Mixtape August 2019

1st day of August and I've finished my blog on time.  I'm going to give myself the rest of the month off.

1) The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead by Frank Turner
An alternative Christmas song about a dead Southwark prostitute. Better than it sounds!

2)  Give Me Honey by Dope Lemon
Stoner rock from Angus Stone.  The Album Smooth Big Cat is my favourite so far this year.



3) Impossible Knots by Thom Yorke
Could this be Thom's funkiest bassline ever?

4)  Fly (King Britt Remix) by Low
The haunting vocals from the lo-fi rockers given a subtle remix tweaking.

5) In My Mind by Alice Ivy featuring Ecca Vandal
Cut N Paste Dream Pop

6) Martini (Happiness Is Wealth Disco Remix) by The Presets
Aussie dance track stretching out over nine minutes

7) Jacuzzi Rollercoaster by Roisin Murphy & Ali Love
A duet featuring Ali Love and Roisin Murphy formerly of Moloko fame.

8) Melody of Love (Adelphi Music Factory Remix) by Hot Chip
An awesome remix that sounds like an early nineties rave track.

9) Bizarre Love Triangle Live at MIF by New Order & Liam Gillick
New Order have released a live remix album of their greatest hits.  Bizarre Love Triangle remains one of my favourite songs of all time.  Always fun to hear new versions but the vocals are rather weak on this recording.

10) Linked by Bonobo 
Only discovered this ambient groove artist yesterday, 21 years into his career.  His last full album Migration makes a sublime late night listen.  Co-incidentally he was born two weeks after me and grew up in Hampshire.  We have never (knowingly) met. 


11) Dancing In Love by Alice Jemima
Lush new single - love her voice.

12) Talk It Out by Matt Corby & Tash Sultana
Two Aussies collaborating on a laid-back duet.

13) Once by Liam Gallagher
Sounding more like John Lennon than usual - not a fan of Liam's solo career but this cuts mustard.

14) Rollin With The Flow by Kurt Vile
A fantastic good time stoner country rock ballad originally recorded by Charlie Rich in 1977.

15) Walking Away From Love by Steve Mason
More quality daftness from the former Beta Band man.   



16) How Can A Head by The Flaming Lips featuring Mick Jones
It is now twenty years since the amazing 1999 album The Soft Bulletin and this sounds just as good.  The Flaming Lips more often than not get too weird to enjoy but their latest album King's Mouth: Music and Songs is a return to form.  This is Mick Jones from Foreigner (not The Clash).

17) Northern Holiday by Kaiser Chiefs 
The Kaiser Chiefs just released an excellent new album called Duck which recalls the bands glory days.

18) Restless (Riddim Punks Remix) by The Skints featuring Protoje
This has everything.  London's Skints - check, Jamaica's Protoje - check and drum n bass remix - check.  Happy listening!

19) One Club Town by Real Lies 
Love the heavily sampled nineties track - still trying to figure out what it is??? Answers on a postcard please.

20) Bullet With Butterfly Wings by Karen O.
A smashing Smashin' Pumpkins cover.

Mixtape Feb '16

Alright Music Lovers!

Hardest of all months to spell - Welcome to Febuary!

This is a new mix of indie shmindee dance and rock n roll.
Some great new tracks from the end of last year and the beginning of this one.
It is also a leap year so you can enjoy it for an extra day.

1) Too Soon by DMA's.  Hopeful of a debut album this year from these Sydney Rockers.

2) You Ruined My Chippy Thursday (Should Have Gone to Codrophenia) by The Eccentrontic Research Council.  Weirdest thing from Yorkshire since Pulp.

3) Hold It by The Allergies.  I know very little about this group apart from their funkiness.

4) Greasy Mind by Slug.  Slug evolved from Sunderland's Field Music to make this seedy funk.

5) Float On by Ben Lee.  Cover of the classic 2004 indie hit by Modest Mouse.

6) Makin' Babies by Reverend and the Maker.  Taken from the album Mirrors - a collection of great and very short songs.

7) Fast and Slow by Sons of the East.  The Aussie Mumford and Sons.  Better than it sounds!

8) The Man Who Sold The World live version by David Bowie R.I.P.

9) Out of my Mind by The Arcs.  The talented Dan Auerbach from the Black Keys knocked out this side project in his spare time last year.

10) Wide Open (Kolsch Remix) by The Chemical Brothers featuring Beck.  A widescreen remix.

11) Virtue by Bloc Party.  Taken from their 5th album Hymns released in January 2016.

12) Bad Habits by The Last Shadow Puppets.  2nd Album coming 8 years after their debut.

13) Silver Bullets by The Chills.  These guys are not Big In Japan they are Small in New Zealand.

14) Three Packs A Day by Courtney Barnett.  New tune from Australia's finest whinger.

15) Feel Free (Pianna Version) by Groove Armada.  House music with pianos - lush!

16) Tomorrow by The Skints.  Final track from the excellent album FM from these London reggae allstars.

17) Take It There by Massive Attack,Tricky & 3D.   More reasons to be cheerful in 2016

18) Cool Out by Matthew E. White & Natalie Prass.  Laid back duet.

19) T Shirt Weather by Circa Waves.  The sound of Summer.

20) Blaze Up The Fire by Major Lazer featuring Chronixx.  Lets go out with a banger!