Mixtape Nov '15

This is the first of my monthly roundups of (fairly) new music.

Twenty songs by artists old and new, a scattering of covers, two Kurts and a dollop of beats.

• Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin.  "I'm talkin' bout the man in the mirror..." 

• Mercury Rev - Are You Ready?  Yes!

• Methyl Ethel are a local band from Fremantle and Rogues name checks my nearest bridge and the heat of a WA Summer.

• The Libertines - Anthem For Doomed Youth.  Highlight of their depressingly poor third album.

• Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Look It Here.  Motown Junk from Colorado.

• Mark Morriss - Souvenir. The Bluetones front man covering an old Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark song that I remember from a Chart Hits '81 cassette I used to own.

• Warpaint - Ashes to Ashes.  Excellent David Bowie cover.

• Swim Deep - To My Brother.  Brummie band channeling the spirit of Screamadelica.

• Seasick Steve - Roy's Gang.  Bad Ass Blues.

• Public Service Broadcasting - Gagarin.  Ode to a Spaceman from their space themed LP.

•  The Chemical Brothers - Wide Open.  Best track they've recorded in years but very reminiscent of Sugar Ray's Spinning Away.

• Helsinki featuring Albert Hammond Jr. - The Batteries Weren't Dead.  Cool instrumental.

• Surfer Blood - I Can't Explain.  Christmas Has Come Early Again.

• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Trapdoor.  Single from their forthcoming album Paper Mache Dream Balloon.  This Aussie Band just don't stop recording albums, this will be their sixth in three years.

• Broken Bells - It's that Talk Again.  The Shins and Danger Mouse.  Noice!

• Johnny Marr - The Headmaster Ritual (live) - from the Great live album Adrenalin Baby which includes songs from his time in The Smiths, Electronic and his solo career.  

• DMA's - Lay Down.  Sydney band which Oasis like swirling guitars.  

• Yo La Tengo - Friday I'm In Love.  Great cover of The Cure's giddiest song. 

• Kurt Cobain - And I Love Her.  Kurt covers the Beatles in his home recording.  Remains to be seen whether the new album justifies the sound of scraping the barrel (again).

• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - The Girl With X-Ray Eyes (David Holmes Rework).  I'm a sucker for kids choirs on rock songs so I stood no chance with this remix.