The Rokk Suite	The Archenemy Record Company
Idiot Glee	F O E	Paddywhack	Moshi Moshi Records
Jacob Thomas	What She Do	Black, White & Red \| Volume II E.P.	Jacob Thomas
Valentino Epidemic	Being Good Acting Bad	Worldwide	Cavalierious Music
Mickey Hart	Sweet Sixteen	The Best Of Mickey Hart – Over The Edge And Back	Rykodisc
Cigarbox Planetarium	At Sun Two Dogs	Cigarbox Planetarium	Oh!tonito
Carissa Johnson And The Cure-Alls	One Day	Talk Talk Talk	Fuel Heart Productions
Franz Ferdinand	Bullet	Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action	Domino
Black Lips	Do The Vibrate	Underneath The Rainbow	VICE Music, Inc.
Liquor Tricks	Down	Comfort	Curve Of The Earth
Harry Toledo	Knots	Max’s Kansas City	ROIR USA
John Collins Band	The Man In Me	Max’s Kansas City	ROIR USA
The Mission	Just Another Pawn In Your Game	The Brightest Light	The End Records
Talking Heads	Found A Job	Live On Tour ’78	Rhino Records
Talking Heads	Thank You For Sending Me An Angel	Live On Tour ’78	Rhino Records
The Bynars	Steal My Sunshine	The Bynars	The Bynars
Quad 90	Contort Yourself (Dub)	Bent 100	Creeping Bent
Alan Vega & The Revolutionary Corps Of Teenage Jesus	America	Bent 100	Creeping Bent
Adventures In Stereo	Nobody’s Scared	Bent 100	Creeping Bent
Vic Godard	Penny Drops	Bent 100	Creeping Bent
The Adverts	The Great British Mistake	England’s Dreaming	Trikont
The Mod Fun	I Am With You	Past …Forward	Get Hip Recordings
Romans	Birdbrain	You Only Live Once	Warning Label
The Cynics	Abba	Sixteen Flights Üp	Get Hip Recordings
Algebra Suicide	True Romance At The World’s Fair	Obscure Independent Classics 1985-1987	Cordelia Records
Fire Hydrant Men	Oh No Not Another Night In NATO	Obscure Independent Classics 1985-1987	Cordelia Records
P16.D4	Strauchelnde Saulen A Go Go	Obscure Independent Classics 1985-1987	Cordelia Records
The Disco Zombies	Where Have Yo Been Lately Tony Hateley?	Obscure Independent Classics 1985-1987	Cordelia Records

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June 30, 2026

Like a smoothie with interesting flavors in it, this Gulls Window Circus seems to have a different sound/scene in almost every track, but recording the show I noticed it was a holy flow, so what may read as chaotic choices work well when blended together in sound.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Grape Soda	Across The Bay	Form A Sign	Kindercore Records
Colorsound	Help Me To Understand (Finding My Way)	You’re Only As Good As Your Sound	Summershine
Rain Parade	No Easy Way Down	Live In Japan At The Tsubaki House	Label 51 Recordings
Vox Populi!	Mind	Cut Chemist Presents Funk Off	A Stable Sound
Dog Faced Hermans	Binding System	Everyday Timebomb	Megaphone Records
Your Funeral	I Left My Heart But I Don’t Know Where		Local Anesthetic Records
TV Toy	For What It’s Worth	Shards 1977-1983	Reversing Recordings
Fifth Column	All Women Are Bitches: Repeat!	36c	K
Maggie Estep	My Life Of Gardening	No More Mister Nice Girl	Imago
Faz Waltz	Teenage Freaks	Callin’ Loud	Contra Records
Downliners Sect	Glendora	The Birth Of Suave	Hand Of Glory
The 39 Clocks	DNS	Pain It Dark	Bureau B
Clear Light	Street Singer	Clear Light	Collectors’ Choice Music
Thirty Ought Six	Governor	Hag Seed	Mute America
Denim	Bubblehead	Back In Denim	Boy’s Own Recordings
Coma	Za Chwilę Przestaniemy Świecić	Metal Ballads Vol.I	Mystic Production
Sea Hags	Doghouse	Dead & Gone	Liberation Hall
Sea Hags	Back To The Grind	Dead & Gone	Liberation Hall
Alice Cooper	Escape	Welcome To My Nightmare: Live At The Forum, Los Angeles, 6/17/75	Rhino Records
Phil DaRosa	Revolve	Better Days	Tight Records
Simon Magus	Simon’s Dream	Симон Маг	ХОР
James Whetzel	How Can I Forget?	Sum	Olin Place
ZGA	Mamarussia	MaraZGAmatikA – Suite In 32 Parts	ХОР
LA Vampires With Maria Minerva	End Of The World	The Integration LP	Not Not Fun Records
SALEM	Killer	King Night	IAmSound Records
John Talabot	Destiny (Bullion Version)	ƒIN (Special Edition)	Permanent Vacation
Ceremony	Someday (GD Luxxe)	Extended Play	Killer Pimp

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June 23, 2026

A unified focus on bands I love in a Gulls Window Circus rock show that should delight fans of any of the bands played – you will definitely love many of today’s tracks if you love at least one of the tracks, many pulled from compilations.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Downsiders	Pony Made Of Ice	All My Friends Are Fish	Mammoth Records
Sandra Bell	Eternal Fire	City Of Sorrows	VHF Records
Françoiz Breut	L’origine Du Monde	L’origine Du Monde	Labels
Birdie	Rosie’s Drugstore	Triple Echo	Rock Records
The Coronets	Another Song About Bedford	Veld: 20th Anniversary Edition	Harriet Records
Beth Capper	Nothing’s Sacred	Complimentary Mood Enhancer (Presents The Original Soundtrack For The Motion Picture “Wig-Lickers” Based On The True Story Of Trigger)	WIN Records
Michael Chapman	Sea Of Wine	Millstone Grit	BGO Records
Mark Lanegan	Kimiko’s Dream House	The Eagle Is The Most Popular Bird	Sub Pop
Morphine	I Know You (Pt. III)	The H.O.R.D.E. Festival 1997	Hollywood Records
Dirt Fishermen	Ego Tripped	A Far Cry	C/Z Records
In Camera	Fragments Of Fear	Wakefield. The TeenBeat Story/Vol. 1/1992-1994/A TeenBeat Sampler.	Teenbeat
Lud	Happy	Cable	Jesus Christ
Cabaret Voltaire	The Set Up	England’s Dreaming	Trikont
7 Year Bitch	M.I.A.	Notes From The Underground 2	Priority Records
Stars	Elevator Love Letter	Global Indie Clubpop! Paravion	Eenie Meenie Records
Sister Psychic	Velvet Dog	I Am Not A Test Market: 1994 Restless Winter Yearbook	Restless Records
Bart Davenport	Born To Suffer	We Are All Awesome	Antenna Farm Records
Louis Philippe	She Means Everything To Me	All Done With Mirrors	Le Grand Magistery
The Hoodoo Gurus	I Want You Back	Poptopia! Power Pop Classics Of The ’80s	Rhino Records
Blue Ash	Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her?)	Poptopia! Power Pop Classics Of The ’70s	Rhino Records
Jellyfish	That Is Why	Poptopia! Power Pop Classics Of The ’90s	Rhino Records
Wipers	No Fair	Wipers Box Set (Is This Real? – Youth Of America – Over The Edge)	Zeno
The Black Keys	Can’t Find My Mind	He Put The Bomp! In The Bomp	Vivid Sound
Outrageous Cherry	I Wonder	He Put The Bomp! In The Bomp	Vivid Sound
Radio Moscow	I Just Want To Make Love To You	He Put The Bomp! In The Bomp	Vivid Sound
Nervus Rex	Don’t Look	The Great New York Singles	Danceteria
The Laughing Dogs	I Need A Million	Live At CBGB’s	Atlantic
Mink DeVille	Change It Comes	Live At CBGB’s	Atlantic
The Count Bishops	Train Train	The Chiswick Story: Adventures Of An Independent Record Label 1975-1982	Chiswick

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June 16, 2026

A Gulls Window Circus show that is simply well-selected tracks that go all over the place genre-wise, with art rock, acoustic rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock as middle ground, with single song sidetracks to Celtic rock (The Templars Of Doom), HC (Strung Out), thrash (Ruinside) and soul (Myron & E With The Soul Investigators). When taken as a bundle it all works together, so climb in!

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Surrogat	Karaoke	Rock	Kitty-Yo
Ruinside	Juggernaut	10 Forms Of Dominion	Mighty Music
Strung Out	Cemetery	An American Paradox	Fat Wreck Chords
Kids On A Crime Spree	I Don’t Want To Call You Baby, Baby	We Love You So Bad	Slumberland Records
Spit	Adios Gringo!	Adios Gringo!	Pacific Force, Inc.
Blectum From Blechdom	Hotrodderdam	De Snaunted Haus	Tigerbeat6
Elephant9 With Reine Fiske	A Place In Neither	Atlantis	Rune Grammofon
Grand General	Tachyon	Grand General	Rune Grammofon
Sekiden	1+1= Heartache	Junior Fiction	Boompa Records
AM	King Cobra	Francophiles & Skinny Ties	AM Mayhem Records
Cheese On Bread	Sexy Anarchist Boy	The Search For Colonel Mustard	Paper Airplane Promotions
Man From Uranus	Speedworm	Amazing Science Friction Volume 1	Outer Music
The Shins	Turn On Me	Wincing The Night Away	Sub Pop
Leland	And Why	The Golden West	Rubia Records
Meg Rayne	Along Came You	Let’s Put The Moon To Bed	Leveler Music
That’s What You Get	They’ll Get You Any Way They Can	Oxycontinent	Not on Label
The Templars Of Doom	A Nation Once Again	Bring Me The Head of John the Baptist	Poe Records
Sidney Joseph	Move On	And The Organic Reverb	Not On Label
Katie Sullivan	Smile Through The Weather	Lucky Number 7	Not On Label
Myron & E With The Soul Investigators	On Broadway	Broadway	Stones Throw Records
Lucinda Black Bear	Noon Day Sun	‘Capo My Heart’ And Other Bear Songs	Eastern Spurs
The Brothers With Different Mothers	Super Magick Garden	Daffodils And Devils	Quince Records
Eric Layer	Lost Dog	Fall	Layermusic
James Clarke Five	Under My Skin	Parlour Sounds	The Beautiful Music
The Catalysts	Where The Rainbow Ends	I Would Write A Thousand Words (A Tribute To Television Personalities Volume Two)	The Beautiful Music
Dot Dash	There And Back Again Lane	Spark>Flame>Ember>Ash	The Beautiful Music
Skytone	Drop In The Water	JangleWaves	The Beautiful Music
Lisa Mychols & Super 8	The Monkee Song	Lisa Mychols & Super 8 Album	The Beautiful Music
Polski Fiat	College	Phylogeny	Polski Fiat
Developing Independent Artists	The Uprising	DIA: Volume 1	Developing Independent Artists
Broface	Anomalous Analogy	Broface Is Broface	Smasheasy

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June 9, 2026

Free Your Mind… and Your Ass Will Follow was the title of a 1970 Funkadelic LP, but it is also a call to shed the shackle of genre and sound in your music taste. Without consciously choosing to do so, my own tastes have widened considerably in recent years. Now there are only two types of music: good music and bad music. This Gulls Window Circus show crosses a lot of lines while still harnessing a collection of good music tracks that work well together. The Lifesavas and Drool Brothers tracks have been going through my mind all week.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Patra	Be Protected	Queen Of The Pack	Epic
Shaggy	Oh Carolina (Raas Bumba Claat Version)	Pure Pleasure	Virgin
Michael E. Johnson	Sirens	Love Songs For Amerika	Massive Music
Lifesavas	Take Me Away	Gutterfly: The Original Soundtrack.	Quannum Projects
Omni	Power	IamOMNI	NatAural High Records
Slackwax	Night Out	more pLUSH	Kriztal Entertainment
Nookie	Blu Funk	In @ The Deep End	Good Looking Records
The Juan MacLean	No Time (Sh*t Robot Remix)	Scion A/V Remix Project	Scion Audio/Visual
Mitzi	Who Will Love You Now	Who Will Love You Now	Future Classic
Body Lingo	Hook	Body Lingo	Gator Bait Records
The Funky Knights	Can’t Afford It	The Funky Knights	Hyperspace Records
Moon Furies	Get Up	Mercury	Moon Furies
Drool Brothers	Cool Kind Of A Drag	Kasio Montigo	Barfing Glitter Records
Club 8	You Could Be Anybody	Above The City	Labrador
Regina Spektor	Hotel Song	Begin To Hope	Sire Records
Duriye	Finding Home	Dreamscapes	Duriye Rhythm and Sound Productions
Team V.I.P.	Rumba Pa’Ti	De Corazon A Corazon	Union Records
Innerstance.Beatbox	One Times One	All Little Boys Do Silly Little Dances	Wobblyhead
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist	Funky	The Hard Sell (Encore)	Pillage Roadshow Productions
Beat Pharmacy	Club Dread	Constant Pressure	Deep Space Media
Marek Bois	You Got Good Ash (Gabriel Ananda Rmx)	Triple R – Selection 5	Trapez
Seelenluft	Manila (Ewan Pearson Remix)	Sander Kleinenberg – Everybody	Thrive
Sade	By Your Side (Ben Watt Lazy Dog Remix)	Lazy Dog Volume 2	Astralwerks

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June 2, 2026

Exploring an assortment of tracks from ’85-’16 that do not particularly share genre, but unite when heard together. Some of the artists are quite unknown, while others are known by music-heads (Juliana Hatfield, New Young Pony Club, Flunk, Ngozi Family, Richard Lloyd, Francis Bebey, Soundpool). I promise you will love the artists you haven’t heard of as much as you already love those you recognize.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
New Young Pony Club	Chaos	The Optimist	The Numbers
Kisses	People Can Do The Most Amazing Things	The Heart Of The Nightlife	This Is Music
Juliana Hatfield	Bad Day	Student.Compilation Volume One	Student.Com
Mary Stuart	Momentary Clarity	Overture Records Presents Take A Bite Outta This Vol. 2	Overture Records
Flunk	Sit Down	Personal Stereo	Beatservice Records
Small Sails	Somnambulist	Other Electricities Presents “Ground[works] 2007 – 2008”	Other Electricities
Dot Tape Dot	Come To Me	Other Electricities Presents “Ground[works] 2007 – 2008”	Other Electricities
Merrie Amsterburg	World Of Our Own Making	Student.Compilation Volume 3	student.com
Anja	At Your Feet	Leaving The Alley Of The Dead Trees	Crimsonic
Guster	This Wheel’s On Fire	Endless Highway – The Music Of The Band	429 Records
Urbs	The Incident	Toujours Le Même Film…	G-Stone Recordings
Auktyon	The Road	New Music From Central And Eastern Europe (Tamizdat Comp Vol. 1)	Wire Magazine
The Little Rabbits	Yeah!	Allo La France?…Moshi Moshi? – Une Sélection Par Katerine	Polydor
Jack Drag	Seem So Tired	Student.Compilation Volume One	Student.Com
The Sheila Divine	Like A Criminal	Student.Compilation Volume 3	Student.Com
I.C.U.	Crime Of Love	O No No O Zone	Radical Records
Ngozi Family	I’m On My Way	Day Of Judgement	Now-Again Records
Bossanova	Calvary	Hey, Sugar	Teenbeat
Seventeen	It’s All Good	Bikini Pie Fight!	X Off Records
The Pills	The Devils Song	Student.Compilation Volume 3	Student.Com
Richard Lloyd	Watch Yourself	`Field Of Fire	Reaction Recordings
Francis Bebey	Tiers Monde	African Electronic Music 1975-1982	Born Bad Records
Spike	Sometimes (Sexican)	Orange Cloud Version	Golf Channel Recordings
Soundpool	Mirrors in Your Eyes (Strategy)	Re-mirrored	Killer Pimp
Keith Canisius	Naive Struggle	Ferris Wheel Makeout	Quince Records
Ark	Lost And …	Alleluyark	Circus Company

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May 5, 2026

Today’s Gulls Window Circus is a rock show that surfaces some excellent tracks I’ve found while CD surfing in my collection. It ends with the most well-known artist of the bunch, Nada Surf. Outside of Sean Na Na (a Har Mar Superstar side project) the bands had only regional success. Choo Choo La Rouge, The Audiants, Linnane, and Clem Snide had Boston roots. The show is a love letter to 00, with 1 from 2000, 3 from 2002, 3 from 2005, 2 each from 2006, 2007, and 2009, and then 1 each from 2014 and 2017.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Colorful Rhythm	Everybody Close Your Eyes	“Megapixy”	Colorful Rhythm
In Fervor	In The Spirit Of Self Sufficiency	Onward Downward	DCXXV Recordings
David LK Murphy	If I	Goodbye	David LK Murphy
Linnane	Today Always	The Shady Tree	Linnanemusic
Sean Na Na	My Old France	Split: Mary Lou Lord / Sean Na Na – EP	Kill Rock Stars
The Primidonnatives	Middle of the Night Cafe	Go	Vague Moon Records
The Audiants	Thaw	All The Time In The World	The Audiants
Choo Choo La Rouge	Copper Spoons	Black Clouds	Kiam Records
Clem Snide	The Sound Of German Hip-Hop	End Of Love	spinART Records
Brazzaville	Star Called Sun	East L.A. Breeze	Vendlus Records
Soft Cactus	Hungry	Five Ways To Foreshadow	Soft Cactus
Pinback	Fortress	Music From The O.C. College Radio Mix	Warner Sunset Records
Nada Surf	If You Leave	Music From The O.C. College Radio Mix	Warner Sunset Records

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April 28, 2026

A rock CD Gulls Window Circus show that includes a Rain Parade studio 80s song that never was on an record, an 80s Dislocation Dance Beatles cover that was a 12″ B-side, the Polish artist Kazik, Aquarian Blood, that includes a former Nots member, the pre-Reptar band Co Co Ri Co, a classic Kid Creole And The Coconuts track from their 1st LP, and several worthy lesser known artists.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Transbeauce	Atn	You Gotta Get More Alive – A 555 Recordings Compilation	555 Recordings
Rain Parade	My Dog’s Last Dream	Demolition	090 Records
Kazik	Down In The Another Hole	Czterdziesty Pierwszy	S.P. Records
Dislocation Dance	We Can Work It Out	Midnight Shift	Rough Trade
Co Co Ri Co	Popsickle	Eyedrops	self-released
At / All	Night Body	Sun Dog	Not On Label
Luigee Trademarq	Frénésie	Bande Original	Rectangle
Aquarian Blood	Funeral Moon	Last Nite In Paradise	Goner Records
Vampire Music	A Kiss Of Death	Vampire Music Volume 1	Terrascape
Bride of Chaotica	After the Storm	Bamboo Transistor	Longview Records
Sad Marvin	Stop Drop	Acquiantences With Myself	self-released
Hope Boyz	I Love You	Limited Edition EP	Magicstreet
Kid Creole And The Coconuts	Yolanda	Off The Coast Of Me	ZE Records

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April 7, 2026

ulls Window Circus goes into the spiderwebs of time to extract regional artists from the 00s that either never found audiences outside their cities, or have been forgotten with time. In the latter category, Tampa band Pee Shy (see the Anaconda remake to get the name) were an excellent indie band, The Fly Seville and The Push Stars were Boston/Cambridge based. I can personally speak to all three having enthusiastic followings in their prime. Big Bad Bollocks, with a 1999 track in this show, recently opened for Dropkick Murphys (on St Paddy’s day) so they are still happening. Another Boston band Future Carnivores is here too, and a Long Island band Delights Of Nothing too. Kioku plays experimental jazz, DJ Sid plays dreamy beats, and Dave Coles tells a story about Wisconsin. But leaving alone where the artists are based, every track in this show is a jewel that only requires your ear for validation.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Chris Katris	They’ll All Come Around	Songs from the Basement Vol 5	Chris Katris
Gretchen Schmaltz	The Guards	Laced Up Tightly	Mia Kat Empire
Delights Of Nothing	Crying Shame	No Chance	Sweet Spot Records
Pee Shy	Little Dudes	Certain Damage Volume 73	CMJ
Todd McKinney	Get Back On That Train, Marie	Best New Bands Volume 2	Apache Rose Publishing
Dave Coles	Last Chance	Ten Tales	self-relesed
Kioku	Pinari	Both Far and Near	Quiet Design Records
DJ Sid – The Apocalypze	Rain On My Sword (Dance of Death Mix)	I Know Kung Fu!	DJ SID-the Apocalypze
Future Carnivores	There Is So Much Love In My Heart	Future Carnivores	girl boy girl boy records
Big Bad Bollocks	Motorcycle Jacket	Student.Compilation Volume 2	Not On Label
The Push Stars	Drunk Is Better Than Dead	Student.Compilation Volume 2	Not On Label
The Fly Seville	Kick It	Student.Compilation Volume 2	Not On Label