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A new feature on Spotisfaction. Every now and again one of us will cobble together some rare (read: probably not on Spotisfaction) tracks that have made their way into our playlists for you to download. Yes, music to download. This week, I have:
  1. The Shins – Strange Powers (Magnetic Fields Cover)
  2. Phoenix – Lisztomania (Acoustic Spin Session)
  3. Florence + The Machine – You”™ve Got The Love (The XX Remix)
  4. Four Tet – Angel Echoes (Caribou Remix)
  5. Hot Chip – Transmission (Joy Division Cover)
The Shins – Strange Powers (Magnetic Fields Cover) Between The Shins and Broken Bells, I would almost forgive you if you”™d had enough of James Mercer”™s fantastic and distinct voice by now. Almost, but not quite. Perhaps this cover is just what The Magnetic Fields need to open up their music to a wider fanbase. Phoenix – Lisztomania (Acoustic Spin Session) Lisztomania (or Wrestlemania, as it has become known as in Spotisfaction Towers) is a fantasic song, and hearing it live and acoustic just reinforces the fact that France”™s hottest export Phoenix write beautiful songs. Florence + The Machine – You’ve Got The Love (The xx Remix) I”™m not the greatest fan of Florence + The Machine, truth be told. But this reworking by The XX really hits the spot for me. Four Tet – Angel Echoes (Caribou Remix) I recently introduced my Fiancée to Four Tet. I think it was Angel Echoes that really grabbed her. It is a pretty classic track. I implore you to check out Caribou”™s take on it. Hot Chip – Transmission (Joy Division Cover) This is one of my favourite Joy Division tracks. I can”™t imagine how this cover actually came about. Prepare yourself for something a bit different. Tune in next time for MOAR of what is on my radar. [Thom]

A new feature on Spotisfaction. Every now and again one of us will cobble together some rare (read: probably not on Spotisfaction) tracks that have made their way into our playlists for you to download. Yes, music to download. This week, I have:

  1. The Shins – Strange Powers (Magnetic Fields Cover)
  2. Phoenix – Lisztomania (Acoustic Spin Session)
  3. Florence + The Machine – You”™ve Got The Love (The XX Remix)
  4. Four Tet – Angel Echoes (Caribou Remix)
  5. Hot Chip – Transmission (Joy Division Cover)

The Shins – Strange Powers (Magnetic Fields Cover)
Between The Shins and Broken Bells, I would almost forgive you if you”™d had enough of James Mercer”™s fantastic and distinct voice by now. Almost, but not quite. Perhaps this cover is just what The Magnetic Fields need to open up their music to a wider fanbase.

Phoenix – Lisztomania (Acoustic Spin Session)
Lisztomania (or Wrestlemania, as it has become known as in Spotisfaction Towers) is a fantasic song, and hearing it live and acoustic just reinforces the fact that France”™s hottest export Phoenix write beautiful songs.

Florence + The Machine – You’ve Got The Love (The xx Remix)
I”™m not the greatest fan of Florence + The Machine, truth be told. But this reworking by The XX really hits the spot for me.

Four Tet – Angel Echoes (Caribou Remix)
I recently introduced my Fianc̩e to Four Tet. I think it was Angel Echoes that really grabbed her. It is a pretty classic track. I implore you to check out CaribouӪs take on it.

Hot Chip – Transmission (Joy Division Cover)
This is one of my favourite Joy Division tracks. I can”™t imagine how this cover actually came about. Prepare yourself for something a bit different.

Tune in next time for MOAR of what is on my radar.

[Thom]

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Good news for UK fans of The Depreciation Guild, who had to cancel the European leg of their Spirit Youth tour earlier this year. The word on the street is that they are looking to play some UK dates in September. This is fantastic news and I urge everyone to consider checking them out. In the meantime, check out their reworking of “Broken Bones” by Chatelaine. Chatelaine is the solo project of Toni Halliday of Curve fame. Chatelaine”™s Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/chatelainemusic Buy Depreciation Guild”™s new album “Spirit Youth” at Amazon.


Good news for UK fans of The Depreciation Guild, who had to cancel the European leg of their Spirit Youth tour earlier this year. The word on the street is that they are looking to play some UK dates in September. This is fantastic news and I urge everyone to consider checking them out. In the meantime, check out their reworking of “Broken Bones” by Chatelaine. Chatelaine is the solo project of Toni Halliday of Curve fame.

Chatelaine”™s Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/chatelainemusic
Buy Depreciation Guild”™s new album “Spirit Youth” at Amazon.

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To cheer yourself up if you”™re not heading to Glastonbury this year, check out the video for ”Say No To Love”Â by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. Also, they”™ve currently got a few UK dates lined up for next month”¦ 18/7 – Suffolk, Latitude Festival 23/7 – Spain, Contempopranea Festival 24/7 – Spain, San Sebastian Festival 25/7 – Derbyshire, Indietracks Festival 28/7 – Brighton, Concorde 2 29/7 – London, Heaven 31/7 – Stirling, U18s Festival Check out more from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart at http://www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart

To cheer yourself up if you”™re not heading to Glastonbury this year, check out the video for ”Say No To Love”Â by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.

Also, they”™ve currently got a few UK dates lined up for next month”¦

18/7 – Suffolk, Latitude Festival
23/7 – Spain, Contempopranea Festival
24/7 – Spain, San Sebastian Festival
25/7 – Derbyshire, Indietracks Festival
28/7 – Brighton, Concorde 2
29/7 – London, Heaven
31/7 – Stirling, U18s Festival

Check out more from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart at http://www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart

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Greetings, those of you who haven”™t been lucky enough to get to Glastonbury this year. I feel your pain. Out of the four of us here at Spotisfaction Towers, there can only be one! This time around the one who gets to head to Glastonbury was James TAE. He best enjoy it”¦

Anyway, today”™s playlist comes from Dan Base of The Cheltenham Underground. He is one of the lucky ones off to Glasto and as he felt bad for those not going, he put this playlist together, entitled “Hips Like Cinderella”. Enjoy.

[Thom]

76 Spotisfaction Wednesday (23 Jun) – DBase

Greetings Spotisfactioneers (ha! take that spellcheck!).  I bring today”™s playlist to you whilst in an over-excited pre-Glastonbury funk. To celebrate, I”™ve included a song from the band I”™m most looking forward to seeing there: Broken Social Scene. To anyone catching them at their own show, I salute you.

1. Pixies ”“ Tame
2. Pavement ”“ Summer Babe – Winter Version
3. Jurassic 5 ”“ Thin Line
4. Nina Simone ”“ I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
5. Manchester Orchestra ”“ Shake It Out
6. Wilt ”“ Dave You Were Right
7. Jetplane Landing ”“ Sequel
8. PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke ”“ This Mess We”™re In
9. Garbage ”“ Special
10. Skunk Anansie ”“ Charlie Big Potato
11. Queens Of The Stone Age ”“ Auto Pilot
12. Doves ”“ The Man Who Told Everything
13. R.E.M. (Featuring Q-Tip) ”“ The Outsiders
14. Broken Social Scene ”“ Windsurfing Nation
15. Ash ”“ Nicole
16. Titus Andronicus ”“ Fear And Loathing In Mahwah, NJ
17. My First Tooth ”“ Margaret Yen
18. Ramones ”“ I Believe In Miracles
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ”“ Little Shadow – acoustic
20. Bright Eyes ”“ Middleman
21. Death Cab for Cutie ”“ I Will Follow You into the Dark
22. Blind Melon ”“ Mouthful Of Cavities
23. Malcolm Middleton ”“ Death Love Depression Love Death

Anyway, to business: the title of this playlist comes from the ambiguous opening line of my opening song, Tame by the Pixies, probably the archetype of the Pixies often stolen quiet-verse-loud-chorus dynamic.

I first came across Manchester Orchestra at the Reading Festival a couple of years ago.  I”™m not sure how to describe them but have been meaning to rave about them for a while so give them a listen.  This is followed by a tune from Wilt, the band born from the ashes of Kerbdog.  A song called ”˜Dave You were Right”™ shouldn”™t be this affecting (it sounds like someone conceding defeat in a pub argument) but it packs an emotional punch.

”˜Margaret Yen”™, is my favourite song by Northampton”™s My First Tooth, whom we had the pleasure of seeing at a recent Cheltenham Underground night.  For a four-piece they”™re very versatile and well worth checking out.

To end, we have songs from the two bands that got me through winter with the insanity kept to a minimum (Bright Eyes and Death Cab For Cutie), followed by two for the summer. ”˜Mouthful of Cavities”™ is best enjoyed on a guilty, hungover Sunday afternoon in bed when you know you should be frolicking (or some more manly pursuit, chopping trees perhaps) in the sun. Malcolm Middleton”™s ”˜Death, Love, Depression, Death”™ rounds things off nicely, the double-M”™s jarring Scottish accent the perfect antidote to the countless mediocre bands who sing in a horrifying, soulless mid-Atlantic brogue.

Enjoy

Dan

Greetings, those of you who haven”™t been lucky enough to get to Glastonbury this year. I feel your pain. Out of the four of us here at Spotisfaction Towers, there can only be one! This time around the one who gets to head to Glastonbury was James TAE. He best enjoy it”¦

Anyway, today”™s playlist comes from Dan Base of The Cheltenham Underground. He is one of the lucky ones off to Glasto and as he felt bad for those not going, he put this playlist together, entitled “Hips Like Cinderella”. Enjoy.

[Thom]

76 Spotisfaction Wednesday (23 Jun) – DBase

Greetings Spotisfactioneers (ha! take that spellcheck!).  I bring today”™s playlist to you whilst in an over-excited pre-Glastonbury funk. To celebrate, I”™ve included a song from the band I”™m most looking forward to seeing there: Broken Social Scene. To anyone catching them at their own show, I salute you.

1. Pixies ”“ Tame
2. Pavement ”“ Summer Babe – Winter Version
3. Jurassic 5 ”“ Thin Line
4. Nina Simone ”“ I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
5. Manchester Orchestra ”“ Shake It Out
6. Wilt ”“ Dave You Were Right
7. Jetplane Landing ”“ Sequel
8. PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke ”“ This Mess We”™re In
9. Garbage ”“ Special
10. Skunk Anansie ”“ Charlie Big Potato
11. Queens Of The Stone Age ”“ Auto Pilot
12. Doves ”“ The Man Who Told Everything
13. R.E.M. (Featuring Q-Tip) ”“ The Outsiders
14. Broken Social Scene ”“ Windsurfing Nation
15. Ash ”“ Nicole
16. Titus Andronicus ”“ Fear And Loathing In Mahwah, NJ
17. My First Tooth ”“ Margaret Yen
18. Ramones ”“ I Believe In Miracles
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ”“ Little Shadow – acoustic
20. Bright Eyes ”“ Middleman
21. Death Cab for Cutie ”“ I Will Follow You into the Dark
22. Blind Melon ”“ Mouthful Of Cavities
23. Malcolm Middleton ”“ Death Love Depression Love Death

Anyway, to business: the title of this playlist comes from the ambiguous opening line of my opening song, Tame by the Pixies, probably the archetype of the Pixies often stolen quiet-verse-loud-chorus dynamic.

I first came across Manchester Orchestra at the Reading Festival a couple of years ago.  I”™m not sure how to describe them but have been meaning to rave about them for a while so give them a listen.  This is followed by a tune from Wilt, the band born from the ashes of Kerbdog.  A song called ”˜Dave You were Right”™ shouldn”™t be this affecting (it sounds like someone conceding defeat in a pub argument) but it packs an emotional punch.

”˜Margaret Yen”™, is my favourite song by Northampton”™s My First Tooth, whom we had the pleasure of seeing at a recent Cheltenham Underground night.  For a four-piece they”™re very versatile and well worth checking out.

To end, we have songs from the two bands that got me through winter with the insanity kept to a minimum (Bright Eyes and Death Cab For Cutie), followed by two for the summer. ”˜Mouthful of Cavities”™ is best enjoyed on a guilty, hungover Sunday afternoon in bed when you know you should be frolicking (or some more manly pursuit, chopping trees perhaps) in the sun. Malcolm Middleton”™s ”˜Death, Love, Depression, Death”™ rounds things off nicely, the double-M”™s jarring Scottish accent the perfect antidote to the countless mediocre bands who sing in a horrifying, soulless mid-Atlantic brogue.

Enjoy

Dan

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Not sure what this VFTA malarkey is all about? See here. To listen along with Ben, BSS”™ “Feel Good Lost” is on Spotify. The year 2000; the start of the new millennium, but more importantly the birth of new ideas, perspectives and emotions. Around the same time as the world welcomed in this new decade, a fresh sound was growing from the suburban basements, and urban meadows of America and Canada. A sound that projected pure poetry and delicate lyrical narratives, set to beautifully crafted instrumental dream states. Circa 2000, the pioneers of this ”˜post-rockesque”™ styling included bands such as Bright Eyes, The Shins and Death Cab For Cutie, all of which continue to evolve and develop this glorious sound 10 years on. But one group who appear to have nurtured the genre throughout the decade, and are still exploring it to this day, are Broken Social Scene. Formed in Canada in 1999, Broken Social Scene originally existed as a mix of collaborators, musicians and friends who blended an array of musical projects and ideas together. After two years of fine tuning, founding members Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew wrote the band”™s debut album “Feel Good Lost”; a myriad of moods and tones that truly paints a picture of the mass artist collective present and the new millennium perspective. “Feel Good Lost” is apt as a debut as it consists mostly of instrumental stylings, and in many ways acts as introduction to the band”™s avant-garde direction. The moods contained in the album rise and fall and a series of emotions, and dreams are explored in intimate detail. ”˜Alive In 85”™ capturing a rather more jovial mood setting with muffled yet busy tempo, and gently wafting guitar melodies. Whereas, ”˜Stomach Song”™ represents a more claustrophobic, enclosed atmosphere, with its murky orchestration and eerie collection of vocal clips looped over and over throughout. The collection of work here tends to float along sweetly, culminating in the heavy ”˜Last Place”™, that acts as the awakening from the troubled, yet peaceful dream of the album. As “Feel Good Lost” reaches it”™s optimistic closing track ”˜Cranley”™s Gonna Make It”™, one can”™t help but agree with the album”™s title; that it has felt good being lifted out of the harshness of real life, and left alone to wonder in this pure dream state. Admittedly, Broken Social Scene”™s debut isn”™t one of strength or power. But what it does hold is potential, promise and the odd sense of escapism that exists so beautifully in the music of all those visionary band”™s way back in 2000. The Year 2000: That start of the great escape! Ben Hawling


Not sure what this VFTA malarkey is all about? See here.
To listen along with Ben, BSS”™ “Feel Good Lost” is on Spotify.

The year 2000; the start of the new millennium, but more importantly the birth of new ideas, perspectives and emotions.

Around the same time as the world welcomed in this new decade, a fresh sound was growing from the suburban basements, and urban meadows of America and Canada. A sound that projected pure poetry and delicate lyrical narratives, set to beautifully crafted instrumental dream states. Circa 2000, the pioneers of this ”˜post-rockesque”™ styling included bands such as Bright Eyes, The Shins and Death Cab For Cutie, all of which continue to evolve and develop this glorious sound 10 years on. But one group who appear to have nurtured the genre throughout the decade, and are still exploring it to this day, are Broken Social Scene.

Formed in Canada in 1999, Broken Social Scene originally existed as a mix of collaborators, musicians and friends who blended an array of musical projects and ideas together. After two years of fine tuning, founding members Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew wrote the band”™s debut album “Feel Good Lost”; a myriad of moods and tones that truly paints a picture of the mass artist collective present and the new millennium perspective.

“Feel Good Lost” is apt as a debut as it consists mostly of instrumental stylings, and in many ways acts as introduction to the band”™s avant-garde direction. The moods contained in the album rise and fall and a series of emotions, and dreams are explored in intimate detail. ”˜Alive In 85”™ capturing a rather more jovial mood setting with muffled yet busy tempo, and gently wafting guitar melodies. Whereas, ”˜Stomach Song”™ represents a more claustrophobic, enclosed atmosphere, with its murky orchestration and eerie collection of vocal clips looped over and over throughout. The collection of work here tends to float along sweetly, culminating in the heavy ”˜Last Place”™, that acts as the awakening from the troubled, yet peaceful dream of the album.

As “Feel Good Lost” reaches it”™s optimistic closing track ”˜Cranley”™s Gonna Make It”™, one can”™t help but agree with the album”™s title; that it has felt good being lifted out of the harshness of real life, and left alone to wonder in this pure dream state. Admittedly, Broken Social Scene”™s debut isn”™t one of strength or power. But what it does hold is potential, promise and the odd sense of escapism that exists so beautifully in the music of all those visionary band”™s way back in 2000.

The Year 2000: That start of the great escape!

Ben Hawling

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As promised, a few more behind-the-scenes pictures of the Glastonbury site minus the punters, courtesy of James TAE. The crowds will be arriving from 9pm tonight, those lucky sods. Let”™s keep our fingers crossed for awesome weather and fabulous music! The infamous fence: The Park stage being built: The entire soundsystem for the BBC Introducing stage packed into flight cases: The Pyramid Stage!: If any of you lovely folks are going, let us know how you get on. You can either Tweet us with your experiences, or send us a write-up when you get back. LOVE. Spotisfaction Crew.

As promised, a few more behind-the-scenes pictures of the Glastonbury site minus the punters, courtesy of James TAE. The crowds will be arriving from 9pm tonight, those lucky sods. Let”™s keep our fingers crossed for awesome weather and fabulous music!

The infamous fence:

The Park stage being built:

The entire soundsystem for the BBC Introducing stage packed into flight cases:

The Pyramid Stage!:

If any of you lovely folks are going, let us know how you get on. You can either Tweet us with your experiences, or send us a write-up when you get back.

LOVE.
Spotisfaction Crew.

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It”™s time to announce our competition winner! It was a close-run thing, with a large selection of utterly awesome feel-good songs being sent our way. However, as with all these things, there can be only one winner (no matter how much we wish we had a decently sized prize fund). Our top three are as follows: 3rd Place: Tom Mitchell, with “Hair” by The Cowsills 2nd Place: Adam Ashby, with “When I Grow Up” by Fever Ray ”¦and our winner is: 1st Place: Rhys Howell, with “Mr Blue Sky” by ELO Congrats, Rhys – we”™ll be in touch with details of how to collect the ticket. Bring your best beer drinking face. Thanks to everyone who entered – we”™ve collated your entries in the following playlist – please listen and enjoy! 01 Compisfaction – Let”™s Make Happy We definitely hope to run more competitions like this, so if you have any ideas do get in touch. Spotisfaction Crew. PS. A massive honorable mention to Rob Morgan, who would have won with his entry: “Wouldn”™t It Be Nice” by The Beach Boys – however, he couldn”™t make it (and indeed was the person who kindly donated his ticket!). Cheers, bro.


It”™s time to announce our competition winner! It was a close-run thing, with a large selection of utterly awesome feel-good songs being sent our way. However, as with all these things, there can be only one winner (no matter how much we wish we had a decently sized prize fund). Our top three are as follows:

3rd Place: Tom Mitchell, with “Hair” by The Cowsills
2nd Place: Adam Ashby, with “When I Grow Up” by Fever Ray

”¦and our winner is:

1st Place: Rhys Howell, with “Mr Blue Sky” by ELO

Congrats, Rhys – we”™ll be in touch with details of how to collect the ticket. Bring your best beer drinking face.

Thanks to everyone who entered – we”™ve collated your entries in the following playlist – please listen and enjoy!

01 Compisfaction – Let”™s Make Happy

We definitely hope to run more competitions like this, so if you have any ideas do get in touch.

Spotisfaction Crew.

PS. A massive honorable mention to Rob Morgan, who would have won with his entry: “Wouldn”™t It Be Nice” by The Beach Boys – however, he couldn”™t make it (and indeed was the person who kindly donated his ticket!). Cheers, bro.

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Sometimes, when a band release a new album, the very fabric of your passion for them is tested. Do you like their new material? Have they lost their way? I don”™t know about you, but I do this all the time. I find that listening back over the entire back catalogue of the band doesn”™t just refresh and rekindle the appreciation that you initially built for them, but also allows you to track the band, or artists growth as they evolve through the music industry, and find their ”˜sound”™. And, if you”™re lucky, you may even discover little treats in the albums that you didn”™t hear before, woop! Every week at Spotisfaction towers, I will atempt to rummage through an artist”™s past albums and explore exactly where they”™ve come from, and where they are heading, in a feature we”™re calling ”˜View From The Afternoon”™. This will be fun, honest! The name? After much deliberation and indecision over what such a feature could be called, View From The Afternoon was chosen. The title refers to the Arctic Monkeys track; the lyrics of which describe how perspectives of past events change in time, and alter with the benefit of hindsight. This is kind of what we are doing when we look back over a band”™s past albums. We are judging their current musical state on the twists and turns that have taken place before, and can only now hold a true picture of their work as a whole. Ok, so its a weak title, but until we think of something better, it stays, so there! To kick off this glorious feature, we are dedicating a week to those quirky Canadian shoe gazers, Broken Social Scene, in honour of their upcoming live gig at Birmingham Academy on Saturday [Editor”™s note: if you”™re coming, let us know!]. I for one have never actually listened to the band before, or any of their work, so this week”™s trawl through their back catalogue will be hugely beneficial for me. If you are already a fan, I hope the following reviews and opinions appear just, and that they help you fall in love with the band all over again, just in time for the gig. We hope you enjoy these weekly journeys, and that they shine a light on your life somehow. Enjoy Broken Social Scene, and we”™ll see you down the front! Nuff said! [Ben]

Sometimes, when a band release a new album, the very fabric of your passion for them is tested. Do you like their new material? Have they lost their way?

I don”™t know about you, but I do this all the time. I find that listening back over the entire back catalogue of the band doesn”™t just refresh and rekindle the appreciation that you initially built for them, but also allows you to track the band, or artists growth as they evolve through the music industry, and find their ”˜sound”™. And, if you”™re lucky, you may even discover little treats in the albums that you didn”™t hear before, woop!

Every week at Spotisfaction towers, I will atempt to rummage through an artist”™s past albums and explore exactly where they”™ve come from, and where they are heading, in a feature we”™re calling ”˜View From The Afternoon”™. This will be fun, honest!

The name? After much deliberation and indecision over what such a feature could be called, View From The Afternoon was chosen. The title refers to the Arctic Monkeys track; the lyrics of which describe how perspectives of past events change in time, and alter with the benefit of hindsight. This is kind of what we are doing when we look back over a band”™s past albums. We are judging their current musical state on the twists and turns that have taken place before, and can only now hold a true picture of their work as a whole.

Ok, so its a weak title, but until we think of something better, it stays, so there!

To kick off this glorious feature, we are dedicating a week to those quirky Canadian shoe gazers, Broken Social Scene, in honour of their upcoming live gig at Birmingham Academy on Saturday [Editor”™s note: if you”™re coming, let us know!].

I for one have never actually listened to the band before, or any of their work, so this week”™s trawl through their back catalogue will be hugely beneficial for me. If you are already a fan, I hope the following reviews and opinions appear just, and that they help you fall in love with the band all over again, just in time for the gig.

We hope you enjoy these weekly journeys, and that they shine a light on your life somehow. Enjoy Broken Social Scene, and we”™ll see you down the front!

Nuff said!
[Ben]

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Evening guys, As promised, a few behind-the-scenes pictures from James TAE – our man working hard as an Oxfam steward on the early shift at Glastonbury. Hopefully these will whet your appetite until we receive some more. As someone who”™s been to Glastonbury several times, it”™s very odd not seeing thousands of people in these pics. Remember to follow James”™ Twitter feed and the #spotisfaction hashtag for snippets of life as a steward. Spotisfaction Crew.

Evening guys,

As promised, a few behind-the-scenes pictures from James TAE – our man working hard as an Oxfam steward on the early shift at Glastonbury. Hopefully these will whet your appetite until we receive some more.

As someone who”™s been to Glastonbury several times, it”™s very odd not seeing thousands of people in these pics.







Remember to follow James”™ Twitter feed and the #spotisfaction hashtag for snippets of life as a steward.

Spotisfaction Crew.

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Hi kids,

Not much to report today – Thom”™s on holiday and I”™m off ill (read: sat around in my pyjamas drinking far too much tea and watching the football), so I”™ll keep this brief. I”™ll be posting some pictures from behind-the-scenes at Glastonbury this evening, so do come back later!

Today”™s playlist is from the mighty John Brobyn. Honestly, I think it”™s ace and hopefully y”™all will too.

Take it easy, and catch you all later”¦
[David]

75 Spotisfaction Monday (21 Jun) – JBrobyn

Hit the link for tracklist and JB”™s blurb.

  1. Auditorium – Mos Def, Slick Rick
  2. Drivin”™ me wild – Common, Lilly Allen
  3. System Addict – Plump Dj”™s
  4. Supermagic – Mos Def
  5. Dance on Glass – Q-Tip
  6. Don”™t feel right – The Roots
  7. The Format – Az
  8. Dynamite (12” Version) – Krafty Kuts
  9. Baila Baila feat Stereo:type – Deekline and Wizard
  10. Caesar – I Blame Coco, Robyn
  11. Audacity of Huge – Simian Mobile Disco
  12. Electronic Battle Weapon 8 – Chemical Brothers
  13. Vision One – Royksopp
  14. Vampires – Touche
  15. It Starts – Alex Metric
  16. Paper Romance – Groove Armada
  17. Havanna Sex Dwarf – Booka Shade
  18. This is our night – Sander Kleinenberg
  19. Koko”™s song – Silicone Soul
  20. Take me into your skin – Trentmoller
  21. Ecstasy – JJ
  22. Miss you – Trentmoller
  23. Running through woodland – Message to Bears

Hey all,

This one was quite a long time in the making, it”™s been roadtested quite a bit!

Not loads to right about these, a journey into finding new music for me, starts on a hip-hop inspired tip, including a track i love from Mos Def with a great guest rap from Slick Rick. Moving through more of a dancey middle and a chilled out ending.

Hi kids,

Not much to report today – Thom”™s on holiday and I”™m off ill (read: sat around in my pyjamas drinking far too much tea and watching the football), so I”™ll keep this brief. I”™ll be posting some pictures from behind-the-scenes at Glastonbury this evening, so do come back later!

Today”™s playlist is from the mighty John Brobyn. Honestly, I think it”™s ace and hopefully y”™all will too.

Take it easy, and catch you all later”¦
[David]

75 Spotisfaction Monday (21 Jun) – JBrobyn

Hit the link for tracklist and JB”™s blurb.

  1. Auditorium – Mos Def, Slick Rick
  2. Drivin”™ me wild – Common, Lilly Allen
  3. System Addict – Plump Dj”™s
  4. Supermagic – Mos Def
  5. Dance on Glass – Q-Tip
  6. Don”™t feel right – The Roots
  7. The Format – Az
  8. Dynamite (12” Version) – Krafty Kuts
  9. Baila Baila feat Stereo:type – Deekline and Wizard
  10. Caesar – I Blame Coco, Robyn
  11. Audacity of Huge – Simian Mobile Disco
  12. Electronic Battle Weapon 8 – Chemical Brothers
  13. Vision One – Royksopp
  14. Vampires – Touche
  15. It Starts – Alex Metric
  16. Paper Romance – Groove Armada
  17. Havanna Sex Dwarf – Booka Shade
  18. This is our night – Sander Kleinenberg
  19. Koko”™s song – Silicone Soul
  20. Take me into your skin – Trentmoller
  21. Ecstasy – JJ
  22. Miss you – Trentmoller
  23. Running through woodland – Message to Bears

Hey all,

This one was quite a long time in the making, it”™s been roadtested quite a bit!

Not loads to right about these, a journey into finding new music for me, starts on a hip-hop inspired tip, including a track i love from Mos Def with a great guest rap from Slick Rick. Moving through more of a dancey middle and a chilled out ending.

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Pyramid Stage - Courtesy of subeelvolumen.wordpress.com Evening folks. Our man in the field, James TAE, is posting updates from Glastonbury where he”™s working on getting everything set up for the festival this week. We”™re currently trending #spotisfaction on Twitter, so keep an eye out for snippets of behind the scenes info. James”™ Twitter account is http://twitter.com/James_TAE Take it easy, kids. Spotisfaction Crew.

Pyramid Stage - Courtesy of subeelvolumen.wordpress.com
Evening folks.

Our man in the field, James TAE, is posting updates from Glastonbury where he”™s working on getting everything set up for the festival this week. We”™re currently trending #spotisfaction on Twitter, so keep an eye out for snippets of behind the scenes info.

James”™ Twitter account is http://twitter.com/James_TAE

Take it easy, kids.

Spotisfaction Crew.

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Hi, hows it goin”™? Whatever you”™re doing, wherever you are, I hope that the latest Spotisfaction playlist is filling your ears and softly soaring through your atmosphere. My name is Ben Hawling and I will be flooding the Spotisfaction pages with regular reviews and the occasional rant. These reviews will consist of both album and gig reviews, plus a few band profiles every so often in an effort to keep our collective Spotisfaction fingers on the pulse of what”™s hot, musically. I will also be conducting a weekly “Band back catalogue appreciation” feature (yeah, working on a better name as we speak), where I rummage through the back catalogue of a different band each week so that a whole host of new fans can be introduced to fine music. This will also allow the more loyal fans to reminisce, and their appreciation be born all over again. Based in the glorious Cheltenham town, I am a resident reviewer for the visionary Cheltenham Underground imprint, so I will be posting regular nuggets of local talent. I will also give the heads up of any mind-blowingly awesome artists that play at the Cheltenham Underground showcase nights, and where you can find them (in a non-stalker way”¦”¦.well, maybe). The reason behind my involvement with the Spotisfaction blog is purely because I long to be part of something that is groundbreaking, and that thrives on delivering music in all it”™s forms to those who may not have access to it. But on a more personal level, it is down to the enjoyment and appreciation of the mixtape itself. Spotisfaction allows the 15 year-old me, sat alone in my bedroom, to finally share all the mixtapes that I compiled from odd tapes and CDs. Just as the mixtapes got me through the drudge of school, I hope that the playlists and discussion that you will find on Spotisfaction carry you through the harshness of modern day life and on to a higher plain, wherever that may be. If there”™s any albums/gigs/bands that you want me to review or take a look at, please feel free to contact me on twitter (@benchs25) or via my email address, ben@spotisfaction.com. We are all part of something spectacular, and most importantly, real. Let”™s embrace it! Thank you, Ben Hawling

Hi, hows it goin”™?

Whatever you”™re doing, wherever you are, I hope that the latest Spotisfaction playlist is filling your ears and softly soaring through your atmosphere.

My name is Ben Hawling and I will be flooding the Spotisfaction pages with regular reviews and the occasional rant. These reviews will consist of both album and gig reviews, plus a few band profiles every so often in an effort to keep our collective Spotisfaction fingers on the pulse of what”™s hot, musically. I will also be conducting a weekly “Band back catalogue appreciation” feature (yeah, working on a better name as we speak), where I rummage through the back catalogue of a different band each week so that a whole host of new fans can be introduced to fine music. This will also allow the more loyal fans to reminisce, and their appreciation be born all over again.
Based in the glorious Cheltenham town, I am a resident reviewer for the visionary Cheltenham Underground imprint, so I will be posting regular nuggets of local talent. I will also give the heads up of any mind-blowingly awesome artists that play at the Cheltenham Underground showcase nights, and where you can find them (in a non-stalker way”¦”¦.well, maybe).

The reason behind my involvement with the Spotisfaction blog is purely because I long to be part of something that is groundbreaking, and that thrives on delivering music in all it”™s forms to those who may not have access to it. But on a more personal level, it is down to the enjoyment and appreciation of the mixtape itself. Spotisfaction allows the 15 year-old me, sat alone in my bedroom, to finally share all the mixtapes that I compiled from odd tapes and CDs. Just as the mixtapes got me through the drudge of school, I hope that the playlists and discussion that you will find on Spotisfaction carry you through the harshness of modern day life and on to a higher plain, wherever that may be.

If there”™s any albums/gigs/bands that you want me to review or take a look at, please feel free to contact me on twitter (@benchs25) or via my email address, ben@spotisfaction.com.

We are all part of something spectacular, and most importantly, real. Let”™s embrace it!

Thank you,

Ben Hawling

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Dave managed to spill soup all over his laptop. What an idiot. Of course, this means no more Spotisfaction updates from him until his machine dries out. Let”™s all take 5 minutes out to laugh at his misfortune.

Dave managed to spill soup all over his laptop. What an idiot. Of course, this means no more Spotisfaction updates from him until his machine dries out. Let”™s all take 5 minutes out to laugh at his misfortune.

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5DfICb6Ccwe9DFrUdua4Zt

Quick straw poll – would you prefer playlist updates such as this one in the morning or afternoon? Let us know via Twitter (@spotisfaction).

Afternoon, folks! Today”™s playlist comes courtesy of Simon Mogg, whose previous playlist was one of my favourite concepts: “The Evolution of Moggy (in music)”. Fortunately, for today”™s submission he”™s guaranteed us no nu-metal or PJ & Duncan”¦

Remember that we”™re running a competition to win a ticket for Broken Social Scene”™s show in Birmingham on Sat 26th June – if you”™ve not entered yet, tweet us your favourite feel-good song with the #compisfaction hashtag. See here for full info!

Love, hugs and mealy bugs.
[David]

74 Spotisfaction Friday (18 Jun) – SMogg

Hit the link for the track listing and Moggy”™s blurb.

  1. Damien Rice ”“ Amie
  2. Johnny Cash ”“ Hurt
  3. Amon Tobin ”“ Four Ton Mantis
  4. Harry J Allstars ”“ Liquidator
  5. David Bowie ”“ Life On Mars?
  6. Flipron ”“ Flush It
  7. Saul Williams ”“ Black Stacey
  8. Maxim ”“ Spectral Wars
  9. Jurassic 5 ”“ CONCRETE SCHOOLYARD
  10. Beastie Boys ”“ Shadrach
  11. Sublime ”“ KRS-One
  12. Gorillaz ”“ Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version)
  13. RJD2 ”“ Ghostwriter
  14. Flogging Molly ”“ Float
  15. Brigham Young University Vocal Point ”“ Super Mario
  16. The Puppini Sisters ”“ Spooky
  17. Special AKA ”“ Gangsters
  18. Desmond Dekker ”“ You Can Get It If You Really Want
  19. Reel Big Fish ”“ Drunk Again
  20. Everlast ”“ Black Jesus
  21. Bill Withers ”“ Lean On Me – Single Version
  22. Newton Faulkner ”“ People Should Smile More
  23. Paolo Nutini ”“ Pencil Full Of Lead
  24. Nick Drake ”“ Black Eyed Dog
  25. 65daysofstatic ”“ Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
  26. John Martyn ”“ May You Never
  27. Ben E. King ”“ Stand By Me
  28. The Proclaimers ”“ King Of The Road
  29. Steve ”“ I Am Here (Falling Down Album Version)
  30. Mitch Benn ”“ Steal This Song

So this is a slightly different style of playlist than my last. This time its a selection of music that I like to listen to when I can”™t move at all. Would be nice for summer in the garden.

Here are a few stand out tracks.

Johnny Cash ”“ Hurt
This track is just plain awesome. You dont often hear tracks that are a vast improvement on their original. But this one is.

Amon Tobin ”“ Four Ton Mantis
Discovered this in a car advert. But dont hold that against it. It has a nice quality to it.

Flipron ”“ Flush It
This band are dark. When I was playing them at one point “the wife” asked me to turn it off because it was depressing her. Gotta love music that creates emotion.

Beastie Boys ”“ Shadrach
I like the Beastie Boys. Any group that goes from Punk to Hiphop in their career appeal to me. This is one of their best tracks if you ask me.

RJD2 ”“ Ghostwriter
I love this track. No other comment its just awesome.

Brigham Young University Vocal Point ”“ Super Mario
hahahahahahahahahaha. Brilliant. Goes with the trade too.

65daysofstatic ”“ Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
Shame its the live track but i love the way this track builds. It ends in a creshendo of noise. Love it.

The Proclaimers ”“ King Of The Road
I like the Proclaimers. I”™m not ashamed.

So there it is. I love all of these tracks. I”™d of commented on all of them but that just ends up with a lot of writing.

Enjoy.
Moggy

Quick straw poll – would you prefer playlist updates such as this one in the morning or afternoon? Let us know via Twitter (@spotisfaction).

Afternoon, folks! Today”™s playlist comes courtesy of Simon Mogg, whose previous playlist was one of my favourite concepts: “The Evolution of Moggy (in music)”. Fortunately, for today”™s submission he”™s guaranteed us no nu-metal or PJ & Duncan”¦

Remember that we”™re running a competition to win a ticket for Broken Social Scene”™s show in Birmingham on Sat 26th June – if you”™ve not entered yet, tweet us your favourite feel-good song with the #compisfaction hashtag. See here for full info!

Love, hugs and mealy bugs.
[David]

74 Spotisfaction Friday (18 Jun) – SMogg

Hit the link for the track listing and Moggy”™s blurb.

  1. Damien Rice ”“ Amie
  2. Johnny Cash ”“ Hurt
  3. Amon Tobin ”“ Four Ton Mantis
  4. Harry J Allstars ”“ Liquidator
  5. David Bowie ”“ Life On Mars?
  6. Flipron ”“ Flush It
  7. Saul Williams ”“ Black Stacey
  8. Maxim ”“ Spectral Wars
  9. Jurassic 5 ”“ CONCRETE SCHOOLYARD
  10. Beastie Boys ”“ Shadrach
  11. Sublime ”“ KRS-One
  12. Gorillaz ”“ Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version)
  13. RJD2 ”“ Ghostwriter
  14. Flogging Molly ”“ Float
  15. Brigham Young University Vocal Point ”“ Super Mario
  16. The Puppini Sisters ”“ Spooky
  17. Special AKA ”“ Gangsters
  18. Desmond Dekker ”“ You Can Get It If You Really Want
  19. Reel Big Fish ”“ Drunk Again
  20. Everlast ”“ Black Jesus
  21. Bill Withers ”“ Lean On Me – Single Version
  22. Newton Faulkner ”“ People Should Smile More
  23. Paolo Nutini ”“ Pencil Full Of Lead
  24. Nick Drake ”“ Black Eyed Dog
  25. 65daysofstatic ”“ Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
  26. John Martyn ”“ May You Never
  27. Ben E. King ”“ Stand By Me
  28. The Proclaimers ”“ King Of The Road
  29. Steve ”“ I Am Here (Falling Down Album Version)
  30. Mitch Benn ”“ Steal This Song

So this is a slightly different style of playlist than my last. This time its a selection of music that I like to listen to when I can”™t move at all. Would be nice for summer in the garden.

Here are a few stand out tracks.

Johnny Cash ”“ Hurt
This track is just plain awesome. You dont often hear tracks that are a vast improvement on their original. But this one is.

Amon Tobin ”“ Four Ton Mantis
Discovered this in a car advert. But dont hold that against it. It has a nice quality to it.

Flipron ”“ Flush It
This band are dark. When I was playing them at one point “the wife” asked me to turn it off because it was depressing her. Gotta love music that creates emotion.

Beastie Boys ”“ Shadrach
I like the Beastie Boys. Any group that goes from Punk to Hiphop in their career appeal to me. This is one of their best tracks if you ask me.

RJD2 ”“ Ghostwriter
I love this track. No other comment its just awesome.

Brigham Young University Vocal Point ”“ Super Mario
hahahahahahahahahaha. Brilliant. Goes with the trade too.

65daysofstatic ”“ Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
Shame its the live track but i love the way this track builds. It ends in a creshendo of noise. Love it.

The Proclaimers ”“ King Of The Road
I like the Proclaimers. I”™m not ashamed.

So there it is. I love all of these tracks. I”™d of commented on all of them but that just ends up with a lot of writing.

Enjoy.
Moggy

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Hey guys, and welcome to my Spotisfaction blog. I will be contributing reviews, articles, features, general stuff intended for debate. I”™m very pleased to be here and helping to grow the size and scope of the site. I was really very impressed with what Dave and Thom had achieved here, keeping it growing, gaining momentum and keeping an interested following. The growth of Spotify has really been phenomenal, and when Facebook was tied in and the social, collaborative nature of Spotify went through the roof, and all via an interface and technology which was almost perfectly realised, I had to contact the boys. I could see where this could go: there was the potential to be one of the first sites to provide music news, reviews and blogs where all its content was linked to instantly listenable, legal material. I really think that this, right here, could be a first. I haven”™t encountered another independent internet blog that ties all of its content to an entirely free, entirely legal and legitimate music streaming service. I”™m unbelievably enthusiastic about the potential, but only if you”™ll stick with us, continue to listen, to read, to contribute. That last one is the most important. Spotisfaction”™s raison d”™etre is its collaborative nature. We don”™t just want you to provide playlists, we want your news, your reviews, your opinions, your ideas for features. We want to try to create a community driven, Spotify enhanced musical encyclopaedia of a blog. Spotipedia? Blogify? No, Spotisfaction. [continued”¦] The Spotisfaction playlists won”™t stop, and please don”™t stop submitting them, because we still intend these to be the most frequently posted things on the site. It”™s just that we”™ll supplement these with an archive of album and artist reviews, news posts, and general blogs like this one. A little about me I guess. Well, I recently applied to be on the news team at Latitude festival, and I had to describe myself in 50 words. Here are my 50 words: “I am a passionate musician, editor and blogger. I have a wide taste in music and have stewarded at many festivals with Oxfam for 5 years including Glastonbury , Reading , and WOMAD. I work in digital editorial, and also help to run an online music blog, contributing reviews, articles and featurettes.” Living and working in central London, I keep myself involved in as much as possible and will be trying to review as much as I can. I also review for CueTracks.net, a company that allows unsigned bands to have their music reviewed by people working in the industry. Expect a diverse (I trust) list of reviews and playlists ”“ my previous submissions have been Dubstep, Acoustic and Metal mixes. I have a blog on Piracy that I think will be posted in the next couple of days to give you all to chew on while I disappear to Glastonbury on Saturday. I”™ll be reviewing Glasto for you all next week and you can continue to follow me and my other goings on via Twitter: http://twitter.com/James_TAE Please keep the submissions coming, be it playlists, news, reviews or ideas for features. You can email them all to me at james@spotisfaction.com or submit them through the site as normal. Cheers [James TAE]

Hey guys, and welcome to my Spotisfaction blog. I will be contributing reviews, articles, features, general stuff intended for debate.

I”™m very pleased to be here and helping to grow the size and scope of the site. I was really very impressed with what Dave and Thom had achieved here, keeping it growing, gaining momentum and keeping an interested following. The growth of Spotify has really been phenomenal, and when Facebook was tied in and the social, collaborative nature of Spotify went through the roof, and all via an interface and technology which was almost perfectly realised, I had to contact the boys. I could see where this could go: there was the potential to be one of the first sites to provide music news, reviews and blogs where all its content was linked to instantly listenable, legal material. I really think that this, right here, could be a first. I haven”™t encountered another independent internet blog that ties all of its content to an entirely free, entirely legal and legitimate music streaming service.

I”™m unbelievably enthusiastic about the potential, but only if you”™ll stick with us, continue to listen, to read, to contribute. That last one is the most important. Spotisfaction”™s raison d”™etre is its collaborative nature. We don”™t just want you to provide playlists, we want your news, your reviews, your opinions, your ideas for features. We want to try to create a community driven, Spotify enhanced musical encyclopaedia of a blog. Spotipedia? Blogify? No, Spotisfaction.


[continued”¦]

The Spotisfaction playlists won”™t stop, and please don”™t stop submitting them, because we still intend these to be the most frequently posted things on the site. It”™s just that we”™ll supplement these with an archive of album and artist reviews, news posts, and general blogs like this one.

A little about me I guess. Well, I recently applied to be on the news team at Latitude festival, and I had to describe myself in 50 words. Here are my 50 words:

“I am a passionate musician, editor and blogger. I have a wide taste in music and have stewarded at many festivals with Oxfam for 5 years including Glastonbury , Reading , and WOMAD. I work in digital editorial, and also help to run an online music blog, contributing reviews, articles and featurettes.”

Living and working in central London, I keep myself involved in as much as possible and will be trying to review as much as I can. I also review for CueTracks.net, a company that allows unsigned bands to have their music reviewed by people working in the industry. Expect a diverse (I trust) list of reviews and playlists ”“ my previous submissions have been Dubstep, Acoustic and Metal mixes. I have a blog on Piracy that I think will be posted in the next couple of days to give you all to chew on while I disappear to Glastonbury on Saturday. I”™ll be reviewing Glasto for you all next week and you can continue to follow me and my other goings on via Twitter: http://twitter.com/James_TAE

Please keep the submissions coming, be it playlists, news, reviews or ideas for features. You can email them all to me at james@spotisfaction.com or submit them through the site as normal.

Cheers
[James TAE]