LIST 203 - 20/05/2016

Hello again,

Another last song dedicated in loving memory in this List, alas, following the passing at the age of 61 last weekend of Marlene Marder, guitarist with trailblazing Swiss female post-punk act Kleenex / LiLiPUT.  Die Matrosen is a fairly obvious choice of tribute song, I concede, but it's also a terrific one.

School Of Seven Bells would, in contrast, be a band to suffer tragedy whilst still a going concern, founder member and co-guitarist Ben Curtis having died of lymphoma in 2013.  His final demos and ideas have since been fashioned into the final SVIIB album by sole remaining member Alejandra Deheza, and the single included this time is one of many highlights of a superb, if inevitably highly poignant and emotionally charged collection of songs.

The promo for Cupid by The Big Moon, meanwhile, is surely the latest in a long line of candidates for the title "if Tiswas did videos, would they be like this?", even if the off-camera exhortation to go again does appear to be a bit of a copy from Lisa Hannigan's even messier Knots video from 2011 - go back to List #71 and see what you think.

J xx



THE BIG MOON - Cupid (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6t3vNfl85E

THE CHURCHILL GARDEN – Orange Tree Blossom (2016)
https://soundcloud.com/churchhill/orange-tree-blossom

THE MEMBRANES – Kafka’s Dad (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i81FG9rhos

ELISABETH LIKE A DREAM – Shadow (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzS0tp0lZc0

AG COOK ft HANNAH DIAMOND - Drop FM (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=645r40YSNa4

DAVID DEVANT & HIS SPIRIT WIFE – Ginger (1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWCi7Xg7UeQ

VLIVM – Looking for a Day (2016)
https://soundcloud.com/discosdekirlian/vlivm-looking-for-a-day

FIELD HARMONICS – Heron (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gptSpApjZlw

LUNA - Rhythm King (1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3cn5ddoHRQ

THE FURROW COLLECTIVE - I'd Rather Be Tending My Sheep (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utHPUSvUJNw

SÉBASTIEN TELLIER – Lune de miel IV (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c62SeKXYNbM

FRENTE! - Cuscutlan (1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl1uIcZfcIY

KATE JACKSON – The End of Reason (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua_fxY_9W5Q

THE POOH STICKS – On Tape (1988)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b2MaOG2Vj8

KONONO N°1 MEETS BATIDA - "Nlele Kalusimbiko"(2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdBiWxHS2F4

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS – Ablaze (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPWJ0MreHeg

BLOOD SPORT - The Woodcutter (2013)
http://bloodsportband.tumblr.com/#music


IN LOVING MEMORY: Marlene Marder
KLEENEX / LiLiPUT - Die Matrosen (1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uTvxUiDbac