Song of the day – 45: The Slits
Well, duh. I finally purchased the reissue of The Slits’ first album Cut – with a little hesitation, truth be told, as I already own various versions of it several times – and Powers alive, if the eight-track demos on the bonus CD don’t sound even better than the original. (As Jack Endino wryly remarks on […]
Song of the day – 43: Galaxie 500
Surely, you had to be expecting this one. Domino Records have just reissued this still-missed Boston band’s three studio albums, each with a bonus CD of ‘rarities’. Exciting, although I do believe I own ALL these songs already at least four times on various previous reissues and box sets and vinyl originals. Exciting, because this […]
Song of the day – 42: Camera Obscura
Spain’s Elefant Records just sent me a parcel of 14 lovely shiny brand-new seven-inch singles. Names like Television Personalities, The School, Papa Topo, Helen Love, The Carrots and Stereo-Total. Oh yes. I really will have to dust off that USB record-player finally and have myself a listening party with a few select Brisbane sorts. There’s […]
Song of the day – 41: The Pipettes
I’m going to keep the faith here, for a while longer. It’s a change of sound, a change of direction. To these ears, it sounds like they’ve smoothed out many of the rough edges that made Pipettes Mk1 so delicious and charming – I wouldn’t blink if you played this to me in a club, […]
Song of the day – 40: Teenage Fanclub
This song can reduce me to tears. Just beautiful. That line, the harmonies on that line, “Here is a sunrise/Ain’t that enough/True as a clear sky/Ain’t that enough?” Ignore the weird intro bit at the start of this video. You need to start listening at 0.17 seconds. I received an advance copy of Teenage Fanclub’s […]
Song of the day – 39: Lorna G
This was a song that came onto my iTunes at random, and lifted my bus ride home last night. And I’m glad it did. As the man says, “Lorna G’s ‘Brixton Rock’ is a wonderful attempt at accentuating the positive of a place so often given a bad name. Brilliantly mixing up early hip hop […]
Letters from Rosie 6
Received another excellent, thought-provoking email from Rosie, partway inspired by my recent Tall Tales And True post. Hey ET, Just read Tall Tales. Want more. I’m going to tell you what I’m thinking and I’ve been thinking it for a while. Yr blog posts, although plentiful in number, are too short for my tastes. I […]
Song of the day – 38: PiL
I was just discussing this song with my PhD supervisor. Fucking amazing. Just fucking amazing. Everything about this record kills me. Even after all this time.
Song of the day – 37: LoneLady
Tip of the ET hat to this most excellent website for hooking me up with the debut LoneLady album. It wasn’t what I was expecting. I’m familiar with Julie (LoneLady)’s work from a few years back, but that was all sky-reaching vocals and Free Kittenish. This isn’t. It’s on Warp in the UK, so I was thinking […]
