That Music List: December 2013

Wednesday 25 December 2013

LIST 120 - 25/12/13 (a Christmas selection)

Hello again,

Not the first festive selection to have appeared on these pages (q.v. Lists 55, 56 and 83), but the first for a couple of years after proving too slow off the mark last year. Tsk.

Delighted to be able to include some new-for-2013 offerings from Town Bike (now on hiatus for 18 months or due to studying commitments), indiepop supergroup/agglomeration thingy Geoffrey And The Livingstones, and the first man of pub rock Nick Lowe (middle name really is Drain, apparently).

Never a hardship to include anything from the Lovely Eggs, either, especially anything as joyously deranged as Tyrannosaurus Rex for Christmas. Altogether now - "No Gigantosaurus on Biscuits For Cheese...", etc.

J x

EUX AUTRES – Teenage Christmas (2009)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KNM4vEmJf0

THE HIT PARADE – I Love Christmas (1993)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT6hfSALXyE

TOWN BIKE - It Should've Been The Worst Christmas Ever (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVM_vIGy4mQ

CHEVRON – Rudi the Techno Pioneer (2005)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z0T9uuHvVA

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN – Are You Coming Over For Christmas? (2007)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMwY62cY0M4

BEN FOLDS – Bizarre Christmas Incident (2???)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elFIkqlE-FA

GEOFFREY AND THE LIVINGSTONES - A Song Is For Life And Not Just for Christmas (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbCvwykjHtg

SAINT ETIENNE – Snow (2003)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3yi_DNiF0k

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (2007)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hzq3gLEYAc

THE VICHY GOVERNMENT – Christmas is Cancelled (2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PSreqNLTzs

THEE HEADCOATEES – Santa Claus (1992)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDDYF1v8Bpg

NICK LOWE – Christmas at the Airport (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSf083QM_U

ZOOEY DESCHANEL & JOE GORDON-LEVITT – What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? (2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSq1cez_flQ

THE LOVELY EGGS - Tyrannosaurus Rex for Christmas (2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myaj1H7R_LY

THE FLAMING LIPS – Christmas on Mars (2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT6U-4hiQ8M

ERASURE – Gaudete (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grVrDsqQdXc

RON SEXSMITH – Maybe This Christmas (2002)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1rTSGil0Ww

JACOBITES – Teenage Christmas (1998)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSPB8biwtwg

ALIEN SEX FIEND – Stuff The Turkey (1987)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA9TsaK2AwU

APOCALYPTICA – Little Drummer Boy (1996)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txWdVG5-ZEk

SCISSORS FOR LEFTY – Have Yourself a Merry Little Xmas (2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U85LG1A1Tr0

SHONEN KNIFE – All I Want for Christmas (1999)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMSAJHSsdUw

THE SWEAR – All I Want for Christmas (2005)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTA3kBCDwWs

HELEN LOVE & RICARDO AUTOBAHN – The Salvation Army Band Played (2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIQbdkF4nZw

Friday 20 December 2013

LIST 119 - 20/12/13 (2003 special, part two)

Hello there,

The second half of our trot through tracks of a decade ago, including - as a forerunner to next week's festive edition of That Music List - a track from Saint Etienne's hard-to-find 2003 fanclub Christmas EP. It's very nice. Season's greetings in advance, all.

J x

NINA NASTASIA – You, Me and Her

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Ojxv7ZtUA

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN – Wrapped Up In Books

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBU-MxydbWQ

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – On Finding The Studio Banjo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS1eWhcDxjc

FLAMINGO 50 – First in Line

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw3f6IkRfuA

MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ – Open Field

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfftpOCk98E

THE CLIENTELE – House on Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p3Lkql6xkM

GRANDADDY – Now It’s On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOq7acPdfnQ

CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE – Blue Corolla

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2cKmnEBX-g

MELT-BANANA – Shield for your Eyes…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ6Sk8Aj-SQ

BEN LEE – Running with Scissors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCCAXrNdjsM

ERASE ERRATA - Owls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWh3TXAsvQQ

CLIENT - Here and Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfD3TsUOPEk

LOW – Murderer (original 2003 EP version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCSsZg0mVHk

THE GOSSIP – No, No, No

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6LVbXE4ezM

BLUMFELD – Neuer Morgen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy5EO6b6Qu8

SAINT ETIENNE – Marcie Dreams of Deptford

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3YtEUxHMKU

ADAM GREEN - Jessica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuZVOWYPtcw

DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS – I Love You ‘Cause I Have To

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeywCfxYcas

THE DURUTTI COLUMN – Somebody’s Party

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucuRolCyDwQ

THE GO! TEAM – Junior Kickstart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMtLBXlMZ-s

MJ HIBBETT & THE VALIDATORS – Easily Impressed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yB9EKOZiz0

GUTHER – Boys Do Not Think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g07IlZMx4NA

Wednesday 18 December 2013

LIST 118 - 19/12/13 (1983 special)

Hello there,

A special from three decades ago today, including the first top 40 hit on Rough Trade (Shipbuilding) and the track that everyone actually seems to think was the first top 40 hit on Rough Trade (Hand in Glove). The end of one passage of Mr Cope's career, and the start of the next, are also documented, as well as the first outing for the Bard of Barking.

J x

THE ICICLE WORKS – Love is a Wonderful Colour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3nFMjOxdYk

THE SMITHS – Hand in Glove

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh2bonnjv70

ROBERT WYATT – Shipbuilding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6T9qp9XbRY

CYBOTRON – Clear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbiFdDD45t0

AZTEC CAMERA – Walk Out to Winter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0NvZ4SsXAw

CARE – Flaming Sword

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY-6eZk_FxA

THE TEARDROP EXPLODES – The In-Psychlopedia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIq8QtWUx-w

THE GO-BETWEENS – Cattle and Cane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCbyByY-A6w

BILLY BRAGG – A New England

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCfRcgoPxTw

THE IMPOSTER – Pills and Soap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbgT-YE0IeI

SOPHIE & PETER JOHNSTON – Television Satellite (Peel Session)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gBwV4P_ME4

THE REDKSINS – Lean on Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwcMAL9MKP0

THE FALL – Eat Y’Self Fitter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFCOt6wbm80

GANG OF FOUR – Is It Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYXZQLaU_ig

XTC – Great Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGvAdnOg8IM

JULIAN COPE – Hey High Class Butcher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uovq6KLyXs

ESG - Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h64lEXcco1Q

THE WAKE – Something Outside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13DZ9O_uY0w

LIST 117 - 18/12/13 (2003 special, part one)

Hello there,

The first of two selections from a decade ago - some of the cut-paste / Bastard Pop tracks of the time are represented, likewise the first sighting as far as I'm aware of Animal Collective and Arcade Fire. Cat Power's I Don't Blame You, a tribute to Kurt Cobain, remains a particularly compelling piece of work ten years on.

J x

MORDANT MUSIC – Dark Side of the Autobahn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6C54h4RWuY

YUMI YUMI – Funky Junky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkTfdLwY41U

ARAB STRAP – The Shy Retirer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwvqUeosajs

ATOM AND HIS PACKAGE – I’m Downright Amazed….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2OVMKOKtgM

BALLYBOY – A Europewide Search for Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaxpAhDPboI

THE FALL – Theme from Sparta FC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaxB5qRSq1I

ARCADE FIRE – The Woodland National Anthem