your 11 favourite songs of the moment, fuck.

Suede - So Young
Suede - She's Not Dead
Suede - Moving
Suede - Pantomine Horse
Suede - The Next Life
Prince - Christopher Tracy's Parade
Prince - Under the Cherry Moon
Donna Summer - The Wanderer
David Bowie - Look Back in Anger
David Bowie - Wild is the Wind
and what i keep crying over:
Maria McKee - If Love is a Red Dress

Murcof – ‘Una’

Ghostface – ‘Ghostface’

First Choice – ‘Smarty Pants’
First Choice – ‘Yes Maybe No’
One of the most overlooked of the 70s Philly vocal groups. Their first six or seven singles were all terrific. I love the horn stabs on “Smarty Pants” in particular. There was a bit of a tailing off after that and when they switched labels, although “Yes Maybe No” is gorgeous, swinging soul.

Young MC – ‘Bust A Move’
Picked up the “Ice-T presents Westside” compilation second hand at the weekend. For some reason a lot of the West Coast hip hop stuff passed me by first time (if it wasn’t a massive crossover hit in UK). Lots of classic tracks here, but this one jumps out particularly on first listen.

The Pioneers – ‘Catch The Beat’
Rosalyn Sweet & The Paragons – ‘Blackbirds Singing’
Both from the wonderful Sweet Harmony compilation on Trojan from last year. The second song here is a cover of the Paul McCartney song off The White Album which most people seem to think is insufferable, tho’ I quite like it. This arrangement shows off the song’s full potential.

Lizzy Mercier Descloux – ‘Mission Impossible’
Kinetic take on the Lalo Schifrin theme tune.

T.I . – ‘I Still Luv You’
His parents that is. Aw, bless.

Usher feat. Lil Joneedstofallunderatruk & Ludicris – ‘Yeah’

1. 'formato minimo' -- skank
2. 'monkey man' -- toots and the maytals
3. 'argentinidad al palo' -- bersuit vergarabat
4. 'along came jones' -- the coasters
5. 'ballroom blitz' -- sweet
6. 'all the above' -- dani siciliano
7. 'smokey' -- funkadelic
8. 'precious' -- the pretenders
9. 'mr. personality' -- gillette
10.'chachimurenga' (future mix) -- stella chiweshe
11.'hecho en mexico' -- kinto sol

the ILM canon per this thread (top 10):

the streets
mission of burma
ghostface killah
magnetic fields
kelis
aphex twin
phoenix
mf doom
ma$e
prince

the ILM canon if you add together the votes on this thread and the other one:

radiohead
the beach boys
missy elliott
the streets
joy division
new order
basement jaxx
sonic youth
jay-z
aphex twin

bob dylan
magnetic fields
saint etienne
bjork
the beatles
low
the beta band
diana ross/the supremes
madonna
david bowie

devendra banhart - this beard is for siobhan
the dead c - bone
double leopards - hidden correspondence part 2
bonnie billy - three questions
white mice - cheesus saves
mtn. g0ats - international small arms traffic blues
can - vitamin c
pearls before swine - another time
codeine - d
ghost - comin' home
blonde redhead - suimasen

1. "Cheeseburger" (live version off Another Day, Another Dollar) by Gang of Four
2. "First Wave Intact" by the Secret Machines
3. "Unchained" by Van Fuckin' Halen
4. "Tupelo" (live version off Live Seeds) by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
5. "Good Morning, Beautiful" by The The
6. "Rusholme Ruffians" (live version off Rank) by the Smiths
7. "Wildwood" (Portishead Remix) by Paul Weller
8. "Richard Hung Himself" as covered by Slayer
9. "She's On Drugs" by the Jazz Butcher
10. "John Cope" by Talk Talk
11. "Frame By Frame" by King Crimson

So much better than the studio version.

YES!

"Mono" Courtney Love
"Super-fire" Girls Against Boys
"What kind of monster are you?" Slant 6
"Milkshake" Kelis
"Tom the Model" Beth Gibbons
"Pretty Persuasion" REM
"Devil with the Green Eyes" Matthew Sweet
"It was supposed to be so easy." The Streets
"Bhabiye Ni Bhabiye" Alaap (rough guide to bhangra)
"Bellemou" Nediha Gaouria (rg to rai)
"Pyar Ka Ha Bairi" Sangeeta (bhangra again.)

1. "Marian (Version)" by Sisters of Mercy
2. "Cruiser's Creek" by the Fall
3. "Get Low" by Li'l Jon & the East Side Boyz....I'm sorry, it's too tough to resist.
4. "Cheeseburger (live)" by Gang of Four
5. "Supernaut" by Black Sabbath
6. "Hole in the Sky" by Black Sabbath (my editor just gave me the Black Box, so I'm on a bit of a Sabbs kick).
7. "Nowhere Again" by the Secret Machines
8. "Creeping Death (live)" by Metallica
9. "TVC15" by Bowie
10. "Wild America" by Iggy Pop

11. "Boy Meets Girl" by Junior Senior

Galaxie 500 -- Temperature's Rising
Radboud Mens -- Track 8 from "Cl;ck"
New Order -- 1963
Spiritualized -- Don't Just Do Something
Autechre -- Roll the dice and pick any track from their finest album, "Chiastic Slide"
Do Make Say Think -- Ontario Plates
Aubrey -- amazing shit on this ep I just bought, I can never remember the track names on the vinyl I buy. Often, I can't even remember the artist.
Suede -- Europe is Our Playground
Galaxie 500 -- Parking Lot
Substance -- Relish
Xiu Xiu -- Crank Heart

What is this, vahid>

Oh man, I can't wait to be able to buy new music again.

What is this, vahid

um, it's a white label put out on arcola, warp's little sister dance label. it basically chops up the hook over a very dubby house beat. there's not much more to it than a sped-up prince squealing "UPTOWN!!! where i want to be-be-be-be-be..." over a cut-up guitar bit (it comes in at 4 minutes on the original track) and an echoey 4/4 kick. it's not a radical glitch deconstruction or anything, it's just a very very classy re-edit. pretty much strips the original to the core while keeping it lush. i love love love it. if you search slsk for "prince" or "uptown" with "arcola" you'll find it no problem.

They should've called it "Camille - 'Uptown' (Brothomstates remix)".

Bubbling Under: girls aloud - the show / esther phillips - disposable society

Aarktica, Aura Lee
Mmmm, atmosphere-y.

Guided by Voices, A Second Spurt of Growth
One of the best on the new, and supposedly final, LP.

Puffy AmiYumi, Planet Tokyo
Power-pop-tastic.

Hayden, Home by Saturday
Lovely.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Babe, I'm On Fire
Gloriously indulgent.

Mclusky, Falco Vs. the Young Canoeist
WE'RE GONNA ROCK ROCK ROCK, ROCK WITH THE ROCK

Killers, Mr. Brightside
Just so damn infectious.

Morrissey, The World Is Full of Crashing Bores
Self-explanatory.

Les Savy Fav, Hold On To Your Genre
The most danceable rock song of the year.

Nightwish, "Wish I Had an Angel"
Amy Lee just wishes her band could be this gloriously fun and over the top. But she doesn't have the guts.