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 by The Moldy Peaches 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. Daft, naughty and fun!
J xx
EUROS CHILDS - Tête à Tête (2013)
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS – Ballad of the War Machine (2013)
ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT – I Was a Dead Duck (2013)
MAKING MARKS – Hard To Be Good (2012)
TEARDROP FACTORY – Vanity Unfair (2013)
SCREEN WIVES – Bluebeard (2013)
THE ADULT NET - Waking Up In The Sun (1986)
FEVER DREAM – This Waste (2012)
THE MOLDY PEACHES – Who’s Got The Crack? (2001)
JOHN VANDERSLICE – Song for Dana Lok (2013)
THEN AND NOW: Pet Shop Boys
ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT – I Was a Dead Duck (2013)
MAKING MARKS – Hard To Be Good (2012)
TEARDROP FACTORY – Vanity Unfair (2013)
SCREEN WIVES – Bluebeard (2013)
THE ADULT NET - Waking Up In The Sun (1986)
FEVER DREAM – This Waste (2012)
THE MOLDY PEACHES – Who’s Got The Crack? (2001)
JOHN VANDERSLICE – Song for Dana Lok (2013)
THEN AND NOW: Pet Shop Boys
PET SHOP BOYS – Axis (2013)
PET SHOP BOYS – The Truck Driver and His Mate (1996)
THE SUNBATHERS – Sunbleached (live at the Rutland, Sheffield, 29/06/13)
VERONICA FALLS – Nobody There (2013)
HAIKU SALUT – Leaf Stricken (2013)
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – Where Your Eyes Don’t Go (1988)
FIRST BASE – Can’t Stop (2011)
THE WAVE PICTURES – Lisbon (2013)
FULHÄST – What Do You See? (2013)
ANNEA LOCKWOOD – Tiger Balm (1970)
PET SHOP BOYS – The Truck Driver and His Mate (1996)
THE SUNBATHERS – Sunbleached (live at the Rutland, Sheffield, 29/06/13)
VERONICA FALLS – Nobody There (2013)
HAIKU SALUT – Leaf Stricken (2013)
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS – Where Your Eyes Don’t Go (1988)
FIRST BASE – Can’t Stop (2011)
THE WAVE PICTURES – Lisbon (2013)
FULHÄST – What Do You See? (2013)
ANNEA LOCKWOOD – Tiger Balm (1970)
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