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It's been a long while since the last posting, so I'm making up for it with a super sized one this time round...

Playlists

Michael Woods - Essential Mix – Some grimy dance and progressive house BBC mix. Awesome. Cheers FB

New faves - Dec 2011 – So many great tracks on here. Check it out at your pleasure.

Albums

Hackney Colliery Band – Hackney Colliery Band – For those who like a bit of brass

Deadmau5 – For Lack Of A Better Name (Continuous Mix) – Love it at 6:40, one of my favour Deadmau5 moments. Awesome pick-me-up when jogging.

Deadmau5 – deadmau5 at Play Vol. 2 – Amazing, Deadmau5 seems to be publishing his next album options on Spotify!

Hip Hop Pantsula – Just listen to all this guys stuff. A Jo’burg taxi driver introduced me to him. I’ve not looked back

Single tracks

Chris Cornell – Imagine (acoustic) YouTube link – A great rendition of Lennon’s Imagine from Cornell

The Antlers – Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out – Beautiful waily indie track. This was an obsession track for a whole week. Credit to NL for this one.

Birdy – People Help The People – Another absolute beauty, Birty with a piano, cello and guitar. Cheers again NL

Elliott Smith – Between The Bars – Yet more beauteous tracks from NL. Smith with an acoustic guitar this time.

Elliott Smith – Angeles – And this was the clincher for me. Incredible track from Elliot Smith. NL, you heroine!

Jose Gonzalez – Heartbeats – This makes me want to be sitting under a tree on a warm summers day with a breeze rolling bye. Not very Christmassy, I know. NL.

Kings Of Convenience – Homesick – Very Simon & Garfunkel

Goyte – Somebody I used to know YouTube link – Beautiful track, and a cool vid

Metronomy (Ewan Pearson Remix) – Everything goes my way (YouTube link) – cool summery remix

Quantic – Don't Joke With a Hungry Man – Mmm, electro funk with Quantic’s favourite Alice Russell – an old fave

The Blue Velvets – Summertime – Any why not have a bit of some mo-town remix of some Bill Withers?

Nu Shooz – I Can't Wait - Powermix – a good bit of 80s funk

Bad Boy - Remember Me (Youtube link) – some quality electro-soul

Hip Hop Pantsula – Mpitse – Happy happy South African hip-hop

Hip Hop Pantsula – A Vida Tem Dessas RMX – SA hip-hop gets some Spanish vibes

Hip Hop Pantsula – Turn Away And then he goes reggae, this guy is so awesome

Hip Hop Pantsula – Ba Bitse – This track could easily be by Common Sense, aside from the language, of course…

Blackstreet – No Diggity – Classic bit of 90s soul/hip-hop

Hackney Colliery Band – No Diggity – Oooo, and the big band version.

Deadmau5 – Outta My Life - Touch Mix – Loving it, great vocal on this progressive-mouse

Digital music revenues

Super interesting infographic on artists' digital music revenues, though admittedly the data might be a little sketchy as it's so hard to come by.


Article link
The data

BUG Special | Bjork

The playlist from BUG at the BFI's music video night, this time focussing on the weird, beautiful and brilliant Bjork


And here's a Spotify playlist for good measure
Bjork BUG Special


1. Human Behaviour - cool and surreal animal animation 



2. Army of Me - more urban oddities. Great track





3. Hidden Place - Little annoyed with this video of Bjork's face. Seems to take away the quality of the track



4. Wanderlust - Swimming bison, water gods, orchestral horns and background breakbeats



5. Nature is Ancient - Weird soupy organisms



6. Oceana - More soupy-ness, this time with a very sparkly Bjork



7. All is Full of Love - Beautiful robot love video and a beautiful track



8. Triumph of a Heart - Bizarre acapella cat / Icelandic binge drinking video



9. Bachelorette - Epic track and a really cool infinity concept video



10. Big Time Sensuality - Cool video and dance track with Bjork on the back of a truck driving through NYC



11. Crystalline - Button Moon lasers and crystals



12. It's Oh So Quiet - Classic big band Bjork.

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Albums

Trentemøller – Reworked/Remixed – an awesome bunch of remixes spanning a range of genres

In celebration of seeing them live at the O2 last night, here’s a bunch of Grooveshark links to give you access to four of their incredible albums. Rumours are they visited Spotify in Stockholm this month, so watch that space!

Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadia (Disc 1: Jupiter)

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadia (Disc 2: Mars)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magic

Single tracks

Lars and The Hands of Light – Me Me Me - Trentemøller Remix – Definitely a happy Friday tune. Sort of a mixture between the Dandy Warhols and The Monkeys

The Dø – Too Insistent - Trentemøller Remix – Feel’s like some pretty chilled Lykke Li

UNKLE – The Answer feat. Big in Japan (Baltimore) - Trentemøller Remix – Some beautiful atmospheric UNKLE

Kasper Bjørke – Does Not Matter feat. The Pierces - Trentemøller Remix – Yet another beautiful track. Imagine The Doves with a female vocalist

Trentemøller – Tide - Alternative Instrumental Version – Some great Trentemoller intensity

Trentemøller – Moan - Trentemoeller Remix – Incredible. Great beat, intense in a really sinister kind of way and great light female vocals

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Albums

Amadou & Mariam – Welcome To Mali – The blind husband and wife duo who’ve inspired the likes of Manu Chao and Damon Albarn amongst others. This one’s one of the best selling albums to come out of Africa. Cheers ZH

daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra – Unfinished Symphony Remixed – Reminding me of Herbaliser. Funky hip-hop with amazing production and instrumentals

Groove Armada – Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) – Brightened up my first week of winter. Thanks VS for reminding me to have a listen. I had to star ‘Little by Little’, ‘My Friend’, ‘Edge Hill’, ‘Tuning In’ and ‘Join Hands’ immediately – and that’s without even considering ‘Superstylin’!

Nu:Tone – Words And Pictures Sampler – an awesome new little EP to come from this D&B chappie from Cambridge.

Single tracks

daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra – Reap What You Flow – so very Herbaliser

daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra – Triple Threat – a follow-on from ‘Reap What You Flow’, but with some sweet jazz solos! Nice.

Professor Green – Spinning Out (feat. Fink) – a little Fink gem hiding in Prof Green’s album!

Nu:Tone Featuring Natalie Williams – Shine In – Been bouncing to this since Tuesday. Nu:Tone, give me more with Nat Williams!

Nu:Tone – Set Me Free – and he’s just gone for some dirty breaks!

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Set-lists

Fink | Union Chapel | 5th October 2011 – an absolutely mind blowing gig, totally love this venue. Charlene Soraia was a great solo support act too!

Playlists

Quintessential Quantic – my top pickings from this amazing electric soul outfit, heavily featuring Alice Russell

Albums

The Whip – Wired Together – Their new album, been hooked on it all week. Very synth-rock. Brilliant. So pleased these guys are producing great new stuff, I remember them from their myspace days!

Single tracks

What is it about tracks titled ‘Movement’? Can we have more please The Whip – Movement & Katy B – Movement

A tribute to pretty things: Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) & Fink – Pretty Little Thing

The Whip – Secret Weapon – my other standout track from the album (though loving it all). Looks like it’s just been released as a single too!

The Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go – some more catchy rock

The Dandy Warhols  – Bohemian Like You – just came on the radio, it’s been so long!

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Playlists

OMG! Zoolander Party! – Playlist from our ridiculously hot party

Albums

Nitin Sawhney – London Undersound - God, you've got to love his chilled out ethno style
Laura Marling – A Creature I Don't Know – This week’s latest release. I’m a yokel really…

Hard-FI – Killer Sounds – Some more brash British indie Rock from their new album. Stand out tracks below

Single tracks

Nitin Sawhney – Shadowland (feat. Ojos de Brujo) - Just a beauty

Nitin Sawhney – Distant Dreams (feat. Roxanne Tataei) - A nice little jazzy Latin alternative

Hard-FI – Give It Up - Love the little piccolo lick

Hard-FI – Bring It On - Got obsessed with this one all of yesterday

Videos

Cool track with a funny/happy video. Cheers (JB)

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Playlists

Sunset Beach Party – In prep for the holiday in the Med starting tomorrow, we’re taking it back to the Ibiza classics!

Albums

Rae & Christian – Raiding The Vaults – great bit of hip-hop and groove. Highlights down below

The Shapeshifters – Sound Advice – Inspired this week’s playlist

Red Hot Chili Peppers – I’m with you (amazon: £4) – Sadly, the Chilis haven’t realised how much we all love Spotify (or Groove Shark or Deezer!). However, their shiny new album is only £4 and after a couple of spins, I’m super please with them. Bring on the O2 in November!

Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind Of Fix – Released this week and as good as you’d hope

Single tracks

Bombay Bicycle Club – Lights Out, Words Gone – a lovely lovely happy melody

Rae & Christian – Blazing The Crop (album version) / Rae & Christian – It Ain't Nothing Like - Regrind '09 / Rae & Christian – Let It Go (Feat. The Pharcyde) - Regrind '09 – Awesome hip-hop funkiness

Porter Robinson – Say My Name (Radio Edit) – And back to the screw face :-* Playing with Deadmau5 at Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2011. Where did he come from, where can I find more?!

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Albums

Holy Fuck – Latin – Loving ‘Red Lights’ and ‘P.I.G.S.’ -  Hip Chipp-y / LCD Soundsystem-ish. Cheers NL!

Sbtrkt – SBTRKT – ‘Hold On’ (chilled in a James Blake style), ‘Wildfire’ (Massive Attack dub) & ‘Pharaohs’ (funky in a Stephane Pompougnac way) are amazing. Lots of very James Blake-style vocals throughout – great album. Cheers VS!

DBridge – The Gemini Principle – Some liquid DnB to see you through a rainy Friday. ‘Ponderosa’ = great track

Nero – Welcome Reality – Finally, after so many years of teasing! They’ve got their album out, and nailed it the week before hand with a UK #1, ‘Promises’! Who would have guessed it, congrats boys. Loving ‘Scorpions’ and ‘Must Be The Feeling’

The Lonely Island – Turtleneck & Chain – Good God. Just brilliant. Ha!

Single tracks

The Shapeshifters – Lola's Theme – Got to get myself to Ibiza!

The shifting balance of the music sector

Super interesting. Thanks NL!

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New Playlist

This week’s listening has mainly inspired by Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2011

Albums

Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (Special Edition) - Loving this at the moment. Standout tracks ‘We are the people’, ‘Walking on a dream’

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Box Set) – Been a while since I’ve listened to Jimi. So much awesomeness here!

Single tracks

Lykke Li – Get Some – Some thumping drums and Warpaint style vocals from the pretty Swede

Ratatat – Wildcat – Heard this in Casa Blue the other night. I feel as though I’ve been neglecting Ratatat

Philip Bailey Duet with Phil Collins – Easy Lover – Keeping along my current falsetto obsession. You feeling it?

Groove Armada – Easy – Anyone fancy partying on a beach somewhere in the Med?

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – Paris (Ooh La La) – Good bit of girl-rock

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New Playlist

Remembering Amy – Spotify’s memorial playlist

Top o' the Doves – It’s been a while since I spent some time listening to the Doves, turns out they’ve done some amazing stuff since my eye’s been off them! There were too many amazing tracks to list them individually … so here’s a playlist!

Single tracks (getting increasingly angrier)

Amy Winehouse – Someone To Watch Over Me - Demo – A great little jazzy standard

Passion Pit – Little Secrets – Enjoying this. Had a lot of airtime, very MGMT

Everything Everything – Photoshop Handsome – Love this track and his falsetto. They were great at Glasto

Wild Beasts – Reach A Bit Further – My stand-out track from their new album after the first spin + more falsetto

The Horrors – Dive In – Again, another stand-out from the first spin

Modjo – Lady (Hear Me Tonight) – Taking it back to the year 2000!

Fake Blood – I Think I Like It – Motown violin synth meets funky house

Nu:Tone feat. Natalie Williams – System (Matrix & Futurebound Remix) – A heavier version of the Nu:tone original

Danny Byrd Featuring Liquid – Sweet Harmony – More of my fave Hosptial style D&B from Danny Byrd

The Count – Elephant 1234 (Reset! remix) – Struggling to classify this one, though it’s quite funny to imagine a wide-boy elephant DJing it

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New Playlist

Hip-hopping & roooolin' – For some more summer hip-hop / Friday rollin’ vibes. Also to celebrate being the excited owner of tickets to see The Roots and the Q-tip next month! Anyone want to join us?

Albums

The Jim Jones Revue – Burning Your House Down – For a bit of high octane rock ‘n’ roll. These guys are nominated for MOJO’s Best Live Act for 2011. Also got tickets to see them in October. Shout if you’re a keeno!

Morcheeba – Fragments Of Freedom – Taking it back for some soothing and funky Skye Edwards

Hospitality: Drum & Bass 2010 – It’s been a stressy week, this has helped

Single tracks

Camo & Krooked – Turn Up (The Music) – Totally loving this cute lo-fi bit of DnB. Not come across Camo & Krooked before. Watch this space!

SoundCloud Mixes

If you’re feeling the funky-house & motown, check these…

Summer Mix 2011 (Part 1) by HomeSlice


Homeslice 1984 May Mix '11 by HomeSlice

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Albums

Moby – Destroyed – Been wanting to give this a spin for a while. ‘After’ is the fave track so far

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi – Rome – great new collaboration album from Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Norah Jones and Jack White which I pick-up from BUG. Videos below. Loving ‘Season’s Trees’ and ‘Black’

Various Artists – Hospitality Drum & Bass 2011 – To help me come down from the festival partying. Stand-outs: ‘Dreams To Reality’, ‘Ill Behaviour’ and ‘Penamana’

Singles

Jill Scott – Le BOOM Vent Suite & Jill Scott – Rolling Hills – I have no idea how these two tracks passed me by on my first spin for her new album. They’re awesome!

Duane Eddy – Twango – Released version of the country star’s Django Reinhardt style gypsy jazz number

Tracks from BUG 26 at the BFI

1. Another amazing Google Chrome Project, though you may need some fancy add-in and a hyper graphics card for this Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Norah Jones & Jack White collab to work properly.

Check here first for a music video that you control. If that fails, watch this YouTube one. You can see the cursor moving around. If you do it yourself, crazy things start happening as you navigate your way around the video

Commentary to how the video was made...





2. Gavin Friday - Able
Love this one, though maybe gones on a little too long for me





3. An awesome crowd sourced version of MJ's 'Behind The Mask'. What a tune!





4. This video from The Greeks is contro, but brilliant. Be warned! NOT a video for those with small children!





5. Cool atmospheric video from Memory Tapes





6. Increasingly biblical video from White Lies





7. A U2's one shot 'Numb' video taken in two shots




8. Cute track with a very tripy video from Chag VanGaalan





9. A witch hunt for Stargate's remix of Depeche Mode's 'Personal Jesus'





10. Lots of cubes and tunnel vision from Hooray for Earth





There was also an awesome video for Beardyman's 'Big Man', but it's nowhere to be found!

Congrats to Spotify!

After so much toil, Spotify finally announced it's launch in the US this morning. Congratulations to all involved, go take that nation by storm!


For those wanting more details, here's a couple of good articles I came across:

• A quick overview with all the important bits from The Guardian. Love how Ek is positioned in the photo to look like the saviour of the industry. Intentional?

• An excellent full account of the history of Spotify, some details on the technology behind the speed of the service (those clever techies clearly have their back ground in P2P) and today's US announcement from Bloomberg (not a short one, but a super read!)

Now, here's a lovely new album for you to listen to whilst you read
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi – Rome


And for good measure, here's their US launch snippit...

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Albums

Ed Harcourt – Lustre – another beautiful album from the Jeff Buckley / Tom Waits influenced from the Wimbledon singer-songwriter

The Derek Trucks Band – Joyful Noise – sweet bit o’ blues & funky R&B. God, I love Hammonds

Thievery Corporation – Culture of Fear – with the latest instalment of their cool funky grooves

Chromeo – Business Casual – a Wireless Festival discovery. Electro-synth-funk. Gotta love that Talk Box!

Friday tunes 29 - the post-Glasto blog

After returning from Glastonbury last weekend, I'm bursting with musical excitement. This is me venting some of it. There will almost certainly be more to follow!

What I saw...

My Glasto 2011 (chronological)

Glasto highlights

1. Apocalyptic raving under the flaming giant spider at Arcadia to the Stanton Warriors

2. Being at the front for Queens Of The Stone Age

3. Seeing how happy Elbow were to be playing the pyramid to a crowd who knew all their lyrics - 20 years in the making!

4. The utter filth that came out of the Dance Village. Thank you Trolley Snatcha, Netsky, Nero, and Sub Focus. You all smashed it!

5. Boogying with topless mermaids, burlesque dancers and beat-boxers in Shangri-la

6. Whatever was coming out of the speakers in Sharky's at 6am on Saturday

7. Catching Radiohead as special guests

8. Watching the beauties that are Warpaint

9. The awesomeness of Coldplay live on a big stage. I've never seen anything so Yellow 

10. Discovering Foster The People totally randomly

11. Listening to Tame Impala playing Angel

12 Friday morning of Metronomy and Two Door Cinema Club to lift everyone's spirits through the rain and on to people's shoulders

13. Watching Singai Shoniwa of the Noisettes climb the scaffolding, hanging from it and singing upside-down

14. Getting energised by Everything Everything

15. Silent disco!

16. Randomly bumping in to so many people I know!

17. Not going to bed before 3am

18. Camp Bistro morning tea - JIMP.

19. The Cider Bus

20. Burritos!

Albums

Fink – Perfect Darkness - The latest instalment for Ninja's atmospherically upbeat guy with guitar  

London Afrobeat Collective – L.A.C - An awesome Glasto discovery who came on for the final two numbers of Bombay Bicycle Club. Loads of afro-style funk fun!

Erik Truffaz – Arkhangelsk - Intense electronic with some some tracks featuring the amazing Ed Harcourt (thanks Sam!)

Jill Scott – The Light Of The Sun - Bounding up to #1 in the US billboard. Treat yourself to some Funk & Soul. For those who don't know her, definitely check out this sexy little album - Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott?

Single tracks
Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work - Great sunny morning track from a great album

Ed Sheeran – The A Team - KOAN Sound Remix - bit of a SoundCloud discovery. Epic and amazingly beautiful (cheers Tikki)

Anil Kamath - Deeper Love - Aretha Franklin Dance-Dub track

Deeper Love by anilkamath

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Single tracks

Guillemots – Walk The River – So beautiful

Noah And The Whale – 5 Years Time – A happy tune to scare the clouds away

New Arcade Fire tracks! (SoundCloud posting)

Michael Gray – The Weekend  - well, you know, it’s a Friday!

Praise Cats – Shined On Me - UK Radio Edit – A bit of funky house!

The Salsoul Orchestra – 11. Love Is You (feat: Carol Williams) – The original Groovejet sample

Deadmau5 – Raise Your Weapon (Original Mix) – Shout out to all those going to Vicky Park tomorrow!

Deadmau5 – Ghosts 'n' Stuff (feat. Rob Swire) - … and some more …

Deadmau5 – One Trick Pony – … and some more!

Albums

Aloe Blacc – Good Things – Some soul that I’m sure you’re all going to recognise

Various Artists – Hôtel Costes - Etage 3 - by Stéphane Pompougnac – More sweet French groove

And a very special collaboration

Nero’s BBC Philharmonic dubstep symphony (jump to 1hr 33mins)!!! – iPlayer stream & download

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Albums
Scala & Kolacny Brothers – Scala & Kolacny Brothers – brilliant choral performances of seminal tunes including tracks originally from Metallica, Oasis and Kings of Leon

Various Artists – Hôtel Costes 7 by Stéphane Pompougnac – Cool funky French house & lounge from the genius that is Pompougnac. This is my fave of the 14 albums – they’re all great!

Lady Gaga – Born This Way – no heckling please

Single tracks

Unforscene – Dangerous - Feat Phil King – Upright piano grime & soul vocals. Sweeet!

Unforscene – Miracle - Feat The Big Hit Unit – Some great funky vibes

Bryan Adams – Run To You – Really feeling it this Friday

Podcasts

Hospital Records (link to iTunes store) – check out these DnB podcasts from Hospital, starting with 143. James Blake at 8:30 is sweet, Danny Byrd at 12:10 got me bopping like a mentalist on the tube!

Friday playlist

Ade’s May Mix 2011 – a mate of a mate’s pulled together this super chilled playlist

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The Leisure Society – Into The Murky Water – Lovely lovely summery tunes. Really feeling ‘Dust on the dancefloor’, ‘You could keep my talking’ and 'Just like the knife'

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues – Lovely laid-back folky 2^nd album

Amon Tobin – Foley Room - Some beautiful atmospheric tracks. "Horsefish" reminds me of the theme to Babel, "Bloodstone" - intense & haunting, "Keep Your Distance" is also a stand-out

Jay-Z – The Black Album - So so very good. "My 1st Song" = amazing, as are all the others

RJD2 – Deadringer: Deluxe - Another must-listen-to hip-hop album. More tune than rap.

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Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History – Great album with a cool second disc of electro re-mixes which I’ve been listening to non-stop all week

The Pierces – You'll Be Mine – Gorgeous 4-track  single from some gorgeous Alabama girls

The Pierces – You & I - Album Sampler – Yet more loveliness

Moqita – Moqita – Jazzy, funky St Germain style tunes

Clayton & Fulcrum – Songs From The Soul City – largely featuring Moquita, so some similar jazzy flutey vibe

And some more cool videos for BUG at the BFI

The Chase - I Like You - Happy happy song. The video has the most amazingly inventive use of body parts ever!

Dead Snares - The Language - Beautiful track with a haunting video. The black monster freaks me out in an amazing way

Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math - Great track. Slow-mo car crash with flashbacks. Cool

Étienne De Crécy - No Brain - Techno track with very cool visualisation

Woodkid - Iron - Intense video and intense, visceral track

Wiley - Numbers In Action - Good bit of grime with cool video loops

Colourmusic - You for Leaving Me - Twisted abuse of stuffed toys

Battles - Ice Cream - Awesome dance sequence at 1:35 

Pig with a Face of a Boy - The Complete History of the Soviet Union, Arranged to the Music of Tetris - nuf said

Hot Chip - I Feel Better - Very weird, very funny video. JLS guys get nailed by floating guru

Alex Metric and Steve Angello feat. Ian Brown - Open Your Eyes - Rocky fights a robot

Stars - Change - Naked chick running around an old building to a pretty track

Old Turkish guys dancing to D&B - amazing!

Roots Manuva - Witness the Fitness - Roots takes on the school kids

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Guillemots – Walk The River – Great new album. In parts reminds me of Elbow, The XX (echoy vocals) and Angus & Julia Stone

UNKLE – Where Did The Night Fall: Another Night Out – More great atmospheric vibes with some great vocals. Stand-out tracks so far: “The Answer”, “The Healing” and “Sunday Song”

Gorillaz – The Fall – Created completely on an iPad whilst they were on tour!

Single tracks

B. B King – The Thrill is Gone - Good bit of fun funk / soul

Playlists

Glastonbury '11 – Still loving this

A selection of playlists

Here's a bunch of playlists that I've encountered or pulled together


British Street Party - for those holding street parties next weekend, here's a load of utterly British tracks
Glastonbury '11 - for those getting super psyched about Glasto!
An ease in to QOTSA - for those who don't know Queens Of The Stone Age, this starts off with their more melodic stuff and slowly moves you in to the Mojave Metal sound which they're so well known for. If you don't know them and you're going to Glasto, check this.


And then some awesome gig setlists...
Radiohead | Victoria Park | 25th June 2008
Fleetwood Mac | Wembley Arena | 30th October 2009
Muse | Wembley | 10th September 2010

Friday tunes 23 (a little late again)

A little delayed again. I need to convince IT to give me Spotify back. Why would they take it away? WHY?!

Albums

The Music – The Music - An Indie-Rock blast from the past

Katy B – On A Mission - Pleasantly surprised with this one. Wasn't expecting her to be a dub step and garage artist. Go Katy! Heard "On A Mission" before - tune!

Single tracks

Katy B – Movement - My tune of the week, great garage track

The Music – Getaway - Massive tune from my Boro Indie Clubbing days 

The Music – Drugs - My favourite track from their 2008 album "Strength In Numbers"

James Blake – Limit To Your Love - Beautiful track

Ronny Jordan – The Jackal - Oooo, funk. Thanks CJ

RJD2 – All For U - Feat. Aceyalone. Just discovered it sitting unplayed on my iPod - so pleased with it. Great RJD2 with a cool brass phrase. Very Herbaliser.

Running tunes

Deadmau5 – For Lack Of A Better Name (Continuous Mix) - This has given me so much mileage, possibly my favourite running mix. There are some massive running pick-me-ups between 7 mins and 20 mins.

Stanton Warriors – The Warriors - Still loving it

London summer festivals

Just bought tickets to the Saturday are Wireless (2nd July). The line up is awesome:

The Chemical Brothers, Chase & Status, The Streets, Aphex Twin, Katy B, Janelle Monáe and The Whip amongst others!

Also, Amazon are doing their MP3 sales again. Whoop!

Albums for £3-4 

Friday tunes 22 (a little late)

Spotify’s been down at work (damn the IT overlords), so been minimal online listening this week. However, I have been racking up plays of...

Beady Eye – Different Gear, Still Speeding – For all those Oasis fans

The Whip – X Marks Destination – Interesting mix of electro grime and some poppier stuff. Preference for the grime: Trash, Divebomb, Muzzle #1,

Soul Position “Unlimited EP” (Groove Shark link) – produced by RJD2 back in 2002. Cool chilled out hip-hop. I'm particularly loving "Oxford You Really Owe Me"

TM Juke – Maps From The Wilderness - More chilled-out hip-hoppie shizzle

Stanton Warriors – The Warriors – Their new album, makes me so happy

Plump DJs – Eargasm – some more grr

Single tracks

The Whip – Muzzle No.1 - Original – Back from 2007, part of the Hot Chip-esque explosion

TM Juke – Get It Together - Feat. Bread & Water

Plump DJs – Funk Hits The Fan  - Loved this one for so long. Sweet pick-me-up when out on a run