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Good lord, it”™s Friday. How fantastic was yesterdays playlist? Very. Good work David. For reasons I”™m not going to go into I feel a little worse for wear today, so I”™m infinitely glad Dan stepped up with today”™s update. Quite a few of you have shown interest in making a submission – so go for it and mail it to spotisfaction@googlemail.com. We want your playlists! Oh, and to all those who take the time out of their day to read this blog and have made lots of nice, supportive comments: we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. OK, I”™m going to hand you over to Mr Dan Base now. Keep it foolish, plastic heads.

[Thom]

05 Spotisfaction Friday (26 Feb) – DBase

Hi all, about time I made one of these mofos.  Sorry about the length but this is the cut-down version!  There isn”™t a particular theme beyond “here are some songs getting me through February, the month where the year”™s fun is planned”.  Some ramblings about some of the songs follow.

  1. Le Tigre – Deceptacon
  2. Sleater-Kinney – Call The Doctor
  3. Gabby Young & Other Animals – We”™re All In The Together
  4. Mark Hole – Dirty Base
  5. Howling Bells – In The Woods
  6. Midlake – Roscoe
  7. Sonic Youth – Purr
  8. Maximo Park – Books From Boxes
  9. Kyuss – Hurricane
  10. Teenage Fanclub – What You Do To Me
  11. Ride – Birdman
  12. Clayton Blizzard – Ya Basta Hermanos
  13. The Smashing Pumpkins – Lanslide
  14. Idlewild – A Modern Way Of Letting Go
  15. Gogol Bordello – Wonderlust King
  16. Dropkick Murphys – kiss Me I”™m Shitfaced
  17. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – This Love Is Fucking Right
  18. Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film)
  19. Stellastarr* – Jenny
  20. Eels – Hey Man (Now You”™re Really Living)
  21. Faith No More – The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
  22. The Vines – Spaceships
  23. The Low Anthem – To Ohio
  24. Neil Young – Heart Of Gold
  25. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Am I Only

“Deceptacon” by Le Tigre was really the only sensible way to start this.  Born from the ashes of Bikini Kill, this is what happens when you mix riot grrrl (not sure how many Rs to use here) and electroclash.  2 Pigs was a better place when they played this on a Saturday night.  Also check out Sleater-Kinney who inspired them – surely owners of one of the most instantly recognisable sounds in all music.  They”™re on hiatus at the moment but the day they reform I”™ll probably do some sort of highly embarrassing jig/pants-wetting combo in front of people I”™m trying to impress.  I can”™t wait.

I saw Gabby Young and other Animals and Mark Hole at the amazing Onetaste festival towards the end of 2009.  Utterly different to each other, Young delivers thoughtful yet huge (almost Arcade Fire sized) folk rock infused with swing and whatever else she fancies, whereas Hole brings in your face showmanship to the table with his piano led, dark pop.

I know Thom already included a Midlake song but I couldn”™t resist “Roscoe”.  I heard it by accident once and it got stuck in my head for about a fortnight before I could work out what the devil it was.  In response to Dave”™s tentative Sonic Youth inclusion, “Purr” is one of their best songs (from their best album, Dirty).

A reminder of how great so many somewhat forgotten 90s bands were is provided by Teenage Fanclub and Ride.  The former peddle catchy American alternative college-rock and the latter a guitar-drenched British shoegaze that absorbs you for so totally you”™ve grown a beard by the time it lets you go.

Clayton Blizzard is a Bristolian chap who plays guitar, sings and raps in a full on Brizzle accent.  His songs are mostly political and always hilarious.  Added bonus: he plays in Cheltenham every few months too.

Smashing Pumpkins”™ cover of Fleetwood Mac”™s “Landslide” is starker and colder than the original version but it really suits the song.  It”™s easy to forget how many styles the Pumpkins covered in their career when you listen to their last couple of albums, so here”™s a reminder of what they could do at their best.

Gogol Bordello and Dropkick Murphys had to go on as they made some of the best drinking music of the last decade.

Stellastarr* first showed up on the Base radar when I saw them support Jane”™s Addiction in 2003 in the winter of bleakest Wolverhampton.  They were good enough that I dragged my sorry self to see their own show in a tiny venue in Bristol (the Fleece and Firkin to be precise) a few months later, supported by some young upstarts called The Killers.

Like many a boring, ageing bastard, I”™ve got into plenty more mellow stuff as I”™ve got older, hence the inclusion of “To Ohio” by The Low Anthem, a mellow slice of Americana.  Surely they must be influenced by Mr Neil Young and his gorgeous “Heart of Gold” is my penultimate song.  This song feels like the end of a summer.  Finally, “Am I Only” by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.  They”™re more famous for their unsubtle, driving rock songs but this song has an air of finality that closes the playlist nicely.

Peace

Dan Base
Riot nrrrd

Good lord, it”™s Friday. How fantastic was yesterdays playlist? Very. Good work David. For reasons I”™m not going to go into I feel a little worse for wear today, so I”™m infinitely glad Dan stepped up with today”™s update. Quite a few of you have shown interest in making a submission – so go for it and mail it to spotisfaction@googlemail.com. We want your playlists! Oh, and to all those who take the time out of their day to read this blog and have made lots of nice, supportive comments: we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. OK, I”™m going to hand you over to Mr Dan Base now. Keep it foolish, plastic heads.

[Thom]

05 Spotisfaction Friday (26 Feb) – DBase

Hi all, about time I made one of these mofos.  Sorry about the length but this is the cut-down version!  There isn”™t a particular theme beyond “here are some songs getting me through February, the month where the year”™s fun is planned”.  Some ramblings about some of the songs follow.

  1. Le Tigre – Deceptacon
  2. Sleater-Kinney – Call The Doctor
  3. Gabby Young & Other Animals – We”™re All In The Together
  4. Mark Hole – Dirty Base
  5. Howling Bells – In The Woods
  6. Midlake – Roscoe
  7. Sonic Youth – Purr
  8. Maximo Park – Books From Boxes
  9. Kyuss – Hurricane
  10. Teenage Fanclub – What You Do To Me
  11. Ride – Birdman
  12. Clayton Blizzard – Ya Basta Hermanos
  13. The Smashing Pumpkins – Lanslide
  14. Idlewild – A Modern Way Of Letting Go
  15. Gogol Bordello – Wonderlust King
  16. Dropkick Murphys – kiss Me I”™m Shitfaced
  17. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – This Love Is Fucking Right
  18. Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film)
  19. Stellastarr* – Jenny
  20. Eels – Hey Man (Now You”™re Really Living)
  21. Faith No More – The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
  22. The Vines – Spaceships
  23. The Low Anthem – To Ohio
  24. Neil Young – Heart Of Gold
  25. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Am I Only

“Deceptacon” by Le Tigre was really the only sensible way to start this.  Born from the ashes of Bikini Kill, this is what happens when you mix riot grrrl (not sure how many Rs to use here) and electroclash.  2 Pigs was a better place when they played this on a Saturday night.  Also check out Sleater-Kinney who inspired them – surely owners of one of the most instantly recognisable sounds in all music.  They”™re on hiatus at the moment but the day they reform I”™ll probably do some sort of highly embarrassing jig/pants-wetting combo in front of people I”™m trying to impress.  I can”™t wait.

I saw Gabby Young and other Animals and Mark Hole at the amazing Onetaste festival towards the end of 2009.  Utterly different to each other, Young delivers thoughtful yet huge (almost Arcade Fire sized) folk rock infused with swing and whatever else she fancies, whereas Hole brings in your face showmanship to the table with his piano led, dark pop.

I know Thom already included a Midlake song but I couldn”™t resist “Roscoe”.  I heard it by accident once and it got stuck in my head for about a fortnight before I could work out what the devil it was.  In response to Dave”™s tentative Sonic Youth inclusion, “Purr” is one of their best songs (from their best album, Dirty).

A reminder of how great so many somewhat forgotten 90s bands were is provided by Teenage Fanclub and Ride.  The former peddle catchy American alternative college-rock and the latter a guitar-drenched British shoegaze that absorbs you for so totally you”™ve grown a beard by the time it lets you go.

Clayton Blizzard is a Bristolian chap who plays guitar, sings and raps in a full on Brizzle accent.  His songs are mostly political and always hilarious.  Added bonus: he plays in Cheltenham every few months too.

Smashing Pumpkins”™ cover of Fleetwood Mac”™s “Landslide” is starker and colder than the original version but it really suits the song.  It”™s easy to forget how many styles the Pumpkins covered in their career when you listen to their last couple of albums, so here”™s a reminder of what they could do at their best.

Gogol Bordello and Dropkick Murphys had to go on as they made some of the best drinking music of the last decade.

Stellastarr* first showed up on the Base radar when I saw them support Jane”™s Addiction in 2003 in the winter of bleakest Wolverhampton.  They were good enough that I dragged my sorry self to see their own show in a tiny venue in Bristol (the Fleece and Firkin to be precise) a few months later, supported by some young upstarts called The Killers.

Like many a boring, ageing bastard, I”™ve got into plenty more mellow stuff as I”™ve got older, hence the inclusion of “To Ohio” by The Low Anthem, a mellow slice of Americana.  Surely they must be influenced by Mr Neil Young and his gorgeous “Heart of Gold” is my penultimate song.  This song feels like the end of a summer.  Finally, “Am I Only” by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.  They”™re more famous for their unsubtle, driving rock songs but this song has an air of finality that closes the playlist nicely.

Peace

Dan Base
Riot nrrrd