Most popular songs in 2XS Rocks! playlist

Bean Fields - SHANNON AND THE CLAMS (from The Moon Is In The Wrong Place 2024). Shannon Shaw wrote this song after the death of her fiancee outside his family farm in Oregon

'Cut Some Rug' - THE BLUETONES (Expecting To Fly 1996). Who remembers the '90s indie scene then? This was the Hounslow band's debut allbum

'Push Back' - THE GENTLEMEN (A Candid History Of Faith, Hope, Love 2009). The third single from the Sheffield band's album 'A Candid History Of Faith, Hope, Love'

'Cowgirl In The Sand' - NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 1969). This was Neil Young's second solo album and his first with backing band Crazy Horse

'Last Goodbye' - JEFF BUCKLEY (Grace 1994). Jeff Buckley died on 29 May 1997, aged 30, and was the son of Tim Buckley, who had died in 1975, aged 28. This was his only complete studio album

'Pontius Pilate's Home Movies' - THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS (Continue As A Guest 2023). Carl Newman keeps things fresh on the Canadian band's ninth album

'Black And White Town' - DOVES (Some Cities 2005). Wilmslow's Jez & Andy Williams and Jim Goodwin form the highly respected indie trio, who got together after meeting at The Hacienda in Manchester

'Ready 2 Wear' - FELIX DA HOUSECAT (Devin Dazzle & The Neon Fever 2004). From the man who 'accidentally' invented ElectroClash, Chicago's Felix Stallings

Make It All Right - THE OFFSPRING (from Supercharged 2024). Following 2021's 'Let The Bad Times Roll', Dexter Holland's band rolls on. The female voice here is Canadian actress, Rebecca Shoichet

'Dusty' - SOUNDGARDEN ( 1996). As one of the first bands to record for the legendary Sub Pop Records, Seattle's Soundgarden is generally regarded as one of the founding fathers of grunge. Released on 16 Dec 1996, this is the Moby mix of the track origina

'Doing It Right' - THE GO! TEAM (Proof Of Youth 2007). From the Brighton band's 2nd album, released Sep 2007. They take their name from that given to the guys who survey plane crash wreckage in the USA (NTSB Air Accident Investigators)

'Astounded (ft Curtis Mayfield)' - BRAN VAN 3000 (Discosis 2001). The Montreal 'Drinking In L.A.' band approached Curtis to sing this song but he was too ill. Instead, he allowed the use of an existing 'Move On Up' accapella, and died eight weeks later

'I Keep Singing That Same Old Song' - HEAVY JELLY ( 1968). Colin Gibson's Heavy Jelly evolved from Skip Bifferty and at one time included Apple records (brief) star, Jackie Lomax

'Virginia Plain' - ROXY MUSIC ( 1972). Although originally a single only, this was included on later releases of the album 'Roxy Music'. It was produced - Pete Sinfield

'In The City' - EAGLES (The Long Run 1979). Originally going to be a double album but reduced to a single, this was the last No 1 LP of the 70s in the USA

'Lucky Guy' - GUN (Hombres 2024). The Glasgow band who, we are pleased to say, never go away! Originally called Blind Alleez, vocalist Mark Rankin is a cousin of Texas' Sharleen Spiteri

All For Nothing - KENSINGTON (from Rivals 2014). The Utrecht foursome are vocalist Eloi Youssef, with Casper Starreveld, Jan Haker & Niles Vandenberg

'Psycho Killer' - TALKING HEADS (Talking Heads: 77 1977). This B52s 'standard' was later used in the Netflix TV series, 'Stranger Things'

'Fists Of Fury' - TERRORVISION (Good To Go 2001). Terrorvision began in Keighley as The Spoilt Bratz in 1986, led - vocalist Tony Wright. This was their final album

'Sundown' - ELWOOD (The Parlance Of Our Time 2000). Produced - Steve Lillywhite, the album was North Carolina rapper Prince Elwood Strickland III's homily to old records passed down - his grandfather: in this case, the Gordon Lightfoot classic

'Medicated Goo' - TRAFFIC (Last Exit 1969). Last Exit was the third album - Traffic. It was a collection of odds and sods put together - Island Records after the initial breakup of the band

'Behind The Mask' - GREG PHILLINGANES (Pulse 1985). Keyboard virtuoso Gregory Arthur Phillinganes was discovered - Stevie Wonder, appearing on his 'Songs In The Key Of Life' album, and later with Michael Jackson on 'Off The Wall', 'Thriller', 'Bad' and

'Coming Back To Me Good' - KASABIAN (Happenings 2024). Our Leicester chums return with their eighth studio album. At 28 minutes, it's their shortest so far... (good, or bad?)

'I've Seen All Good People' - YES (The Yes Album 1971). The third album - Yes and the first release to feature Steve Howe on guitar. Still begs the question, could Jon Anderson actually sing?

Fizz - BLUSHING (from 2024). Recurrents

'Everybody Loves Me But You' - JULIANA HATFIELD (Hey Babe 1992). Following the breakup of the Blake Babies in 1991, the Boston singer joined Evan Dando's Lemonheads to record their breakthrough album 'It's a Shame About Ray'. Dando plays guitar on this t

'You Little Thief' - FEARGAL SHARKEY (Feargal Sharkey 1986). The former Undertone goes a soft

'Trampled Under Foot' - LED ZEPPELIN (Physical Graffiti 1975). This was Zep's 6th (and first double) studio album

'American English' - IDLEWILD (The Remote Part 2001). Roddy Woomble's Edinburgh band started out in 1995. They recorded a session for 2XS in 1997 and this was their3rd full album

'Fisherman's Blues' - THE WATERBOYS (Fisherman's Blues 1988). This was the fourth album - Mike Scott's Edinburgh band

'Headloss (live)' - CARAVAN (Live At The Fairfield Halls, 1974 1974). This was recorded live at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon on 1 Sep 1974

'English Summer Rain' - PLACEBO (Sleeping With Ghosts 2003). Brian Molko & Stefan Olsdall founded Placebo in London in 1994 as 'Ashtray Heart' (from a Capt Beefheart lyric)

A Different Kind Of Tension - BUZZCOCKS (from A Different Kind Of Tension 1979). Bring on the punks, all signed to corporate EMI...

'Caroline' - TAX THE HEAT (Fed To The Lions 2016). A stunning track from the Bristol band's debut album

'Watching Wax' - BERRIES (Berries 2024). The London fruits are Holly Carter (ld vcls/gtr), Lauren Cooper (bass) and Lexi Clark (drums). This is from their second album

'Lookin' After No. 1' - BOOMTOWN RATS (The Boomtown Rats 1977). The Dun Laoghaire band were Saint Zenon Geldof, Johnnie Fingers, Simon Crowe, Pete Briquette, Gerry Cott & Garry Roberts. From their debut album, this single was released on 19 Aug 1977

'Maggie May' - ROD STEWART (Every Picture Tells A Story 1971). Roderick David Stewart, CBE, featuring Scots blueswoman Maggie Bell

'Born Innocent' - PROCLAIMERS (Born Innocent 2003). The bespectacled Leith twins Charlie and Craig Reid were produced here - fellow Scot, Edwyn Collins

'Rockstar' - NICKELBACK (All The Right Reasons 2005). They've saved Canada: this album has sold 7 million so far...

'Journey' - LUDWIG HART (Stay Young 2024). Sweden's Ludwig Schollin played ice hockey until he was 18. He's since become a consummate singer and songwriter. This comes from his third album

Hypnotize - SCRITTI POLITTI (from Cupid & Psyche 85 1985). This was the second album from Cardiff's Paul Julian Strohmeyer (aka Green Gartside)'s band, formed in Leeds in 1977

'Cinnamon Girl' - NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE ( 1970). Originally from the first Neil Young And Crazy Horse album, 1969's 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere', this is the edited , released on 4 Sep 1970

Mess It Up - THE ROLLING STONES (from 2023). 2000s

Runaway - KEYSIDE (from 2024). Playlist

Killer - VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR (from 1970). ProgRock

The Whale - SUE THE NIGHT (from Mosaic 2015). Sue The Night is the stage moniker of Dutch artist Suus de Groot

What You Told Me - OUR GIRL (from The Good Kind 2024). The Brighton trio are Soph Nathan (gtrs, vcls), Josh Tyler (bass) and Lauren Wilson (drms). Nathan tell us that 'this song's about seeing illness affect someone I love. It's about the heartbreak in t

Chelsea Rose - ROCKHEAD (from Rockhead 1993). Vancouver's Bob Rock (Schneider) and Chris Taylor formed the band to create 'classic rock' with lead vocalist Steve Jack

'Need You No More' - CHAPPAQUA WRESTLING (Plus Ultra 2023). Brilliant effort - the Manchester based band (although members Charlie Woods and Jake Macleod are actually from Brighton). This is their debut album

'Sweetheart Contract' - MAGAZINE ( 1980). Bring on the punks, Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley. Martin Hannett produced the single, which just scraped into the charts at #54 in July 1980