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.


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.


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

19 October 2017

soul dhamma - 'flower (king britt's underwater garden dub)'

Nice.


boy pablo - 'everytime'

This was a recommendation from my eldest son. He's got great taste in music.


bully - 'losing'

Love a tune with attitude. This has it by the bucketful.


esmerine - 'la plume des armes'

Top tune from the Montreal collective, taken from their brand new album.


brandon can't dance - 'pop queen of the teen scene'

Tune!


hiss golden messenger - 'john the gun'

An artist that I've admired for some time now.


conor oberst - 'gossamer thin'

If there's a more astute songwriter around at the moment then I've not heard them.


laibach - 'als geist'

As concept albums go 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' is a quite stunning album and let's face it there's probably no bigger or more difficult concept than the philosophy of Nietzsche.


chuck prophet - 'we got up and played'

His 2017 album  'Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins' is certainly a grower.


stevie parker - 'without you'

A great new talent from Bristol.


ilk - 'salty weather'

Taken from the Londoners' new album 'Y U' this is a great tune.


peter perrett - 'take me home'

Brilliant tune.

18 October 2017

the higher primates - 'taking in the summer'

All the way back to 1980 for this track.


sweet baboo - 'pink rainbow'

Oh yes, very cool.


bloc party - 'different drugs'

Nice.


mura masa - 'messy love'

This slipped under the radar far too quickly.


de la soul - 'pain'

Tune!


róisín murphy - 'thoughts wasted'

A great tune from last year.


portishead - 'it's a fire'

One of the lesser known tracks from Dummy.


dot hacker - 'beseech'

Great tune.