LIST 108 - 05/12/13

Hello again,

Two tracks from the Pet Shop Boys form the centrepiece of this list - and both largely instrumental.  "Axis", along with Haiku Salut's "Watanabe" and the Boards Of Canada track added on Tuesday, comprise my three favourite tracks of 2013 so far - and there's barely a lyric between them!  

Don't worry, writers of words, I love thee still.  There's plenty of evidence to that effect elsewhere here.  The deadpan lyrics of the Euros Childs track included here would be foremost among those - and the video provides surely the slapstick highlight of the year.

Who's Got The Crack hasn't been included in a List up to now, but absolutely had to at some point, having enjoyed something of a revival at the Indiepop Singalongs I've been attending in Sheffield over the past few months, on and off.  It was met with barely contained glee and enthusiasm in the equivalent Singalongs - one planned, one impromptu - at this year's Indietracks festival, too.  Simple, daft, naughty and fun!

J x

MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS – Ballad of the War Machine (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD_TpsP6Y6w

ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT – I Was a Dead Duck (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL9OAoEL9tc

MAKING MARKS – Hard To Be Good (2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xq5QudzuLo

TEARDROP FACTORY – Vanity Unfair (2013)

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

SCREEN WIVES – Bluebeard (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In0dHZxRktQ

THE ADULT NET  - Waking Up In The Sun (1986)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvuh1sD7ps8

FEVER DREAM – This Waste (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj1fcewi7Iw

THE MOLDY PEACHES – Who’s Got The Crack? (2001)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXtoO8ZCeU

JOHN VANDERSLICE – Song for Dana Lok (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82xJdrrIYVE

PET SHOP BOYS – Axis (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDCU17wXktY

PET SHOP BOYS – The Truck Driver and His Mate (1996)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHI7OHqKzW8

THE SUNBATHERS – Sunbleached (live at the Rutland, Sheffied, 29/06/13)

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

VERONICA FALLS – Nobody There (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNVxkL0Hka8

HAIKU SALUT – Leaf Stricken (live at Phoenix FM, 10/01/13)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcZY1Jk_Ipo

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – Where Your Eyes Don’t Go (1988)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro_u6AhcGYo

MIKE SKINNER – Know There’s No (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0diVt7u-eY

EUROS CHILDS - Tête à Tête (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTWKYkoa_Q4

FIRST BASE – Can’t Stop (live in Toronto) (2008)

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

THE WAVE PICTURES – Lisbon (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIAJe3Y5-Nk

FULHÄST – What Do You See? (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otf0T98khTs

ANNEA LOCKWOOD – Tiger Balm (1970)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV5Gr3tkr-8