Ducktails - Backyard (Duffy's Ditties No. 18)

It's hard to keep your feet on the ground listening to his hazy helium, late summer love guitar groove, taken from Ducktails "Ducktails II" LP. He has just put out a new 7" which contains my new favouite song of his, "Point Pleasant Beach", both are available to buy through Ducktails Myspace.

Ducktails - Backyard MP3

P.S.
MP3 Hugger has put out a second Indiecater compilation, check it out here.

Electronic Sensoria Band - Milkshake (Duffy's Ditties No.17)

Electronic Sensoria Band or E+S=B for short, weave and duck with the best of them. They have released a record with Damo Suzuki, but here's 'Milkshake' a taste of the hpynotic brillance of their Inhale The Sound record and also here's a live vl tone improve vid from a couple of moons back for your viewing plessure.

E+S=B - Milkshake MP3

Ariel Pink - Gray Sunset (Duffy's Ditties No.16)

God only know why I haven't listen to Ariel Pink before.
I'm always a sucker for an omnichord and a lovely Betacam
video to boot.
Ariel Pink - Gray Sunset MP3
Myspace
Buy "The Doldrums" from the lovely Paw tracks Here.

Gulls - FREEer Except (Duffy's Ditties, No. 15)

Another day, another deadly band from Portland. Heres an edit from their
one sided FREEer 12" and here's two wonderful live film loops clips made
by Johnne Eschleman.



Myspace

FREEer Except MP3

Awesome Color - Eyes Of Light (Duffy's Ditties No.14)

Awesome Color must have ate their Stooges serial in the
morning. They are as raw and brutel as Iggy and Co ever
where. These freshed faced fellows are on Thurston
Moore label to which is most of the time a good thing.
They are hitting Ireland this weekend.
Irish Tour Dates
Saturday 7 June 2008 Club Ping Pong Cork
Sunday 8 June 2008 Upstairs at Whelans Dublin
Monday 9 June 2008 TBC Belfast

Eyes Of Light MP3
Myspace

Telepathe - Sinister Militia TMJ Mix (Duffy's Ditties No.13)

Telepathe
www.myspace.com/telepathy
+
The Ruby Suns
www.myspace.com/ryanmcphunandtherubysuns

Tonight
Crawdaddy, Harcourt St
Doors 8pm / 14euro

Telepathe - Sinister Militia [TMJ Mix] MP3
Telepathe - The March MP3
More Telepathe Here.

Patrick Kelleher - Coat To Wear (Duffy's Ditties No.12)

As the tag says Ethereal Dream Pop from Patrick Kelleher
accompanied by wonderful super 8 video. Coat To Wear
bounces around the stereo like a malevolence spawn of
Shockheaded Peters and Kate Bush. Taken from his excellent
6 track EP "You Look Cold". With only 75 numbered hand
cut and hand glued cdr made they are sure to be snapped
up quickly. Available from Road Records or though his
myspace, I think for the pauperly price of €5. Or
alternatively you can pick it up if you catch him playing a
stripped down show tomorrow night with his backing band
"The Wet Dreams" at The Bernard Shaws on Richmond St.
Portobello, where he will be unleashing new material or
Supporting God Is An Astronaut in a brand spanking new
theatre in Greystone on Saturday the 7th of June.
Myspace
Patrick Kelleher - Coat To Wear MP3

Au - Boute (Duffy's Ditties No.11)

Au - Boute MP3
Myspace

The Booklovers - And Then He Kissed Me (Duffy's Ditties No. 10)

Two Minutes and twenty two seconds of lo-fi shambolic
twee pop brilliance from Dublin three piece covering the
classic The Crystals song.

The Booklovers - And Then He Kissed Me MP3

Myspace

Scarlett Johansson - "Fannin' Street" & "Song For Jo" (Duffy's Ditties No. 8 & No.9)

As yr one says "Fuck all you hates". Miss Johansson new album
is pretty great. Ok it's got a couple of well ropey songs on it.
The title track "Anywhere I Lay My Head" being the worse
of the bunch and it was the first to be leaked for some reason.
But the majority of the tracks are great, two of which are
top notch.One, being the only song that's not a Waits Cover
"Song For Jo" is one of the best song on here. Johansson co-wrote
it with TV On The Radio's David Andrew Sitek, the album's
producer. It sounds like a long lost Red House Painters track.
The other being Johansson's cover of "Fannin' Street" which is
just as spell bounding with David Bowie adding backing yells to
the proceedings. Originally "Fannin' Street" reared its head on
Waits "Orphans" release, the 3cd rarities album that came out
last year. With the help of her talented friends Johansson has
made an album thats much better than it should ever be.
Scarlett Johansson - Fannin' Street MP3
Scarlett Johansson - Song For Jo MP3
&
Tom Waits - Fannin' Street MP3

Myspace

Samamidon - Sugar Baby (Duffy's Ditties No.7)

Myspace
Sugar Baby MP3
And another for good luck.
Little Johnny Brown MP3

Brian Eno & David Byrne - Mea Culpa (Duffy's Ditties No.6 )

Looks like a reunion is on the card for a group that sounds as fresh
as they did when their only album together came out in 81, Fuck
Buttons were certainly taking notes. Great video done by Bruce
Conner, the same artist who did the Mongoloid Video for Devo.
Mea Culpa MP3
Website
More Duffy's Ditties Here.

Shit and Shine - Am I A Nice Guy? (Duffy's Ditties No. 5)

Another story song thingy, this time from
four drummers strong "Shit and Shine" taken
of their new album "Cherry".

Am I A Nice Guy? MP3.

Buy Cherry here.

Myspace.

Miracle Fortress - Have You Seen In Your Dreams (Duffy's Ditties No.4)

www.myspace.com/miraclefortress

Have You Seen In Your Dreams Mp3

Aidan John Moffat - Hilary And Back (Duffy's Ditties No.3)

A 10 minute short story from Arap Strap's Aidan John
Moffat of his brill new album. Here's a live vid for
a different song from "I Can Hear Your Heart". Good
to see somebody else digs the cheapo Bontempi Organs.
I have two and a shitty broken drum machine by the
Italian company. They're crap but in a good way.

Hilary And Back Mp3

For the short story that accompanies the album go to
http://www.chemikal.co.uk/icanhearyourheart/

James Yorkston - St. Patricks Day (Duffy Ditties No.2)

Photo: Barry Semple
Let the photo above be a warning, don't mix trips and blue nun
together, even if the bottle of blue nun is free and it is St. Patrick's
day. Anywhos lesson learned from last year festivities, heres a James
Yorkston song for the day thats in it.
Be Safe out there.
St. Patricks Day Mp3

Japan - Ghosts (Duffy's Ditties No.1)

Experimental pop music at its best . From the year of my birth,
"Ghost" was Japans biggest hit, but they still broke up a
couple of weeks after its release. Singer David Sylvian later
when on to to albums with Holger Czukay and Robert Fripp.
Check out the outstanding live vid below from Old Grey Whistle
Test.


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