LIST 22 - 25/09/2009 (1989 special, part three)

Hello again,

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!

J xx


DEPECHE MODE – Personal Jesus 

PUBLIC ENEMY – Fight The Power 

INSPIRAL CARPETS – Joe 

ALIEN SEX FIEND – Haunted House 

THE MAN FROM DELMONTE – My Love Is Like A Gift You Can’t Return 

KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION – The Third Time We Opened The Capsule 

DANIELLE DAX – White Knuckle Ride 

THE WAKE – Crush The Flowers 

OYSTERBAND – New York Girls 

POP WILL EAT ITSELF – Wise Up! Sucker 

MYSTERIOUS ART – Das Omen (teil 1) 

REDHEAD KINGPIN & THE FBI – Do The Right Thing 

BOB – Convenience 

XTC – King For A Day 

THE WOLFHOUNDS – Rent Act 

THE POPGUNS – Waiting For the Winter 

 
THE CURE – Lullaby 

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