Fire Records
An integral part of independent music history, London's Fire Records began releasing albums from Pulp, Spacemen 3, Teenage Fanclub, The Lemonheads, The Pastels, and countless others in the early '80s. The label stopped making records for a while but has reemerged with a new roster of artists such as David Hurn, The Wardrobe, Delicate Awol and Puerto Muerto make Fire a hot new label with a classic older catalogue.
David Hurn
David Hurn is a English songwriter who has just surfaced recently. He delivers his sad songs with a hint of hope tinting the syrupy thickness of narcotic-like instrumentation.
No Love EP
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2002
He Was A Woman
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2002
Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3's druggy, droning brand of space rock was one of the more hallucinatory and exciting sounds to emerge from the late '80s U.K. rock underground. After the band's acrimonious 1991 breakup, members went on to form such notable bands as Spiritualized, Spectrum, Experimental Audio Research, and Darkside.
Playing With Fire
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1989
Recurring
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1991
Teenage Fanclub
In the early '90s, Teenage Fanclub countered the nihilism of the grunge generation with a sludgy but sunny sound that channeled the power pop glory of Big Star and Badfinger. The Scottish band has soldiered on since their brief commercial breakthrough, issuing a half dozen albums filled with songs built on that same power pop foundation, with some explorations into vintage country-rock and hushed pop acousticism.
A Catholic Education
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2002
