Spiritualized rolled into town on Saturday night & delivered one hell of a rock show. Highlights: A booming 'I Think I'm in Love' & a rawkus 'Electricity'. Even rolled out a few Spacemen 3 numbers that included a violently good segue from 'Come together' into 'Take me to the Other Side'. If you get the chance, get the fuck down. Spacemen 3- Take me to the Other Side (Z ...
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Today is Deer day here at JPP- A celebration of our two favorite deer's 'hoof & 'hunter. 'Offend Maggie' is available in the shops now & is another ace collection of skewed pop wonder. They have a plethora of live dates between now & Xmas, check here for details. Here's 'Buck & Judy' which borrows just a pinch of 'We will Rock you': Deerhoof- Buck & Judy (Z Share) (YSI)...
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Been very much enjoying the 14 tracks service from Boomkat : Every week the best tracks are selected from a specific genre for your listening pleasure. So far we've had Detroit techno, downward acid, cover versions and deviant disco amongst many, many others. Here's a few of the tracks I've discovered, starting with this delicate rendition of 'No. 1 (Lent Et Douloureux ...
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Kelpe's 'Ex-Aquarium' has been not been far from our turntable since it's release in February. You can now feast your eyes on 'Extraquarium ', a remix long player that features the likes of Zombie Zombie, The Oscillation & The Boats amongst others. DC recordings have once again given us the scoop on this, check Kelpe's own stormy version of 'Whirlwound '. Buy the LP here .
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If you haven't pointed your wireless towards Beats in Space recently, do it pronto: A few weeks ago The Glimmers spun some splendid selections & this weeks show includes this gem from Subway. Their previous release 'Persuasion' was a big favorite from last year & new single 'Simplex' is just as good. Gatto Fritto rejigs the whole thing into pure kraut bliss. Buy it.Subway- Simplex (Gatto Fritto...
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Following on from the inadvertent San Francisco post, here's some songs celebrating the BIG Apple. Check the industrial electro styles of Deekay Jones:Deekay Jones- New York, New York (YSI)'Sidewalk Songs & City Stories' is a compilation rounding up some of the leading lights of the new folk scene, including Jeffrey Lewis, Daniel Johnston & Animal Collective amongst others. Here's Prewar Yardsa...
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Next week two music convention's hit Manchester, In the City & the inaugural Unconvention which takes place at Sacred Trinity Church in Salford. You'll be able to see some top local talent (Cats in Paris, Silverclub & Toolshed to name a few) & also have a good chinwag about all things music related. I'll be on the exposure panel on Tuesday 7th October, which is chaired by Huw Stephens from Radi...
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The Alps are a San Fran collective consisting of members of Tussle, Tarentel & Arp. They've got some exquisite sounds, their new LP 'III' is chock full of them. Get it here.The Alps- A Manha Na Praia (Z Share) (YSI)Speaking of Tussle, we had the Prins Thomas remix of 'Night of the Hunter' on these pages a few weeks ago. Time to check the original, it's pretty special. New record 'Cream Cuts' is...
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Are you familiar with Banjo or Freakout? If not it's the alter ego of Italian Alessio Natalizia & he certainly likes the finer things:"I try to have a punk rock approach to music; I tend not not to idolize people. There are a lot of amazing musicians I love… Arthur Russell because he did everything better than anyone. Bob Dylan because he basically is god. Brian Wilson because he is Brian Wilso.
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We recently had a lovely communication from Fromage Disco: They hail from Victoria, Australia & have both feet firmly entrenched in 1976. They furnished us with a few edits they've recently knocked up along with an excellent mix that takes in the likes of Edwin Starr, Holy Ghost, Todd Terje & many more. Grab them:Edwin Starr- Contact (Fromage Looking at You Edit) (Z Share) (YSI)Dave, Dee, Dozy,...
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The Beta Band- Dry the Rain (Z Share) (YSI) Canned Heat- Going Up the Country (Z Share) (YSI) DJ Hell- Follow You (Z Share) (YSI)
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A week or so ago we faced the possibility of the world imploding due to the Black hole experiment's: Well friends, the danger has not yet passed. We may yet be sucked into the musical black hole with the news that Optimo have remixed Liquid Liquid's 'Optimo'. Play with extreme caution.. Liquid Liquid- Optimo (Optimo Remix) (Z Share) (YSI) A couple of delicate beauties for you to sink into o...
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More Weatherall news: His latest remix is of Fuck Button's 'Sweet Love for Planet Earth'. He gives the noise terrorist's a smart dancefloor makeover:Fuck Buttons- Sweet Love for Planet Earth (Andrew Weatherall Remix) (Z Share) (YSI)A real speaker freaker for yoose: Appleblim's 'Cheat 1' should be played extremely loud for maximum effect..Appleblim- Cheat 1 (Z Share) (YSI)
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Up for a bit of squalid Rock & Roll? Good. 006 came from Chicago & gave the world 'Like What me Worry' which is apparently a threatening & hilarious ode to being a loner. Get this any many other Garage rock classics here . 006- Like What Me Worry (Z Share) (YSI) Riders of the Mark only managed one 45, "The Electronic Insides And Metal Complexion That Make Up Herr Doktor ...
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--- - |- Getting very excited about the impending new Deerhoof release: 'Offend Maggie' is due the first week of October, see how the title track tickles your fancy:Deerhoof- Offend Maggie (Z Share) (YSI)We mentioned The Gaslamp Killer's 'I Spit on Your Grave' mix during the Summer, go & check his blog for more details of his motherfucking mixes.The Gaslamp Killer- Show Stopper (Z Share) (YSI)...
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It seems that Burial took last nights failure to win the Mercury music award rather <>badly. Maybe Rustie's brand of schizophrenic, arpeggiated beats will find favour with next years panel, the campaign starts here...Rustie- Zig Zag (Z Share) (YSI)Andy Stott has been dishing out his own brand of techno for a few years now and new LP 'Unknown Exception' rounds up a selection of his tunes that have<
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Some slow boomers to begin the week with: Betty Botox is JD Twitch, one half of Optimo. He's just released his 'Mmm, Betty!' series both digitally & physically. It's a re-edit project which enables him to fiddle with the likes of Hawkwind, Severed Heads & The Jellies. Here's the grinding 'Doragon Balls'.Flying Rhythms- Doragon Balls (Z Share) (YSI)Flying Lotus's 'Los Angeles' is garnering terri...
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US 69 only released one album- 'Yesterday Folks' came out at the tail end of the sixties and drew heavily on the fear & paranoia that ravaged the beat generation once the good time's had gone. Much like Love's 'Forever Changes' it helped soundtrack the end of an era. Track it down at all costs.US 69- Never a Day Goes By (Z Share) (YSI)Whilst we wait for a new Grizzly Bear record, have a go on t...
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We've mentioned percussive noiseists Teeth Mountain more than once on these pages- You can now get all their latest hits on compact disc, check out their Myspace blog for details. They also have new track 'Kill & Eat' available for download. Or you can grab it here:Teeth Mountain- Kill & Eat (Z Share) (YSI)Our favorite Portland duo, Saudade, are still dishing out their new LP for free- There's ...
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Got some choice reissues to steer you ears towards today- Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85-92 has been given the digital treatment. Still absolutely perfect:Aphex Twin- Xtal (Z Share) (YSI)Time to get your lino out- Wildstyle recently passed the quarter of a century mark & to celebrate the soundtrack has been re-issued with an extra bonus disc. G-Get down.Cold Crush Brothers- Cold Crush B...
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