I picked up a vinyl copy of the 1994 album, What's That Sound?, that this song is the title track of. Previously only released on cassette and CD, I think it still sounds great, and enjoyed giving it a spin.

This new, vinyl release is on Melbourne label, Cheersquad Records and Tapes, that is run by Wally who was/is in The Meanies (see this previous post). That band was one of the more prominent on the now defunct Au-go-go Records and their lead singer is the brother of Ross, the singer from Snout.

See also: Snout - Cromagnonman [1996]

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The Blue Hearts / ザ・ブルーハーツ「リンダ リンダ」were Japan's answer to The Clash, The Ramones and The Sex Pistols. This song is my friend's wife's song of choice at karaoke.

Worth seeking out is a 2005 movie called Linda Linda Linda. It's a coming of age story about a high school band who covers Blue Hearts songs. The soundtrack was by James Iha. I believe the movie is the source of the name of The Linda Lindas. Here is the version of the song from the movie.

Also known as Inaichi (イナイチ)、171 are three piece band from the Osaka area. The video has English subtitles available.

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I wanted to refresh my memory about Slavia Praha, as I thought that we had played them in recent memory.

I was correct that in 2021, we played them in Prague in the return leg of the QF of the Europa League. As can be seen in the photo, the team made a statement about racism, following a Slavia player being banned for 10 games for abusing Glasgow Rangers' player (and former Arsenal youth player), Glen Kamara. We made a further statement by whipping them 4-0. Lacazette scored a brace. Saka and Pepe scored the other goals.

This led me to finding out about multiple allegations of racist behaviour by Slavia fans and players in the past. The most recent being against Anderlecht at the end of last year. It appears to me that there seems to be structural issues in football in that country in this matter, as it's not just that club. There are a lot of examples.

I hope it doesn't affect this next game…but I also hope we bang 10 goals in against them. COYG.

Having posted a song by this band last year, here's a recent one from them.

This one tickles 2 of my fancies. 1) A local (Melbourne, AU) band writing good indie tunes who are doing good 2) Their music video has places I recognise and sometimes visit.

They have an album out on Third Man at the end of the month.

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Kiwi, indie legends, The Bats, doing what they do best…lilting jangly/fuzzy, persistent, and catchy tunes. Shot on the Banks Peninsula near Christchurch, a picturesque part of New Zealand.

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A young band from Osaka who have getting increasing amounts of attention in the the last year.

The title translates to "That's all I can say". There's English subtitles on the vid.

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I always like it when a music video has shots on streets that I know and have walked down. In this case, Melbourne band Sleepazoid's video fits the bill. Great energy on this song.

Also, see a song from the singer's previous band that I posted on here a while ago.

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I like this brand new track from Japanese band リュべンス (Rubens). A bit of a different sound from some of their previous stuff that I have heard of theirs.

Auckland's Ringlets put this track out on an album in June. It's via Flying Nun records and I think it harks back, in some ways, to some of the excellent stuff that label has previously released. There are a few nouveau-"Post-punk" bands that I have noticed recently. Is this a trend?

It's from the album, The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time for Walkies).