Sunday, December 28, 2014
Song for Sunday
Alvvays – Archie, Marry Me
Band/artist of the week: The War on Drugs
Song of the week: Mogwai – Teenage Exorcists
Monday, December 22, 2014
Song for Sunday
Angel Olsen – Windows
Band/artist of the week: The War on Drugs
Song of the week: Mogwai – Teenage Exorcists
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Song for Sunday
The War on Drugs – Under the Pressure
I know, almost nine minutes and it takes a while to get going, but trust me stick with it and they get into a ferocious groove about four and half minutes in which would melt the coldest heart. The three minute fade-out is pretty special too.
Band/artist of the week: The War on Drugs
Song of the week: Mogwai – Teenage Exorcists
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Song for Sunday
Reigning Sound – Never Coming Home
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Mogwai – Teenage Exorcists
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Song for Sunday
Mogwai – Teenage Exorcists
Did I mention that I have tickets to see Mogwai in Melbourne on 1 March 2015 ...
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Owl John – Los Angeles, Be Kind
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Song for Sunday
Burial and Four Tet – Nova
Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: Bob Mould – Tomorrow Morning
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Song for Sunday
The Preatures – Somebody's Talking
Band/artist of the week: R.E.M.
Song of the week: Idlewild – Collect Yourself
Monday, November 3, 2014
Song for Sunday
Lo Fang – You're the One That I Want
Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: Manic Street Preachers – Futurology
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Song for Sunday
Prolapse – Autocade
Finding this made me very happy. The video is a bit hazy, but this has to be one of my all time favourite songs ... Prolapse were always criminally underrated in my opinion and are now forever lost in the mists of the 1990s, but thanks to the internet, this clip recorded off MTV (how did it ever get played on MTV!) is around to remind me of just how good they were.
Band/artist of the week: For a Minor Reflection
Song of the week: For a Minor Reflection – Hástef
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Song for Sunday
The Saturnettes – Someway
Song of the week: Sinéad O'Connor – Mandinka
Band/artist of the week: Idlewild
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Song for Sunday
Idlewild – A Distant History
Band/artist of the week: The Preatures
Song of the week: The Manic Street Preachers – Futurology
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Song for Sunday
Slowdive – When the Sun Hits
Band/artist of the week: The Preatures
Song of the week: CHVRCHES – Tether
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Song for Sunday
Stanley Odd – Son I Voted Yes
Band/artist of the week: The Preatures
Song of the week: The Preatures – Blue Planet Eyes
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Song for Sunday
The Delgados – No Danger
Song for Sunday this week dedicated to Glasgow (and Dundee, North Lanarkshire and West Dumbartonshire).
Band/artist of the week: British Sea Power
Song of the week: King Creosote – Favourite Girl
Monday, September 15, 2014
Song for Sunday
McAlmont and Butler – Yes
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Glen Hansard – Drive All Night
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Song for Sunday
Owl John – Los Angeles Be Kind
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: King Creosote – Favourite Girl
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Song for Sunday
Mogwai – Simon Ferocious
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Mogwai – Remurdered
Definitely time for another Mogwai number. Wish I could have been in Richmond Park in Glasgow yesterday for the Last Big Weekend, but as you will see above I had to make do with subjecting the kids to wall-to-wall Mogwai for the last few days. It's one way to get them to tidy their bedrooms ...
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Song for Sunday
Hello Saferide – I was Jesus
Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: The Jam – In the City
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Song for Sunday
Manic Street Preachers – Futurology
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Lowtide – Blue Movie
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Song for Sunday
Emilíana Torrini – Tookah
Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: King Creosote – For One Night Only
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Song for Sunday
King Creosote – For One Night Only
Band/artist of the week: British Sea Power
Song of the week: British Sea Power – Guillemot Girls
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Song for Sunday
TEEN – Big Talk
Band/artist of the week: British Sea Power
Song of the week: Bruce Springsteen – The Ghost of Tom Joad
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Song for Sunday
Galaxie 500 – Fourth of July
Band/artist of the week: Bruce Springsteen
Song of the week: British Sea Power – Living Is So Easy
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Song for Sunday
Gruff Rhys – American Interior
Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: Lykke Li – I Never Learn
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Song for Sunday
Phantogram – Fall in Love
Band/artist of the week: Emilíana Torrini
Song of the week: The Blue Aeroplanes – My Hurricane
Also been watching a lot of videos from last weekend's Glastonbury. Although here in the colonies you can only get single songs on the BBCs YouTube channel ... Loved Mogwai, Lykke Li was great, CHVRCHES were amazing, but highlight was London Grammar and you can see their whole set here.
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Tour de France 2014
It is Chris Froome's race to lose. And I think he might. No matter what he says he definitely doesn't look like he is at quite the same level as last year. Certainly not on the evidence up to this point in the year. Also, Sky don't seem quite the team they were. Whatever happens, I think it is going to be a lot closer this year and expect the challenges to be a lot greater.
The big question though is who is most likely to beat him? Contador looks much better than last year and seems to be on great form at the moment. His team is strong and astute, and I think they will put Froome under a lot of pressure.
Nibali has under-performed until recently this year, but looks like he has timed his peak to perfection. He will undoubtably animate the race, but I can't see him actually challenging for the yellow jersey. I think Valverde could give Contador and Froome a good run and the course looks suited to him, but I'm picking Kwiatkowski for third place.
It looks like the green jersey is going to be a cracking competition this year, with almost half the stages possible sprint finishes. Cavendish has flagged his intentions and is clearly psyched up massively for the first stage into Harrogate, his sprint train is back up to full strength and with Renshaw leading him out he should nab a few stage wins. Unfortunately, I think Kittel and Giant-Shimano boys will have the edge and with his consistency Peter Sagan will probably also finish in front of Cav.
It doesn't look like a Tour course for the pure climbers, so I think Pierre Rolland will improve on his third place last year to take the maillot a pois, with Contador and Riblon following.
Yellow
1 Alberto Contador
2 Chris Froome
3 Michal Kwiatkowski
4 Alejandro Valverde
5 Vincenzo Nibali
Green
1 Marcel Kittel
2 Peter Sagan
3 Mark Cavendish
Mountains
1 Pierre Rolland
2 Alberto Contador
3 Christophe Riblon
The big question though is who is most likely to beat him? Contador looks much better than last year and seems to be on great form at the moment. His team is strong and astute, and I think they will put Froome under a lot of pressure.
Nibali has under-performed until recently this year, but looks like he has timed his peak to perfection. He will undoubtably animate the race, but I can't see him actually challenging for the yellow jersey. I think Valverde could give Contador and Froome a good run and the course looks suited to him, but I'm picking Kwiatkowski for third place.
It looks like the green jersey is going to be a cracking competition this year, with almost half the stages possible sprint finishes. Cavendish has flagged his intentions and is clearly psyched up massively for the first stage into Harrogate, his sprint train is back up to full strength and with Renshaw leading him out he should nab a few stage wins. Unfortunately, I think Kittel and Giant-Shimano boys will have the edge and with his consistency Peter Sagan will probably also finish in front of Cav.
It doesn't look like a Tour course for the pure climbers, so I think Pierre Rolland will improve on his third place last year to take the maillot a pois, with Contador and Riblon following.
Yellow
1 Alberto Contador
2 Chris Froome
3 Michal Kwiatkowski
4 Alejandro Valverde
5 Vincenzo Nibali
Green
1 Marcel Kittel
2 Peter Sagan
3 Mark Cavendish
Mountains
1 Pierre Rolland
2 Alberto Contador
3 Christophe Riblon
Monday, June 30, 2014
Song for Sunday
Okkervil River – Down Down the Deep River
Sorry, late this week. Forgot totally last night. Too many other things going on ...
Band/artist of the week: Bob Mould
Song of the week: HAERTS – Wings
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Song for Sunday
Bob Mould – I Don't Know You Anymore
Bob's back! New album is only 36 minutes long and doesn't push any boundaries, but that's okay for me. I just like having an excuse to send a few more dollars his way every few years. Also, its good to see him looking so happy and healthy and having a bit of fun.
Song of the week: Bruce Springsteen – Dream Baby Dream
Band/artist of the week: Lana Del Ray
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Song for Sunday
Haerts – Wings
Song of the week: Saint Etienne – Heart Failed (In the Back of a Taxi)
Band/artist of the week: The National
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Song for Sunday
The Preatures – Is This How You Feel?
Band/artist of the week: The National
Song of the week: Burial and Four Tet – Nova
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Song for Sunday
Gemma Hayes – Keep Running
Band/artist of the week: British Sea Power
Song of the week: Lowtide – Blue Movie
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Song for Sunday
Lykke Li – Never Gonna Love Again
Absolutely heartbreaking. The full session is also quite wonderful and well worth 21 minutes of anyone's time.
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Bruce Springsteen – The Ghost of Tom Joad
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Song for Sunday
Lowtide – Blue Movie
Don't worry this one isn't actually very blue at all and completely SFW. Just lots of arty, out-of-focus shots of Melbourne. It is a rather lovely tune though.
Band/artist of the week: Lykke Li
Song of the week: Lykke Li – I Never Learn
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Song for Sunday
Tinariwen – chaghaybou
Almost the end of Sunday here, but have been watching the Eurovision Song Contest. Sadly, you won't see anything like this on Eurovision, although I did like the The Netherlands' entry and was quite pleasantly surprised to see it get quite so many votes. Always hard though when you are up against a bearded Shirley Bassey. Now what's happening in the Giro ...
Band/artist of the week: Lykke Li
Song of the week: Lykke Li – I Never Learn
Band/artist of the week: Lykke Li
Song of the week: Lykke Li – I Never Learn
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Song for Sunday
Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High)
Video is a bit risqué this week, probably a bit NSFW too depending on how alert your IT department are, but I absolutely love this and can't get it out of my head. Great live version here as well and the Hippie Sabotage remix is pretty special too.
Song of the week: Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High)
Band/artist of the week: Tove Lo
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Song for Sunday
Sharon Van Etten – Taking Chances
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Katy Perry – Roar
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Song for Sunday
The Afghan Whigs – Algiers
Apologies about the whipping for those with a nervous disposition, but this is a great song ...
Band/artist of the week: Bruce Springsteen
Song of the week: The Afghan Whigs – Algiers
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Song for Sunday
Lykke Li – No Rest for the Wicked
Band/artist of the week: British Sea Power
Song of the week: Lykke Li – No Rest for the Wicked
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Song for Sunday
Blonde Redhead – 23
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: The Dancer Disappears – Dean Wareham
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Song for Sunday
Emilíana Torrini – The Sound Of Silence
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Mogwai – Hunted by a Freak
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Song for Sunday
Brighter Later – The Woods
Band/artist of the week: British Sea Power
Song of the week: McAlmont and Butler – Yes
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Song for Sunday
Dean Wareham – The Dancer Disappears
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Bruce Springsteen – The Ghost of Tom Joad
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Song for Sunday
James – Born of Frustration
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Bruce Springsteen – Ghost of Tom Joad
I never like James all that much, but this is a great song. Video is very early 90s. The director obviously wanted to be Anton Corbijn (now I'll probably find out it actually was Anton Corbijn), but sadly it doesn't look like the record company had enough money. Nice owl though.
Oh, and this looks pretty good too ...
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Song for Sunday
Bruce Springsteen – Dream Baby Dream
Last year when Bruce Springsteen toured Australia I took son number one to see him. Number two son was a bit upset, but I managed to cheer him up by promising that the next time Bruce was back in Australia I would get the best tickets we could and take him; confidently assuming that it would be at least another five years before Bruce made it back.
That plan back-fired when he announced later last year that he would be back for some stadium shows in February of this year. No way I was getting out of this one, but at least this time we managed to get tickets without any problems. And last night was the big night. I think it was probably all a bit much to take in for an almost-seven-year-old and he didn't quite make it all the way to the end of the encores, but he had the guitar out this morning and was telling everyone all about it.
Unfortunately, we didn't get any more guitar picks, shaken hands or lines to sing this time and my shoulders are a bit sorer, but it was another amazing show. Kicking off with a cover of AC/DCs Highway to Hell and including a full run through of Born in the USA the set covered every era from The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle through to the recent High Hopes. It also featured Finn's favourite song Hungry Heart and three tracks off my favourite album Darkness on the Edge of Town.
Luckily son number three is still too young to really understand what all the fuss was about, so I got away without making any more rash promises this time, but Bruce if you're reading don't let that stop you coming back to Australia again next year!
Band/artist of the week: Bruce Springsteen
Song of the week: Mogwai – Remurdered
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Song for Sunday
Poliça – I Need $ / So Leave
Band/artist of the week: Bruce Springsteen
Song of the week: Mogwai – Blues Hour
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Song for Sunday
Lykke Li – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Mogwai – Blues Hour
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Song for Sunday
Balacade – Ghost Car
Band/artist of the week: Manic Street Preachers
Song of the week: Talk to Her – Young Galaxy
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Song for Sunday
Frightened Rabbits – Holy
Band/artist of the week: British Sea Power
Song of the week: Malcolm Middleton – Break My Heart
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