I picked this up for a fiver during the height of summer in Galway a couple of years back. I think they are now no longer, could be wrong. The singer is gone solo, under the alias of "Taken By Trees" anywho. All four songs on this EP are amazing, three of them where later release as singles. Its full of wintery cool but with a warm heart. I don't know why I haven't checked out any of their albums. I must and so should you.
and go here for a vid of what I'm guessing is the album version of "Seems Fine". Ep version is better and is called "Seems Fine Shuffle". But isn't that always the way with alt versions and covers of songs, generally the first version you heard is always our favourite, of course there is expection, Mogwai's version of "Sweet Child Of Mine" is super,Alanis Morissette version of "My Humps". That's a joke, Black Eye Peas RULE OK Buy It Myspace Link In Comments.
A mixtape for those cold nights and long long journeys home.
01. Come Wander With Me - Jeff Alexander
"Come Wander with Me" was written for an episode of
the American television anthology series The Twilight
Zone. Sung by the actress Bonnie Beecher herself.
The whole "Come Wander with Me" episode is available here.
02. Strange Form Of Life - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Another gem from the man who does very little wrong.
Go HERE for a live version on Conan O Brien. 03. Milk and Honey - Jackson C. Frank
This and the first song I first heard from Vincent Gallo's
"Brown Bunny" film. It doesn't get must better than this. 04. Black Flowers - Yo La Tengo
I orginally had "Feel Like Going Home" but it slowed/
depressed precendings down too much. This also capture
the mood I was going for. Both songs for their last and ill
say it, their best album to date "I Am Not Afraid Of You
And I Will Beat Your Ass" 05. C4 - Si Schroeder
Seen him at electric picnic this year, he blow the house
down. Great stuff. 06. Back In Time - Au Revoir Simone You should know the story about these ladies by now. I
think it's safe to say, classic song from a classic album. 07. The Ice Storm - The Go! Team A great intrumental from their Austrailan tour Ep. 08. Snowball - Devo
Love this so much, it could even my favourite Devo song.
09. Warm Night - The Concretes
More Swedish greatness.
10. I'm into Something Good - Langley Schools Music Project
Sweet sweet cover of Herman's Hermits classic song by school
chorus. The recordings were made from 1976-77 by Canadian
music teacher Hans Fenger in a school gymnasium in Langley,
British Columbia. 11. The Ballad Of Helenkeller & Rip Van Winkle - The Moldy Peaches An other classic song from a classic album. 12. By Your Side - Coco Rosie
The video says everything.
13. Starbust - Frank Sinatra
"The melody haunts my reverie..." 14. Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio From "A Charlie Brown Christmas". 15. Im On Nights - Richard Hawley The first song I ever heard of Mr. Hawley and still probably my
favourite song of his. Oh hear that moterbike engine purrrr. 16. (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
I have more Tom Waits records than I really should have, but
when he gets it right, boy can he really gets it right. 17. 90-Mile Water Wall - The National The only song they didn't play at their recent gig that I hoped they
might play. 18. The Fox In The Snow - Belle & Sebastian Yet again an otherclassic song from a classic album. 19. Rich Wife Full Of Happiness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy "I woke up fat and almost unhappy
but the bigger the laugh the bigger the belly
and I bellow out and the whole bed it shakes
and you smile at my laugh as it rocks you awake." 20. Long Long Long - The Beatles One of the best John songs on the White Album.---update it's George song, I always thought it was John. 21. Point Of Disgust - Low
Don't know if this is an official video or not, but it's really
is outstanding.
22. The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack - Liars
Thats it.
Total Time: 1:18:30
Its abit early for for Merry Christmas, but Merry Christmas
to you, consider it a gift from me to you. Applause and good
fortune to you and yours.
For anyone who downloaded "Hold Back The Dawn" Mixtape and really liked track 3 "Lovely Allen" from Toronto cursing blasphemers "Holy Fuck", here is their soup soup souper Krautrock EP in it entirety . No Irish date on the horizon, which is a shame, cause they toured the highways and byways of Britain recently.
Angelic fuzz noise for Bristol-based duo, Fuck Buttons. This two track ep is fast becoming one of my favourite release this year. Applause to ATP Records for always releasing "the Good Shit".
Taking their ques from John Carpenter, Tangerine Dream, Goblin, and a wee bit of Faith No More thrown in for good messure, Pittsburgh two piece have make the perfect soundtrack to the greatest 70s horror film that was never made. Nice.
Geez I love this band, why did they not become massive. This was my first glimspe into their brillance. The track is taken from their 1999 "The Fidelity Wars" album. The main dude; Darren Hayman as well as solo work now plays with Ellis Island Sounds
Painting : Oliver Comerford A mixtape for the wee hours. Contains 80s pop/post punk, 80s esque Pop/rock, Neue Deutsche Welle and analog melodies. 01 Sketch for Summer- The Durutti Column The first song of his first album. Boy, he sure loves his echoy guitar, and i do to. 02 Drugs In My Body - Thieves Like Us A reworking of the previous song and the vid is a reworking of the "heroes" scene in Christine F. film
03 Lovely Allen - Holy Fuck The cover was enticing enough for me to get their EP. This song is kraut-tastic. 04 Glorious - Captain Great Pop rock with Trevor Horn productions. The vid can be watched HERE. 05 You Got Me - Beta Or Vhs More 80s throwback rock. They sound like "A Folk Of Seagulls" fronted by Robert Smith. Vid viewable HERE . 06 Burning Up - Madonna Of her first album, great stuff.
07 Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie & The Banshees Love the intro.
08 Tender Object - Orange Juice The greatest song Orange Juice ever recorded and it wasn't even a bloody single. 09 (Ein Jahr) Es Geht Voran - Fehlfarben More jangley 80s guitar this time from Düsseldorf's Fehlfarben. 10 Der Kommissar - Falco Here is a medley of Der Kommissar by Falco, followed by the After The Fire version, which is then followed by Laura Branigan with her version called Deep in the Dark.
11 Morning Sun - Al Murray Got this from the soundtrack of "This Is Britian". Great film and great song. 12 Goodbye Horses - Q. Lazzarus Another soundtrack song, from "Married To The Mob" and the Buffalo Bill dancing with his fella tucked behind his legs scene in "Silence Of The Lambs". My new favourite song. 13 Windows - A Flock Of Seagulls B side to Space Age Love Song, and what a b side it is. 14 In The City - Chromatics Love this track, the metronome beat and lead vocal is super sweet. Vid is viewable HERE. 15 You Make Me Like Charity - The Knife One of my favourite Knife song. Go HERE for a live video. 16 The Past Is A Grotesque Animal - Of Montreal Not sure about these boys, but this song is a deffinate highlight on the album, The urgency of the music and vocals really won me over. 17 By This River - Brian Eno First heard this on the film the great german film"The Son's Room". 18 Echo's Answer - Broadcast Oh i love that sound. 19 Can You Hear the Rain, Love - Richard Hawley Eno esque track of the "Late Night Tales" and no better way to finish the mix.
First became aware of Martin Dosh thought Andrew Bird and then a friend gave me a mix with one of his songs on it, Had to get more and this is a great Ep he released a couple of years back and is a good introduction to the wonderful world of Martin Dosh.
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