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Evening kids! You know, someone once told me that pesto was made out of stinging nettles. It was only recently I found out that they lied. It”™s a sad, demoralising world we live in when a man can innocently believe that a delicious accompaniment to pasta is something that it”™s not. To make myself feel better, I”™m OD”™ing on The Depreciation Guild. They right all wrongs, kids. Listen. Listen now.

Oh! Heard a pretty epic put-down today, and thought I”™d share:

James (posturing around like the elitist asshole he is): You”™re the punchbag, and I”™m”¦ what”™s the opposite?
Neil: The douchebag

Ouch.

Anyway, here”™s today”™s playlist courtesy of Mr. Andrew McKenzie.

David

Playlist may be found right here, y”™all.

  1. Seasick Steve – Started Out With Nothin
  2. Bloc Party – So Here We Are
  3. The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
  4. Minor Majority – Electrolove
  5. We Were Promised Jetpacks – Quiet Little Voices
  6. Dirty on Purpose – Girls & Sunshine
  7. The Bran Flakes – Love Me Happy
  8. Lullatone – Wake Up Wake Up
  9. System Of A Down – Revenga
  10. Dream City Film Club – Fuck It Up
  11. The Rurals – That Feelin”™ (Savannah Remix)
  12. The Rogers Sisters – Never Learn To Cry
  13. Capitol K – God Ohm
  14. Dead Prez – Hip Hop
  15. Tinie Tempah – Pass Out
  16. Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray
  17. Chiddy Band – Opposite Of Adults
  18. Giggs – Slow Songs featuring Mike Skinner (Explicit)
  19. Chase & Status – End Credits
  20. The Streets – Has It Come To This? – Original Mix
  21. Metronomy – This Could Be Beautiful [it is]
  22. El Ten Eleven – I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They Are Cool
  23. Quantic – Bomb In A Trumpet Factory
  24. Plastilina Mosh – Afroman
  25. Major Lazer, Vybz Kartel, Afrojack – Pon De Floor

Andy says:

So apparently making a playlist is not enough. Words are also required. So where to start? Whatever way you swing there should be something on here for you, Bass, beats and strings are all here.

Some standout tracks on here would have to be:

“Sweet Disposition” The Temper Trap. It”™s a great uplifting track perfect to pick you up.
“Electrolove” Minor Majority. Meloncoly at its best. If Emo kids could get over themselves they”™d get a haircut and listen to this.
“Quiet Little Voices” We Were Promised Jet Packs. Simply great, the composition on this is perfect.
“Hip Hop” Dead Prez. If you don”™t know this then you”™ve been living under a rock for the last 10 years. This still gets remixed today, Zane Lowe is a big fan.
“Pass Out” Tinie Tempah. Really into this track at the moment, bonus points for getting a mention in for Scunthorpe.
“Slow Songs” Giggs ft. Mike Skinner. Anything Mike touches turns to gold and he”™s helped produce an amazing track here with Giggs. Giggs will certainly be making a big name for himself, he”™s one to watch out for.
“Pon De Floor” Major Lazer. Just listen to it, you”™ll be hooked. Great use of effects.

Evening kids! You know, someone once told me that pesto was made out of stinging nettles. It was only recently I found out that they lied. It”™s a sad, demoralising world we live in when a man can innocently believe that a delicious accompaniment to pasta is something that it”™s not. To make myself feel better, I”™m OD”™ing on The Depreciation Guild. They right all wrongs, kids. Listen. Listen now.

Oh! Heard a pretty epic put-down today, and thought I”™d share:

James (posturing around like the elitist asshole he is): You”™re the punchbag, and I”™m”¦ what”™s the opposite?
Neil: The douchebag

Ouch.

Anyway, here”™s today”™s playlist courtesy of Mr. Andrew McKenzie.

David

Playlist may be found right here, y”™all.

  1. Seasick Steve – Started Out With Nothin
  2. Bloc Party – So Here We Are
  3. The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
  4. Minor Majority – Electrolove
  5. We Were Promised Jetpacks – Quiet Little Voices
  6. Dirty on Purpose – Girls & Sunshine
  7. The Bran Flakes – Love Me Happy
  8. Lullatone – Wake Up Wake Up
  9. System Of A Down – Revenga
  10. Dream City Film Club – Fuck It Up
  11. The Rurals – That Feelin”™ (Savannah Remix)
  12. The Rogers Sisters – Never Learn To Cry
  13. Capitol K – God Ohm
  14. Dead Prez – Hip Hop
  15. Tinie Tempah – Pass Out
  16. Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray
  17. Chiddy Band – Opposite Of Adults
  18. Giggs – Slow Songs featuring Mike Skinner (Explicit)
  19. Chase & Status – End Credits
  20. The Streets – Has It Come To This? – Original Mix
  21. Metronomy – This Could Be Beautiful [it is]
  22. El Ten Eleven – I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They Are Cool
  23. Quantic – Bomb In A Trumpet Factory
  24. Plastilina Mosh – Afroman
  25. Major Lazer, Vybz Kartel, Afrojack – Pon De Floor

Andy says:

So apparently making a playlist is not enough. Words are also required. So where to start? Whatever way you swing there should be something on here for you, Bass, beats and strings are all here.

Some standout tracks on here would have to be:

“Sweet Disposition” The Temper Trap. It”™s a great uplifting track perfect to pick you up.
“Electrolove” Minor Majority. Meloncoly at its best. If Emo kids could get over themselves they”™d get a haircut and listen to this.
“Quiet Little Voices” We Were Promised Jet Packs. Simply great, the composition on this is perfect.
“Hip Hop” Dead Prez. If you don”™t know this then you”™ve been living under a rock for the last 10 years. This still gets remixed today, Zane Lowe is a big fan.
“Pass Out” Tinie Tempah. Really into this track at the moment, bonus points for getting a mention in for Scunthorpe.
“Slow Songs” Giggs ft. Mike Skinner. Anything Mike touches turns to gold and he”™s helped produce an amazing track here with Giggs. Giggs will certainly be making a big name for himself, he”™s one to watch out for.
“Pon De Floor” Major Lazer. Just listen to it, you”™ll be hooked. Great use of effects.

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I”™m glad it”™s Wednesday. I made a playlist. This one will probably split people down the middle. There will be those that hate it and there will be those that show indifference. There will also be those that curse the use of short sentences in this opening blurb. But those would be bad people. Bad.

I”™m not going to give a blow by blow blurbage of what the jiminy this playlist is about. I will however say that it is a bunch of tracks (some we know so well, some we know less so well) that have inspired me to write music over the last few weeks. The stuff I”™ve been writing recently is very heavily influenced by the styles contained in this list. So plug in, listen up and enjoy.

Playlist is here.

  1. Ash – Day Of The Triffids
  2. The Manhattan Love Suicides – Jonny Boy
  3. The Medusa Snare – Slow Motion
  4. Secret Shine – Temporal
  5. Rocketship – I”™m Lost Without You Here
  6. Crystal Stilts – Love Is A Wave
  7. Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire
  8. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Everything With You
  9. The Depreciation Guild – Listless
  10. Airel – Blowin”™ Cool
  11. Serena-Maneesh – I Just Want To See Your Face
  12. Ringo Deathstarr – In love
  13. Surfer Blood – Swim
  14. Amusement Parks On Fire – You Made Me Realise
  15. Northern Picture Library – Paris
  16. The Field Mice – Emma”™s House
  17. Asobi Seksu – Thursday
  18. The Aislers Set – California
  19. Pavement – Shady Lane
  20. Stephen Malkmus – Baby C”™mon
  21. Stereolab – French Disco
  22. Another Sunny Day – You Should All Be Murdered
  23. My Bloody Valentine – Lose My Breath
  24. Air Formation – Low December Sun
  25. Women – Cameras
  26. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Some Trees
  27. The Radio Dept. – Pulling Our Weight
  28. Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Movement
  29. Modey Lemon – Bucket Of Butterflies
  30. The Ponys – Double Vision
  31. Ash – Sneaker

Pease pudding and truckin”™.
Thom

I”™m glad it”™s Wednesday. I made a playlist. This one will probably split people down the middle. There will be those that hate it and there will be those that show indifference. There will also be those that curse the use of short sentences in this opening blurb. But those would be bad people. Bad.

I”™m not going to give a blow by blow blurbage of what the jiminy this playlist is about. I will however say that it is a bunch of tracks (some we know so well, some we know less so well) that have inspired me to write music over the last few weeks. The stuff I”™ve been writing recently is very heavily influenced by the styles contained in this list. So plug in, listen up and enjoy.

Playlist is here.

  1. Ash – Day Of The Triffids
  2. The Manhattan Love Suicides – Jonny Boy
  3. The Medusa Snare – Slow Motion
  4. Secret Shine – Temporal
  5. Rocketship – I”™m Lost Without You Here
  6. Crystal Stilts – Love Is A Wave
  7. Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire
  8. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Everything With You
  9. The Depreciation Guild – Listless
  10. Airel – Blowin”™ Cool
  11. Serena-Maneesh – I Just Want To See Your Face
  12. Ringo Deathstarr – In love
  13. Surfer Blood – Swim
  14. Amusement Parks On Fire – You Made Me Realise
  15. Northern Picture Library – Paris
  16. The Field Mice – Emma”™s House
  17. Asobi Seksu – Thursday
  18. The Aislers Set – California
  19. Pavement – Shady Lane
  20. Stephen Malkmus – Baby C”™mon
  21. Stereolab – French Disco
  22. Another Sunny Day – You Should All Be Murdered
  23. My Bloody Valentine – Lose My Breath
  24. Air Formation – Low December Sun
  25. Women – Cameras
  26. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Some Trees
  27. The Radio Dept. – Pulling Our Weight
  28. Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Movement
  29. Modey Lemon – Bucket Of Butterflies
  30. The Ponys – Double Vision
  31. Ash – Sneaker

Pease pudding and truckin”™.
Thom

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Howdy chums.

Yes, I”™m back to life due to the miracles of music, sunshine, nano-machines and a cyborg exoskeleton. Before I forget, make sure you come down to The Cheltenham Underground this Friday (I believe it”™s the 16th) to check out New Rising; Phil King and Men Diamler. Those of you who have spoken to me for more than 5 minutes know I hold Men Diamler as the benchmark for live performances. You simply have to check him out before you die. In addition to him you”™ll get another two bands of awesome to watch, listen and tap your toes to. So make sure you go. Right, I”™m still not feeling 100% so less of the jabber from me and more of the wobble from Fozz. Go!

Thom

Playlist is here: Wobble Those Knees

1. Four Tet ”“ Love Cry
2. Nathan Fake ”“ You Are Here
3. Mr. Scruff ”“ Shrimp
4. The Qemists feat. Mike Patton ”“ Lost Weekend
5. Soulwax ”“ Too Many DJs
6. The Cooper Temple Clause ”“ Blind Pilots
7. Forward Russia ”“ Twelve
8. Eagles of Death Metal ”“ Cherry Cola
9. Idlewild ”“ You Held The World In Your Arms
10. Kill It Kid ”“ Dirty Water
11. Secret Machines ”“ Atomic Heels
12. Lykke Li ”“ Breaking It Up
13. Yoav ”“ Where Is My Mind?
14. Zero 7 ”“ This Fine Social Scene
15. Broken Social Scene ”“ Shampoo Suicide
16. Metric ”“ Grow Up
17. La Roux ”“ In For The Kill (Skream”™s Let”™s Get Ravey Remix)
18. Delphic ”“ Counterpoint
19. Two Door Cinema Club ”“ I Can Talk
20. The Whip ”“ Muzzle #1
21. Pnau ”“ We Love The Fresh Kills
22. Friendly Fires ”“ Skeleton Boy
23. Passion Pit ”“ Seaweed Song
24. Errors ”“ Mr. Milk
25. Filthy Dukes ”“ This Rhythm
26. Example ”“ You Can”™t Rap

It seems that Dave and Thom rather enjoyed my first playlist, so I now have the challenge of emulating that and coming up with another one that doesn”™t disappoint. This time round I thought I”™d get some inspiration from the bands/artists that I”™ve had the privilege of seeing live in concert over the last year or so.

What better way to begin than with my latest outing to see Four Tet, with support from Nathan Fake. Wowzers, what a combo! From Four Tet”™s new album we have “Love Cry”, which starts off fairly stark and empty, but over the course of the track more and more elements are added and it gradually metamorphoses into a cacophony of aural bliss. The experimental qualities of these first two tracks are the perfect set-up for more of the same in the next track, which comes in the form of “Shrimp” by Mr Scruff. I had the pleasure of seeing Scruff with Dave, and the large alcohol intake that ensued made sure our knees were certainly wobbling by the end of the night!

Strictly speaking, I haven”™t seen Soulwax. However, I have seen them under the guise of 2 Many DJs, and what an audio-visual feast that was. Spotify currently doesn”™t contain any of their work (which really needs to be rectified) so I decided to go with the Soulwax “Too Many DJs” track instead.

Supporting Lykke Li was Yoav, an Israeli guy armed with nothing more than an acoustic guitar and a couple of effects pedals, yet he was able to cleverly concoct some pretty funky electronica-style beats. I thoroughly enjoyed his set, and then he went and pulled this doozy of a track out of the bag as the finale ”“ a chilling and vacuous rendition of “Where Is My Mind?” by The Pixies that will send a shiver down your spine.

I love Zero 7, I really do, and I had high hopes when I went to see them live. Sadly, they just didn”™t live up to my expectations, and I would probably go as far as to say it was one of the most disappointing gigs I”™ve been to. A lot of the stuff they played was off “Yeah Ghost”, which I hadn”™t heard at the time, but even the older stuff that I did recognise they somehow seemed to butcher. It may have been better if Sia had been able to join them, but alas she was off touring elsewhere. Anyways, enough of my grievances, have a listen to “This Fine Social Scene”.

Speaking of fine social scenes, how about some of the broken variety? (Do you see what I did there?) OK, so I tell a lie, I haven”™t actually seen Broken Social Scene live yet, but after bagging some tickets to see them in June I just couldn”™t resist throwing this cheeky little number into the mix in anticipation.

La Roux, Delphic, Two Door Cinema Club and The Whip have all had releases on the Kitsune label so it kinda made sense to bundle them together. After seeing La Roux before she became popular I don”™t really understand how she managed to get so famous. I don”™t think she can sing very well at all, but there are some pretty good remixes of her stuff floating around.

I love going to gigs where the support act turns out to be equally as good as, if not better, than the main headliner. Electro-geeks Errors and Filthy Dukes, who were supporting Forward Russia and Secret Machines respectively, are both prime examples of this. Errors kicked off the gig with “Mr. Milk” to a virtually empty crowd, but people soon started to gather once they realised the musical treats emanating from the stage. And Forward Russia were very entertaining as well. The lead singer is completely and utterly mental, and was literally swinging from the rafters at one point.

So that”™s pretty much it for this one. There was a lot more I wanted to include but I”™ll probably save them for future playlists.

TTFN.
Fozz

Howdy chums.

Yes, I”™m back to life due to the miracles of music, sunshine, nano-machines and a cyborg exoskeleton. Before I forget, make sure you come down to The Cheltenham Underground this Friday (I believe it”™s the 16th) to check out New Rising; Phil King and Men Diamler. Those of you who have spoken to me for more than 5 minutes know I hold Men Diamler as the benchmark for live performances. You simply have to check him out before you die. In addition to him you”™ll get another two bands of awesome to watch, listen and tap your toes to. So make sure you go. Right, I”™m still not feeling 100% so less of the jabber from me and more of the wobble from Fozz. Go!

Thom

Playlist is here: Wobble Those Knees

1. Four Tet ”“ Love Cry
2. Nathan Fake ”“ You Are Here
3. Mr. Scruff ”“ Shrimp
4. The Qemists feat. Mike Patton ”“ Lost Weekend
5. Soulwax ”“ Too Many DJs
6. The Cooper Temple Clause ”“ Blind Pilots
7. Forward Russia ”“ Twelve
8. Eagles of Death Metal ”“ Cherry Cola
9. Idlewild ”“ You Held The World In Your Arms
10. Kill It Kid ”“ Dirty Water
11. Secret Machines ”“ Atomic Heels
12. Lykke Li ”“ Breaking It Up
13. Yoav ”“ Where Is My Mind?
14. Zero 7 ”“ This Fine Social Scene
15. Broken Social Scene ”“ Shampoo Suicide
16. Metric ”“ Grow Up
17. La Roux ”“ In For The Kill (Skream”™s Let”™s Get Ravey Remix)
18. Delphic ”“ Counterpoint
19. Two Door Cinema Club ”“ I Can Talk
20. The Whip ”“ Muzzle #1
21. Pnau ”“ We Love The Fresh Kills
22. Friendly Fires ”“ Skeleton Boy
23. Passion Pit ”“ Seaweed Song
24. Errors ”“ Mr. Milk
25. Filthy Dukes ”“ This Rhythm
26. Example ”“ You Can”™t Rap

It seems that Dave and Thom rather enjoyed my first playlist, so I now have the challenge of emulating that and coming up with another one that doesn”™t disappoint. This time round I thought I”™d get some inspiration from the bands/artists that I”™ve had the privilege of seeing live in concert over the last year or so.

What better way to begin than with my latest outing to see Four Tet, with support from Nathan Fake. Wowzers, what a combo! From Four Tet”™s new album we have “Love Cry”, which starts off fairly stark and empty, but over the course of the track more and more elements are added and it gradually metamorphoses into a cacophony of aural bliss. The experimental qualities of these first two tracks are the perfect set-up for more of the same in the next track, which comes in the form of “Shrimp” by Mr Scruff. I had the pleasure of seeing Scruff with Dave, and the large alcohol intake that ensued made sure our knees were certainly wobbling by the end of the night!

Strictly speaking, I haven”™t seen Soulwax. However, I have seen them under the guise of 2 Many DJs, and what an audio-visual feast that was. Spotify currently doesn”™t contain any of their work (which really needs to be rectified) so I decided to go with the Soulwax “Too Many DJs” track instead.

Supporting Lykke Li was Yoav, an Israeli guy armed with nothing more than an acoustic guitar and a couple of effects pedals, yet he was able to cleverly concoct some pretty funky electronica-style beats. I thoroughly enjoyed his set, and then he went and pulled this doozy of a track out of the bag as the finale ”“ a chilling and vacuous rendition of “Where Is My Mind?” by The Pixies that will send a shiver down your spine.

I love Zero 7, I really do, and I had high hopes when I went to see them live. Sadly, they just didn”™t live up to my expectations, and I would probably go as far as to say it was one of the most disappointing gigs I”™ve been to. A lot of the stuff they played was off “Yeah Ghost”, which I hadn”™t heard at the time, but even the older stuff that I did recognise they somehow seemed to butcher. It may have been better if Sia had been able to join them, but alas she was off touring elsewhere. Anyways, enough of my grievances, have a listen to “This Fine Social Scene”.

Speaking of fine social scenes, how about some of the broken variety? (Do you see what I did there?) OK, so I tell a lie, I haven”™t actually seen Broken Social Scene live yet, but after bagging some tickets to see them in June I just couldn”™t resist throwing this cheeky little number into the mix in anticipation.

La Roux, Delphic, Two Door Cinema Club and The Whip have all had releases on the Kitsune label so it kinda made sense to bundle them together. After seeing La Roux before she became popular I don”™t really understand how she managed to get so famous. I don”™t think she can sing very well at all, but there are some pretty good remixes of her stuff floating around.

I love going to gigs where the support act turns out to be equally as good as, if not better, than the main headliner. Electro-geeks Errors and Filthy Dukes, who were supporting Forward Russia and Secret Machines respectively, are both prime examples of this. Errors kicked off the gig with “Mr. Milk” to a virtually empty crowd, but people soon started to gather once they realised the musical treats emanating from the stage. And Forward Russia were very entertaining as well. The lead singer is completely and utterly mental, and was literally swinging from the rafters at one point.

So that”™s pretty much it for this one. There was a lot more I wanted to include but I”™ll probably save them for future playlists.

TTFN.
Fozz

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Morning kids. Our dearest Thom is not well today, so everyone send him lovely thoughts.

Today”™s a very very busy one for me, so I”™ll be brief. We have a wicked playlist today by the wonderful Ben Hawling, a man whom I”™d definitely date if I were a girl.

Love!
David

Get the playlist here”¦

  1. Beastie Boys – To All The Girls
  2. The Subways – Mary
  3. Ben Folds Five – Kate
  4. The Vines – Mary Jane
  5. P J Harvey – Sheena Na Gig
  6. Franz Ferdinand – Eleanor Put Your Boots On
  7. Seth Lakeman – Kitty Jay
  8. Death Cab For Cutie – Cath”¦
  9. Doves – Willow”™s Song
  10. Neon Neon – Raquel
  11. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
  12. Tiny Dancers – Hannah, We Know
  13. The Kinks – Lola
  14. Nerina Pallot – Sophia
  15. Leonard Cohen – Suzanne
  16. The Knack – My Sharona
  17. Death Cab For Cutie – What Sarah Said
  18. Hole – Violet
  19. The Spinto Band – Oh Mandy
  20. Ben Folds Five – Jane
  21. My Chemical Romance – Helena
  22. The Smashing Pumpkins – Starla
  23. The Killers – Believe Me Natalie
  24. Mansun – Dark Mavis
  25. The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger
  26. Green Day – Viva La Gloria (Little Girl)
  27. Bon Iver – For Emma
  28. Dr. Willy & The Robot Masters – The Legend Of Zelda

Ben says:

This play list is dedicated to all the girls, especially those with Zooey Deschenal fringes and polka dot dresses!!!

Key Tracks =

Death Cab For Cutie – Cath”¦ = Ben Gibbard paints such a beautiful image in his lyrics about girls, and all the boy feelings that kick in when girls are around. For further proof, check out Lightness. Hells Yeah!

The Kinks – Lola = Just”¦..Because!

Bon Iver – For Emma = By very definition, a bitter sweet love letter to an ex, bliss!

Ben Folds Five – Kate = Ben Folds is also a lyrical genius, and somehow manges to sum up, perfectly, a Kate I used to know.

Dr. Willy & The Robot Masters – The Legend Of Zelda = The best game ever! A fantastic cover!

Nuff said!!

Ben Hawling

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Morning kids. Our dearest Thom is not well today, so everyone send him lovely thoughts.

Today”™s a very very busy one for me, so I”™ll be brief. We have a wicked playlist today by the wonderful Ben Hawling, a man whom I”™d definitely date if I were a girl.

Love!
David

Get the playlist here”¦

  1. Beastie Boys – To All The Girls
  2. The Subways – Mary
  3. Ben Folds Five – Kate
  4. The Vines – Mary Jane
  5. P J Harvey – Sheena Na Gig
  6. Franz Ferdinand – Eleanor Put Your Boots On
  7. Seth Lakeman – Kitty Jay
  8. Death Cab For Cutie – Cath”¦
  9. Doves – Willow”™s Song
  10. Neon Neon – Raquel
  11. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
  12. Tiny Dancers – Hannah, We Know
  13. The Kinks – Lola
  14. Nerina Pallot – Sophia
  15. Leonard Cohen – Suzanne
  16. The Knack – My Sharona
  17. Death Cab For Cutie – What Sarah Said
  18. Hole – Violet
  19. The Spinto Band – Oh Mandy
  20. Ben Folds Five – Jane
  21. My Chemical Romance – Helena
  22. The Smashing Pumpkins – Starla
  23. The Killers – Believe Me Natalie
  24. Mansun – Dark Mavis
  25. The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger
  26. Green Day – Viva La Gloria (Little Girl)
  27. Bon Iver – For Emma
  28. Dr. Willy & The Robot Masters – The Legend Of Zelda

Ben says:

This play list is dedicated to all the girls, especially those with Zooey Deschenal fringes and polka dot dresses!!!

Key Tracks =

Death Cab For Cutie – Cath”¦ = Ben Gibbard paints such a beautiful image in his lyrics about girls, and all the boy feelings that kick in when girls are around. For further proof, check out Lightness. Hells Yeah!

The Kinks – Lola = Just”¦..Because!

Bon Iver – For Emma = By very definition, a bitter sweet love letter to an ex, bliss!

Ben Folds Five – Kate = Ben Folds is also a lyrical genius, and somehow manges to sum up, perfectly, a Kate I used to know.

Dr. Willy & The Robot Masters – The Legend Of Zelda = The best game ever! A fantastic cover!

Nuff said!!

Ben Hawling

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Good evening sir.

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

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

Thom

Spotify playlist is about”¦ here.

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

James says:

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

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

LETS ROCK!

Good evening sir.

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

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

Thom

Spotify playlist is about”¦ here.

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

James says:

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

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

LETS ROCK!

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

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

David

One playlist”¦ CHECK

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

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

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

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

Young Adult Friction – more melodic simple beaty two piggy

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

The Crane Wife 1 & 2 – epic folk

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

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

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

The Cave – qualitay banjo

Nancy Spain – tugs at the heart-strings

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

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

Forests and Sands – dreamy”¦

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

Seven Drunken Nights – fun

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

The Weight of Years – pleasant

The Greatest Hustler of All – lazy

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

Sam Hall – favourite Cash song at the moment!

Whiskey in the Jar – a nice version

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

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

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

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

David

One playlist”¦ CHECK

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

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

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

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

Young Adult Friction – more melodic simple beaty two piggy

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

The Crane Wife 1 & 2 – epic folk

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

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

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

The Cave – qualitay banjo

Nancy Spain – tugs at the heart-strings

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

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

Forests and Sands – dreamy”¦

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

Seven Drunken Nights – fun

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

The Weight of Years – pleasant

The Greatest Hustler of All – lazy

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

Sam Hall – favourite Cash song at the moment!

Whiskey in the Jar – a nice version

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

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

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

Peas and trucking, belieze.
Thom


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

Hippety Hop

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

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

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

Peas and trucking, belieze.
Thom


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

Hippety Hop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Primal Scream – Accelerator
Just this.

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

Peace and Noise

Thom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Primal Scream – Accelerator
Just this.

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

Peace and Noise

Thom

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

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

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

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

David

Find the playlist RIGHT HEREZLES!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks folks, hope you enjoy.

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

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

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

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

David

Find the playlist RIGHT HEREZLES!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks folks, hope you enjoy.

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Oh man do I love short weeks! Since we”™re not going to be stuck at work on Friday, suffocating in the mediocrity that is our lives (wait, is that just me? Crap), we”™re considering running a collaborative playlist, perhaps on the theme of “Guilty Pleasures””¦ Consider this due warning to get your selections ready. More info to follow”¦

After listening to Craig”™s mix on Monday, today”™s guest was inspired to bang out his own Spotisfaction for our aural consumption. If you find that you”™re similarly inspired to create your own, but are worried that it might not work or fit, know this: there”™s room here for all of the many genres of music all of you fine people enjoy. We”™re here to get your creative juices flowing, folks, no matter what you like. So give it a shot.

With that, here”™s today”™s guest. Ladies and gents, James TAE.

David

You may find today”™s playlist by following a series of elaborately designed clues, culminating in the”¦ oh sod it, it was HERE all along.

Dubisfiction blurb:

Easy to the Spotisfaction crew.

Having listened to the great mixes courtesy of Dave ”˜Pmau5”™ Prowse and Thom ”˜James”™ Lavelle, and inspired by Bboy Craig Haynes”™ incredible funkstep mix, here, I wanted to do a more pure dubstep mix that would compliment his. While his mix leans towards funk, dnb and a little grime, I thought I could put together a more two-step compilation, with some breathing space towards experimental and glitch. I”™ve also tried to avoid the mixlist being particularly dark following Prowse”™s recent mix, but hey, this is Dubstep, and it doesn”™t take prisoners.

Dubisfiction track list is as follows:

  1. Martyn – Velvet
  2. Burial – Unite
  3. Distance – Fallen (Vex”™d Remix)
  4. Kontext – Blinkende Stjerne
  5. Deadmau5 – I Remember (Caspa Remix)
  6. Skream – Sub Island
  7. Skool Of Thought – Sludge (Album edit)
  8. Feist/Boys Noize (DZ Remix) – My Moon, My Dub
  9. Digital Mystikz – Thief In Da Night
  10. Sub Version – Forgot The Virus
  11. Kid Acne – Eddy Fresh (Gescom dub remix)
  12. edIT – Laundry
  13. Datsik vs Downlink – Against The Machines (Original Mix)
  14. Distance – Ska
  15. Reso – Beasts In The Basement
  16. The Streets – In The Middle (Nero Remix)

How do I start this mixlist? Do I choose something very obviously, quintessentially Dubstep, or do I choose something light and popular to ease us in? I wanted to avoid both of those clichés, and hopefully chose a track, in Martyn”™s ”˜Velvet”™ that not many of you will know, but which mixes some nice tech-house and IDM influences over the Dubstep groove. I hope this one sucks us all in whichever angle we”™re coming from.

A particular highlight on this mixlist for me is the Vex”˜d remix of ”˜Fallen”™ by Distance. This track shattered my soul the first time I heard it, and is so heavy that the theory of relativity breaks down at its centre. I”™m a big fan of anything Planet Mu, and so was delighted to see edIT”™s Laundry on Spotify (just about the only track of his on there).

DZ”™s remix of Boys Noize”™s remix of Feist”™s My Moon, My Man is another special one. The Boys Noize remix is a classic itself, but DZ pull off a fantastic twostep take on what was once a jaunty and beautiful piano ditty. Four bangers to end on with Datsik/Downlink (bear with it, when the Jungle influence kicks in later, the tune really takes off), Distance, Reso (forget coffee, the last minute and a half of Beast In The Basement will keep you going all day), and the uplifting Nero remix of In The Middle by The Streets. Before, during and after a night out, this tune picks me up time and time again, so here”™s hoping it picks you guys up for the rest of today.

Enjoy, cheers,

J_TAE.

Oh man do I love short weeks! Since we”™re not going to be stuck at work on Friday, suffocating in the mediocrity that is our lives (wait, is that just me? Crap), we”™re considering running a collaborative playlist, perhaps on the theme of “Guilty Pleasures””¦ Consider this due warning to get your selections ready. More info to follow”¦

After listening to Craig”™s mix on Monday, today”™s guest was inspired to bang out his own Spotisfaction for our aural consumption. If you find that you”™re similarly inspired to create your own, but are worried that it might not work or fit, know this: there”™s room here for all of the many genres of music all of you fine people enjoy. We”™re here to get your creative juices flowing, folks, no matter what you like. So give it a shot.

With that, here”™s today”™s guest. Ladies and gents, James TAE.

David

You may find today”™s playlist by following a series of elaborately designed clues, culminating in the”¦ oh sod it, it was HERE all along.

Dubisfiction blurb:

Easy to the Spotisfaction crew.

Having listened to the great mixes courtesy of Dave ”˜Pmau5”™ Prowse and Thom ”˜James”™ Lavelle, and inspired by Bboy Craig Haynes”™ incredible funkstep mix, here, I wanted to do a more pure dubstep mix that would compliment his. While his mix leans towards funk, dnb and a little grime, I thought I could put together a more two-step compilation, with some breathing space towards experimental and glitch. I”™ve also tried to avoid the mixlist being particularly dark following Prowse”™s recent mix, but hey, this is Dubstep, and it doesn”™t take prisoners.

Dubisfiction track list is as follows:

  1. Martyn – Velvet
  2. Burial – Unite
  3. Distance – Fallen (Vex”™d Remix)
  4. Kontext – Blinkende Stjerne
  5. Deadmau5 – I Remember (Caspa Remix)
  6. Skream – Sub Island
  7. Skool Of Thought – Sludge (Album edit)
  8. Feist/Boys Noize (DZ Remix) – My Moon, My Dub
  9. Digital Mystikz – Thief In Da Night
  10. Sub Version – Forgot The Virus
  11. Kid Acne – Eddy Fresh (Gescom dub remix)
  12. edIT – Laundry
  13. Datsik vs Downlink – Against The Machines (Original Mix)
  14. Distance – Ska
  15. Reso – Beasts In The Basement
  16. The Streets – In The Middle (Nero Remix)

How do I start this mixlist? Do I choose something very obviously, quintessentially Dubstep, or do I choose something light and popular to ease us in? I wanted to avoid both of those clichés, and hopefully chose a track, in Martyn”™s ”˜Velvet”™ that not many of you will know, but which mixes some nice tech-house and IDM influences over the Dubstep groove. I hope this one sucks us all in whichever angle we”™re coming from.

A particular highlight on this mixlist for me is the Vex”˜d remix of ”˜Fallen”™ by Distance. This track shattered my soul the first time I heard it, and is so heavy that the theory of relativity breaks down at its centre. I”™m a big fan of anything Planet Mu, and so was delighted to see edIT”™s Laundry on Spotify (just about the only track of his on there).

DZ”™s remix of Boys Noize”™s remix of Feist”™s My Moon, My Man is another special one. The Boys Noize remix is a classic itself, but DZ pull off a fantastic twostep take on what was once a jaunty and beautiful piano ditty. Four bangers to end on with Datsik/Downlink (bear with it, when the Jungle influence kicks in later, the tune really takes off), Distance, Reso (forget coffee, the last minute and a half of Beast In The Basement will keep you going all day), and the uplifting Nero remix of In The Middle by The Streets. Before, during and after a night out, this tune picks me up time and time again, so here”™s hoping it picks you guys up for the rest of today.

Enjoy, cheers,

J_TAE.

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This morning could have gone so far south that it would have been wearing one of those hats with corks on. You see, through a series of events I managed to lock myself out of my own house this morning. I didn”™t have a key to get in, and I needed a shower and a change of clothes before I headed to work. I was already late for work. Luckily, I was saved by Jo, who ran to my rescue and saved my day. As such, I”™m running her playlist today. Oh, also, Magical Kev gets props like agro for being the wheelman this morning. That”™s how you drive, from now on – THATS HOW YOU DRIVE. If you need a getaway driver, I recommend Kev.

David told me that we had a submission last night that really compliments yesterdays fantastic mix. Rather than running them back to back, we have decided to mix it up a little. Keep your eyes peeled for it, though.

Okay, I”™m in need of some coffee. So I”™m off to sort that out. In the meantime, here is the fantastical Jo and her fantastical Spotisfaction. Peas.

Thom

Spotisfaction Tuesday 30/03/10 – JHawling

1. A.M. 180 – Grandaddy
2. Your English is Good – Tokyo Police Club
3. If You Fail We All Fail – Fields
4. Dead Dogs Two – Boards of Canada Remix – cLOUDEAD
5. The Bears Are Comming – Late of the Pier
6. Hate To Say I Told You So – The Hives
7. Self Esteem – The Offspring
8. Bleed American – Jimmy Eat World
9. One Armed Scissor – At the Drive-In
10. White Lines – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
11. The Inevitable Return Of The Great White Dope – Bloodhound Gang
12. Can U Dig It? – Pop Will Eat Itself
13. Novocaine For The Soul – Eels
14. The New Pollution – Beck
15. Eurodisco – bis
16. Here Comes Your Man – Pixies
17. Kool Thing – Sonic Youth
18. Edge of Seventeen – Stevie Nicks
19. Someone Great – LCD Soundsystem
20. Paris (Aeroplane Remix) – Friendly Fires
21. Hot in Herre – Tiga
22. Zero – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
23. Fuck The Pain Away – Peaches

This playlist Ain”™t come one, but many tine tanies! Kapa-Chow.
Quirkypop, Sonicscapes and all that good good aural candy. Can U dig it?
Some highlights”¦.

-A.M. 180”¦ Love that shift around the 1.58 mark.
-your english is good – Find the video on Youtube, do it, it”™s aces.
-The bears are comming – What is this track? it”™s clitorish allsorts damn straight.
-One Armed Scissor – I dare you not to picture yourself singing (screaming) it, it is so choice.
-White LInes – Zombie Defence.
-Can U Dig it? – Yes U can.
-Kool Thing – Thurston & Kim are God, we”™re scum, we suck.
-Edge of Seventeen – Guilty Pleasure.
-Fuck the Pain Away – Slutty and Demure.

Sa Da Tay!
x
Jo

This morning could have gone so far south that it would have been wearing one of those hats with corks on. You see, through a series of events I managed to lock myself out of my own house this morning. I didn”™t have a key to get in, and I needed a shower and a change of clothes before I headed to work. I was already late for work. Luckily, I was saved by Jo, who ran to my rescue and saved my day. As such, I”™m running her playlist today. Oh, also, Magical Kev gets props like agro for being the wheelman this morning. That”™s how you drive, from now on – THATS HOW YOU DRIVE. If you need a getaway driver, I recommend Kev.

David told me that we had a submission last night that really compliments yesterdays fantastic mix. Rather than running them back to back, we have decided to mix it up a little. Keep your eyes peeled for it, though.

Okay, I”™m in need of some coffee. So I”™m off to sort that out. In the meantime, here is the fantastical Jo and her fantastical Spotisfaction. Peas.

Thom

Spotisfaction Tuesday 30/03/10 – JHawling

1. A.M. 180 – Grandaddy
2. Your English is Good – Tokyo Police Club
3. If You Fail We All Fail – Fields
4. Dead Dogs Two – Boards of Canada Remix – cLOUDEAD
5. The Bears Are Comming – Late of the Pier
6. Hate To Say I Told You So – The Hives
7. Self Esteem – The Offspring
8. Bleed American – Jimmy Eat World
9. One Armed Scissor – At the Drive-In
10. White Lines – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
11. The Inevitable Return Of The Great White Dope – Bloodhound Gang
12. Can U Dig It? – Pop Will Eat Itself
13. Novocaine For The Soul – Eels
14. The New Pollution – Beck
15. Eurodisco – bis
16. Here Comes Your Man – Pixies
17. Kool Thing – Sonic Youth
18. Edge of Seventeen – Stevie Nicks
19. Someone Great – LCD Soundsystem
20. Paris (Aeroplane Remix) – Friendly Fires
21. Hot in Herre – Tiga
22. Zero – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
23. Fuck The Pain Away – Peaches

This playlist Ain”™t come one, but many tine tanies! Kapa-Chow.
Quirkypop, Sonicscapes and all that good good aural candy. Can U dig it?
Some highlights”¦.

-A.M. 180”¦ Love that shift around the 1.58 mark.
-your english is good – Find the video on Youtube, do it, it”™s aces.
-The bears are comming – What is this track? it”™s clitorish allsorts damn straight.
-One Armed Scissor – I dare you not to picture yourself singing (screaming) it, it is so choice.
-White LInes – Zombie Defence.
-Can U Dig it? – Yes U can.
-Kool Thing – Thurston & Kim are God, we”™re scum, we suck.
-Edge of Seventeen – Guilty Pleasure.
-Fuck the Pain Away – Slutty and Demure.

Sa Da Tay!
x
Jo

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Yo yo. Monday morning”¦ an hour sooner than planned. Hmmph. What we need this morning is a banging playlist to get us grooving, and luckily we have one that delivers, and delivers hard! Today”™s mix is by Craig Haynes; bboy, purveyor of fine D&B and dubstep sounds, and all-round nice guy.

So, enough from me, I”™m going to go away and liberally apply my bass face and try and ignore the fact my body is screaming “YOU BASTARD YOU SHOULD STILL BE IN BED””¦

David

Craig says:

Easy guys,

I”™ve had a bash. Had to think a bit outside the box as there isn”™t much in the way of filthstep / techy dnb on Spotify. Tried to make it a bit of a departure but still accessible – hope you like it???

Playlist here: Spotisfaction

  1. James Brown – I Got The Feelin”™
  2. Eric B. & Rakim – Know The Ledge
  3. The Bamboos – Bring It Home
  4. Wolfmother – Woman (MSTRKRFT Remix)
  5. The Apples – Killing
  6. DJ Format, Abdominal – Participation Prerequisite
  7. Hot 8 Brass Band – Sexual Healing
  8. Gnarls Barkley – Run [I”™m A Natural Disaster]
  9. Mr. Scruff – Get A Move On! – radio edit
  10. Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin
  11. Foreign Beggars, Badness, Dubbledge, Rednaz – Seven Figure Swagger
  12. Coldcut – True Skool – Radio Edit
  13. Santigold – Creator [vs. Switch and FreQ Nasty]
  14. Daft Punk – Face To Face
  15. Nero – Do You Wanna
  16. Noisia – Diplodocus
  17. Drumsound & Bassline Smith – R U Ready
  18. Nneka – Hearbeat – Chase & Status We Just Bought A Guitar Mix
  19. Reso – Smash Yer Face In
  20. Miike Snow – Silvia – Emalkay Remix

Blurb:

A mix intended to put a smile on your face and a groove in your bootie.

As a bboy I couldn”™t really kick off my playlist with anything but The Godfather of Soul. With classic JB drums and horn blasts this tune is so funky it makes me pull my ahhhh face. Bringing the funk bang up to date with The Bamboos, featuring their Tru Thoughts label mate Alice Russel. The album, Rawville, is just a massive chunk of happy that will just make you want to go and dance in the sunshine.

I also wanted to throw in some amazing lyricism, so I”™ve included Roots Manuva, Rakim and Canadian rapper Abdominal. I was lucky enough to catch Abdominal together with DJ Format at uni and he blew me away. Ludicrous breath control, multi-syllabic rhyming and dope flow but what really get”™s me about Abdominal is his ability to draw you in to a story, make you listen to every word and, more often than not, make you laugh as well.

It wouldn”™t be an accurate reflection of my tastes without getting a bit grimey so I”™ve thrown in the few bits of dnb and dubstep I could find on here whilst hopefully keeping up the dancey vibe. Lots of excitement around Noisia at the moment as they are about to (finally) drop their album, Split The Atom, and recently recorded a staggering Essential Mix which takes in everything from their own brand of intricate, crisp, neurofunk, to Daft Punk, Radiohead and even the Bar Kays! The little “diplodocus?” vocal on this track makes me chuckle every time.

Nneka”™s original Heartbeat made me stop in my tracks when I first heard it. Breathtakingly beautiful. Then Chase & Status merked it with some disgustingly heavy guitars. Excellent.

I”™m obsessing slightly over Miike Snow at the moment, the album is just luscious from start to finish. Loving Emalkay”™s work as well so this remix let me kill two birds with one stone.

Hope this made you smile / dance / pull your dirty bass face

Peace

Craig.

Yo yo. Monday morning”¦ an hour sooner than planned. Hmmph. What we need this morning is a banging playlist to get us grooving, and luckily we have one that delivers, and delivers hard! Today”™s mix is by Craig Haynes; bboy, purveyor of fine D&B and dubstep sounds, and all-round nice guy.

So, enough from me, I”™m going to go away and liberally apply my bass face and try and ignore the fact my body is screaming “YOU BASTARD YOU SHOULD STILL BE IN BED””¦

David

Craig says:

Easy guys,

I”™ve had a bash. Had to think a bit outside the box as there isn”™t much in the way of filthstep / techy dnb on Spotify. Tried to make it a bit of a departure but still accessible – hope you like it???

Playlist here: Spotisfaction

  1. James Brown – I Got The Feelin”™
  2. Eric B. & Rakim – Know The Ledge
  3. The Bamboos – Bring It Home
  4. Wolfmother – Woman (MSTRKRFT Remix)
  5. The Apples – Killing
  6. DJ Format, Abdominal – Participation Prerequisite
  7. Hot 8 Brass Band – Sexual Healing
  8. Gnarls Barkley – Run [I”™m A Natural Disaster]
  9. Mr. Scruff – Get A Move On! – radio edit
  10. Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin
  11. Foreign Beggars, Badness, Dubbledge, Rednaz – Seven Figure Swagger
  12. Coldcut – True Skool – Radio Edit
  13. Santigold – Creator [vs. Switch and FreQ Nasty]
  14. Daft Punk – Face To Face
  15. Nero – Do You Wanna
  16. Noisia – Diplodocus
  17. Drumsound & Bassline Smith – R U Ready
  18. Nneka – Hearbeat – Chase & Status We Just Bought A Guitar Mix
  19. Reso – Smash Yer Face In
  20. Miike Snow – Silvia – Emalkay Remix

Blurb:

A mix intended to put a smile on your face and a groove in your bootie.

As a bboy I couldn”™t really kick off my playlist with anything but The Godfather of Soul. With classic JB drums and horn blasts this tune is so funky it makes me pull my ahhhh face. Bringing the funk bang up to date with The Bamboos, featuring their Tru Thoughts label mate Alice Russel. The album, Rawville, is just a massive chunk of happy that will just make you want to go and dance in the sunshine.

I also wanted to throw in some amazing lyricism, so I”™ve included Roots Manuva, Rakim and Canadian rapper Abdominal. I was lucky enough to catch Abdominal together with DJ Format at uni and he blew me away. Ludicrous breath control, multi-syllabic rhyming and dope flow but what really get”™s me about Abdominal is his ability to draw you in to a story, make you listen to every word and, more often than not, make you laugh as well.

It wouldn”™t be an accurate reflection of my tastes without getting a bit grimey so I”™ve thrown in the few bits of dnb and dubstep I could find on here whilst hopefully keeping up the dancey vibe. Lots of excitement around Noisia at the moment as they are about to (finally) drop their album, Split The Atom, and recently recorded a staggering Essential Mix which takes in everything from their own brand of intricate, crisp, neurofunk, to Daft Punk, Radiohead and even the Bar Kays! The little “diplodocus?” vocal on this track makes me chuckle every time.

Nneka”™s original Heartbeat made me stop in my tracks when I first heard it. Breathtakingly beautiful. Then Chase & Status merked it with some disgustingly heavy guitars. Excellent.

I”™m obsessing slightly over Miike Snow at the moment, the album is just luscious from start to finish. Loving Emalkay”™s work as well so this remix let me kill two birds with one stone.

Hope this made you smile / dance / pull your dirty bass face

Peace

Craig.

Categories
Playlists

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We”™re heading for the weekend folkens. I haven”™t got much to say that you want or need to hear. However, I will say this.

Tonight: Get your rear ends down to Monty”™s Brasserie at 8.30 tonight to check out dear friend and fantastic artist Juey. She is sublime, a real honest and raw talent and worth checking out. Oh, and tonight you can even take her home. Well, her music. As her debut E.P. “Before The Devil Catches Me” will be on sale. Come on, just go for it, yeah?

Tomorrow: Simply, it”™s Cheltenham Underground. Featuring Hip Route; The Drawing of the Three and Stressechoes. Doors open at 8pm at the Frog and Fiddle, in the barn. Entry £4/£3NUS. There isn”™t really any excuse not to go to this.

Right, enough plugging, on with todays Spotisfaction. Kev is bringing it today, So here he is. Make sure to check out the Hip Route track, as you know, they”™re playing the Underground on Saturday.

Ostrich and Rabbit, people. Fantastic.

Thom

Spotisfaction for the masses <”””””” Playlist be here.

R.E.M ”“ The One I Love
Broken Records ”“ If The News Makes You Sad, Don”™t Watch It
Broken Bells ”“ The Ghost Inside
Broken Social Scene ”“ Let”™s Get Out Of Here
Hip Route ”“ Graced By You
My Latest Novel ”“ Lacklustre
Fanfarlo ”“ The Walls Are Coming Down
Islands ”“ The Arm
Placebo ”“ Running Up That Hill
The Dodos ”“ The Strums
Beach House ”“ Lover Of Mine
Buffseeds ”“ Who Stole The Weekend?
The Sunshine Underground ”“ Spell It Out
Band Of Skulls ”“ Death By Diamonds And Pearls
Garbage ”“ Only Happy When It Rains
De Rosa ”“ A Love Economy
Sunset Rubdown ”“ Apollo And The Buffalo And Anna Anna Anna Oh!
Two Door Cinema Club ”“ I Can Talk
White Rabbits ”“ The Plot
Stars ”“ Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Moonlit Sailor ”“ A Footprint Of Feelings
Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton ”“ Detective Daughter
The National ”“ Looking For Astronauts
Letting Up Despite Great Faults ”“ Mixtape Receipt
Joy Wants Eternity ”“ Existence Rust
The Kinks ”“ Sunny Afternoon

Kev says: Blurb

Bit of a mixed bag. A collection of tracks from my recently listen to artists with a couple of old classics thrown in for the fun of it. Part of the playlist was created while hungover, some was added during a quiet evening at home and the last few tracks were included during a quiet moment at work, I”™ll let you try and work out which tracks come from which period.

The Broken section, Broken Records and Broken Bells have been my two most listened to albums recently so I had to add them to the playlist and as we have the Spotisfaction meet at a Broken Social Scene gig it seemed fitting to include something by them.

************SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT************

The Cheltenham Underground are putting Hip Route on at the Frog and Fiddle in Cheltenham on the 27th, listen to this taster and come and check them out live if you are in the area.

I think Buffseeds lead singer Kieran Scragg (now lead singer of Iko who unfortunately aren”™t on Spotify) has a distinctly awesome voice and writes some brilliant lyrics, if you like this song check out Iko as well.

And the Kinks, one of the greatest bands ever in my opinion and a great track to help us head towards summer (just a shame the weather outside isn”™t currently that nice)

Kick back, relax, forget about work, live long and prosper, it”™s all shiny, keep it foolish, be excellent to each other and party on dudes!

We”™re heading for the weekend folkens. I haven”™t got much to say that you want or need to hear. However, I will say this.

Tonight: Get your rear ends down to Monty”™s Brasserie at 8.30 tonight to check out dear friend and fantastic artist Juey. She is sublime, a real honest and raw talent and worth checking out. Oh, and tonight you can even take her home. Well, her music. As her debut E.P. “Before The Devil Catches Me” will be on sale. Come on, just go for it, yeah?

Tomorrow: Simply, it”™s Cheltenham Underground. Featuring Hip Route; The Drawing of the Three and Stressechoes. Doors open at 8pm at the Frog and Fiddle, in the barn. Entry £4/£3NUS. There isn”™t really any excuse not to go to this.

Right, enough plugging, on with todays Spotisfaction. Kev is bringing it today, So here he is. Make sure to check out the Hip Route track, as you know, they”™re playing the Underground on Saturday.

Ostrich and Rabbit, people. Fantastic.

Thom

Spotisfaction for the masses <”””””” Playlist be here.

R.E.M ”“ The One I Love
Broken Records ”“ If The News Makes You Sad, Don”™t Watch It
Broken Bells ”“ The Ghost Inside
Broken Social Scene ”“ Let”™s Get Out Of Here
Hip Route ”“ Graced By You
My Latest Novel ”“ Lacklustre
Fanfarlo ”“ The Walls Are Coming Down
Islands ”“ The Arm
Placebo ”“ Running Up That Hill
The Dodos ”“ The Strums
Beach House ”“ Lover Of Mine
Buffseeds ”“ Who Stole The Weekend?
The Sunshine Underground ”“ Spell It Out
Band Of Skulls ”“ Death By Diamonds And Pearls
Garbage ”“ Only Happy When It Rains
De Rosa ”“ A Love Economy
Sunset Rubdown ”“ Apollo And The Buffalo And Anna Anna Anna Oh!
Two Door Cinema Club ”“ I Can Talk
White Rabbits ”“ The Plot
Stars ”“ Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Moonlit Sailor ”“ A Footprint Of Feelings
Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton ”“ Detective Daughter
The National ”“ Looking For Astronauts
Letting Up Despite Great Faults ”“ Mixtape Receipt
Joy Wants Eternity ”“ Existence Rust
The Kinks ”“ Sunny Afternoon

Kev says: Blurb

Bit of a mixed bag. A collection of tracks from my recently listen to artists with a couple of old classics thrown in for the fun of it. Part of the playlist was created while hungover, some was added during a quiet evening at home and the last few tracks were included during a quiet moment at work, I”™ll let you try and work out which tracks come from which period.

The Broken section, Broken Records and Broken Bells have been my two most listened to albums recently so I had to add them to the playlist and as we have the Spotisfaction meet at a Broken Social Scene gig it seemed fitting to include something by them.

************SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT************

The Cheltenham Underground are putting Hip Route on at the Frog and Fiddle in Cheltenham on the 27th, listen to this taster and come and check them out live if you are in the area.

I think Buffseeds lead singer Kieran Scragg (now lead singer of Iko who unfortunately aren”™t on Spotify) has a distinctly awesome voice and writes some brilliant lyrics, if you like this song check out Iko as well.

And the Kinks, one of the greatest bands ever in my opinion and a great track to help us head towards summer (just a shame the weather outside isn”™t currently that nice)

Kick back, relax, forget about work, live long and prosper, it”™s all shiny, keep it foolish, be excellent to each other and party on dudes!

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Z8HnVvKjAqiU51rAG3lUT

Good morning, Thursday! Thursday is the fourth day of the week according to the ISO 8601 international standard adopted in most western countries. In countries that use the Sunday-first convention and in the Judeo-Christian calendar it is the fifth day of the week. It falls between Wednesday and Friday. FACTS, PEOPLE – WE DELIVER!

Today”™s playlist is courtesy of moi. It”™s pretty funky, I think, but somewhat obscure. Give it a go, and let me know what you think. Next time I”™m giving you some random lo-fi electro, so be warned”¦

Remember – we have a gorgeous new commenting system. Feel free to connect with us, yo.

Stuff.
David
(Twitter)

Playlist? This one!

  1. Shuggie Otis – Aht Uh Mi Hed
  2. Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar
  3. Blackalicious – If I May
  4. Rize & Kronos, Main Flow, Rebels To The Grain – Something to build
  5. Frank Pleyer Big Band – Sally
  6. Jazzanova – L.o.v.e & You & I – Madlib Love Phase Mix
  7. Serge Gainsbourg – Intoxicated Man
  8. Gil Scott-Heron – Jose Campos Torres
  9. 4hero – Conceptions
  10. SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS – The White Widow
  11. Jazztronik – Samurai
  12. The Root Source – Beyond The Haze (Vocal)
  13. Atjazz – Kidnapped
  14. Gilles PetersonӪs Havana Cultura Band, Mayra Caridad Vald̩s РChekere Son
  15. Jack Constanzo – The Inch Worm
  16. Kyoto Jazz Massive – Kudu
  17. Wibutee – Once You Get There
  18. New Cool Collective – Perry
  19. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Ballicki Bone
  20. Trio Töykeät – Perfect Make Out Music
  21. Mike Fuerstein, Mainframe – Metaphysical
  22. Hans Ulrik – Before
  23. Miles Davis – Blue In Green
  24. Animals As Leaders – Modern Meat
  25. Nouvelle Vague – Love Will Tear Us Apart

Ready for the pretentious bit?: I wanted to do something completely different with this playlist. It started mainly as a challenge to myself – I wanted to put together a playlist of tracks I”™d not heard, from genres I don”™t pay enough attention to. Most of my playlists seem to be pretty indie or electro, so this was designed to take me out of my comfort zone. I think it was a success – I”™ve gotten into a couple of really awesome artists off the back of this one playlist, and hey what more can you ask for than that?

I really love Aloe Blacc”™s “I Need A Dollar”. Let”™s be honest, it”™s pretty freaking catchy, and hey, I feel the guy”™s pain. I just found out it”™s the theme tune to “How To Make It In America”, which is a new comedy drama by the producers of “Entourage” – might check it out on the basis that the soundtrack to the series is going to be pretty awesome. Followed immediately by Blackalicious, I really get a summery vibe from this section of the playlist. Nice weather, cold cider and good company. Summer can”™t come quickly enough, really.

Serge Gainsbourg. I”™ve never heard any of his tracks. I know, I know, I really suck. So, felt I needed to rectify that. Had a bit of a mammoth sesh and this is one of the tracks that jumped out at me. I think it sets us up nicely for another artist I”™ve not really heard much of (except for his work with Massive Attack). Gil Scott-Heron”™s poem about the Moody Park Rebellion is somewhat of an odd choice for this playlist, I think, but it”™s powerful stuff.

Jazzanova are a band I have a crapload of respect for. I”™d never heard this track, but was glancing through their catalogue for a corker and found this Madlib remix. Now, I love Madlib, and I love Jazzanova. Result. Lovely, laid-back strings with a sweeping buildup.

Miles Davis. ”˜Nuff said.

One track I just had to shoehorn into this playlist was Nouvelle Vague”™s awesome cover of “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. I couldn”™t find anything to transition from, though. Solution? Music-guru James Cook came to the rescue and suggested the wonderful Animals As Leaders as a perfect segue. As he quite rightly pointed out, the rest of Animals As Leaders self-titled album would feel completely out of place in this playlist, but this one track in particular is just right. Ta, dude.
Cheers kids, hope you enjoy.

Good morning, Thursday! Thursday is the fourth day of the week according to the ISO 8601 international standard adopted in most western countries. In countries that use the Sunday-first convention and in the Judeo-Christian calendar it is the fifth day of the week. It falls between Wednesday and Friday. FACTS, PEOPLE – WE DELIVER!

Today”™s playlist is courtesy of moi. It”™s pretty funky, I think, but somewhat obscure. Give it a go, and let me know what you think. Next time I”™m giving you some random lo-fi electro, so be warned”¦

Remember – we have a gorgeous new commenting system. Feel free to connect with us, yo.

Stuff.
David
(Twitter)

Playlist? This one!

  1. Shuggie Otis – Aht Uh Mi Hed
  2. Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar
  3. Blackalicious – If I May
  4. Rize & Kronos, Main Flow, Rebels To The Grain – Something to build
  5. Frank Pleyer Big Band – Sally
  6. Jazzanova – L.o.v.e & You & I – Madlib Love Phase Mix
  7. Serge Gainsbourg – Intoxicated Man
  8. Gil Scott-Heron – Jose Campos Torres
  9. 4hero – Conceptions
  10. SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS – The White Widow
  11. Jazztronik – Samurai
  12. The Root Source – Beyond The Haze (Vocal)
  13. Atjazz – Kidnapped
  14. Gilles PetersonӪs Havana Cultura Band, Mayra Caridad Vald̩s РChekere Son
  15. Jack Constanzo – The Inch Worm
  16. Kyoto Jazz Massive – Kudu
  17. Wibutee – Once You Get There
  18. New Cool Collective – Perry
  19. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Ballicki Bone
  20. Trio Töykeät – Perfect Make Out Music
  21. Mike Fuerstein, Mainframe – Metaphysical
  22. Hans Ulrik – Before
  23. Miles Davis – Blue In Green
  24. Animals As Leaders – Modern Meat
  25. Nouvelle Vague – Love Will Tear Us Apart

Ready for the pretentious bit?: I wanted to do something completely different with this playlist. It started mainly as a challenge to myself – I wanted to put together a playlist of tracks I”™d not heard, from genres I don”™t pay enough attention to. Most of my playlists seem to be pretty indie or electro, so this was designed to take me out of my comfort zone. I think it was a success – I”™ve gotten into a couple of really awesome artists off the back of this one playlist, and hey what more can you ask for than that?

I really love Aloe Blacc”™s “I Need A Dollar”. Let”™s be honest, it”™s pretty freaking catchy, and hey, I feel the guy”™s pain. I just found out it”™s the theme tune to “How To Make It In America”, which is a new comedy drama by the producers of “Entourage” – might check it out on the basis that the soundtrack to the series is going to be pretty awesome. Followed immediately by Blackalicious, I really get a summery vibe from this section of the playlist. Nice weather, cold cider and good company. Summer can”™t come quickly enough, really.

Serge Gainsbourg. I”™ve never heard any of his tracks. I know, I know, I really suck. So, felt I needed to rectify that. Had a bit of a mammoth sesh and this is one of the tracks that jumped out at me. I think it sets us up nicely for another artist I”™ve not really heard much of (except for his work with Massive Attack). Gil Scott-Heron”™s poem about the Moody Park Rebellion is somewhat of an odd choice for this playlist, I think, but it”™s powerful stuff.

Jazzanova are a band I have a crapload of respect for. I”™d never heard this track, but was glancing through their catalogue for a corker and found this Madlib remix. Now, I love Madlib, and I love Jazzanova. Result. Lovely, laid-back strings with a sweeping buildup.

Miles Davis. ”˜Nuff said.

One track I just had to shoehorn into this playlist was Nouvelle Vague”™s awesome cover of “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. I couldn”™t find anything to transition from, though. Solution? Music-guru James Cook came to the rescue and suggested the wonderful Animals As Leaders as a perfect segue. As he quite rightly pointed out, the rest of Animals As Leaders self-titled album would feel completely out of place in this playlist, but this one track in particular is just right. Ta, dude.
Cheers kids, hope you enjoy.

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News

Turns out that while our Tumblr theme was sort of pretty, it didn”™t really let us do anything fun. So”¦ after a good couple of hours of messing around with a new theme (ARGH HTML WHY MUST YOU TORMENT ME SO?!), we”™re ready to introduce our new commenting system! Our good friend Craig pointed out that “”¦Spotisfaction has the potential to inspire much debate, and people would enjoy feedback on their selections.” – so, please do get involved and leave encouragement, props, ask questions or whatever you like. We”™re using DISQUS (http://disqus.com/overview/) for this functionality. All you need to do to comment on a playlist is click on the Comments link underneath the post. You can post comments anonymously as a guest, with your Twitter account, or via a Yahoo!, OpenID or DISQUS login. Ladies and gents, we hope you enjoy as much as I enjoy a good rack of BBQ ribs (read: a lot). TATA. David (Twitter)

Turns out that while our Tumblr theme was sort of pretty, it didn”™t really let us do anything fun. So”¦ after a good couple of hours of messing around with a new theme (ARGH HTML WHY MUST YOU TORMENT ME SO?!), we”™re ready to introduce our new commenting system!

Our good friend Craig pointed out that “”¦Spotisfaction has the potential to inspire much debate, and people would enjoy feedback on their selections.” – so, please do get involved and leave encouragement, props, ask questions or whatever you like.

We”™re using DISQUS (http://disqus.com/overview/) for this functionality. All you need to do to comment on a playlist is click on the Comments link underneath the post.

You can post comments anonymously as a guest, with your Twitter account, or via a Yahoo!, OpenID or DISQUS login.

Ladies and gents, we hope you enjoy as much as I enjoy a good rack of BBQ ribs (read: a lot).

TATA.
David
(Twitter)