Now that the victorious Englishman Andy Murphy has packed away his tennis bat, our thoughts turn naturally to astoundingly talented guitarists from Portland, Oregon.  Six tracks from Marisa Anderson’s LP Mercury graced the programme this week alongside some scary posh kids.

Carl Orf and The Chorus of The Children’s Opera – “Oliver Cromwell” (LP – “Music For Children”) (Trunk)
Bloc Party – “Ratchet” (EP – “The Nextwave Sessions”) (Frenchkiss)
Inspirational Sound – “Warning Dub” (EP – “Warning/Sing Jah Praise”) (inspirationalsound.bandcamp.com)
Fuck Buttons – “Princes Prize” (LP – “Slow Focus”) (ATP Recordings)
Marisa Anderson – “Down Off The Mountain” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Marisa Anderson – “Old Names” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Satanicpornocultshop – “Rock” (EP – “Clover”) (satanicpornocultshop.bandcamp.com)
Cars Can Be Blue – “Lie” (download “Indietracks Compilation 2013”) (indietracks.bandcamp.com)
The Wolfhounds – “Cut The Cake” (5CD Box Set – “Scared To Get Happy – A Story Of Indie-Pop 1980-1989”) (Cherry Red)
Cornell Campbell – “Weed Out Vampire” (LP – “New Scroll”) (Zion High)
Marisa Anderson – “Mesquite Shake” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Marisa Anderson – “Happy Camp” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Rawtekk – “Photone Recruits” (LP – “Sprouted and Formed”) (Med School)
Fluorescent Tiger – “Nothing But Blue Skies From Here On Out, Nothing But Blue Skies” – (EP – “Under The Wildflowers – A Lamppost Records Sampler) (Lamppost)
Stimming – “Third of June” (LP – “Stimming”) (Diynamic)
Charlie Kunz and his Casani Club Orchestra – “On the Night of Third of June” (LP – Charlie Kunz 1934-1937) (Music and Memories)
Marisa Anderson – “Colfax” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Marisa Anderson – “Red Sky” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Eccentronic Research Council – “When You Are Woozy, Mind Your Language, Cutie) (EP – ” Bun Fight in the Open University Staff Room”) (eccentronicresearchcouncil.bandcamp.com)