That Music List: December 2009

Wednesday 23 December 2009

LIST 29 - 23/12/09 (Christmas)

Oh go on, then – let’s finish off 2009 with a Christmas special... Something for everyone inamongst this lot, unless you were after Cliff. I'm after Cliff myself, you know - with an axe.

"Just Like Christmas" is the finest festive song ever, and that fact is not open for debate. Most of the other tracks on here run it close, though, including the extraodinary ShiSho, which I managed to miss completely up until now

That Music List will return in 2010 - same URL, same format, different tracks. Best wishes of the season to you all until then.

THE RAMONES – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight) (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y5GtaTrPHM

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s25qJVER_U

SUFJAN STEVENS – That Was The Worst Christmas Ever! (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpmiPbDkvBQ

THE FLAMING LIPS – Christmas at the Zoo (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VzF3t07spI

THE WEDDING PRESENT – No Christmas (1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhB6F0kYQsA

SHISHO – Merry Christmas, Now Leave! (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uID30LQGXU

THE SCHOOL – Let Me Be The Fairy on Christmas Tree Tonight (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBkQd019w7Q

THE KNIFE – Reindeer (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ9KQI8gCXg

COCTEAU TWINS – Frosty the Snowman (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pds_K2j3RKM

RUN DMC – Christmas in Hollis (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8

SHONEN KNIFE – Space Christmas (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Benleak6V6E

BB KING – Merry Christmas Baby (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDV0Y6UK0zs

HYPERBUBBLE – Away in a Manger (2007)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtfZArPUfMQ

LOU BARLOW – Mary (2004)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCggUaOFET4

MJ HIBBETT AND THE VALIDATORS – The Advent Calendar of Fact (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc3GsWRsGrs

KURTIS BLOW – Christmas Rappin’ (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFtA7IHZgzw

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Or410w6hI

LOW – Just Like Christmas (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IippcraBPKA

PET SHOP BOYS – It Doesn’t Often Snow at Christmas (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZJNNUahv5c

LIST 28 - 27/11/09 (Warp Records 20th anniversary special, part two)

As promised, here is the second half of my look back over the Sheffield label's first two decades, with tracks old and new once more in evidence. Always a pleasure to give the Aphex Twin, LFO and Autechre oldies in question a dusting off, and some of the new tracks are especially beguiling. Would it be too glib to call Tim Exile a one-man laptronica Cardiacs? Absolutely thrilled to discover him whilst compiling this list.

There is just the one That Music List list left for 2009 after this, and inevitably it's a wee bit festive. Keep 'em peeled.

APHEX TWIN – On (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-US91WU8zA

BEANS – Down by Law (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uclhS6UarKY

DREXCIYA – Black Sea (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4u57F7JaQ

MAXIMO PARK – Wraithlike (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foxWJJ_IaBU

SQUAREPUSHER – Hello Meow (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLcxve603-4

LEILA ft MARTINA TOPLEY BIRD – Deflect (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt5_HOlZiVY&feature=related

LFO – Ta n Ta Ra (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCERqO0ieM&feature=related

BROTHOMSTATES – Qtio (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdRd_bVaz0E

COCO STEEL AND LOVEBOMB – Feel It (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYJ76MpsRbo

HUDSON MOHAWKE – FUSE (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hWrxfuzwjQ

SABRES OF PARADISE – Wilmot (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUxZz4lVRfA

THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS – Dressed in Dresden (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo-HmXANPIo

SEEFEEL – Fracture (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqCWksJQJrw

HARMONIC 313 – Battlestar (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbd-TJKL0cc

TIM EXILE – Family Galaxy (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKHEyUIErEk

AUTECHRE – 444 (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLXzSefzVWU

Saturday 21 November 2009

LIST 27 - 20/11/09 (Warp Records 20th anniversary special, part one)

As long promised, here is a selection of highlights old and new from Warp Records, the pioneering Sheffield techno label-turned London all-round bastion of interesting new music. Me being me, I've unearthed enough stuff for two lists, so Part One it is!

This first half is literally a start-to-finish retrospective, including as it does the first ever Warp release from 1989 by Forgemasters, and a track by Nice Nice that's been out barely a fortnight.

BOARDS OF CANADA - Dayvan Cowboy (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBZeWjGjl8

BROADCAST AND THE FOCUS GROUP – Witch Cults (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqINetENovg

SPEEDY J – The Fun Equations (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t4dYc53Q4g

POLYGON WINDOW – Polygon Window (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPU4DJG4phg

GRAVENHURST – Black Holes in the Sand (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHzsGzcShvE

NIGHTMARES ON WAX – I’m for Real (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlpGKru7q6s

CHRIS MORRIS : ON THE HOUR – Newsorama (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCIF4qRLras

FORGEMASTERS – Track with No Name (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ys9e2m0LTs

JACKSON AND HIS COMPUTER BAND – Utopia (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PKRsKNpteM

BIBIO – Ambivalence Avenue (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgGsnYpT3zg

TRICKY DISCO – Tricky Disco (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKTEXhc6IyY

GRIZZLY BEAR – While You Wait for the Others (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4jZeGUFzI

JAMIE LIDELL – You Got Me Up (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0h0pvjVSzo

NICE NICE – Ark Drum (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCuefhyaLVQ&feature=channel

PIVOT – In the Blood (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DbM9FGTk-E

PLONE – Plock (1998)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlLzsF61n-8

LONELADY – Immaterial (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHTL0m5Ityk

BORN RUFFIANS – I Need a Life (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9dP51_WssU

!!! (CHK CHK CHK) – Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaqQYetCH8U

Total running time: 77.25 minutes

Sunday 15 November 2009

LIST 26 - 13/11/09

Neither "Relax" nor "Two Tribes" was the most controversial singles of 1983-4, however much their creators may like to think otherwise. Shockheaded Peters' disarming swing-meets-post-punk paean to paid-for gay sex, "I, Bloodbrother Be", knocks allcomers out of the park, and it's a pleasure to be able to include this exceptional piece of work in a That Music List list.

Other tracks from way back in the day include just about my favourite instrumental opener to an album ever, so it would have been most inappropriate not to accord "Arrogance Gave Him Up" the same position here. There's also a then and now of Groove Armada, some cut and paste hilarity from Cassetteboy, the young British one-woman answer to Doo Rag, what Little Boots did before Little Boots (see if you can spot her), and the return of everyone's favourite ex-hobo.

THE ASSOCIATES – Arrogance Gave Him Up (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn2bCZ1YhIQ

DAN LE SAC vs SCROOBIUS PIP – Look for the Woman (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqnKbdqjh2I

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – My Girls (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE&feature=fvw

JACOB GOLDEN – On a Saturday (2008)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a2f0DQIuWw

DEAD DISCO – You’re Out (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBv5FHQDnNg

EVEN AS WE SPEAK – Falling Down The Stairs (1992)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwGmuHgmcyc

SEASICK STEVE – Never Go West (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x0sNC48KsM

SHOCK HEADED PETERS – I, Bloodbrother Be (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NabkuN1Qktg

ARTHUR & MARTHA – Autovia (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHkppM58m4Q

THE JUST JOANS – Hey Boy... You’re Oh So Sensitive (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn1YBRmmXig

GROOVE ARMADA – I Won’t Kneel (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoTAdtYECNE

GROOVE ARMADA – At the River (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KyPpHuIXZo

MICACHU & THE SHAPES – Lips (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dImT-Xs9RMI

NICOLE ATKINS – Maybe Tonight (2008)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VoCcnpbco58

THE FLOWERPOT MEN – Django (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V-WMSVPKbQ

CONNAN & THE MOCKASINS - Sneaky Sneaky Dogfriend (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvCaAG8shXs

NEON INDIAN – Deadbeat Summer (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59jEAxcvkWM

SHE & HIM – Sweet Darlin’ (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TBcBPCkEes

TODDLA T – Shake It (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhMCsO0ubiM

CASSETTEBOY – Cassetteboy Vs The Bloody Apprentice (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxi6QDwQyLU

Total running time: 77.5 minutes

Monday 9 November 2009

LIST 25 - 06/11/09

The quarter-century has been reached, and still not a single song repeated! Nor should there be, really - we've only got through about 500 songs out of the whole history of recorded music (according to the Gospel of St Youtube ;-p) so far...

The splendid return of Loney, Dear features this time, as does the one stand-out track (by a very long way) on a rather inconsistent new Fake Blood EP. The Pastels and Tenniscoats' recent collaborative efforts have begotten a single, also included, and Sonic Youth get the now and then treatment.

The appearance of LFO is intended as a precursor to the That Music List special mentioned previously, celebrating Warp Records' 20th anniversary, whilst the appearance of "Brain" at the end of the list is just there to challenge you a bit. I blimmin' love it, anyway. ;-D

LFO – Freak (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Zq1I5_WAA

LONEY, DEAR – Airport Surroundings (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwmPACtcITg&feature=fvst

ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI – That Beep (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Xf-IpT4jQ

GRIZZLY BEAR – Knife (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuYZbYtAl9A

BARBARA MORGENSTERN – We’re All Gonna Fucking Die (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MvfOj_sLMU&feature=channel

LISSY TRULLIE – Boy Boy (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seFmkz2x8m4

WAVE PICTURES – I Love You Like A Madman (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3NU8GFzaRs

SONIC YOUTH – Sacred Trickster (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKlbBgQHPqo

SONIC YOUTH – Bull in the Heather (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4BsnXmJaI

EXAMPLE - You Can’t Rap (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCd1Xq0Au4

JOHN VANDERSLICE – Too Much Time (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ou7FnmExvU

IT’S IMMATERIAL – Driving Away From Home(1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypadKraAb1s

SHY CHILD - Drop the Phone (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aONAuZd-L0A

MICACHU & THE SHAPES – Golden Phone (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TRkZpFgJcI

PASTELS / TENNISCOATS – Vivid Youth (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zxL_va72gk&feature=fvst

FAKE BLOOD – The Dozens (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOzoudDJBr8&feature=related

BEIRUT - Elephant Gun (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-mqhkuOF7s

OU EST LE SWIMMING POOL – Dance the Way I Feel (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLLlSDpdPdE

THE YUMMY FUR – Plastic Cowboy (1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JImqXXwlIqU

KEIRAN HEBDEN & STEVE REID - Brain (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sihuerkLo4

LIST 24 - 30/10/09

Always nice to remember a band after ages, think, "I wonder if they're on Youtube at all?", and then find out that they are - hence the joyous appearance of Glasgow's finest psychic-Germany-eyeballs-plastic-cowboy-housing-estate art punk-poppers The Yummy Fur. Result!

Other highlights this time include a double helping of Depeche Mode with tracks all of 19 years apart (and yep, I know I could have gone further back still...), new stuff from the queen of indiepop (and economics) Amelia Fletcher, a spirited Hot Chip cover, the first appearance of some Touareg beats on this site, and some compelling late-90s German electronica.

KITTY, DAISY AND LEWIS – Going Up the Country (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxW3Ed7GrhQ&feature=related

LISSY TRULLIE – Ready for the Floor (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STqsTQegWTo

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Summertime Clothes (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxhaRgJUMl8&feature=channel

ELVIS PERKINS - All The Night Without Love (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWa9HwGnV8w

THE YUMMY FUR – Theme from Ultrabra (1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nCLK0o1O0s

COLA JET SET – El Sueńo de mi vida (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyJFBKkoTLE

PATRICK WOLF – Hard Times (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH5vgng9LAg

SENSORAMA – Star Escalator (1998)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWSjnGHZT78

GRUFF RHYS – Candylion (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyuhOUQs_-I&NR=1

THE ROGERS SISTERS – Never Learn to Cry (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-L0HUZVy2U

DEPECHE MODE – Wrong (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsXOcK9_Cw

DEPECHE MODE – World in My Eyes (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-6sMGUWtQg

TENDER TRAP – Fireworks (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sRi24_0rzw

JOHN VANDERSLICE – Exodus Revolution (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNNzGhzIAVo

MOTHLITE – The Flax of Reverie (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q8FBPS_jWE

TOUMAST – Ammilana (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FmNSP0QRL0

GILES LIKES TEA – Where We Fell (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ou7FnmExvU

HAWNAY TROOF – Front My Hope (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiNghQlw2pA

DOVES – Sea Song (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXB_h9Ybc2I

Saturday 3 October 2009

LIST 23 – 02/10/09 (1989 special, part four)

Here's the fourth and final part of the it-was-20-years-ago retrospective That Music List has run during the summer - I hope it's brought back some fond memories, whatever you were into back then. As sure as my bottom points downwards, there will be something similar on this blog next year for 1990!

It's not the end of the 20th anniversary stuff per se, as I've remembered that Warp Records hits that milestone itself any day now, if it hasn't already done so. A trot through some of their highlights during the ensuing two decades will be added at some point, though I think we'll go back to the new(ish) stuff next time.

NEW ORDER – Round and Round
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kHgMvWmIs4

THE PARACHUTE MEN – Leeds Station
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4lNqEc-Mo

SPACEMEN 3 – Hypnotized
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mi-Xsz1b5Y

CARDIACS – Baby Heart Dirt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4xw5RTUFX0

BOB MOULD – See A Little Light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hNP0RbYwYQ&feature=PlayList&p=BCC6017FA4193EEF&index=0&playnext=1

KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION – Elephantine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI6NKtVJ8Q8

TELEVISION PERSONALITIES – Salvador Dali’s Garden Party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w763N6xWSbs

DIGITAL UNDERGROUND – Doowutchalike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raIxMrXQ9ps&feature=related

THE INDIGO GIRLS – Closer to Fine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o27ugtK3i4w&feature=fvst

CLOSE LOBSTERS – Nature Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2WF9TqBWRs&feature=related

AD NAUSEAM – Little Life Little Wonder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usHg2tUNfpI

REM – Stand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4F9sHyyvqk

FRANKIE KNUCKLES – Tears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDS7boNwtKk

THE WONDER STUFF – Don’t Let Me Down, Gently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iunQM3yJgqY

COWBOY JUNKIES – Blue Moon Revisited
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysJ4bKIhho

ACTION PAINTING! – These Things Happen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsm-OcDuxFU

MORRISSEY – Ouija Board, Ouija Board
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8V82TXOzm0

Friday 18 September 2009

LIST 22 - 25/09/09 (1989 special, part three)

Picking up where we left off back in June, here is part three of That Music List's "it was 20 years ago today" sort of retrospective. Squirm in horror once more, as you realise all of these songs really were out two whole decades ago!

DEPECHE MODE – Personal Jesus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZEuzxM3_Uk

PUBLIC ENEMY – Fight The Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaoLy7PHwk

INSPIRAL CARPETS – Joe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7lRFUCjVz4

ALIEN SEX FIEND – Haunted House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e9Z7BySFbY

THE MAN FROM DELMONTE – My Love Is Like A Gift You Can’t Return
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MaiVck5Ris

KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION – The Third Time We Opened The Capsule
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLzY-PISy-k

DANIELLE DAX – White Knuckle Ride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG4TQ27-Uis

THE WAKE – Crush The Flowers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o38U_fKtIzU&feature=related

OYSTERBAND – New York Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvxyT1VpCVA

POP WILL EAT ITSELF – Wise Up! Sucker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDWEs8RJ0v0

THE FIELD MICE – If You Need Someone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpQZB08zJo

MYSTERIOUS ART – Das Omen (teil 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyD8dfyj_Jo

REDHEAD KINGPIN & THE FBI – Do The Right Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUv3iZ4PafM

BOB – Convenience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HcB6dYjf4I

XTC – King For A Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=depsFULhqV8

THE WOLFHOUNDS – Rent Act
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oVvklYfME0

THE GO-BETWEENS – Love Goes On!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq8ZH-Z59hQ

ULTRA VIVID SCENE – The Mercy Seat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aXF9DG9FGo

POPGUNS – Waiting For the Winter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veero9j4WCQ&feature=PlayList&p=0A5E85C3E879EFD7&index=10

THE CURE – Lullaby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYtYe9K6zv4

LIST 21 - 18/09/09

I'm a pretty late comer to the naughtily-monikered F*ck Buttons, but I'm glad I have. Like much on their two albums to date, "Space Mountain" is astonishing stuff - like a more aggressive, visceral Boards Of Canada, if that isn't doing both acts a disservice.

Other than that, there is a double helping of veteran Japanese punk-poppers Shonen Knife (28 years and still going strong!), French hip-hop, Norwegian pronk, London steampunk, the cutest Americans ever, and a boat full of robots playing Baroque music. Oh yes, and something Soundgarden fans might not want reminding of!

METRIC - Monster Hospital (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_-jIYkPQAU

AU REVOIR SIMONE – All Or Nothing (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUVgdiSM4tw

JIM NOIR – I Me You I’m Yours (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYa7dgeGoNw

PASSION PIT – The Reeling (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVstHPhaJ6M

GRINDERMAN - Grinderman (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sshpJbeNF4U

RONDO VENEZIANO – La Serenissima (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej_wRgBS5lI

UNGDOMSKULEN – Idunno (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn87ZxKv4qg

AIR - Mer Du Japon (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjq4_sHy06U

THE SIDDELEYS – What Went Wrong This Time (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZImflXW6ebg&NR=1

MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO – Josephine (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pStL2wkOoTk

TTC - Travailler (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZN_ECkVtk

THE SMITTENS – One Hundred Roses (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ycf0jp-urc

SHONEN KNIFE – Riding on the Rocket [Original] (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSqGtOj72Q4

SHONEN KNIFE – Super Group (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSveOVUdkPI&NR=1

FUCK BUTTONS – Space Mountain (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_T7vyWoSwo

A HAWK AND A HACKSAW – God Bless the Ottoman Empire (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jEFt--uGq0

YOUR TWENTIES – Annie (demo) (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjcIjlLk3Nc

APRIL SMITH – Bright White Jackets (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UW_yY1a8Xw

SILVERY - Horrors (2008)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ri-9nn-bI84

MOOG COOKBOOK - Black Hole Sun (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEFR85cCi8w

LIST 20 - 13/09/09

How much does the new Muse single sound like a variation of the Doctor Who theme tune initially? A lot. But I still like it, for all that the lyrics have the merest whiff of impotent rebellion about them.

Elsewhere, there's a dramatic instrumental from Japan, stompy folk from Bristol, instrument-swapping all-female japes from Norway, the most twee Scottish duo ever, a popular American hobo, and an extraordinary experimental track from over 40 years ago. Oh, and two helpings of They Might Be Giants!

LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION - Galaxy of the Lost (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaHJJgoR0-s

MUSE – Uprising (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCdMMd3dpk4

BLITZEN TRAPPER – Furr (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqtlcHiSHTE

FUJIYA & MIYAGI - Ankle Injuries (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5XVeENmLMk

MONO – Follow the Map (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89zzHCfZ_zs

THE IMPOSSIBLES – The Drum (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H8Sg6s0dM8

ORTZROKA – Planets (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkD4jF8LXjo

KATZENJAMMER – Hey Ho (On The Devil’s Back) (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IBCqovBk5Q

THE WHIP – Divebomb (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY9vcpdhv74

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – Roy G Biv (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf33ueRXMzQ

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – They’ll Need a Crane (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XdqMGBZjGM

BABEL – Pearl Street Raga (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlwRwPIoFDs

SUGAR CRISIS – We Are Here to Save You (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKZtyBfAZ7A&feature=related

THE ORCHIDS - Another Saturday Night (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hxkrUz0k88

PLASTIC OPERATOR – Folder (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX6rzEX3CK0&search=plastic%20folder

WHITE NOISE – Here Come the Fleas (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRacpYt5F0&NR=1

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR – Set Guitars to Kill (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU_wQb1qs-4

TILLY AND THE WALL – Beat Control (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVNycEoGtnQ

CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE – Killers (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MqBZxYgtQ0

SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE – Rockist part IV (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfi8ZMu1mXM

SEASICK STEVE – I Started Out With Nothin’ (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=113FzU6Uf9U

Tuesday 25 August 2009

LIST 19 - 25/08/09

Dear me, did I jinx them last week? Very sad to learn of Stereolab's recent split the other day, so inevitably they had to get the Then And Now treatment with just about their first single and just about their last single included in this latest collection. Bit of dancehall reggae in here for the first time in a while, too, along with some Marc Riley and Lick The Tins for those of you as old and decrepit as myself. ;-D

FITNESS FOREVER – Vacanze a Settembre (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlIqlvTmPHs

MARC RILEY & THE CREEPERS – Judas Sheep (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuD2UAlRJ48&NR=1

LE MAN AVEC LES LUNETTES – The Happy Birth of You and Me (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXnwZQLzrOo

GRAVENHURST - Hollow Men (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKVSnLEzdfg

LUKE ABBOTT - Melody 120 (2008)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5E8oGkhSyc0

PET SHOP BOYS – Love Etc. (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBiaRBUjUs&feature=channel

FILM SCHOOL - 11:11 (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7OCM2yOKJ8

STEREOLAB – Super Electric (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJPXldB9eG8

STEREOLAB – Neon Beanbag (2008)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f9LwpTYLJvY

THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD – The Nightwatchman (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp6K8U5QlvQ

ANTHONY B – God Above Everything (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmFzh3vjJQs

CYANN & BEN – Words (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RerKcRpcjXI

TEKI LATEX ft. LIO - Les Matins De Paris (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lthbSHjHMFw

LICK THE TINS – Can’t Help Falling in Love with You (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4vAP43d2gs

SLIIMY – Wake Up (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pccguTaYDLQ

SHE WANTS REVENGE - Tear You Apart (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY_daRJ0PQI

THE GOOD NATURED – How Can I Believe in You? (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwKE4XsrjC0

PINEY GIR – Say I’m Sorry (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dJs_jTGlZ8

LA CASA AZUL – Esta noche solo cantan para mi (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKvrSNqRqEE

Friday 14 August 2009

LIST 18 - 14/08/09

Astonishing that I've gone 18 lists into this feature before the first appearance of the redoubtable Stereolab, given they have been pretty much an ever-present in my musical diet for some 17 years now.

Elsewhere, 'tis a pleasure to find some Lesbo Pig on the interweb to share with you at last, likewise Roy Moller.

Polly Jean Harvey gets the then and now treatment, whilst for the 80s fans among you there's also a bit of Boothill Foot Tappers and also Redditch's very own The Very Things.

GOD HELP THE GIRL – Come Monday Night (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxmrKav8gUM

DARREN HANLON – Fingertips and Mountaintops (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqIO4RA_7IU&feature=PlayList&p=E44526DBEB487944&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=53

OBSCURE – Schwermut (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeoRMW9Ot-Y

BOOTHILL FOOT TAPPERS – Too Much Time (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ousTvrd7m1I&feature=related

WHAT WOULD JESUS DRIVE – The Girls Are In Charge (2009)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLXOmE23KLE

BEASTIE BOYS - Off The Grid (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnEkV9c34Qo

THE COMPANY PRESENTS ROY MOLLER – Brother Love (2009)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kczQJRHY-k

NEW FLESH - Wherever We Go (2006)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZKXEqKKbs

dEUS – The Architect (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2CFDsG_oxg

TOM LEHRER – Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY

PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH - Black Hearted Love (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWrfLhX964I&feature=PlayList&p=99B3B7710B79645B&index=14

PJ HARVEY – Sheela Na Gig (1992)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nojeYbBpbeU

GRIZZLY BEAR – Two Weeks (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjecYugTbIQ

MONEY CAN’T BUY MUSIC – We Will All Asphyxiate (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TXnpCn-GXQ

CARDIACS – Angleworm Angel (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJudPpOYwg&feature=PlayList&p=FFE33A2F7A065655&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=17

JUNIOR BOYS - Like A Child (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbVxp4Hl-Ik

COOPER – Canción de viernes (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ8tszcjilM

LESBO PIG – Where It’s At (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-WL6zzv6mY

STEREOLAB – Three Women (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRNGhqe4OiQ

THE VERY THINGS – The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpgyVxP8OG8

Sunday 2 August 2009

LIST 17 - 02/08/09

Phew. After all the excitement of first Latitude and then Indietracks, it's back to a standard, non-themed list again this time. Still plenty of interest, mind, including some 2009 product from Camera Obscura, Cornershop and former Blue Aeroplanes guitarist Hazel Winter. The inclusion of the last-named seemed reason enough to dig out the 'Aeroplanes' joyous reinterpretation of an old Paul Simon hit, too!

The closing track appears as That Music List's own tribute to the victims of the appalling attack on the gay young people's centre in Tel Aviv last week. I can't really add anything to the lyrics that they don't say pertinently and succinctly enough already.

GOGOL BORDELLO - Not A Crime (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFL2SXGdrVA

BLONDE REDHEAD - 23 (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7FqUNlEdwA

CAMERA OBSCURA – Honey in the Sun (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfDg7Vz8Ow4

fránçois – Hold On Twice (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6S8DJyhyFc&feature=related

DISASTERADIO – Awesome Feelings (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFoTFXxcrrw

BLUE AEROPLANES – The Boy in the Bubble (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9eZ3O5StN8

HAZEL WINTER – The Candyman Walks (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jugNw7rSdw

ROSE ELINOR DOUGALL – Another Version of Pop Song (2008)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfecdVruPGQ

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Water Curses (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2rqB0Sl5MQ

THE SMITTENS – My Favourite Dream (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN6aiPQi7PM

COCOROSIE – Rainbowarriors (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypS4x4GO_-E

BIS – Eurodisco (1998)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpC_hz-Gxc8

MANDA RIN – My DNA (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV5EZBpQq0U

CORNERSHOP – The Roll-Off Characteristics (of History in the Making) (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLgueesvGxk

AKALA – Shakespeare (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gme1YN-qZV8

DAWN LANDES – Bodyguard (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoHhez7NMCc

TELEVISION PERSONALITIES – A Picture of Dorian Gray (1981)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMbuZSfV41w

MJ HIBBETT & THE VALIDATORS – Do The Indie Kid (2008)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z265E7fGL_k

TREMBLING BLUE STARS – A Statue to Wilde (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzIPhGVPX6U

Friday 24 July 2009

LIST 16 - 23/07/09 (Indietracks Festival special, part two)

LIST 15 – 22/07/09 (Indietracks Festival special, part one)

Hello again,

As promised, having worked through all of the Latitude line-up (more or less), our thoughts now turn to Indietracks, taking place for the third time in the Butterly Railway Musuem near Ripley, Derbyshire this very weekend.

This is my kind of festival - cheap (£55 for the weekend), small, civilised and very friendly. And if the music doesn't grab you, the free rides on the preserved steam trains is bound to!

Once again, the remit was to try to find a track by as many artists performing over the weekend as possible. And one again, this proved successful enough to run into more than one list. Here's the first!

AU REVOIR SIMONE – Dark Halls (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW1aQvlGDfo

EMMY THE GREAT – First Love (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dS8uy5fwfs

ROSE ELINOR DOUGALL – Stop / Start / Synchro (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHDYzPCfo-Q&feature=related

CAMERA OBSCURA – Tears for Affairs (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa1OJ8n1r6U

THE LOVELY EGGS – Have You Ever Heard a Digital Accordion? (2008)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrvPKjE1dNE

CATS ON FIRE – Tears in your Cup (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOUj2soql3g

LA CASA AZUL – La Revolucion Sexual (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn_MtUK_6H4

BUTCHER BOY – I Could Be in Love with Anyone (live) (2007)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoUM-xDSeuY

SPEEDMARKET AVENUE – Don’t Fall in Love (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utAIXRCsiXU

MIGHTY MIGHTY – Law (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17xpb0GJvBk

ONE HAPPY ISLAND – Anita (live) (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXSA4oF8IFk

LITTLE MY – Sellotape My Hands (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb7Y9LJFaUw&feature=related

ROY MOLLER – Great Wall of China (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEMYEmkjwqU

FITNESS FOREVER – Bacharach (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZbBziT9Hbg

KEVIN McGROTHER – The Girl in the DM Boots (live) (2009)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPm4BE-_7v8&feature=related

DOWNDIME – Lessons (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFTia8F1AHw

SUCRETTE - (シュクレット) (Lovely My Girl) (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jP5BNs_p_k

POPPY AND FRIENDS – Did It (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2aDpgPwkng

WAKE THE PRESIDENT – Miss Tierney (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eusm7-3y1oA

RAY RUMOURS & THE NO EYED DEARS – Mr Bear (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CBJj2yhFyo

THE FRANK AND WALTERS – Miles and Miles (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf-YStg_e2o

Thursday 23 July 2009

List 14 - 05/07/09 (Latitude Festival special, part three)

...And finally...

Here is the last part of the three-part Latitude Festival preview for your delight and delectation. A big thanks as always to the modern-day wonder that is Youtube for storing them all in the first place. Hope you've enjoyed these lists as much as I have compiling them!

The next That Music List is likely to be something similar for the forthcoming Indietracks Festival (July 24th-26th), assuming I can find enough material. I'll load that up in a week or two's time.

Cheers!

BAT FOR LASHES – Daniel (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00ZHah-c0hQ

SPIRITUALIZED – Anyway That You Want Me (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rVyOULVEx4

FEVER RAY – If I Had A Heart (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJmkcguNVhE&feature=related

EMMY THE GREAT – We Almost Had A Baby (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG-XKr5vkQk

TEMPER TRAP – Science of Fear (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vkXxn65ec

ALELA DIANE – The Rifle (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJFZUpmv62c

MAGAZINE – Definitive Gaze (1978)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgZiKziAY58&feature=related

CHAIRLIFT – Bruises (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLG9DheSh-c&feature=related

HJALTALIN – Traffic Music (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIfR_jMM2Hw

CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY – Bastardo (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyIVkEhyNLE&feature=related

KAP BAMBINO – Dead Lazers (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5E4QUUFG9Y

LOCAL NATIVES – Airplanes (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EonnZ-8GdiY

YES GIANTESS – Tuff N Stuff (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83LNxvzRKA4

ALAN POWNALL – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28rODrLLefI

SLOW CLUB – Me and You (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV_jPQrdnE8

CASIOKIDS – Fot i Hose (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOGWjMGDNRM

DJANGO DJANGO - Storm (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbL3oUMsvgU

SPEECH DEBELLE – The Key (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I98iyEf5a7E

CHEW LIPS – Solo (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_5zfOa7CDI

PULLED APART BY HORSES – Meat Balloon (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBQEX9hJ8sM

LIST 13 - 04/07/09 (Latitude Festival special, part two)

Hello again,

This is the second of three lists, with every act scheduled to appear at Latitude in a little over a fortnight's time. All bases covered from world to dayglo punkpop and then some!

SAINT ETIENNE – He’s on the Phone (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OgV4F7JzVc

THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD – Meeting Mr Miandad (2009)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGVzbFaLk0s

PATRICK WOLF – Bloodbeat (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm-V1wlUj5I

OF MONTREAL - Wraith Pinned To The Mist And Other Games (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PoJv4N1Too&search=of%20montreal%20wraith

THE CHAKRAS – We The People (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_RwkZivxE

SQUEEZE – Another Nail in my Heart (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l07bZjtz4go&feature=related

CAMERA OBSCURA – If Looks Could Kill (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztIWgEO0vRc&NR=1

MARNIE STERN – Transformer (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3oxU9-zeiA

THE MUMMERS – Wonderland (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNFV10oTVoU&feature=related

GEOFFREY GURRUMUL YUNIPINGU – Djarimirri (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bawDFY8G-o4

LITTLE BOOTS – Meddle (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cHX-znop8Q

BAND OF SKULLS – I Know What I Am (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tl3zhbWrBY

GOLDHEART ASSEMBLY – The Engraver’s Daughter (2008)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ptqX4KMlsk

WE HAVE BAND – You Came Out (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANKjz-7uZIc

MAPS – You Don’t Know Her Name (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-GieKHv7-A

SUGARCRISIS – Stuck in Traffic (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEW7uy5H1YU&feature=related

FIRST AID KIT – You’re Not Coming Home Tonight (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94lWiYu39O4

GOLDEN SILVERS – True Romance (True No.9 Blues) (2009)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns9o1gEhaE8

JOE GIDEON & THE SHARK - DOL (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxQtnti6ids

BISHI - On My Own Again (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYoVmqZIoR8

THE XX – Crystalised (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pib8eYDSFEI

LIST 12 - 03/07/09 (Latitude Festival special, part one)

Hey up,

Now, a few people have asked me to go through the line-up of this year's Latitude Festival, including a few who, like me, won't be able to go this time on account of work commitments. No problem, happy to oblige! It's something I'm happy to do, given the work involved has constituted my first exposure to rather a lot of the acts on the two smallest music stages in particular.

This is the first of three lists, with every act scheduled to appear at Latitude in a little over a fortnight's time. In order to cram on as much as possible, I have opted to omit most of the headline acts - I trust most people are familiar enough with the output of Pet Shop Boys, Editors, Doves, etc. not to be too disappointed about that.

Right, off we go!

THE GOSSIP – Heavy Cross (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6k1I_OnjTU

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – Red Right Hand (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUlgN__Jrxk

THOM YORKE – Harrowdown Hill (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS37ZSYOwTA

LADYHAWKE – Paris is Burning (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1HDZNR9cY4

PHOENIX – 1901 (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSLbW1S5gHA

DATAROCK - Computer Camp Love (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO7xa3UZaZ0

BROKEN FAMILY BAND – Salivating (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygJYDvJ8PSU

BROKEN RECORDS – Lies (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuDUiVwNpdc

LISA HANNIGAN – Lille (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaFs_uEfqhM

AMAZING BABY – Bayonets (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTxXcTOcggo

LYKKE LI – I’m Good, I’m Gone (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Z1ZtIiuPA

THE VASELINES – Dying For It (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IewYV6d0NWQ

iLIKETRAINS – Terra Nova (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoHloQFJNvs

WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS – There Is No Light (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi4y_wyov6Q

PASSION PIT – Sleepyhead (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bfseWNmlds&NR=1

PHENOMENAL HAND CLAP BAND – 15 to 20 (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYSdF37LCPA

FIGHT LIKE APES – Tie Me Up With Jackets (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9KFT5ImlxA

DEAR READER – Dearheart (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMsB38XD4FU

CATHERINE A.D. – Follow Your Heart (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ehu13YgeRc

DAG FŐR DAG - Words (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?

THE AGITATOR - All That You Got (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zbI6gio9xw&feature=related

LIST 11 - 22/06/09 (1989 special, part two)

Part two of the "20 years ago" retrospective. Some real old favourites here, as well as some lost gems and never-weres. Other than the bassist, who ran off to join Lush ultimately, whatever *did* happen to See See Rider? Answers on a postcard...

THE KLF – Kylie Said To Jason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSaZKgAq8J0

PIXIES – Here Comes Your Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvi4iA3PnKE

THE SHAMEN – Omega Amigo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUyAfsPl2cQ

THE WEDDING PRESENT – Kennedy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcn0dQWRshE

DE LA SOUL – Me, Myself and I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PAkrbQScw

NEW FAST AUTOMATIC DAFFODILS – Big
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkDhJ_m9XXI

THE SUNDAYS – Can’t Be Sure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27jcB5woXyU

POP WILL EAT ITSELF – Can U Dig It?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8cN_qvhfeI

SEE SEE RIDER – She Sings Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWmcuSE5MM

HOUSE OF LOVE – I Don’t Know Why I Love You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVdfi1VoM7w

NINE INCH NAILS – Sin (1989 original issue)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOoWkXEz-5E

THE THE – The Beat(en) Generation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isUCQIvOplA

A GUY CALLED GERALD – Hot Lemonade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BItMlta4lV8

LIGHTNING SEEDS – Pure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6myNbk15sMs&feature=related

SUGARCUBES – Regina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PznnQ9nhWFU

WIRE – In Vivo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHAnOQyXhGI

LUSH – De-Luxe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdhXvCc1RJE

THE STONE ROSES – I Am The Resurrection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6QnK0yql8s

LIST 10 - 14/06/09 (1989 special, part one)

1989 SPECIAL – Part One

Frightening but true - all of these tracks are 20 years old this year! This is the first of at least two, probably more likely three, delves into one of my absolute favourite years for music. Lots seemed to happen, most of it very good indeed. I hope these tracks make you feel suitably nostalgic rather than incredibly old, depressed and superannuated. ;-D

"Eardrum Buzz", of course, was voted the worst song ever by Philip Schofield once upon a time. So what better recommendation do you need?

WIRE – Eardrum Buzz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoBXsZh2XZE

PIXIES – Debaser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCoOlUjhlc

808 STATE – Pacific State
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ebeduqvCUs&feature=related

THE FIELD MICE – Anyone Else Isn’t You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_kX3QXRW9o

DANIELLE DAX – Cat-House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU6dIBK7_ig

THROWING MUSES – Dizzy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr1iJYZqG1E

THE KLF – 3am Eternal (1989 Pure Trance Original)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32xQiPuUDaw

HEART THROBS – Dreamtime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_l_7-vRsbs

THE WONDER STUFF – Golden Green
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l67iGJPakRE

MYSTERIOUS ART – Requiem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpPVsn8dOqA

ST CHRISTOPHER – All Of A Tremble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0IYBVCNtns

FATIMA MANSIONS – Only Losers Take The Bus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaSi2Z74Ou8

THE STONE ROSES – What The World Is Waiting For
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGOaro9kfS4

MICHELLE SHOCKED – On The Greener Side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1NyTN3FG9s

A C MARIAS – One Of Our Girls Has Gone Missing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Iu7HdFg6I

THE BELOVED – The Sun Rising
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2hzlEdXsg0

DARLING BUDS – Hit The Ground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxqqa0U_3js

FINITRIBE – Monster in the House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo9lvC8HtnE

KIRSTY MACCOLL - Free World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46pfPVE5q1o

CARDIACS - The Everso Closely Guarded Line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61CicoCgyd0

LIST 09 - 08/06/09

Astonishing that it's taken nine lists for me to get my favourite band The Field Mice on a list. How remiss!

A real pleasure to include Cybotron's "Clear", one of the defining statements in techno and still a vital, fresh track 26 years on. SPC ECO, meanwhile, is the new project of Dean Garcia, the other half of Curve. Do please give it a go!

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE ft FEIST - 7/4 Shoreline (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uev2J_cBHjQ&search=broken%20social%20scene

CAMERA OBSCURA – French Navy (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH9n8LVY0vs

ERRORS - Salut! France (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Mq9d3cWZ8

ROKIA TRAORE – Zen (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUVLZFEL-b4

THE FIELD MICE – Sensitive (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE9JRLwdwno

GAMEBOY GAMEGIRL – Sweaty Wet / Dirty Damp (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NzMsktBcmI

120 DAYS - C-Musik (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh7gFUkpANk

PET SHOP BOYS – Did You See Me Coming? (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hy4bT0ESfc

PET SHOP BOYS – Being Boring (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnvFOaBoieE

SPC ECO – Telling You (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYNWqNd0EKg

TUUNG – Fair Doreen (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrMEzZEUPbE

BATTLES - Atlas (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU

FIELD MUSIC - A House is Not a Home (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e8W1AYn8c0

CYBOTRON – Clear (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I280cxs2jvA

AU REVOIR SIMONE – Shadows (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bar3rLB2ao

MALAJUBE – Montreal -40c (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGSi3pmpuI&feature=related

PROLAPSE – Deanshanger (1997)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbhkQlQAsU

LYKKE LI – Little Bit (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upnTg2GPgTM

LONEY, DEAR - Saturday Waits (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohhqm0igbXE

SUGAR – Tilted (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrLcNWi94Wk

LIST 08 - 30/05/09

Delighted to include a double helping of Sparks songs this time, old and new. If only all bands could sound as vital over 30 years into their careers as both Sparks and Cardiacs (also included) do. Marvellous efforts.

THE REAL TUESDAY WELD – Bathtime in Clerkenwell (2002)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCT23V7C9GU

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - Another Sunny Day (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HTBwvwVNT4

JARVIS COCKER – Angela (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbNh4CS9Cns

XTC versus BONDE DO ROLE – Carretel De Frango (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F3IcyNUL10

PEEPING TOM – Mojo (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pcvBFFflEc

MANU CHAO – Me Gustas Tu (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzgjiPBCsss

BLOOD RED SHOES – It’s Getting Boring by the Sea (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEzKBUsyGYg

EVEN AS WE SPEAK – Falling Down (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7pWbObmuX4

SPARKS – I Can’t Believe That You Would Fall For All The Crap In This Song (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG5fSQka4ck

SPARKS – The Number 1 Song in Heaven (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc_x2-rCFWI

THE CONCRETES - On The Radio (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3kLxyes3ig

TAKEN BY TREES – Tell Me (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4GmERZ3pig&feature=related

CADENCE WEAPON – Sharks (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gecCt0F_6nM

WORKING FOR A NUCLEAR FREE CITY - Rocket (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_573IIv81A

CULTURE – War in Sierra Leone (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfgo47Tk1qk

JAKOBINARINA - This Is An Advertisement (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sCrvZcfqNc

JACOB GOLDEN – Out Come the Wolves (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRuj1PkhdCg

THOMPSON TWINS – Come Inside (Feedback Max House Mix) (1991)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toX3vTLLSME

ABSENTEE – Bitchstealer (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m3_p6tPlF0

EAST RIVER PIPE – Make a Deal with the City (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRq4Tc-cry4

CARDIACS – Jibber and Twitch (rehearsal) (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxhuQWKwbqY

LIST 07 - 07/05/09 (in memory of the Annie Nightingale Request Show, part two)

Oops, so much for roughly weekly updates! It's been a mad old month. Anyhoo, here is the other half of the Annie Nightingale Request Show tribute list - looks a bit more quirky than part one on balance, and would have been all the more so if I'd have found a copy of Digital Underground's "Doowutchalyke" that hadn't been overwritten by Youtube. Meh.

STONE ROSES – Fool’s Gold (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4bHMVAKDao

THIS MORTAL COIL – Song to the Siren (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUmdR69nbM

MC 900 Ft JESUS FEATURING DJ ZERO – Truth Is Out Of Style (1989)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtlpG0hb38

TODD RUNDGREN & UTOPIA – Communion with the Sun (1976)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCnpKgY6u4E

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – Dickie Davies Eyes (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCvs2w_Mjeg

FIAT LUX – Secrets (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOeGawjJnR8&feature=related

SAINT ETIENNE – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVdS6pPVCMU

FREUR – Doot Doot (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opaeNiiizxo

TOM LEHRER – The Masochism Tango (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytGOeiW0aE

THE ORB – Little Fluffy Clouds (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWMIXgCaJPQ

STUMP – Charlton Heston (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xxju1pNhuA

THE TIMES – Manchester (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKs9JwiD65E

FRANK ZAPPA – Valley Girl (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnVE3UTIgEM

LIST 06 - 01/04/09 (in memory of the Annie Nightingale Request Show, part one)

Quite by accident the other day, I read on Wikipedia that the eternally wonderful Annie Nightingale was born on April 1st.

It's not a landmark birthday for her this year, but that was still all the excuse I needed to knock up a list of some of my (and your?) favourite tunes from her long-discontinued and sadly-missed Sunday evening request show on Radio 1 (1982-1994).

In the event I found enough material from the usual sources to fill two hour-long lists rather than the one usual "CD length" one, so here's part one for you. There's nothing newer than the early 90s on here, for obvious reasons, and as such there are fewer working videos accompanying the music than is usually the case. The songs themselves are all present and correct, though, and what a joy it's been to hear them again.

Yes, even "Fish Heads"!

TERRY, BLAIR & ANOUCHKA – Ultra Modern Nursery Rhyme (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiiLQH_2fjY

THE JAM – Butterfly Collector (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2vue_-cW0s

SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND – Swampsnake (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrZ9lcXskrg

GANGWAY – My Girl and Me (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjALLCRCn6U

BARNES & BARNES – Fish Heads (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpUVAcvWfU

ALTERN8 – Frequency (1992)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UxDOuz570s

THE MOTORS – Love & Loneliness (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWJnH2fKZGA

STUMP – Buffalo (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-PmQ3dFQvs

THE DAVE HOWARD SINGERS – Yon Yonson (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwCHi3KbsMQ

PASSIONS – I’m in Love with a German Filmstar (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nasn-49uk4A

ERSTE ALLGEMEINE VERUNSICHERUNG – Ba-Ba-Bankrobbery (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JXmzPr6bkA

POP WILL EAT ITSELF – There’s a Psycopath in my Soup (1986)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icVaVeaaUC0

MESSIAH – There Is No Law (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgqeZeKcj_k

ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE EGYPTIANS – Brenda’s Iron Sledge (1985)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckpRHX880Po

THE CURE – A Forest (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY7wuV_C1oI

LIST 05 - 14/03/09

So.... the first list since PRS and Youtube came to blows, but apart from having to swerve a few official record label video providers to find stuff, life's carried on pretty much as normal in That Music List Towers.

Moral of story: aspire to listen to something other than Leona Lewis, and all shall be well. ;-D

Highlights of this list include a couple of Trembling Blue Stars songs from either end of that band's career (Note to self: five lists in and still not one single Field Mice track? What's wrong with you, Jezza?), and the oldest song I've found to date - a wonderful British calypso track from 1950 by Lord Beginner. Damon Albarn's digging out of such gems recorded by the first generation of West Indians to emigrate to Britain over 50 years ago is something I've enojoyed hugely.

Oh, and there's some shoegaze as well, for those of us who loved it back in the day!

LADYHAWKE – My Delirium (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVnUwWRteaQ

BROADCAST – Black Cat (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjg3rfQmh_I

ALLO, DARLIN – Dear Stephen Hawking (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eTrhx9KlOU&feature=channel

SALT TANK – Charged Up (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY-nLoK2EOw

BARRINGTONE – Snake in the Grass (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWrIv6IC3Ds

ENTER SHIKARI – Sorry, You’re Not a Winner (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4MiC67seUY

LORD BEGINNER – Victory Calypso (1950)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06P0RdZyjT4

FRANZ FERDINAND – No you Girls (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5idcarc5rc

AIR – CHERRY BLOSSOM GIRL (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RixdZcVuyw8

AMADOU & MARIAM – Ce N’est Pas Bon (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ZkKmpto9c

SLOWDIVE – Shine (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwVGPtNTYVQ

BEST FWENDS – Skate or Live (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdDjl1khbP4

TREMBLING BLUE STARS – This Once Was an Island (2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zva2pR39NJg

TREMBLING BLUE STARS – For This One (1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNbDU-XuwVg

MAGNETIC FIELDS – Too Drunk to Dream (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h4ufGS6bE4

SIGUR ROS – Gobbledigook (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfKw5r7M7MQ

THE GRATES - 19-20-20 (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-8WwzEbsTo&search=the%20grates

KUTIMAN – This Is What It Became (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAvS0pc9NIw

LADYTRON – Evil (album version) (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzoH-L0Ybo

METRONOMY – You Could Easily Have Me (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBb0zSmNevY

LIST 04 - 06/03/09

As the title implies, everything on here hails from 2006.

Reason being? Well, 2006 was when I was working on the short-lived national daily newspaper The Sportsman, and out of necessity the hours were a little more exotic than your usual daily 9 to 5.

As such, many were the evenings that I'd not get back home until around 11pm, and dive straight onto the digital telly to catch MTV2's late-lamented 120 Minutes, or something on Huw Stephens' show, or 6Music, or similar, whilst still winding down from another day at the typeface.

The upshot is that whilst my pursuit and absorption of interesting music has never ever really let up, during 2006 it was probably as intense as it had been for many years previously.

These are some of my highlights from 100s of potential candidates during that year.

CAMERA OBSCURA – Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTa_RQC8ZxA

LO-FI-FNK – Wake Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUM94BCiZXI

SPARKS – Dick Around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na8oDCKp6AU

RUSSIAN FUTURISTS – Paul Simon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1OlRNE6qak

SOL SEPPY – Slo Fuzz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd27YI1Es3Q

CSS – Let’s Make Love (and Listen to Death From Above)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7agPOt1XZz8

PSAPP – Hi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OBxL8PiFc8

MOGWAI – Travel is Dangerous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBy_W9KLfiQ

I’M FROM BARCELONA – We’re From Barcelona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwwbXHNGsjU

DAVID E SUGAR – We Weren’t Put Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVo7jCXwVKE

HOWLING BELLS – Setting Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbBepI5FVgo

THE HIDDEN CAMERAS – Awoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1m66vjAFRU

JAMES FIGURINE – Apologies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjE1NpoEprY

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL – I Want You So Hard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrIVkuYRiHA

NEOSUPERVITAL – Rachel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PHT-Vxff2Y

TO MY BOY – I Am X-Ray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThiSo8AvLXY

SOULS SHE SAID – Sunken City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz7QGRCz9cM

PIPETTES – Pull Shapes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYzVEmOUoE

MEAT KATIE & ELITE FORCE ft ROLAND CLARK – Divine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lke2oaLM95s

CLEARLAKE – It’s Getting Light Outside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntA7NdgB4qA&search=clearlake%20light

THE KNIFE – Like A Pen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqNSd-x1yEs&feature=related

Total running time: 79 minutes

LIST 03 - 27/02/09

Here again!

A note of caution to anyone who doesn't know the song already is that the Jarvis Cocker track that concludes this section could hardly be swearier if it tried. I was moved to include it after learning that those sods at MTV have cancelled the 120 Minutes show, by a long margin my main source of new leftfield music over the last three years.

The producers of the show chose it as the last song they ever played on it - no love lost between them and their soon to be ex-employers, then!

PORTISHEAD – The Rip (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggOZ4RuKRgE

SERENA-MANEESH – Drain Cosmetics (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT_uwSI01Hc

FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE – Kiss with a Fiss (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpsDegqioVA

THE STREETS – Heaven for the Weather (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XczLJ4-sd8M

BOARDS OF CANADA – Alpha and Omega (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUxSr7nF_SU

KRISTIN HERSH – In Shock (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFoWvu-86O8

McCARTHY – Keep an Open Mind Or Else (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUxSr7nF_SU

BODY SNATCHERS – Freaky Ho (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzDjyGIuNiA

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – Bad Losers on Yahoo! Chess (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8w3eW1huCM

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na12OyJEgJ8

AU REVOIR SIMONE – Fallen Snow (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXmKpB9dn3c

DEL THA FUNKEE HOMOSAPIEN – Mistadobalina (1992)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h3ynPZEOM4

RADAR BROTHERS – When Cold Air Goes to Sleep (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsde36e2YcY

NEON NEON ft CATE LE BON & GRUFF RHYS – I Lust You (2008)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4lZqDmCO9c

MALAJUBE – Fille a Plumes (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU1aQCB32uE

JOHN COOPER CLARKE – Beasley Street (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37QUUwp9xIs&feature=related

SEBASTIAN TELLIER – Broadway (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD5yA9uX7hM

THE MONOCHROME SET – Jacob’s Ladder (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqOGSjA2HPY

JARVIS COCKER – Running the World (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=monyiOsoKxg

LIST 02 - 19/02/09

Not sure what's the greatest surprise in this list - that some wonderful soul finally stuck "Considering a Move to Memphis" on Youtube, or that St Etienne are still living and breathing!
Cardiacs double-header appears as a morale-booster whilst frontman Tim Smith remains incapacitated after - ironically - a cardiac arrest. Some things you just can't script. Bet Lawnmower Death are worried now.

As always, sound levels vary a bit from one clip to the next, so wiggle your knob accordingly to attain best results. ;-)

XTC – The Mayor of Simpleton (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo

SAINT ETIENNE – Method of Modern Love (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi0OvJkLiww

YILA ft SCROOBIUS PIP – Astronaut (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8UfvHnna38

THE COLORBLIND JAMES EXPERIENCE – Considering a Move to Memphis (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exul_bc_mIU&feature=related

KIKO – Slave of My Mind (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rij8qWLqo-U

ANOTHER SUNNY DAY – You Should All Be Murdered (1989)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AkXC5m8ueA

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - Sick Sick Sick (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXCaXz0GbU

1990s - See You at the Lights (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EURfmrWJcPY

CULTURE – Lion Rock (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUSvMOJ2M_k

CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE – White Corolla (2009)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3dUgPvkYnw

WAVE PICTURES – Strange Fruit for David (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OHfi4U2k-g

CARDIACS – Ditzy Scene (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP6nEQyP6uA

CARDIACS – Tarred and Feathered (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlfWoWHHRNA

FLYING SAUCER ATTACK – Beach Read Lullaby (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YU9AgUaw9o

BOMB THE BASS ft FUJIYA & MIYAGI – Butterfingers (2008)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF8lcGoS9Yc

ROBERT WYATT – I’m A Believer (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-FmG4JTIfk

ROSIE TAYLOR PROJECT – A Good Cafe on George Street (2008)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIVhNWm65HE

SILVER APPLES – Oscillations (live at Toronto Music Gallery (2008)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S09jb-eBcGE&feature=related

NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – Sing Me Spanish Techno (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDUHJNVjpS0

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