Fierce Panda's birthday | livemusic.fm

Indie label Fierce Panda's sixteenth birthday is fast approaching, and to celebrate they're going back to their roots and releasing a compilation EP full of buzz yew bands. The very first Fierce Panda release in 1994 was the EP 'Shagging In The Streets', which featured six up-and-coming bands over two 7" singles, including These Animal Men and S*M*A*S*H. This format then became the staple for the label, with similar releases over the next decade featuring early recordings from the likes of Green Day, Razorlight, Super Furry Animals, Ash, Supergrass, The Rakes, The Bluetones, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Babybird, Symposium, Lush, Theaudience and many more. Although the format was retired in 2004, it's coming back for the sixteenth anniversary of that first release. 'Zip It Up' will be released on 22 Feb and will include seven, rather than six bands (the extra track they put down to getting over-excited), including The Molotovs, who we like a lot. Its catalogue number is NING229, the physical release will be limited to 229 CDs and there will be a launch party at 229 in London on 24 Feb. Numbers are fun. Here's the tracklist: Brilliant Mind - Leave Your Friends Behind The Crookes - Yes, Yes, We're Magicians The Heartbreaks - Jealous, Don't You Know (Demo) Hoodlums - Not A Love Song Ideals - These Seasons (Demo) The Molotovs - One Up On Me Sketches - This Sir Is War