Sunday, June 28

THE GRIP WEEDS - SEE YOU THROUGH EP (1992)
The very first Grip Weeds release. This critically-acclaimed 7" EP includes "Used to Play", "Gone from the Day" and "Hard to Take."

The Grip Weeds were formed in New Brunswick, NJ, in the late '80s, when Reil and his brother, singer/guitarist Rick Reil, joined forces with guitarist/singer Tim Mesko and bassist Mick Hargrave. After playing the East Coast club scene for a few years, the Grip Weeds recorded an EP titled See You Through for Ground Up in 1992.

Kristin Pinell replaced Tim Mesko and their first full-length album, "House of Vibes", came out on Ground Up in 1994, it was reissued in 2007 but weirdly enough, the seminal EP was not included on that deluxe reissue.

The byrdsian "Gone To Play" has never been included on any Grip Weeds collection, but "Used To Play" and "Hard To Take" were later re-recorded in 2010 for "Strange Change Machine". 

LOSSLESS: ZS (85mb)

Songs
1. Used to Play / 2. Gone from the Day / 3. Hard to Take

Sunday, June 21

MIDSUMMER POLE DANCE (2015)
Nick, a regular PPC reader with strong swedish roots has decided to revisit the annual PPC "Advent Wall of Sound" at Christmas with Midsummer which is a major seasonal celebration across the Nordic countries with communities gathering to dance around the midsummer pole.

So I thought he could share this excellent idea with the PPC community to revel in 20 slices of great Swedish music - one album a day in June in the run up to Midsummer Day on 20th June as it was previoulsy planned, but delayed due to some PC crash on my side.

Each day, he has posted an album of pop perfection from a Swedish artist or band. All of them are performed in English and he has steered clear of the familiar bands like Roxette, The Cardigans etc. to demonstrate the range of top bands in Sweden.

Feel free to post any comments about this great piece of work, and please don't forget that all the credits go to Nick. And remember, ZS allows parallel downloads. Enjoy.

Day 1Cover - ZS
Day 2Cover - ZS
Day 3Cover - ZS
Day 4Cover - ZS
Day 5Cover - ZS
Day 6Cover - ZS
Day 7Cover - ZS
Day 8Cover - ZS
Day 9Cover - ZS
Day 10: Cover - ZS
Day 11: Cover - ZS
Day 12: Cover - ZS
Day 13: Cover - ZS
Day 14: Cover - ZS
Day 15: Cover - ZS
Day 16: Cover - ZS
Day 17: Cover - ZS
Day 18: Cover - ZS
Day 19: Cover - ZS
Day 20: Cover - ZS

And finally as a bonus, our friend has compiled some of his favourite tracks from the albums featured over the 20 days.

Compilation:  Cover - ZS

Friday, June 5

VARIOUS - LONELY SUMMER (2015)
Summer 2015 is almost tomorrow, temperature is rising and it is time to listen to a brand new collection (the seventh) of summer songs. Again, this sunshine collection is available in lossy and lossless formats.

Summer 2015

ZS (189 mb)
 
Click on pix for the details of the bands involved

All the previous PPC summer compilations are still available, you you can give a look at them and dream of a bright future even though you've got to wear shades. 

2009 Summer Songs (details here): 1 + 2
2010 Summer Songs Vol. 2 (details here): 1
2011 Back To The Summer Of... (details here): 1
2012 Hooks On The Beach (details here): 1
2013 In Search For The Perfect Hook (details here): 1
2014 Summer PowerPop Man! (details here): 1

Wednesday, June 3

GREGG SWANN (re-ups)
As a request, here are the first two Gregg Swann albums

Blue In The Face (1995) + Yes, Maybe (1993) 

Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 (331 mb)
Original post here 5 June 2008

Fever Dream (1996)

Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 + ZS3 (389 mb)
Original post here 25 September 2010