It’s been a while since I’ve posted a dancing track but I heard this song from Londoner’s Young Romance yesterday – an instant, crowd pleasing win. Enjoy!
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Things I found on bandcamp
This week I’m living a bandcamp renaissance. Forgot how much you can discover in a very short time, and how easy it to flick through their catalogue. If you haven’t been on for a while check it out here, the handful of discoveries below might get you started.
In a Lonely Place – ‘Mess’
I wonder if they are named after the Humphrey Bogart film. A six track release.
Cloud – ‘Cherry Dip’
They remind me of ever-loved Neutral Milk Hotel, that’s just a general win.
Wolf Cottage – ‘Glow’
Describing themselves as a cross between National and Youth Lagoon is certainly an attention grabber. I know I listened to this song and liked it, but I can’t for the life of me find the link. On the plus side while searching I also came across a three year old Chelsea Wolf album, ‘The Grime and The Glow’
Listen Up! Moon Hooch
Hello there! Meant to post this yesterday – Melt Yourself Down + Moon Hooch = happy day. Let’s go dancing.
https://soundcloud.com/theleaflabel/melt-yourself-down-fix-my
Listen Up! Bill Callahan
I heard this version of Kath Bloom’s song ‘The Breeze’ for the first time this morning, as I was getting ready for the day. The lyrics are strikingly honest, I wrote the line (above) I like best the-book-where-I-write-things. Bill Callahan’s version, which featured on a tribute album to Bloom, is compassionate, thoughtful and shimmers with emotional fragility. Hope you like it as much as I do.
The Geography of Nowhere
Listen to this William Tyler track because it’s (really) beautiful. Picture of a giant map installation at Summerhall gallery, Edinburgh. I think it fits the song.
Bye Bye Love
It seems like so many great musicians have passed away recently, a sadness eased in part by a then abounding celebration of their music. When I heard about the Phil Everly’s passing I thought immediately of this song, ‘Bye Bye Love’. My first memory of it is finding myself singing it on a subway in Hong Kong, en route to take me back to China (where I was living at the time). Coming from the grit and grime of Chinese streets Hong Kong seemed like paradise, a place where it was easy to be (if a lot less fascinating). When I was homesick it reminded me of home, when I left its glimmering harbour this song summed up how I felt.
I have no idea when I actually first heard it, most likely a decade before. I think – for my generation at least – so many of The Everly Brothers songs are the same; they seem to have travelled osmosis into your head and your heart. What a great legacy.
I Met Up with The King
Yesterday I listened to First Aid Kit‘s album The Black and The Blue all the way through, maybe for the first time. This song caught me on the lyrics. The rest of the Swedish duo’s material is also great, check it out if you haven’t already.
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