That Music List

Hello once again,

Here is the third helping of this year's annual it-was-two-decades-ago-that... compendium, and as I thought might be the case there'll be enough material left for a fourth next week. 'Til then, then...

J x

MINISTRY – Just One Fix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbXciBKcfQ8

MOONSHAKE – Secondhand Clothes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUdTDABKz9M

THE ORB – Assassin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw5NsgwDcX8

THE ORCHIDS – I Was Just Dreaming

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

DATBLYGU – Pop Peth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ilNwjfTNs

THE FRANK & WALTERS – Happy Busman

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3B9rBNIoHE

DR DEVIOUS - Cyberdream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVi2zVVotE8

SPIRITUALIZED – Angel Sigh

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

SAINT ETIENNE - Avenue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjVroDPC6Aw

SUPERCHUNK – The Question Is How Fast

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

THOMPSON TWINS – The Saint

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWkvnzlh2Nw

LOVE CUP – Tearing Water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaUPx9T7vcA

SONIC YOUTH – Youth Against Fascism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWzIlCJAw-o

STRAWBERRY STORY – I Never Loved You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULkp1QbsFxE

THERAPY? - Teethgrinder

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

THE BREEDERS – Do You Love Me Now?

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

NU-MATIC – Spring In My Step

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0O1iIRLS9Y

PORCUPINE TREE – Voyage 34 (Phase 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvOVujI4qhc

Monday, 1 October 2012

LIST 92 - 14/09/12

Hello again,

So.... what to offer you this time? A songs about a lido, a song about feral youth, a song namechecking an astronaut (wish I'd kept that one for the forthcoming List of songs named after famous people now...), a Dinosaur Jr then-and-now, and an inspired video of low-budget puppetry that would have had found a happy place on The Adam & Joe Show back in the day. All that and more, basically!

J xx

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Gotham (2012)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMNjRsdZZ6E

KARIN PARK – Thousand Loaded Guns (2012)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fgFkAQ0AM4

THEE OH SEES – The Dream (2011)

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

PROTO IDIOT – Let Me Down (2012)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygLIZP83UyU

P J HARVEY – Yuri G (1993)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHI0Pnac91U

DARREN HAYMAN – Stonehaven (2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmezvXCKo7Q

ELECTRICITY IN OUR HOMES – Oranges (2012)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVUXtqdcpPc

TASSEOMANCY – Heavy Sleep (2011)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtSiaXebVcc

ORCA TEAM – Michael (2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUo79hrmznI

DINOSAUR JR – Watch the Corners (2012)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpsGcnLEZbk

DINOSAUR JR – Freak Scene (1988)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxLpEX2bt8w

FOUR TET – 128 Harps (2012)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiCjzhO-pAI

FLOYD THE PHENOMENAL CAT-TROPHY – Desiring Dependancy (2011)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z4bZPxX1uA

ROOTS MANUVA – Here We Go Again (2011)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xduStj3Tg3c

PATRICK WOLF – Overture (acoustic) (2012)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i-KqFCKa_c

THE HOUSE OF LOVE – Hedonist (1990)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSpRhgvzUsE

THE PRESETS – Youth in Trouble (2012)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59VaXUt-yMg

LIST 94 - 28/09/12 (1992 special, part two)

Hello again,

As promised last time, herewith the second installment of the 1992 retrospective, including that year's Festive 50 number one; a very early Tresor release indeed; some really angry Irishmen; some kind and gentle Irishmen; something from what amounts to Cardiacs' great lost album (putting aside the entire record's worth of material they managed to lose nearly a decade later, that is); and two concurrently active bands called Supermarket. Really really.

J x

THE SUGARCUBES - Hit

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

X-102 – Dione

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsbWodeP45Q

BANG BANG MACHINE – Geek Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzD5e3lQKhg

SECRET SHINE – Secret Shine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VIsgueP6JI

FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Papua New Guinea

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

SUGAR - Changes

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

TOASTED HERETIC – Another Day, Another Riot

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

WONKY ALICE –Sirius

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHMy8k4_IQE

THE FATIMA MANSIONS – Evil Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Z_3bm3m80

THE FALL – Ed’s Babe

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

KMFDM – Vogue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m9mna_UwzQ

BRIAN - Understand

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

SUPERMARKET [USA] – Face in the Pavement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6yuhTds2IM

SUPERMARKET [Denmark]- Supermarket

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6yuhTds2IM

WOLFSHEIM – It’s Not Too Late

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxwsR6GayUA

CARDIACS – Bodysbad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXqqmxDq300

THE WEDDING PRESENT - Three

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0PWFygLPZk

SHUT UP & DANCE – The Green Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxJLEjt4N5M

LIST 93 - 21/09/12 (1992 special, part one)

Hello again,

Yes, as is the law and the custom, and because I'm a very old man who remembered all this stuff first time around, here begins this year's extended romp through some tracks of interest from exactly two decades ago.

As is always the case, the non-availability of some tracks online in any visual form is the only bar to a track I want to appear from appearing (oh yes, and anything having already appeared in a previous List, which thinned the number of potential candidates from both Ruby Trax and any contemporaneous Indie Top 20 somewhat).

Plenty to pass your way, either way. There'll be at least three of these 1992 Lists in the coming weeks, and possibly even four. Enjoy!

J x

POPINJAYS – Monster Mouth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_il4CW9CNM

DIGABLE PLANETS – Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub0PlGGwOJA

AIRSTREAM - Airstream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n9OJdFuiPM

THE KLF & EXTREME NOISE TERROR – 3am Eternal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfO5n3EfGhw

Y BEGNIFS – Cwcwll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaIDUumE75M

SWALLOW – Sugar Your Mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkRdGIxILx0

POP WILL EAT ITSELF – Bulletproof

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

STEREOLAB – Super Falling Star

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1T4Lrg2Nx8

SUZANNE VEGA – 99.9F

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEvjFThqmq0

A HOMEBOY, A HIPPIE & A FUNKI DREDD – Start the Panic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3o_-KIqA-A

THE WEDDING PRESENT – Loveslave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfoVvj5R-Ok

THE FALL – Birmingham School of Business School

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMW28Hk23xE

THROWING MUSES – Firepile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfUPKNmxFk0

THE REAL PEOPLE - Believer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt1-W1KOCP0

DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HIPHOPRISY – Language of Violence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J_qadIwM60

THE SUGARGLIDERS – Letter from a Lifeboat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C4n1xw8FeU

LAWNMOWER DETH – Crazy Horses

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

DROP NINETEENS – Winona

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4oCboj39jo

PO! – Treasure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N3_1VU9hU8

HAIR & SKIN TRADING COMPANY – Ground Zero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOOH2PWENAE

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

LIST 91 - 07/09/2012 (Ruby Trax 20th anniversary special)

Hello again,

As promised and threatened last time, this week's List has an NME bent to it - not something that happens on here very often by any means as I'm no particular fan of the paper overall, though of course the 25th anniversary of its C86 cassette was quite happily featured last year (q.v. List #57).

Ruby Trax doesn't occupy anywhere close to the status of legendary, musically significant compilation that C86 does, but this 40-song collection of cover versions, originally released in autumn 1992 to celebrate the paper's 40th anniversary and to raise money for the Spastics Society, is well worth a revisit exactly 20 years after its original release.

No compilation of this magnitude and ambition is ever guaranteed to be 100% successful, but the project did throw up many absolute treats. The Wonder Stuff's folky stomp through Slade's Cos I Love You makes perfect sense but is no less wonderful for that; ditto Curve's augmentation of Donna Summer's I Feel Love with Toni Halliday's customary sighs and swoops, Dean Garcia's industrial clanks, etc.

Elsewhere, Baby Come Back by Karl Bartos's Elektric Music predates by two years Pato Banton's chart-assaulting reading of the same, and happens to be better than that one; Marc Almond sounds absolutely to the manner born in soaring over the sympathetic arrangement of Like A Prayer given to him; and all of The Fatima Mansions, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and The Fall score highly for delivering pretty leftfield cover versions that actually warrant repeated listens.

J xx

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THE WONDER STUFF – Coz I Luv You