Month: April 2010

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Good evening sir.

There really aren”™t enough hours in the day. I, like so many others, have a day job. A day job that has grown dull and uninspiring. This is part of the reason David and I started Spotisfaction. The problem now is, I spend so much time listening to your awesome submissions, hearing some new and fantastic music (as well as going out and checking out live music) that i don”™t have enough time to read up on the latest news, check out other peoples music blogs or anything like that. I”™m starting to think that I need to do something music related as a profession. If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

So today then. David and I were browsing what to put up today, we”™ve got some quality submissions and we”™re trying to make them varied on a day to day basis. Being a Friday, seeing that the sun is out and I”™m not feeling 100% healthy at the moment, I needed something uplifting. Something that would rock out and wash over any bad vibes I had about today. I knew when I saw my favourite Breeders track on Battin”™s playlist that we would be running his today. So here it is and I hope you”™re going to enjoy it.

Thom

Spotify playlist is about”¦ here.

1. The Detroit Cobras – Hey Sailor
2. Reef – Naked
3. Elastica – Waking Up
4. The Breeders – Cannonball
5. The Rolling Stones – Jumpin”™ Jack Flash
6. Peaches – Kick It (feat Iggy Pop)
7. The White Stripes – Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)
8. Smashing Pumpkins – Today
9. Queens Of The Stone Age – Song For The Dead
10. The White Stripes – Death Letter
11. The Zutons – Pressure Point
12. The Kills – Fried My Little Brains
13. The Buzzcocks – Ever Fallin In Love (With Someone You Shouldn”™t”™ve?)
14. The Hives – Supply And Demand
15. Sonic Youth – Kool Thing
16. The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldier
17. Supergrass – Richard III
18. Suede – The Drowners
19. Wolfmother – Woman
20. Soundgarden – Spoonman
21. Aerosmith – Shut Up And Dance
22. Electric Six – Gay Bar
23. Dropkick Murphys – The State Of Massachusetts
24. Status Quo – Down Down
25. Guns N”™ Roses – Civil War
26. Led Zepagain – Song Remains The Same

James says:

This time I thought I”™d go back to my guitar roots after my previous Hip Hop outing”¦  This list is a mixture of guitar rock, none of it too heavy but I felt a good mix of styles from heavy fuzzing Detroit blues, classic rock, deep desert rock and in between.

All the artists in this list I”™ve got a deep respect for their overall sound and energy,  yes even the mighty Quo which manage to sneak in as I like to keep it dynamic and I think they are hard done by reputation wise. Turn on, Tune In, Crank it up to 11 and most of all”¦.

LETS ROCK!

Good evening sir.

There really aren”™t enough hours in the day. I, like so many others, have a day job. A day job that has grown dull and uninspiring. This is part of the reason David and I started Spotisfaction. The problem now is, I spend so much time listening to your awesome submissions, hearing some new and fantastic music (as well as going out and checking out live music) that i don”™t have enough time to read up on the latest news, check out other peoples music blogs or anything like that. I”™m starting to think that I need to do something music related as a profession. If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

So today then. David and I were browsing what to put up today, we”™ve got some quality submissions and we”™re trying to make them varied on a day to day basis. Being a Friday, seeing that the sun is out and I”™m not feeling 100% healthy at the moment, I needed something uplifting. Something that would rock out and wash over any bad vibes I had about today. I knew when I saw my favourite Breeders track on Battin”™s playlist that we would be running his today. So here it is and I hope you”™re going to enjoy it.

Thom

Spotify playlist is about”¦ here.

1. The Detroit Cobras – Hey Sailor
2. Reef – Naked
3. Elastica – Waking Up
4. The Breeders – Cannonball
5. The Rolling Stones – Jumpin”™ Jack Flash
6. Peaches – Kick It (feat Iggy Pop)
7. The White Stripes – Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)
8. Smashing Pumpkins – Today
9. Queens Of The Stone Age – Song For The Dead
10. The White Stripes – Death Letter
11. The Zutons – Pressure Point
12. The Kills – Fried My Little Brains
13. The Buzzcocks – Ever Fallin In Love (With Someone You Shouldn”™t”™ve?)
14. The Hives – Supply And Demand
15. Sonic Youth – Kool Thing
16. The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldier
17. Supergrass – Richard III
18. Suede – The Drowners
19. Wolfmother – Woman
20. Soundgarden – Spoonman
21. Aerosmith – Shut Up And Dance
22. Electric Six – Gay Bar
23. Dropkick Murphys – The State Of Massachusetts
24. Status Quo – Down Down
25. Guns N”™ Roses – Civil War
26. Led Zepagain – Song Remains The Same

James says:

This time I thought I”™d go back to my guitar roots after my previous Hip Hop outing”¦  This list is a mixture of guitar rock, none of it too heavy but I felt a good mix of styles from heavy fuzzing Detroit blues, classic rock, deep desert rock and in between.

All the artists in this list I”™ve got a deep respect for their overall sound and energy,  yes even the mighty Quo which manage to sneak in as I like to keep it dynamic and I think they are hard done by reputation wise. Turn on, Tune In, Crank it up to 11 and most of all”¦.

LETS ROCK!

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::START MESSAGE:: Awesome weather today. I drive past a cemetery on the way to work – something tragic yet wonderfully beautiful about a cemetery in the sun. We should be outside, with friends, listening to fabulous music and instead we”™re stuck here, wasting away. Withering like unwatered plants craning their fragile leaves to see the sun which remains sadly out of reach”¦ Pub? ::END MESSAGE::

Today”™s playlist is from the mighty Tom Mitchell: troubadour, minstrel, 8th Modern Wonder of the World. And here he is. Enjoy!

David

One playlist”¦ CHECK

  1. The Cowsills – Hair
  2. The Raveonettes – Heart Of Stone
  3. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Young Adult Friction
  4. The Go-Betweens – Love Goes On!
  5. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife 1 & 2
  6. Del Shannon – Runaway ”˜67
  7. The Waterboys – Fisherman”™s Blues
  8. Mark Knopfler – Our Shangri-La
  9. Mumford & Sons – The Cave
  10. Christy Moore – Nancy Spain
  11. Camel – West Berlin
  12. U2 – Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
  13. Camera Obscura – Forest And Sands
  14. Bell XI – The Great Defector
  15. The Dubliners – Seven Drunken Nights
  16. Dire Straits – Where Do You Think You”™re Going
  17. Idlewild, Edwin Morgan – The Weight Of Years
  18. Old Crow Medicine Show – The Greatest Hustler Of All
  19. Belle and Sebastian – Desperation Made A Fool Of Me
  20. Johnny Cash – Sam Hall
  21. Pulp – Whiskey In The Jar
  22. David Gilmour – Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Live In Gdansk)
  23. Dire Straits – Telegraph Road

My Spotisfaction list encapsulates what I”™m listening to now, what I used to listen to, and what made me pick up certain instruments for the first time!

Hair – uber-melodic, energetic 1960s-style David Goo

Heart of Stone – sexy electro-rock, the only reason I”™ve ever been glad I accidentally left the TV on during Hollyoaks

Young Adult Friction – more melodic simple beaty two piggy

Love Goes On! – introduced to me by Mr Madden, nice 80s ahead of its time

The Crane Wife 1 & 2 – epic folk

Runaway ”˜67 – Del Shannon improves on his awesome original version several years later!

Fisherman”™s Blues – awesome, emotional and the reason I first picked up a mandolin

Our Shangri-La – close your eyes and MK weaves an epic tale against the most sumptious aural landscape

The Cave – qualitay banjo

Nancy Spain – tugs at the heart-strings

West Berlin – cheesey but awesome prog rock which reminds me of being 10 listening to my dad”™s stereo

Ultra Violet – they”™re not to everyone”™s taste but maybe the best song off Achtung Baby

Forests and Sands – dreamy”¦

The Great Defector – Ireland”™s best lyricists! Songs about being unable to open supermarket carrier bags because of sweaty fingers rule

Seven Drunken Nights – fun

Where Do You Think You”™re Going – dirty raw 70s Straits

The Weight of Years – pleasant

The Greatest Hustler of All – lazy

Desperation Made A Fool Of Me – nice walking song (especially if you”™re by a river or something)

Sam Hall – favourite Cash song at the moment!

Whiskey in the Jar – a nice version

Shine On You Crazy Diamond – sexual live version with one of the best solos ever

Telegraph Road – probably the song that first made me want to play the guitar. You have to wait about ten minutes for it to arrive but the outro solo is fecktastic

::START MESSAGE:: Awesome weather today. I drive past a cemetery on the way to work – something tragic yet wonderfully beautiful about a cemetery in the sun. We should be outside, with friends, listening to fabulous music and instead we”™re stuck here, wasting away. Withering like unwatered plants craning their fragile leaves to see the sun which remains sadly out of reach”¦ Pub? ::END MESSAGE::

Today”™s playlist is from the mighty Tom Mitchell: troubadour, minstrel, 8th Modern Wonder of the World. And here he is. Enjoy!

David

One playlist”¦ CHECK

  1. The Cowsills – Hair
  2. The Raveonettes – Heart Of Stone
  3. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Young Adult Friction
  4. The Go-Betweens – Love Goes On!
  5. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife 1 & 2
  6. Del Shannon – Runaway ”˜67
  7. The Waterboys – Fisherman”™s Blues
  8. Mark Knopfler – Our Shangri-La
  9. Mumford & Sons – The Cave
  10. Christy Moore – Nancy Spain
  11. Camel – West Berlin
  12. U2 – Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
  13. Camera Obscura – Forest And Sands
  14. Bell XI – The Great Defector
  15. The Dubliners – Seven Drunken Nights
  16. Dire Straits – Where Do You Think You”™re Going
  17. Idlewild, Edwin Morgan – The Weight Of Years
  18. Old Crow Medicine Show – The Greatest Hustler Of All
  19. Belle and Sebastian – Desperation Made A Fool Of Me
  20. Johnny Cash – Sam Hall
  21. Pulp – Whiskey In The Jar
  22. David Gilmour – Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Live In Gdansk)
  23. Dire Straits – Telegraph Road

My Spotisfaction list encapsulates what I”™m listening to now, what I used to listen to, and what made me pick up certain instruments for the first time!

Hair – uber-melodic, energetic 1960s-style David Goo

Heart of Stone – sexy electro-rock, the only reason I”™ve ever been glad I accidentally left the TV on during Hollyoaks

Young Adult Friction – more melodic simple beaty two piggy

Love Goes On! – introduced to me by Mr Madden, nice 80s ahead of its time

The Crane Wife 1 & 2 – epic folk

Runaway ”˜67 – Del Shannon improves on his awesome original version several years later!

Fisherman”™s Blues – awesome, emotional and the reason I first picked up a mandolin

Our Shangri-La – close your eyes and MK weaves an epic tale against the most sumptious aural landscape

The Cave – qualitay banjo

Nancy Spain – tugs at the heart-strings

West Berlin – cheesey but awesome prog rock which reminds me of being 10 listening to my dad”™s stereo

Ultra Violet – they”™re not to everyone”™s taste but maybe the best song off Achtung Baby

Forests and Sands – dreamy”¦

The Great Defector – Ireland”™s best lyricists! Songs about being unable to open supermarket carrier bags because of sweaty fingers rule

Seven Drunken Nights – fun

Where Do You Think You”™re Going – dirty raw 70s Straits

The Weight of Years – pleasant

The Greatest Hustler of All – lazy

Desperation Made A Fool Of Me – nice walking song (especially if you”™re by a river or something)

Sam Hall – favourite Cash song at the moment!

Whiskey in the Jar – a nice version

Shine On You Crazy Diamond – sexual live version with one of the best solos ever

Telegraph Road – probably the song that first made me want to play the guitar. You have to wait about ten minutes for it to arrive but the outro solo is fecktastic

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Oi oi! Do you want a treat? Do you want one? Do you want a treat all up in your ear-slits like roaches, germs, mice, lice, termites and percunious bugs? This is the playlist for Wednesday by the one, the only, the super slick motherfucker that is Paul Pritchard. I”™ll hand you over to the man now, and he can fill you right in, just as you like it.

Peas and trucking, belieze.
Thom


Paul Says
Following a conversation with the super nice Kevin Atkinson I thought I”™d get to work on compiling a hip-hop playlist to reveal my previously fairly well hidden inner b-boy.

Hippety Hop

  1. Brothers Gonna Work It Out – Public Enemy
  2. Accidents Don”™t Happen – E-lp
  3. N.Y. State Of Mind – Nas
  4. Something Fresh To Swing To – Levi 167
  5. The Bridge Is Over – Boogie Down Productions
  6. Buggin”™ Out – A Tribe Called Quest
  7. Ya Mama – The Pharcyde
  8. Concrete Schoolyard – Jurassic 5
  9. I Did It Like This – Ugly Duckling
  10. Release – Blackalicious, Saul Williams
  11. Council Estate Of Mind – Skinnyman
  12. Above The Clouds – Gang Starr
  13. The Grind – People Under The Stairs
  14. Armed With Krylon – Dalek
  15. L”™ombre Sur La Mesure – La Rumeur
  16. All Caps – Madvillain
  17. Umi says – Mos Def
  18. Sofa King – DangerDoom
  19. The Seed – The Roots
  20. Tainted – Slum Village
  21. Aliens – Dr Octagon
  22. Let The Funk Flow – EPMD
  23. Television Drug Of The Nation – Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
  24. It”™s Tricky – RUN-DMC
  25. She Watch Channel Zero?! – Public Enemy

Yes, For most of my life I have harboured a bit of a hidden love for a bit of the ole hip-hoppity thing.  Except for the last 3-4 years, when I have hardly listened to any due to being disillusioned with the whole genre.  I have been truly rediscovering an old flame in the last couple of days while I have been compiling this for which I give big props (whatever that means!).  It”™s topped and tailed by Public Enemy, who, in my opinion are the greatest rap act of all time.  I”™ve tried to let it flow for the most part though you may disagree.  It”™s mostly old stuff but with a couple of new discoveries (Daleks, La Rumeur) to modernise it a bit. BDP track is truly awesome and Ya Mama by The Pharcyde is such an infectiously good time call and response track.  I remember seeing them perform it on The Word many years back and being blown away.  MF Doom plays a big part in the Madvillain and Dangerdoom pieces and is probably my favourite current mc.  It”™s Tricky by Run Dmc, truly awesome and broke ground for guitar based backing tracks which popped up many times in the future.

Oi oi! Do you want a treat? Do you want one? Do you want a treat all up in your ear-slits like roaches, germs, mice, lice, termites and percunious bugs? This is the playlist for Wednesday by the one, the only, the super slick motherfucker that is Paul Pritchard. I”™ll hand you over to the man now, and he can fill you right in, just as you like it.

Peas and trucking, belieze.
Thom


Paul Says
Following a conversation with the super nice Kevin Atkinson I thought I”™d get to work on compiling a hip-hop playlist to reveal my previously fairly well hidden inner b-boy.

Hippety Hop

  1. Brothers Gonna Work It Out – Public Enemy
  2. Accidents Don”™t Happen – E-lp
  3. N.Y. State Of Mind – Nas
  4. Something Fresh To Swing To – Levi 167
  5. The Bridge Is Over – Boogie Down Productions
  6. Buggin”™ Out – A Tribe Called Quest
  7. Ya Mama – The Pharcyde
  8. Concrete Schoolyard – Jurassic 5
  9. I Did It Like This – Ugly Duckling
  10. Release – Blackalicious, Saul Williams
  11. Council Estate Of Mind – Skinnyman
  12. Above The Clouds – Gang Starr
  13. The Grind – People Under The Stairs
  14. Armed With Krylon – Dalek
  15. L”™ombre Sur La Mesure – La Rumeur
  16. All Caps – Madvillain
  17. Umi says – Mos Def
  18. Sofa King – DangerDoom
  19. The Seed – The Roots
  20. Tainted – Slum Village
  21. Aliens – Dr Octagon
  22. Let The Funk Flow – EPMD
  23. Television Drug Of The Nation – Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
  24. It”™s Tricky – RUN-DMC
  25. She Watch Channel Zero?! – Public Enemy

Yes, For most of my life I have harboured a bit of a hidden love for a bit of the ole hip-hoppity thing.  Except for the last 3-4 years, when I have hardly listened to any due to being disillusioned with the whole genre.  I have been truly rediscovering an old flame in the last couple of days while I have been compiling this for which I give big props (whatever that means!).  It”™s topped and tailed by Public Enemy, who, in my opinion are the greatest rap act of all time.  I”™ve tried to let it flow for the most part though you may disagree.  It”™s mostly old stuff but with a couple of new discoveries (Daleks, La Rumeur) to modernise it a bit. BDP track is truly awesome and Ya Mama by The Pharcyde is such an infectiously good time call and response track.  I remember seeing them perform it on The Word many years back and being blown away.  MF Doom plays a big part in the Madvillain and Dangerdoom pieces and is probably my favourite current mc.  It”™s Tricky by Run Dmc, truly awesome and broke ground for guitar based backing tracks which popped up many times in the future.

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Playlists

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Happy Tuesday, people. Some of you people have some strange ideas when it comes to what is classified as a guilty pleasure, you know that? Regardless, thanks to everyone who took part and everyone who listened to Friday”™s collab. Feedback, as always will be appreciated.

Today”™s playlist is one of mine. Here it is. Enjoy.

  1. LCD Soundsystem – Never As Tired As When I”™m Waking Up
  2. Chemical Brothers – Music: Response
  3. Metric – Gimme Sympathy (Adam Freeland Remix)
  4. Daft Punk – Crescendolls
  5. Leftfield – Afrika Shox
  6. DJ Shadow – Organ Donor
  7. UNKLE – In A State (Sasha Remix)
  8. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – The Road
  9. Death In Vegas – Dirge
  10. Caribou – Melody Day
  11. Sparklehorse – Wish You Were Here
  12. A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Nitetime Rainbows
  13. Broken Social Scene – Windsurfing Nation
  14. Ungdomskulen – Modern Drummer
  15. 65daysofstatic – Retreat! Retreat!
  16. Erland And The Carnival – You Don”™t Have to Be Lonely
  17. Titus Andronicus – Four Score and Seven
  18. Eels – Mansions Of Los Feliz
  19. Memory Tapes – Bicycle
  20. Blood Red Shoes – Colours Fade
  21. The Duke Spirit – The Step And The Walk
  22. Los Campesinos! – We”™ve Got Your Back
  23. These New Puritans – We Want War
  24. Bear In Heaven – Wholehearted Mess
  25. Supergrass – Sun Hits The Sky
  26. Primal Scream – Accelerator

Some choice words.
Yes, it”™s me again so you know what you”™re getting. I had a fantastic weekend with fantastic people, but it was not without it”™s down points. As such, this playlist is a kind of “Best Of Thom”™s weekend”, only it”™s not as there was so much more awesome music that was kicked about in Spotisfaction towers and indeed out and about. Most of these tracks have some kind of meaning or reason behind me including them today, including:

LCD Soundsystem – Never As Tired As When I”™m Waking Up
I do love this album. This track is a bit of a comfort to me today. Also sums up how I felt this morning trying to get out of bed. Internal soundtrack for the win. Team Win.

Chemical Brothers – Music: Response
I haven”™t heard this in a long time, I had been meaning to put this album on specifically for this track for the last 3 or 4 months and I finally got round to it this weekend, so I”™m putting this on. Also, it makes me realise that it”™s actually Tuesday, not Monday, so 4 day week.

Metric – Gimme Sympathy (Adam Freeland Remix)
Although not a fan of the breaks scene per se, I respect the fantastic talents of Adam Freeland and his Marine Parade label. He once again works his magic on this Metric track.

Daft Punk – Crescendolls
I picked up a copy of Interstella 5555 this weekend, so in Sheps honour I present this track. Besides, you can”™t go wrong with a bit of Daft Punk. Factual.

Broken Social Scene – Windsurfing Nation
My tickets for the BSS gig in Birmingham came through this weekend, I can”™t wait to see them, and I can”™t wait to hear this track on my playlist. If you haven”™t already, check out the stuff from the upcoming album, it”™s most fantastic.

65daysofstatic – Retreat! Retreat!
Again, chucking this one as these guys are at 2000trees this year and I am DEAD EXCITED about it. So, yeah.

Titus Andronicus – Four Score and Seven
Kev remains undecided on Titus Andronicus. I put this out here for Kev to digest.

Supergrass – Sun Hits The Sky
This song is so fucking summer and anyone who disagrees deserves to be shot through the heart with a crossbolt. Hurry up, summer.

Primal Scream – Accelerator
Just this.

I”™ve been a bit all over the place recently, I haven”™t had chance to check out as much music as I”™d of liked to, so I”™m really happy at all of the awesome playlists we”™ve had in. We will be running them all, so please keep them coming. I know my playlists tend to be a little bit on the safe and predictable side, I”™ve got some real shockers coming soon.

Peace and Noise

Thom

Happy Tuesday, people. Some of you people have some strange ideas when it comes to what is classified as a guilty pleasure, you know that? Regardless, thanks to everyone who took part and everyone who listened to Friday”™s collab. Feedback, as always will be appreciated.

Today”™s playlist is one of mine. Here it is. Enjoy.

  1. LCD Soundsystem – Never As Tired As When I”™m Waking Up
  2. Chemical Brothers – Music: Response
  3. Metric – Gimme Sympathy (Adam Freeland Remix)
  4. Daft Punk – Crescendolls
  5. Leftfield – Afrika Shox
  6. DJ Shadow – Organ Donor
  7. UNKLE – In A State (Sasha Remix)
  8. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – The Road
  9. Death In Vegas – Dirge
  10. Caribou – Melody Day
  11. Sparklehorse – Wish You Were Here
  12. A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Nitetime Rainbows
  13. Broken Social Scene – Windsurfing Nation
  14. Ungdomskulen – Modern Drummer
  15. 65daysofstatic – Retreat! Retreat!
  16. Erland And The Carnival – You Don”™t Have to Be Lonely
  17. Titus Andronicus – Four Score and Seven
  18. Eels – Mansions Of Los Feliz
  19. Memory Tapes – Bicycle
  20. Blood Red Shoes – Colours Fade
  21. The Duke Spirit – The Step And The Walk
  22. Los Campesinos! – We”™ve Got Your Back
  23. These New Puritans – We Want War
  24. Bear In Heaven – Wholehearted Mess
  25. Supergrass – Sun Hits The Sky
  26. Primal Scream – Accelerator

Some choice words.
Yes, it”™s me again so you know what you”™re getting. I had a fantastic weekend with fantastic people, but it was not without it”™s down points. As such, this playlist is a kind of “Best Of Thom”™s weekend”, only it”™s not as there was so much more awesome music that was kicked about in Spotisfaction towers and indeed out and about. Most of these tracks have some kind of meaning or reason behind me including them today, including:

LCD Soundsystem – Never As Tired As When I”™m Waking Up
I do love this album. This track is a bit of a comfort to me today. Also sums up how I felt this morning trying to get out of bed. Internal soundtrack for the win. Team Win.

Chemical Brothers – Music: Response
I haven”™t heard this in a long time, I had been meaning to put this album on specifically for this track for the last 3 or 4 months and I finally got round to it this weekend, so I”™m putting this on. Also, it makes me realise that it”™s actually Tuesday, not Monday, so 4 day week.

Metric – Gimme Sympathy (Adam Freeland Remix)
Although not a fan of the breaks scene per se, I respect the fantastic talents of Adam Freeland and his Marine Parade label. He once again works his magic on this Metric track.

Daft Punk – Crescendolls
I picked up a copy of Interstella 5555 this weekend, so in Sheps honour I present this track. Besides, you can”™t go wrong with a bit of Daft Punk. Factual.

Broken Social Scene – Windsurfing Nation
My tickets for the BSS gig in Birmingham came through this weekend, I can”™t wait to see them, and I can”™t wait to hear this track on my playlist. If you haven”™t already, check out the stuff from the upcoming album, it”™s most fantastic.

65daysofstatic – Retreat! Retreat!
Again, chucking this one as these guys are at 2000trees this year and I am DEAD EXCITED about it. So, yeah.

Titus Andronicus – Four Score and Seven
Kev remains undecided on Titus Andronicus. I put this out here for Kev to digest.

Supergrass – Sun Hits The Sky
This song is so fucking summer and anyone who disagrees deserves to be shot through the heart with a crossbolt. Hurry up, summer.

Primal Scream – Accelerator
Just this.

I”™ve been a bit all over the place recently, I haven”™t had chance to check out as much music as I”™d of liked to, so I”™m really happy at all of the awesome playlists we”™ve had in. We will be running them all, so please keep them coming. I know my playlists tend to be a little bit on the safe and predictable side, I”™ve got some real shockers coming soon.

Peace and Noise

Thom

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/57Mja15kbsL2IiB9Lr3IRC

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: The new Bonobo album is really, really good. Check it out: Bonobo ”“ Black Sands.

Hey hey! Thursday is the new Friday (well, this week anyway). The sun is shining, the weather is sweet, and it kinda makes me want to move my little ol”™ dancing feet.

Tomorrow, as you well know, is a bank holiday. Since we”™re not at work, we”™ve decided to run a collaborative playlist on the theme of “Guilty Pleasures”. You can find the playlist HERE – get adding your tracks, and we”™ll publish it tomorrow. We”™re expecting the demand to be pretty high for this bad-boy, so try not to add more than 2 or 3 tracks, otherwise it”™ll be far too big (huh huh that”™s what she said).

Anyway, today”™s is one of mine. Enjoy!

David

Find the playlist RIGHT HEREZLES!

David”™s Attempt At A Kind Of Lo-Fi, Downtempo Mix, Book-ended With A Few Tracks To Get The Blood Flowing Again

  1. M83 – Teen Angst
  2. Telefon Tel Aviv – The Birds
  3. Dntel – Fear of Corners
  4. Bonobo, Andreya Triana – Eyesdown
  5. Sutro – Undying
  6. Four Tet – My Angel Rocks Back And Forth
  7. The Album Leaf – Broken Arrow
  8. Thomas Fehlmann – Slinky
  9. Infantjoy – Ghosts
  10. Sarah Fimm – Strange
  11. Cranes – Panorama
  12. B. Fleischmann – First Times
  13. Thievery Corporation – Shoalin Satellite
  14. All India Radio – Lo Fi Groovy
  15. Jon Hopkins – Light Through The Veins
  16. Tycho – The Disconnect
  17. Rumpistol, Tesnelda – Free Fall
  18. Env(itre) – 2wei
  19. Black Mold – Pristine Boobies
  20. M-Seven – Bilocation
  21. Bat For Lashes – What”™s A Girl To Do? (Plaid Remix)
  22. I Broke My Robot – Not So Fast, You”™re Hurting Me
  23. DJ Zinc – Casino Royale
  24. Tenorio Jr. – Nebulosa (Nu:Tone Remix)
  25. Doctor P – Sweet Shop

This playlist was my attempt at a kind of lo-fi, downtempo mix, book-ended with a few tracks to get the blood flowing again (I hope you got that from the title). A couple of these tracks were inspired by an evening listening to various SomaFM stations, some of them are personal favourites that I just had to find space for, and a couple more were picked almost at random from my “must play these next” list (and shoehorned in as best as I could manage).

M83”™s “Teen Angst” is a wicked track, in my opinion. Someone described them to me as a combination of the best elements of Ulrich Schnauss, Joy Division and My Bloody Valentine, and I”™d say that was a pretty succint way of describing them. This track in particular exudes funk and makes me want to strap on my dancin”™ wellies. Better way to start a playlist? Haven”™t found it yet.

I have a hardon for Telefon Tel Aviv. This track was the very first one I added to the collaborative playlist Thom and I created that sparked the idea and kick-started Spotisfaction. Good times. Good times indeed.

I know a couple of people have submitted playlists with tracks by The Postal Service, so here”™s Jimmy Tamborello (one half of The Postal Service along with Ben Gibbard from Death Cab For Cutie) working under the his solo pseudonym, Dntel. Electro-pop? Yes. Good? Very. Start with his album “Life Is Full of Possibilites” if you like this track.

Man, I properly heart The Album Leaf. Not much more to say about this one.

I am going out to buy “The Humbucking Coil” by B. Fleischmann, and I recommend you do the same. “First Times” is little stabby guitar notes in triple time, with perfect organ droning. The rest of the album has been stuck on replay for the whole evening. Annoying, really, when you”™re trying to come up with a playlist and all you want to do is listen to one artist. If that”™s not a good enough recommendation, I don”™t know what is.

When I first heard Jon Hopkin”™s “Light Through The Veins” I got goosebumps. It”™s a heart-warming, almost europhic track and as such was pretty much perfect for the mid-section of the playlist. It”™s basic – just one chord progression for the entire song, but his layering is so subtle that it never gets old. Bliss.

“Pristine Boobies” by Black Mold. Because I have them. Check ”˜em out, I give you permission to grope.

I don”™t think “Not So Fast, You”™re Hurting Me” by I Broke My Robot really fits into this playlist, if I”™m completely honest. Probably a bit too glitchy. I couldn”™t get rid of it, though, cos I smile every time I hear the robotic voice that graces various breaks in this track. Tee hee, robots.

The last track of today”™s playlist, Doctor P, was a recommendation from Rob da Bank”™s Twitter feed. Honestly, I have a lot of love for Mr. da Bank, so anything he recommends is worth a listen as far as I”™m concerned. And, to be honest, I wasn”™t disappointed.

Thanks folks, hope you enjoy.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: The new Bonobo album is really, really good. Check it out: Bonobo ”“ Black Sands.

Hey hey! Thursday is the new Friday (well, this week anyway). The sun is shining, the weather is sweet, and it kinda makes me want to move my little ol”™ dancing feet.

Tomorrow, as you well know, is a bank holiday. Since we”™re not at work, we”™ve decided to run a collaborative playlist on the theme of “Guilty Pleasures”. You can find the playlist HERE – get adding your tracks, and we”™ll publish it tomorrow. We”™re expecting the demand to be pretty high for this bad-boy, so try not to add more than 2 or 3 tracks, otherwise it”™ll be far too big (huh huh that”™s what she said).

Anyway, today”™s is one of mine. Enjoy!

David

Find the playlist RIGHT HEREZLES!

David”™s Attempt At A Kind Of Lo-Fi, Downtempo Mix, Book-ended With A Few Tracks To Get The Blood Flowing Again

  1. M83 – Teen Angst
  2. Telefon Tel Aviv – The Birds
  3. Dntel – Fear of Corners
  4. Bonobo, Andreya Triana – Eyesdown
  5. Sutro – Undying
  6. Four Tet – My Angel Rocks Back And Forth
  7. The Album Leaf – Broken Arrow
  8. Thomas Fehlmann – Slinky
  9. Infantjoy – Ghosts
  10. Sarah Fimm – Strange
  11. Cranes – Panorama
  12. B. Fleischmann – First Times
  13. Thievery Corporation – Shoalin Satellite
  14. All India Radio – Lo Fi Groovy
  15. Jon Hopkins – Light Through The Veins
  16. Tycho – The Disconnect
  17. Rumpistol, Tesnelda – Free Fall
  18. Env(itre) – 2wei
  19. Black Mold – Pristine Boobies
  20. M-Seven – Bilocation
  21. Bat For Lashes – What”™s A Girl To Do? (Plaid Remix)
  22. I Broke My Robot – Not So Fast, You”™re Hurting Me
  23. DJ Zinc – Casino Royale
  24. Tenorio Jr. – Nebulosa (Nu:Tone Remix)
  25. Doctor P – Sweet Shop

This playlist was my attempt at a kind of lo-fi, downtempo mix, book-ended with a few tracks to get the blood flowing again (I hope you got that from the title). A couple of these tracks were inspired by an evening listening to various SomaFM stations, some of them are personal favourites that I just had to find space for, and a couple more were picked almost at random from my “must play these next” list (and shoehorned in as best as I could manage).

M83”™s “Teen Angst” is a wicked track, in my opinion. Someone described them to me as a combination of the best elements of Ulrich Schnauss, Joy Division and My Bloody Valentine, and I”™d say that was a pretty succint way of describing them. This track in particular exudes funk and makes me want to strap on my dancin”™ wellies. Better way to start a playlist? Haven”™t found it yet.

I have a hardon for Telefon Tel Aviv. This track was the very first one I added to the collaborative playlist Thom and I created that sparked the idea and kick-started Spotisfaction. Good times. Good times indeed.

I know a couple of people have submitted playlists with tracks by The Postal Service, so here”™s Jimmy Tamborello (one half of The Postal Service along with Ben Gibbard from Death Cab For Cutie) working under the his solo pseudonym, Dntel. Electro-pop? Yes. Good? Very. Start with his album “Life Is Full of Possibilites” if you like this track.

Man, I properly heart The Album Leaf. Not much more to say about this one.

I am going out to buy “The Humbucking Coil” by B. Fleischmann, and I recommend you do the same. “First Times” is little stabby guitar notes in triple time, with perfect organ droning. The rest of the album has been stuck on replay for the whole evening. Annoying, really, when you”™re trying to come up with a playlist and all you want to do is listen to one artist. If that”™s not a good enough recommendation, I don”™t know what is.

When I first heard Jon Hopkin”™s “Light Through The Veins” I got goosebumps. It”™s a heart-warming, almost europhic track and as such was pretty much perfect for the mid-section of the playlist. It”™s basic – just one chord progression for the entire song, but his layering is so subtle that it never gets old. Bliss.

“Pristine Boobies” by Black Mold. Because I have them. Check ”˜em out, I give you permission to grope.

I don”™t think “Not So Fast, You”™re Hurting Me” by I Broke My Robot really fits into this playlist, if I”™m completely honest. Probably a bit too glitchy. I couldn”™t get rid of it, though, cos I smile every time I hear the robotic voice that graces various breaks in this track. Tee hee, robots.

The last track of today”™s playlist, Doctor P, was a recommendation from Rob da Bank”™s Twitter feed. Honestly, I have a lot of love for Mr. da Bank, so anything he recommends is worth a listen as far as I”™m concerned. And, to be honest, I wasn”™t disappointed.

Thanks folks, hope you enjoy.