Your favorite but unknown

A couple of unknowns (at least to me) that I've just recently begun listening to:

The Damnwells (think Blur meets Paul Westerberg meets Stereophonics)

Kim Richey "The Collection"

Here are a few of many LP/EP's 12 and 7 inch singles that I purchased new and were played on WNYU college radio way back in the 80's.

Alien Sex Fiend 'Smells Like Sh*t' (b/w Impossible Mission EP, 1987)
Bat Cave 'Young Limbs' (complilation LP featureing Sex Beat, 1983)
Camouflage 'Voices & Images' (German Import LP, 1988)
The Iguanas 'Iguana'/'Living In A Vacuum' (from Topeka,KS 7in.)
Static Cling 'Fire In the Cockpit'/'Brady Bunch' (from Rochester,NY, 7in.)
James Ray and the Performance 'Texas' (12in import)
Pocket Fishermen 'Amy Carter' (from ?,Texas, 7in.)
Opal 'Happy Nightmare Baby' (precursor to Mazzy Starr, 1987)
Waldo The Dog Faced Boy 'Wood' (Desert,Heat,Eternal one of my favorites, 1987)
APB (from Scotland, four 12in imports/LP, 1982-85)
Numb 'Numb' (import, 1988)
Spacemen 3 'Performance: Live at the Melkweg 6/2/88' (import, 1988)
Test Dept. 'Terra Firma' (import, 1988)
Time Zone 'World Destruction' (Afrika Bambaataa/Johnny Lydon, 12in. import, 1984)
We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It 'Bostin Steve Austin' (also 2 12in. all imports)
Liquid Sky (orginal motion picture soundtrack, 1983)

For pure pop heaven and luscious instrumentation:
The Chills "Submarine Bells"

Eric Matthews "The Lateness of the Hour" & "It's Heavy in Here" How this guy has not yet become the next Burt Bacharach I just don't know. A brilliant composer, trumpet player, and singer.

Anything by Bill Nelson (formerly of Be Bop Deluxe)

harry nillson: the point.

its a love / hate album. my wife runs from it. bob crump still bursts out in song sometimes over it.

rhyno

Saw some live music yesterday afternoon headlined by Los Lobos. But--- Two other acts brought the place down: Eilene Ivers and Immigrant Soul and the subDudes.
Immigrant Soul is an Celtic/Afro-pop/Cuban band with pipes, guitar, bass, percussion and Eilene Ivers on the fiddle. She is amazing! People were dancin' their faces off. What can I say about the subDudes? Been around for years, always just under the radar but great.

Catch Immigrant Soul if they come through your town. We were at a natural grass amphitheatre, surrounded by woods on the shore of a nice lake for swimming. Beautiful summer day amazing music, small appreciative crowd. What a day with my wife and kids! Perfect fathers day 1 day early.

PS: It was the Bridgeton Folk Festival