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Something a bit different today. As you are aware, we are very fond of mixtapes. We are also quite fond of The Depreciation Guild. So when the Guild”™s guitarist, Christoph Hochheim, did a Needle Exchange mix we had to give it a listen. In short, it”™s fantastic. It”™s everything you could ever ask from a mixtape, and we felt we had to share it. This is a bit unorthodox, I agree. Big thanks to Christoph for this selection as well as to self-titledmag.com for the mix. Without further delay, here we go. It”™s not a Spotify playlist, rather it is embedded in the site, but you can download the MP3: Needle Exchange 021 – Christoph Hochheim/The Depreciation Guild
  1. Ralph Lundsten And The Andromeda All Stars ”“ Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
  2. Daedelus ”“ An Armada Approaches
  3. Dimlite ”“ Kalimba Deathswamp/Kurt Feelings
  4. Roberto Cacciapaglia ”“ Quite Still
  5. The Samps ”“ F.X.N.C.
  6. Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti ”“ Fright Night (Nevermore)
  7. PC Worship Mutant Soul Band ”“ Wake Up in the Dark and There”™s Nothing Going On
  8. The Association ”“ The Time It Is Today
  9. The Space Lady aka “Suzy Soundz” ”“ Major Tom
  10. Svenne & Lotta ”“ Roly Poly Girl
  11. Mahmoud Ahmed ”“ Abbay Mado ”“ Embwa Belew
  12. Sudden Sway ”“ Me Says Conscience (humsing)
Ralph Lundsten And The Andromeda All Stars ”“ Alpha Ralpha Boulevard The epic opener to this Swedish electronic music composer”™s synth-heavy neon-fantasy Alpha Ralpha Boulevard. Makes me feel like I”™m floating down a river of orange and pink sherbet”¦in space. Daedelus ”“ An Armada Approaches Daedelus is one of those artists who”™s developed such a distinct sound palette over the years, yet still finds new ways to contextualize them. The first track off his excellent new EP (Righteous Fists of Harmony) starts off with his signature 8-bit English horn (that”™s the only way I could think to describe it) playing a slow-building melody that lets you know what you”™re in for in the best way possible. Dimlite ”“ Kalimba Deathswamp/Kurt Feelings I don”™t even know how to begin describing this one, but it”™s truly some of the most compelling, melodic dubstep/jazz craziness I”™ve ever heard. Dimlite contrasts cold electronic sounds with the natural sound of kazoos, unprocessed vocals, clapping, and scotch tape to make for a track that”™s as psychedelic as the EP”™s cover. Roberto Cacciapaglia ”“ Quite Still A recent discovery of mine, Roberto Cacciapaglia”™s sheer diversity of releases is truly astounding. This track is off The Ann Steel Album, which he composed for a model of the same name. “Quite Still” is a melancholy “popera” jam, for umm”¦robots. The Samps ”“ F.X.N.C. A track from Cole Marsden Greif-Neill”™s new project (also of Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti/Nite Jewel). A trill-happy, funky bass plays off a fat synth bass lick layered with tape hiss and lasers. Anyone who can pull off such a slap-heavy jam so well deserves recognition in my book. Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti ”“ Fright Night (Nevermore) Like that segue? This might be my favorite song off the freshly-leaked Ariel Pink album. As solid as the album is it”™s a bit frustrating to a super-fan like me in that it”™s virtually all older tracks they redid as studio productions, but this song is an entirely new jam and it slays. PC Worship Mutant Soul Band ”“ Wake Up in the Dark and There”™s Nothing Going On For a brief period of time Justin Frye (PC Worship) sang for a post-hardcore band my brother and I were in called Tropic of Nelson. It wasn”™t until years later that I finally caught a PC Worship set and it totally blew me away. Psyched-out, sludgy riffage that dissolves into a free-jazz noise freakout””truly a stoner”™s delight. The Association ”“ The Time It Is Today An excellent sunshine-pop band from California in the ”™60s, this track reminds me of some of Love”™s finest movements. That vocal harmony at the end of the verse always kills me. The Space Lady aka “Suzy Soundz” ”“ Major Tom The Space Lady is a street performer who played on the streets of Boston, Cambridge, San Francisco and Berkeley in the ”™70s. Originally a song by Peter Schilling, Space Lady”™s version is a far more pared down and alien, a really bizarre contrast of humor and melancholy. Svenne & Lotta ”“ Roly Poly Girl This is the B-side to the “Bang-A-Boomerang” single released by Svenne & Lotta, a Swedish pop duo from the late ”™60s who are still active today. The Yamaha keyboard line right in the intro totally hooked me the first time i heard it and the synth solo in the middle continues to blow my mind. Such a perfect pop song. Mahmoud Ahmed ”“ Abbay Mado ”“ Embwa Belew Mahmound Ahmed, an Ethopian singer from the ”™60s who recently enjoyed a resurgence of popularity due to the Ethiopiques series started by Buda Musique. This is the first track off his 1975 album Erè Mèla Mèla. I love that warbled organ sound in the background and his bone dry vocals and delivery. Sudden Sway ”“ Me Says Conscience (humsing) It”™s such a crime that this group isn”™t a household name, but I guess that”™s generally the case with bands that were just way too far ahead of their time. This is a track off their 1984 double single and computer program (??), which sounds like a mix of Magma, Kate Bush and Animal Collective. ”˜Nuff said. If you haven”™t given The Depreciation Guild a listen, check out their new album, Spirit Youth, on Spotify now. Then check out their debut album “In Her Gentle Jaws”, also on Spotify. Thom Edit: Dave and I are less than happy with the current layout of this blog, so we”™re going to change it so that when reading Spotisfaction it doesn”™t feel like you”™re looking at a headache.

Something a bit different today.

As you are aware, we are very fond of mixtapes. We are also quite fond of The Depreciation Guild. So when the Guild”™s guitarist, Christoph Hochheim, did a Needle Exchange mix we had to give it a listen. In short, it”™s fantastic. It”™s everything you could ever ask from a mixtape, and we felt we had to share it.

This is a bit unorthodox, I agree. Big thanks to Christoph for this selection as well as to self-titledmag.com for the mix. Without further delay, here we go. It”™s not a Spotify playlist, rather it is embedded in the site, but you can download the MP3:

Needle Exchange 021 – Christoph Hochheim/The Depreciation Guild

  1. Ralph Lundsten And The Andromeda All Stars ”“ Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
  2. Daedelus ”“ An Armada Approaches
  3. Dimlite ”“ Kalimba Deathswamp/Kurt Feelings
  4. Roberto Cacciapaglia ”“ Quite Still
  5. The Samps ”“ F.X.N.C.
  6. Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti ”“ Fright Night (Nevermore)
  7. PC Worship Mutant Soul Band ”“ Wake Up in the Dark and There”™s Nothing Going On
  8. The Association ”“ The Time It Is Today
  9. The Space Lady aka “Suzy Soundz” ”“ Major Tom
  10. Svenne & Lotta ”“ Roly Poly Girl
  11. Mahmoud Ahmed ”“ Abbay Mado ”“ Embwa Belew
  12. Sudden Sway ”“ Me Says Conscience (humsing)

Ralph Lundsten And The Andromeda All Stars ”“ Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
The epic opener to this Swedish electronic music composer”™s synth-heavy neon-fantasy Alpha Ralpha Boulevard. Makes me feel like I”™m floating down a river of orange and pink sherbet”¦in space.

Daedelus ”“ An Armada Approaches
Daedelus is one of those artists who”™s developed such a distinct sound palette over the years, yet still finds new ways to contextualize them. The first track off his excellent new EP (Righteous Fists of Harmony) starts off with his signature 8-bit English horn (that”™s the only way I could think to describe it) playing a slow-building melody that lets you know what you”™re in for in the best way possible.

Dimlite ”“ Kalimba Deathswamp/Kurt Feelings
I don”™t even know how to begin describing this one, but it”™s truly some of the most compelling, melodic dubstep/jazz craziness I”™ve ever heard. Dimlite contrasts cold electronic sounds with the natural sound of kazoos, unprocessed vocals, clapping, and scotch tape to make for a track that”™s as psychedelic as the EP”™s cover.

Roberto Cacciapaglia ”“ Quite Still
A recent discovery of mine, Roberto Cacciapaglia”™s sheer diversity of releases is truly astounding. This track is off The Ann Steel Album, which he composed for a model of the same name. “Quite Still” is a melancholy “popera” jam, for umm”¦robots.

The Samps ”“ F.X.N.C.
A track from Cole Marsden Greif-Neill”™s new project (also of Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti/Nite Jewel). A trill-happy, funky bass plays off a fat synth bass lick layered with tape hiss and lasers. Anyone who can pull off such a slap-heavy jam so well deserves recognition in my book.

Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti ”“ Fright Night (Nevermore)
Like that segue? This might be my favorite song off the freshly-leaked Ariel Pink album. As solid as the album is it”™s a bit frustrating to a super-fan like me in that it”™s virtually all older tracks they redid as studio productions, but this song is an entirely new jam and it slays.

PC Worship Mutant Soul Band ”“ Wake Up in the Dark and There”™s Nothing Going On
For a brief period of time Justin Frye (PC Worship) sang for a post-hardcore band my brother and I were in called Tropic of Nelson. It wasn”™t until years later that I finally caught a PC Worship set and it totally blew me away. Psyched-out, sludgy riffage that dissolves into a free-jazz noise freakout””truly a stoner”™s delight.

The Association ”“ The Time It Is Today
An excellent sunshine-pop band from California in the ”™60s, this track reminds me of some of Love”™s finest movements. That vocal harmony at the end of the verse always kills me.

The Space Lady aka “Suzy Soundz” ”“ Major Tom
The Space Lady is a street performer who played on the streets of Boston, Cambridge, San Francisco and Berkeley in the ”™70s. Originally a song by Peter Schilling, Space Lady”™s version is a far more pared down and alien, a really bizarre contrast of humor and melancholy.

Svenne & Lotta ”“ Roly Poly Girl
This is the B-side to the “Bang-A-Boomerang” single released by Svenne & Lotta, a Swedish pop duo from the late ”™60s who are still active today. The Yamaha keyboard line right in the intro totally hooked me the first time i heard it and the synth solo in the middle continues to blow my mind. Such a perfect pop song.

Mahmoud Ahmed ”“ Abbay Mado ”“ Embwa Belew
Mahmound Ahmed, an Ethopian singer from the Ӫ60s who recently enjoyed a resurgence of popularity due to the Ethiopiques series started by Buda Musique. This is the first track off his 1975 album Er̬ M̬la M̬la. I love that warbled organ sound in the background and his bone dry vocals and delivery.

Sudden Sway ”“ Me Says Conscience (humsing)
It”™s such a crime that this group isn”™t a household name, but I guess that”™s generally the case with bands that were just way too far ahead of their time. This is a track off their 1984 double single and computer program (??), which sounds like a mix of Magma, Kate Bush and Animal Collective. ”˜Nuff said.

If you haven”™t given The Depreciation Guild a listen, check out their new album, Spirit Youth, on Spotify now. Then check out their debut album “In Her Gentle Jaws”, also on Spotify.

Thom

Edit: Dave and I are less than happy with the current layout of this blog, so we”™re going to change it so that when reading Spotisfaction it doesn”™t feel like you”™re looking at a headache.

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Features

Link: Mukinabaht: Feature: What Is The Cheltenham Underground? It would appear that for some unknown reason, Thom decided to write an article about the Cheltenham Underground on his day off from Spotisfaction. In the absence of a playlist today, head on over to his blog and have a good ol”™ fashioned read.

Link: Mukinabaht: Feature: What Is The Cheltenham Underground?
It would appear that for some unknown reason, Thom decided to write an article about the Cheltenham Underground on his day off from Spotisfaction. In the absence of a playlist today, head on over to his blog and have a good ol”™ fashioned read.

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Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/685jSumSQaTSpcRGTGU1yy

Do you know, so far there have been about 60 Spotisfaction submissions. About 2/3rds of those have been generated by your good selves. Thank you very much for all of the fantastic submissions.

I guess the biggest news is that there are going to be a few changes to this blog going forward. Firstly, we”™re cutting down the frequency we”™re running playlists. From 5 times a week to 3 times a week. We”™ll be updating Monday, Wednesday and Friday as from today.

We”™re also toying with the idea of going full-blog with Spotisfaction (as opposed to just running playlists). We”™re still working out the details, so more on this nearer the end of the week.

So, on with today”™s guest mix. This guy bears some responsibility for my love of music so I”™m pretty honored to have a submission by him. Enjoy todays mix by Mr Craig Lee.

[Editors note: This playlist was originally intended to run on a Friday, however as pointed out it”™s more of a Sunday playlist. So we”™re running it on Monday. It”™s Tuesday tomorrow, by the way].

Craig Lee:
I”™m not really sure of the format as this is my first post so apologies if this is wrong somehow. It”™s not a Friday playlist really, more of a Sunday playlist but I”™m guessing you wanted todays date in the title? Well, I”™ll post my playlist anyway, I”™m sure you”™ll tell me if I got something wrong.

64 Spotisfaction Monday (24 May) – CLee

  1. Serpentine – Ani Difranco
  2. Uptown Top Ranking – Scout Niblett
  3. Woman – Alessi”™s Ark
  4. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is out to get us – Sufjan Stevens
  5. In Our Talons – Bowerbirds
  6. Animals Can”™t Laugh – Moriarty
  7. Can You Blame The Sky – Alela Diane
  8. Flume – Bon Iver
  9. Instead – Ola Podrida
  10. Where The Humans Eat – Willy Mason
  11. Bellingham – Bishop Allen
  12. Now You Are Pregnant – The Wave Pictures
  13. Please Do Not Go – Violent Femmes
  14. No LSD Tonight –  Jeffrey Lewis
  15. Steak For Chicken (Acoustic Version) – The Moldy Peaches
  16. True Love Will Find You In The End – Daniel Johnston
  17. Burkowski – Modest Mouse
  18. No Children – The Mountain Goats
  19. 2 Atoms In A Molecule – Noah And The Whale
  20. Leftovers – Johnny Flynn
  21. Angelika – Devendra Banhart
  22. Bristol – Herman Dune
  23. Two-Headed Boy – Neutral Milk Hotel
  24. The Way The Wind Blows – A Hawk And A Hacksaw
  25. Elephant Gun – Beirut
  26. Oh So Insistent – Andrew Bird
  27. Poor Edward – Tom Waits
  28. It”™s Nobody”™s Fault But Mine – Blind Willie Johnson
  29. Psychotic Girl – The Black Keys

“Carolina Drama” – The Raconteurs
This was supposed to be a themed playlist, the theme being “lofi“. I then realised I wanted to include too many songs that didn”™t really fit that particular bracket. I therefore decided to change the theme to “acoustic” before realising that having a theme probably wasn”™t the best idea I ever had! Unfortunately that realisation came too late for this playlist as I was already too far in and determined to finish it. Trying to stick slavishly to the format was frustratingly restrictive and ultimately proved futile. Perhaps my focus was simply too narrow, perhaps themes still have some role to play in my future but, for now at least, I abhor the concept of the “theme“. Having said that, I (mostly) managed to stick with the acoustic idea and ended up with a coherent play list. Ok, so it”™s not consistently coherent but it still sounds pretty good! The following tracks are my stand out picks;

“Serpentine” – Ani Difranco.
Lyrically unsurpassed as far as I am concerned and some pretty nifty guitar work too! Her finest work.

“Uptown Top Ranking” – Scout Niblett. The most interesting cover version I”™ve heard for some time, she has some great songs of her own too but this one seemed to fit best.

“Woman” – Alessi”™s Ark. Saw this performed live on the late review I think and it was totally unexpected, it was a sparse and beautiful performance. She has a voice that reminds me of Joanna Newsom (who is criminally absent from Spotify!) at times, probably not for everyone this track.

At this point I”™ve reminded myself I don”™t need to explain every choice. Luckily it”™s Sufjan next, what needs to be said about Sufjan?!?!

“True Love Will Find You In The End” – Daniel Johnston.
This guy is a lofi genius.

“The Way The Wind Blows” – A Hawk And A Hacksaw.
The best live band I”™ve seen in the last couple of years. Everyone I”™ve ever played their stuff to hates them but I”™ll keep trying.

Do you know, so far there have been about 60 Spotisfaction submissions. About 2/3rds of those have been generated by your good selves. Thank you very much for all of the fantastic submissions.

I guess the biggest news is that there are going to be a few changes to this blog going forward. Firstly, we”™re cutting down the frequency we”™re running playlists. From 5 times a week to 3 times a week. We”™ll be updating Monday, Wednesday and Friday as from today.

We”™re also toying with the idea of going full-blog with Spotisfaction (as opposed to just running playlists). We”™re still working out the details, so more on this nearer the end of the week.

So, on with today”™s guest mix. This guy bears some responsibility for my love of music so I”™m pretty honored to have a submission by him. Enjoy todays mix by Mr Craig Lee.

[Editors note: This playlist was originally intended to run on a Friday, however as pointed out it”™s more of a Sunday playlist. So we”™re running it on Monday. It”™s Tuesday tomorrow, by the way].

Craig Lee:
I”™m not really sure of the format as this is my first post so apologies if this is wrong somehow. It”™s not a Friday playlist really, more of a Sunday playlist but I”™m guessing you wanted todays date in the title? Well, I”™ll post my playlist anyway, I”™m sure you”™ll tell me if I got something wrong.

64 Spotisfaction Monday (24 May) – CLee

  1. Serpentine – Ani Difranco
  2. Uptown Top Ranking – Scout Niblett
  3. Woman – Alessi”™s Ark
  4. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is out to get us – Sufjan Stevens
  5. In Our Talons – Bowerbirds
  6. Animals Can”™t Laugh – Moriarty
  7. Can You Blame The Sky – Alela Diane
  8. Flume – Bon Iver
  9. Instead – Ola Podrida
  10. Where The Humans Eat – Willy Mason
  11. Bellingham – Bishop Allen
  12. Now You Are Pregnant – The Wave Pictures
  13. Please Do Not Go – Violent Femmes
  14. No LSD Tonight –  Jeffrey Lewis
  15. Steak For Chicken (Acoustic Version) – The Moldy Peaches
  16. True Love Will Find You In The End – Daniel Johnston
  17. Burkowski – Modest Mouse
  18. No Children – The Mountain Goats
  19. 2 Atoms In A Molecule – Noah And The Whale
  20. Leftovers – Johnny Flynn
  21. Angelika – Devendra Banhart
  22. Bristol – Herman Dune
  23. Two-Headed Boy – Neutral Milk Hotel
  24. The Way The Wind Blows – A Hawk And A Hacksaw
  25. Elephant Gun – Beirut
  26. Oh So Insistent – Andrew Bird
  27. Poor Edward – Tom Waits
  28. It”™s Nobody”™s Fault But Mine – Blind Willie Johnson
  29. Psychotic Girl – The Black Keys

“Carolina Drama” – The Raconteurs
This was supposed to be a themed playlist, the theme being “lofi“. I then realised I wanted to include too many songs that didn”™t really fit that particular bracket. I therefore decided to change the theme to “acoustic” before realising that having a theme probably wasn”™t the best idea I ever had! Unfortunately that realisation came too late for this playlist as I was already too far in and determined to finish it. Trying to stick slavishly to the format was frustratingly restrictive and ultimately proved futile. Perhaps my focus was simply too narrow, perhaps themes still have some role to play in my future but, for now at least, I abhor the concept of the “theme“. Having said that, I (mostly) managed to stick with the acoustic idea and ended up with a coherent play list. Ok, so it”™s not consistently coherent but it still sounds pretty good! The following tracks are my stand out picks;

“Serpentine” – Ani Difranco.
Lyrically unsurpassed as far as I am concerned and some pretty nifty guitar work too! Her finest work.

“Uptown Top Ranking” – Scout Niblett. The most interesting cover version I”™ve heard for some time, she has some great songs of her own too but this one seemed to fit best.

“Woman” – Alessi”™s Ark. Saw this performed live on the late review I think and it was totally unexpected, it was a sparse and beautiful performance. She has a voice that reminds me of Joanna Newsom (who is criminally absent from Spotify!) at times, probably not for everyone this track.

At this point I”™ve reminded myself I don”™t need to explain every choice. Luckily it”™s Sufjan next, what needs to be said about Sufjan?!?!

“True Love Will Find You In The End” – Daniel Johnston.
This guy is a lofi genius.

“The Way The Wind Blows” – A Hawk And A Hacksaw.
The best live band I”™ve seen in the last couple of years. Everyone I”™ve ever played their stuff to hates them but I”™ll keep trying.

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Link: Mukinabaht: Cheltenham Underground present: The Decent Days And Nights Weekend
Time to start beating the drum about this coming weekend, then. From Thursday 27th May, Messrs Madden and Base are putting on a show of overwhelming proportions, showcasing just shy of 20 acts over the course of 4 days. Cheltenham Underground presents: The Decent Days And Nights Weekend. This is”¦
A quick and dirty piece about Cheltenham Undergrounds Decent Days and Nights weekender. I feel that there may be further coverage to come on this matter. Please, go on down and support a) the charity b) the bands and c) Cheltenham Underground.

Link: Mukinabaht: Cheltenham Underground present: The Decent Days And Nights Weekend

Time to start beating the drum about this coming weekend, then. From Thursday 27th May, Messrs Madden and Base are putting on a show of overwhelming proportions, showcasing just shy of 20 acts over the course of 4 days. Cheltenham Underground presents: The Decent Days And Nights Weekend.

This is”¦

A quick and dirty piece about Cheltenham Undergrounds Decent Days and Nights weekender. I feel that there may be further coverage to come on this matter. Please, go on down and support a) the charity b) the bands and c) Cheltenham Underground.

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Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/27uMLkv6sgtLi43hZCIMpG

This is probably the latest a Spotisfaction update has ever been. What? What of it? Shouldn”™t you all be out enjoying the sun?

Excuses
Dave: I got stuck between two mirrors.
Thom: I tripped over a cobweb.

But, finally, here is the update. I”™ve enjoyed the last couple of playlists, and here is another one it looks like I”™m going to enjoy. The last submission by this guy was great and truth be told, it looks like this could surpass the last. So wake up, tune in and listen to this. Then shower Woody with appriciation via Twitter. Cheers, man.

Thom

Woody Says:
Hey guys

Here is my playlist for ya”™ll:

Occasionalism

  1. Fang Island – Dreams Of Dreams
  2. The Black Keys – I Got Mine
  3. Vivian Girls – Surfin”™ Away
  4. Darwin Deez – Constellations
  5. Malajube – Ton Plat Favori
  6. Violent Femmes – Please Do Not Go
  7. Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-Headed Boy
  8. Fools Gold – Surprise Hotel
  9. Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz
  10. Balkan Beat Box – Bulgarian Chicks
  11. Rodrigo y Gabriela – Tamacun
  12. Taj Mahal – Checkin”™ Up On My Baby
  13. Husker Du – Could You Be The One
  14. The Replacements – I Will Dare
  15. Beach Fossils – Daydream
  16. Amadou & Mariam – Africa (Featuring Knaan)
  17. Yerba Buena – Bellydancer (Featuring Fulanito and Gogol Bordello)
  18. Balkan Beat Box – Move It
  19. Taj Mahal – Johnny Too Bad
  20. Yo La Tengo – Upside-Down
  21. Mission Of Burma – That”™s When I Reach For My Revolver
  22. Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land

So it actually took me ages to do another playlist. Mainly because I tried to come up with themes, or a similar sound or something for them but I generally found them all to be crap. I realised what I most enjoy in a playlist is when it is comprised of music I haven”™t either heard before or songs I wouldn”™t have put together.

So I started with Yo La Tengo (I had just watched Adventureland which they contributed a song for the soundtrack) and from there I just started searching random bands from lots of different genres, hopefully with the effect of making sense together as a playlist but also to be a bit unpredictable at the same time.

Apart from Janis Joplin and Violent Femmes, most of the other music I had either never heard or only played a few tracks before. Balkan Beat Box are definitely a highlight, they are like the ultimate gypsy/world/party music band, they have such a range of sounds and influences and its pulled off to great effect. Beach Fossils and Fool”™s Gold are rapidly becoming some of my favourite new bands, perfect for chilling out in the sun. I also revisited classic bands such as Husker Du and The Replacements and even further back to Woody Guthrie because, well, why not?

Serving suggestion is some sunshine, a beer and ice cream. [EDITORS NOTE: We fully endorse this]

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did putting it together.

Woody

This is probably the latest a Spotisfaction update has ever been. What? What of it? Shouldn”™t you all be out enjoying the sun?

Excuses
Dave: I got stuck between two mirrors.
Thom: I tripped over a cobweb.

But, finally, here is the update. I”™ve enjoyed the last couple of playlists, and here is another one it looks like I”™m going to enjoy. The last submission by this guy was great and truth be told, it looks like this could surpass the last. So wake up, tune in and listen to this. Then shower Woody with appriciation via Twitter. Cheers, man.

Thom

Woody Says:
Hey guys

Here is my playlist for ya”™ll:

Occasionalism

  1. Fang Island – Dreams Of Dreams
  2. The Black Keys – I Got Mine
  3. Vivian Girls – Surfin”™ Away
  4. Darwin Deez – Constellations
  5. Malajube – Ton Plat Favori
  6. Violent Femmes – Please Do Not Go
  7. Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-Headed Boy
  8. Fools Gold – Surprise Hotel
  9. Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz
  10. Balkan Beat Box – Bulgarian Chicks
  11. Rodrigo y Gabriela – Tamacun
  12. Taj Mahal – Checkin”™ Up On My Baby
  13. Husker Du – Could You Be The One
  14. The Replacements – I Will Dare
  15. Beach Fossils – Daydream
  16. Amadou & Mariam – Africa (Featuring Knaan)
  17. Yerba Buena – Bellydancer (Featuring Fulanito and Gogol Bordello)
  18. Balkan Beat Box – Move It
  19. Taj Mahal – Johnny Too Bad
  20. Yo La Tengo – Upside-Down
  21. Mission Of Burma – That”™s When I Reach For My Revolver
  22. Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land

So it actually took me ages to do another playlist. Mainly because I tried to come up with themes, or a similar sound or something for them but I generally found them all to be crap. I realised what I most enjoy in a playlist is when it is comprised of music I haven”™t either heard before or songs I wouldn”™t have put together.

So I started with Yo La Tengo (I had just watched Adventureland which they contributed a song for the soundtrack) and from there I just started searching random bands from lots of different genres, hopefully with the effect of making sense together as a playlist but also to be a bit unpredictable at the same time.

Apart from Janis Joplin and Violent Femmes, most of the other music I had either never heard or only played a few tracks before. Balkan Beat Box are definitely a highlight, they are like the ultimate gypsy/world/party music band, they have such a range of sounds and influences and its pulled off to great effect. Beach Fossils and Fool”™s Gold are rapidly becoming some of my favourite new bands, perfect for chilling out in the sun. I also revisited classic bands such as Husker Du and The Replacements and even further back to Woody Guthrie because, well, why not?

Serving suggestion is some sunshine, a beer and ice cream. [EDITORS NOTE: We fully endorse this]

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did putting it together.

Woody

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Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0HM8zlJxvqVi4XPp4iN55A

Afternoon, folk.

I just want to say, thank you to everyone who has provided feedback to us recently. Given the recent developments with Spotify (e.g. public libraries) the demand for Spotisfaction is dwindling, it would appear. In order for us to keep this up, we require input from the community. Without input and support from the community, Spotisfaction will die. David and myself are looking into the recent suggestions and other ways to keep the community together, hopefully we”™ll pull something out of the hat.

Today we have the mighty Ben Hawling with a fantastic idea for a playlist. This is the soundtrack to his life circa 2006. And now, I will give it a listen. I hope you will too.

If anyone has any ideas for Spotisfaction, or wants to make any suggestions for the future, please drop us an email: spotisfaction@googlemail.com. Cheers

Thom

Ben Says:

Playlist is here – 2006

1. I Don”™t Know What It Is = Rufus Wainwright
2. Dollars & Cents = Radiohead
3. Distance = Editors
4. Burning Benches = Morning Runner
5. Valentine = The Delays
6. See The World = The Kooks
7. Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery = Graham Coxon
8. TV Pro = The Vines
9. Despair In The Departure Lounge = Arctic Monkeys
10. Don”™t Stop Now = Lemon Jelly
11. Daylight Robbery = Imogen Heap
12. Soul Meets Body = Death Cab For Cutie
13. Theres A Good Reason These Tables”¦ = Panic! At The Disco
14. Colours = Hot Chip
15. Atlantic = Keane
16. Control Myself = L.L. Cool J Ft. Jennifer Lopez
17. Give It Away = Zero 7
18. Fixed Income = DJ Shadow
19. Hoodoo = Muse
20. We Are Your Friends = Justice Vs Simian
21. Can”™t Lose = We Are Scientists
22. Creepin Up The Backstairs = The Fratellis
23. When You Were Young = The Killers
24. Missing = Beck
25. My Imaginary Friend = The Divine Comedy
26. Littlest Things = Lily Allen
27. Bruised = Ben Folds
28. Legacy = Mansun

The soundtrack to my life”¦”¦2006

Every track in this list represents a feeling, a mood, or event during my 2006 that stands out for one reason or another. It was a big year for me, and the eclectic mix above was with me all the way through the peaks and troughs.

Janurary – March =

During this time, I found myself juggling mounting workloads at sixth form, and shit long hours at work (Waitrose), and holding together a relationship. This ultimately led to me being run down and contracting glandular fever, eek!  ”˜Dollars And Cents”™ and ”˜Distance”™ both capture my intense and cloudy judgement and head space at that time, as the respective albums were all i listened to for a while. I bought the Morning Runner album the day it came out, as my then girlfriend bought The Delays album on the same day. These two songs are significant as we then burnt copies of our albums for each other. I tended to listen to The Kooks album, as well as a lot of Blur and Graham Coxon whilst being bedridden with the glandular fever, and they totally got me through it, so cheers!

April – June =

My then girlfriend went away during the Easter holidays of 2006, so I hung out with my friends a lot more (something I should have done a lot more of anyway) and got into The Vines, Death Cab For Cutie and Imogen Heap, all of which providing perfect noise to the sunlight. I also watched Spaced a lot during this time so naturally got into Lemon Jelly big time! Keane are one of my favourite ever bands, so I was hugely excited when Under The Iron Sea came out, opening with the epic ”˜Atlantic”™. The LL Cool J track came out during this time and me and my mate loved it so much that we got it played at our sixth form leavers ball, woop!

July – September =

Then came study period for my A level exams, so I naturally listened to loads of albums. Stuff like Zero 7 and DJ Shadow brought a relaxing, and cool vibe to the studying. Tracks like ”˜We Are Your Friends”™ were anthems for the summer, and I remember listening to We Are Scientists a lot when I was gathering items for my V Festival checklist the day before going. The week before I left for University, The Fratellis first album came out and I couldn”™t stop listening to it. ”˜When You Were Young”™ means a lot to me as it was the song playing on the radio on the first drive to uni, when I felt massively homesick and anxious, yet excited of what was to come. The song seemed to symbolise my transition from being young, to growing older and leaving home for the first time.

October – December =

I got into Beck and The Divine Comedy in a fucking massive way at this time, and went to see The Divine Comedy at my uni, which left me smiling out loud! I also started going out with a girl in the first few months of uni, and her mannerisms always reminded me of Lily Allen. Plus ”˜Littlest Things”™ came out at this time. I love anything Ben Folds does, and was blown away by ”˜Bruised”™ due to its delicacy and honesty. I got into Mansun over this whole time, because: 1. They are amazing, and 2. because no one else I knew at uni liked them, so i liked having that special appreciation. Their second album ”˜Six”™ blow my mind and opened my eyes to what great music really was, and to what bands can achieve if they truly experiment with sound. ”˜Legacy”™ tends to sum up my mood at this time also.

Its a pretty boring story, but its story none the less, and best of all”¦..its real. I love how music shapes our lives, but mainly how we cling to music and its magical properties in order to make sense of the mess of human behaviour.
So that was my 2006, and thinking back, I completely changed as an individual from January to December, fascinating!

2007 was just as interesting”¦”¦..honest!

Nuff said!

Ben Hawling.

Afternoon, folk.

I just want to say, thank you to everyone who has provided feedback to us recently. Given the recent developments with Spotify (e.g. public libraries) the demand for Spotisfaction is dwindling, it would appear. In order for us to keep this up, we require input from the community. Without input and support from the community, Spotisfaction will die. David and myself are looking into the recent suggestions and other ways to keep the community together, hopefully we”™ll pull something out of the hat.

Today we have the mighty Ben Hawling with a fantastic idea for a playlist. This is the soundtrack to his life circa 2006. And now, I will give it a listen. I hope you will too.

If anyone has any ideas for Spotisfaction, or wants to make any suggestions for the future, please drop us an email: spotisfaction@googlemail.com. Cheers

Thom

Ben Says:

Playlist is here – 2006

1. I Don”™t Know What It Is = Rufus Wainwright
2. Dollars & Cents = Radiohead
3. Distance = Editors
4. Burning Benches = Morning Runner
5. Valentine = The Delays
6. See The World = The Kooks
7. Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery = Graham Coxon
8. TV Pro = The Vines
9. Despair In The Departure Lounge = Arctic Monkeys
10. Don”™t Stop Now = Lemon Jelly
11. Daylight Robbery = Imogen Heap
12. Soul Meets Body = Death Cab For Cutie
13. Theres A Good Reason These Tables”¦ = Panic! At The Disco
14. Colours = Hot Chip
15. Atlantic = Keane
16. Control Myself = L.L. Cool J Ft. Jennifer Lopez
17. Give It Away = Zero 7
18. Fixed Income = DJ Shadow
19. Hoodoo = Muse
20. We Are Your Friends = Justice Vs Simian
21. Can”™t Lose = We Are Scientists
22. Creepin Up The Backstairs = The Fratellis
23. When You Were Young = The Killers
24. Missing = Beck
25. My Imaginary Friend = The Divine Comedy
26. Littlest Things = Lily Allen
27. Bruised = Ben Folds
28. Legacy = Mansun

The soundtrack to my life”¦”¦2006

Every track in this list represents a feeling, a mood, or event during my 2006 that stands out for one reason or another. It was a big year for me, and the eclectic mix above was with me all the way through the peaks and troughs.

Janurary – March =

During this time, I found myself juggling mounting workloads at sixth form, and shit long hours at work (Waitrose), and holding together a relationship. This ultimately led to me being run down and contracting glandular fever, eek!  ”˜Dollars And Cents”™ and ”˜Distance”™ both capture my intense and cloudy judgement and head space at that time, as the respective albums were all i listened to for a while. I bought the Morning Runner album the day it came out, as my then girlfriend bought The Delays album on the same day. These two songs are significant as we then burnt copies of our albums for each other. I tended to listen to The Kooks album, as well as a lot of Blur and Graham Coxon whilst being bedridden with the glandular fever, and they totally got me through it, so cheers!

April – June =

My then girlfriend went away during the Easter holidays of 2006, so I hung out with my friends a lot more (something I should have done a lot more of anyway) and got into The Vines, Death Cab For Cutie and Imogen Heap, all of which providing perfect noise to the sunlight. I also watched Spaced a lot during this time so naturally got into Lemon Jelly big time! Keane are one of my favourite ever bands, so I was hugely excited when Under The Iron Sea came out, opening with the epic ”˜Atlantic”™. The LL Cool J track came out during this time and me and my mate loved it so much that we got it played at our sixth form leavers ball, woop!

July – September =

Then came study period for my A level exams, so I naturally listened to loads of albums. Stuff like Zero 7 and DJ Shadow brought a relaxing, and cool vibe to the studying. Tracks like ”˜We Are Your Friends”™ were anthems for the summer, and I remember listening to We Are Scientists a lot when I was gathering items for my V Festival checklist the day before going. The week before I left for University, The Fratellis first album came out and I couldn”™t stop listening to it. ”˜When You Were Young”™ means a lot to me as it was the song playing on the radio on the first drive to uni, when I felt massively homesick and anxious, yet excited of what was to come. The song seemed to symbolise my transition from being young, to growing older and leaving home for the first time.

October – December =

I got into Beck and The Divine Comedy in a fucking massive way at this time, and went to see The Divine Comedy at my uni, which left me smiling out loud! I also started going out with a girl in the first few months of uni, and her mannerisms always reminded me of Lily Allen. Plus ”˜Littlest Things”™ came out at this time. I love anything Ben Folds does, and was blown away by ”˜Bruised”™ due to its delicacy and honesty. I got into Mansun over this whole time, because: 1. They are amazing, and 2. because no one else I knew at uni liked them, so i liked having that special appreciation. Their second album ”˜Six”™ blow my mind and opened my eyes to what great music really was, and to what bands can achieve if they truly experiment with sound. ”˜Legacy”™ tends to sum up my mood at this time also.

Its a pretty boring story, but its story none the less, and best of all”¦..its real. I love how music shapes our lives, but mainly how we cling to music and its magical properties in order to make sense of the mess of human behaviour.
So that was my 2006, and thinking back, I completely changed as an individual from January to December, fascinating!

2007 was just as interesting”¦”¦..honest!

Nuff said!

Ben Hawling.

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7DQ3b8ReRo1grWHHxrfQOY

Afternoon all. Some awesome feedback coming from today”™s news post, so huge thanks for all you niaive folks sharing your ideas for us to rip off”¦ uh, I mean implement with full credit as appropriate! Thom and I started Spotisfaction as an ambitious project to listen to every track in the world ever, but in the process we”™ve created a small community and we”™d love to improve things for those of you who have stuck with us. So, if there”™s something you”™d like out of Spotisfaction that we”™re not currently delivering, let us know.

Anyway, today”™s mix is beautiful in my opinion. I”™ll hand you over to its loving creator, James Cook.

Tripping the light tangfastic”¦
David

Playlist can be found right here.

James says:
The Acoustic Session

To contrast my previous mix Dubisfiction, I”™m stripping things back and present The Acoustic Session – a short acoustic-only playlist of folk, bossa nova, classical and crossover.

  1. Loro – Adem
  2. I Was Hoping Winter Was OVer – The Twilight Sad
  3. In A Manner Of Speaking – Nouvelle Vague
  4. Fantasia Sobre La Traviata – Francisco Tárrega
  5. Who Will Comfort Me? – Melody Gardot
  6. Birthday Present – Mirah
  7. Winter Dies – Midlake
  8. Fingerbib – Alarm Will Sound / Aphex Twin
  9. Homenaje A Tárrega: Soleares – Joaquin Turina
  10. Ada – The National
  11. Things Behind The Sun – Nick Drake
  12. This Flight Tonight – Joni Mitchell
  13. Pass It On – The Coral
  14. Saturday Come Slow – Massive Attack
  15. Recuerdos De Alhambra – Francisco Tárrega
  16. The Mosquito Song – Queens Of The Stone Age
  17. Jynweythek Ylow – Aphex Twin
  18. Human Beings Gather Round – Adem


Blurb:

I knew one artist that was going in here straight off the bat – Adem; and so I bookended the playlist with a track from his most recent covers album – Loro by Pinback – and finishing on the album-closer for Love And Other Planets – Human Beings Gather Round.

I also knew I wanted songs featuring my favourite female vocalists – Camille Dalmais on Nouvelle Vague”™s cover of In A Manner of Speaking, Melody Gardot and Mirah. Soft, sassy, whisper-in-your-ear delicacy.

Francisco Tárrega is quite simply one of the best Spanish classical guitarists ever to grace the planet and it is a travesty that most people know him only by that Nokia theme. Combining the classical romanticism of the time with the traditional spanish folk of his upbringing, he has created some of the most achingly beautiful classical guitar pieces ever written. To protect the playlist from sections of density, I have interspersed three tracks created or inspired by Tárrega, finishing with his opus, Recuerdos De Alhambra.

2 choices from leftfield by the infinitely various Aphex Twin continue to show the size of his repertoire on these Spotifaction mixlists.

Now, everybody knows Joni Mitchell”™s Both Sides Now and Big Yellow Taxi, and if you don”™t, you”™re an idiot. I therefore avoided insulting your intelligence by choosing a song of hers that is less well known – This Flight Tonight.

A long-unheared Queens Of The Stone Age bonus track, the effecting Mosquito Song, and the aforementioned Aphex Twin and Adem tracks close out the mixlist. Here”™s hoping you”™ve enjoyed it!

Cheers
J_TAE.

Afternoon all. Some awesome feedback coming from today”™s news post, so huge thanks for all you niaive folks sharing your ideas for us to rip off”¦ uh, I mean implement with full credit as appropriate! Thom and I started Spotisfaction as an ambitious project to listen to every track in the world ever, but in the process we”™ve created a small community and we”™d love to improve things for those of you who have stuck with us. So, if there”™s something you”™d like out of Spotisfaction that we”™re not currently delivering, let us know.

Anyway, today”™s mix is beautiful in my opinion. I”™ll hand you over to its loving creator, James Cook.

Tripping the light tangfastic”¦
David

Playlist can be found right here.

James says:
The Acoustic Session

To contrast my previous mix Dubisfiction, I”™m stripping things back and present The Acoustic Session – a short acoustic-only playlist of folk, bossa nova, classical and crossover.

  1. Loro – Adem
  2. I Was Hoping Winter Was OVer – The Twilight Sad
  3. In A Manner Of Speaking – Nouvelle Vague
  4. Fantasia Sobre La Traviata – Francisco Tárrega
  5. Who Will Comfort Me? – Melody Gardot
  6. Birthday Present – Mirah
  7. Winter Dies – Midlake
  8. Fingerbib – Alarm Will Sound / Aphex Twin
  9. Homenaje A Tárrega: Soleares – Joaquin Turina
  10. Ada – The National
  11. Things Behind The Sun – Nick Drake
  12. This Flight Tonight – Joni Mitchell
  13. Pass It On – The Coral
  14. Saturday Come Slow – Massive Attack
  15. Recuerdos De Alhambra – Francisco Tárrega
  16. The Mosquito Song – Queens Of The Stone Age
  17. Jynweythek Ylow – Aphex Twin
  18. Human Beings Gather Round – Adem


Blurb:

I knew one artist that was going in here straight off the bat – Adem; and so I bookended the playlist with a track from his most recent covers album – Loro by Pinback – and finishing on the album-closer for Love And Other Planets – Human Beings Gather Round.

I also knew I wanted songs featuring my favourite female vocalists – Camille Dalmais on Nouvelle Vague”™s cover of In A Manner of Speaking, Melody Gardot and Mirah. Soft, sassy, whisper-in-your-ear delicacy.

Francisco Tárrega is quite simply one of the best Spanish classical guitarists ever to grace the planet and it is a travesty that most people know him only by that Nokia theme. Combining the classical romanticism of the time with the traditional spanish folk of his upbringing, he has created some of the most achingly beautiful classical guitar pieces ever written. To protect the playlist from sections of density, I have interspersed three tracks created or inspired by Tárrega, finishing with his opus, Recuerdos De Alhambra.

2 choices from leftfield by the infinitely various Aphex Twin continue to show the size of his repertoire on these Spotifaction mixlists.

Now, everybody knows Joni Mitchell”™s Both Sides Now and Big Yellow Taxi, and if you don”™t, you”™re an idiot. I therefore avoided insulting your intelligence by choosing a song of hers that is less well known – This Flight Tonight.

A long-unheared Queens Of The Stone Age bonus track, the effecting Mosquito Song, and the aforementioned Aphex Twin and Adem tracks close out the mixlist. Here”™s hoping you”™ve enjoyed it!

Cheers
J_TAE.

Categories
News

Sup. So, recently we”™ve had some lovely feedback about Spotisfaction but it feels as if the submissions are gradually slowing down and I think it”™s a good idea to try and address how we can improve things for you guys. What we”™d like to ask is the following question: If Spotisfaction could have one more feature, what would it be? To help, I”™ll share some comments we recently received. I think you guys have done a really good job in starting a community here and I like supporting that however I could. In that respect I think you could actually open up what Spotisfaction ”˜is”™, or rather ”˜does”™ – it is quintessentially about sharing music, and so the mixes should remain integral to what it does, but you can suppliment and expand the community by opening up to community journalism and that sort of thing. You could write one on the Digital Rights Bill, for example, [or] an article on the expansion of Spotify in general, and the impact the new facebook and personal library integration the new update has. We could definitely kick something like this off! Further thoughts: People could submit album reviews, perhaps only for albums that are on Spotify so that you don”™t break the spotify-4th-wall, so to speak. Similarly, you could do artist overviews, in a similar way to Allmusic so that you”™re literally building a Spotisfaction editorial/journalistic community, all tied in by the fact it can be instantly listened to through Spotify Would people be interested in something like this? If we were to open up Spotisfaction to such submissions, are there many of you that would submit articles to us? Just a thought to get the ol”™ creative juices flowing – all other suggestions are gratefully received! Much love, yo. David

Sup. So, recently we”™ve had some lovely feedback about Spotisfaction but it feels as if the submissions are gradually slowing down and I think it”™s a good idea to try and address how we can improve things for you guys. What we”™d like to ask is the following question:

If Spotisfaction could have one more feature, what would it be?

To help, I”™ll share some comments we recently received.

I think you guys have done a really good job in starting a community here and I like supporting that however I could. In that respect I think you could actually open up what Spotisfaction ”˜is”™, or rather ”˜does”™ – it is quintessentially about sharing music, and so the mixes should remain integral to what it does, but you can suppliment and expand the community by opening up to community journalism and that sort of thing. You could write one on the Digital Rights Bill, for example, [or] an article on the expansion of Spotify in general, and the impact the new facebook and personal library integration the new update has. We could definitely kick something like this off!

Further thoughts: People could submit album reviews, perhaps only for albums that are on Spotify so that you don”™t break the spotify-4th-wall, so to speak. Similarly, you could do artist overviews, in a similar way to Allmusic so that you”™re literally building a Spotisfaction editorial/journalistic community, all tied in by the fact it can be instantly listened to through Spotify

Would people be interested in something like this? If we were to open up Spotisfaction to such submissions, are there many of you that would submit articles to us?

Just a thought to get the ol”™ creative juices flowing – all other suggestions are gratefully received!

Much love, yo.
David

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/13c9Wt0l9kCndDNTeAYods

Hi all,

Thom”™s away on holiday today (lucky sod) so I”™m holding the fort at Spotisfaction Towers. Not gonna lie, I”™ve been hella busy today. So busy, in fact, that I”™ve lost all sense of dignity and have used ”˜hella”™ in a sentence. Shame on me. However, we have a playlist designed to sort that out, courtesy of Mr Richard Brittain.

It”™s a bit of a departure for us (ie not indie or electro), but as is the aim of Spotisfaction it”™s lifted my little soul and brought a wry grin to my handsomely chiseled jaw. Rawr.

Love, hockey pucks and pickup trucks.
David

Playlist here, y”™all”¦

  1. Finished Symphony – Hybrid
  2. Saltwater – Chicane
  3. ResuRectiom – PPK
  4. Toca”™s Miracle – Fragma
  5. I Found U – Axwell, Max”™C
  6. The journey Continues – Mark Brown
  7. Groovejey – Spiller
  8. Lola”™s Theme – The Shapeshifters
  9. Shine – The Lovefreekzs
  10. Everytime I See Her – Another Chance
  11. Proper Education – Eric Prydz
  12. Rock Your Body Rock – Ferry Corsten
  13. Storm  – Storm
  14. Nightmare – Brian Bug
  15. As The Rush Comes – Motorcycle
  16. Anthem – Flio & Peri
  17. Heart of Asia – Watergate
  18. Carte Blanche – Veracocha
  19. Bellssima – DJ Quicksilver
  20. Nothing But You – Paul van Dyk
  21. 1998 – Binary Finary
  22. On The Move – Barthezz
  23. Ayla – Ayla
  24. Passion – Amen UK
  25. Infinity 2008 – Guru Josh Project
  26. Ramp – Scooter
  27. Shooting Star – Flip & Fill
  28. Pretty Green Eyes – Ultrabeat
  29. Set You Free – N-Trance
  30. In My Eyes – Milk Inc.
  31. Tell it To My Heart – Kelly Llorenna
  32. Blood is Pumpin – Voodoo & Serano
  33. Save Me – Darren Styles
  34. I Remember – Deadmau5 & Kaskade
  35. Yeah Yeah – Bodyrox & Luciana
  36. Harder Better Faster Stronger – Daft Punk
  37. Don”™t Stop Movin”™ – Livin”™ Joy
  38. Destination Calabria – CDM Project
  39. I”™m Not Alone – Calvin Harris
  40. Ready for the Weekend – Calvin Harris
  41. Flashback – Calvin Harris
  42. Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
  43. Adagio For strings – Tiësto

Rich says:

I”™m not one for speeches so I will keep this sort,

The inspiration behind this mix come from a few places, Songs I listened too while growing up that will never be out-dated, Song”™s I have seen electrify a dance floor with their killer build ups and songs that I can kick back to on a evening and just chill too.

So this is my Mix”¦”¦Enjoy

Hi all,

Thom”™s away on holiday today (lucky sod) so I”™m holding the fort at Spotisfaction Towers. Not gonna lie, I”™ve been hella busy today. So busy, in fact, that I”™ve lost all sense of dignity and have used ”˜hella”™ in a sentence. Shame on me. However, we have a playlist designed to sort that out, courtesy of Mr Richard Brittain.

It”™s a bit of a departure for us (ie not indie or electro), but as is the aim of Spotisfaction it”™s lifted my little soul and brought a wry grin to my handsomely chiseled jaw. Rawr.

Love, hockey pucks and pickup trucks.
David

Playlist here, y”™all”¦

  1. Finished Symphony – Hybrid
  2. Saltwater – Chicane
  3. ResuRectiom – PPK
  4. Toca”™s Miracle – Fragma
  5. I Found U – Axwell, Max”™C
  6. The journey Continues – Mark Brown
  7. Groovejey – Spiller
  8. Lola”™s Theme – The Shapeshifters
  9. Shine – The Lovefreekzs
  10. Everytime I See Her – Another Chance
  11. Proper Education – Eric Prydz
  12. Rock Your Body Rock – Ferry Corsten
  13. Storm  – Storm
  14. Nightmare – Brian Bug
  15. As The Rush Comes – Motorcycle
  16. Anthem – Flio & Peri
  17. Heart of Asia – Watergate
  18. Carte Blanche – Veracocha
  19. Bellssima – DJ Quicksilver
  20. Nothing But You – Paul van Dyk
  21. 1998 – Binary Finary
  22. On The Move – Barthezz
  23. Ayla – Ayla
  24. Passion – Amen UK
  25. Infinity 2008 – Guru Josh Project
  26. Ramp – Scooter
  27. Shooting Star – Flip & Fill
  28. Pretty Green Eyes – Ultrabeat
  29. Set You Free – N-Trance
  30. In My Eyes – Milk Inc.
  31. Tell it To My Heart – Kelly Llorenna
  32. Blood is Pumpin – Voodoo & Serano
  33. Save Me – Darren Styles
  34. I Remember – Deadmau5 & Kaskade
  35. Yeah Yeah – Bodyrox & Luciana
  36. Harder Better Faster Stronger – Daft Punk
  37. Don”™t Stop Movin”™ – Livin”™ Joy
  38. Destination Calabria – CDM Project
  39. I”™m Not Alone – Calvin Harris
  40. Ready for the Weekend – Calvin Harris
  41. Flashback – Calvin Harris
  42. Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
  43. Adagio For strings – Tiësto

Rich says:

I”™m not one for speeches so I will keep this sort,

The inspiration behind this mix come from a few places, Songs I listened too while growing up that will never be out-dated, Song”™s I have seen electrify a dance floor with their killer build ups and songs that I can kick back to on a evening and just chill too.

So this is my Mix”¦”¦Enjoy

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pquNpMpZIJWffE6ZiOg38

Af”™noon all. I hope your weekends were as lovely as mine (and that they were less of a drain on the ol”™ coffers). I”™m on the early shift, so am off home in t-minus 10 minutes”¦ this means Monday has been fine!

Today”™s mix is from Rhys, and it”™s a wicked theme in my opinion.

Call to arms: We really need some more submissions as the cupboards are getting a little bare. If you”™ve got something in the pipeline, get it in to us yo! Hell, we”™ll even help finish it if you”™ve got an idea and lack the time to finish it.

Laters,
David

Rhys says:

Evening all again. I”™ve gone for a themed list here. The theme is “James Bond Artists but not James Bond Songs”. I think that”™s pretty self explanatory.

Here”™s the excuses.

1) Sorry that there is so much Shirley Bassey but she did do 3 Bond theme tunes. And I was aiming for a song per film
2) I”™ve only done the official films. Feel free to argue about the canon in the comments
3) No real theme song for Dr. No so took John Barry as the artist for the James Bond Theme and went from there
4) Just went for Paul McCartney rather than Wings
5) Check out the youtube literal version of Take on Me if you haven”™t already.
Here”™s the link
Track Listing

  1. John Barry ”“ Midnight Cowboy
  2. Matt Monro ”“ No Puedo Quitar Mis Ojos De Ti (Can”™t Take my Eyes Off You)
  3. Shirley Bassey ”“ History Repeating
  4. Tom Jones ”“ Kiss
  5. Nancy Sinatra ”“ Shot You Down (Album Version) (Feat. Nancy Sinatra)
  6. Louis Armstrong ”“ La Vie En Rose
  7. Shirley Bassey ”“ Kiss Me Honey Honey (Kiss Me)
  8. Paul McCartney ”“ Paperback Writer – Live at CitiField, NYC – Digital Audio
  9. Lulu ”“ Feelin”™ Alright – LP Version   2006 Remastered
  10. Carly Simon ”“ You”™re So Vain – Live
  11. Shirley Bassey ”“ Killing Me Softly With His Song
  12. Sheena Easton ”“ Prisoner
  13. Rita Coolidge ”“ I Want To Know What Love Is
  14. Duran Duran ”“ Ordinary World
  15. a-ha ”“ Take On Me
  16. Gladys Knight & The Pips ”“ I Heard It Through The Grapevine
  17. Tina Turner ”“ I Can”™t Stand The Rain
  18. Sheryl Crow ”“ All I Wanna Do
  19. Garbage ”“ Stupid Girl
  20. Madonna ”“ Ray Of Light
  21. Chris Cornell ”“ Ground Zero
  22. Alicia Keys ”“ Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down

Af”™noon all. I hope your weekends were as lovely as mine (and that they were less of a drain on the ol”™ coffers). I”™m on the early shift, so am off home in t-minus 10 minutes”¦ this means Monday has been fine!

Today”™s mix is from Rhys, and it”™s a wicked theme in my opinion.

Call to arms: We really need some more submissions as the cupboards are getting a little bare. If you”™ve got something in the pipeline, get it in to us yo! Hell, we”™ll even help finish it if you”™ve got an idea and lack the time to finish it.

Laters,
David

Rhys says:

Evening all again. I”™ve gone for a themed list here. The theme is “James Bond Artists but not James Bond Songs”. I think that”™s pretty self explanatory.

Here”™s the excuses.

1) Sorry that there is so much Shirley Bassey but she did do 3 Bond theme tunes. And I was aiming for a song per film
2) I”™ve only done the official films. Feel free to argue about the canon in the comments
3) No real theme song for Dr. No so took John Barry as the artist for the James Bond Theme and went from there
4) Just went for Paul McCartney rather than Wings
5) Check out the youtube literal version of Take on Me if you haven”™t already.
Here”™s the link
Track Listing

  1. John Barry ”“ Midnight Cowboy
  2. Matt Monro ”“ No Puedo Quitar Mis Ojos De Ti (Can”™t Take my Eyes Off You)
  3. Shirley Bassey ”“ History Repeating
  4. Tom Jones ”“ Kiss
  5. Nancy Sinatra ”“ Shot You Down (Album Version) (Feat. Nancy Sinatra)
  6. Louis Armstrong ”“ La Vie En Rose
  7. Shirley Bassey ”“ Kiss Me Honey Honey (Kiss Me)
  8. Paul McCartney ”“ Paperback Writer – Live at CitiField, NYC – Digital Audio
  9. Lulu ”“ Feelin”™ Alright – LP Version   2006 Remastered
  10. Carly Simon ”“ You”™re So Vain – Live
  11. Shirley Bassey ”“ Killing Me Softly With His Song
  12. Sheena Easton ”“ Prisoner
  13. Rita Coolidge ”“ I Want To Know What Love Is
  14. Duran Duran ”“ Ordinary World
  15. a-ha ”“ Take On Me
  16. Gladys Knight & The Pips ”“ I Heard It Through The Grapevine
  17. Tina Turner ”“ I Can”™t Stand The Rain
  18. Sheryl Crow ”“ All I Wanna Do
  19. Garbage ”“ Stupid Girl
  20. Madonna ”“ Ray Of Light
  21. Chris Cornell ”“ Ground Zero
  22. Alicia Keys ”“ Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down
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Happy Friday guys. A few things.

Firstly, today we are going to do a collaboration. Free for all. All is welcome. Please add some tunes and enjoy.

http://open.spotify.com/user/mukinabaht/playlist/6wTMzctOqTaS2TikPgqtF7

Secondly, tonight is a Cheltenham Underground night. Get down to The Frog & Fiddle in Cheltenham for 8pm tonight to see the delights of Midnight Mile and Blackberry Wood. Details of the event can be found here. As usual it”™s £4 entry. Get on down and have some fun times.

Okay, so there we have it. Get adding your tracks to the playlist today. I look forward to hearing them. If you feel the need to justify your tracks, add some comments below.

Sweetness.
Thom

Happy Friday guys. A few things.

Firstly, today we are going to do a collaboration. Free for all. All is welcome. Please add some tunes and enjoy.

http://open.spotify.com/user/mukinabaht/playlist/6wTMzctOqTaS2TikPgqtF7

Secondly, tonight is a Cheltenham Underground night. Get down to The Frog & Fiddle in Cheltenham for 8pm tonight to see the delights of Midnight Mile and Blackberry Wood. Details of the event can be found here. As usual it”™s £4 entry. Get on down and have some fun times.

Okay, so there we have it. Get adding your tracks to the playlist today. I look forward to hearing them. If you feel the need to justify your tracks, add some comments below.

Sweetness.
Thom

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Playlists

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Three is a prime number and today”™s playlist is nothing if not prime. (However please note that there is no Primus on today”™s playlist). See if you can spot the theme here. Answers on a postcard.

Today myself, David and our evil minion Kev decided to stick 10 tracks each onto a collaboration and share it with the world. Or at least the part of the world that cares.

Coming up next week we”™ve got a variety of fantastic guest playlists to stir things up a bit. We”™re still waiting for a few submissions to trickle in (John Brobyn, I”™m looking at you here) so hurry your pants and get them in.

Playlist is here:
http://open.spotify.com/user/mukinabaht/playlist/2AlVGmvwqLeeZsPDGKd0un

Bonus Track: Ernie K-Doe – Here Come The Girls

  1. Dinosaur Jr – Little Fury Things
  2. Husker Du – Don”™t Want To Know If You Are Lonely
  3. The Lemonheads – Second Chance
  4. Temple Of The Dog – Pushin”™ Forward Back
  5. The Toadies – Possum Kingdom
  6. Tad – Throat Locust
  7. Local H – Back In The Day
  8. Mudhoney – Suck You Dry
  9. Sonic Youth – Kill Yr. Idols
  10. Nirvana – Oh The Guilt
  11. Sleater-Kinney – Jumpers
  12. Maggot Brain – Extreme And Hard Boogie
  13. Silverchair – Pure Massacre
  14. Screaming Trees – Beyond This Horizon
  15. Queens Of The Stoneage – The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
  16. Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore
  17. Pearl Jam – Garden
  18. Alice In Chains – Them Bones
  19. Silversun Pickups – Melatonin
  20. Blind Melon – Tones Of Home
  21. Meat Puppets – Plateau
  22. Rival Schools – Holding Sand
  23. The Get Up Kids – Grunge Pig
  24. Nada Surf – Popular
  25. Soundgarden – Spoonman
  26. Audioslave – Like A Stone
  27. AM/FM – Come Suck Down A Cloud
  28. Oceansize – Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs
  29. Quicksand – Fazer
  30. Rage Against The Machine – Guerrilla Radio

As an aside, how do you all think Spotisfaction is going? As I stood on my faux-balcony this morning, having my post wake-up cigarette I wondered what the future had in store for this blog. Is radio dead? Are people so saturated with music choice that they have no idea what to listen to? What makes music journalists so damn snooty they think they can decree the success of otherwise of a band with their sub-par, horribly subjective and bland reviews? I”™m getting the tickle that states something must be done. This summer, we have to take some kind of action. Please upload your ideas into my brain along with a bit of alcohol so I can get something moving.

Ramble over, ramble on.
Thom

Three is a prime number and today”™s playlist is nothing if not prime. (However please note that there is no Primus on today”™s playlist). See if you can spot the theme here. Answers on a postcard.

Today myself, David and our evil minion Kev decided to stick 10 tracks each onto a collaboration and share it with the world. Or at least the part of the world that cares.

Coming up next week we”™ve got a variety of fantastic guest playlists to stir things up a bit. We”™re still waiting for a few submissions to trickle in (John Brobyn, I”™m looking at you here) so hurry your pants and get them in.

Playlist is here:
http://open.spotify.com/user/mukinabaht/playlist/2AlVGmvwqLeeZsPDGKd0un

Bonus Track: Ernie K-Doe – Here Come The Girls

  1. Dinosaur Jr – Little Fury Things
  2. Husker Du – Don”™t Want To Know If You Are Lonely
  3. The Lemonheads – Second Chance
  4. Temple Of The Dog – Pushin”™ Forward Back
  5. The Toadies – Possum Kingdom
  6. Tad – Throat Locust
  7. Local H – Back In The Day
  8. Mudhoney – Suck You Dry
  9. Sonic Youth – Kill Yr. Idols
  10. Nirvana – Oh The Guilt
  11. Sleater-Kinney – Jumpers
  12. Maggot Brain – Extreme And Hard Boogie
  13. Silverchair – Pure Massacre
  14. Screaming Trees – Beyond This Horizon
  15. Queens Of The Stoneage – The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
  16. Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore
  17. Pearl Jam – Garden
  18. Alice In Chains – Them Bones
  19. Silversun Pickups – Melatonin
  20. Blind Melon – Tones Of Home
  21. Meat Puppets – Plateau
  22. Rival Schools – Holding Sand
  23. The Get Up Kids – Grunge Pig
  24. Nada Surf – Popular
  25. Soundgarden – Spoonman
  26. Audioslave – Like A Stone
  27. AM/FM – Come Suck Down A Cloud
  28. Oceansize – Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs
  29. Quicksand – Fazer
  30. Rage Against The Machine – Guerrilla Radio

As an aside, how do you all think Spotisfaction is going? As I stood on my faux-balcony this morning, having my post wake-up cigarette I wondered what the future had in store for this blog. Is radio dead? Are people so saturated with music choice that they have no idea what to listen to? What makes music journalists so damn snooty they think they can decree the success of otherwise of a band with their sub-par, horribly subjective and bland reviews? I”™m getting the tickle that states something must be done. This summer, we have to take some kind of action. Please upload your ideas into my brain along with a bit of alcohol so I can get something moving.

Ramble over, ramble on.
Thom

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Guys, girls and northerners. Apologies for the delay in today”™s Spotisfaction. David and I are currently trialling a later update to afford us some more free time in the morning. It works for us, let”™s see if it works for you.

Today”™s mixtape of the virtual kind is from our good friend (and generally slick muddyfunster) Paul P, who obviously knows his way around the music. Turn left here, down that dark alley, ooh, check out that little shop, it does the best dango. Mmm, dango. I just ate a tomato. I was hoping that when I bit into it, tomato juice would shoot out and hit David right in his ear. You know, RIGHT IN HIS EARHOLE. But it didn”™t. Instead it went all over my beard, hands and keyboard. I blame David for this, and he will soon know the full extent of my wrath. Because he”™ll read this news post. Yes, David, I will have my revenge. Revenge is a dish best served with mint sauce. Like cous cous.

But enough talk, HAVE HAT YOU!

Playlist:
http://open.spotify.com/user/uksock/playlist/5OE6qCfjEJ5WZ8eAmuZIZ0

  1. Boyfriend – Alphabeat
  2. Efilnikufesin – Anthrax
  3. Drive That Fast – Kitchens Of Distinction
  4. Black Steel – Tricky
  5. Spit On A Stranger – Pavement
  6. Soon – My Bloody Valentine
  7. At Long Last – Swell
  8. Midnight In A Perfect World – DJ Shadow
  9. Sea Of Teeth – Sparklehorse
  10. I Will Dare – The Replacements
  11. See No Evil – Television
  12. French Film Blurred – Wire
  13. Moby Octopad – Yo La Tengo
  14. You Suffer – Napalm Death
  15. Wolf Like Me – Tv On The Radio
  16. Pearl – Chapterhouse
  17. Here Comes Everybody – Autolux
  18. Leave Home – The Chemical Brothers
  19. Glass Printer – The Besnard Lakes
  20. Broadway (So Many People) – Low
  21. Cybele”™s Reverie – Stereolab
  22. Waves – Holly Miranda
  23. Star Fruits Surf Rider – Cornelius
  24. Tunic (Song For Karen) – Sonic Youth
  25. Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix) – The Sabres Of Paradise

This is just a small selection of what I”™ve loved to listen to throughout this thing we call life along with a couple of things that I”™m liking currently.  The first track is one of the most giddy uplifting tracks you can ever hear, and the second takes me back to my school days, the days of dandruff and mullets (for me anyway, ahem..).  Endtroducing has to be one of my all time favourite records and Midnight in a Perfect world is a perfect encapsulation of the wonder that is DJ Shadow.  Had to put Sparklehorse in (R I P Mark Linkous), truly genius.  I liked Chapterhouse for about 40 minutes in 1991 whilst peering laconically through a very long fringe but this is an ace track I”™ve just rediscovered, .

The Besnard Lakes are new to me and I”™m loving this album at the moment, it has an epic spacious feel about it which greatly appeals to me.  Low very much being an obvious influence on them had to follow.  All rounded off with an ambient classic I preferred the original with beats but it ain”™t on here, the album Sabresonic is well worth a listen even if it is ancient now.

Hope my submission is an enjoyable one, I have much enjoyed checking out other playlists and have picked up a couple of new acts to follow which is what i like.  Adios an”™ ting.

Paul x

Guys, girls and northerners. Apologies for the delay in today”™s Spotisfaction. David and I are currently trialling a later update to afford us some more free time in the morning. It works for us, let”™s see if it works for you.

Today”™s mixtape of the virtual kind is from our good friend (and generally slick muddyfunster) Paul P, who obviously knows his way around the music. Turn left here, down that dark alley, ooh, check out that little shop, it does the best dango. Mmm, dango. I just ate a tomato. I was hoping that when I bit into it, tomato juice would shoot out and hit David right in his ear. You know, RIGHT IN HIS EARHOLE. But it didn”™t. Instead it went all over my beard, hands and keyboard. I blame David for this, and he will soon know the full extent of my wrath. Because he”™ll read this news post. Yes, David, I will have my revenge. Revenge is a dish best served with mint sauce. Like cous cous.

But enough talk, HAVE HAT YOU!

Playlist:
http://open.spotify.com/user/uksock/playlist/5OE6qCfjEJ5WZ8eAmuZIZ0

  1. Boyfriend – Alphabeat
  2. Efilnikufesin – Anthrax
  3. Drive That Fast – Kitchens Of Distinction
  4. Black Steel – Tricky
  5. Spit On A Stranger – Pavement
  6. Soon – My Bloody Valentine
  7. At Long Last – Swell
  8. Midnight In A Perfect World – DJ Shadow
  9. Sea Of Teeth – Sparklehorse
  10. I Will Dare – The Replacements
  11. See No Evil – Television
  12. French Film Blurred – Wire
  13. Moby Octopad – Yo La Tengo
  14. You Suffer – Napalm Death
  15. Wolf Like Me – Tv On The Radio
  16. Pearl – Chapterhouse
  17. Here Comes Everybody – Autolux
  18. Leave Home – The Chemical Brothers
  19. Glass Printer – The Besnard Lakes
  20. Broadway (So Many People) – Low
  21. Cybele”™s Reverie – Stereolab
  22. Waves – Holly Miranda
  23. Star Fruits Surf Rider – Cornelius
  24. Tunic (Song For Karen) – Sonic Youth
  25. Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix) – The Sabres Of Paradise

This is just a small selection of what I”™ve loved to listen to throughout this thing we call life along with a couple of things that I”™m liking currently.  The first track is one of the most giddy uplifting tracks you can ever hear, and the second takes me back to my school days, the days of dandruff and mullets (for me anyway, ahem..).  Endtroducing has to be one of my all time favourite records and Midnight in a Perfect world is a perfect encapsulation of the wonder that is DJ Shadow.  Had to put Sparklehorse in (R I P Mark Linkous), truly genius.  I liked Chapterhouse for about 40 minutes in 1991 whilst peering laconically through a very long fringe but this is an ace track I”™ve just rediscovered, .

The Besnard Lakes are new to me and I”™m loving this album at the moment, it has an epic spacious feel about it which greatly appeals to me.  Low very much being an obvious influence on them had to follow.  All rounded off with an ambient classic I preferred the original with beats but it ain”™t on here, the album Sabresonic is well worth a listen even if it is ancient now.

Hope my submission is an enjoyable one, I have much enjoyed checking out other playlists and have picked up a couple of new acts to follow which is what i like.  Adios an”™ ting.

Paul x

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6dXzNGyj0cBllKCiO0XdDZ

Yo! Good afternoon, wondrous people. Day 2 of the week. This playlist was a cick-through experiment. I”™d find a track, then try and find another similar artist by clicking through on Spotify, until I found something I really liked. It was pretty good fun, but it”™s got a rather random flow to it. Definitely helps you find stuff you wouldn”™t listen to otherwise, though.

A bit harangued at work today, so I”™ll keep it brief and let the playlist speak for itself.

Peace,
David

Playlist here.

  1. MF Doom, Count Bass D – Potholderz
  2. MED – Can”™t Hold On
  3. Cannibal Ox – Straight Off The D.I.C.
  4. KMD – Get-U-Now
  5. Hieroglyphics – You Never Knew – Domino Remix
  6. Explosions In The Sky – Catastrophe And The Cure
  7. Caspian – Sycamore
  8. Saxon Shore – Angels And Brotherly Love
  9. As Tall As Lions – 505
  10. Daturah – Vertex
  11. Explosions In The Sky – A Poor Man”™s Memory
  12. Codes In The Clouds – Fractures
  13. Joy Wants Eternity – You Are The Vertical, You Are The Horizon
  14. The Most Serene Republic – A Mix Of Sun And Cloud
  15. Jill Barber – Wishing Well
  16. Minus The Bear – Throwing Shapes
  17. Born Ruffians – Badonkadonkey
  18. Magneta Lane – Medusa
  19. St. Vincent – Now, Now
  20. Annuals – Carry Around
  21. Jason Collett – Charlyn, Angel of Kensington
  22. Lightning Dust – Castles and Caves
  23. The Watson Twins – Just Like Heaven
  24. Maria Taylor – Smile and Wave
  25. Neko Case – Hold On, Hold On
  26. Sunset Rubdown – Stadiums And Shrines II
  27. Forest City Lovers – Minneapolis
  28. Gentleman Reg – Telling You Is Something

Yo! Good afternoon, wondrous people. Day 2 of the week. This playlist was a cick-through experiment. I”™d find a track, then try and find another similar artist by clicking through on Spotify, until I found something I really liked. It was pretty good fun, but it”™s got a rather random flow to it. Definitely helps you find stuff you wouldn”™t listen to otherwise, though.

A bit harangued at work today, so I”™ll keep it brief and let the playlist speak for itself.

Peace,
David

Playlist here.

  1. MF Doom, Count Bass D – Potholderz
  2. MED – Can”™t Hold On
  3. Cannibal Ox – Straight Off The D.I.C.
  4. KMD – Get-U-Now
  5. Hieroglyphics – You Never Knew – Domino Remix
  6. Explosions In The Sky – Catastrophe And The Cure
  7. Caspian – Sycamore
  8. Saxon Shore – Angels And Brotherly Love
  9. As Tall As Lions – 505
  10. Daturah – Vertex
  11. Explosions In The Sky – A Poor Man”™s Memory
  12. Codes In The Clouds – Fractures
  13. Joy Wants Eternity – You Are The Vertical, You Are The Horizon
  14. The Most Serene Republic – A Mix Of Sun And Cloud
  15. Jill Barber – Wishing Well
  16. Minus The Bear – Throwing Shapes
  17. Born Ruffians – Badonkadonkey
  18. Magneta Lane – Medusa
  19. St. Vincent – Now, Now
  20. Annuals – Carry Around
  21. Jason Collett – Charlyn, Angel of Kensington
  22. Lightning Dust – Castles and Caves
  23. The Watson Twins – Just Like Heaven
  24. Maria Taylor – Smile and Wave
  25. Neko Case – Hold On, Hold On
  26. Sunset Rubdown – Stadiums And Shrines II
  27. Forest City Lovers – Minneapolis
  28. Gentleman Reg – Telling You Is Something
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Morning kids! Monday. Gah-buh-der. What a lovely day to waste sitting indoors, staring mindlessly at a computer screen. Hooray for me!

Today”™s playlist is a combination of songs by bands I”™ve been meaning to check out for a while, some Last.fm recommendations, and some songs by bands I”™ve really liked from other playlists. It”™s got a weird flow to it and is probably a bit more indie than the stuff I”™d normally listen to, but I hope you enjoy regardless.

Love, etc.
David

Playlist? Here you go.

  1. Apostle Of Hustle – Snakes
  2. The New Pornographers – Three Or Four
  3. Land Of Talk – Seafoam
  4. The Rakes – 1989
  5. Blood Red Shoes – I Wish I Was Someone Better
  6. We Are Scientists – Gauntlet
  7. Bombay Bicycle Club – Ghost
  8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – The Sweets
  9. Tilly And The Wall – Nights Of The Living Dead
  10. Headlights – Telephones
  11. The Besnard Lakes – Casino Nanaimo
  12. Mates of State – Middle Is Gold
  13. Jason Collett – Nothing To Lose
  14. Titus Andronicus – Upon Viewing Brueghel”™s Landscape With The Fall Of Icarus
  15. Caspian – The Raven
  16. Mogwai – Waltz For Aidan
  17. Cymbals Eat Guitars – What Dogs See
  18. Volcano Choir – Mbira In The Morass
  19. The Antlers – Prologue
  20. Letting Up Despite Great Faults – If You”™re Here Today
  21. Yeasayer – Worms
  22. A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Nitetime Rainbows
  23. Zero 7 – Morning Song
  24. Jon Kennedy – Sand People
  25. London Funk Allstars – U. J.
  26. Kid Koala – Drunk Trumpet
  27. 9 Lazy 9 – Train – Marden Hill remix
  28. Hexstatic – Robopop
  29. 65daysofstatic – Retreat! Retreat! – Mothboy Remix

If you listen to nothing else on this playlist, make sure you listen to “Sand People” by Jon Kennedy. Pure awesomeness, I love that track.

Morning kids! Monday. Gah-buh-der. What a lovely day to waste sitting indoors, staring mindlessly at a computer screen. Hooray for me!

Today”™s playlist is a combination of songs by bands I”™ve been meaning to check out for a while, some Last.fm recommendations, and some songs by bands I”™ve really liked from other playlists. It”™s got a weird flow to it and is probably a bit more indie than the stuff I”™d normally listen to, but I hope you enjoy regardless.

Love, etc.
David

Playlist? Here you go.

  1. Apostle Of Hustle – Snakes
  2. The New Pornographers – Three Or Four
  3. Land Of Talk – Seafoam
  4. The Rakes – 1989
  5. Blood Red Shoes – I Wish I Was Someone Better
  6. We Are Scientists – Gauntlet
  7. Bombay Bicycle Club – Ghost
  8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – The Sweets
  9. Tilly And The Wall – Nights Of The Living Dead
  10. Headlights – Telephones
  11. The Besnard Lakes – Casino Nanaimo
  12. Mates of State – Middle Is Gold
  13. Jason Collett – Nothing To Lose
  14. Titus Andronicus – Upon Viewing Brueghel”™s Landscape With The Fall Of Icarus
  15. Caspian – The Raven
  16. Mogwai – Waltz For Aidan
  17. Cymbals Eat Guitars – What Dogs See
  18. Volcano Choir – Mbira In The Morass
  19. The Antlers – Prologue
  20. Letting Up Despite Great Faults – If You”™re Here Today
  21. Yeasayer – Worms
  22. A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Nitetime Rainbows
  23. Zero 7 – Morning Song
  24. Jon Kennedy – Sand People
  25. London Funk Allstars – U. J.
  26. Kid Koala – Drunk Trumpet
  27. 9 Lazy 9 – Train – Marden Hill remix
  28. Hexstatic – Robopop
  29. 65daysofstatic – Retreat! Retreat! – Mothboy Remix

If you listen to nothing else on this playlist, make sure you listen to “Sand People” by Jon Kennedy. Pure awesomeness, I love that track.