I’ll keep this one short. So, Gilles Peterson, second show on BBC 6Music. Sixth track of the afternoon, a restrained, slow-building house remix of Stevie Wonder’s funk classic Superstition. The remix is by Obol, who I don’t know much about other…
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Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young Cover)
Facebook’ made a big push into music last night, but I still tend to head to YouTube when I’m looking for a bit of serendipitous discovery/reminiscing. And today it didn’t disappoint. There are a lot of great things celebrating 20th…
Tagged with: cover version, house, indie, Massive Attack, Nirvana, Saint Etienne, The Stone Roses
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St. Germain – Easy To Remember
I’ve spent this weekend trying to get up to date with what’s new in music. And, for the most part, that’s involved trying to download everything that’s yet been created by Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, or OFWGKTA…
Primal Scream – Screamadelica (Dixie Narco EP)
Ahhh, never was a truer word spoken than when a wise man once said ‘A nostalgic 30-something muso and his cash are soon parted’. I’ve just got back from a trip into Dublin and am now the proud, if slightly…
Ben Westbeech – Falling
I was listening to a random playlist this morning when the epic Get Closer by my one-time hope for the future, Ben Westbeech, popped up. I’d forgotten quite what a great track it is, with Die’s piano-led drum & bass…
20 Essential 90s Albums
In its ongoing bid to have more sub-brands than any other media owner, Absolute Radio recently launched a new niche-station, this time one tailor-made for those of us currently experiencing the dizzying pangs that come with realising nostalgia isn’t just…
Tagged with: 90s, baggy, blur, Coldcut, Daft Punk, DJ Shadow, Dr Dre, Happy Mondays, hip hop, house, indie, Lauryn Hill, list, Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack, oasis, paul weller, Presence, Primal Scream, Public Enemy, radiohead, Reprazent, rock, Roni Size, The Sundays, Tricky, trip hop, Wu-Tang Clan
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Passion Pit – The Reeling (Bubblegum Sci-Fi Remix) [Skins Series 4 Trailer]
The Bubblegum Sci-Fi Remix of The Reeling by American electro-indie band Passion Pit is the perfect subject for a post: it’s a blend of lots of different styles, it’s a remix (my original blog was limited to posts about remixes…
BT & Sonifi At Stream 09
I’ve just got back from 3 days at an event called Stream 09. It was organised by WPP, Mindshare’s parent company and was, quite simply, brilliant. Billed as an unconference it’s essentially a group of about 200 people who are…
Daft Punk – Harder Better Faster Stronger
So yesterday, as I continue to try to nail down the songs of the decade, I carried out a poll at work to try to find just that. You can see the resulting list* here (if you’re on Spotify) which…
What’s The Best Song Of The Decade?
It’s almost as if everyone is determined to make me feel old. As if to highlight the fact that in less than 4 months time it will be 10 years since I saw in the year 2000 dancing on Bondi…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Dr Dre, Gil Scott-Heron, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, grunge, hip hop, house, indie, Inner City, Massive Attack, punk, rap, rock, Stone Roses, techno, the beatles, The Clash, trip hop
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