Following on from part 1, I’m looking back at the indie / Britpop compilation album ‘Shine 5′. Shine was a mid-late 90′s indie compilation series. There were ten Shine albums, but the 1996 released 5th installment was the one I played over and over and over. What happened to the 41 bands featured on the album? Let’s take a look at the bands from CD2.
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Whilst enjoying a late night brandy or two with my friend The TV Philes recently, we reminisced about the indie rock / Britpop era and specifically about one compilation album ‘Shine 5′. Shine was a mid-late 90′s indie compilation series. There were ten Shine albums, but the 1996 released 5th installment was the one I played over and over and over. So what happened to
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Recently the song by Gotye ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ has been stuck like glue in my head. It’s a cracking pop song and it reached number 1 in the UK charts. I had no idea about its chart success until a friend mentioned it to me. I never listen to Radio 1, watch MTV or pay much attention to any other medium associated
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I recently did a brief bar review for a magazine. Here it is. Tweet
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