This is for all you lovers out there, etc etc.
Divine Comedy -- If I Were You I'd Be Through With Me (A Short Album About Love)
Smiths -- What Difference Does It Make? (Hatful Of Hollow)
Franz Ferdinand -- Michael (Franz Ferdinand)
Amy Winehouse -- Back to Black (Back to Black)
David Bowie -- Soul Love (Ziggy Stardust)
Erasure -- Respect (The Innocents)
The Coral -- Dreaming of You (The Coral)
Art Brut -- Emily Kane (Bang Bang Rock & Roll)
The Pipettes -- Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me (We Are the Pipettes)
Kate Nash -- Foundations (Made of Bricks)
New Order -- Bizarre Love Triangle (Substance)
Mika - Grace Kelly (Life in Cartoon Motion)
Madness -- It Must Be Love (Divine Madness)
Blur -- You're So Great (Blur)
The Cure -- Pictures of You (Disintegration)
Reindeer Section -- You Are My Joy (Son Of Evil Reindeer)
James -- She's A Star (Singles)
Real Tuesday Weld -- I Believe (The London Book of the Dead)
Jens Lekman -- I Saw Her In The AntiWar Demonstration (Oh, You're So Silent Jens)
Ballboy -- You Can't Spend Your Whole Life Hanging Round With Arseholes (A Guide For The Daylight Hours)
Guillemots - Made Up Lovesong #43 (From The Cliffs)
Trashcan Sinatras -- It's A Miracle (Weightlifting)
Stars -- Elevator Love Letter (Heart)
Elbow -- Powder Blue (Asleep at the Back)
Streets -- Dry Your Eyes (A Grand Don't Come for Free)
Lightning Seeds -- All I Want (Cloudcuckooland)
Friday, February 22, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Playlist -- January 16th, 2008
As the echoing strains of Guy Garvey's voice fade from the airwaves, I'm posting this playlist. How's that for immediacy?
Buzzcocks -- Ever Fallen In Love (STarry Eyes)
Franz Ferdinand -- Tell Her TOnight (Franz Ferdinand)
Libertines -- Can't STand Me Now (Libertines)
Pulp -- Common People (Different Class)
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci -- Spanish Dance Troupe (Spanish Dance Troupe)
Belle & Sebastian -- Jonathan David (Push Barman to Open Old Wounds)
Stars -- Ageless Beauty (Set Yourself on Fire)
Carina Round -- Take the Money (Slow MOtion Addict)
Divine Comedy -- Tonight We Fly (Promenade)
Richard Hawley -- Tonight the STreets Are Our (Lady's Bridge)
Amy Winehouse -- Tears Dry on Their Own (Back to Black)
Goldfrapp -- Number 1 (Supernature)
St. Etinenne -- Like a Motorway (Tiger Bay)
Black Box Recorder -- The English Motorway System (Facts of Life)
Hot Chip -- The Warning (The Warning)
Streets -- The Irony of It All (Original Pirate Material)
Kate Nash -- Foundations (Single)
MIA -- Paper PLanes (Kala)
The Go! Team -- Do It Right (Proof of Youth)
Mabuses -- Seasider (Mabused!)
Fields -- Skulls and Flesh and More (Everything Last Winter)
Caribou -- Sundialing (ANdorra)
MAps -- Elouise (How We Create)
Maximio Park -- Signal and SIgn (A Certain Trigger)
Ned's Atomic Dustbin -- Grey Cells Green (God Fodder)
Editors -- Smokers OUtside the Hospital Doors (An End Has A Start)
Elbow -- Switching Off (Cast of Thousands)
Buzzcocks -- Ever Fallen In Love (STarry Eyes)
Franz Ferdinand -- Tell Her TOnight (Franz Ferdinand)
Libertines -- Can't STand Me Now (Libertines)
Pulp -- Common People (Different Class)
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci -- Spanish Dance Troupe (Spanish Dance Troupe)
Belle & Sebastian -- Jonathan David (Push Barman to Open Old Wounds)
Stars -- Ageless Beauty (Set Yourself on Fire)
Carina Round -- Take the Money (Slow MOtion Addict)
Divine Comedy -- Tonight We Fly (Promenade)
Richard Hawley -- Tonight the STreets Are Our (Lady's Bridge)
Amy Winehouse -- Tears Dry on Their Own (Back to Black)
Goldfrapp -- Number 1 (Supernature)
St. Etinenne -- Like a Motorway (Tiger Bay)
Black Box Recorder -- The English Motorway System (Facts of Life)
Hot Chip -- The Warning (The Warning)
Streets -- The Irony of It All (Original Pirate Material)
Kate Nash -- Foundations (Single)
MIA -- Paper PLanes (Kala)
The Go! Team -- Do It Right (Proof of Youth)
Mabuses -- Seasider (Mabused!)
Fields -- Skulls and Flesh and More (Everything Last Winter)
Caribou -- Sundialing (ANdorra)
MAps -- Elouise (How We Create)
Maximio Park -- Signal and SIgn (A Certain Trigger)
Ned's Atomic Dustbin -- Grey Cells Green (God Fodder)
Editors -- Smokers OUtside the Hospital Doors (An End Has A Start)
Elbow -- Switching Off (Cast of Thousands)
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Morsemusic
A music-obsessed friend of mine named Chris has started his own music blog, called MorseMusic, on which he will be spouting off on matters musical and giving you all kinds of bands and CDs to get excited about (in general, the kind of thing I meant to do with this blog but have only been able to find time to do intermittently...) His music tastes, while being a tad Prince-centric, are impeccable, and he is a damn fine writer and all-round good egg.
Check him out. You could do a hell of a lot worse. (How's that for a ringing endorsement!)
Check him out. You could do a hell of a lot worse. (How's that for a ringing endorsement!)
Best of 2007 Show Playlist
It's far from comprehensive, as many of my favourite albums or tracks of the year were from bands based outside the UK (and also I just realized that I didn't play Badly Drawn Boy's "Degrees of Separation," which just might be the loveliest song of the year...) Nevertheless, here's what I played to wrap up the year.
KT Tunstall -- Little Favours (Drastic Fantastic)
Bat for Lashes -- Tahiti (Fur and Gold)
Manic Street Preachers -- Autumnsong (Send Away The Tigers)
Fratellis -- Flathead (Costello Music)
Mabuses -- Mirth (Mabused!)
Tunng -- Bullets (Good Arrows)
Hard Fi -- Suburban Knights (Once Upon a Time in the West)
Klaxons -- Golden Skans (Myths of the Near Future)
Radiohead -- Jigsaw Falling Into Place (In Rainbows)
Caribou -- Melody Day (Andorra)
The Go! Team -- Do It Right (Proof of Youth)
MIA -- Jimmy (Kala)
Kate Nash -- Foundations (Foundations)
Carina Round -- Stolen Car (Slow Motion Addict)
Amy Winehouse -- Rehab (Back to Black)
Annie Lennox -- Ghosts In My Machine (Songs of Mass Destruction)
Jens Lekman -- The Opposite of Hallelujah (Night Falls Over Kortedala)
Richard Hawley -- Tonight the Streets Are Ours (Lady's Bridge)
Sondre Lerche -- She's Fantastic (Phantom Punch)
Babyshambles -- Delivery (Shotters Nation)
Bjork -- Innocence (Volta)
PJ Harvey -- The Piano (White Chalk)
Camera Obscura -- Let's Get Out of This Country (Let's Get Out of This Country)
Magic Numbers -- Take a Chance (Those the Brokes)
Editors -- Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors (An End Has A Start)
Bloc Party -- I Still Remember (Weekend in the City)
Arcade Fire -- Keep the Car Running (Neon Bible)
KT Tunstall -- Little Favours (Drastic Fantastic)
Bat for Lashes -- Tahiti (Fur and Gold)
Manic Street Preachers -- Autumnsong (Send Away The Tigers)
Fratellis -- Flathead (Costello Music)
Mabuses -- Mirth (Mabused!)
Tunng -- Bullets (Good Arrows)
Hard Fi -- Suburban Knights (Once Upon a Time in the West)
Klaxons -- Golden Skans (Myths of the Near Future)
Radiohead -- Jigsaw Falling Into Place (In Rainbows)
Caribou -- Melody Day (Andorra)
The Go! Team -- Do It Right (Proof of Youth)
MIA -- Jimmy (Kala)
Kate Nash -- Foundations (Foundations)
Carina Round -- Stolen Car (Slow Motion Addict)
Amy Winehouse -- Rehab (Back to Black)
Annie Lennox -- Ghosts In My Machine (Songs of Mass Destruction)
Jens Lekman -- The Opposite of Hallelujah (Night Falls Over Kortedala)
Richard Hawley -- Tonight the Streets Are Ours (Lady's Bridge)
Sondre Lerche -- She's Fantastic (Phantom Punch)
Babyshambles -- Delivery (Shotters Nation)
Bjork -- Innocence (Volta)
PJ Harvey -- The Piano (White Chalk)
Camera Obscura -- Let's Get Out of This Country (Let's Get Out of This Country)
Magic Numbers -- Take a Chance (Those the Brokes)
Editors -- Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors (An End Has A Start)
Bloc Party -- I Still Remember (Weekend in the City)
Arcade Fire -- Keep the Car Running (Neon Bible)
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Long Time No Write...
I'll be posting the playlist from my Best of 2007 Show in a wee while (the Spice Girls reunion notably absent...) but as a placeholder, here is the greatest animated Christmas film ever made, in its entirety (until it gets taken down) -- have a hankie handy for Raymond Briggs' "The Snowman"
Viewer's guide:
1) Skip the live-action opening (1 minute or so)
2) Pardon themiddling quality of the recording itself
3) Imagine me, aged 5 (or 6, or 7, or 8...) sitting curled up in front of the TV on Xmas eve with a mug of hot cocoa.
4) Dig that irrepressibly downbeat ending...
Viewer's guide:
1) Skip the live-action opening (1 minute or so)
2) Pardon themiddling quality of the recording itself
3) Imagine me, aged 5 (or 6, or 7, or 8...) sitting curled up in front of the TV on Xmas eve with a mug of hot cocoa.
4) Dig that irrepressibly downbeat ending...
Friday, November 9, 2007
Playlist for November 7th
Ballboy – Avant Garde Music (Guide for the Daylight Hours)
Smiths – What Difference Does It Make? (Singles)
The Thrills – Big Sur (So Much For The City)
Teenage Fanclub – It’s All In My Mind (Man-Made)
Sondre Lerche – She’s Fantastic (Phantom Punch)
Jens Lekman – I Saw Her In The Antiwar Demonstration (Oh You’re So Silent, Jens)
Divine Comedy – I’m All You Need (A Short Album About Love)
Ute Lemper – The Case Continues (Punishing Kiss)
Hidden Cameras – Builds the Bone (Missassauga Goddam)
Caribou – Melody Day (Andorra)
Belle and Sebastian – The Chalet Lines (Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant)
Beautiful South – I’ll Sail This Ship Alone (Welcome to…)
Blur – Out of Time (Think Tank)
Tunng – Bullets (Good Arrows)
Erasure – In My Arms (Cowboy)
The Traveling Wilburys – Heading for the Light (Volume 1)
Trashcan Sinatras – I’ve Seen Everything (I’ve Seen Everything)
Mojave 3 – All Your Tears (Out of Tune)
Turin Brakes – Average Man (Ether Song)
Athlete – Tokyo (Beyond the Neighborhood)
PJ Harvey – When Under Ether (White Chalk)
Radiohead – Reckoner (In Rainbows)
Richard Hawley – Tonight The Streets Are Ours (Lady’s Bridge)
Heavenly – C Is The Heavenly Option (Le Jardin de Heavenly)
Lush – Hypocrite (Ciao!)
Life Without Buildings – The Leanover (Any Other City)
Smiths – What Difference Does It Make? (Singles)
The Thrills – Big Sur (So Much For The City)
Teenage Fanclub – It’s All In My Mind (Man-Made)
Sondre Lerche – She’s Fantastic (Phantom Punch)
Jens Lekman – I Saw Her In The Antiwar Demonstration (Oh You’re So Silent, Jens)
Divine Comedy – I’m All You Need (A Short Album About Love)
Ute Lemper – The Case Continues (Punishing Kiss)
Hidden Cameras – Builds the Bone (Missassauga Goddam)
Caribou – Melody Day (Andorra)
Belle and Sebastian – The Chalet Lines (Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant)
Beautiful South – I’ll Sail This Ship Alone (Welcome to…)
Blur – Out of Time (Think Tank)
Tunng – Bullets (Good Arrows)
Erasure – In My Arms (Cowboy)
The Traveling Wilburys – Heading for the Light (Volume 1)
Trashcan Sinatras – I’ve Seen Everything (I’ve Seen Everything)
Mojave 3 – All Your Tears (Out of Tune)
Turin Brakes – Average Man (Ether Song)
Athlete – Tokyo (Beyond the Neighborhood)
PJ Harvey – When Under Ether (White Chalk)
Radiohead – Reckoner (In Rainbows)
Richard Hawley – Tonight The Streets Are Ours (Lady’s Bridge)
Heavenly – C Is The Heavenly Option (Le Jardin de Heavenly)
Lush – Hypocrite (Ciao!)
Life Without Buildings – The Leanover (Any Other City)
Playlist for October 10th
Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (L&GWAFIS)
Divine Comedy – Tonight We Fly (Promenade)
Rolling Stone – Tumbling Dice (Exile on Main Street)
Mclusky – To Hell With Good Intentions (Mclusky Do Dallas)
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc. (Demon Days)
Goldfrapp – Number 1 (Supernature)
Death in Vegas – Dirge (Contino Sessions)
Plastiscines – Zazie Fait de la Bicyclette (LP1)
Stereo Total – Comme un Garcon (Stereo Total)
Caribou – She’s The One (Andorra)
Badly Drawn Boy – Born in the UK (Born in the UK)
Hard Fi – Suburban Knights (Once Upon a Time In The West)
Tunng – Bullets (Good Arrows)
Inspiral Carpets feat. Mark E. Smith – I Want You (Saturn 5)
Mother and the Addicts – Watch the Lines (Science Fiction Illustrated)
The Mabuses – Dark Star (Mabused!)
Radiohead – Wolf at the Door (Hail to the Thief)
Tricky – Makes Me Wanna Die (Pre-Millennial Tension)
Joy Division – Atmosphere (Substance)
Nick Drake – Hazey Jane 2 (Bryter Layter)
Kinks – Waterloo Sunset (Something Else By…)
Tears for Fears – Mad World (Gold)
Doves – Snowden (Some Cities)
Mojave 3 – Running With Your Eyes Closed (Puzzles Like You)
Pulp – Help The Aged (This is Hardcore)
Ute Lemper – Little Water Song (Punishing Kiss)
Divine Comedy – Tonight We Fly (Promenade)
Rolling Stone – Tumbling Dice (Exile on Main Street)
Mclusky – To Hell With Good Intentions (Mclusky Do Dallas)
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc. (Demon Days)
Goldfrapp – Number 1 (Supernature)
Death in Vegas – Dirge (Contino Sessions)
Plastiscines – Zazie Fait de la Bicyclette (LP1)
Stereo Total – Comme un Garcon (Stereo Total)
Caribou – She’s The One (Andorra)
Badly Drawn Boy – Born in the UK (Born in the UK)
Hard Fi – Suburban Knights (Once Upon a Time In The West)
Tunng – Bullets (Good Arrows)
Inspiral Carpets feat. Mark E. Smith – I Want You (Saturn 5)
Mother and the Addicts – Watch the Lines (Science Fiction Illustrated)
The Mabuses – Dark Star (Mabused!)
Radiohead – Wolf at the Door (Hail to the Thief)
Tricky – Makes Me Wanna Die (Pre-Millennial Tension)
Joy Division – Atmosphere (Substance)
Nick Drake – Hazey Jane 2 (Bryter Layter)
Kinks – Waterloo Sunset (Something Else By…)
Tears for Fears – Mad World (Gold)
Doves – Snowden (Some Cities)
Mojave 3 – Running With Your Eyes Closed (Puzzles Like You)
Pulp – Help The Aged (This is Hardcore)
Ute Lemper – Little Water Song (Punishing Kiss)
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