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March 1, 2013 · 4:49 pm

Playlist: February 2013

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I have wanted to make playlists for this blog for ages, and this morning I was having a read around Skeletory‘s blog (amazing blog, check it out) and I realised that Soundcloud allow you to make sets!? I don’t know why I never realised this before, as I’ve listened to loads of sets but never thought about making one.

So this first playlist is a summary of my favourite tracks of this last month. Be prepared for playlists for every occasion, festival and season of the year. Looking back, it’s been a good month for music. Ahhhh…

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December 22, 2011 · 8:30 pm

Songs of the Year: Part 2

Washington – I Believe you Liar

Not that into her other stuff, but this song is stunning.

Real Estate- It’s Real

I don’t own this album, maybe I should. But I think this song is just summery goodness.

Kurt Vile- Jesus Fever

This song makes me want to buy a convertible car and drive around in the California sunshine. The best from his album, but its all very good.

Florence and the Machine- Lover to Lover

By far my favourite song from the second album, so much soul.

The Antlers- Hounds

Soo dreamy. Damn good album too.

Charles Bradley- The World (Is Going Up in Flames)

This man slipped under the radar, which is a massive shame. This song is incredible, and so is the rest of his stuff. So much soul and pain in his voice.

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December 11, 2011 · 9:00 am

Albums of 2011: 5. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo

Until a few weeks ago, Kurt Vile was one of those people who I’d heard a lot about, but never sat down and listened to. And boy am I regretting that now. I picked up a copy of his album in Rough Trade after hearing Baby’s Arms, and quickly became entranced by this record. Ultimately, Kurt Vile is a brilliant songwriter. He doesn’t have the voice of an angel, and the instrumentation isn’t anything new, but its the songs that strike you.

So many great melodies, well written lyrics and quite a 70′s James Taylor, Tim Buckley vibe about the tracks on this album. Jesus Fever is a standout, but Baby’s Arms, Ghost Town, Peeping Tomboy and so many others have such wonderful elements to them. It’s lo-fi folk, in some places there is minimal production and sometimes its just Kurt and a guitar, but other songs build up the full sound of his band The Violators. Both work really well in different songs. A great songwriter for the new hipster generation.

Standout Tracks: Baby’s Arms, Jesus Fever and Peeping Tomboy

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November 29, 2011 · 10:11 pm

Kurt Vile and Cass McCombs

Everybody absolutely has to go out and buy ‘Smoke Ring For My Halo’ by Kurt Vile. Stunning record, excellent songwriting. This song has quickly become one of my songs of the year.

And I like this song from Cass McCombs. I don’t have his album, but he describes it as this on his website… ‘Humour Risk is an attempt at laughter instead of confusion, chaos instead of morality, or, as fellow Northern Californian Jack London puts it ‘I would rather be ashes than dust!’” Which actually makes a lot of sense if you think about it.

And I thought I’d just add in this song. From The Antlers.

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