Thanks for the tip on Xmal Deutschland! I'd never heard of them before, I thought I knew 4AD pretty well. My treat for Christmas. Xmas Deutschland!

It's great to find someone in the VC who actually listens to some of the stuff I do. Without mentioning names, I'm getting a little tired of the extensive hair metal coverage. I mean, I'm old AF and come from a time when hair metal was in my wheelhouse, but not since I discovered R.E.M. in 1985. I see the Game Theory LP on your wall-- kudos on that. I saw them for that tour. I was huge into 4AD for a lot of years, and still have a place in my heart for early Pixies and Cocteau Twins (which I saw for the Heaven or Las Vegas tour in Chicago with a stage-frightened Mazzy Star opening). I picked up Xmal Deutchland's Fetish about 3 years ago from a collection of 80's and 90's alternative. I love that album as well.

"Out in the wild" would be a great name for your shoegaze/post punk/power pop/jangle pop band!

Wow! Siouxsie just announced a return to the stage 🙌

Yes Hanna! Cocteau Twins ranking! Please! BTW… Hi.

Great Online Pickups Hanna! I went crazy the last few months with online purchases. Urgh a Music War Mint copy vinyl. Dance Craze, Heart Dreamboat Annie First Pressing, Foghat first pressing, Billy Idol debut with original cover, The Jam All Mod Cons, Original UK Pressing, (I think you have this one too). Many others. Thank you for the video, and Keep On Rockin!

Hi Hanna! I think you might really enjoy The Reds, cool post-punk, new wave'ish, and reasonably priced on Discogs!

Hello, Hanna! I love the t shirt and was so glad you mentioned where you got it! My biggest vinyl saga of late was acquiring the re-mastered MBV LPs from 2021. That was seriously a confusing mess (being in the US), and I ended up purchasing them from Australia. Fortunately, the record store owner was extremely gracious with their time helping me. I'll never forget buying the first 2 albums on CD, when I turned 20 and the store clerk saying "nice choice, amazing band." and that was exactly right! Cheers to another year of collecting!

Greetings Hanna. Glad to see another video from you pre Christmas. Great finds! The Blurred Crusade one of my all time albums and I'm glad you were able to obtain a serviceable lp. Our local record store in Santa Cruz CA is sub par as far as selection goes, so buying online is my primary mode of purchasing music. With the notable exception of the holiday season when I travel to Southern California and embark on a used record store tour around the LA area. I'm really looking forward to that and have a huge want list. Looking forward to the Siouxsie album rankings. My top 5 is pretty straightforward, but gets tricky after that. Will definitely have to check out Moose and Xmal...... Much gratitude and happy holidays to you!

Great stuff Hanna. I look forward to your favorite reissues video. Sounds awesome. Rock on!

Hi Hanna 👋 - Those reissues of The Church on Arista in 1989 were almost all snapped up by Importers at the time & are rarely seen in the 🇺🇸. Love the long introduction to When You Were Mine & Almost With You is outstanding. Awesome to see Fiction by The Comsats on the wall. A beautiful album. Looking forward to the new & last Cure album & tour in 2023. Just watched Liz singing Song To The Siren & then the Tim Buckley original which he performed on The Monkees TV show. Magical song. Enjoy the snowy 🌨 day & stay warm ! ✌️

Some interesting choices there, Hanna. Well done on the shout out to Dereck Higgins. I had the original silver embossed label 'Spiral Scratch' EP and sold it for 50p in the 80s. I should discuss the fact with my analyst!

Love Dereck. He has a great channel and his vinyl collection is bonkers!

All the best of the season to Chris and yourself Hanna, thanks for all the quality videos this year 👍🙏🙂

Blue bell knoll is my fave Baroque and beautiful

Hi Hanna, Kiss Me was one of the first records I bought and I remember my dad telling me to go grab it and he would play it on his big stereo. He was a classic rock guy and when we popped it on the turntable, whe was like, what the hell is this?! 🤣

Nice pick ups Hanna. l'm finally putting my collection on Discogs. Can't wait til you hold up a Legendary Pink Dots album. Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas to you and Chris.

Some great choices - I love Glider so much! TBH just as a piece of art the sleeve itself is worth the cost and the tracks are incredible. I would love to get an AAA vinyl reissue of the 4 essential MBV EPs like we did with Loveless and Isn't Anything. Something like Ride did with their first 4 EPs recently into a double album / gatefold. BTW have you heard the Ride reissues? Look and sound great! Blue Bell Knoll has been a favorite of mine for a long time. Doesn't get as much ink as Treasure or Heaven or Los Vegas, but it's the one I always listen to from them. I never get tired of Carolyn's Fingers. Also check out The Moon and The Melodies (their collab with Harold Budd) if you've never heard it. There were a few "first time on vinyl" releases in 2022 you might like that were killer online purchases for me: - Jon Brion - Meaningless. Originally self released power pop masterpiece on CD in 2000. This year it was finally released on vinyl (and streaming) - Pond - Rock Collection. Latent Print Records had an indie-go-go to license the masters from Sony and finally release it on vinyl (and streaming). Great 90's pop/rock record. - Joy Zipper - American Whip. Mid 2000s cd only release by indie duo, finally put out on vinyl (and streaming). Long Island mix of psychedelic rock / shoegaze-ish / indie, a classic. Joey Waronker, Kevin Shields, Guy Fixsen, Paul Leonard Morgan all worked on tracks on this record.

Hey Hanna. Nice wrap up video- cool that u met Dereck H. ( I enjoy his channel / musings ) , and will look forward to the Cocteau Twins & Siouxsie & the Banshees ranking videos in 2023! 🙏

Haven´t got any clever to say really but will leave a comment in support though,them algorithms must be looked after😂! Great video as usual with lots of nice tips! Cheers and take care!

It’s great to see you digging Xmas Deutschland. I bought their first album when it came out at Electric Fetus in Minneapolis,.. 81 ?

So glad The Fall have grabbed you. Always knew they would! Happy Christmas to you and your loved ones and thanks for all the great videos and recommendations this year. It's been a joy.

I love that tee shirt. That Marantz receiver is retro cool. X Mal Deutschland brings great memories to the fore. That Yardbirds 20 greatest hits album cover is awesome. Favorite vinyl pickup of the year for me was The Exploding Heads "A place to bury strangers' Limited Edition double LP on clear vinyl. As you can tell, I love this episode. It is like a dive into some of my best 80s stuff. Have a very Merry Christmas.

Nice getting that Glider ep at a good price, seems impossible to find an affordable one. Great video, cheers!

Love your take on The Fall. If I can be objective about it as a long term fan (since 1981), I'd say that's their best album. it's What You Need!

awesome shirt. Great pick ups. Just goes to show if you look long enough there will be things you can always find.

Hello Hanna, great t-shirt and glad behind you , you have my favorite new order album 😉great you fin de ep of my bloody valentine, i'am shure you have also the compilation of all their ep's-fantastic album !!!!! when i listen to the church, i always return to "starfish", a masterpiece , "reptile" is amazing !!!! yes xmal deutschland is great, i have the two first albums on cd , are the following albums great also ? it will be great a boxset of this band !!!! yes spiral scratch is a gem of punk music, great sound also by martin hannett !!! cocteau twins, i have four or five albums, if i'am right i don't have "blue bell knoll" -2023 will be another buying cds year lol i must absolutely re-listen to this album from the cure (a long time not listening to ) , my favorite is "the head on the door" 😉 i just listen to the moose band, great stuff but it was a loosy critic about the cherry red (our friends lol) reissue !! also i hope for a future boxset !!! yes the fall, i must also listen to their first zalbums, i begin their career with "kurious orange" !!! good news for you e.m.i released the auteurs complete e.m.i recordings in a 6 cds boxset link here: superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-auteurs-people-round-here-dont-like-to-talk-about-it/ , great music website !!! john foxx is also a pioneer of synth pop here a youtube documentary about the beginning of synth pop really great-watch !!!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9B0e7mBlb2liZc.html yes good idea to make a siouxsie special video-i will wait for that in 2023 !!! glad you have the house of love boxset, they made (our friends cherry red lol) a great job , good sound, a lot of bonus songs-i was happy to receive this this year !!!!! my favorite pickups for this year was house of love boxset, the gothic rhino boxset "A LIFE LESS LIVED" -great stuff-a must have !!!! the gitsnliliput,zen guerille thanks to you Hanna !! fields of nephilim,love and rockets and red lorry yellow lorry boxset !!! like you my passion in life is music-till next time Hanna byyyye-have nice xmas memories !!!!! 😉☺😇

Great finds! I have TWO Xmal grails I will show you as soon as I photograph and get them on my computer. Love your stuff!!

Thanks Hanna for the year of awesome new/old music you have shown me hey the triffids a Christmas tree and beetlejuice what more do you want 🎉

Thanks Hannah, some excellent pick ups. Delighted you have Metamatic in your collection, it’s such an important album both as a transition album for John Foxx and for electronic music. It’s a wonderful piece of minimalist electro-pop. I also adore your back wall arrangement. Some of my favourite albums on display - The Garden is a masterpiece, Movement is the perfect transition album for New Order, Fiction is such a career highlight for Comsat Angels, The Associates is such an original sound, Mesh and Lace a real taste of special things to come and Born Sandy Devotional is just Wow! It was such a joy to see them up there and another joyful experience to watch you share your passion for music.

Impressive run of highlights for 2022. Moose, now there's a band you never see shown. So many great Fall LPs. I have just about all of them from the 80s including This Nations Saving Grace which is definitely one of the best. Take care, enjoy the holiday!

Fun video, as always! Looking forward to your other year end videos you promised at the end. About half of your pickups were new to me, so this was also educational!

Nice one again,Hannah.I showed Spiral Scratch in my favourite ever ep’s ..& My Bloody Valentine’s ‘You Made Me Realise’12” which is 5 incredible tracks. I’ve got The Cure ‘Hot Hot Hot’ 12” which is a great extended mix. I just seem to buy 12” nowadays!

I will definitely not deny I've had some great online pickups, in fact, I was planning on doing a video on this to go along with my best thrift store finds video for the year. (Sorry, that sound like a shameless plug. I should edit it out....I really should, put that on my to-do list 🤣) Good to hear you got a better copy of The Church's album. They are one of my favorite jangle pop bands. Love that Buzzcocks EP, would love to find that on a physical copy, I only have the digital copy. Would love to see a Cocteau Twins ranking video. Moose is one I'll have to check out, I don't recall hearing about them before. Excellent pickups for the year! Here's to another great year to come!

Late to the party, Hanna! Always cool stuff! Music that I must check out as well. Merry Christmas! 🎄😀. - Heather

Hey Hanna! Too many online music purchases this year to count. But I did just pick up the brand new album 'Cult Stars from Mars' by Fuzzbubble. Top notch power pop. And I was lucky enough to see The Cure on the Kiss Me x 3 tour. A couple of guys I worked with had 4th row tickets that they sold me. It was an amazing show. You were probably an infant at the time, so you'll have to take my word for it. Looking forward to more videos in the near future. Be good and take care...

Glad you got to meet Derek! I didn't know he was from Omaha. Very cool. Your collection is amazing! I'm probably pulling the trigger soon on "Blue Bell Knoll." Liz's vocals on that album really resonate with me. Love your My Bloody Valentine shirt! The Fall is such a great band, always enjoy their quirky sound. I had some of The Fall LPs but of course, long gone. That needs to be rectified. I've never seen that Buzzcocks 7 inch before. Hadn't heard of John Foxx until you intro'd him to me. Fantastic sound! I found The Cure's "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me" at Goodwill over 20 years ago. I was about to faint until I saw one of the records was missing. Arghhh! And this guy beat me to a Bauhaus 12 inch he snagged right before I got there. Killed me! Looking forward to your next videos too! Keep up the great videos! Yay!

Thank you : ) So many of my favorites in this one... trying to control my record envy. I'm so looking forward to your best of the 80's video. Happy holidays to you and thank you for all the great videos and music recommendations this year.

That Comsat Angels “Fiction” on the wall. ❤❤❤ There’s a band that’s criminally underappreciated.

Can't tell you my what my favorite online buy was but picked up a Starcrawler record at their gig, and signed after. Love it and them. Another good video Hanna. Have to take a look at some of those you have..

Howdy Hanna! Nice to know you'll be doin' more videos this month. Lookin' forward to 'em as always. So glad you featured Cocteau Twins-Blue Bell Knoll....my favorite album o' theirs. Every song is sublime 'n mesmerizin'. A friend o' mine included the song Throughout The Dark Months O' April 'N May from Victorialand on a mix tape 'n I was hooked! Then I bought Blue Bell Knoll which I featured often on my radio show. Adidas...

As an Australian I'm so impressed by how much you know about our alternative bands - the Triffids, Radio Birdman, The Church, etc. Even most Australians nowadays wouldn't know about these bands!

Some great albums. I have had very spotty luck with buying used albums online. Very, very few dealers are even close to being accurate with their gradings. Dealers who grade accurately are worth their weight in gold. And, since I've moved to Canada, the postage prices really sting. That said, I do buy some hard to find things on the web - when it's hard to find, you just have to eat the downside and forge ahead.

Two rules i have tried to practice since starting to collect vinyl 12 years ago are 1.Buy everything from record shops /fairs .You cant beat crate digging and finding that album you've searched for in nice condition . 2.Quality over quantity. Only in the last few years due to lockdown have i bought online .My latest purchase on ebay is the Abbey road half speed mastered version of New Gold Dream by Simple Minds which is probably my favorite post punk album .Previously to that i bought Lloyd Cole And The Commotions Rattlesnakes .

Good Morning Hanna 🌞 ! ( First To ✅️ In Today 😆 )

Congrats on such cool finds. I have to hear Moose now, I knew about them but haven't heard them. Here in sunny Granger, I have to buy online a lot but I have found some surprisingly great gems in the wild this year. Some of my fave online finds were on indie label and distribution sites this year. Bowery Electric, Blankenberge, and Lacing to name a few. thanks for sharing! BTW I see that wonderful underrated Game Theory album peeking out from behind you!

Hi Hannah, Nice pickups. MBV, The Fall, John Foxx, Cocteau Twins and the Associates in the background - you really are becoming British. You need to get the wonderful 'You Made Me Realise' MBV EP on vinyl, it sounds amazing. Cheers, Paul

Hello Hanna; Some very good online pickups. We're not online purchasers in regards to the record grading system. ( cover / vinyl ) We have always preferred in person grading of records. The Buzzcocks Spiral Scratch is a good find regardless of the pressing. The John Foxx is a nice pick up. Glad you found a trusted online seller, Honey Hole who stocks & sells records you need. The collection grows!! Take care, Tina & Pat!~

It looks like it was a great online year for you. I don't mind buying records online at all - I've been very fortunate with records that arrive as described and in good packaging. So cool that you got to meet Derek! Wow - a lot of vinyl knowledge between the two of you. I love Blue Bell Knoll - still have the CD. Would rather have the record lol. I'm looking forward to the re-issues best of!

Great video HANNA - What a great year 2022 was for most of us - I spent most of my cash on compilations by ACE, GRAPEFRUIT and CHERRY RED from the UK online - I am just obsessed with their reissues and compilations - You can't go wrong with those guys - I am glad that vinyl has brought you and Chris in touch with lots of like-minded collectors - vinyl is global again! - Your collection has grown so quickly do you actually have time to listen to them all? All I can say is WOW my sister! Merry Christmas!👍🌲💿🎸🔥

I still have those 3 moose EPs. Haven't listened to them for years. I sold all my Cocteau Twins LPs a few years ago. But still have 7 of their 12" EPs. Wish I hadn't now. Still have all my Bunnymen albums, 12" and 7" singles. All bought in the day. Love watching your videos. Keep it going and have a great christmas.

Enjoyed the video my friend... happy Christmas 🎄🎄

I own Metamatic since 1980. Also big Magazine and Fall fan.

Last week I picked up a copy of "The 9-Volt Years" by Marshall Crenshaw on ebay. It's not as mind-blowing as the reviews I read had suggested, but it has the song "You're My Favorite Waste of Time." He never re-recorded it for a proper album, which is a good thing cause it sounds perfect the way it is. The latest album from Aksak Maboul is fantastic! I bought that online from the label. I live in Lincoln, so finding cool stuff in the wild doesn't happen every trip out. Thanks for the video!

LIKE number 3 which I did with glee. :)

I found that Church album a couple years ago - yep, on discogs - the gatefold. I think I paid $20 at the time - this was when prices hadn't gone completely crazy yet. Great album! Also love that Cocteau Twins though I only have a CD of that one. I'll pay attention to your advice on the reissues. My favorite recent acquisitions - Icehouse Primitive Man, Martha and the Muffins This Is The Ice Age.

Hell yeah, The Fall! This Nations Saving Grace has always been my favorite of theirs. You're right, there's something about the Brix era and they really are masters of a good riff that just gets stuck in your head for days. People wax poetic about Mark but they forget how damn good the rest of the band was. When they get those riffs going, they go hard. My favorite vinyl purchase of the year has to be either the new Loop album (Sonancy) or the 40th anniversary edition of Joy Division's Still on clear vinyl. Somehow I managed to snag #4 of 25 of a limited run of the new Loop album, so I think that was probably a good score.

Awesome pics!

I only own a reissue on Loveless as representing My Bloody Valentine in my own collection. Love the Cure and for me Just Like Heaven is my fave. That is a nice looking box set for House of Love. Nicely done, Hannah. 😊

Hello Hanna 🙂 I hope all is well. I enjoyed the video. I'm really into the John Foxx Metamanic album since I am a synth head. My favorite song on the album is Plaza. He made some great sounds with Ultravox as well. I can dig it 😉 Take care!

Hi Hanna,good afternoon,I have TBC,The Church's album,and Remote Luxury,with Black and blue cover,both second brazilian press,reissued in 1988,and i have too Cocteau Twins',Blue bell knoll,in CD, US press,I really like your video,but I stay super happy,cheers,and happy holidays,and,have a nice weekend for you!!!!!!!!

wow those 10 are a record collection on their own! shout out to the GAME THEORY lp over your shoulder.

Thanks for the Cocteau Twins reference, I remember them and have to catch up. The vocalist was so great she didn't have to focus on the words necessarily, she was that good. I have been taking in Jeff Beck's early work with the Yardbirds. He seems like an independent guy who focused on the importance of the 🎶 beyond himself or the band. You and Chris take care, can we have a little more AC/DC already!?

I love blue bell knoll🙏🤘🏻♥️ I’m also fascinated by your love of vinyl. To cd would be the form to collect which is less fragile. But all my music is on my phone because to me having all my music with me all the time trumps any physical format. But to each his own. I listened to moose decades ago I need to look them up again. Ride is my fav shoe gaze. Strangely enough I did recently buy their clear blue vinyl of Nowhere!! And I need your HOL BOX!!!

So cool that you got your favorite EP. You have some really nice albums that you showed - I don’t have any of them. That Cure album is beautiful. That Moose album had Jan Brady, Nellie Olsen lol. Looked again and they are the Brady Sisters. No Nellie bug she was a favorite of mine!

Love the shirt. I like to wear shirts with colors over black or grey. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me for $27 is a very good deal. I'm not familiar with Moose. I have nothing by The Fall though I'm familiar with their early stuff. They have so many albums.

So cool to see some Xmal! I blind bought both of those on whatnot and was pleasantly surprised.

Merry nearly Crimbo, Hanna. You sent me scurrying to my 12" (& 10") corner (barricaded to prevent the cat from sinking her claws into my Cocteau Twins again). Still have the Glider EP, but don't know where my copy of You Made Me Realise went. Moose 'Cool Breeze' still present & correct. I'd forgotten about them. Believe Xmal Anja's name is pronounced Ann-Ya Hugh. But ask a German.The first 3 Auteurs albums are all top drawer. 'Lenny Valentino' is a banger. As is Black Box Recorder's Facts of Life LP. Metamatic, peachy, & don't you think The Garden sounds like it could have been the 4th Ultravox album if Foxx hadn't jumped ship? Now break out the festive cheer (booze, nibbles, Fall albums etc, etc).

I wish the local record stores were a little more local - as in closer. I tend to buy more online rather than drive 3o minutes to a record store that may not have what I'm looking for. Nice showing of vinyl. Thanks for sharing.

It’s amazing how many of the albums featured here I have. I also have that Yardbirds Greatest Hits album you have ha ha!

Oh man, a vinyl of Glider. Great pick up. I like Don’t Ask Why on that one. The Tremolo EP is equally as awesome. I used to have both but stupidly sold them about 20 years ago. Glad you haven’t given up on shoegaze Hannnah-you had me worried! KMKMKM also great pickup. I just grabbed Bloodflowers online at eBay-can’t wait to grab Wish deluxe and their new one when it comes out.

Hey Hanna, I'm glad you got something from the disaster which was Liz Truss, she was unbelievably awful for us in the UK. You won't believe how she became PM; the UK is certainly not a democracy. Luke Haines is still an amusingly embittered presence on social media, though I don't think he's done anything good musically since Black Box Recorder. I'm constantly amazed at how clued-up you are on the best of obscure British music. Today I was looking through a box of my old records and found original releases which I'd forgotten I had: Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire Public Image - Public Image Damaged Goods ep - Gang of Four Satisfaction and Duck Stab ep - The Residents Treason - The Teardrop Explodes. Probably all in horrible condition, though I'll try playing them later.

Metamatic for days...yes!! Saw him perform this album in full in 2012 in Hackney, sadly he never tours the states., So we were incredibly lucky to catch that while on tour. Still one of the best synth albums ever made!

Cherry Red is releasing an Auteurs CD box set!

Just great ones - again - Blurred Crusade is on my Top 100 List of LPs - Treasure by Cocteau Twins is unbeliveable - and you have Buzzcocks The Cure XMal aso - Awesome picks - and again - Moose has passed me by don't know why - found Honey Bee on Spotify and it's Wonderful - Thanks again I love finding "new" Bands - Mondo Cane went straight into my Top 100 List Of 1993 :) and of course John Foxx is a Genious - I'm looking for that one! PS "you know that you bought plenty of vinyl online this year, too! Yes, you! " NO I DON*T ;-) - I let my fingers do the serching ;-) Cheers!

Great stuff especially John foxx 👍

I love seeing New Order's Movement & The Associates - The Affectionate Punch! I don't think I have seen you talk about those. I love them both. The second time you referenced Xmal Deutschland recently. They have been on the periphery of everything forever. I have never dived in and you have given me the impetus to try. Spiral Scratch! Love that you have that. I think I am more of a 7" fan than you. That one is essential. "be-dum, be-dum" And of course The Fall! Not sure if you have ever looked into 2nd wave ska/2-Tone from the late 70s. Very sad news to hear of the passing of Terry Hall, from the Specials, Fun Boy Three & Colorfield. It has been a horrible year for losing so many musical icons. Thanks for the great video.

Great video - Some of my favorite online purchases include Jeff Buckley Grace, The Vaselines Sex with an X, and X Under the Big Black Sun 40th reissue. I know there is more. I just ordered Veruca Salt American Thighs reissue last night.

Thanks for sharing your list. Some of my favorites I picked up in the last year are: Japanese copy of The Faces A nods as good as a Wink, Vancouver Complication (an album of various 70’s/80’s Canadian Punk Bands), Promo copy of The Headpins album Turn it Loud, and the album I have had on constant rotation SilverHeads debut album… looking forward to your next video 👍

Hey Hanna, Metamatic.. great album and i love the 1977 self titled 1st Ultravox album and its cover shots, John Foxx's songs and voice are so great on that. Thanks for all your reviews, your new room reveal was special, to see your delight with it. Youve brightened many days for me when i really needed it thanks xoxoxo

Kiss Me,Kiss Me,Kiss Me Is such a great album,My favourite tracks from it are Torture and Snakepit.

Happy Holigaze! Hanna, are you familiar with Third Man Records' "Southeast of Saturn" Midwest shoegaze comps? I just discovered their existence the other day. Yet to really listen, though. Moose connects to Piroshka who I think you mentioned previously and are quite good. I'm totally in on a Cocteau Twins rundown. And Dereck is great !He loves shoegaze.

I really like tee public. Designing my own shirts is really cool. I’m able to get shirts for smaller artists that only do small runs that sell out quickly. Of course I still support these artists, but now I can rock the merch. Also designed and ordered stickers. I may start doing all my gift shopping at tee public. What’s better than a one of a kind shirt as a gift? Anyway, if anyone here wants any Billy Woods and/or Arman Hammer merch, hmu.

Despite the fact that I always love it when you show stuff that's new to me. I really can't help but love it when you show a bunch of stuff I picked up back when they were released, albeit my copies are all original CD issues. As always, I am reminded of other contemporary bands, such as The Wonder Stuff. Are you familiar with them... or Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine? The 80s/90s Indie scene had so many interesting bands.

Nice X-mal finds. I was surprised that I did not see any of their records in Switzerland and Austria on my recent trip. Surprisingly, I found a few EPs in a local store in Santa Barbara. Fetisch, Tocsin, and Incubus Succubus I got back in the day in CH. Agree on the change in direction on Viva, skipped that one, but got the later Devils on CD. Re my favorites for the year, you inspired me now to post something on undaobscura.

I scored the Fall’s Palace of Swords Reversed on vinyl this year. I wore out my cassette version playing it in the car in the 90s. Still my favorite Fall comp. However, This Nation’s is up there. I do like the pop hooks of the Brix era. In terms of your stash, I lean more toward your honorable mentions. Love Born Sand Devotional, Comsat Angels, and Game Theory. I scored three LPs from the latter this year. I’ve had my eye on that House of Love box, although I have all their official releases already. Not sure if all those extras in the box are worth it. Favorite is the Butterfly album. Finally, love love the Auteurs. Every song on that album is a gem. I saw a recent interview with Luke Haines and he looks like Van Morrison’s brother.

You've got me seriously thinking I have to get my hands of some Xmal!!! maybe I have missed the boat on any bargains. Love the C Twins, I have to admit I also bought Blue bell knoll new, you'll never guess where I got it from but it cost me $22 ; ) 180g!! Cure is lovely. will look out for that Banshees NB just so you don't think I am full on copying you I will also be doing some ranking videos next year ok , probably our fave band/s!"!!....say no more ...

Love your My bloody Valentine Tshirt.

If you're any kind of "collector", shopping on line is unavoidable. Unfortunately some of the grading leaves a lot to be desired, but you at least hope for a reasonable seller that will work with any issue. Nice pickups, love the Cure :)

Nice picks! I can remember buying Isn't Anything when it came out at Tower Records on cassette. (Wish I still had it!) and then Glider, Tremolo and of course Loveless when they first came out. I do still have those. Magical! Finally got to see MBV live years later in SF and to be honest it was a disappointment. Just ridiculously too loud and just sounded like noise. I'll stick to the studio recordings. I also saw Moose open for Cocteau Twins on the Four Calendar Café tour. Happy collecting and cheers from Sac!

Merry Christmas and thanks for all of the fun videos this year it's been fun as a viewer getting to share music with like minded people such as yourself and in turn I've discovered some great power pop and post punk, punk artists I never would've even heard of so thanks to this channel it's broadened my musical horizons

The House of Love box-set is on my radar. The Auteurs are great. Anything with Luke Haines is worth looking into.

Love the shirt! I am surprised you haven't bumped into Dereck more often but then again, Omaha isn't a small place. So was that Chris clapping in the background or was that a sound effect ;) I've never seen that MBV single. That's pretty cool and I bet the singles go for a lot! I am really surprised that it wasn't dropped in the US originally. It's weird and by 1989, vinyl was really getting phased out. That Buzzcocks EP is a nice one. I wasn't aware of that one at all. Love the Cocteau Twins of course and you can't beat the old 4AD records. While I still like the label, it has a different vibe now. I still buy at least one 4AD album each year. Okay...new band for this video is Moose (and Metamatic). They are new to me! I will have to check them out. I had to look at Xmal Deutschland the last time you featured them. Can't wait for you top albums of the 80s. Didn't you show the Auteurs before? I love the black and white photo on the cover. I am starting to love the compact CD box sets more and more. Vinyl box sets are just taking up too damn room in my house ;p

nice marantz, got the 2225 & 2226 @my home in germany

This is such a great list hannah. Gonna revisit the cocteau twins for sure. Wanted to say just picked up chameleons dali’s picture demos and am blown away. I know you are a fan of those early ones and perhaps this was already available somewhere but just tremendous sounding. It’s stripped the reverb and delay from mark burgess’s vocals and removed synths such as on script of the bridge and after. These are raw, propulsive post punk. Gorgeous! My find of the year. Enjoy and keep spinning!

At last Hanna... You have Mesh & Lace.... What is your opinion of it?.... I love that album, It's dark, aggressive, and just brilliant

I love your picks. Back in the day, 90s/90s era, finding Cure, the Fall, 4AD stuff was much easier. Less collectors of those releases. I was a “label chaser”. 4AD, Subpop, Wax Trax, etc. Dead Can Dance, Clan of Xymox, and Cocteau Twins were my favorites. A video from 4AD called Loneliness is an Eyesore, is a must. I have it on vinyl and, of all things, VHS. Clan of Xymox and Wolfgang Press had their best tracks on there. The videos were stunning.

How great you got Church in your best of list, amazing record by an amazing band. I am working on my Church collection, still a few missing, also trying to get my hands on their 45s. Also happy to see the Buzzcocks 45 to make your list! Love your editing and keeping random comments like the one about your hair etc, I can relate. 🤣 Looking forward to see your coming 2022 lists. Cheers

I found the most amazing record this evening on a blind thrift store purchase (I had no clue what it was but it caught my curiosity) that is totally up your alley as far as your musical tastes go and you can pick it up for around $2 or $3 on discogs or ebay. It's called The Thought (self-titled) (1985 MCA-5559). Its kind of a mix of post punk with grindy 80s alterna-psych rock and some new wave synth elements. It's even got a cover of The Byrds - Eight Miles High in their unique style that is actually really really good. Trust me on this one, go look it up, I think you'd love it as I myself do (my musical tastes mirror yours pretty closely).

Also have a few House of love original LPs and singles. Saw them live at Brunel university in Uxbridge Middlesex. in the 80s