LIST 51 - 01/10/10

Another standard, as opposed to themed, List this week, but at the same time two contributions could fall under a loose theme of courageous returns. Laetitia Sadier's solo album, out on September 27th, was at least partly recorded in the aftermath of her sister's suicide - the opening track addresses that tragedy with both unflinching honesty and quiet dignity, and is included here.

Edwyn Collins, meanwhile, has of course had his own trials in recent years, but emerging from the other side of these is "Losing Sleep", technically the second album released since his two brain haemorrhages in 2005 but the first entirely conceived and completed this side of them. The title track leaves little to the imagination regarding his comparatively reduced state nowadays, but at the same time of mawkish self-pity there is none.

I'm minded to include the Go-Betweens' "Right Here" this week, incidentally, after hearing The Peterboroughs' brave reading of it on accordion, uke, banjo and glockenspiel at the Nottingham Indiepop Weekender six days ago. It was, alas, the Leeds quartet's farewell gig, so unless on the fly recordings exist anywhere I wouldn't know where to direct you to a recording of it with any degree of confidence. My apologies!



LAETITIA SADIER – One Million Year Trip (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxWnA7rcsoE

OOIOO – SOL (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fiHyEA6t30

THE PIPETTES – Call Me (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHRNGxYRiUg

AUTOROTATION – Everything is Everything (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2jZpEu1mJ0

BEST COAST – Boyfriend (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTWvCv6uZsU

THE GO-BETWEENS – Right Here (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqtTd_0oFU4

JAMES YUILL – First in Line (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu9Ag_qz1vI

FLOYD THE PHENOMENAL CAT-TROPHY – Name Mention Attention (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC-JtaHb5q8

TEAM GHOST – Colors in Time (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4e2NsQT5Ss

EDWYN COLLINS – Losing Sleep (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQh1OoYfIE

EDWYN COLLINS – Don’t Shilly Shally (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oS082HqfVE

LAU vs KARINE POLWART – The January Man (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W--Q47cNb8o

BONDE DE ROLE - Solto O Frango (2007)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgb6FxuaPQA

SHRAG – Rabbit Kids (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rXs9O2Tq90

DEINE LAKAIEN – Gone (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IXFjlege_0

BROADCAST AND THE FOCUS GROUP – I See, So I See So (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlVaRcNf9nc

BETTY AND THE WEREWOLVES – David Cassidy (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRFoNwddrxQ

GYPSY AND THE CAT – Time to Wander (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuelwnVTNYc

ROBERT WYATT – Stalin Wasn’t Stallin’ (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pylc5jiGy8

THE SCHOOL – Is He Really Coming Home? (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zlSyHAHjo

ATLAS SOUND ft LAETITIA SADIER – Quick Canal (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C79Q7MV4Fgo