Friday, 3 April 2015

LIST 154 - 03/04/15 (an eighth Then and Now special)


Hello again,

Just seven weeks on from the last collection of pairs of songs past and present, herewith another.  Must be the season for people digging themselves up!  The return of C86 participants The Close Lobsters is particularly cherished, whilst the psychedelic curveball thrown by The Chemistry Experiment for their first outing in nigh on a decade is as unexpected as it is welcome.

That Music List gets a few weeks off owing to the impending busiest time of year in my other major leisure pursuit (Point-to-Pointing, ta for asking), but will return on Thursday, May 7th with an Election Night Special...

J xx


PERE UBU - Golden Surf II (2014)

PERE UBU – 30 Seconds Over Tokyo (1975)

APHEX TWIN - Minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix] (2014)

APHEX TWIN - Analogue Bubblebath 1 (1987/1991)

THE CLOSE LOBSTERS - Now Time (2014)

THE CLOSE LOBSTERS - Let's Make Some Plans (1987)

SHELLAC - Riding Bikes (2014)

SHELLAC - Dog and Pony Show (1994)

THE CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT – Leo & Magician (2015)

THE CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT – Happy New Year (2000)

THE POP GROUP – Mad Truth (2015)

THE POP GROUP – She Is Beyond Good And Evil (1979)

SWERVEDRIVER – Autodidact (2015)

SWERVEDRIVER – Rave Down (1990)

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE – Black Sun (2015)

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE – Amputations (1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmyaKpp6xIM
 

Friday, 27 March 2015

LIST 153 - 27/03/15



Hello again,

That's not a typo two songs down this week' List - there's genuinely a beat combo in active service at present by the name of Field Mouse (and a fine, fuzzy, scuzzy one at that), so pairing one of theirs alongside a Field Mice track seemed a fun thing to do!  Ah, me.

Elsewhere there's a Then and Now of sorts, with Mary Timony past (Helium) nestling alongside Mary Timony present (Ex Hex; look out for former Nation Of Ulysses / The Make-Up mainstay Ian Svenvonius as the bemused dinner partner in the video); Sleater-Kinney teaming up with Bob's Burgers; and the best indiepop act to emerge from my former residence of Scarborough, North Yorkshire for as long as I care to remember (Crumplehorns).

J xx


SLEATER-KINNEY – A New Wave (2015)

FIELD MOUSE – You Guys Are Gonna Wake Up My Mum (2013)

THE FIELD MICE – That’s All This Is (1989)

HAYSEED DIXIE – We’re Not Gonna Take It (2015)

THE SOUNDCARRIERS - Entropicalia (instrumental version) (2013)

THE BLUEBELLS – Sugar Bridge (It Will Stand) (1983)

EX HEX – Hot and Cold (2014)

HELIUM – Pat’s Trick (1995)

CRUMPLEHORNS – So You’re Mine (2014)

MUGWUMP – Until You’re Worth It (2015)

BOTS – Sieben Tage Lang (1980)

DAVID BOWIE – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (2014)

CHILLY GONZALES – Advantage Points (2015)

THE WEATHER PROPHETS – Almost Prayed (1986)

EXPENSIVE – Low (2014)

THE HANGING STARS – Golden Vanity (2015)

MYLO - Guilty of Love (2004)

OWEN PALLETT – In Conflict (2014)

Friday, 20 March 2015

LIST 152 - 20/03/15

Hello again,

Hope none of you stared into the solar eclipse this morning for too long to be able to see the links below; and yes, the choice of Monty Python sketch that opens this week's List is entirely deliberate!



J xx


MONTY PYTHON – The 1972 Eclipse of the Sun (1972)

BJÖRK – Lionsong (2015)

MERCURY GIRLS – Golden (2015)

THE YOUNG GODS – Skinflowers (1992)

ERRORS – Lease of Life (2015)

THE LUCID DREAM – Cold Killer (2015)

ABSOLUTE GREY – Painted Post (1987)

HONEYBLOOD – Super Rat (2014)

YOUTHMEMORY – Dreamin’ (2015)

MARK KOZELEK - 2,000 Miles (2014)

BOMB THE BASS - Dune Buggy Attack 1991 (1991)

MARK LANEGAN BAND – Sad Lover (2014)

POST MODERN TEAM – Heartbreak (2014)

CARTER USM – A Perfect Day to Drop the Bomb (1989)

CHOOK RACE – Time (2015)

MICA LEVI – Love [from the Under the Skin soundtrack] (2014)

ELASTICA – Nothing Stays The Same (2000)

TWERPS – Stranger (2015)

PANDA BEAR – Boys Latin (2014)
 

Friday, 13 March 2015

LIST 151 - 13/03/15



Hello again,

Another grab-bag of allsorts this week, and another of those genuine moments of musical discovery that remind one why being an indiepop fan continues to be so rewarding.  I don't know the first thing about Star Tropics, but rather as with The Royal Landscaping Society a few months back a listen to the contents of their Bandcamp-published current EP makes me want to know EVERYTHING about them.  Hugely, hugely engaging janglepop that I'd love to see find a berth on this year's Indietracks line-up.

Other highlights - and there are many - include the return of both Milky Wimpshake and (via a relic site off the Humberside coast!) Lonelady; the outstanding Golcar-based (and Chumbawamba-affiliated) chamber folk duo O'Hooley & Tidow; the now Canada-based Norman Blake's latest co-project The Mendicants; a not-long-before-fame single by Pulp that's actually among my very favourite of theirs (maybe second only to Countdown); and a wee guilty pleasure from Dave Edmunds...

J xx



MILKY WIMPSHAKE – Le Revolution Politique (2015)

TAYLOR McFERRIN – Postpartum (2014)

PULP – O.U. (1992)

SAGE FRANCIS - Make Em Purr (2014)

ST VINCENT - Bring Me Your Loves (2014)

THE SISTERS OF MERCY – First and Last and Always (1985)

THE NEW MENDICANTS – High on the Skyline (2014)

DAMIAN LAZARUS & THE ANCIENT MOONS – Lovers’ Eyes (Mohe Pi Ki Najariya) (2014)

YEAH YEAH NOH – Bias Binding (1984)

LONELADY – Bunkerpop (2015)

STAR TROPICS – Summer Rain (2015)

DAVE EDMUNDS – Slipping Away (1983)

FATHER JOHN MISTY – I Love You, Honeybear (2015)

HONEYBLOOD – Bud (2013)

THE KITES – Larry’s Back (1994)

TRUST FUND – Cut Me Out (2015)

THE JUAN MACLEAN – A Simple Design (2014)

O’HOOLEY & TIDOW – Coil and Spring (2014)

LEMON JELLY – Closer (2002)
 

LIST 272 – 19/09/2026

(Coup Dur - Mary Street Live, Sheffield 11/09/2026.  Pictures are author's own) Hello again, This week's List was always going to ha...