Pleasure City Hip Parade, September 2010

Betty and the Werewolves enjoy a nice cup of tea

It's high tea for Betty and the Werewolves, but the bearded one doesn't look like he wants to join in! Never mind - he can cheer himself up with the thought that he contributed to my most-hummed tune of the month!

Here is the Pleasure City Hip Parade for September:

1. (-) Betty and the Werewolves - Should I Go To Glasgow? (Obsessions over the past year or so: Vivian Girls > Wetdog > Dum Dum Girls > Best Coast > Betty and the Werewolves. Spiky, independently-spirited pop)

2. (1) Best Coast - Goodbye (still rockin' my world!)

3. (17) Tender Trap - Do You Want a Boyfriend? (One of the brainy Amelia Fletcher's finest moments. Up there with Oh Katrina and C Is The Heavenly Option)

4. (-) Betty and the Werewolves - Purple Eyes (at last - someone else who doesn't understand the appeal of The Libertines!)

5. (-) The Notes - Dancing Shoes (Awake and Summer Love also recommended)

6. (8) Withered Hand - New Dawn

7. (3) The Maladies of Bellafontaine - Longsocks

8. (7) Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes - The Rain Fell Down

9. (10) Rote Kapelle - Sunday

10. (-) The Go-Betweens - Wait Until June

11. (-) The Dole - New Wave Love

12. (-) Mathew Sawyer and the Ghosts - Revenge of the Extra from Zulu

13. (6) Helen & the Horns - Freight Train

14. (5) Best Coast - Happy

15. (2) Liechtenstein - Passion for Water

16. (-) Best Coast - Wish He Was You

17. (-) Fabienne Delsol - Come Away

18. (12) Heavenly - Wrap My Arms Around Him

19. (-) Shine! - I Just Can't Celebrate Today

20. (4) Rote Kapelle - These Animals Are Dangeroos

Nine new entries over the course of a month would mean approximately two per week if I did this weekly (which I won't). Seems about right.