Kitchens of Distinction

KoD were from London and were together between 1986 and 1996. They released 4 albums but never really got too much coverage on the radio or in the music press. What got my attention was The Chart Show's Indie Chart, which had one of those 5 second clips of their single "Elephantine". As often, this was enough to know if I would like the songs. It had also proved useful, I remember, when I heard 5 seconds of The Stone Roses "Made of Stone" back when it was originally released in March 1989. That was enough to make me want to find out about the band.
Hence, the Kitchens of Distinction (named after a furniture company) became known to me and here are three of their songs which got lost in time but deserve a new hearing.

Elephantine
Quick As Rainbows
The Third Time We Opened The Capsule

Drive That Fast promotional video

Zouch - Suddenly (album)

O.k. a slight deviation from the R.I.C theme. Last week, I had an idea to try to write and record a complete album in a week. I've been writing songs since 1989 for bands and for myself so I wanted to see if I could do something decent very quickly. I've uploaded the songs to my ReverbNation page. The songs are in a kind of indie-pop style.
You can see more info on the project there and listen to the songs (also on the player below). I'd appreciate it if you let me know what you think.

Sub Pop - Lime Lizard

This was a cassette given away free in a music magazine called Lime Lizard (as Kieran corrected me) in 1993. It's a good mix of indie pop and rock and here are the 5 songs from the A-side. On the B-side was a track by Earth, which just trudges on for so long that I couldn't be bothered to wait till it finished! Anyway, have a listen to the rest of it.

Velocity Girl - Creepy
Pond - Agatha
Dwarves - Underworld
The Walkabouts - Drag This River
The Fastbacks - All About Nothing

Tiger - Shining in the Wood (live)

I was a big fan of Tiger, although it seems they were a love or not-interested-in band. Their first album "My Puppet Pal" was out in 1996 and this song came before it as a single but didn't appear on the album. Unfortunately, they split up after releasing just 1 more album. I still like how energetic and happy their songs sound and I was always surprised that some people actually didn't like them.

Tiger live