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Afternoon! 79 playlists”¦ Crikey. Time flies, and all that. I remember getting to 5 playlists and thinking “Whoa, we”™ve managed a whole week! Badass!”.

Last night we posted our Glastonbury 2010 review, and we hope you enjoyed it. Remember, we”™d love for you to comment and are always hungry for a good ol”™ debate or just a bit of incessant banter. We”™re also looking for a few more contributors to help us generate some awesome content. If you think you could crack out the odd review or news post for us, or if you have a feature idea that you have a major passion for, please do get in touch.

Today”™s playlist is by Andy McKenzie, who first submitted a mix to us earlier this year. Thanks for this one, you balding git <3

[David]

79 Spotisfaction Wednesday (30 Jun) – AMcKenzie

Hit the jump for tracklisting and Andy”™s blurb.

  1. Living is a problem because everything dies – Biffy Clyro
  2. Cannonball – The Breeders
  3. Young cardinals – Alexisonfire
  4. Sunny days (Sesame Street) – Fall silent
  5. B.Y.O.B. – System Of A Down
  6. Almost easy – Avenged Sevenfold
  7. Ace of spades – Motorhead
  8. What can I do? – Poptart Monkeys
  9. Over my head – Lit
  10. I”™m on the Run – The Sewergrooves
  11. Who the fuck? – Graham Coxen
  12. Heart shaped box – Nirvana
  13. My generation – The Who
  14. Juneau – Funeral For A Friend
  15. Fallen leaves – Billy Talent
  16. When I argue I see shapes – Idlewild
  17. Everlong – Foo Fighters
  18. It”™s been a summer – New FOund Glory
  19. Cute without the ”˜e”™ – Taking Back Sunday
  20. The Curse of curves – Cute Is What We Aim For
  21. Lost in stereo – All Time Low
  22. Five becomes four – Yellowcard
  23. Longview – Green Day
  24. All the small things – Blink-182
  25. Pure morning – Placebo
  26. Well thought out twinkles – Silversun Pickups
  27. Y control – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  28. Seven nation army – The White Stripes
  29. Life to lifeless – Killswitch Engage
  30. A box full of sharp objects (Live) – The Used

Right so here is another mix for you all, this time it”™s guitar based and again there should be something for everyone here.

So for me some of the standout tracks are as follows:

Cannonball by The Breeders. EPIC does not describe this track well enough, this is one of those tracks that once you hear it, it gets stuck in your head for days. Also if you have not heard it before then where the hell have you been?!

Sunny Days by Fall Silent a metal cover of the Sesame Street theme tune. This one was on regular rotation when I was at Uni.

Who the Fuck? by the musical genius Graham Coxen. Taken from his first album, “The Sky Is Too High”, this is a perfect low-fi track, Coxen played all the instruments himself and I suggest you check out all his solo work.

Fallen Leaves by Billy Talent, another of those songs that gets under your skin and stuck in your head.

When I Argue I See Shapes by Idlewild. Idlewild are one of my favourite bands and unfortunately they seem to not be as well known as they deserve.

Everlong by Foo Fighters. Man to I have some history with this song”¦ Every and I mean EVERY time I hear this it has the same effect on me, one that I can only describe as your first Prozac high, the rush from the back of your brain to the front.

Well Thought Out Twinkles by Silversun Pickups. Again another band that should be bigger, this track has to be one of their best.

A Box Full Of Sharp Objects (Live) by The Used. I had to pick this live track because of Spotify”™s shitty licensing as the album this is originally from is not available (like so much, unfortunately). [Editor – Andy has since found the regular version :)]

Afternoon! 79 playlists”¦ Crikey. Time flies, and all that. I remember getting to 5 playlists and thinking “Whoa, we”™ve managed a whole week! Badass!”.

Last night we posted our Glastonbury 2010 review, and we hope you enjoyed it. Remember, we”™d love for you to comment and are always hungry for a good ol”™ debate or just a bit of incessant banter. We”™re also looking for a few more contributors to help us generate some awesome content. If you think you could crack out the odd review or news post for us, or if you have a feature idea that you have a major passion for, please do get in touch.

Today”™s playlist is by Andy McKenzie, who first submitted a mix to us earlier this year. Thanks for this one, you balding git <3

[David]

79 Spotisfaction Wednesday (30 Jun) – AMcKenzie

Hit the jump for tracklisting and Andy”™s blurb.

  1. Living is a problem because everything dies – Biffy Clyro
  2. Cannonball – The Breeders
  3. Young cardinals – Alexisonfire
  4. Sunny days (Sesame Street) – Fall silent
  5. B.Y.O.B. – System Of A Down
  6. Almost easy – Avenged Sevenfold
  7. Ace of spades – Motorhead
  8. What can I do? – Poptart Monkeys
  9. Over my head – Lit
  10. I”™m on the Run – The Sewergrooves
  11. Who the fuck? – Graham Coxen
  12. Heart shaped box – Nirvana
  13. My generation – The Who
  14. Juneau – Funeral For A Friend
  15. Fallen leaves – Billy Talent
  16. When I argue I see shapes – Idlewild
  17. Everlong – Foo Fighters
  18. It”™s been a summer – New FOund Glory
  19. Cute without the ”˜e”™ – Taking Back Sunday
  20. The Curse of curves – Cute Is What We Aim For
  21. Lost in stereo – All Time Low
  22. Five becomes four – Yellowcard
  23. Longview – Green Day
  24. All the small things – Blink-182
  25. Pure morning – Placebo
  26. Well thought out twinkles – Silversun Pickups
  27. Y control – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  28. Seven nation army – The White Stripes
  29. Life to lifeless – Killswitch Engage
  30. A box full of sharp objects (Live) – The Used

Right so here is another mix for you all, this time it”™s guitar based and again there should be something for everyone here.

So for me some of the standout tracks are as follows:

Cannonball by The Breeders. EPIC does not describe this track well enough, this is one of those tracks that once you hear it, it gets stuck in your head for days. Also if you have not heard it before then where the hell have you been?!

Sunny Days by Fall Silent a metal cover of the Sesame Street theme tune. This one was on regular rotation when I was at Uni.

Who the Fuck? by the musical genius Graham Coxen. Taken from his first album, “The Sky Is Too High”, this is a perfect low-fi track, Coxen played all the instruments himself and I suggest you check out all his solo work.

Fallen Leaves by Billy Talent, another of those songs that gets under your skin and stuck in your head.

When I Argue I See Shapes by Idlewild. Idlewild are one of my favourite bands and unfortunately they seem to not be as well known as they deserve.

Everlong by Foo Fighters. Man to I have some history with this song”¦ Every and I mean EVERY time I hear this it has the same effect on me, one that I can only describe as your first Prozac high, the rush from the back of your brain to the front.

Well Thought Out Twinkles by Silversun Pickups. Again another band that should be bigger, this track has to be one of their best.

A Box Full Of Sharp Objects (Live) by The Used. I had to pick this live track because of Spotify”™s shitty licensing as the album this is originally from is not available (like so much, unfortunately). [Editor – Andy has since found the regular version :)]

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Hey guyseses,

Sorry for the super late update today – Thom and I had a ridiculously busy day at work, which isn”™t much of an excuse but will have to do. We”™ve got more of our VFTA: Broken Social Scene series incoming tomorrow, as well as a write-up of the gig by our competition winner, Rhys.

Today”™s playlist was submitted to us by Paul Pritchard on May 20th, but we”™ve been unable to run it until now. Consider it a retrospective instead of a preview.

Take it easy, you slouches.
[David]

78 Spotisfaction Monday (28 Jun) – PPritchard

Join us after the break for the tracklist and Paul”™s blurb.
Paul says:

I”™m off to Barcelona next week to got to the Primaverasound 2010 music festival. I thought it would be a good idea to post a playlist with some of the bands I am most looking forward to seeing whilst there.  Perhaps others can post similarly themed playlists for any other festivals they may be attending soon.  Here it is:

  1. The Big Pink – Dominos
  2. A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Failure
  3. Beak> – Pill
  4. Pavement – Passat Dream
  5. Broken Social Scene – Fire Eye”™d Boy
  6. Wire – Too Late
  7. The Fall – Theme From Sparta F.C.
  8. Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
  9. Pixies – Wave Of Mutilation
  10. Condo Fucks – Watcha Gonna Do About It
  11. Ganglians – Hair
  12. Atlas Sound – Walkabout
  13. Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
  14. Orbital – Belfast
  15. Gary Numan – Are ”˜Friends”™ Electric
  16. Real Estate – Basement
  17. Los Campesinos – There Are Listed Buildings
  18. Bis – Eurodisco
  19. The Charlatans – Sproston Green
  20. Beach House – Norway
  21. Lee Perry And The Upsetters – Enter The Dragon
  22. Low – California
  23. Mission Of Burma – Spider”™s Web
  24. Wild Beasts – We Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues

Unfortunately the organisers have seemed fit to put Pavement and Mission Of Burma on at the same time, grrrr.

Hey guyseses,

Sorry for the super late update today – Thom and I had a ridiculously busy day at work, which isn”™t much of an excuse but will have to do. We”™ve got more of our VFTA: Broken Social Scene series incoming tomorrow, as well as a write-up of the gig by our competition winner, Rhys.

Today”™s playlist was submitted to us by Paul Pritchard on May 20th, but we”™ve been unable to run it until now. Consider it a retrospective instead of a preview.

Take it easy, you slouches.
[David]

78 Spotisfaction Monday (28 Jun) – PPritchard

Join us after the break for the tracklist and Paul”™s blurb.
Paul says:

I”™m off to Barcelona next week to got to the Primaverasound 2010 music festival. I thought it would be a good idea to post a playlist with some of the bands I am most looking forward to seeing whilst there.  Perhaps others can post similarly themed playlists for any other festivals they may be attending soon.  Here it is:

  1. The Big Pink – Dominos
  2. A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Failure
  3. Beak> – Pill
  4. Pavement – Passat Dream
  5. Broken Social Scene – Fire Eye”™d Boy
  6. Wire – Too Late
  7. The Fall – Theme From Sparta F.C.
  8. Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
  9. Pixies – Wave Of Mutilation
  10. Condo Fucks – Watcha Gonna Do About It
  11. Ganglians – Hair
  12. Atlas Sound – Walkabout
  13. Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
  14. Orbital – Belfast
  15. Gary Numan – Are ”˜Friends”™ Electric
  16. Real Estate – Basement
  17. Los Campesinos – There Are Listed Buildings
  18. Bis – Eurodisco
  19. The Charlatans – Sproston Green
  20. Beach House – Norway
  21. Lee Perry And The Upsetters – Enter The Dragon
  22. Low – California
  23. Mission Of Burma – Spider”™s Web
  24. Wild Beasts – We Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues

Unfortunately the organisers have seemed fit to put Pavement and Mission Of Burma on at the same time, grrrr.

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Safe, blood. Tomorrow evening, a bunch of us are going to Birmingham”™s O2 Academy for the first Spotisfaction Meet-up. We”™re going to see Broken Social Scene and Sky Larkin, and it”™s going to be a fantabulous time. If you”™re in the area, I believe there are still tickets available – come along and I”™ll buy you a beer (I originally typo”™d ”˜bear”™, which would have been a much better incentive).

In other news, if you”™d like to become a contributor to Spotisfaction, we”™re always looking for feature writers, reviewers and people that can comb the web to collate interesting music news. We”™re also looking for an art director. If you want to get involved in our lovely little site, please get in touch. We still want your playlists and one-off articles or reviews if you don”™t want to sign a contract in blood / formally become part of the team, too!

Take it easy, sleazies. See you tomorrow night.
[David]

77 Spotisfaction Friday (25 Jun) – DProwse

Join us after the break for the tracklisting.

  1. Cause = Time (Live) – Broken Social Scene
  2. Fire Eye”™d Boy – Broken Social Scene
  3. Molten – Sky Larkin
  4. Death Of A Tune – The Hidden Cameras
  5. Forced To Love – Broken Social Scene
  6. My Moon My Man (Grizzly Bear Remix) – Feist
  7. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead – Stars
  8. Soft Rock Star – Metric
  9. Sentimental X”™s – Broken Social Scene
  10. Safety Bricks – Kevin Drew
  11. Churches Under The Stairs – Brendan Canning
  12. Long May You Love – Jason Collett
  13. Magic Arrow – Timbre Timbre
  14. Soul Unwind – Apostle Of Hustle
  15. Love & Mathematics – Broken Social Scene
  16. 7/4 (Shoreline) – Broken Social Scene
  17. Pastel – Still Life Still
  18. Everything I Build – The Stills
  19. Sweetest Kill – Broken Social Scene
  20. It”™s Ok – Land Of Talk
  21. Looks Just Like The Sun – Broken Social Scene
  22. Vittoria – Charles Spearin
  23. Antibodies – Sky Larkin
  24. In Earth – Sky Larkin
  25. Ruined in 84 – KC Accidental
  26. Alive in 85 – Broken Social Scene
  27. Bury This – Amy Millan
  28. Lover”™s Spit (Redux) – Broken Social Scene
  29. Let”™s Get Out Of Here – Broken Social Scene

Above are a collection of songs by Broken Social scene, bands whose members comprise them, their support act on Saturday, and a small selection of artists on their Arts & Crafts label. Enjoy. And please buy a ticket to see these guys at some point on their tour if you can possibly make it.

Safe, blood. Tomorrow evening, a bunch of us are going to Birmingham”™s O2 Academy for the first Spotisfaction Meet-up. We”™re going to see Broken Social Scene and Sky Larkin, and it”™s going to be a fantabulous time. If you”™re in the area, I believe there are still tickets available – come along and I”™ll buy you a beer (I originally typo”™d ”˜bear”™, which would have been a much better incentive).

In other news, if you”™d like to become a contributor to Spotisfaction, we”™re always looking for feature writers, reviewers and people that can comb the web to collate interesting music news. We”™re also looking for an art director. If you want to get involved in our lovely little site, please get in touch. We still want your playlists and one-off articles or reviews if you don”™t want to sign a contract in blood / formally become part of the team, too!

Take it easy, sleazies. See you tomorrow night.
[David]

77 Spotisfaction Friday (25 Jun) – DProwse

Join us after the break for the tracklisting.

  1. Cause = Time (Live) – Broken Social Scene
  2. Fire Eye”™d Boy – Broken Social Scene
  3. Molten – Sky Larkin
  4. Death Of A Tune – The Hidden Cameras
  5. Forced To Love – Broken Social Scene
  6. My Moon My Man (Grizzly Bear Remix) – Feist
  7. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead – Stars
  8. Soft Rock Star – Metric
  9. Sentimental X”™s – Broken Social Scene
  10. Safety Bricks – Kevin Drew
  11. Churches Under The Stairs – Brendan Canning
  12. Long May You Love – Jason Collett
  13. Magic Arrow – Timbre Timbre
  14. Soul Unwind – Apostle Of Hustle
  15. Love & Mathematics – Broken Social Scene
  16. 7/4 (Shoreline) – Broken Social Scene
  17. Pastel – Still Life Still
  18. Everything I Build – The Stills
  19. Sweetest Kill – Broken Social Scene
  20. It”™s Ok – Land Of Talk
  21. Looks Just Like The Sun – Broken Social Scene
  22. Vittoria – Charles Spearin
  23. Antibodies – Sky Larkin
  24. In Earth – Sky Larkin
  25. Ruined in 84 – KC Accidental
  26. Alive in 85 – Broken Social Scene
  27. Bury This – Amy Millan
  28. Lover”™s Spit (Redux) – Broken Social Scene
  29. Let”™s Get Out Of Here – Broken Social Scene

Above are a collection of songs by Broken Social scene, bands whose members comprise them, their support act on Saturday, and a small selection of artists on their Arts & Crafts label. Enjoy. And please buy a ticket to see these guys at some point on their tour if you can possibly make it.

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

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

[Thom]

76 Spotisfaction Wednesday (23 Jun) – DBase

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enjoy

Dan

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

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

[Thom]

76 Spotisfaction Wednesday (23 Jun) – DBase

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enjoy

Dan

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Hi kids,

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

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

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

75 Spotisfaction Monday (21 Jun) – JBrobyn

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

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

Hey all,

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

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

Hi kids,

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

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

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

75 Spotisfaction Monday (21 Jun) – JBrobyn

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

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

Hey all,

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

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

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

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

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

Love, hugs and mealy bugs.
[David]

74 Spotisfaction Friday (18 Jun) – SMogg

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

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

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

Here are a few stand out tracks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enjoy.
Moggy

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

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

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

Love, hugs and mealy bugs.
[David]

74 Spotisfaction Friday (18 Jun) – SMogg

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

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

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

Here are a few stand out tracks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enjoy.
Moggy

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Well met, boys and girls.

It”™s all go here right now. There are big changes afoot, such as the introduction of deadlines here at Spotisfaction Towers. Working on Spotisfaction is now a bit more like a real job, except I enjoy it and it doesn”™t pay my rent.

Okay, I”™m going to keep it short and sweet today as I”™ve gotta get back to the grindstone. Today”™s playlist has been crafted by Kevin Atkinson, a regular reader/listener who is, quite frankly, our rock. You could say he is our post-rock. But that would probably be taking a joke too far.

[Thom]

73 Spotisfaction Wednesday (16 Jun) – KAtkinson

  1. Joy Wants Eternity ”“ Above The Clouds Lies Eternal Sun
  2. Moonlit Sailor ”“ The Fog Is Lifting
  3. And So I Watch You From Afar ”“ A Little Bit Of Solidarity Goes A Long Way
  4. Codes In The Clouds ”“ Don”™t Go Awash In This Digital Landscape
  5. Pg.lost ”“ Jura
  6. Caspian ”“ Ghosts Of The Garden City
  7. Exxasens ”“ Sky In Red
  8. Collapse Under The Empire ”“ Conscious Of Thirty-Nine
  9. Signal Hill ”“ Stunning Clarity
  10. Long Distance Calling ”“ Black Paper Planes
  11. Jakob ”“ Malachite
  12. Beware Of Safety ”“ The Difference Between Wind & Rain
  13. Goonies Never Say Die ”“ Everyone Comes To Life
  14. Followed By Ghosts ”“ A Mirthful Experience
  15. Because Of Ghosts ”“ Burn It To The Ground, For Now
  16. The Seven Mile Journey ”“ Theme For The Oddmory Philosophies
  17. Saxon Shore ”“ Replacement Driver
  18. Destroyalldreamers ”“ Souvlaki Space Station
  19. This Is Your Captain Calling ”“ Lullaby
  20. Tristeza ”“ Golden Hill
  21. Mogwai ”“ Hunted By A Freak
  22. Maybeshewill ”“ Seraphim & Cherubim
  23. Ef ”“ Ett
  24. MONO ”“ Follow The Map
  25. Daturah ”“ 9

Post rock. Not everyone”™s favourite genre. By those that are not fans it has been politely described to me as elevator music and impolitely in terms that I will not post here. For those of you that like lyrical genius you wont find much here as this is a genre where lyrics are entirely optional but whose style can range from the truly ambient to the extremely experimental. I meandered into this genre following my shoegaze indie tastes and so tend to prefer the more ambient end of the genre but my playlist was more created by what I was able to find on Spotify rather than being able to choose all my favourites as there were a few missing but I think overall it”™s not a bad representation of the genre.

Catch you all again soon and I hope you enjoy the sing along!

Kev

Well met, boys and girls.

It”™s all go here right now. There are big changes afoot, such as the introduction of deadlines here at Spotisfaction Towers. Working on Spotisfaction is now a bit more like a real job, except I enjoy it and it doesn”™t pay my rent.

Okay, I”™m going to keep it short and sweet today as I”™ve gotta get back to the grindstone. Today”™s playlist has been crafted by Kevin Atkinson, a regular reader/listener who is, quite frankly, our rock. You could say he is our post-rock. But that would probably be taking a joke too far.

[Thom]

73 Spotisfaction Wednesday (16 Jun) – KAtkinson

  1. Joy Wants Eternity ”“ Above The Clouds Lies Eternal Sun
  2. Moonlit Sailor ”“ The Fog Is Lifting
  3. And So I Watch You From Afar ”“ A Little Bit Of Solidarity Goes A Long Way
  4. Codes In The Clouds ”“ Don”™t Go Awash In This Digital Landscape
  5. Pg.lost ”“ Jura
  6. Caspian ”“ Ghosts Of The Garden City
  7. Exxasens ”“ Sky In Red
  8. Collapse Under The Empire ”“ Conscious Of Thirty-Nine
  9. Signal Hill ”“ Stunning Clarity
  10. Long Distance Calling ”“ Black Paper Planes
  11. Jakob ”“ Malachite
  12. Beware Of Safety ”“ The Difference Between Wind & Rain
  13. Goonies Never Say Die ”“ Everyone Comes To Life
  14. Followed By Ghosts ”“ A Mirthful Experience
  15. Because Of Ghosts ”“ Burn It To The Ground, For Now
  16. The Seven Mile Journey ”“ Theme For The Oddmory Philosophies
  17. Saxon Shore ”“ Replacement Driver
  18. Destroyalldreamers ”“ Souvlaki Space Station
  19. This Is Your Captain Calling ”“ Lullaby
  20. Tristeza ”“ Golden Hill
  21. Mogwai ”“ Hunted By A Freak
  22. Maybeshewill ”“ Seraphim & Cherubim
  23. Ef ”“ Ett
  24. MONO ”“ Follow The Map
  25. Daturah ”“ 9

Post rock. Not everyone”™s favourite genre. By those that are not fans it has been politely described to me as elevator music and impolitely in terms that I will not post here. For those of you that like lyrical genius you wont find much here as this is a genre where lyrics are entirely optional but whose style can range from the truly ambient to the extremely experimental. I meandered into this genre following my shoegaze indie tastes and so tend to prefer the more ambient end of the genre but my playlist was more created by what I was able to find on Spotify rather than being able to choose all my favourites as there were a few missing but I think overall it”™s not a bad representation of the genre.

Catch you all again soon and I hope you enjoy the sing along!

Kev

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Everybody get excited. We”™ve got a bit of a treat for you this afternoon. Today”™s playlist is by our friend Oliver Primus, founder and editor over at http://www.thefourohfive.com/. The 405 is an online Music/Art/Film magazine packed with the latest reviews, interviews, news, mixtapes, features & much more. I don”™t want to sound too mushy, but it”™s genuinely one of our favourite reads and I really encourage you to check them out.

Please take a look at our news post below this article for a couple of Spotisfaction announcements.

Have a listen, enjoy it and live in peace.

[Thom]

72 Spotisfaction Monday (14 Jun) – The405

  1. Music For Tundra – Tim Hecker
  2. Svefn – g – Englar – Sigur Ros
  3. Saddollars – Why?
  4. Dead City / Waste Wilderness – Abe Vigoda
  5. Cardinal Rules – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
  6. Guyamas Sonora – Beirut
  7. Great Lakes – Telekinesis
  8. Loose Lips – Wooden Shjips
  9. Half Asleep – School Of Seven Bells
  10. Riders On The Storm – New Stereo Mix – The Doors

Spotisfaction // The 405 Playlist ”™Morning to Night”™
I (Oliver) decided to create a playlist comprised of ten songs which accurately portray a day in my life. We start with utter confusion, like someone is dragging me out of the water. This soon flows into a more peaceful existence as the birds try and do their best to wake me up.

We then move onto the mad rush of trying to get to where I need to be, which is generally work. Cue an ebb and flow of adrenaline and inevitable tiredness, which soon leads back to the mad rush home and food. Where do we end up? Right we started. Mad confusion and a storm courtesy of The Doors.

I hope you enjoyed the ride.

Everybody get excited. We”™ve got a bit of a treat for you this afternoon. Today”™s playlist is by our friend Oliver Primus, founder and editor over at http://www.thefourohfive.com/. The 405 is an online Music/Art/Film magazine packed with the latest reviews, interviews, news, mixtapes, features & much more. I don”™t want to sound too mushy, but it”™s genuinely one of our favourite reads and I really encourage you to check them out.

Please take a look at our news post below this article for a couple of Spotisfaction announcements.

Have a listen, enjoy it and live in peace.

[Thom]

72 Spotisfaction Monday (14 Jun) – The405

  1. Music For Tundra – Tim Hecker
  2. Svefn – g – Englar – Sigur Ros
  3. Saddollars – Why?
  4. Dead City / Waste Wilderness – Abe Vigoda
  5. Cardinal Rules – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
  6. Guyamas Sonora – Beirut
  7. Great Lakes – Telekinesis
  8. Loose Lips – Wooden Shjips
  9. Half Asleep – School Of Seven Bells
  10. Riders On The Storm – New Stereo Mix – The Doors

Spotisfaction // The 405 Playlist ”™Morning to Night”™
I (Oliver) decided to create a playlist comprised of ten songs which accurately portray a day in my life. We start with utter confusion, like someone is dragging me out of the water. This soon flows into a more peaceful existence as the birds try and do their best to wake me up.

We then move onto the mad rush of trying to get to where I need to be, which is generally work. Cue an ebb and flow of adrenaline and inevitable tiredness, which soon leads back to the mad rush home and food. Where do we end up? Right we started. Mad confusion and a storm courtesy of The Doors.

I hope you enjoyed the ride.

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Afternoon, kids. World Cup day, wooo! We”™re split at Spotisfaction Towers – personally, I”™m ridiculously excited and am now pretty much resigned to a month of lounging on the sofa to the despair of my ever patient wife (no change there, then). Thom, on the other hand, would rather gouge his eyes out with a rusty spoon than watch a bunch of girly blokes poncing around. Horses for courses, I guess, but I”™m totally the one in the right here”¦ I”™ve managed to luck out in the sweepstakes this time around – in the two I”™m participating in, I”™ve drawn England and Italy. Not the best, but better than Algeria and USA so in your face Pat, HAH!

Anyway, to business.

We”™ve got a few announcements to make next week and, to be honest, we really hope you like them. I don”™t want to give away too much, but we”™ve listened to your feedback and are ready to roll out some pretty cool things for you all. Come back next week for the scoop :)

Today”™s playlist is, quite simply, a pleasure. I always look forward to Woody”™s mixes and this one doesn”™t disappoint. I think it”™ll put a smile on your face. Unless your heart is cold and dead, or you”™re Rorschach from Watchmen. Freaks.

Love, hugs, and mealy bugs.
[David]

71 Spotisfaction Friday (11 Jun) – WWhyte

  1. Let”™s Wade In The Water – Marlena Shaw
  2. Mama Said – The Shirelles
  3. Sex Education: Ghetto Style – Gil Scott-Heron
  4. Johannesburg – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackon
  5. Soul Man – Sam & Dave
  6. Spooky – Dusty Springfield
  7. Inside My Love – Minnie Riperton
  8. Everybody Loves The Sunshine – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
  9. Good Taste Tip: Gift Receiving – The Shangri-Las
  10. Remember (Walkin”™ In The Sand) – The Shangri-Las
  11. California Soul – Marlena Shaw
  12. War – Single Version – Edwin Starr
  13. I”™m A Woman – Minnie Riperton
  14. Save Me – Aretha Franklin
  15. I Just Want To Make Love To You – Etta James
  16. Introduction – James Brown & The Famous Flames
  17. Get Up Offa That Thing – James Brown
  18. Street Life – Randy Crawford
  19. Baby It”™s You – The Shirelles
  20. Les Fleurs – Minnie Riperton
  21. I”™m Blue – The Shangri-Las
  22. Wonderful World – Sam Cooke
  23. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free – Nina Simone
  24. September – Earth, Wind & Fire
  25. Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield

Ok, so I”™ve always loved Motown, Soul and old R&B music but apart from going to the odd Motown/Northern Soul night back in my home town 5 years ago and the odd night at Komedia in Brighton, I”™ve rarely properly looked up artists from that era so I decided to take it upon myself to educate my ears and to look stuff up for a playlist.

I was mainly inspired by the first song Wade in the Water by Marlena Shaw, which is horribly overlooked, which my flatmate played me (he”™s obsessed with this kind of music but I did not cheat and ask him for suggestions!) and so it kind of went on from there.

I think the biggest revelation for me on the list was Minnie Riperton. I watched a program years ago about her but never remembered who she was. So to dig up some of her tracks was amazing. As was Marlena Shaw. I think when you listen to those songs they speak for themselves in regards to how brilliant they are. I find it surprising they aren”™t as famous as say Nina Simone or Aretha Franklin because they clearly had some major hits in their time.

Song such as ”˜War”™ and ”˜I Just Want To Make Love To You”™ also are stand outs. Not even musically but culturally with obviously those coke (or was it pepsi?) adverts and ”˜War”™ which I suppose, rather regrettably, I knew from the Rush Hour films, both bring back quite funny memories. Also finding out who the artists were that sang all these songs was fascinating.

This time I tried to include some random interludes by artists as well. Mainly inspired by listening to The Score by Fugees the other day. I loved the interludes between songs on that album so I thought I would be cool to hear some on a playlist as well. The bizarre Gill Scott-Heron interlude being my favourite.

All in all, this has been my favourite playlist I have put together. I recommend you don a 60s inspired outfit, do the Watusi and enjoy a Martini for this one! I really hope you like it as much as I do.

Woody

Afternoon, kids. World Cup day, wooo! We”™re split at Spotisfaction Towers – personally, I”™m ridiculously excited and am now pretty much resigned to a month of lounging on the sofa to the despair of my ever patient wife (no change there, then). Thom, on the other hand, would rather gouge his eyes out with a rusty spoon than watch a bunch of girly blokes poncing around. Horses for courses, I guess, but I”™m totally the one in the right here”¦ I”™ve managed to luck out in the sweepstakes this time around – in the two I”™m participating in, I”™ve drawn England and Italy. Not the best, but better than Algeria and USA so in your face Pat, HAH!

Anyway, to business.

We”™ve got a few announcements to make next week and, to be honest, we really hope you like them. I don”™t want to give away too much, but we”™ve listened to your feedback and are ready to roll out some pretty cool things for you all. Come back next week for the scoop :)

Today”™s playlist is, quite simply, a pleasure. I always look forward to Woody”™s mixes and this one doesn”™t disappoint. I think it”™ll put a smile on your face. Unless your heart is cold and dead, or you”™re Rorschach from Watchmen. Freaks.

Love, hugs, and mealy bugs.
[David]

71 Spotisfaction Friday (11 Jun) – WWhyte

  1. Let”™s Wade In The Water – Marlena Shaw
  2. Mama Said – The Shirelles
  3. Sex Education: Ghetto Style – Gil Scott-Heron
  4. Johannesburg – Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackon
  5. Soul Man – Sam & Dave
  6. Spooky – Dusty Springfield
  7. Inside My Love – Minnie Riperton
  8. Everybody Loves The Sunshine – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
  9. Good Taste Tip: Gift Receiving – The Shangri-Las
  10. Remember (Walkin”™ In The Sand) – The Shangri-Las
  11. California Soul – Marlena Shaw
  12. War – Single Version – Edwin Starr
  13. I”™m A Woman – Minnie Riperton
  14. Save Me – Aretha Franklin
  15. I Just Want To Make Love To You – Etta James
  16. Introduction – James Brown & The Famous Flames
  17. Get Up Offa That Thing – James Brown
  18. Street Life – Randy Crawford
  19. Baby It”™s You – The Shirelles
  20. Les Fleurs – Minnie Riperton
  21. I”™m Blue – The Shangri-Las
  22. Wonderful World – Sam Cooke
  23. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free – Nina Simone
  24. September – Earth, Wind & Fire
  25. Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield

Ok, so I”™ve always loved Motown, Soul and old R&B music but apart from going to the odd Motown/Northern Soul night back in my home town 5 years ago and the odd night at Komedia in Brighton, I”™ve rarely properly looked up artists from that era so I decided to take it upon myself to educate my ears and to look stuff up for a playlist.

I was mainly inspired by the first song Wade in the Water by Marlena Shaw, which is horribly overlooked, which my flatmate played me (he”™s obsessed with this kind of music but I did not cheat and ask him for suggestions!) and so it kind of went on from there.

I think the biggest revelation for me on the list was Minnie Riperton. I watched a program years ago about her but never remembered who she was. So to dig up some of her tracks was amazing. As was Marlena Shaw. I think when you listen to those songs they speak for themselves in regards to how brilliant they are. I find it surprising they aren”™t as famous as say Nina Simone or Aretha Franklin because they clearly had some major hits in their time.

Song such as ”˜War”™ and ”˜I Just Want To Make Love To You”™ also are stand outs. Not even musically but culturally with obviously those coke (or was it pepsi?) adverts and ”˜War”™ which I suppose, rather regrettably, I knew from the Rush Hour films, both bring back quite funny memories. Also finding out who the artists were that sang all these songs was fascinating.

This time I tried to include some random interludes by artists as well. Mainly inspired by listening to The Score by Fugees the other day. I loved the interludes between songs on that album so I thought I would be cool to hear some on a playlist as well. The bizarre Gill Scott-Heron interlude being my favourite.

All in all, this has been my favourite playlist I have put together. I recommend you don a 60s inspired outfit, do the Watusi and enjoy a Martini for this one! I really hope you like it as much as I do.

Woody

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Hi all. We”™re testing a new ”˜group author”™ feature today, so hopefully you”™ll see a kickass avatar next to this post indicating that it”™s yours truly behind the ol”™ keyboard”¦ Bear with me if it doesn”™t work, as I”™ll be panicking behind the scenes trying to figure out why it”™s knackered”¦

So far this afternoon I”™ve been listening to a playlist by Sean Adams of DrownedinSound.com, and bopping like a loon. I suggest you check it out, as featured on Spotify”™s blog.

Our playlist today was lovingly crafted by Ben Hawling, and is the second of his “The Soundtrack To My Life”¦” series. It”™s a nostalgic trip through 2007, and is truly an aural treat.

(Part 1, entitled “2006”, can be found here)
[David]

70 Spotisfaction Wednesday (9 Jun) – BHawling.

  1. I Can Only Disappoint U – Mansun
  2. Setting Sun – Howling Bells
  3. I Like Birds – Eels
  4. Get Real Paid – Beck
  5. Breathe In – Frou Frou
  6. Hundred – The Fray
  7. Arc Of Time – Bright Eyes
  8. Beating Heart Baby – Head Automatica
  9. Buddy Holly – Weezer
  10. Such Great Heights – The Postal Service
  11. Little Of Your Time – Maroon 5
  12. The Unshockable – Maximo Park
  13. Like A Feather – Nikka Costa
  14. Here Comes The Fuzz – Mark Ronson
  15. Can”™t Make A Sound – Elliot Smith
  16. Just A Test – Beastie Boys
  17. Feathers – Fields
  18. The Way I Are – Timberland ft. Keri Hilson
  19. It”™s Not About You – Scouting For Girls
  20. Goodbye Mr A. – The Hoosiers
  21. Watch Me Fall Apart – Hard – Fi
  22. Good Life – Kanye West
  23. Brazen (Weep) [Perfecto Mix] – Skunk Anansie
  24. Bodysnatchers – Radiohead
  25. The Night Sky – Keane
  26. One More Time – Daft Punk
  27. Singing For The Lonely – Robbie Williams
  28. Crack The Whip – The Spinto Band
  29. Silent To The Dark – The Electric Soft Parade

The soundtrack to my life”¦”¦”¦.. 2007!

As with 2006 before it, 2007 was full of key life molding moments, all of which were supported by an excellent soundtrack! This year charted my transition from the first year of university to the first half of my second year, and all the friendships and dark times in between.

January – March

The start of the year saw the end of a 3 month long relationship for me, and the gathering of a new set of friends, as I moved into a new house on the uni campus. I was still at the height of my Mansun obsession (still ongoing) at this point, but was also embracing new music from around the time, such as Howling Bells and The Fray. My new room was on the second floor of the house and neatly overlooked the SU bar, which was awesome. As the days got sunnier, and as I watched the sun stretch across the fields, a whole host of sun drenched melodies and tracks entered my ears, including Eels, Frou Frou, Bright Eyes and The Postal Service. Both Eels and Bright Eyes seemed to fit the atmosphere of those lazy days, in completely different ways. Whereas Frou Frou and Postal Service provided the blissful ethereal paint upon the warming canvas. A housemate also got me into Head Automatica at this time, and I remember walking around listening to ”˜Beating Heart Baby”™ non stop.

April – July

Maroon 5”™s second album came out around this time, and despite being full of heartbreak songs, was never out of my ears purely down to its infectious pop hooks. When hanging out in our house one day, a friend claimed that listening to Elliot Smith reminded her of chilling out on the grass and watching the clouds as the sun streamed across everything. I immediately agreed, and quickly got into his ”˜Figure 8”™ album. After hearing some of Mark Ronson”™s ”˜Version”™ album, I bought his more hip hop influenced album and instantly loved it. This coincided with my fascination with 2 many dj”™s, who use Nikka Costa”™s ”˜Like A Feather”™ a lot on their bootleg albums. That summer was fuelled with smiles and dancing, woop!

August – October

I first got into Beastie Boys in the summer of this year, and never looked back. I was given the Fields album by my sister Jo during August, when I was working full time in Moss Bros and had no money. It provided a light in the dark. Also I loved the energy and charm that the band omitted in such a short album. As I was staying at home a lot at this time due to no money, I was watching a lot of television. Thanks to a recent installation of Sky, I had all the music channels, so watched the launching of Scouting For Girls and The Hoosiers, plus loads of R & B tracks. My second year fresher”™s week was good, but I still had no money, and was annoyed at the way some of my new housemates were acting. Anyway, Hard-Fi”™s ”˜Watch Me Fall Apart”™ summed up my feelings here. ”˜Good Life”™ represents the moment I got paid, and got a massive student loan installment, meaning I could buy a shit load of stuff. This track seemed to sum up my attitude towards spending loads of money and generally being rich and happy. What a fool!

November – December

Radiohead released the amazing ”˜In Rainbows”™ in October of this year on the internet, and I paid £5 for it. I went to Swansea to visit a friend that week so listened to that album all the way there and back on the train. I picked up a copy of Paul Oakenfold”™s remix compilation album at this time and the Skunk Anansie track appeared soo haunting, yet beautiful. Keane”™s charity single ”˜The Night Sky”™ came out here and always reminds me of walking through Oxford wearing a green jacket and scarf in the height of Autumn while the leafs fell all around me. One of my favorite memories! For my 20th birthday, me and my housemates went out to a club. At five minutes to midnight, they played ”˜The Way I Are”™, one of my favorite songs of that year, followed by ”˜One More Time”™, my favorite song ever!! Was such a great moment surrounded by close friends hearing the best music! I re-visited Robbie Williams”™ ”˜Sing When Your Winning”™ album in December as it reminded me of my youth. I bought The Spinto Band”™s first album, and Electric Soft Parades”™ ”˜Holes In The Wall”™ for a tenner in a record store and tended to listen to them both as I traveled to work in Oxford from Cheltenham over the Christmas holidays of 2007.

Ok, so overall, not as eventful as my 2006. But 2007 was awesome in soo many other ways. The majority of music that I got into in 2007 remains my favorite songs or band”™s to this day, and it is all down to the memories. You see, even though nothing much happened to me, nothing notably bad happened either, making 2007 great”¦”¦.when compared to 2008!

Nuff said!

Ben Hawling

Hi all. We”™re testing a new ”˜group author”™ feature today, so hopefully you”™ll see a kickass avatar next to this post indicating that it”™s yours truly behind the ol”™ keyboard”¦ Bear with me if it doesn”™t work, as I”™ll be panicking behind the scenes trying to figure out why it”™s knackered”¦

So far this afternoon I”™ve been listening to a playlist by Sean Adams of DrownedinSound.com, and bopping like a loon. I suggest you check it out, as featured on Spotify”™s blog.

Our playlist today was lovingly crafted by Ben Hawling, and is the second of his “The Soundtrack To My Life”¦” series. It”™s a nostalgic trip through 2007, and is truly an aural treat.

(Part 1, entitled “2006”, can be found here)
[David]

70 Spotisfaction Wednesday (9 Jun) – BHawling.

  1. I Can Only Disappoint U – Mansun
  2. Setting Sun – Howling Bells
  3. I Like Birds – Eels
  4. Get Real Paid – Beck
  5. Breathe In – Frou Frou
  6. Hundred – The Fray
  7. Arc Of Time – Bright Eyes
  8. Beating Heart Baby – Head Automatica
  9. Buddy Holly – Weezer
  10. Such Great Heights – The Postal Service
  11. Little Of Your Time – Maroon 5
  12. The Unshockable – Maximo Park
  13. Like A Feather – Nikka Costa
  14. Here Comes The Fuzz – Mark Ronson
  15. Can”™t Make A Sound – Elliot Smith
  16. Just A Test – Beastie Boys
  17. Feathers – Fields
  18. The Way I Are – Timberland ft. Keri Hilson
  19. It”™s Not About You – Scouting For Girls
  20. Goodbye Mr A. – The Hoosiers
  21. Watch Me Fall Apart – Hard – Fi
  22. Good Life – Kanye West
  23. Brazen (Weep) [Perfecto Mix] – Skunk Anansie
  24. Bodysnatchers – Radiohead
  25. The Night Sky – Keane
  26. One More Time – Daft Punk
  27. Singing For The Lonely – Robbie Williams
  28. Crack The Whip – The Spinto Band
  29. Silent To The Dark – The Electric Soft Parade

The soundtrack to my life”¦”¦”¦.. 2007!

As with 2006 before it, 2007 was full of key life molding moments, all of which were supported by an excellent soundtrack! This year charted my transition from the first year of university to the first half of my second year, and all the friendships and dark times in between.

January – March

The start of the year saw the end of a 3 month long relationship for me, and the gathering of a new set of friends, as I moved into a new house on the uni campus. I was still at the height of my Mansun obsession (still ongoing) at this point, but was also embracing new music from around the time, such as Howling Bells and The Fray. My new room was on the second floor of the house and neatly overlooked the SU bar, which was awesome. As the days got sunnier, and as I watched the sun stretch across the fields, a whole host of sun drenched melodies and tracks entered my ears, including Eels, Frou Frou, Bright Eyes and The Postal Service. Both Eels and Bright Eyes seemed to fit the atmosphere of those lazy days, in completely different ways. Whereas Frou Frou and Postal Service provided the blissful ethereal paint upon the warming canvas. A housemate also got me into Head Automatica at this time, and I remember walking around listening to ”˜Beating Heart Baby”™ non stop.

April – July

Maroon 5”™s second album came out around this time, and despite being full of heartbreak songs, was never out of my ears purely down to its infectious pop hooks. When hanging out in our house one day, a friend claimed that listening to Elliot Smith reminded her of chilling out on the grass and watching the clouds as the sun streamed across everything. I immediately agreed, and quickly got into his ”˜Figure 8”™ album. After hearing some of Mark Ronson”™s ”˜Version”™ album, I bought his more hip hop influenced album and instantly loved it. This coincided with my fascination with 2 many dj”™s, who use Nikka Costa”™s ”˜Like A Feather”™ a lot on their bootleg albums. That summer was fuelled with smiles and dancing, woop!

August – October

I first got into Beastie Boys in the summer of this year, and never looked back. I was given the Fields album by my sister Jo during August, when I was working full time in Moss Bros and had no money. It provided a light in the dark. Also I loved the energy and charm that the band omitted in such a short album. As I was staying at home a lot at this time due to no money, I was watching a lot of television. Thanks to a recent installation of Sky, I had all the music channels, so watched the launching of Scouting For Girls and The Hoosiers, plus loads of R & B tracks. My second year fresher”™s week was good, but I still had no money, and was annoyed at the way some of my new housemates were acting. Anyway, Hard-Fi”™s ”˜Watch Me Fall Apart”™ summed up my feelings here. ”˜Good Life”™ represents the moment I got paid, and got a massive student loan installment, meaning I could buy a shit load of stuff. This track seemed to sum up my attitude towards spending loads of money and generally being rich and happy. What a fool!

November – December

Radiohead released the amazing ”˜In Rainbows”™ in October of this year on the internet, and I paid £5 for it. I went to Swansea to visit a friend that week so listened to that album all the way there and back on the train. I picked up a copy of Paul Oakenfold”™s remix compilation album at this time and the Skunk Anansie track appeared soo haunting, yet beautiful. Keane”™s charity single ”˜The Night Sky”™ came out here and always reminds me of walking through Oxford wearing a green jacket and scarf in the height of Autumn while the leafs fell all around me. One of my favorite memories! For my 20th birthday, me and my housemates went out to a club. At five minutes to midnight, they played ”˜The Way I Are”™, one of my favorite songs of that year, followed by ”˜One More Time”™, my favorite song ever!! Was such a great moment surrounded by close friends hearing the best music! I re-visited Robbie Williams”™ ”˜Sing When Your Winning”™ album in December as it reminded me of my youth. I bought The Spinto Band”™s first album, and Electric Soft Parades”™ ”˜Holes In The Wall”™ for a tenner in a record store and tended to listen to them both as I traveled to work in Oxford from Cheltenham over the Christmas holidays of 2007.

Ok, so overall, not as eventful as my 2006. But 2007 was awesome in soo many other ways. The majority of music that I got into in 2007 remains my favorite songs or band”™s to this day, and it is all down to the memories. You see, even though nothing much happened to me, nothing notably bad happened either, making 2007 great”¦”¦.when compared to 2008!

Nuff said!

Ben Hawling

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Playlists

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Morning kids. I trust you all had a lovely weekend? I spent 12 and a half hours at a Lord of the Rings marathon, which makes me both nerdy *and* hardcore”¦ result!

I was all set to run a guest mix today, but then I got the bug and had to chuck in one of my own.

69 Spotisfaction Monday (7 Jun) – DProwse

  1. Rob Sparx – Casino
  2. Mj Cole – Sincere – Nero Remix
  3. DZ – Serenity Now
  4. The Presets – This Boy”™s In Love – Lifelike Remix
  5. Holy Ghost! – On Board (feat. The DFA Celestial Choir) (Dub)
  6. Metronomy – Heartbreaker – Diskjokke Remix
  7. Mandy, Booka Shade – Donut – Boy 8 Bit Remix
  8. Booka Shade – Charlotte
  9. Paul Kalkbrenner – The Palisades
  10. The Knife – Silent Shout
  11. Errors – Supertribe
  12. Delphic – This Momentary
  13. Caribou – Odessa
  14. Grizzly Bear – Merge (Dntel Remix)
  15. Bomarr – What Kept Grandpa Up
  16. Cars & Trains – Intimidated By Silence – Blue Sky Black Death Remix
  17. The American Analog Set – Anything Could Happen
  18. Butcher the Bar – Opening Night
  19. School Of Seven Bells – Half Asleep
  20. Grizzly Bear – Colorado
  21. Angus & Julia Stone – Hold On
  22. Beck – Everybody”™s Gotta Learn Sometimes

Quite a few different bits and pieces in here, so hopefully there are a couple of songs that everyone will like. Many thanks to those who dragged tracks into my inbox this week, as I”™ve shamelessly nicked a few for this playlist! If you haven”™t worked up the courage to make your own playlist yet, Thom and I would love for you to drag a few of your favourite tracks into our inboxes in Spotify.

Muchos love.
[David]

Morning kids. I trust you all had a lovely weekend? I spent 12 and a half hours at a Lord of the Rings marathon, which makes me both nerdy *and* hardcore”¦ result!

I was all set to run a guest mix today, but then I got the bug and had to chuck in one of my own.

69 Spotisfaction Monday (7 Jun) – DProwse

  1. Rob Sparx – Casino
  2. Mj Cole – Sincere – Nero Remix
  3. DZ – Serenity Now
  4. The Presets – This Boy”™s In Love – Lifelike Remix
  5. Holy Ghost! – On Board (feat. The DFA Celestial Choir) (Dub)
  6. Metronomy – Heartbreaker – Diskjokke Remix
  7. Mandy, Booka Shade – Donut – Boy 8 Bit Remix
  8. Booka Shade – Charlotte
  9. Paul Kalkbrenner – The Palisades
  10. The Knife – Silent Shout
  11. Errors – Supertribe
  12. Delphic – This Momentary
  13. Caribou – Odessa
  14. Grizzly Bear – Merge (Dntel Remix)
  15. Bomarr – What Kept Grandpa Up
  16. Cars & Trains – Intimidated By Silence – Blue Sky Black Death Remix
  17. The American Analog Set – Anything Could Happen
  18. Butcher the Bar – Opening Night
  19. School Of Seven Bells – Half Asleep
  20. Grizzly Bear – Colorado
  21. Angus & Julia Stone – Hold On
  22. Beck – Everybody”™s Gotta Learn Sometimes

Quite a few different bits and pieces in here, so hopefully there are a couple of songs that everyone will like. Many thanks to those who dragged tracks into my inbox this week, as I”™ve shamelessly nicked a few for this playlist! If you haven”™t worked up the courage to make your own playlist yet, Thom and I would love for you to drag a few of your favourite tracks into our inboxes in Spotify.

Muchos love.
[David]

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DM29VrMfsYfj3TKu6GyjW

Welcome, strangers. Today we have something a bit special. I”™ve been longing to put this up ever since it was submitted and today is the day. It”™s Steve Johnson”™s metal mix. It is also Steve”™s birthday today, so everyone give him a big cheer and if you get the chance, buy the man a drink. Happy birthday, dude. Cheers for the submission.
[Thom]

68 Spotisfaction Friday (4 Jun) – SJohnson

Well, I was asked by Thom for a metal playlist so here is a predominantly metal playlist for all you pansies out there. Also a sly bit of Grunge and “Alternative” thrown in for good measure as to not wear you all out.

1. Meshuggah – New Millenium Cyanide Christ
2. Kreator – Betrayer
3. Pantera – Psycho Holiday
4. Hate Eternal – Powers That Be
5. Symphony X – Sea of Lies
6. Strapping Young Lad – Zen
7. Mr Bungle – Slowly Growing Deaf
8. Pantera – Cemetary Gates
9. Opeth – The Leper Affinity
10. Alice in Chains – No Excuses
11. Vital Remains – Dechristianize
12. Obituary – Don”™t Care
13. Deicide – Kill The Christian
14. Faith No More – Surprise You”™re Dead
15. Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
16. Soundgarden – Holy Water
17. Meshuggah – Bleed
18. Cannibal Corpse – Hammer Smashed Face
19. Morbid Angel – Where the Slime Live
20. Megadeth – Holy Wars”¦ The Punishment Due
21. Dimmu Borgir – Kings of the Carnival Creation
22. Pantera – Revolution is my Name
23. Nile – Kafir
24. Tomahawk – Sir, Yes Sir
25. Slayer – Angel of Death

If you”™re not into thrash/extreme/technical metal then this playlist is not for you, though check out the Alice in Chains track because they are pretty much the best band ever (RIP Layne)

Tried to cover a fair spectrum of metal in this playlist but predominantly it leans towards the extreme side of the scale.

Pantera and Slayer are of particular relevance to my interests as they are effectively the first “proper” metal bands I listened to.

Obviously the vocals in alot of these songs are extreme (what else are you expecting from death metal ?) but if any of you do want to argue that death metal isn”™t music because of the vocals please let me know.

Highlights:

Psycho Holiday (One of my fave guitar solo”™s ever)

Bleed (Listen to the drummer”™s footwork)

Dechristianize (Awesome title, awesome arpeggio breakdown)

Kafir! (Because you will never be able to play this song on drums)

Holy Water (Chris Cornell has an insane voice)

Hammer Smashed Face (Title says it all)

Well this was fun.

Steve

Welcome, strangers. Today we have something a bit special. I”™ve been longing to put this up ever since it was submitted and today is the day. It”™s Steve Johnson”™s metal mix. It is also Steve”™s birthday today, so everyone give him a big cheer and if you get the chance, buy the man a drink. Happy birthday, dude. Cheers for the submission.
[Thom]

68 Spotisfaction Friday (4 Jun) – SJohnson

Well, I was asked by Thom for a metal playlist so here is a predominantly metal playlist for all you pansies out there. Also a sly bit of Grunge and “Alternative” thrown in for good measure as to not wear you all out.

1. Meshuggah – New Millenium Cyanide Christ
2. Kreator – Betrayer
3. Pantera – Psycho Holiday
4. Hate Eternal – Powers That Be
5. Symphony X – Sea of Lies
6. Strapping Young Lad – Zen
7. Mr Bungle – Slowly Growing Deaf
8. Pantera – Cemetary Gates
9. Opeth – The Leper Affinity
10. Alice in Chains – No Excuses
11. Vital Remains – Dechristianize
12. Obituary – Don”™t Care
13. Deicide – Kill The Christian
14. Faith No More – Surprise You”™re Dead
15. Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
16. Soundgarden – Holy Water
17. Meshuggah – Bleed
18. Cannibal Corpse – Hammer Smashed Face
19. Morbid Angel – Where the Slime Live
20. Megadeth – Holy Wars”¦ The Punishment Due
21. Dimmu Borgir – Kings of the Carnival Creation
22. Pantera – Revolution is my Name
23. Nile – Kafir
24. Tomahawk – Sir, Yes Sir
25. Slayer – Angel of Death

If you”™re not into thrash/extreme/technical metal then this playlist is not for you, though check out the Alice in Chains track because they are pretty much the best band ever (RIP Layne)

Tried to cover a fair spectrum of metal in this playlist but predominantly it leans towards the extreme side of the scale.

Pantera and Slayer are of particular relevance to my interests as they are effectively the first “proper” metal bands I listened to.

Obviously the vocals in alot of these songs are extreme (what else are you expecting from death metal ?) but if any of you do want to argue that death metal isn”™t music because of the vocals please let me know.

Highlights:

Psycho Holiday (One of my fave guitar solo”™s ever)

Bleed (Listen to the drummer”™s footwork)

Dechristianize (Awesome title, awesome arpeggio breakdown)

Kafir! (Because you will never be able to play this song on drums)

Holy Water (Chris Cornell has an insane voice)

Hammer Smashed Face (Title says it all)

Well this was fun.

Steve

Categories
Playlists Reviews

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6DeWihCi5UGYKJb8PWd2KV

We don”™t know about you good folk, but we got tired of looking at the headache of the previous theme. It was ripe with potential, but I figured we were far too lazy to do anything with it. So we decided to use this theme instead. It”™s called”¦ something”¦ We shelled out $9 for it. Anyway, today we are going to fire off a quick bit of news.

Firstly, Cheltenham Underground”™s Decent Days and Nights Weekend is done and dusted. It is now in the past. Was it fantastic? Well, yes, it was. We”™re rounding up a bunch of reviews of the weekend which will be posted here:

Day 1 – Elliot Mason; Byron Vincent & A. F. Harrold
Day 2 – The David Goo Variety Band; Natalie Ross and Christian & Dominic
Day 3 – All Day Music for Winston”™s Wish (Part 1) (Part 2)
Day 4 – My First Tooth; pollyloves and Alexander John

Also this weekend in Cheltenham was the 4th annual Fairview Convention at the Kemble Inn organised for County Air Ambulance by Loz Apperly and Gordy Partridge. Some fantastic bands played including John Madden & Tom Mitchell, Stressechos, Uncle Slacker and The Coronettes. Word on the street is that quite a fair bit of money was raised, well done guys.

The final piece of news is regarding Spotisfaction itself. Dave and I have been talking about what we”™re going to do with this. We”™ve got some ideas, I”™ve been in talks with a few people and we”™re leaning towards making this a musical blog. So let”™s get the ball rolling. If you fancy writing news, features or reviews for us fire an email to spotisfaction@googlemail.com with “Application” in the subject field and a quick piece (minimum 500 words) about your favourite album. We”™ll make it easy for now. I understand that some of you may have already been told that we”™ll run your articles – and we will – so for now get them sent in to the spotisfaction email address and we”™ll start getting them published on here.

Finally, a playlist for today. Entitled “Relaunch”, this is just a handful of tracks to encompass the coming changes of Spotisfaction. In the meantime, please continue to submit your playlists.

66 Spotisfaction Wednesday (2 Jun) – Relaunch

  1. Erlend Oye – The Black Keys Work (Acapella)
  2. Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks
  3. Quasi – Bye Bye Blackbird
  4. Metric – Gold Guns Girls
  5. Blood Red Shoes – I Wish I Was Someone Better
  6. The Subways – Oh Yeah
  7. LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls
  8. Bloc Party – Helicopter
  9. The Walkmen – The Rat
  10. Wonderswan – Hey Nature
  11. Secret Shine – Sun Warmed Water
  12. Sad Day For Puppets – Set Alight
  13. Caribou – Kaili
  14. Phoenix – Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)
  15. James Holden – Triangle Folds
  16. Nathan Fake – You Are Here (Fortdax Remix)
  17. Oh No Ono – Internet Warrior (Depreciation Guild Remix)


Erlend Oye has recently become Thom”™s hero, so let”™s kick this off with a very special, almost sacred vocal only track. Peter Bjorn and John are here to remind us were are indeed, Young Folks. LCD Soundsystem inform us that Drunk Girls are watching Sean Ferguson do the Helicopter to Bloc Party. Ending this playlist is a bunch of tracks we stole from Thom”™s “Notisfaction” series because they”™re pretty awesome.

As always, you should be able to find the Spotisfaction archives on either Thom or Dave”™s Spotify profile.

We don”™t know about you good folk, but we got tired of looking at the headache of the previous theme. It was ripe with potential, but I figured we were far too lazy to do anything with it. So we decided to use this theme instead. It”™s called”¦ something”¦ We shelled out $9 for it. Anyway, today we are going to fire off a quick bit of news.

Firstly, Cheltenham Underground”™s Decent Days and Nights Weekend is done and dusted. It is now in the past. Was it fantastic? Well, yes, it was. We”™re rounding up a bunch of reviews of the weekend which will be posted here:

Day 1 – Elliot Mason; Byron Vincent & A. F. Harrold
Day 2 – The David Goo Variety Band; Natalie Ross and Christian & Dominic
Day 3 – All Day Music for Winston”™s Wish (Part 1) (Part 2)
Day 4 – My First Tooth; pollyloves and Alexander John

Also this weekend in Cheltenham was the 4th annual Fairview Convention at the Kemble Inn organised for County Air Ambulance by Loz Apperly and Gordy Partridge. Some fantastic bands played including John Madden & Tom Mitchell, Stressechos, Uncle Slacker and The Coronettes. Word on the street is that quite a fair bit of money was raised, well done guys.

The final piece of news is regarding Spotisfaction itself. Dave and I have been talking about what we”™re going to do with this. We”™ve got some ideas, I”™ve been in talks with a few people and we”™re leaning towards making this a musical blog. So let”™s get the ball rolling. If you fancy writing news, features or reviews for us fire an email to spotisfaction@googlemail.com with “Application” in the subject field and a quick piece (minimum 500 words) about your favourite album. We”™ll make it easy for now. I understand that some of you may have already been told that we”™ll run your articles – and we will – so for now get them sent in to the spotisfaction email address and we”™ll start getting them published on here.

Finally, a playlist for today. Entitled “Relaunch”, this is just a handful of tracks to encompass the coming changes of Spotisfaction. In the meantime, please continue to submit your playlists.

66 Spotisfaction Wednesday (2 Jun) – Relaunch

  1. Erlend Oye – The Black Keys Work (Acapella)
  2. Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks
  3. Quasi – Bye Bye Blackbird
  4. Metric – Gold Guns Girls
  5. Blood Red Shoes – I Wish I Was Someone Better
  6. The Subways – Oh Yeah
  7. LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls
  8. Bloc Party – Helicopter
  9. The Walkmen – The Rat
  10. Wonderswan – Hey Nature
  11. Secret Shine – Sun Warmed Water
  12. Sad Day For Puppets – Set Alight
  13. Caribou – Kaili
  14. Phoenix – Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)
  15. James Holden – Triangle Folds
  16. Nathan Fake – You Are Here (Fortdax Remix)
  17. Oh No Ono – Internet Warrior (Depreciation Guild Remix)


Erlend Oye has recently become Thom”™s hero, so let”™s kick this off with a very special, almost sacred vocal only track. Peter Bjorn and John are here to remind us were are indeed, Young Folks. LCD Soundsystem inform us that Drunk Girls are watching Sean Ferguson do the Helicopter to Bloc Party. Ending this playlist is a bunch of tracks we stole from Thom”™s “Notisfaction” series because they”™re pretty awesome.

As always, you should be able to find the Spotisfaction archives on either Thom or Dave”™s Spotify profile.

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QPhL6EffuKVumtPEEjMqw

Today”™s playlist is for those we love and those who love us back.
See some of you tonight at Slak.
David

James Cook:

Dad & I – A playlist

65 Spotisfaction Friday (28 May) – JCook

So, Spotify is about sharing, right? Here”™s a playlist with a story for every song; these are all songs that connect my father and I somehow.

  1. Space Oddity – David Bowie
  2. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
  3. Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
  4. A Town Called Malice – The Jam
  5. Muscle Museum – Muse
  6. Will You? – Hazel O”™Connor
  7. Avalon – Roxy Music
  8. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
  9. Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream
  10. Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits
  11. Street Spirit (Fade Out) – Radiohead
  12. Ashes In The Fall – Rage Against The Machine
  13. Caramel – Blur
  14. Pyramid Song – Radiohead
  15. Alone Again Or – Love
  16. Stay – Shakespears Sister
  17. Hard Headed Woman – Cat Stevens
  18. Theme From Harry”™s Game – Clannad
  19. Samba Pa Ti – Santana
  20. I Drove All Night – Roy Orbison
  21. Nights In White Satin – The Moody Blues
  22. No Distance Left To Run – Blur

I can credit my parents with giving me a fantastic musical education I think; my Dad especially, whose tapes in his car we used to listen to time and again on the long journeys up to Scotland to spend time with my Mum”™s family at Christmas and the like. The Beatles, Bowie, Hendrix were my upbringing. This is where the playlist starts.

As a child, I remember singing along to Bowie on a trip to the nearest playground. When we got there, I actually decided I”™d much rather listen to Space Oddity and the rest of the Bowie album, rather than play on the swings. It started to rain, and I have this image of sitting in the car singing along to Space Oddity with Dad, looking out at an empty park through rain-swept glass. – “I”™m floating in the most peculiar way, and the stars look very different today.”

Voodoo Child was the first song I ever performed in front of an audience at school. The concert had been the usual choir/orchestra affair and then I walked on stage backed by the best drummer is school, turned up my amp too loud, and hit the parents with a poorly played version of Jimi Hendrix. I think I hit the spirit of the song (if not all the right notes) because we got the best cheer of the night, and Dad was there to see it! – “If I don”™t meet you no more in this world then, uh, I”™ll meet ya on the next one, and don”™t be late.”

Ruby Tuesday was a song me and Dad used to practice, me on the guitar and he singing. I only started playing the guitar because he wanted to learn, but after a few years he put the guitar to one side and just took an interest in my interest in it. – “Catch your dreams before they slip away.”

A Town Called Malice, or, apparently according to Dad, A Town Called Alice. – “I could go on for hours”¦ and I probably will, but I”™d much rather spread joy”¦”

As a teenager, I made a mixtape of my favourite artists for Dad to listen to in the car, in a reversal of my musical upbringing. Muse, Blur, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine are all here, and I remember having conversations about the merits of them compared to the classics. Muse in particular became a band we were both equally enthusiastic about.. he spied the decline in their artistry alot earlier than me, completely unfussed by Stockholm Syndrome and Time Is Running Out before the disappointing Absolution was released. – “And we all went to heaven in a little row boat; there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.”

So I can credit Dad with alot about who I am as a person, my passions, my interests, and my taste in music. Sadly, he passed away 2 years ago to the day yesterday, I spent the day making this playlist, and David and Thom have done me the honour of featuring it today. There were only 2 songs that could finish this playlist. Nights In White Satin is a classic from Dad”™s favourite artist, The Moody Blues. The song Go Now was his all-time favourite and it was played at the funeral, though thankfully it isn”™t available on Spotify – a prescient choice I think! No Distance Left To Run by Blur is another one from that mixtape I made Dad, and pair up with Nights In White Satin beautifully. Here”™s to the big man.

– “It”™s over, you don”™t need to tell me.”

Today”™s playlist is for those we love and those who love us back.
See some of you tonight at Slak.
David

James Cook:

Dad & I – A playlist

65 Spotisfaction Friday (28 May) – JCook

So, Spotify is about sharing, right? Here”™s a playlist with a story for every song; these are all songs that connect my father and I somehow.

  1. Space Oddity – David Bowie
  2. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
  3. Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
  4. A Town Called Malice – The Jam
  5. Muscle Museum – Muse
  6. Will You? – Hazel O”™Connor
  7. Avalon – Roxy Music
  8. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
  9. Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream
  10. Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits
  11. Street Spirit (Fade Out) – Radiohead
  12. Ashes In The Fall – Rage Against The Machine
  13. Caramel – Blur
  14. Pyramid Song – Radiohead
  15. Alone Again Or – Love
  16. Stay – Shakespears Sister
  17. Hard Headed Woman – Cat Stevens
  18. Theme From Harry”™s Game – Clannad
  19. Samba Pa Ti – Santana
  20. I Drove All Night – Roy Orbison
  21. Nights In White Satin – The Moody Blues
  22. No Distance Left To Run – Blur

I can credit my parents with giving me a fantastic musical education I think; my Dad especially, whose tapes in his car we used to listen to time and again on the long journeys up to Scotland to spend time with my Mum”™s family at Christmas and the like. The Beatles, Bowie, Hendrix were my upbringing. This is where the playlist starts.

As a child, I remember singing along to Bowie on a trip to the nearest playground. When we got there, I actually decided I”™d much rather listen to Space Oddity and the rest of the Bowie album, rather than play on the swings. It started to rain, and I have this image of sitting in the car singing along to Space Oddity with Dad, looking out at an empty park through rain-swept glass. – “I”™m floating in the most peculiar way, and the stars look very different today.”

Voodoo Child was the first song I ever performed in front of an audience at school. The concert had been the usual choir/orchestra affair and then I walked on stage backed by the best drummer is school, turned up my amp too loud, and hit the parents with a poorly played version of Jimi Hendrix. I think I hit the spirit of the song (if not all the right notes) because we got the best cheer of the night, and Dad was there to see it! – “If I don”™t meet you no more in this world then, uh, I”™ll meet ya on the next one, and don”™t be late.”

Ruby Tuesday was a song me and Dad used to practice, me on the guitar and he singing. I only started playing the guitar because he wanted to learn, but after a few years he put the guitar to one side and just took an interest in my interest in it. – “Catch your dreams before they slip away.”

A Town Called Malice, or, apparently according to Dad, A Town Called Alice. – “I could go on for hours”¦ and I probably will, but I”™d much rather spread joy”¦”

As a teenager, I made a mixtape of my favourite artists for Dad to listen to in the car, in a reversal of my musical upbringing. Muse, Blur, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine are all here, and I remember having conversations about the merits of them compared to the classics. Muse in particular became a band we were both equally enthusiastic about.. he spied the decline in their artistry alot earlier than me, completely unfussed by Stockholm Syndrome and Time Is Running Out before the disappointing Absolution was released. – “And we all went to heaven in a little row boat; there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.”

So I can credit Dad with alot about who I am as a person, my passions, my interests, and my taste in music. Sadly, he passed away 2 years ago to the day yesterday, I spent the day making this playlist, and David and Thom have done me the honour of featuring it today. There were only 2 songs that could finish this playlist. Nights In White Satin is a classic from Dad”™s favourite artist, The Moody Blues. The song Go Now was his all-time favourite and it was played at the funeral, though thankfully it isn”™t available on Spotify – a prescient choice I think! No Distance Left To Run by Blur is another one from that mixtape I made Dad, and pair up with Nights In White Satin beautifully. Here”™s to the big man.

– “It”™s over, you don”™t need to tell me.”

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

Something a bit different today.

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

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

Needle Exchange 021 – Christoph Hochheim/The Depreciation Guild

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thom

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