de-minimis: 2017

23 November 2017

daniel o'sullivan- 'the projector'

Better known as one half of Grumbling Fur, this is from his recent solo album.

sundowners - 'find out for yourself'

Top tune!

nerina pallot - 'better'

Here's a cracking song from Ms Pallot.

weaves - 'grass'

Another great album of 2017 was Weaves 'Wide Open'.

mark eitzel - 'the last ten years'

A great songwriter and even better guitarist. This is from his 2017 alum 'Hey Mr Ferryman'.

paul draper - 'can't get fairer than that'

Taken from the 2017 album Spooky Action, here's Paul Draper channelling New Order with this superb track.

warshmelew - 'arumishi (original mix)'

I don't listen to enough minimal techno.

jim white - 'here i am'

His new album is as good as anything he's released. Highly recommended.

the bar-kays - 'you can't sit down'

Brilliant tune.

22 November 2017

sade - 'soldier of love'

I bloody love Sade.

alan braxe - 'addicted'

The good stuff.

la and mike waterson - 'never the same'

Fantastic.

gaudi - 'memories in my pentagram'

Moody as fuck.

siv jakobsen - 'crazy'

Another top track.

natalie prass - 'it is you'

Now this is quite lovely.

major lazer - 'pon de floor'

Blast from the past.

mad professor meets jah9 - 'selassie i dub'

Great to hear some new music from Mad Professor.

19 November 2017

ocs - 'the baron sleeps and dreams'

Top tune from their new album.

frida sundemo - 'it's ok'

It really is, you know.

pale honey - 'lessons learned'

Who doesn't like a bit of shoegaze?

pp arnold- 'the turning tide'

The 'new' rediscovered album has been a treat.

the new candys - 'excess'

Love this track. Very retro.

julien baker - 'sour breath'

I'm still trying to get my head around her new album. This, the title track from it, is particularly good though.

diron animal - 'kema'

Great stuff from the Angolan outfit.

kevin morby - 'dry your eyes'

Great tune for a Sunday.

10 November 2017

mercury rev - 'holes'

Love this tune.

peter oren - 'anthropocene'

A perfect voice for this time of night.

09 November 2017

the flaming lips 'there should be unicorns'

I agree.

08 November 2017

jesca hoop - 'animal kingdom chaotic'

This song is deceptively simple. A bit of serious listening reveals a lot going on underneath the hood. Absolutely brilliant.

the clientele - 'lunar days'

Love this one.

spiral stairs - 'no comparison (live on kexp)'

What a tune!

meadowlark - 'fly'

Quite lovely.

ecepta - 'fade away'

Hello darkness my old friend.

this is the kit - 'by the demon eye (live at wfuv)'

I do love This Is The Kit.

crossblood experiment - 'orange sunshine'

Fuck yeah!

robyn - 'konichiwa bitches'

Have I ever mentioned my love affair with Robyn's music?

pete wylie - 'the story of the blues parts 1 & 2'

I've just found out that this song is 35 years old today. I remember hearing it for the first time and just being blown away with how good it was. Still feel like that.

bootsy collins - 'bass-rigged-system'

God-damned funky.

curse of lono - 'each time you hurt (doghouse sessions)'

Channelling Simon and Garfunkel here.

amber run - 'are you home?'

Oh yes. This hits the spot.

suuns - 'un-no (marvin & guy 'blue eyes' remix)'

This is an epic remix of one of their best singles from the new album.

joshua radin - 'waiting'

Lovely sentiment to this song.

st vincent - 'young lover'

The new album is growing on me daily.

katie ellen - 'han'

Another great Bandcamp discovery.

nev cottee - 'tired of love'

Oh, this a great tune.

jack cooper - 'on a pier in the wind'

Ah, a bit more laidback now.

king gizzard and the lizard wizard - 'the lord of lightning vs balrog'

And now some Aussie psychedelia.

xarhanga - 'acid nightmare'

Prog rock anyone?

stevie parker - 'the cure'

Singer Stevie Parker carrying on proving that Bristol still produces great music.

sigur rós - 'gobbledigook'

Always time for Sigur Rós.

stone roses - 'made of stone (808 state remix)'

Are you all alone? Is anybody home?

tricky - 'wait for signal'

Tricky is a genius. There's no debate on this.

phoebe bridgers - 'smoke signals'

Remember the name. Sure to be a big star soon.

tunabunny - 'dream sugar'

Something a bit leftfield now.

maya jane coles - 'lucky charm'

This is just wonderful.

trevor sensor - 'andy warhol's dream'

Now this is exceedingly good.

the fall - 'second house now'

Mark E Smith, take a bow.

inheaven - 'baby's alright'

Now this is a tune well worth waking up to.

07 November 2017

bing & ruth - 'starwood choker'

This instrumental suits my current mood.

milky chance - 'alive'

Nice.

foster the people - 'iii'

The good tunes keep coming.

stone foundation - 'the limit of a man'

Ah yes. Like this a lot.

actress - 'falling rizlas'

Very lovely.

bjørn riis - 'absence'

Airbag mainstay here with a track from his new solo album.

lina tullgren - 'perfect'

Her recent new album is extremely raw lyrically, musically it's very tight and it makes for a great collection of tunes.

glass candy - 'digital versicolor'

Haven't listened to Glass Candy in years.

eera - 'living'

The new album is superb.

nassau - 'whatever brings you peace of mind'

A lovely new tune from the Nassau project by Justin Wilcox and Jeffrey Silverstein.

cherry ghost - 'mathematics'

Top tune.

david sylvian - 'the boy with the gun'

& 30 years ago David Sylvian released 'Secrets of the Beehive'.

rem - 'you are the everything'

29 years ago, REM released Green, one of the most influential albums on my life.

helena hauff nothing is what i know'

Lovely piece of electronica here from her new EP.

05 November 2017

lee scratch perry & king tubby - 'splash out dub'

Proper Sunday music.

the the - 'december sunlight'

A blast from the past.

the sisters of mercy - 'flood i'

Peak Goth.

soley - 'pretty face'

One of my all-time favourite Icelandic artists with one of my all-time favourite tunes.

onra - 'trapped'

If you've never heard of Onra then you're missing out.

low roar - 'anything you need'

Tune!

oliver koletzki - 'die raketen'

Let's get groovy.

ladysmith black mambazo - 'rain rain beautiful rain'

Another band I haven't played in ages.

the orb - 'wireless mk2 (rewired)'

I haven't played The Orb in years.

delay trees - 'black ice'

Nice.

valparaiso - 'dear darkness'

Another great Bandcamp discovery.

elliott smith - 'my new freedom'

14 years ago since he left us. I still miss him.

cast - 'do that'

A welcome return to everyone's favourite Scallies.

lisa knapp - 'lily white hand'

Who is up for some folk music?

landlady- 'driving in california'

This is a great tune.

new candys - 'bleeding magenta'

If you're not already onto Bandcamp then why not? You're missing out on songs like this.

metal machine music - 'replacement roz'

I heard this last night on the excellent Bob Fischer Show on Radio Tees and I'm rather taken with it. Love it.

goldie - 'the castaway'

Taken from his new album, this is a bit of a departure from his usual bass heavy music.

super best friends club - 'ache'

Another new track from this year, this one channelling Ray Davies rather well.

sequoyah tiger - 'cassius'

Love this track.

04 November 2017

kelela - 'lmk'

Very nice.

bully - 'focused'

This is the good stuff.

will saul & komon - 'two for one'

Very smooth.

katie von schleicher - 'mary'

Another great tune.

tim buckley - 'sing a song for you'

Let's go right back.

psychic temple - 'turn off the lights'

Psychedelic goodness throughout.

dan auerbach - 'undertow'

His solo album is well worth checking out. So many great tunes.

arcade fire - 'everything now'

Epic.

the mountain goats - 'abandoned flesh'

One of my albums of the year.

fm belfast - 'all my power'

The new album 'Island Broadcast' is just brilliant.

wolf parade - 'who are ya'

Tune!

stef - 'slow motion'

Back to 2017.

burial - 'near dark'

What an album Untrue is.

heather trost - 'bloodmoon'

Heather Trost with a strangely erotic tune.

kevin morby - 'aboard my train'

And bang up to date.

marissa nadler - 'nothing in my heart'

I know the feeling.

eels - 'dead reckoning'

The incomparable Mark Everett.

suuns - 'careful'

A bit more up to date with this superb tune.

guru feat mc solaar - 'le bien, le mal'

What a tune.

portishead - 'the rip'

I'm in a Portishead kind of mood today.

31 October 2017

tusks - 'toronto'

Their new album is powerful stuff.

20 October 2017

fever ray - 'to the moon and back'

Huge news. Fever Ray is back.