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“Out of some desire to do something other than sit around and rot, the men known as David Prowse and Thom Lavelle decided to sit around and rot whilst swapping Spotify playlists and blogging about them”¦”

Day number Tuesday of our Spotisfaction series, and next up is my playlist. Honestly, the first draft was about 40 songs too long, and contained a distinct section for pretty much every genre under the sun”¦ Figured I should probably cut it down a little, and ended up with the following. Worried I might have played it a bit too safe with my selections, so feedback is very much appreciated.

02 Spotisfaction Tuesday (23 Feb) – DProwse

Forss – Funk For Nerds

Sia – Breathe Me (Four Tet Remix)

Kira Neris – Scampering

The Little People (Feat Rachael Roberts) – Breathe Again

The Cinematic Orchestra – Child Song

The xx – Crystalised

Maps – Valium In The Sunshine

Neon Indian – 6669 (I don”™t know if you know)

TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me

Death From Above 1979 – Black History Month

Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire

Titus Andronicus – Fear And Loathing In Mahwah, NJ

Spoon – Got Nuffin”™

Kevin Drew – Lucky Ones

The Hold Steady – Constructive Summer

The Acorn – Antenna

Bowerbirds – Northern Lights

Sonic Youth – Incinerate

Caribou – Sundialing

Atlas Sound – Quick Canal (w. Laetitia Sadier)

Sleeping States – Red King

Sufjan Stevens – They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhhh!

Interpol – Stella was a diver and she was always down

Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart

The National – Mr. November

My standouts below”¦

I first heard Sia in 2003 or so, and have been a pretty big fan ever since. Her solo stuff is awesome, but didn”™t really fit in with the feel of this playlist. I was tempted to go with some Zero 7 back from when she guested on a lot of their tracks, but in the end I chose the Four Tet remix of “Breathe Me” as A) I love Four Tet and B) It”™s my sodding playlist.

Oh man, The Cinematic Orchestra. I saw them at the Roundhouse doing their “Man With a Movie Camera” short film set”¦ I loved them before, but seriously, they”™ll always be incredible in my eyes after that. This track is from “Ma Fluer” but was played that night too. Hammond organs are awesomesauce and win chips.

I used The xx as a way to bridge the introduction from the orchestral beauty of The Cinematic Orchestra into the next section of the playlist. I heart this track, it gets me going. The layering of the male vs female vocals is sublime. Off the back of this track, we move straight into Maps – I was fortunate enough to catch them when they played Dot-to-Dot in Bristol last year, and bought their sophomore album on the strength of that gig alone. This is my favourite track from “Turning the Mind”. James Chapman just exudes focus – I swear when I saw them he pretty much forgot that there was a crowd, he was so into the music. That love for what he does is clearly apparent in this track.

Tunde Adebimpe is pretty much amazing; I”™ll admit right now for the sake of full disclosure that I actually want to be him (and would probably settle for stroking his beard gently). TV on the Radio had to feature somewhere in this playlist, and “Wolf Like Me” seemed like the best choice. I love the breakdown in this track, and the “howling forever” section brings out the ol”™ goosebumps. I love how they can use their horn section without it being completely overpowering. It”™s layered so well that you hardly notice it”™s there, but the whole song would sound so flat if it wasn”™t. Such clever mixing.

I really wanted to play the Alan Braxe & Fred Falke remix of Death From Above 1979”™s Black History Month from their “Romance Bloody Romance” LP, but annoyingly I couldn”™t find it on Spotify. I absolutely love the opening refrain from Jesse here: “Can you remember a time when this city was / a great place for architects and dillitentes / a nice place for midwives and crossing guards and on and on”. The prevailing theme is of the world changing around you and it really resonates with me – I listen to this track and am taken back to memories from my childhood, school, university, and am reminded how the rose-tinted glasses of life make those things seem so much better in hindsight than they might have been at the time. I love the subtle pessimism of the lyrics crossed with the sombre melody of the synth. Brilliant, haunting, depressing track.

I only started listening to Japandroids very recently – I think I caught them on a DrownedinSound playlist, and am hugely thankful that I did. Their sound is so raw, and the best way I can describe them is that it”™s like listening to a mediocre pop-punk band whilst lying in an upturned bathtub wrapped in cotton wool. You”™d be forgiven for immediately ruling them out of your music collection, but the garage band noise-scene sound really works for them so bugger it. Plus, I share the same name as the drummer so they had to go into this playlist, no?

Kevin Drew marks the start of the second half of the playlist, and is there to get me back into an upbeat mood after the previous couple of songs. There”™s something about Kevin”™s work (whether solo, with Broken Social Scene, or through his various other projects such as KC Accidental) that just makes me feel good about myself. The whole “BSS Presents: Spirit If”¦” album is the musical equivalent of coming home after a long holiday, I guess. Comforting, warm and familiar. Hugely looking forward to BSS”™s new album in May.

Leading from Kevin straight into The Hold Steady makes me a happy bunny – I could listen to these guys every day of the year and they”™d never get old to me. So much energy – I can be sat at my desk glazed over and waist deep in work, but in my head I”™ve downed 10 cans of Red Bull and am dancing around in my pants with a hairbrush microphone. Whether that says more about my sexuality than my musical tastes, I”™m not sure”¦

I suppose I should like Sonic Youth, but if I”™m perfectly honest I never really afforded them much of a listen – I wrote them off a long time ago, seemingly without much reason. I found this track after trying to rectify that, and am reserving judgment for now I think. I”™d appreciate a recommendation or two if anyone reading this likes them.

Wanted so much to play Sleeping States whilst I was compiling this list, so that”™s why they”™re here – I found them on a Last.fm recommendation from Grizzly Bear and that”™s a pretty fantastic compliment, and well-deserved in my opinion. I”™m very much into their “In The Gardens of the North” LP at the moment, and I can heartily recommend if you”™re into melodic pop. Which you should be. That is all.

Finally, I had to finish with The National, if only because dumbass here managed to miss out on tickets to see them in the Royal Albert Hall. Hmmph.

[David]

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date February 23, 2010

“Out of some desire to do something other than sit around and rot, the men known as David Prowse and Thom Lavelle decided to sit around and rot whilst swapping Spotify playlists and blogging about them”¦”

Day number Tuesday of our Spotisfaction series, and next up is my playlist. Honestly, the first draft was about 40 songs too long, and contained a distinct section for pretty much every genre under the sun”¦ Figured I should probably cut it down a little, and ended up with the following. Worried I might have played it a bit too safe with my selections, so feedback is very much appreciated.

02 Spotisfaction Tuesday (23 Feb) – DProwse

Forss – Funk For Nerds
Sia – Breathe Me (Four Tet Remix)
Kira Neris – Scampering
The Little People (Feat Rachael Roberts) – Breathe Again
The Cinematic Orchestra – Child Song
The xx – Crystalised
Maps – Valium In The Sunshine
Neon Indian – 6669 (I don”™t know if you know)
TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
Death From Above 1979 – Black History Month
Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire
Titus Andronicus – Fear And Loathing In Mahwah, NJ
Spoon – Got Nuffin”™
Kevin Drew – Lucky Ones
The Hold Steady – Constructive Summer
The Acorn – Antenna
Bowerbirds – Northern Lights
Sonic Youth – Incinerate
Caribou – Sundialing
Atlas Sound – Quick Canal (w. Laetitia Sadier)
Sleeping States – Red King
Sufjan Stevens – They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhhh!
Interpol – Stella was a diver and she was always down
Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart
The National – Mr. November

My standouts below”¦

I first heard Sia in 2003 or so, and have been a pretty big fan ever since. Her solo stuff is awesome, but didn”™t really fit in with the feel of this playlist. I was tempted to go with some Zero 7 back from when she guested on a lot of their tracks, but in the end I chose the Four Tet remix of “Breathe Me” as A) I love Four Tet and B) It”™s my sodding playlist.

Oh man, The Cinematic Orchestra. I saw them at the Roundhouse doing their “Man With a Movie Camera” short film set”¦ I loved them before, but seriously, they”™ll always be incredible in my eyes after that. This track is from “Ma Fluer” but was played that night too. Hammond organs are awesomesauce and win chips.

I used The xx as a way to bridge the introduction from the orchestral beauty of The Cinematic Orchestra into the next section of the playlist. I heart this track, it gets me going. The layering of the male vs female vocals is sublime. Off the back of this track, we move straight into Maps – I was fortunate enough to catch them when they played Dot-to-Dot in Bristol last year, and bought their sophomore album on the strength of that gig alone. This is my favourite track from “Turning the Mind”. James Chapman just exudes focus – I swear when I saw them he pretty much forgot that there was a crowd, he was so into the music. That love for what he does is clearly apparent in this track.

Tunde Adebimpe is pretty much amazing; I”™ll admit right now for the sake of full disclosure that I actually want to be him (and would probably settle for stroking his beard gently). TV on the Radio had to feature somewhere in this playlist, and “Wolf Like Me” seemed like the best choice. I love the breakdown in this track, and the “howling forever” section brings out the ol”™ goosebumps. I love how they can use their horn section without it being completely overpowering. It”™s layered so well that you hardly notice it”™s there, but the whole song would sound so flat if it wasn”™t. Such clever mixing.

I really wanted to play the Alan Braxe & Fred Falke remix of Death From Above 1979”™s Black History Month from their “Romance Bloody Romance” LP, but annoyingly I couldn”™t find it on Spotify. I absolutely love the opening refrain from Jesse here: “Can you remember a time when this city was / a great place for architects and dillitentes / a nice place for midwives and crossing guards and on and on”. The prevailing theme is of the world changing around you and it really resonates with me – I listen to this track and am taken back to memories from my childhood, school, university, and am reminded how the rose-tinted glasses of life make those things seem so much better in hindsight than they might have been at the time. I love the subtle pessimism of the lyrics crossed with the sombre melody of the synth. Brilliant, haunting, depressing track.

I only started listening to Japandroids very recently – I think I caught them on a DrownedinSound playlist, and am hugely thankful that I did. Their sound is so raw, and the best way I can describe them is that it”™s like listening to a mediocre pop-punk band whilst lying in an upturned bathtub wrapped in cotton wool. You”™d be forgiven for immediately ruling them out of your music collection, but the garage band noise-scene sound really works for them so bugger it. Plus, I share the same name as the drummer so they had to go into this playlist, no?

Kevin Drew marks the start of the second half of the playlist, and is there to get me back into an upbeat mood after the previous couple of songs. There”™s something about Kevin”™s work (whether solo, with Broken Social Scene, or through his various other projects such as KC Accidental) that just makes me feel good about myself. The whole “BSS Presents: Spirit If”¦” album is the musical equivalent of coming home after a long holiday, I guess. Comforting, warm and familiar. Hugely looking forward to BSS”™s new album in May.

Leading from Kevin straight into The Hold Steady makes me a happy bunny – I could listen to these guys every day of the year and they”™d never get old to me. So much energy – I can be sat at my desk glazed over and waist deep in work, but in my head I”™ve downed 10 cans of Red Bull and am dancing around in my pants with a hairbrush microphone. Whether that says more about my sexuality than my musical tastes, I”™m not sure”¦

I suppose I should like Sonic Youth, but if I”™m perfectly honest I never really afforded them much of a listen – I wrote them off a long time ago, seemingly without much reason. I found this track after trying to rectify that, and am reserving judgment for now I think. I”™d appreciate a recommendation or two if anyone reading this likes them.

Wanted so much to play Sleeping States whilst I was compiling this list, so that”™s why they”™re here – I found them on a Last.fm recommendation from Grizzly Bear and that”™s a pretty fantastic compliment, and well-deserved in my opinion. I”™m very much into their “In The Gardens of the North” LP at the moment, and I can heartily recommend if you”™re into melodic pop. Which you should be. That is all.

Finally, I had to finish with The National, if only because dumbass here managed to miss out on tickets to see them in the Royal Albert Hall. Hmmph.

[David]

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Playlists

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“Out of some desire to do something other than sit around and rot, the men known as David Prowse and Thom Lavelle decided to sit around and rot whilst swapping Spotify playlists and blogging about them”¦”

And so it begins. This week, Dave Prowse and myself are going to be swapping Spotify playlists, culminating in a Collab playlist come Friday. I was first up, so here is my Monday morning playlist.

Take a listen, leave some feedback. We”™re hoping we can expand this concept in the coming weeks, so feel free to get in touch with either of us if you want to contribute in some form (playlists, reviews, rants, ideas, whatever).

01 Spotisfaction Monday (22 Feb) – TLavelle

Heartbreaker – Metronomy

You Could Easily Have Me – Metronomy

Presto Change-o – Quasi

I Never Want To See You Again – Quasi

GNG BNG – Flying Lotus

Velvet – The Big Pink

Summertime – Ringo Deathstarr

Them That Do Nothing – Field Music

Rome – Phoenix

Bro”™s – Panda Bear

Empty Vessels – The Macabees feat. Roots Manuva

Herbaholics – Phi Life Cyper

The Terrorist – DJ Vadim Feat. Moshun Man

King Without A Crown (Live) – Matisyahu

The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor – Youthmovies

Wasteland – Swanton Bombs

Dot – Instrumental – Gonzales

Always Already Gone – The Magnetic Fields

Norway – Beach House

Rulers, Ruling All Things – Midlake

Stick To My Side – Pantha Du Prince

Outhouse (Fluffy Mix) – Nathan Fake

Running down track by track isn”™t happening. So instead, I”™ll list the highlights. Will keep this short”¦

Metronomy”™s “Heartbreaker” is just the track to kick off the weekends revenge with its steady beat and dark undertones before rolling into “You Could Easily Have Me”. Taken from Metronomy”™s debut album “Pip Paine (Pay The Â£5000 You Owe)”, this track is a personal favourite, complete with gangled distorted riffs and awkward melodies. The shocking thing here is that it all comes together so well.

With that behind us, it”™s on to Quasi. You know, ”˜that band with Janet Weiss in”™. “Presto Change-o” wouldn”™t sound out of place on Yamane Michiru”™s Castlevania soundtracks. The restless yet futile ascension of this haunting track makes me feel that I should be atop a giant tower, at midnight, overlooking the city. Smoking a cigarette and plotting evil. Looking cool”¦ (with a cape).

(aside) I put “GNG BNG” by Flying Lotus on here as it nothing short of awesome. I”™ll just leave it at that and see how you get on with it.

On with show and on to Ringo Deathstarr. I came for the name, stayed for the awesome. I saw their name on a split 7 inch with The Depreciation Guild a few months back. I was blown away with the fantastic band name but sadly didn”™t get chance to check them out. Finally gave them a listen recently and well, I was impressed enough to tell you that I am impressed with them. “Summertime” is candy wrapped shoegaze, drowned in ambience and subtle melodies that may or may not put you into a quiet candyfloss coma.

In an attempt to break things up, I dropped a few oddities in to the playlist. Phi Life Cypher, for example. These guys have always escaped my radar. Having done work with DJ Vadim and The Gorillaz you would think I”™d have paid more attention to this group. Well, I haven”™t, no. Regardless, my friend JB played “Herbaholics”, rapropaganda of grand intentions, for me many years ago and I”™ve held on to it ever since. This track has hooks, it has the beat and it mentions Jack Straw. Instant win in my book.

The Hasidic singjay known as Matisyahu has single handedly proven that white people can be cool and having religious messages in your music isn”™t always horrible. This live version of “King Without A Crown” is an office favourite and has earnt a place on todays playlist.

Swanton Bombs – “Wasteland” reminds me of The Cramps attempting to accidently The White Stripes and winner. Don”™t try and look for sense in that.

“Dot – Instrumental” by Gonzales helps me with my crippling lust for fantastic piano pieces. This track could be two hours long and I”™d still be mesmerised by it. As it stands, it”™s two minutes long and therefore ten times as fantastic as your mind will allow you to comprehend.

And now we lay in wait for Tuesdays playlist to go up and read what David has to say about that. See you Wednesday.

[Thom]

Post author By The Spotisfaction Team
Post date February 23, 2010

And so it begins. This week, Dave Prowse and myself are going to be swapping Spotify playlists, culminating in a Collab playlist come Friday. I was first up, so here is my Monday morning playlist.

Take a listen, leave some feedback. We”™re hoping we can expand this concept in the coming weeks, so feel free to get in touch with either of us if you want to contribute in some form (playlists, reviews, rants, ideas, whatever).

01 Spotisfaction Monday (22 Feb) – TLavelle

Heartbreaker – Metronomy
You Could Easily Have Me – Metronomy
Presto Change-o – Quasi
I Never Want To See You Again – Quasi
GNG BNG – Flying Lotus
Velvet – The Big Pink
Summertime – Ringo Deathstarr
Them That Do Nothing – Field Music
Rome – Phoenix
Bro”™s – Panda Bear
Empty Vessels – The Macabees feat. Roots Manuva
Herbaholics – Phi Life Cyper
The Terrorist – DJ Vadim Feat. Moshun Man
King Without A Crown (Live) – Matisyahu
The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor – Youthmovies
Wasteland – Swanton Bombs
Dot – Instrumental – Gonzales
Always Already Gone – The Magnetic Fields
Norway – Beach House
Rulers, Ruling All Things – Midlake
Stick To My Side – Pantha Du Prince
Outhouse (Fluffy Mix) – Nathan Fake

Running down track by track isn”™t happening. So instead, I”™ll list the highlights. Will keep this short”¦

Metronomy”™s “Heartbreaker” is just the track to kick off the weekends revenge with its steady beat and dark undertones before rolling into “You Could Easily Have Me”. Taken from Metronomy”™s debut album “Pip Paine (Pay The Â£5000 You Owe)”, this track is a personal favourite, complete with gangled distorted riffs and awkward melodies. The shocking thing here is that it all comes together so well.

With that behind us, it”™s on to Quasi. You know, ”˜that band with Janet Weiss in”™. “Presto Change-o” wouldn”™t sound out of place on Yamane Michiru”™s Castlevania soundtracks. The restless yet futile ascension of this haunting track makes me feel that I should be atop a giant tower, at midnight, overlooking the city. Smoking a cigarette and plotting evil. Looking cool”¦ (with a cape).

(aside) I put “GNG BNG” by Flying Lotus on here as it nothing short of awesome. I”™ll just leave it at that and see how you get on with it.

On with show and on to Ringo Deathstarr. I came for the name, stayed for the awesome. I saw their name on a split 7 inch with The Depreciation Guild a few months back. I was blown away with the fantastic band name but sadly didn”™t get chance to check them out. Finally gave them a listen recently and well, I was impressed enough to tell you that I am impressed with them. “Summertime” is candy wrapped shoegaze, drowned in ambience and subtle melodies that may or may not put you into a quiet candyfloss coma.

In an attempt to break things up, I dropped a few oddities in to the playlist. Phi Life Cypher, for example. These guys have always escaped my radar. Having done work with DJ Vadim and The Gorillaz you would think I”™d have paid more attention to this group. Well, I haven”™t, no. Regardless, my friend JB played “Herbaholics”, rapropaganda of grand intentions, for me many years ago and I”™ve held on to it ever since. This track has hooks, it has the beat and it mentions Jack Straw. Instant win in my book.

The Hasidic singjay known as Matisyahu has single handedly proven that white people can be cool and having religious messages in your music isn”™t always horrible. This live version of “King Without A Crown” is an office favourite and has earnt a place on todays playlist.

Swanton Bombs – “Wasteland” reminds me of The Cramps attempting to accidently The White Stripes and winner. Don”™t try and look for sense in that.

“Dot – Instrumental” by Gonzales helps me with my crippling lust for fantastic piano pieces. This track could be two hours long and I”™d still be mesmerised by it. As it stands, it”™s two minutes long and therefore ten times as fantastic as your mind will allow you to comprehend.

And now we lay in wait for Tuesdays playlist to go up and read what David has to say about that. See you Wednesday.

[Thom]

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