Inspired by the pitchfork article a few years ago about twee,and as i love twee...

Twee as fuck

television personalities - the angry silence

talulah gosh- beatnik boy

tiger trap - my broken heart

rocketship - i love you like i used to

magnetic fields - 100,000 fireflies

honeybunch - mine your own business

cub - tell me now

beat happening - our secret

the softies - hello rain

glo-worm - tilt-a-whirl

heavenly - three star compartment

tullycraft - pop songs your new boyfriend is too stupid to know about

the pastels - mandarin

blueboy - boys don't matter

wolfie - its finally yay

tiger trap - puzzle pieces

the hit parade - hitomi

rocketship - your new boyfriend

barcelona - i got the password to your shell account

black tambourine - throw aggi off the bridge

beat happening - bewitched

the pastels - yoga

honeybunch - my contribution to the greenhouse effect

small factory - if you hurt me

velocity girl - pop loser

heavenly - hearts and crosses

the pastels - different drum

the vaselines - molly's lips

beat happening - indian summer

talulah gosh - my boy says

the sea urchins - pristine christine

heavenly - c is the heavenly option

boyracer - in love

http://www.sendspace.com/file/m9k33x


for the three or four people on the site that enjoy twee.:p

i <3 cub

Thank you very much terence. :)

No Field Mice? :tears:

i <3 cub

i still have my cub badge and t shirt from i think 1994.haha

Thank you very much terence. :)

you are very welcome.:)

No Field Mice? :tears:

oh they can be on volume 2.
a great band in their own right.

I liked a few songs. I already liked Beat Happening and Talulah Gosh.. but never heard of Television Personalities. I liked em alot. So thank you.

I liked a few songs. I already liked Beat Happening and Talulah Gosh.. but never heard of Television Personalities. I liked em alot. So thank you.

i dont really know what "Twee as fuck" means :confused:
but magnetic fields and television personalities are awesome
so i'll give a listen :thumb:

wow thank you so much. i posted a thread a long time ago asking if anybody had any k records or twee stuff and nobody responded. this will certainly do. thanks.


i just found operation heavenly on vinyl for 8 bucks the other day, thought that was pretty cool

I think Heavenly make absolutely gorgeous music, so I'm going to check out some of the other bands I've not heard in that list.

Thanks! I love Los Campesinos!'s version of C Is The Heavenly Option. I'm not sure of the punctuation there.

Thanks! I love Los Campesinos!'s version of C Is The Heavenly Option. I'm not sure of the punctuation there.

I'm going to try an find out whether your punctuation is correct or not, and if it isn't....well there will be heck to pay!

Made me think of this. (http://www.myspace.com/tweeasfucknight) You may or may not be interested.

thanks T , as you know i love twee

i can think of a good few bands to add :thumb:

Thanks, terence. Just a drop in the bucket, hopefully it will inspire more people to search out more "twee" music.

Thanks for the link, Absurd. The fanzine is available in pdf form?! And crosswords puzzles! I'm going to enjoy this! I didn't think there were any out there anymore, cover to cover, except for the stray online zine or re-issue. :thumb:

The Pitchfork article (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/10242-twee-as-fuck) terence was referring to, for the uninitiated. Hey, there's been over 180 views on this thread, so maybe more people will be a little more curious. Or maybe this thread has run its course!

thanks hidden , i meant to post a link then forgot.or became lazy.either one.

i grew up going to see velocity girl and small factory all the time, so twee will always be special to me.

thank you, good sir.

Unfortunately I can't post a download link, but here's my twee compilation:

Razorcuts - Big Pink Cake

The Flatmates - Heaven Knows

The Groovy Little Numbers - You Make My Head Explode

Field Mice - Sensitive

Jesse Garon and the Desparadoes - Splushing Along

14 Iced Bears - The Balloon Song

Bodines - Heard It All Now

Baby Lemonade - Secret Goldfish

Weekend - Past Meets Present

Louis Philippe - Touch of Evil

Two of my favourites from the ever wonderful Sarah Records, one very Twee, the other not so.

The Field Mice - Sensitive E.P - http://www.mediafire.com/?irmjnxjx2vq
Eternal - Breathe E.P - http://www.mediafire.com/?mxbnb0te9lh

Amazing stuff especially Eternal which is as far from the Sarah Records 'sound' as it's possible to get. :guitar:

thank you sir ^^^

if anyone likes another sunny day or the field mice, then i highly suggest listening to the pains of being pure at heart.

the pains of being pure at heart - this love is fucking right!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/lygvfu

Nice thread/s

A few years ago I got a Pitchfork inspired twee mix on Oink but it had more tracks:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/145528/twee.png

If anybody wants the others I can upload my mix too.

Love this thread title!

Potentially stupid questions:

I know Altered Images were pre-twee, but could they still be considered under that umbrella?

Why no Prefab Sprout or Belle & Sebastian - too obvious?

Love this thread title!

Potentially stupid questions:

I know Altered Images were pre-twee, but could they still be considered under that umbrella?

Why no Prefab Sprout or Belle & Sebastian - too obvious?

Altered Images and Prefab Sprout aren't considered as twee, they hadn't signed to indie labels.

Original twee is Postcard, Cherry Red, Subway, Summerhouse, el, Sarah Records, 53rd & 3rd and other small indie labels.

Belle and Sebastian is second generation of twee.

Talking of twee actually, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart borrow from a lot of original indie-pop bands. I can't wait to see them at some point!

http://www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart

Nice thread. I cannot stop listenning to Sarah Records single compilation.
I'm obsessed :D

Talking of twee actually, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart borrow from a lot of original indie-pop bands. I can't wait to see them at some point!

http://www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart


yes,i psted a link for one of their songs on the first page.great band,they would have fit in quite nicely with all those sarah records bands.

Nice thread. I cannot stop listenning to Sarah Records single compilation.
I'm obsessed :D

its a great compilation.

Nice thread. I cannot stop listenning to Sarah Records single compilation.
I'm obsessed :D

'There And Back Again Lane'?
Great compilation if so.
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=338577

'There And Back Again Lane'?
Great compilation if so.

i was assuming it was that one,though i have a couple others.

Yes, i bought "there and back again lane" & "Fountain Island" "many years ago.
They are great. I found the "Shadow Factory" vinyl Lp in Paris for 3 euros a few days ago :)

Twee.net is a good site: http://www.twee.net/
Nice blog: http://fansofsarahrecordsandcreation.blogspot.com/

Back to articles on twee, if anyone wants to read more about the genre, I have a pdf file of an essay someone from the Univ of Lund wrote that I saved from '05 when it was first put on the internet. I tried to search it, but it's no longer available. It's lengthy at 28 pages, but I thought it was well written.

sendspace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/wt7jsn)

Long live this thread. :)

I've only heard of The Pastels from this list, but I like them a lot so I'm sure I'll enjoy digesting all of this. Thanks!

http://rapidshare.com/files/199048687/Essential_Logic_-_Wonderful_Offer.mp3.html

Not really considered a Twee band at all, but I think twee lovers would like this band called Essential Logic.

how about another sunny day? their song 'you should all be murdered' is morrissey-eqsue to a fricking t.

i was gonna start a thread about Twee, but since oye is the "resident expert" :straightface:
i decided against it :o
anyways, who is everybody's fave "twee band"? :guitar:
for me its gotta be
http://blog.favorite10.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/belle-and-sebastian.jpg
Belle & Sebastian
but then again, there may be other bands i really like that are considered "twee"
i just dont know, still :confused:

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good band, yeah, cuz of Oye i got some of their songs :straightface:
i never realized it was a hot lesbian frontwoman :eek: cool :thumb:
the other chicks look hot too :horny:

i was gonna start a thread about Twee, but since oye is the "resident expert" :straightface:
i decided against it :o
anyways, who is everybody's fave "twee band"? :guitar:
for me its gotta be
http://blog.favorite10.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/belle-and-sebastian.jpg
Belle & Sebastian
but then again, there may be other bands i really like that are considered "twee"
i just dont know, still :confused:

Belle and Sebastian are good but I'd have to go for Beat Happening, particularly Black Candy and You Turn Me On. Tiger Trap and The Softies are well worth a listen. Calvin Johnson from Beat Happening has released some good solo stuff also.

Black Candy: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hn2ingvlkt2

Belle and Sebastian are good but I'd have to go for Beat Happening, particularly Black Candy and You Turn Me On. Tiger Trap and The Softies are well worth a listen. Calvin Johnson from Beat Happening has released some good solo stuff also.

Black Candy: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hn2ingvlkt2
thx, i'll give it a listen in a month but dl now :o

Thanks for bumping the thread, Robby.


I grew up loving beat Happening, my first tattoo was the K records logo, I was so annoyed when I found out Kurt Cobain had the same tattoo.Calvin is a real nice guy too, I met him a few years ago.

I do not know if I could pick out one band and say they are my fave twee band.

I shall work on a new Twee compilation to post,one of these days...

Thanks for bumping the thread, Robby.


I grew up loving beat Happening, my first tattoo was the K records logo, I was so annoyed when I found out Kurt Cobain had the same tattoo.Calvin is a real nice guy too, I met him a few years ago.

I do not know if I could pick out one band and say they are my fave twee band.

I shall work on a new Twee compilation to post,one of these days...

I did not know you have a K records tattoo, haha.

the microphones :love:

I was not sure if this deserved its own thread, or if has been posted,but seeing how its rather twee and indie pop...

Romantic and Square is Hip and Aware

1. The Pines - Ask
2. Pale Sunday - I Know It's Over
3. The Lucksmiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
4. Slipslide - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
5. Pipas - This Night Has Opened My Eyes
6. Lovejoy - Girlfriend In A Coma
7. Would-Be-Goods - Back To The Old House
8. The Young Tradition - Sheila Take A Bow
9. Simpático - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
10. The Guild League - Panic
11. The Liberty Ship - Sweet and Tender Hooligan
12. The Snowdrops - Bigmouth Strikes Again (live)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/bp00ib

"The Boy Least Likely To" have released their new album "The Law Of The Playground" and I absolutely adore it. I don't really know alot about twee but this was the band that really got me into it.

hi,

im a secret lurker, posting after Carnation advised me to:

here is my twee dump. not really extensive or clever, but basically my favorites, primarily from sarah records.

http://www dot werunthegame dot biz slash songstocryto

keep it fey forever.

hi,

im a secret lurker, posting after Carnation advised me to:

here is my twee dump. not really extensive or clever, but basically my favorites, primarily from sarah records.

http://www dot werunthegame dot biz slash songstocryto

keep it fey forever.

Thank you,
right click and 'save link as' if you see anything you'd like.

hi charlie

could you please return that URL to the "dot" format.. its purposefully done to avoid crawler bots from archiving my site. thanks

Nice tracks. Thanks again and welcome :)

hi,

im a secret lurker, posting after Carnation advised me to:

here is my twee dump. not really extensive or clever, but basically my favorites, primarily from sarah records.

http://www dot werunthegame dot biz slash songstocryto

keep it fey forever.

the pains of being pure at heart - this love is fucking right!

i just wanted to bump this thread because i've been on a twee kick now. also, pains... is my favorite record of 09.

hi,

im a secret lurker, posting after Carnation advised me to:

here is my twee dump. not really extensive or clever, but basically my favorites, primarily from sarah records.

http://www dot werunthegame dot biz slash songstocryto

keep it fey forever.

thanks for this lovely collection :)

You should add "You should all be murdered" by Another Sunny Day. Such a great song!

thank you sir ^^^

if anyone likes another sunny day or the field mice, then i highly suggest listening to the pains of being pure at heart.

the pains of being pure at heart - this love is fucking right!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/lygvfu

=D I really like this! Listening to their song "Everything with you" for the first time now...and it's even better!

There is a swedish band called Sad day for puppets. They're pretty good I think.

thanks for this lovely collection :)

no problem.

i actually have a request, open to anybody to fulfill.

youd be surprised, maybe, but, i do not have a very big mos/smiths collection [yet]. its too daunting a catalogue, ive always wanted a helping hand. i have friends that are maniacal worshipers at the altar of mos, but, we do not share the penchant for twee/fey stuff.

can somebody make me a playlist friendly to that type of vibe? some songs i really like and actually have memorized are Girl Afraid, heaven knows... , so maybe that era tickles my fancy.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/54ibge

a made a mix with twee songs for someone and thought i'd share. most of the songs are off other mixes or compilations...haha