Dive into the archives.
A strictly roots…
alithia & donna - up town top ranking (mp3)
big record down at bff. bit of an obvious one, but a good one…
‘up town top ranking‘ is alithia & donna’s big reggae hit from 1978. growing up in jamaica, alithia forest and donna reid, were young school girls when this was released. although being somewhat […]
Witness the change…
pete shelley - witness the change (mp3)
a quick track from the buzzcocks frontman today…
after major success with the buzzcocks, pete shelley went solo in the early 80’s. moving away from the buzzcocks’s punk sound, he hooked up with the oh-so-fun looking, martin rushent of the human league fame. with rushents pevious projects in mind, […]
Ann arbor’s finest
tadd mullinix - enfant dans la chambre respirant (mp3)
james t. cotton - the drain (mp3)
dabrye - no child of god (mp3)
everyone knows of my love for detroit music and in particular tadd mullinix, the man behind the dabrye moniker. however, not many people are familiar with mullinix’s other alter egos. before dabrye […]
Foreign relations volume one
happy end - しんしんしん (mp3)
buffalo daughter - earth punk rockers (mp3)
yamasuki - kono samourai (mp3)
in the spirit of continuing “doing my bit for foreign relations” (please, for the love of god, just ignore me when i’m drunk) here’s a super special, bonus, japanese themed triple bill post just for you.
following some research after loving ‘kaze […]
More super villainy
frank zappa - sleeping in a jar (mp3)
madvillain - meat grinder (mp3)
it’s nice to see ryan settling into a prolific posting style already, and by dropping a taste of my favourite hip hop album of recent years, i thought i’d follow up with another sampled/sampler pairing from madlib and mf doom’s superlative defying madvillain project. […]
Quit clowning around
zz hill - that ain’t the way you make love (mp3)
madvillain - fancy clown (mp3)
i was at home looking through some records the other night and found an album i forgot i had, by soul legend zz hill. i thought, “hmmm… i wonder if this is the one with..”
yep! the sample from […]
From italy with love…
lucio battisti - el velero (mp3)
we all know, and adore, the epic 12 minute version by the chaplin band. so i thought i’d share with you, the original, by the so called italian john lennon - lucio battisti. most of his early work is recognised as his best, and ‘il veliero’ comes under that […]
Girls can play too…
rosinha de valencia - summertime (mp3)
ellen mcilwaine - born under a bad sign (mp3)
marsha hunt’s 22 - (oh no!) not the beast day (mp3)
keeping up with kev’s campaign to get throw out synths and pick up guitars, i’ve decided to share three corkers that feature a bit of female guitar action! first off is […]
Food for thought…
djuma soundsystem - les djinns (trentemoller remix) (mp3)
after being away for the last month, i am trying to get a post in every day for the next two weeks. so, due to me plodding off to work in about 10 minutes, this is going to be short and sweet…
after having phil mison on a […]
A beginner’s guide to hear no evil
roy haynes - quiet fire (mp3)
milton nascimento - para lennon e mccartney (mp3)
phat kat - nasty (mp3)
haywood tucker - i need your love (mp3)
after proving my balearic worth, whilst remaining beardless, the wolfman and the spaniard have let me hijack their rather lovely blog and completely ruin it with my input. so, i thought […]
