#blue suede platforms

[bandcampsnoop]

6/23/26.

P. Noid is one of two bands currently releasing music for Pocket Rocket Records (Chicago, Illinois). The other band, Answering Machines, have already sold out their tape. Both bands have embraced a 90s lo-fi aesthetic.

It's been noted all over the place that Chicago is quite the indie scene right now. P. Noid does have a song on the great "Red Xerox" compilation (Eli Schmitt) on New Now that documents the current group Chicago punk rockers.

P. Noid and Answering Machines make me think of a louder/more rocking version of The Capstan Shafts, which is a comparison that goes back a ways. Other times they recall Blue Suede Platforms.

[ozkar-krapo]

BLUE SUEDE PLATFORMS "Wood Hat" (Cassette. 2016) [UK]

ZËRO "Superbad / There was a Time" (7". 2016) [FR]

Pharoah SANDERS "Journey to the One" (2xLP. 1980) [US]

The REFLECTIONS "Slugs and Toads" (LP. 1981) [UK]

ELG "La Chimie" (LP. 2013 / rec. 2010-12) [FR]

IGGY & The STOOGES "Raw Power" (LP. 1973) [US]

PIERRE & BASTIEN "Musique grecque" (LP. 2016 / rec. 2015) [FR]

Pierre HENRY "Musiques pour une Fête" (LP. 1976 / rec. 1971) [FR]

SWARA SAMRAT "Lottery of Memories" (LP. ? / rec. 1979) [GER]

JOWE HEAD "Strawberry Deutsche Mark" (LP. 1986) [UK]

STARSHIP BEER "Nut Music - As free as the Squirrels" (LP. 1980) [US]

Y PANTS "Y Pants [6 trks]" (12". 2017 / rec. 1980) [US]

Y PANTS "Beat it down" (LP. 2017 / rec. 1982) [US]

Rashad BECKER "Traditional Music of notional Species vol. II" (LP. 2016) [GER]

Lee ROCKEY "Music" (LP. 2007 / rec. 196?-7?) [US]

PERE UBU "Terminal Tower : An archival Collection, non LP Singles and B-Sides 1975-1980" (LP. 2001 / rec. 1975-80) [US]

The GREAT UNWASHED "Clean out of our Minds" (LP. 2012 / rec. 1983) [NZ]

The FALL "This Nation's saving Grace" (LP. 2015 / rec. 1985) [UK] 

[bandcampsnoop]

6/22/26.

I'm not at all sure how I ran across Berlin-based band The Fulmars self-titled debut the other day. My immediate impression was Blue Suede Platforms - a cassette I bought about 8 years ago.

But, that's a pretty deep cut comparison. The Fulmars themselves (or Static Age Musik, the label releasing the LP) uses the following comparisons - Young Marble Giants, Dead Moon, and The Velvet Underground. They actually have their own deep cut comparison - Throw That Beat In The Garbagecan! (at least for me...I'd never heard of this band). I'd also throw in a Barbara Manning comparison as well.

The only other time we've mentioned this label is back in 2023 when discussing the physical release of Yfory.

[bandcampsnoop]

9/15/18.

A little while ago I posted about Blue Suede Platforms (Albert’s Basement).  I bought it and there was an understandable delay in receiving my shipment (due to vacation).  To make up for it, the label sent Poulson Studio with my order.

The write up on Bandcamp states, “Imagine Young Marble Giants, The Cure and Mary Briefcase are on tour and go back to the hotel room for a jam after the big show.  This magic ensues… smiles dripping from the hotel wallpaper…. caught by someone with a Dictaphone. Upon checking out they left a copy of the tape at reception. The hotel managers were so fond of the jive they payed for the recordings to be used in the elevators at their hotel”

Love the description, and I definitely hear the Young Marble Giants/The Cure reference (can’t say I’ve heard Mary Briefcase, but I did check Discogs...an expensive LP to say the least)

Poulson Studio are from Christchurch, New Zealand.  Frankly this adds another layer to their influences.