Mixtape June 2017

As I compiled the June playlist of 20 tracks I had to cull almost half of the potential tracks which means this month is a strong selection of new music.  I've had to save a few weird and wonderful cover versions back for leaner months.

This month sees the return of The Wedding Present, The National, Muse and Black Grape.

1) Everybody's Hero by Sampa The Great - The Great is now understating Sampa's talent.

2) Colder Than Ice by Pond - An icy cut from their new album featuring a retro photo of Perth's Hay Street Mall as the album cover art.  Retro saxophones sneaking in during the fade out.

3) Northern Ireland by The Wedding Present - taken from the Home Internationals EP which also includes tracks named England, Scotland and Wales.  A mostly instrumental affair with vintage soundbites of football fans.  

4) The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness by The National is the first epic single ahead of a new album called Sleep Well Beast.

5) On Paper by Descendants - Short, punky and funny track from a band who survived the 1980s.


6) Dancing In The Breeze by Gentlemen's Dub Club - What a great band name I would like to apply for membership.  A new album called Dubtopia is out now on all good streaming services.

7) Charm Assault by Ride is another teaser for their first album in 21 years.  Makes me want to grown a fringe and shuffle about staring at my daisy roots.

8) What Is Mine? by The Shimmer Band Why is this band not bigger?  I'm still waiting for their debut album to be released.

9) Bless This Acid House by Kasabian - Rock N Roll from my favourite album of the year so far.

10) Pop Voodoo by Black Grape - Awesome new track from Shaun Ryder's reformed Black Grape.



11) Let's Go Together by The Charlatans - Taken off the Different Day album released this week.

12) Never Let Me Go by Green Buzzard - Scuzzy pop band from Melbourne

13) Blossom by Milky Chance - German folk pop band have released their second album, also called Blossom and continue their ascendancy to worldwide superstardom.

14) Forever Watching The Skies by Chemtrails - Excellent lo-fi pop band from London.

15) Ti Amo by Phoenix - French band who have now dropped two giddy singles off their forthcoming album due out on 9th June.

16) Kids Are Cool by San Cisco - Freo band who have grown funky got stylish and play feelgood escapist music.  

17) Adeline by alt-j Third album due out this month proceeded by this haunting soundscape.

18) Dig Down by Muse - Who do they remind me of?  Is it Queen?

19) Will Of The Devil by Moon Duo - This is some American Gothic Krautrock that got stuck in my head , may it do so to you as well.

20) Heard You're Moving by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Finishing on a high are Melbourne's Rolling Coastal CF with some punky jangle pop released on the suitably cool Sub Pop label.


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