de-minimis: July 2017

26 July 2017

billy changer - 'new year dreams'

A track that conjures up memories of Stephen Tin Tin Duffy.

the sundowners - 'great beauty'

Oh my goodness. I've fallen in love with this tune.

dream lake - 'midnight sun'

Swedish dream pop sounding as great as ever.

chelsea wolfe - 'vex'

Brilliant stuff from Ms Wolfe.

20 July 2017

king gizzard & the lizard wizard - 'the balrog'

Superb!

20:20 tokyo

Two dancers escape the urban chaos of Tokyo.

emma ruth rundle & jaye jayle - 'about time you came to me'

The good stuff.

hanne hukkelberg - 'irl'

She's back after a five-year hiatus with this track exploring the blurs between the physical and digital world.

robert finley and dan auerbach - 'bang bang'

This is part of a soundtrack to a graphic novel titled 'Murder Ballads'. I wonder if Nick Cave will be involved.

origins of time & enrique cortazar - 'hey (coriesu remix)'

I'm signing off this music session with some lovely minimal techno.

kraftwerk - 'das model'

I've always preferred this in the original German.

mojave 3 - 'my life in art'

It's a good life if it's in art.

arca - 'anoche'

Now this is something very special.

joanna newsom - 'baby birch'

Wonderful.

james - 'say something'

I adored this band, back in the day.

the kinks - 'till the end of the day'

Timeless.

lena fayre - 'everybody's in'

Should have been massive.

g-corp - 'liberation dub'

Richard Dorfmeister curating.

o-arc - 'hope (live at the phoenix sessions)'

Just brilliant.

sufjan stevens - 'death with dignity'

Glorious!

the eels - 'accident prone'

Mark E Everett is a genius. No debate.

willie nelson - 'always on my mind'

A stone-cold classic.

massive attack - 'karmacoma (u.n.k.l.e. situation)'

Peerless.

crusoe - 'wild ones'

A new band to me.

to kill a king - 'musicians like gamblers like drunks like me'

Very mellow.

the ramones - 'the kkk took my baby away'

Magnificent!

amy winehouse - 'our day will come'

Remembering her for all the right reasons.

the only ones - 'oh lucinda'

Nice.

mississippi john hurt - 'satisfied blues'

I think I'm satisfied too after listening to this.

wooden wand - 'one can only love'

Taken from their 2017 album 'Clipper Ship'.

yumi zouma - 'remember you at all'

Not sure if I've mentioned this band before. They are excellent.

the waterboys - 'love that kills (instrumental)'

How good is this? Bloody amazing, that's how much.

alia - 'brain'

This is very nice.

carol hahn - 'do your best'

Disco anyone?

foals - 'late night (koreless remix)'

Another great tune.

sparklehorse - 'saint mary'

This suits my mood perfectly.

squeeze - 'labelled with love'

She unscrews the top of her new whisky bottle.

the districts - 'suburban smell'

Just magnificent.

tricky - 'don't go'

Here's an artist that has got me through some tough times.

insane clown posse - 'suicide hotline'

Hard-hitting.

sundara karma - 'a young understanding'

Love this track.

sun seeker - 'won't keep me up at night'

I beg to differ...

bedouine - 'you kill me'

Another artist who sounds better at this time is Bedouine. I think I'm starting to get her new album.

mount eerie - 'crow'

Insomnia grips me and I find myself listening anew to the latest Mount Eerie album and appreciating it in ways that only being awake at 3 a.m. can bring.

19 July 2017

st vincent - 'new york'

I'm a bit late to the party here but St Vincent released a new track last month.

18 July 2017

boogie down productions - 'love's gonna getcha'

KRS-1 is the man.

rainbow arabia - 'mixolydian'

Nice!

jonsi - 'tornado'

Iceland's finest.

frankie cosmos - 'owen'

Another artist who I need to listen to more.

john grant - 'queen of denmark'

A brilliant songwriter.

portishead - 'sour times'

Haven't played Portishead in ages.

royksopp - 'the alcoholic'

Love this band.

pavel dovgal - 'vhs'

Very quirky.

the magnetic fields - 'london by jetpack'

Superb!

morcheeba – 'run honey run (feat. bradley burgess)'

Taken from the John Martyn tribute album 'Johnny Boy Would Love This'.

calexico - 'moon never rises'

Calexico taking on a reggae beat here.

dj food - 'scratch yer hed (squarepusher mix)'

Taken from the DJ Kentaro album 'On The Wheels of Solid Steel'.

kishi bashi - 'm'lover'

A lovely piece of chamber pop.

sudan archives - 'oatmeal'

This is fabulous.

lucy rose - 'strangest of ways'

Great track from a beautiful new album from Lucy Rose.

17 July 2017

melchior & bruno pronsato - 'puerto rican girls'

Deep house at its very best.

jenny lewis - 'godspeed'

Now here is one of America's great female singer/songwriters.

andy bros - 'tigerland'

Love how this builds.

keb' mo' - 'big yellow taxi'

A nice and pretty faithful cover of the classic.

artificial organs - 'this & that'

Obscure synth-pop from the 80s. Bloody brilliant is what it is.

george faith - 'don't be afraid'

Old school reggae.

gui boratto - 'besides'

One of my favourite electronica artists.

cavern of anti-matter - 'i'm the unknown'

Tune!

rival sons - 'pretty face'

A California band with a very 70s heavy rock sound.

planningtorock - 'jam'

Here's an artist who really needs to be more prolific in her output.

the railway children - 'brighter'

One of the great Factory Records bands.

ricardo villalobos - 'erso'

Love, love, love this man's music. He makes minimal techno sound so soulful.

half man half biscuit - 'i was a teenage armchair honved fan'

They always had the best song titles.

ryan adams - 'anything i say to you now'

Jury is still out for me with Ryan Adams. I do like this tune though.

the courtneys - 'iron deficiency'

A tune with a lot of attitude.

sondre lerche - 'violent game (ice choir remix)'

A great take on a fantastic tune.

mountain goats - 'for the portuguese goth metal bands'

Such a great band.

nicole sabouné - 'bleeding faster'

This is bloody (sic) amazing.

conor oberst - 'till st. dymphna kicks us out'

My love affair with Conor Oberst's lyric-writing continues unabated.

bonobo - 'break apart (feat rhye)'

Just lovely.

mura masa- ' who is it gonna b ft. a.k. paul'

A musical tip from my eldest son. Mighty good tip too.

tom adams - 'falling with you'

Taken from the 2017 album 'Silence' this is a stunning track.

mr jukes - 'angels/your love (feat. bj the chicago kid)'

From the brand new album 'God First'. Very nice.

sun seeker - 'won't keep me up at night'

A lovely summery record from Nashville band Sun Seeker.

16 July 2017

jacy - 'dance to the house'

Not strictly a 2017 song but it does come from a 2017 released compilation titled 'Welcome To Paradise Vol. II: Italian Dream House 1989-93' so I'm saying it counts.