Good fun the other night indeed...and yes, great to hear music in a room at good volume. Not something that happens Chez Doyle very often. Nice to see Rob out as well - the man knows his music.

My selections were:

Midlake - The Trails of Van Occupanther - America meets Seals And Crofts meets Alan Parsons meets almost any other mid-seventies atmospheric folk rock band. In fact an outstanding record and my current favourite.

Broken West - I Can't Go On, I'll Go On - great upbeat SoCal pop, also very retro (so many things are these days), but not as self consciously so in my view, and channelling more of a LA-sixties simple pop structure. Very well done I think.

The Earlies - The Enemy Chorus - interesting eclectic blend of pop stylings, sort of psych pop meets singer songrwiter meets large (somewhat goofy) synth.

Thanks for hosting Derek, and hope you maxed out on sleep.