My second compilation, On A Rope, has made it safely around the distribution route and back to my desk. Huzzah! Again a mixture of stuff I'd been listening to a lot at the time, this effort was mostly powered by my getting hooked on MP3 Blogs, hence the following:
01 'Battle of the Planets' by Hoyt Curtin
It was my birthday in May and, thanks to some Amazon vouchers, I bought myself the BotP DVD boxset.
02 'Blood On Our Hands' by Death From Above 1979
Play this very loud. No, louder than that. This is a raucous tune, and was even better when they played it live at The Wedgewood Rooms recently (yeh yeh, I'm a gig whore).
03 'The Gymnast, High Above The Ground' by The Decemberists
I really like The Decemberists. I mean, really really. This track is taken from their second long player, "Her Majesty.." which is, IMHO, rammed to gills with suptuous tunes.
04 'Somedays' by Regina Spektor
I'd never heard of Regina Spektor before, but thankfully someone on the interweb had. Yes, this was posted up on an MP3 Blog for all to enjoy.
05 'Afrolicious' by The Dining Rooms
I know nada about this lot, but I just couldn't stop playing the tune; again, as found on an MP3 Blog.
06 'A Friend Like You' by Aberfeldy
It was on an MP3 Blog, the name rang a bell, the rest writes itself. This is just lovely.
07 'Apocalypso' by Mew
New Mew. Nuff said.
08 'Treat Me Mean, I Need The Reputation' by Xploding Plastix
Another track discovered on an MP3 Blog; this is mad, like instruments getting kicked downstairs, but the tune fair bounces along.
09 'Dead Disco' by Metric
Another band "as heard on WOXY", it was a cracking surprise when they turned up as support for DFA1979 at The Wedgewood Rooms (and an excellent set they turned in too).
10 'Imperial March' by Hedrock Valley Beats
It's got Star Wars. It's got beats. What's not to like?
11 'Casserole Efeillaid' by Datblygu
Much like the Ween offering on my last compo, this is bonkers. It's all the fault of the TUBE (RIP) which, ages ago, had a feature on Welsh indie bands (must be at least 15 years ago now I guess). Included was a clip of Datblygu performing this track. Of course, being lazy I never bothered to track the tune down; thankfully the Super Furry Animals included it on their recent Under The Influence CD.
12 'Too Drunk To Fuck' by Nouvelle Vague
Every morning I get a lift to work from Kay. Most of the time we spend the journey chatting about this and that, occasionally Terry Wogan makes an appearance, but once in awhile she'll have a CD on. One day it was this lot; I'd heard some of Nouvelle Vague before on WOXY but there's no way they'd play this track.
13 'The Melting Moon' by VHS or Beta
Apparently these were "doing the 80s" thing long before the current vogue for classy synth-pop. It'd quite happily sit on the Donnie Darko soundtrack and not look out of place that's for sure.
14 'A View Of The City From An Airplane' by Oranger
Not strictly from an MP3 Blog this; Chris Onstad's excellent Achewood strip has its own radio station (sort of). Result.
15 'BMFA' by Martha Wainwright
This slice of Father-bashing-acoustism was downloadable from Ms Wainwright's website. Nice.
16 'On The Bus Mall' by The Decemberists
The Decemberists have a new CD out and, personally speaking, I think it's fantastic. I was tempted to wrap things up with The Mariner's Revenge Song but I think that might have blown the wheels off some members (and not, I'm afraid, in a good way).
17 'Girlfriend In The Tulips' by Tony Hawks
This was a last minute add-on to the compilation. I'm a member of the Wedgeweb Yahoo group and, as such, received an email pointing me in the direction of this Smiths cover version, performed by the guy who travelled around Ireland with a fridge. It made me laugh anyway.
So that was On A Rope. I think I'll rest a wee bit before deciding what to put on the next one.
01 'Battle of the Planets' by Hoyt Curtin
It was my birthday in May and, thanks to some Amazon vouchers, I bought myself the BotP DVD boxset.
02 'Blood On Our Hands' by Death From Above 1979
Play this very loud. No, louder than that. This is a raucous tune, and was even better when they played it live at The Wedgewood Rooms recently (yeh yeh, I'm a gig whore).
03 'The Gymnast, High Above The Ground' by The Decemberists
I really like The Decemberists. I mean, really really. This track is taken from their second long player, "Her Majesty.." which is, IMHO, rammed to gills with suptuous tunes.
04 'Somedays' by Regina Spektor
I'd never heard of Regina Spektor before, but thankfully someone on the interweb had. Yes, this was posted up on an MP3 Blog for all to enjoy.
05 'Afrolicious' by The Dining Rooms
I know nada about this lot, but I just couldn't stop playing the tune; again, as found on an MP3 Blog.
06 'A Friend Like You' by Aberfeldy
It was on an MP3 Blog, the name rang a bell, the rest writes itself. This is just lovely.
07 'Apocalypso' by Mew
New Mew. Nuff said.
08 'Treat Me Mean, I Need The Reputation' by Xploding Plastix
Another track discovered on an MP3 Blog; this is mad, like instruments getting kicked downstairs, but the tune fair bounces along.
09 'Dead Disco' by Metric
Another band "as heard on WOXY", it was a cracking surprise when they turned up as support for DFA1979 at The Wedgewood Rooms (and an excellent set they turned in too).
10 'Imperial March' by Hedrock Valley Beats
It's got Star Wars. It's got beats. What's not to like?
11 'Casserole Efeillaid' by Datblygu
Much like the Ween offering on my last compo, this is bonkers. It's all the fault of the TUBE (RIP) which, ages ago, had a feature on Welsh indie bands (must be at least 15 years ago now I guess). Included was a clip of Datblygu performing this track. Of course, being lazy I never bothered to track the tune down; thankfully the Super Furry Animals included it on their recent Under The Influence CD.
12 'Too Drunk To Fuck' by Nouvelle Vague
Every morning I get a lift to work from Kay. Most of the time we spend the journey chatting about this and that, occasionally Terry Wogan makes an appearance, but once in awhile she'll have a CD on. One day it was this lot; I'd heard some of Nouvelle Vague before on WOXY but there's no way they'd play this track.
13 'The Melting Moon' by VHS or Beta
Apparently these were "doing the 80s" thing long before the current vogue for classy synth-pop. It'd quite happily sit on the Donnie Darko soundtrack and not look out of place that's for sure.
14 'A View Of The City From An Airplane' by Oranger
Not strictly from an MP3 Blog this; Chris Onstad's excellent Achewood strip has its own radio station (sort of). Result.
15 'BMFA' by Martha Wainwright
This slice of Father-bashing-acoustism was downloadable from Ms Wainwright's website. Nice.
16 'On The Bus Mall' by The Decemberists
The Decemberists have a new CD out and, personally speaking, I think it's fantastic. I was tempted to wrap things up with The Mariner's Revenge Song but I think that might have blown the wheels off some members (and not, I'm afraid, in a good way).
17 'Girlfriend In The Tulips' by Tony Hawks
This was a last minute add-on to the compilation. I'm a member of the Wedgeweb Yahoo group and, as such, received an email pointing me in the direction of this Smiths cover version, performed by the guy who travelled around Ireland with a fridge. It made me laugh anyway.
So that was On A Rope. I think I'll rest a wee bit before deciding what to put on the next one.
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