That Music List: July 2009

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

LIST 01 - 15/02/09

The preamble:

Quite simply, That Music List is a vaguely weekly-ish list of URLs to songs past and present that I really like, and would love to share with anyone interested in extending their musical palate at no cost to themselves (other than your connection time on the Interweb, of course).

There's roughly about 80 minutes of music in each new list - partly as it's a manageable length of time, and partly to replicate (sort of) that feel of the list representing the contents of a really varied home-compiled CDR.

Musically you can expect to find... well... I shouldn't say too much as that would be self-defeating. Listen without prejudice!

Jeremy xx

PS That Music List was inspired by the lengthy music-oriented threads I have posted to the message board of activity group Spice over the last three years, and the lounge area of www.theracingforum.co.uk for the last five.

PPS That Music List was going to be named either "Listen Without Prejudice", but George Michael nicked that first; or else "Keep An Open Mind Or Else" (after the revered single by late-80s Marxist indiepoppers McCarthy), but on balance that seemed a bit aggressive!

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Right, then. So here goes. Do feel free to discuss any of the songs contained herein!

JAMES YUILL - No Pins Allowed (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JTRHYXA9D8

BRIAN ENO - No One Receiving (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6F0NmWoQo

WIRE - One Of Us (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61rkMv6iF0c

SEBASTIEN TELLIER - Divine (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz58Hw9hldw

JEANS TEAM - Baby 3 (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnTAJL1Eack

AMADOU & MARIAM - Magosa (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhyYXSe1wU4

FARMERS BOYS - Phew Wow (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCS5H4fwLLQ

MANHATTAN LOVE SUICIDES - Clusterf*ck (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDH9UfE9SMo

DARKEL - At The End Of The Sky (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6-ZVrBEzYc&feature=related

TREMBLING BLUE STARS - November Starlings (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Bea_rDB6M

WEDDING PRESENT - Brassneck (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZkTEGPG8Y

ALELA DIANE - The Pirate's Gospel (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpwSxHiiNSw

HOLY F*CK - Lovely Allen (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrtQEaeGaZY

KAKI KING - Playing With Pink Noise (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbJnwk3GBiM

GARY CLAIL ON-U SOUND SYSTEM - Who Pays The Piper? (1992)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbbk0bEzm3c

FAKE BLOOD - Mars (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Uk27gg2UA

ROBOTNIK - People Walk Away (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbbk0bEzm3c

CIRCULUS - My Body Is Made Of Sunlight (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2OavLPpPVw

FUJIYA & MIYAGI - Knickerbocker (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0E8MWb3hgo

PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED - Careering (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YvrHabcAhc

YUMI YUMI - I Am Right (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywhr_MpPhCM

LADYTRON - Ghosts (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yaEwcmrR4Q

That Music List