your 11 favourite songs of the moment, fuck.

amyway, i'm going to write some of my thoughts on these songs because it seems kind of hollow merely namechecking them.

entombed - sinners bleed (duck's ass tight rhythm section married to loose, maniacal vocals, this song is a cavalcade of frenzied riff after riff. guaranteed to melt face.)

fabrizio de andre - la cattiva strada (pretty and langid on the surface, it lulls you into a false sense of placidity, while only subliminally does the sheer gravitas of the subject matter floor you.)

the wrens - she sends kisses (evocative, poised lyrics with an eye for bleak detail (‎"hopes pinned to poses honed in men's room mirrors"). it winds slowly and deliberately, channeling resignation and catharsis in understated and rewarding fashion. that's more than enough reason to distance this band from the dreaded "emo" tag.)

nick cave and the bad seeds - stranger than kindness (everything about this song is ghostlike and graven cold - from the quavering guitar line to the trance-like, druggy vocal. it's a genuinely creepy number that does a hell of a job of sustaining a mood.)

palace music - the brute choir (the melancholic verse hook encountered here is the single most affecting detail in mr. oldham's oeuvre for mine. plus there's an unhinged, virile quality to this song and 'viva last blues' as a whole that is altogether disarming.)

kylesa - unknown awareness (it almost floats on top of you - a very uncharacteristic and sophisticated feat for sludge!)

harry nilsson - don't forget me (is it just me or have the arcade fire modelled half of their schtick on this one nilsson track?)

francoise hardy (those with a weakness for cooed female vocals sung airily in french are sitting ducks here. just impossibly pretty.)

cibo matto - beef jerky (it's like an open mic night in kichijoji gone awry. "let's eat carrots together until..." sounds more like demented insistence that an innocent suggestion.)

wipers - no fair (it's a strange and rare fusion of anthemic, larger than life grandiloquence with reverb-washed eeriness. the most sinister rally to arms i think i've ever come across. but i'm 100% on board.)

killing joke - love like blood (whereas most songs by the joke get under your skin through repetition and machine-like hook, this song sounds very human, flighty and well... kind of romantic. it's like duran duran in vampire guise.)

I'll do the same:

Pluto Shervington - Your Honour
Recently discovered this '70s Trojan singer, most well known for Ram Goat Liver and DAT. Most of his songs have an irreverant, almost gangsta-flavoured angle despite being sung very sweetly and with a real sense of melody. In "Your Honour", Shervington appears to be defending himself in court against a crime he didn't commit, but it all comes off a bit "honest guv'nor!" and I start questioning his moral intentions.

Console - A Homeless Ghost
I've been raving about the new Console album for months now. It's Martin Gretshmann of the Notwist, and it's great. This is the slow-burning disco stomper.

Spoon - I Saw The Light
I love the doomy descending piano on the extended coda for this track. Spoon have an incredible knack for playing around with time signatures and conventions, no less so than on the recent Transference album.

Shining - Fish Eye
Shining have reignited my love of art metal. This track starts hard and heavy and gets fast and furious. Love it.

Yuck - Get Away
A hazy nostalgia trip for the grunge generation. If you grew up listening to "Goo" or Dinosaur Jr, chances are you'll like this. A derivative concept that's too well executed to hate.

Jamie Woon - Night Air
Blows my mind every time. So many little subtleties in the production. Chilling in more ways than one.

Art Department - Without You
An upbeat shuffling disco beat reminiscent of "Love Story" by Layo & Bushwacka wrong-foots you, and as the lead vocal comes in, a mournful slowed down lyric about mortally missing someone, you realise this is modern house's equivalent of The Visitors.

Brian Wilson - The Like In I Love You
Brian reimagines Gershwin very sweetly indeed.

Games - Planet Party
Really sounds like something that was taped off the telly in 1986.

our happiness is guaranteed - quasi
mountain on the hill - loobiecore
kiss - scout niblett
the message - punishment of luxury
man and wife, the latter - desaparecidos

and anything by jad fair to comprise the last 5

Lewis & Clark - The Embarrassment
Peeping Tom - Toots & the Maytals
All I Want - LCD Soundsystem
Silver Soul - Beach House
Cry When You Get Older - Robyn
You Never Give Me Your Money - The Beatles
Used To Be A Cop - The Drive-By Truckers
Runaway - Del Shannon
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
Baby Britain - Elliott Smith
Still Sound - Toro y Moi

wisin y yandel - pam pam
lcd soundsystem - yeah (crass version)
neil young - on the beach
far east movement - like a g6
anika - yang yang
local natives - camera talk
television - the dreams dream
the fall - new big prinz
velocity girl - hey you, get off my moon

hole - violet
us maple - open a rose
mario basanov - up
ossie - alien
natalie storm - wuk mi nani
smoove kriminal - urbanite
fuzzy logik - freestyle
burzum - belus tlbakekomst (konklusjon)
jazmine sullivan - love back
diddy dirty money - yeah yeah would
diddy dirty money - hello good morning

i'm really going to have to check out U.S. Maple

Gnod & White Hills "Aqaurian Downer"
Heldon "Stand By"
Paladin "Mix Your Mind With The Moonbeams"
Paul McCartney "Coming Up"
Raven "War With My Soul"
Cortney Tidwell "Eyes Are At The Billions"
Fabulous Diamonds "Track 1" from their second album
Philamore Lincoln "The North Wind Blew South"
Besombes-Rizet "Montelimar"
not quite 11

Bal Paré – Palais d'amour
Joe Jackson – Steppin' Out
Klute – Hell Hath No Fury
John Maus – Times Is Weird
Daniel Maloso – Ritmo Especial
Capricorn – Harakiri
Gatekeeper – optimus maximus
Marco V - Simulated
Topazz - New Millenium
Nicolaas Jaar - Space is only noise if you can see
P!nk - Dont Let Me Get Me

pj harvey - let england shake
angel haze - 6'7 freestyle
marcos cabral & shux - lifetime groove
sunny sweeney - amy
john grant - marz
na'tee - make it rain (t.mix)
angel haze - there goes my baby
britney spears - cinderella
pj harvey - all and everyone
tevo howard - the age of compassion (house mix)
trai'd ft. t-pain & twista - drop

timothy bloom ft. v. bozeman - til the end of time
marsha ambrosius - late nights & early mornings
miss fire - confusion beat
ill blu - meltdown
kandi - leroy jones
objekt - tinderbox
dawn richard - vibrate
populette - populace (gavin russom remix)
edith funker - don't forget the hot sauce
destiny's child ft. t.i. & lil' wayne - soldier
gang gang dance - mindkilla

waka flocka flame - all i need
jodeci - cry for you
jacka & cellski - mob shit
dungeon family - 6 minutes
screama ft. phe phe - never say bye
mac dre - feeling myself
max b - picture my rolling
nicolas jaar - marks
g-side - i'm sorry
french montana ft. gucci mane & waka - choppa choppa down remix
travis porter - sumn i won't do (ft. young dro)

tyga ft. pharrell, snoop dogg & game - really raw
kiley dean - as days gone by
vistoso bosses - delirious
sky ferreira - american dream
electrik red - put it on me
amel larrieux - all i got
iron & wine - monkey uptown
irma thomas - while the city sleeps
ashlee simpson - better off
brandy - i tried
cassie - whatcha gonna do

look @ lex bragging about direct access to the new GGD album...

Daniel Maloso – Ritmo Especial

i just heard this last night. holy fuck.

the person i was with said "that song just came in my face".

Radiohead – Lotus Flower
Low – Especially Me
Alessi Brothers – Seabird
Deerhoof – Must Fight Current
Dr. John – I Walk on Gilded Splinters
Dadawah – Zion Land
Henry Cowell – Fleeting
Jonny Greenwood – Severe Auditory Hallucinations
Connie Converse – Empty Pocket Waltz
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Salvation and Reminiscing
Rebecca Clarke – Rhapsody, For Cello And Piano

i will just say again -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLmpN0mrLZI

abdullah ibrahim - ishmael
taylor swift - sparks fly
katy b - witches' brew
k-s.h.e. - hobo train
lady chann ft. glamma kid - informer
jhené aiko - stranger
keida - turn me on
hyetal - dime piece
k. michelle - down to the ground
pearson sound - deep inside
nicki minaj - super bass

Scott walker - it's raining today
Mighty Diamonds - no opportunity fir the youth
Panda Bear - Benfica
Rodriguez - Crucify your mind
Kraak & smaak - built for love
Radiohead - give up the ghost
Katy b - easy please me
Nicolas jaar - can't go to Cuba
Anika - end of the world
Actress - hubble
Mayyors - ghost punch

vistoso bosses - delirious
vistoso bosses - delirious
vistoso bosses - delirious
vistoso bosses - delirious
vistoso bosses - delirious
vistoso bosses - delirious
vistoso bosses - delirious
vistoso bosses - delirious
vistoso bosses - delirious
vistoso bosses - delirious
vistoso bosses - delirious

how did i not know abt this song before

that really is an amazing song

Al Campbell - Natural High
Isao Tomita - Clair de Lune
Oddisee - Ride-n
Anthony King - Funky Dromedary
Junior Murvin - Cool Out Son
Cornel Campbell - Rope In
Victor Uwaifo - 5 Days a Week Love
Recoil - Edge to Life
Aphex Twin - Stone in Focus
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Thelonious Monk - I Didn't Know About You

Brodka - K.O
Katy B - Perfect Stranger
Britney - I Wanna Go
Yelle - Comme Un Enfant
Mylene Farmer - Bleu Noir
GD & TOP - High High
Vivian Girls - Heard You Say
Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me
Cornershop Presents Bubbley Kaur - Topknot
Kino - Videli Noch
Rikki Jai - Barman

XeX - 'Rome on $5 A Day'
The Andersen Tapes - 'Clap Clap Clap'
Ill Blu - 'Meltdown'
Jean Guerin - 'Triptik 2'
Diddy-Dirty Money ft Swizz Beats - 'Ass On The Floor'
Tim Hecker - 'In The Air I, II, III'
Grouper - 'Alien Observer'
DJ Rashad - 'I'm Gone'
Blak Ryno - 'Wine and Balance'
Destroyer - 'Savage Night at the Opera'

young humma ft. flynt flossy - lemme smang it
los titanes de durango - el enamarado
luis enrique - yo no se manana
pj harvey - the words that maketh murder
vistosos bosses - delerious
xtc - beating of hearts
james blake - the wilhelm scream
john martyn - head and heart
pet shop boys - se a vida e
elvis costello - everyday i write the book
no stress - dont worry be happy

tanya stephens - shame on you
swindle ft. roses gabor - spend is dough
omarion - forgot about love
trina ft. rick ross - waist so skinny
syleena johnson - my shoes
toddla t ft. shola ama & j2k - take it back
funkystepz - piano storm
katy b - water
whitehead brothers - your love is a 187
mariah carey - breakdown
julio bashmore - batty knee dance

*gasp*, is this the 2nd ever meaningful ilx mention of whitehead bros i see before me? one of the most underrated r&b groups of all time.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/London_Bus_route_187_b.jpg

lol yeah i'm never not catching that bus expecting to somehow get murdered

swiss cottage is very far from heaven i think we can all agree

i mean it's at least two stops short from finchley road 02 centre

there was a picture of it with finchley road as a destination that i couldn't bring myself to use. the sole time i've ever been in that neck of the woods and had to take that bus - only a couple of stops - i thought of whitehead bros, it was all worth it for that

also, GANGSTRESS OF LOVE

Oingo Boingo - dead man's party
Yellow Magic Orchestra - La Femme Chinoise
Plus Two - Melody
Deniz Kurtel - the l word
Africa Hitech - Blen
Joe Gibbs - Edward the Eight
Voorhees - House Arrest
Ford and Lopatin - Emergency Room
LV - Northern Line
Michel Polnareff - Monsieur l'Abbé
Mighty Diamonds - No Opportunity for the Youth

gang gang dance, "adult goth"
new young pony club, "lost a girl"
OOIOO, "grow sound tree"
gonjasufi, "suzieq"
bardo pond, "this time (so fucked)"
frank black, "i heard ramona singing"
dylan ettinger, "rico's pawn shop"
the fall, "before the moon falls"
liz phair,, "rocket boy"
moon duo, "motorcycle, i love you"
corrosion of conformity, "goodbye windows"

east river pipe - backroom deals
cass mccombs - country line
milton nascimento - don vicente
duncan browne - country song
van morrison - fair play
david bazan - lost my shape
sloan - unkind
subway sect - stool pigeon
the strokes - two kinds of happiness
john martyn - head and heart
ted hawkins - sorry youre sick
+1
nina simone - turn me on

lady gaga - scheiße
beyoncé - 1+1
wiley - i just woke up
lory d - acidronix
miguel - sure thing
mr beatnick - synthetes
tom trago ft. romanthony - steppin' out
lloyd ft. trey songz & young jeezy - be the one
raphael saadiq - good man
shanell - my buttons
the veronicas - 4eva

gza - gold
swans - you fucking people make me sick
spade cooley and the western swing gang - shame on you
ema - california
rihanna - rock star
brendan benson - little spark
rolling stones - sway
the fall - what about us? (peel session)
cliffie swan - dream chain
townes van zandt - tecumseh valley
calle 13 - baile de los pobres

Broadcast - We've Got Time
Crooked Fingers - Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
Dick and Dee Dee - The Mountain's High
The Howling Hex - Apache Energy Plan
Janet Jackson - If
The Make-Up - Pow! To The People
Mama Guitar - A Certain Girl
Melt Banana - Last Target On The Last Day
The Miller Sisters - I Love You My Own
Santogold - Unstoppable
Tall Dwarfs - Crush

"Heaven Can Wait" - Sandra
"Boom! There She Was" - Scritti Politti
"Joey Rogers" - Ford & Lopatin
"Slow Dancing" - Lindsey Buckingham
"Snooze 4 Love" - Todd Terje
"Indian Summer" - Poco (thanks for the enthusiasm, Scott!)
"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" - Jermaine Stewart
"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" - Robert Palmer
"It Doesn't Arrive" - Emeralds
"Send Me an Angel" - Real Life
"Secret Messages" - ELO

redshape - light
model 500 - the passage
walter jones - i am loved
gang gang dance - romance layers
console - a homeless ghost
jamie woon - echoes
toro y moi - still sound
j2k - step
harrys gym - old man (chad valley remix)
lady gaga - bloody mary
ford & lopatin - dead jammers

AC/DC - Rocker
Jimmy Webb - Galveston (Ten Easy Pieces version)
Guns 'n Roses - Right Next Door to Hell
The Doors -- Little Girl
New Radicals -- Mama, We Just Can't Get Enough
Lady Gaga -- Marry the Night
Aerosmith -- Rats in the Cellar
Rolling Stones -- Ventilator Blues
B.B. King -- Sweet Little Angel
Howlin' Wolf -- You'll Be Mine
Bruce Springsteen -- Sandy

Belong - Perfect Life
Camp Lo - Luchini aka This Is It
Gatekeeper - Storm Column
Fen - The Gibbet Elms
Peaking Lights - Key Sparrow
Dark Castle - I Hear Wind
Notorious B.I.G. - Party & Bullshit
Death Grips - Culture Shock
Virus - Red Desert Sand
Warm Ghost - Resignation Rights
Maxxi & Zeus - The Struggle

lee foss - keep my cool
creep ft. nina sky - you
jojo - marvin's room (can't do better)
beyoncé - i miss you
kolombo - waiting for (michael mayer mix)
ricardo villalobos - dexter
sugababes - just let it go
anthony david - god said
azari & iii - undecided
julio bashmore ft. javeon mccarthy - father father
brandy - angel in disguise

montgomery gentry - she couldn't change me
sugababes - promises
ciara - heavy rotation
warpaint - baby
the dixie chicks - there's your trouble
cher lloyd - swagger jagger
electrik red - 9 to 5
beyonce - 1 + 1
paramore - monster
almunia - new moon
alicia keys - you don't know my name

Fucked Up - Queen of Hearts
When Saints Go Machine - Church and Law
Spoek Mathambo - Control
Pere Ubu - Non-alignment Pact
Mzo Bullet - Casablanca
Moon Duo - Fallout
Gang Gang Dance - Chinese High
Ford & Lopatin - Joey Rogers
Culture - Two Sevens Clash
Clueless - Lady In Red
Battles - Ice Cream

Rockers Hi-Fi - Push Push
Capracara - King of the Witches
Moodymann - Sunday Morning
151 Feva Gang - Shaking My Dreads
Rah Digga - You Got It (Nottz Remix)
J. Cole - Work Out
Beyonce - I Care
Little Dragon - Brush the Heat
Deadboy - Ain't Gonna Lie
Hudson Mohawke - Thunder Bay
Peverelist - Dance til the Police Come

love that Rockers Hi-Fi track. I wonder if I've actually got a copy of it proper.

Capracara - King of the Witches

man i just listened to this, hoping it would be an acid monster like 'opal rush', but i was deflated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSBY44D1hAU

yeah, KotW's kinda departure from 'opal rush'. less monster-like, maybe, yet propulsive. it strikes me as intuitive as ever

Girlfriend, by the Jazz Butcher Conspiracy
Why I Love Country Music, by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Journal Of An Airman, by the Blue Aeroplanes
Paper Flowers
Is He Really Mine
Something Tells Her
Bird In My Garden
El Lissitzky
Young Veronica
She Has A Way
Audrey of Spirits, by Dream Diary (who are playing on July 2!)