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