Dustball were a band from Oxford in the UK. Formed in 1995, they released their debut album, "Quality But Hers", in 1998, and subsequently disbanded in 1999. Group members Jamie Stuart and Tarrant Anderson have since gone on to become members of the band Dive Dive.
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Links To Peel[]
Dustball recorded four Peel sessions, including a live set from Maida Vale in 2002 as part of celebrations to mark the fifth anniversary of Oxford label Shifty Disco, although the band were basically inactive by that point, with only Stuart and Anderson remaining from the original lineup. The first single and album of the label, a big Peel favourite, had both been by the band.
The band also featured on Sounds Of The Suburbs: Oxford (Channel 4, 1999), including a brief interview with Peel.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- None
Sessions[]
My Life Thrill by Dustball (1997 BBC Session)
Four sessions, no known commercial release.
1. Recorded 1997-11-30. First broadcast 20 January 1998. Repeated 14 April 1998.
- My Life Thrill / Flusher / Useless / Ice Cream Soda
2. Recorded 1998-06-11. First broadcast 22 July 1998.
- Mr Crisps / Oh Jeff / Not BK / Extra Volvo (Baby I Love You) / Like A Fool (first TX 11 June 1998 live from Maida Vale).
3. Recorded: 1999-12-05. First broadcast 02 February 2000.
- Slumber / Jazz 3 / Punish The Evil Merchant / Hardcore
4. Broadcast 30 January 2002 live from Maida Vale, celebrating the fifth birthday of the Shifty Disco label, alongside live set by AM60. Dustball cover the top 5 favourite releases from the label, as voted by fans via the Shifty Disco website.
- Building / Sunday Under Glass / Thrown Like A Stone / Senor Nachos / Xeroxy Music
Live[]
Recorded at Sound City. First Broadcast: 29 October 1997
- Mind
- New New New
Other Shows Played[]
- 1997
- 20 May 1997: Let Me Lie (7" - Egg Man Like Your Head) Damaged Goods
- 27 May 1997: Sent Apart (7" - Egg Man Like Your Head) Damaged Goods
- 29 May 1997 (BFBS): Let Me Lie (7"-Egg Man Like Your Head) Damaged Goods
- 05 June 1997 (BFBS): Yeah (7"-Egg Man Like Your Head) Damaged Goods
- 30 October 1997 (BFBS): Ashamed And Bored (shared 2xCDS with Nøught-A Quick One Too) Shifty Disco
- 05 November 1997: Ashamed And Bored Double (split EP with Nøught - Quick One Too) Shifty Disco
- 11 November 1997: Talkback Back (2xCD Single - A Quick One-Too) Shifty Disco
- 13 November 1997 (BFBS): Talkback Back (shared 2xCD with Nøught -A Quick One Too) Shifty Disco (JP: 'One of those tunes that seems so obvious you're surprised it's not been written before, really.')
- 18 November 1997: Talkback Back (split EP with Nøught - A Quick One Too) Shifty Disco
- 20 November 1997 (BFBS): Talkback Back (split EP with Nøught - A Quick One Too) Shifty Disco
- 17 December 1997: Talkback Back (split EP with Nøught - A Quick One Too) Shifty Disco
- 1998
- 12 February 1998: Senor Nachos (v/a album - It's A Shifty Disco Thing) Shifty Disco
- March 1998 (FSK): Let Me Lie (CD - Quality But Hers) Shifty Disco
- 12 March 1998: Let Me Lie (CD - Quality But Hers ) Shifty Disco
- 25 March 1998: Owe It All (album - Quality But Hers) Shifty Disco
- 31 March 1998: My Life Thrill (album - Quality But Hers) Shifty Disco
- April 1998 (FSK): Flusher (CD - Quality But Hers) Shifty Disco
- 07 April 1998: Useless (CD-Quality But Hers) Shifty Disco
- 09 April 1998: Flusher (album - Quality But Hers) Shifty Disco
- 22 April 1998: Let Me Lie (album - Quality But Hers) Shifty Disco
- 24 April 1998 (BFBS): Let Me Lie (CD-Quality But Hers) Shifty Disco
- 1999
- 03 June 1999: Like Monkeys Do (single) Shifty Disco
- 10 June 1999 (Radio Eins): Like Monkeys Do (single) Shifty Disco
- 17 June 1999: Like Monkeys Do (Single) Shifty Disco
- 08 July 1999 (Radio Eins): Shortsight (CDS) Shifty Disco
- 21 July 1999: Like Monkeys Do (CDS) Shifty Disco