Thursday, February 16, 2012

Idaho

Lee Dorsey - "Get Out Of My Life, Woman"

Marcia Griffiths - "Mark My Word"

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Sleepy Golden Storm

Kris Kristofferson - "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"

Peggy Lee - "Where Or When"

Monday, February 13, 2012

High Priestess

Active Child - "High Priestess"

Beach House - "Master of None"

Sunday, February 12, 2012

I Hear A Timpani

Jamie xx & Yasmin - "Touch Me"

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Guest Post: Galen Disston, Pickwick

Sound your plastic party trumpets: Today Galen Disston from Seattle based band Pickwick curates my first ever Guest Post.

Pickwick record in a basement using vintage equipment and release on vinyl 45s, adding richness to a sound which already is just the type I like: exuberant and aching. So tap your tambourines, shake your shakers and be sure to sway along to the reverb... John.

Randy Newman - "Last Night I Had A Dream (Single Version)"

We all have been collectively astonished by this version. We all love Sail Away and Nilsson Sings Newman but whatever, this song is the king of our world right now. It is so fierce in the Project Runway sense; vocal delay, guitars with claws, such an amazing band. Even the countrified breakdown is dreamy enough to covet. This song is what we want to be. (From Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968).

Ty Segall - "You Make The Sun Fry"

Holy God, this guy is a fire like Lee Scratch Perry. Insanely hooky, heavy in the spaciest sense. And this melody will live on forever. (From Goodbye Bread).

Radiation City - "Find It Of Use"

Female fronted Bossa Nova Grizzly Bear from Portland. This upcoming EP will RULE ALL. (From The Hands That Take You).

Sun Ra - "Space Is The Place"

Recommended to us by Damien Jurado, I listed this song as the last thing I want to hear before I die. Because it will ease the transition into the afterlife. (From Space Is The Place).

(Galen Disston sings in Pickwick. There are five other members. I featured one of their tracks last year. You can buy their music direct from their bandcamp and, if you live West Coast, you should go see them live.)

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Fairytale In The Supermarket

Faith Evans - "Jealous"

Arthur Alexander - "The Girl That Radiates That Charm"

Monday, February 6, 2012

Turn That Mutha Out

Barbara Mason - "Another Man (Short Version)"

Sunday, February 5, 2012

You Can Never Hold Back Spring

The Pilgrim Travelers - "Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow"

Judy Collins - "I Think It's Going To Rain Today"

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Goodbye To Berlin

Linda Scott - "I've Told Every Little Star"

Thursday, January 19, 2012