LIST 60 - 22/07/11 (Indietracks Festival special, part one)

Hello again,

Pleased to report that the time of my favourite festival of them all, Indietracks, is once again nigh; and also that there appears to be enough material on video out there to push your way two That Music Lists dedicated to it, this week and next.

A little creative liberty has been required to find some Graeme Elston and Oxo Foxo for you, but hopefully not a diabolical one.

As usual, and heaven forfend it ever not be the case, going through the entire running order in the name of That Music List has helped polarise some of my decisions on whom to see. I don't think I'm going to have any less packed a weekend than usual among the trains, stages and very good friends deep in the heart of the East Midlands this time.

Although it'll say "Friday 29th" on it, I'll try to get part two of this special online a few days in advance for you - little point advocating going to Indietracks with a List when the thing is already in full cry!

J x



THE HIDDEN CAMERAS – I Believe in the Good of Life (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6pwnRYcn1Y

JUST HANDSHAKES (WE’RE BRITISH) – Falling Over Our Fear (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxyL188kh2g

JEFFREY LEWIS – Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiizrUsC_hY

MOUSTACHE OF INSANITY – Dancing with Emma (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDX-qTXBG8A

SLIPSLIDE [Graeme Elston] – Waiting for the Call (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxyX4aVo5TM

EX FACE PAINT [Oxo Foxo] – Ou Est Le Plage? (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrxkgEFJrB0

EDWYN COLLINS & THE DRUMS – In Your Eyes (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7skpdXLB4XQ

EDWYN COLLINS – If You Could Love Me (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DXNol9GdNE

ANGUISH SANDWICH - Guangzhou Romance Musical Instruments Co (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsQ_zxEtcEk

THE PROCTORS – Wish MY Days Away (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYc90-WjtGQ

DIGNAN PORCH – Like It Was Again (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6el9NiCLh8Q

AMOR DE DIAS – Bunhill Fields (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkfC45BS3Jg

GUATAFÁN – Cucurucho (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOhULf-vTog

FRANCES McKEE – Limbo (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA_8hjpZP-o

THE HISTORY OF APPLE PIE – You’re So Cool (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_lcoWhgiu8

VERY TRULY YOURS – I’d Write You a Song (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81nG_7bM6U

BUTCHER BOY – Girls Make Me Sick (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZjYjL91zAw

PAPA TOPO – Oso Panda (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hleYkbSfjeg&NR=1

FRANKIE MACHINE – Gyproque (Plans & Apologies Remix) (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qU4alTjsJU

A LITTLE ORCHESTRA – Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (live at Jamm, Brixton) (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvxBurHmYaI

A FINE DAY FOR SAILING – Summer Blonde (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaPkPN3VGK8

LIST 59 - 15/07/11

Hello again,

I expect either the next one or two lists will have something to do with my highlight of the year, the forthcoming Indietracks festival, but before that eventuality here's another general mix of things for you.

Of course, Acid House Kings' perfect pop would find a happy home at that festival, but they don't appear to be among the customary contingent of bands from Scandinavia booked this time around. Nor was this song entered for Eurovision, either, which I think it would have walked. It's incalculably better than that dirge from Azerbaijan that emerged on top this year, anyway.

I digress. Lots of other stuff to draw to your attention this week; from the triumphant (ska-tinged?) return of Kitty Daisy and Lewis, to a double helping of the always-engaging Cornershop, to almost certainly far too much swearing, to an only recently unearthed McCarthy track, to the best thing Mark Ronson's ever had anything to do with, to the Rainbow theme in its entirety (just because)... etc. etc. General's the word.

Oh, and that's before even mentioning one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in years, despite missing it completely on release in 2009 and for all the intervening period until he played it live in my new home city last night. Step forward Mark Everett...

J x



KITTY, DAISY AND LEWIS – I’m So Sorry (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyKmukkJTVQ

HIDROGENESSE vs THE HIDDEN CAMERAS – He Falls to Me (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2wH-mec7z0

THE LOVELY EGGS – People Are Twats (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDM-kCQkarw

HYDROPLANE – New Monotonic FM (1997)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOEOr0ZsEUk

THE KNIFE with MT SIMS AND PLANNINGTOROCK – Seeds (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGdQKDmyg0k

ACID HOUSE KINGS – Would You Say Stop? (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN2oCtb5aKA

CORNERSHOP ft BUBBLEY KAUR – United Provinces of India (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-S_plBC1BQ

CORNERSHOP – Camp Orange (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP_8Mqm9mjY

JESCA HOOP – City Bird (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5sAWvUZEd4

THE LIKE – He’s Not A Boy (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42p2nERiNFk

AVEY TARE – Lucky 1 (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wXX7vtZpMo

THOSE DANCING DAYS – Fuckarias (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYg40pJDF_A

McCARTHY – Who Will Rid Me Of These Turbulent Proles? (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT1bzor0Xkw

SELEBRITIES – Can’t Make Up My Mind (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGO-R0i0gQ0

THE VATICAN CELLARS – The Same Crooked Worm (2010)
http://www.vimeo.com/20220835

GO-HOME PRODUCTIONS – Finally, Did You No Wrong (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do3ZcYN7bVI

ANNA CALVI – Desire (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKVy0EVu2ZI

BLANCK MASS – Fuckers (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16LaOG7sJUI

EELS – The Look You Give That Guy (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwsiIlIfH8

TELLTALE – Rainbow Theme (1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJsaujSs7Fw

MJ HIBBETT & THE VALIDATORS – I’m Saying Yes (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn7j9sM_QXw

LIST 58 - 08/07/11

Hello again,

After last week's C86-themed return to action, here is the first mixed offering of 2011 on That Music List. After the year's tribulations to date, I have a pile of unplayed stuff to make even the late Mr Peel blush. I'm not going to be stuck for material for quite some time, I imagine!

The last two songs are ones that, if I hadn't exactly not anticipated adding any time soon, then I certainly hadn't anticipated adding as a memorial to their respective singers. Trisha Keenan and Gregory Isaacs both left us at the start of 2011, far too early in each case, and it was hard to boil down two diverse portfolios of work into one choice each.

J x



THE LOVELY EGGS – Don’t Look At Me (I Don’t Like It) (2011)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uuMy2ZN7A8

RUCKAZOID – Crush (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWLVTghK09E

DIE TÜREN - Drinnen ist wie draussen (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxFSYMB_X3M

BEARSUIT – A Train Wreck (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhEgsur7VyU

MJ HIBBETT & THE VALIDATORS – The Gay Train (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b-4shDxUlw

PANDA BEAR – You Can Count on Me (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SNJ7vMIfGU

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART – Heart in Your Heartbreak (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewhQrteR9OQ

TOPO – Ba Ba Go Go (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uct2FMRColk

PEACH KELLI POP – Do The Eggroll (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LhZOl3cBZA

WIRE – Two Minutes (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5WL_khq2AU

WIRE – Ahead (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvRgC0pMIoc

ÜSTMAMÒ – Bank of F*ck Off (2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0DnMbXyalM

THE FELT TIPS – Boyfriend Devoted (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoboimN32Js

PIE ARE SQUARED – They Wobble in Anger (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1B43zNcoDo

FUJIYA & MIYAGI - Yoyo (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozoio7Y6M4Q

KENICKIE – SK8BDN Song (1995)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOI-eOOdMfA

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – Drunk Girls (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xT6cdfP_cM

SHRAG – Heart Open Mouth Shut (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quUT4sUbFcc

BROADCAST – The Book Lovers (1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og7m71xuFbA

GREGORY ISAACS – Tune In (1978)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnw1nAVTmKY

LIST 57 - 01/07/11 (25th anniversary of the C86 compilation album special)

Well......

A hiatus of exactly six months certainly wasn't the intention, but a second redundancy situation in 10 months and some health issues ensured that that is how long it became. No matter, all those issues have been finally resolved in the affirmative. So, shall we put a record on? :-)

The first That Music List of 2011 is one I've been saving up for a bit, and is a special List dedicated to C86, the seminal album released by New Musical Express back before it crippled itself under its own weight of - by turns - fickleness and cynicism.

It would have been too easy just to find a clip of every song on the original album, so instead a few alternative tracks from C86-featured artists appear. And some of those supersede the original compilation by quite some margin - the Pastels' pretty recent output gave me the perfect excuse to make them the "them and now" subject for this List (yep, all the old features of previous Lists are being maintained as far as possible...). There are a lot of other themed Lists in the offing in the next few weeks, but I think I'll throw in a few general mixes after this and on the run-up to Indietracks.

Thanks as always for your interest and support,

J x



HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – I Hate Nerys Hughes (from the Heart) (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfKj8Q_H0Co&p=A9DEDFBCD55F63C7

THE BODINES – Therese (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePnJXu8rR9E

A WITNESS – Sharpened Sticks (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewAZxyp867M

MIGHTY MIGHTY – Everybody Knows the Monkey (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MweILgjR66E

BOGSHED – Run to the Temple (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVlB0EUfsKs

PASTELS / TENNISCOATS – Two Sunsets (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEoBjUgIyyo

PASTELS – Breaking Lines (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cKmkeLIi_I

STUMP – Censorship Stripper (live on the Tube) (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcnmev28fHA

SHOP ASSISTANTS – I Don’t Want To Be Friends With You (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU9fZkXHqns

AGE OF CHANCE – Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Noise? (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__uXcuqgrFM

McCARTHY – Should The Bible Be Banned? (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCc_lMcu4ls&p=731B43EF5AB43FA2

THE SERVANTS – Transparent (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1PBWPHJMU&p=D10FF5972875D60A

THE WOLFHOUNDS – Rent Act (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG9ysvLIHLI

THE MacKENZIES – Big Jim (There’s No Pubs in Heaven) (1986)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3CHmbxlCfc

THE SOUP DRAGONS – Whole Wide World (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH7yf0ttsBc

THE CLOSE LOBSTERS – Let’s Make Some Plans (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuWnpvO4AnU

BIG FLAME – Why Popstars Can’t Dance (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1C1PKpzOHs&p=7B6EA355EF9E11B8

MIAOW – Sport Most Royal (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZX76klCsyM&p=D10FF5972875D60A

THE SHRUBS – Another Age (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XztJLQ7ALXg

THE MIGHTY LEMON DROPS – Hollow Inside (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58d-7qmwsis

FUZZBOX – What’s The Point (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jOmWjMa7M0

PRIMAL SCREAM – Don’t Fight It, Feel It (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp-hQbj1juA

THE WEDDING PRESENT – This Boy Can Wait (A Little Longer!) (1985)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nAu7yRxPes&p=E08790F7A0B51DAF

LIST 56 - 24/12/10 (Christmas Special, part two)

As promised, and indeed threatened, here is the second half of the That Music List Christmas Special for your delight and delectation just 24 hours shy of the main event. Nothing too festive about the likes of The Fall and HT & OJ's respective efforts, of course, but the likes of the late Frank Sidebottom certainly redress the pro-Christmas balance and then some.

That's it from That Music List until sometime in the New Year (probably midwinter), but return it will. All that remains for me to do is to thank everyone who's been in touch about the blog this year and last, and anyone else who has enjoyed the selections over this period of time. Certainly more to come... 'Til then, however, very best wishes of the season to you all, and may 2011 deal you a kind hand.

Jeremy xx



THE FALL – No Xmas for John Quays (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHFdYYIaEIc

BILLY ELLIOT (original cast recording) – Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czVPqqWFVFM

MOGWAI – Christmas Song (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJpn4oLiwlE

GOLDBLADE ft POLY STYRENE – City of Christmas Ghosts (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mikNOuYWOC8

VISCHIZO – Winter (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fOCD1F-me4

SPARKS – Thank God It’s Not Christmas (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UbkDzp5LuY

XTC (as THE THREE WISE MEN) – Thanks for Christmas (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DBJRSMP8Uw

CAMERA OBSCURA – Happy New Year (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSexCt6NSZA

TWIG – Antoinette’s Christmas Wedding (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt62mzQgCRw

ELASTICA – All for Gloria (Peel Session) (1994)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDyLsCIrQu8

HIS CLANCYNESS – Memories Are Made Of This (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQzJH8KXBZ4

NEKO CASE – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis (2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTPo4zRI2Q

FRANK SIDEBOTTOM – Christmas is Really Fantastic (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM8qQ2LUeq8

THE LONG BLONDES – Christmas is Cancelled (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4s76oLcPTo

HOLLY GOLIGHTLY – Christmas Tree’s on Fire (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4qexogn7Ss

STINA NORDENSTAM – Soon After Christmas (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPsWT_3ypmo

JOHN CALE – Child’s Christmas in Wales (1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9IKnVVRsmk

HONG KONG IN THE 60s – Walking in the Air (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXr1lUU_hY

MJ HIBBETT & THE VALIDATORS – I Got You What You Want For Christmas (single version) (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjRzIFtjC78

LIST 55 - 17/12/10 (Christmas Special, part one)

Hello again,

Jarringly self-explanatory, this update - the first of two assortments of festive tracks known and less well known... and not very festive at all, in the case of the likes of Charlie Brooker! More of the same seven days hence, in the final That Music List of 2010. Stay safe, stay warm.



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SLOW CLUB – Christmas TV (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E1hCYVTvZ4

MJ HIBBETT & THE VALIDATORS – The 29th Day of December (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnXvnH-aZwk

BUCK OWENS – Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_LSPB6HyHo

PARENTHETICAL GIRLS – Thank God It’s Not Christmas (2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCel7hwGI8M

GRANDADDY – Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland (2000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXrzgqR0T1w

EUX AUTRES – Another Christmas at Home (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkk1BtivuT0

MOGWAI – Christmas Steps (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZuXtXQ7ZQM

CAMERA OBSCURA – Little Donkey (live at Peel Acres) (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGMILV7pZ28

THE GRANVILLE WILLIAMS ORCHESTRA – Santa Claus is Ska-ing to Town (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaKeI-97me0

THE FALL – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Peel Session) (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU4dLGwfsqY

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT – Spotlight on Christmas (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO_9TmPZbY

HELEN LOVE – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight) (2001)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpOHKP6cpGk

CHARLIE BROOKER & THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF LARD – If God Exists, Does He Have a Sense of Humour? (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHYMYS5vOso

THE BEACH BOYS – Little Saint Nick (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8bGYXgiqbM

THE WOULD-BE-GOODS – Christmas in Haiti (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-SHKIgMRk0

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT – It’s Cliched to be Cynical at Christmas (2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqQtUQErhQ

SQUEEZE – Christmas Day (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB6BIYjPeHM

HONG KONG IN THE 60s – Winter Symphony (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtahleXtY10

ELASTICA – King of Orient (Peel Session) (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCh3AIual6E

XTC – Countdown to Christmas Party Time (198x)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWXslmrB7IE

JEFF MELLIN – Every Year (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_FKyMwxCtQ

LIST 54 - 22/10/10

Lots of splendid things to round off the current series of That Music List, not least the splendid return of erstwhile Peel faves Bearsuit and a video by Darren Hayman that's pretty much the copybook definition of "less is more" (one piece of card, one set of pencils, one scanner - that's it!). Trembling Blue Stars, meanwhile, get the then and now treatment (to the surprise of none of you out there, I suspect!).

You read the above correctly, by the way - this is indeed the last regular That Music List for a bit, as work commitments start to bite (and after a few weeks' worth of unemployment around late spring, those are words I didn't necessarily think I'd be able to say again this year). There will be at least a couple of Christmas specials either before or during the festive period, though, before the List returns for another extended run of weekly editions some time in the midwinter. That is a promise, and indeed a threat!

In the meantime, thanks again for your patronage over these last 20 months or thereabouts.

Jeremy x



BEARSUIT – Please Don’t Take Him Back (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwlBY5RDOzw

WARPAINT – Undertow (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu4KR9ycBQc

BEASTIE BOYS – Lee Majors Come Again (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfVqHwjvOsI

DARREN HAYMAN & EMMY THE GREAT – Calling Out Your Name Again (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bopPCZ-OjzU

DUTCH UNCLES – The Ink (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V9FUN-8igY

BETTE DAVIS & THE BALCONETTES – Shopping on the Internet (1997)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYnBJ2rZN3k

TREMBLING BLUE STARS – Not For Second Prize (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMBpdoIbzCM

TREMBLING BLUE STARS – For This One (1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNbDU-XuwVg

TWO STEP HORROR – King Bee (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5-Gbbdc2Wc

MILKY WIMPSHAKE – One Good Use For My Heart (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb3LVmzr8c4

METRONOMY – Not Made for Love (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iiCJ_6nP0w

PAUL SMITH – Our Lady of Lourdes (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCr3ZSl1h6Q

TRASH KIT – Cadets (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THXql8R9Cko

EPIC45 – Daylight Ghosts (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hffW1vSV6UI

IRON AND WINE – Peng! 33 (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaZJKphuFwE

PRINZHORN DANCE SCHOOL – Seed, Crop, Harvest (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVS4F1rTJwE

DAWN LANDES – Young Girl (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IeEwDt5eik

THE SLITS – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQxvo_9DEqY

GAS – Pop #6 (2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_XednEw7rY&NR=1