LIST 188 - 29/01/2016

Hello again,

As epic gig fails go, missing a secret(ish) gig by Field Music held barely two minutes' walk from one's place of work must rate pretty highly, and that is sadly what transpired the other day when a performance at the Harley in Sheffield by Sunderland's finest passed me by completely. I suck.

In light of which, the title of their brand new single seems strangely apposite!

Other highlights this week include something new and something very old indeed from cult heroes Half Japanese; a splendid semi-lost gem by messrs Vega, Chilton and Vaughn now rereleased on 7" single; my personal highlight from Slowdive's third and tragically underappreciated (not least by Creation Records) album, 1995's Pygmalion; and, practically 35 years to the day since it reached its highest chart position, my favourite one-hit wonder of all time from Susan Fassbender.

"Sometimes I get so low"... Something terribly sad and portentous about the opening line of Twilight Cafe, isn't there, considering Susan would take her own life ten years later when still in her early thirties.

J xx



FIELD MUSIC – Disappointed (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBAm0eQ7czA

XTC – The Disappointed (1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG3YTqOlIkI

HAIKU SALUT – You Dance a Particular Algorithm (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1BJQujj_XI

SUPERFJORD & ASTRALASIA – Fjord Transit (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC229VY8V5Y

STEREO TOTAL – Moviestar (1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMTWcUHtGPM


THEN AND NOW: Half Japanese

HALF JAPANESE – That Is That (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3anL4lrE5Y
HALF JAPANESE – No More Beatle Mania (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMGMhX-d0IY


HOLLY HERNDON - Morning Sun (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Z1lEx8khM

BECK – Waking Light (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixtNYSiNyO4

SLOWDIVE - Blue Skied an' Clear (1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Ve8hVX0C4

DIET CIG – Sleep Talk (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVUcgmnm2GQ

OH PEAS! – No Ships on Mondays (2015)
https://soundcloud.com/ohpeas/no-ships-on-mondays

SUSAN FASSBENDER – Twilight Café (1981)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfGHOkPERsY

ZUN ZUN EGUI – African Tree (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpRiNV_DwWw

THUNDERCAT - Them Changes (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNCd_ERZvZM

THE BODINES – God Bless (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqWlYOHz5OA

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA - Multi-Love (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEtDVy55shI

ALAN VEGA, ALEX CHILTON, BEN VAUGHN – Candyman (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8NrjxInQZE

JIM GHEDI – Home Is Where I Exist, Now To Live and Die (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf7KR9taX0A