LIST 65 - 02/09/11

Hello again,

I'm sure I mourned the passing of Trembling Blue Stars in one preamble last year on That Music List when including "All Our Tomorrows" from their final album. Since then, of course, there has actually been a final EP and a final final EP, too, the latter of which I finally acquired this week just gone.

The collaboration with Robert "Josh" Hampson of Loop, plus the cover of Wire's "Kidney Bingos" starring Caesar from The Wake, are all likely to feature in the coming weeks; but how sad to have to think that after 16 years of perfect releases, TBS contributions to That Music List thereafter will be solely in the plundering-the-archives rather than the new-product sense.

Very much still present as well as past tense are Comet Gain, whose records remain the best ways of guaranteeing that what you're hearing is actually Comet Gain music played by Comet Gain members! That might sound like stating the obvious to most, but those who witnessed their, um, enigmatic appearance at Indietracks three years ago will know that this can occasionally be rather less of a given! Something from the new album, along with a classic from 14 years ago, get an airing here.

Other highlights this week include the first recorded output of 2011 from the likes of Allo Darlin' and Francois & The Atlas Mountains; a double helping of outer space tunes; further evidence of Ladytron's incredibly high stock as a singles band; and something very pleasing involving just two bass guitars and a load of dogs. Really really.

J x



DETOX CUTE & THE BEAUTY JUNKIES – Billy Liar (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAJydYq8Ylk

KIDS – Summer Frights (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1llww4xTHsE

DINOSAURS ARE STILL ALIVE – Hive Mind (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3DCFnsoOU4

ALLO DARLIN’ – Darren (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EmpYVA7WHE

THE FOLK IMPLOSION – Natural One (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYerwwTV5qc

GOLD-BEARS – So Natural (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31mGXf6uI5Y

FRÀNÇOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS – Piscine (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdxVMJ9UxnM

C*NT SPARRER – Because You’re Young (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIWBwEqBPZQ

LADYTRON – White Elephant (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cKEy0BFfQw

COMET GAIN – Ballad Of Frankie Machine (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO9vZ26uCrQ

COMET GAIN – Strength (1997)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU7m6J9Nve0

DOS – Number Eight (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFrgJBCtCmE

ULRICH SCHNAUSS & JONAS MUNK – Chasing Rainbows (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc0r3LewPZU

FITNESS FOREVER – Palma De Mallorca (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJgXk_W659Q

EVANS THE DEATH – Threads (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdk9x3CEca4

KAKI KING – Falling Day (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSo995g2kjc

TREMBLING BLUE STARS – Sunrise on Mars (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=9AljtMzdqLE

STEREOLAB – Sun Demon (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXq9-8hI2zw

THE HOBBES FANCLUB – The Boy from Outer Space (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyTnoTEIgTM

THE WEDDING PRESENT – The Queen of Outer Space (1992)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsOAf_5XSaI

NIKI & THE DOVE – The Fox (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUhOgSZHv9o

THE SCHOOL – I Love Everything (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3pM63IKfDY&ob=av2e