Monday 24 September 2018

Readers Choice Playlist (August 2018)



August 2018 saw Janglepophub feature 149 tracks on our album reviews / #dailyjanglepop series on our various social media sites. These covered a vast array of janglepop nuanced tracks from the 1960's - 2018.

The Top 20 (see below) is decided purely by the 7 day engagement rates of the janglepophub readership on our various social media sites including blog link clicks.

The remaining 129 'other featured tracks' are listed purely in alphabetical order and include a cracking mixture of janglepop from all decades.....ENJOY !!!


Readers Choice Top 20 (August 2018)




  1.   Teenage Fanclub  -   Have You Ever Seen The Rain (1995)   
  2.   Apple Boutique  -  Love Resistance (1988) 
  3.   Distant Creatures  -  Destroy The Heart (2018)
  4.   Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever  -  How Long? (2018)
  5.   Weekend Lovers  -  Sex on the Beach (2018)
  6.   Lost Ships  -  Best Laid Plans (2018)
  7.   Go-Betweens, The  -  Before Hollywood (1983)
  8.   Wake, The  -  Carbrain (1989)
  9.   Orange Juice  -  Moscow (1980)
  10.   Fluffytails  -  A Thousand Miles Away (2018)
  11.   Church, The  -  Happy Hunting Ground (1985)
  12.   Bill Pritchard  -  Arboretum Romance (1988)
  13.   Biff Bang Pow!  -  Waterbomb (1985)
  14.   Skytone  -  The New York Sing (2006)
  15.   Airport  -  Sober (2018)
  16.   Teenage Fanclub  -  Is This Music (1991)
  17.   Miracle Legion  -  Madison Park (1996)
  18.   Kirsty McColl  -  New England (1984)
  19.   Drop Nineteens  -  Delaware (1992)
  20.   New Order  -  Murder (1984)


All tracks can be heard on the janglepophub YouTube playlist below:








Also Featured on the Blog in August 2018



  1.  6ths, The  -  San Diego Zoo (1995)
  2.  Air Miami  -  Dolphin Expressway (1995)
  3.  Allah Las  -  Buffalo Nickel (2014)
  4.  Animals That Swim  -   King Beer (1991)
  5.  Arrest! Charlie Tipper  -  Blizzard (2018)
  6.  Band of Horses  -  Weed Party (2006)
  7.  Bangles, The  -  Going Down to Liverpool (1984)
  8.  Bascinets, The  -  Country (2018)
  9.  Beatles, The  -  Flying (1967)
  10.  Belle and Sebastian  -  Piazza, New York Catcher (2003)
  11.  Belle and Sebastian  -  Judy is a Dickslap (2005)
  12.  Bill Pritchard  -  Trentham (2014)
  13.  Bill Ryder-Jones  -  Two to Birkenhead (2015)
  14.  Blackbirds FC  -  Heavy Heart (2018) 
  15.  BOB  -  Banwell Blues No.2 (1988)
  16.  Bradford  -  In Liverpool (1989)
  17.  Broken Family Band, The  -  Cocktail Lounge (2005)
  18.  Camper Van Beethoven  - Take the Skinheads Bowling (1985)
  19.  Catherines, The  -  I Was Struggling With Your Magic Biscuit Tin (2018)
  20.  Chesterfields, The  -  Last Train to Yeovil (1988)
  21.  Church, The  -  The Golden Dawn (1982)
  22.  Clean, The  -  Moon Jumper (2009)
  23.  Clientele, The  -  From Brighton Beach to Santa Monica (2007)
  24.  Cowboy Junkies  -  Bread and Wine (2001)
  25.  Cud  -  Only a Prawn in Whitby (1989)
  26.  Diamond Rugs  -  Gimme a Beer (2012)
  27.  Distant Creatures  -  Destroy The Heart (2018)
  28.  Durutti Column  -  Jacqueline (1981)
  29.  Durutti Column  -  Messidor (1981)
  30.  Durutti Column  -  Salford Harmonics (2004)
  31.  East River Pipe  -  Atlantic City (Gonna Make A Million Tonight) (1999)
  32.  Elliott Smith  -  Kiwi Maddog 20/20 (1994)
  33.  Emily Brown  -  Unseen Girl (2018)
  34.  Fantastic Something  -  The Ten Thousand Guitars of St. Dominiques (1983) 
  35.  FC Blackbirds  -  These Four Chords (2018)
  36.  Felt  -  A Preacher in New England (1984)
  37.  Felt  -  Mexican Bandits (1984)
  38.  Felt  -  Textile Ranch (1985)
  39.  Felt  -  The Nazca Plain (1986)
  40.  Galaxie 500  -  Instrumental (1988)
  41.  Gold Needles, The  -  Service With A Smile (2018)
  42.  Gordon Giltrap  -  Perilous Journey (1977)
  43.  Grant McLennan  -  Sea Breeze (1997)
  44.  Guided by Voices  -  Strumpet Eye (1999)
  45.  Hefner  -  Hymn for Alcohol (1999)
  46.  Hit Parade, The  -  Girl from Penzance (2014)
  47.  Honeyrude  -  Something About Milwaukee (2017)
  48.  Housemartins, The  -  The Mighty Ship (1986)
  49.  Idaho  -  Cherry Wine (2005)
  50.  Interpol  -  Stella Was A Diver and She Was Always Down (2002)
  51.  James Dean Driving Experience  -  Ballad of Bedford Town (1989)
  52.  James Taylor Quartet, The  -  Blow Up (1987)
  53.  Jangle Band, The  -  Now That's Over (2018)
  54.  Jayhawks, The  -  Wichita (1991)
  55.  Josh Rouse  -  Winter in the Hamptons (2004)
  56.  Kid Canaveral  -  First We Take Dumbarton (2016)
  57.  Kill Devil Hills  -  What Comes After (1987)
  58.  Kites, The  -  Faster (1994)
  59.  Lovely Eggs, The  -  Oregon (2011)
  60.  Low  -  California (2005)
  61.  Luna  -  Black Champagne (2002)
  62.  Lush  -  Bitter (1989)
  63.  Marquis of Kensington  -  Flash (1972)
  64.  Magnetic Fields, The  -    Come Back From San Francisco (1996) 
  65.  Marshall Crenshaw  -  Rockin' Around In N.Y.C. (1982)   
  66.  McCarthy  -  Charles Windsor (1987)
  67.  Microdisney  -  Singers Hampstead Home (1987)
  68.  Mighty Wah!, The -  Heart as Big as Liverpool (1998)
  69.  Milk Carton Kids, The  -  Michigan (2011)
  70.  Minutemen, The  -  Jesus and Tequila (1984) 
  71.  Moby Grape  -  Omaha (1967) 
  72.  Moles, The  -  Beauty Queen of Watts (2016)
  73.  Monochrome Set, The   -  405 Lines (1980)
  74.  Mull Historical Society  -  Animal Cannabus (2001)
  75.  New Pornographers, The  -  The Slow Descent into Alcoholism (2000)
  76.  Nice  -  Theme From Nice (1991)
  77.  One Thousand Violins  -  I Think It's Time I Broke Down (1986)
  78.  Orange Juice  -  Punch Drunk (1984) - Full album go to 3rd track ( @ 6:40)
  79.  Orchids, The  -  The York Song (1989)
  80.  Pacific  -  Autumn Island (1989)
  81.  Pale Lights  -  Manhattan (2014)
  82.  Papa M  -  Arundel (1999)
  83.  Pastels, The  -  Slow Summits (2013)
  84.  Pernice Brothers  -  Discover A Lovelier You (2005)
  85.  Piano Magic  -  I Must Leave London (2005)
  86.  Poppel  -  Pittsburgh (2017)
  87.  Push Kings, The  -  Florida (1996)
  88.  Real Estate  -  Atlantic City (2009)
  89.  Real Estate  -  April's Song (2014)
  90.  R.E.M  -  (Don't Go Back to) Rockville (1984)
  91.  R.E.M  -  Cuyahoga (1986)
  92.  R.E.M Houston (2008)
  93.  Rareflowers, The  -  Trip Into The Sun (2018)
  94.  Replacements, The  -  Beer for Breakfast (1997)
  95.  Ride  -  Chelsea Girl (1990)
  96.  Robert Forster  -  Jug of Wine (1996)
  97.  Scott and Charlene's Wedding  -  Fakin NYC (2013)
  98.  Silver Jews  -  Night Society (1998)
  99.  Silver Jews  -  Punks in the Beerlight (2005)
  100.  Sloan  -  Cheap Champagne (2008)
  101.  Smallgoods, The  -  Abraham Lincoln (2003)
  102.  Smiths, The  -  London (1984)
  103.  Smiths, The  -  Rusholme Ruffians (1985)
  104.  Smiths, The  -  Oscillate Wildly (1985)
  105.  Smiths, The  -  Money Changes Everything (1980)
  106.  Smog  -  Wine Stained Lips (1994)
  107.  Something Else  -  Don't Want It (2018)
  108.  Swell  -  Throw the Wine (1996)
  109.  Teenage Fanclub  -  Alcoholiday (1991) 
  110.  Teenage Fanclub  -  Don's Gone Columbia (1993) 
  111.  Tom Waits  -  Gin Soaked Boy (1983)
  112.  Tracyanne & Danny  -  Alabama (2018)
  113.  Tres Oui  -  Red Wine and Dry Ice (2018)
  114.  Trick Mammoth  -   Baltimore (2014)
  115.  Unison Jump  -  The City That You Love (2018) 
  116.  Value Void  -  Heavy Heart (2018)
  117.  Wake  -  Brit Mix (1994)
  118.  Walkmen, The  -  Lost in Boston (2006)
  119.  Wave Pictures, The  -  Red Wine Teeth (2008)
  120.  Wave Pictures  -  Friday Night in Loughborough (2014)
  121.  Wave Pictures, The  -  Beer in the Breakers (2011)
  122.  Wedding Present, The  -  Dan Dare (1991)
  123.  Wedding Present, The  - Californa (1992)
  124.  Wedding Present, The  -  Santa Ana Winds (2008)
  125.  Wedding Present, The  -  Santa Monica (2016)
  126.  Weekend Lovers  -  Sex on the Beach (2018)
  127.  Withered Hand  -  King Of Hollywood (2014)
  128.  The Wild Swans  -  Revolutionary Spirit (1982)
  129.  Windbreakers, The  -  Girl From Washingtom (1991) 

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