Thursday, June 16, 2005
Music for Anoraks: On A Rope
Seconds out, round two. My second compilation, On A Rope, is now out in the wilds.
Saturday, June 04, 2005
Music for Anoraks: A Thousand Long Things
My debut Son of Music Club compilation, Hora, Sem Bon!, has done the rounds and, like the faithful collie at the end of every Lassie film I can think of, come back to me. As the members have, where applicable, passed judgement I can let slip the track-listing.
It was simply a selection of stuff I'd been listening to; so no concept or anally retentive obscurism like the last time around, honest guv...
01 'Any Minute Now' by Soulwax
Despite what Q (and a lot of the rest of the music press) thought, I really enjoyed Any Minute Now as an album. It's not Much Against Eveyone's Advice Part 2, which is kind of the point. Anyway, it was bloody difficult to pick just one tune to represent it. NY Excuse might have been a tad obvious, E Talking was 'the one' right up until the last minute, then the second track just snuck on in there for my opener.
02 'Robot' by The Futureheads
Again, it was hard to pick just the one track. I didn't want to go for anything too obvious, I think I failed in that respect. Then again, who cares? It's a top tune and deserves to be played as loud as possible.
03 'Such Great Heights' by The Postal Service
When I'm sat at my desk at work I often plug myself into the internet and tune Windows Media Player (yes, I know) into WOXY.com. A friend hooked me into this great radio station awhile ago and, since listening, I've found I've had to ration my enjoyment as it has a detrimental effect on my bank account (all those lovely obscure CDs I have to order). The Postal Service is just one of many many bands that I discovered courtesy of WOXY.
04 'Mushaboom' by Feist
And so is this wee gem, a slice of French-Canadian indie that is mesmerising in its quirkiness. The rest of the album is a cracker too.
05 'Disco Infiltrator' by LCD Soundsystem
It was either this or Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (waaaay to obvious). Is it just me or does he sound like Mark E Smith?
06 'Rejected Burger King radio ad' by Ween
It's short, it's mad, it's Ween. This was a freebie download on their website and I just couldn't stop playing it. Yup, they're a bit bonkers are Ween.
07 'Bucky Done Gone' by M.I.A.
Another tune "as heard on WOXY"; I heard it and immediately wondered what the hell it was. I really like it but, having read the reviews on the forum, I think I'm alone in my opinion.
08 'It's For You' by The Wedding Present
The Boy Gedge is back, and he's done good with a cracking album full of angst-ridden-guitar-jangling-indie-pop.
09 '24' by Jem
Them would've been too obivous; most of the rest of the album, though good, is a bit too light and fluffy.
10 'Lonely As Can Be' by The Concretes
The album this comes from is such a lovely thing to listen to. I urge anyone who reads this inane banter to immediately buy it (that's if you haven't already).
11 'Lost In The Plot' by The Dears
I saw these live recently, pretty much on the strength of the one track (this one) available from their website and a mate's enthusing of the album. If you read reviews on the web then they'll say how excellent The Dears are live (in their homeland of Canada they've released a live CD already). Obviously I must be missing something as I really didn't think they were all that live. Conversely, the CD is as good as they say and this is one of my favourite tracks on it. Weird.
12 'Nowhere Again' by Secret Machines
Prog is back, believe it.
13 'Obsession' by Animotion
I'm really enjoying this vogue for the 80s, especially the CD boxsets featuring all the excellent 12" singles I bought (only to later sell when skint). OK, so this probably isn't the best 12" of the 80s, nor the most representative of what I was listening to, but it's a bloody good tune all the same.
14 'The Good That Won't Come Out' by Rilo Kiley
And I finished up with the opening track of the Rilo's sophomore release, an album I played near constantly when I was lucky enough to get my grubby mitts on it (all hail the internet and its many fine record shops). Of course, it's now available in Blighty, natch.
The name of the compilation, "Hora, sem bon!", is (according to my old Manga magazines) Japanese for "Look, a thousand long things!". What that has to do with the price of cheese is anyone's guess. Still, that's one down; I can start on my next one now.
It was simply a selection of stuff I'd been listening to; so no concept or anally retentive obscurism like the last time around, honest guv...
01 'Any Minute Now' by Soulwax
Despite what Q (and a lot of the rest of the music press) thought, I really enjoyed Any Minute Now as an album. It's not Much Against Eveyone's Advice Part 2, which is kind of the point. Anyway, it was bloody difficult to pick just one tune to represent it. NY Excuse might have been a tad obvious, E Talking was 'the one' right up until the last minute, then the second track just snuck on in there for my opener.
02 'Robot' by The Futureheads
Again, it was hard to pick just the one track. I didn't want to go for anything too obvious, I think I failed in that respect. Then again, who cares? It's a top tune and deserves to be played as loud as possible.
03 'Such Great Heights' by The Postal Service
When I'm sat at my desk at work I often plug myself into the internet and tune Windows Media Player (yes, I know) into WOXY.com. A friend hooked me into this great radio station awhile ago and, since listening, I've found I've had to ration my enjoyment as it has a detrimental effect on my bank account (all those lovely obscure CDs I have to order). The Postal Service is just one of many many bands that I discovered courtesy of WOXY.
04 'Mushaboom' by Feist
And so is this wee gem, a slice of French-Canadian indie that is mesmerising in its quirkiness. The rest of the album is a cracker too.
05 'Disco Infiltrator' by LCD Soundsystem
It was either this or Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (waaaay to obvious). Is it just me or does he sound like Mark E Smith?
06 'Rejected Burger King radio ad' by Ween
It's short, it's mad, it's Ween. This was a freebie download on their website and I just couldn't stop playing it. Yup, they're a bit bonkers are Ween.
07 'Bucky Done Gone' by M.I.A.
Another tune "as heard on WOXY"; I heard it and immediately wondered what the hell it was. I really like it but, having read the reviews on the forum, I think I'm alone in my opinion.
08 'It's For You' by The Wedding Present
The Boy Gedge is back, and he's done good with a cracking album full of angst-ridden-guitar-jangling-indie-pop.
09 '24' by Jem
Them would've been too obivous; most of the rest of the album, though good, is a bit too light and fluffy.
10 'Lonely As Can Be' by The Concretes
The album this comes from is such a lovely thing to listen to. I urge anyone who reads this inane banter to immediately buy it (that's if you haven't already).
11 'Lost In The Plot' by The Dears
I saw these live recently, pretty much on the strength of the one track (this one) available from their website and a mate's enthusing of the album. If you read reviews on the web then they'll say how excellent The Dears are live (in their homeland of Canada they've released a live CD already). Obviously I must be missing something as I really didn't think they were all that live. Conversely, the CD is as good as they say and this is one of my favourite tracks on it. Weird.
12 'Nowhere Again' by Secret Machines
Prog is back, believe it.
13 'Obsession' by Animotion
I'm really enjoying this vogue for the 80s, especially the CD boxsets featuring all the excellent 12" singles I bought (only to later sell when skint). OK, so this probably isn't the best 12" of the 80s, nor the most representative of what I was listening to, but it's a bloody good tune all the same.
14 'The Good That Won't Come Out' by Rilo Kiley
And I finished up with the opening track of the Rilo's sophomore release, an album I played near constantly when I was lucky enough to get my grubby mitts on it (all hail the internet and its many fine record shops). Of course, it's now available in Blighty, natch.
The name of the compilation, "Hora, sem bon!", is (according to my old Manga magazines) Japanese for "Look, a thousand long things!". What that has to do with the price of cheese is anyone's guess. Still, that's one down; I can start on my next one now.
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