This evening we gave away a pair of tickets to see M.I.A. in Leeds on Saturday. From this clip from Jools Holland the winner is in for a top night!
Here’s what I played in the show:
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This evening we gave away a pair of tickets to see M.I.A. in Leeds on Saturday. From this clip from Jools Holland the winner is in for a top night!
Here’s what I played in the show:
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Gah, the desperate will to catch up on my life seems to not be sufficient to actually bridge the gap into the present. Indeed we’re still dealing with shows from August, rather terrifyingly.
So, as suggested last time we’ll have some quick blah about a featured track and then on with the playlist.
This week I have plumped for a bit of folk in the shape of Men-An-Tol’s Black Waterside which comes from the album Through The Quoit. I can’t claim to be anything even remotely approaching a Men-An-Tol afficiando, but I certainly know how to snaffle a free record or two when offered, so when lovely Albert Freeman offered up some unknown delights from the Static Caravan label – home of the likes of Tunng – you could bet your bottoms that I did my best to ensure that the aforementioned wares would find a permanent home in my living room.
And they did – taking a brief outing back to BCB for an appearance on Selection Box 147. Sadly, I cannot find a video online to link to the track, but you can listen to a lovely snippet here or alternatively just listen to the track along with the rest of the show in question…
Courtesy of this lovely Soundcloud player you can listen to this show again for a limited period (probably about the length of time it would take to turn a knee entirely to dust if you rubbed it non-stop with a carpet tile). Sadly due to copyright and such blah the show cannot be made available as a downloadable file. Continue reading
Time is against me now…
Here’s the video to the new Grinderman single. Lorna Eastwood played this on BCB last night, and Mark Hearne has played it twice on BCB today, that’s how much we like it!
And here’s what I played in my show tonight:
If you can get over the unashamedly prosaic title of this newly released compilation by The Undertones, it’s a fine set of tunes. Â This is the third Undertones ‘Best Of’ compilation to have adopted the title of their debut single, and best known song, ‘Teenage Kicks’. Â The difference is…this time it’s The Very Best Of. Â I assume that’s because not only does it have 20 songs on, but also the videos to ‘Teenage Kicks’ and ‘My Perfect Cousin’, both of which feature some fine knitwear.
Two of my favourite albums of the autumn are Deerhunter‘s Halcyon Digest and Port Entropy by Shugo Tokumaru. The former is already out, and the latter comes out in a couple of weeks. Tunes from both were in tonight’s show.
Also, a rather lovely cover by The Shelleys of a song made famous by Shakin’ Stevens, in which guise it was the first 7″ I ever owned.
Here’s what I played tonight:
Manic Street Preachers – “The Future Has Been Here 4Ever” (LP – “Postcards From A Young Man”) (Sony)
Shit Robot – “Tuff Enuff?” (single) (DFA)
Our Broken Garden – “The Burial” (LP – “Golden Sea”) (Bella Union)
Susumu Yukota – “Sprouting Symphony” (LP – “Kaleidoscope”) (Lo)
Shugo Tokumaru – “Rum Hee” (LP – “Port Entropy”) (Souterrain Transmissions)
The Dils – “I Hate The Rich” (compilation LP – “Black Hole: Californian Punk 1977-80) (Domino)
This Is The Kit – “Moon” (LP – “Wriggle Out The Restless”) (Dreamboat)
Deerhunter – “Helicopter” (LP – “Halcyon Digest”) (4AD)
Paris Suit Yourself – “Craig Machinsky” (single) (Big Dada)
Brian Eno – “Emerald And Stone” (LP – “Small Craft On A Milk Sea”) (Warp)
Dirty Projectors – “As I Went Out One Morning” (LP – “No Intention + Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition)” (Domino)
Elliott Smith – “Miss Misery (early version)” (LP – “An Introduction To Elliott Smith”) (Domino)
Offshore – “Round & Round” (“Aneurysm EP”) (Big Dada)
Les Shelleys – “Green Door” (LP – “Les Shelleys”) (Fat Cat)
Hauschka – “Children” (LP – “Foreign Landscapes”) (130701)
That’s no age for male bonding, John.
Thus would have begun my review of the excellet gig at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds last night, featuring No Age, Male Bonding and John Wiese. As it is though, I don’t have time to go any further than that pun. But let’s just say, it was rather good.
Here’s what I played tonight:
The Qemists – “Renegade (feat. Maxsta) (Cutline remix)” (single) (Ninja Tune)
Male Bonding – “Nothing Remains” (single) (Sub Pop)
Brian Eno – “2 Forms Of Anger” (LP – “Small Craft On A Milk Sea”) (Warp)
Shugo Tokumaru – “Tracking Elavator” (single) (Souterrain Transmissions)
Anna Calvi – “Moulinette” (single) (Domino)
Eskmo – “Become Matter Soon, For You” (LP – “Eskmo”) (Ninja Tune)
Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern – “Dagenham Ford†(LP “Essex Arms”) (Fortuna Pop!)
The Creole Choir Of Cuba – “L’Atibonite Oh” (LP – “Tande-La”) (Real World)
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Feat. Kid A – “Cauliflower (Telepathe remix)” (single) (Sunday Best)
Wyatt / Atzmon / Stephen – “At Last I Am Free” (LP – “……….For The Ghost Within”) (Domino)
Elliott Smith – “Ballad Of Big Nothing” (LP – “An Introduction To Elliott Smith”) (Domino)
Laetitia Sadier – “Un Soir, Un Chien” (LP – “The Trip”) (Drag City)
Marnie Stern – “Cinqo De Mayo” (LP – “Marnie Stern”) (Souterrain Transmissions)
Squarepusher presents – Shobaleader One – “Cryptic Motion” (LP – “d’Demonstrator”) (Warp)
No Age – “Fever Dreaming” (LP – “Everything In Betweenâ€) (Sub Pop)
Clinic – “Radiostory” (LP – “Bubblegum”) (Domino)
Phil Cope said I looked like a shuttlecock this evening.  This was due to pressure exerted upon my mop of hair by my cycle helmet.Â
I’m having my hair cut tomorrow anway, so maybe next time Phil sees me he’ll just think I look like a shuttle?
Here’s what I played tonight; I managed to cram quite a number of tunes in tonight, as there was nothing particularly long:
Flying Lotus – “Kill Your Co-Workers” (“Pattern+Grid World EPâ€) (Warp)
Paul Weller – “Andromeda” (single) (V2)
No Age – “Katterpillar†(LP – “Everything In Betweenâ€) (Sub Pop)
Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern – “Calling Out Your Name (featuring Emma-Lee Moss)†(single) (Fortuna Pop!)
PVT – “Light Up Bright Fires†(single and LP – “Church With No Magicâ€) (Warp)
Crystal Fighters – “I Love London” (LP – “Star Of Love”) (Warp)
The Yello Moon Band – “Barehed” (single) (Static Caravan)
Syriana – “A Ya Zain†(LP – “The Road To Damascusâ€) (Real World)
Magic Kids – “Superball” (single) (Matador)
Owen Pallett – “Scandal at the Parkade” (“A Swedish Love Story EP”) (Domino)
Sparrow and the Workshop – “Black To Red” (single) (Distiller)
Squarepusher presents – Shobaleader One – “Megazine” (LP – “d’Demonstrator”) (Warp)
The Duke & The King – “Have You Seen It?” (LP – “Long Live The Duke & The King”) (Loose)
Tricky – “Ghetto Stars” (LP – “Mixed Race”) (Domino)
Caitlin Rose – “Shanghai Cigarettes (ft. Rayland Baxter)” (single and LP – “Own Side Now”) (Names)
Mice Parade – “Kupanda†(LP – “What It Means To Be Left-Handedâ€) (Fat Cat)
The Hundred In The Hand – “Gold Blood” (LP – “The Hundred In The Hand”) (Warp)
Managed to pack quite a lot in this week. If you missed last week’s show and blog, you can go back and listen to the podcast of my Grinderman interview if you so wish, right here.
But if you prefer to live for the present moment, here’s what I played tonight:
Two Fingers – “Fools” (LP – “Ninja Tune XX”) (Ninja Tune)
Maps & Atlases – “Solid Ground” (single) (Fat Cat)
Yann Tiersen – “Palestine” (LP – “Dust Lane”) (Mute)
Clinic – “I’m Aware” (single) (Domino)
Neon Indian – “Mind, Drips” (LP – “Psychic Chasm”) (Static Tongue)
Women – “Eyesore” (single and LP – “Public Strain”) (Jagjaguwar)
Hannah Peel – “Song For The Sea” (7″ single) (Static Caravan)
Musée Mécaniques – “Fits & Starts” (single and LP – “Hold This Ghost) (Souterrain Transmissions)
Gonjasufi – “Holidays (MRR Remix)” (Remix LP – “A Caliph’s Tea Party”) (Warp)
Chief – “Stealing” (LP – “Modern Rituals”) (Domino)
Mice Parade – “Fortune Of Folly” (LP – “What It Means To Be Left-Handed”) (Fat Cat)
Grinderman – “Micky Mouse and the Goodbye Man” (LP – “Grinderman 2”) (Mute)
Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern – “Calling Out Your Name (featuring Emma-Lee Moss)” (single) (Fortuna Pop!)
PVTÂ – “Light Up Bright Fires” (single and LP – “Church With No Magic”) (Warp)
Karen Elson – “The Truth Is In The Dirt” (single) (XL)
This week sees the release of the second Grinderman album, smartly titled Grinderman 2. To celebrate, in my show tonight I spoke to Jim Sclavunos from the band. If you heard the show you will have heard Jim and I discussing the evolution of Grinderman since the first album, and also the video to the single Heathen Child, which you can see below. If you then read the rest of this entry, you will be able to listen to a longer version of the interview, which is available as a podcast.Â
I’m getting down with Ninja Tune and Big Dada a lot at the moment, in anticipation of the Ninja Tune XX box set celebrating their 20th anniversary. Expect more tunes from that in coming weeks. This is what I played tonight:
Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom – “Jah Warriors” (single) (Big Dada)
The Charlatans – “My Foolish Pride” (single) (Cooking Vinyl)
Rose Elinor Dougall – “To The Sea” (LP – “Without Why”) (Scarlett Music)
Autolux – “Transit Transit” (LP – “Transit Transit”) (ATP)
Mala – “Conengitetis (Dance Mix)” (single) (Zaman)
Pulled Apart By Horses – “High Five, Swan Dive, Nose Dive” (single and LP -“Pulled Apart By Horses”) (Transgressive)
Roots Manuva – “Witness (Slugabed remix)” (LP – “Ninja Tune XX”) (Ninja Tune)
Efterklang – “Mirador (live)” (LP – “Parades + Under Giant Trees”) (Leaf)
Villagers – “That Day” (single) (Domino)
Ramona – “How Long” (single) (Bullitt)
Mountain Man – “Animal Tracks” (LP – “Made The Harbor”) (Bella Union)
Grinderman – “Heathen Child” (single and LP – “Here Come The Wolfman”) (Mute)
Lobi Traoré – “Moko Ti Y Lamban Don” (LP – “Rainy Season Blues”) (Glitterhouse)