de-minimis

15 July 2017

onra - 'fight or die'

If you haven't discovered Onra yet, where have you been?

jeb loy nichols - 'moving time'

So smooth, so damn good.

darren hayman - 'march of the workers'

Now here is a great musician.

jack white - 'would you fight for my love'

Well? Would you?

skating polly - 'pretective boy'

I don't think Polly much likes this lad.

dwarfs of east agouza - 'museum of stranglers (part iii)'

Here's something a little esoteric but nonetheless extremely good.

the low anthem - '(don't) tremble'

Just perfect.

mount kimbie - 'tunnel vision'

This was one of the stand-out albums of 2010.

david bazan - 'wish my kids were here'

Very Hank Williams.

olga bell - 'doppio'

A great Bandcamp discovery from last year.

brian jonestown massacre - 'food for clouds'

Just listen to that percussion!

ty segall - 'orange colour queen'

I do wish the internet would stop trying to auto-correct 'colour' to 'color'.

sara watkins - 'without a word'

Another great tune from last year.

will samson - 'sunbeamer pt 1'

This is a beautiful track.

todd terje - 'inspector norse'

Morning!

14 July 2017

massive attack - 'special cases'

Sinead O'Connor collaborating with Massive Attack, 14 years ago.

beth orton - 'best bit'

Beth Orton first thing in the morning. Perfect.

stornoway - 'we are the battery human'

Very apt as I listen to this before my commute.

strange boys - 'be brave'

Play this loud & you'll be set for the rest of the day. Guaranteed.

13 July 2017

animal collective - 'hocus pocus'

Last one from me for now.

army of bones - 'love song for a city'

Jury's still out for me with this band.

søren juul - 'seventeen'

Another artist I haven't listened to in a long while.

cherry glazerr - 'nurse ratched'

Just bloody brilliant.

scientist - 'extra time five'

Part of the Scientist Wins The World Cup album.

visage - 'become (glass houses & stones remix)'

Steve Strange, missed greatly.

rogue valley - 'radiate/dissolve'

And this tune suits my mood perfectly.

iamx - 'happiness (gary numan remix)'

And with the seal of approval from none other than Gary Numan, what's not to like.

letting up despite great faults - 'starlet'

Not sure about the name of the band but the tune rocks.

vitalic - 'lightspeed'

How's this for some messed up disco...or is it techno? So damn funky!

a.c. jones & the atomic aces - 'give me your love'

Haven't heard this in so long.

mobb deep - 'an eye for an eye (your beef is mine)'

Gone but not forgotten.

lewis - 'we danced all night'

The least likely sensation of 2014 was this long forgotten album from Canadian crooner Lewis.

sin fang, sóley and örvar smárason - 'citrus light'

3 of my favourite Icelanders have launched a long-term project going where all 3 of them, Sóley, Sin Fang and Örvar Smárson (from Múm and FM Belfast), write and record a song each month together. They're now 3 months in and this is the latest offering. This track is very Sóley-sounding: folky, ethereal and sparse at times.

12 July 2017

vök - 'breaking bones'

A brilliant track from the Icelandic band's debut album.

alice jemima - 'liquorice'

One of my albums of the year for sure.

hundred waters - 'blanket me'

Brand new from Hundred Waters, here's the first track from their new album.

cina polada - 'gloom'

Who's up for some Finnish dream pop?

torres - 'three futures'

Brand new from Torres, it's a rather cerebral song and all the better for it.

fufanu - 'circus life'

Love it.

jinx fish pool - 'big joke'

One from last year now. How good is this?

crushed stars - 'diminished returns'

Over to Texas now with this track from the 2017 album 'Displaced Sleepers'.

lowly - 'pommerate'

From a great album by the Denmark band.

hafdis huld - 'take me dancing'

The new album is out at the end of this month. Can't wait.

low roar - 'once in a long, long while'

Haven't played Low Roar in a long while...

tricky feat. martina topley-bird - 'when we die'

Great to see these two collaborating again and asking the big question in life.

08 July 2017

holle64 - 'clapton (original mix)'

Time for some minimal techno.

oddfellows casino - 'embers'

A great tune from last year.

wolf alice - 'don't delete the kisses'

Brand new and sounding good.

wet hair - 'lift the stone'

Tune!

philip selway - 'witching hour'

Back in 2010, the Radiohead drummer Philip Selway released an album that was a minor masterpiece.

wesley gonzalez - 'exhibition song'

Love this tune.

blaenavon - 'lonely side'

Excellent tune.

new apostles - 'west bank'

Yet another great new Bandcamp discovery, Nottingham band New Apostles with this richly dark track.

big deal - 'idyllwild'

Another tune that could best be described as languid.

actress - 'visa'

Wonderful.

soley - 'kill the clown'

Taken from one of my all-time favourite Icelandic albums. So good.

mac demarco - 'one more love song'

Gets better with every listen.

nick drake - 'hanging on a star'

Timeless.

black marble - 'frisk'

Let's up the tempo.

drugdealer - 'theme for alessandro'

So laid back it's horizontal.

thom sonny green - 'houston'

This track just builds and builds. love it!

the hearing - 'too happy'

One of Finland's brightest young singers.

radiation city - 'clod and the pebble'

A band from Portland that defy any attempts at pigeon-holing. What a tune.

songs of separation - 'echo mocks the corncrake'

Full-blooded folk music can be bloody brilliant. Check this out.

stef kamil carlens - 'after i'm gone'

Okay, bang up to date with Belgian singer/songwriter Stef Kamil Carlens.

dj t - 'freemind (original mix)'

Gradually getting to 2017! This track is from 2005. Love the bassline in this.

moby - 'extreme ways'

And now to 2002 with Moby.

roni size/reprazent - 'system check'

Back to the year 2000 with this monster.

dj shadow - 'horror show'

Well, this is an unexpected pleasure. A brand new DJ Shadow EP.

electric eye - 'turn around, face the sun'

Norwegian psychedelia sounding good.

lucy rose - 'is this called home'

The album was conceived whilst she was touring South America, staying at the homes of fans on the way and I guess this adds to the intimacy. It's a lovely, understated album.

arthur russell - 'wax the van'

Another oldie but goodie. Seriously funky.

tropic of cancer – 'i woke up and the storm was over'

A hauntingly beautiful tune to end the night.

07 July 2017

alt-j - '3ww'

Another great track from what is a quite remarkable new album from Alt-J.

snail mail - 'thinning'

Boy oh boy. It's 1988 all over again.

maria rita - 'cântico brasileiro no.3 (kamaiurá)'

Have a listen to this. It's epic.

washed out - 'burn out blues'

Another new band for me. Perfect for this time of night.

warbly jets - 'the lowdown'

I love the attitude with this tune.

living hour - 'steady glazed eyes'

The tune is a few years old but it's a new one to me. Love it.

sinead o'connor - 'sacrifice'

Now this is a cover version and a half. Sinead O'Connor singing Elton John's 'Sacrifice'.

terry - 'take me to the city'

Love, love, love the new album from indie-popsters TERRY (the name is capitalised).

haim - 'kept me crying'

Haim's latest album is strictly pop without pretensions of something deeper and I say good luck to them with that. Once you've taken that fact on board and just go with the album it becomes a very good collection of tunes. There's a very 80s feel to some of the tracks and in others they sound a little like Wilson Phillips which should give you a good idea where they've pitched the album.

06 July 2017

sivu - 'sweet sweet silent'

The condition described in this video sounds (sic) horrendous. God forbid I am ever afflicted.

westbam - 'monkey say, monkey do'

Some brilliant scratching here from a 1988 video of Westbam.

ghostpoet - 'freakshow'

New single from Ghostpoet. Nice to hear his Mark E Smith singing style is still going strong.

barbarossa - 'griptide'

Barbarossa has a new single out on Bandcamp on a pay what you like basis. It's a bloody brilliant tune too.

this is the kit - 'moonshine freeze'

I love the indie/folk crossover. The new album is bloody brilliant.

public service broadcasting - 'they gave me a lamp'

The Public Service Broadcasting new album is a tour de force. Anyone not familiar with PSB, they have concept albums based around old news footage of a specific theme. The last PSB album was about the 60s space race and this one sees them exploring mining in the Welsh valleys. Each track is strong enough to stand on its own and coming in at 11 tracks with no fillers, it represents a hell of an album. There's guest appearances from Tracey Anne Campbell (Camera Obscura), Haiku Salut, James Dean Bradfield (Manics) and a wonderfully sounding Lisa Jen Brown (9Bach). This album will undoubtedly be on a lot of end of year lists. Highly recommended.

waxahatchee - 'sparks fly (acoustic)'

New Waxahatchee album = me happy.