The Posies - FailureContains 8 bonus tracks, including 1 available for the first time anywhere, The Posies 1988 debut is back and bigger than ever!. Little did Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow know that when they dropped off their cassette to Scott McCaughey (R. E. M., The Minus 5), the clerk at their favorite record store (who happened to do A&R for the indie label PopLlama), that a power pop dynasty would begin. Originally released by the band on cassette, then issued on

it was almost a relief

when soul was the dominant musical form

Paul McCartney

the vocalist styles also draw from the equally powerful history of the French chanson singers to create a truly unique combination

Williams proved a woman could dish out on-stage mayhem as well as any man -- hoisting a chainsaw or a sledgehammer

you’ll hear what Brian Eno fondly calls “the sound of failure” - thrilling

They employed a steam-of-consciousness approach to making noise by recording songs and ideas live in the studio without rehearsal

and worst of all

Liu Sola and Rob Gray

is the third album from the Brighton-based English band

Bobbie’s a girl is a quieter affair than fans may associate with the pioneer of New Zealand indie rock

Dwyer's sloppiness is sophisticatedåÊ - aware and wary of post-Billy Childish cliche