Well as you may have read I've been off for two weeks of September so it's been a real stretch to get the What's Wrong With The Mainstream playlist up this month. Thanks to my contributors I have a variety of songs for you this month. I haven't renamed the links this month as I can't be bothered (I've got back to work blues).
Let's Hang The Landlord - The King Blues Kicking off with the King Blues who have their new single out any day now. This UK band are getting amazing praise from the likes of Zane Lowe and Jo Whiley (Radio 1 DJs).
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/18629084ffd6ffb3/
Imaginary Girl - The Silver Seas
This song has been kicking about on my iTunes for ages and when I was having a clearout recently I rediscovered it. I love the piano intro I think sounds about like Nina Simone's My baby Just Cares For Me.
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/1862914927cf33be/
The '59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem
How often do you go to iTunes to buy a song (thanks again for the voucher Rich) and find the song you want is free? No, it never happens to me either, well apart from on this occassion. This was song of the week. What a cracking song to give away free. Incidently Sillsy (part-time contributor) wanted to post this track as well so maybe it's worth listening to...
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/1862964597b7c815/
The Outdoor Type - Frank Turner
Thanks to http://www.thebluewalrus.com/ for this one. I recently bought a couple of his tunes and had to let you know about him. I recommend getting your hands on Photosynthesis and Reasons Not to Be an Idiot they are two great pop / folk songs. A bit like Billy Bragg?
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/18629686fe3024a0/
The Home EC - The Shake Up
Back to proper rock now.
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/18629777395fbcf1/
The Escapist - The Streets
Free download posted on 7Digital (good site for you non-iPoders), taken from their new album. Another slow track has Skinner got rich and lost his edge? (Mike not Frank, Frank went over the edge ages ago).
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/18664320209c3897/
Martha Shaw - California Soul
I wrote the above bit of the blog before I left but I thought I'd add this song as I loved listening to it on my America playlist. I've had it for a while and if I remember rightly it's taken from an album of remixed soul songs.
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/19648050ac3b3fae/
As I've been away for half the month I've asked a few people to contribute to the blog's playlist this month. Yes, that's a disclaimer. No pressure boys...
Sillsy...
Time To Pretend - MGMT
A tough choice as to what song to pick – this album lives up to the hype, and Time to Pretend starts it off with some heavy Synths and drums. These guys could be The Strokes / Franz Ferdinand of 2008.
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/186647511416a083/
Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants - Wild Beasts
Wild Beasts are, according to Wikipedia, a’ new age pop band’ that originated in Kendal, England in 2002, a classic four piece guitar and drums outfit. I’ve started to get this song stuck in my head, if only for the catchy repetitive title lyrics.
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/186649003297c566/
Strength In Numbers - Fighting With Wire
FWW are more of your alternative rock / punk mix from Northern Ireland. They’ve started to get some Radio 1 airplay and were at the ‘Big Weekend’ (so VERY mainstream...!). Sounds a bit like a less tuneful Ash...
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/1866491492699bc8/
Manchsm - Future of the Left
The band formed in 2005 after Mclusky and Jarcrew split up within two months of each other, Colin is one of the band members' cats. The end of the song has something to do with how the band's pets want them to do poorly so they won't leave home so often to tour.
I cheated and linked to the Save File location I found it in - JAL
MP3: 04-future_of_the_left-manchasm.mp3
It Ain't Necessarily Evil - Mari Boine & Mungolian Jetset
Mungolian JetSet are my wild card...very different. Norwegian. Influenced by the 80's fad of playing music backwards. Mungolian JetSet Pioneers of the nu-Balearic movement, this Norwegian collective are fronted by a DJ called Strangefruit, who goes about his everyday business in full Mongolian traditional dress...
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/18663588eda4d09e/
A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
I love this song, mainly because I’m learning the guitar, and it sounds like the types of songs I try to make up. Except this is much better, and was performed in front of the entertainment starved volatile inmates at Folsom Prison, whereas I just sing badly at my wife.
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/196478090767e3fa/
Over to Schonberg and his tunes of the "summer"...
Port O'Brien - I Woke Up Today (New Version)
We had a moment of sunshine up here in the North one day last month. It was such a surprise that I jumped out of bed and pronounced that I needed some new sunglasses. It seems if you need cheap sunglasses then you have to go somewhere like Next or Topman. So, there I was in the queue to pay for my glasses in Topman when the trademark thump-thump woo hoo yeah baby track finished, only to be replaced by this track. I have been aware of Port O'Brien's work for a while and was a fan of this particular track already, but someone has added a drum beat, speeded the track up a few bpm and suddenly it could be a hit!! See what you think.
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/188382583224080b/
Ladyhawke - Paris is Burning
Was a big hit on 6music over the summer, and was playing on the radio while Sarah was in labour. If you ask me, it's quite a catchy tune and deserved more airplay on Radio 1. They have a new single out soon, must see if that's catchy too.
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/17357778b8e4b903/
Elbow - The Bones of You
We bought the Elbow album after recommendations from both Jal and the Boy Carson, who had the opening track to this album in his top 5 a few months ago. Anyway, this song became the first song on the album for us, as the loud brass on 'Starlings' would wake Emily up and cause her to do 'Jazz hands', so we had to skip that particular track when she was around. Anyway, listening to this track on the first week in July 2008 caused Sarah and I to look at each other and realise that exactly to the day 5 years ago, we were 3000 miles away on honeymoon in New York. Spooky! I see that this will be the next Elbow single.
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/18664650eaa9678a/
Neon Neon - Told Her on Alderaan
I think Gruff Rhys has done well with this particular off-shoot project, the singles from Stainless Style have been top-class pop songs (good for listening in the car with wife and baby) - and any song that references Star Wars is good for me!
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/1866536435bec4aa/
KRS-One
Sarah now listens to a lot of daytime 6music now, and she has started reproducing catchphrases from the George Lamb show. Included in the start up to his show is a siren and then an excerpt from this song or 'Sirens' by Dizzee Rascal (which I believe you've covered on this blog already). So, althogther now.. Woop Woop, that's the sound of the po-leece!
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/18838428a277c024/
The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful
The Kills used to be one of my favourite bands, they were quite punky/industrial with the scrawlly lyrics and drum machine. They were the harder end of the man/woman 2 piece scene started by the White Stripes. But, along come the Ting Tings to poppify everything up and hey presto! - The Kills have a song that the Ting Tings could have used - a good song none-the-less.
MP3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/1703587749a9ed7c/
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Sunday, 28 September 2008
We're The Kids
As we hand over the keys to our hire car, drop another notch on the belt and eat our last regular size "this would be a extra large in the UK" meal I'm sure we'll be a little bit sad as we board the plane. For the last two weeks we'll have been the kids in America.
MP3: Kids In America - The Bloodhound Gang
Friday, 26 September 2008
Drinking In LA
What the hell am I doing drinking in LA at 30? Doesn't quite scan does it? Anyway by now we'll be in LA and hopefully visiting relatives.MP3: Beverly Hills
You thought I was going to post Bran Van 3000 didn't you?
Monday, 22 September 2008
Just Don't Go Back To...
Big Sur's up next as we continue down the West Coast, by the time you read this we'll be heading down from our hotel in Monterey, past Big Sur and on to Cambria. If Trip Advisor is anything to go by at this point we will be moaning how no one helped us with our bags at 4 in the morning or we'll be really happy because they accepted our discount coupon despite it being peak season and "they normally don't do that but for us they made an exception". I rate this track as 3 out 13 tracks in my iPod area.
MP3: Big Sur - The Thrills
Friday, 19 September 2008
The Road Trip Begins
Just to recap, we're off on holiday and so i thought I'd leave you some posts while I was away to rub it in...
After San Fran we're heading out to Yosemite National Park and then turn around and head back out to the coast. We're not actually going to Santa Cruz (well we haven't planned to) but as we'll be as near as I'll probably ever be to it I thought I'd post this song by Fatboy Slim. An underrated track by the big man, in fact it was the song that got me in to him after I got it free on a Select magazine CD. I played this track over and over one winter while I was revising, this and an ELO album of all things.
Monday, 15 September 2008
If Only I Had Some Hair To Put Flowers In
OK, so we're staying in San Fran for 5 days and we're off to The Rock today, we've even prebooked tickets. I was going to post a song from The Rock soundtrack but as http://www.imdb.com/ suggested "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)" I wasn't so keen. I'm sure at some point I'll be sitting back, relaxing and watching a bit of American TV...
Saturday, 13 September 2008
California Dreamin'
I'm off to the land of the free, no not Guantanamo but California. I'm so excited, I've never been to the States before. I'm looking forward to eating burgers the size of my head, watching adverts on TV every five minutes and driving a car (with twelve cup holders) down the west coast. Anyway to keep you company while I'm away I've done a few posts as an excuse to post some of the tracks off my playlist for the trip. Oh and just because you know I'm away don't go robbing my flat.
Sunday, 7 September 2008
Everything's Going To Be Peachy
Having got back from my friend Peachy's stag do a few hours ago I have now managed to re-post August's What's Wrong With The Mainstream playlist. So now on to more important things, telling you the juicy bits from the stag do, ha I don't think so - What goes on tour, stays on tour. I will say though that I really enjoyed Newquay, a really nice place and despite the massive amount of stag and hen dos going on it's managed not to turn into Blackpool. I do feel sorry for the locals though it must have the highest number of stag dos per capita in the UK, nothing like nipping down to your local for a quiet beer with 100 men dressed up as lifeguards.
We did manage to sample most of the local bars and ended up in Sailors Nightclub, to my surprise not a gay club despite the name. The highlight of the weekend had to be the Baywatch theme coming on along with the opening credit sequence on the massive screen. Hands in the air now "I'll Be Ready..."
I came out of the club humming or should I say dooby dooing Dizzee's number one track, Dance Wiv Me, not previously a favourite of mine but from then on I couldn't get it out of my head. I guess it must be because the DJ played it at least twice while we were in the club, always a sign of a good DJ repeating your set, don't you think?
Saturday, 30 August 2008
What's Wrong With The Mainstream - August 08
I'm not going to let a deleted post stop me from posting my monthly playlist so I hope you appreciate this months as I dread to think about the number of hours it will have taken me by the time I finish. I think I said on the original post that there's a lot more dance music on this months playlist. In fact I know this because the old post still comes up on a google search but I can't get to the cached version to ressurect it! Anyway, on with the show...
A great new remix of Hey Boy, Hey Girl by the dudes at Soulwax.
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Following on, and keeping the Chemical Brothers theme going, Falling Down by Oasis remixed by The Chemical Brothers.
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Iglu and Hartly are getting quite a bit of airtime with their current song In This City, this is a freebie from the band.
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The Automatic have come back with a slightly harder sound as they have ditched the shouty (squeeky) guy and picked up another band member on the way. This is another freebie and is the title track from their new album.
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Keane are back and they've jumped on the '80s revival band wagon, they've even used guitars this time.
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Whitelies new single Death is out anytime now and this song is from them under their previous guise of Fear of Flying. I managed to buy the single from their old record label, I think there are some still available if you want to get your hands on a copy. It took a few listens for me to get in to it, if White Lies' album tracks are as good as this I'll be one happy bunny.
MP3: Link removed
Coldplay
It seems a lot of bands are realising that if they give away free tracks they have more control over which tracks are available. It certainly works on here as I include another free track from Coldplay who are to release a mini album from the left-overs from Vida...
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Missing The Killers? Well I thought I'd post one of the tracks off Sawdust, their b-side and rarities album. Enjoy.
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As The Rapture's songs work their way further up my most played list I find this song on the blog world. From what I can work out from this track, it's been around a while and never made it on to an album, it's currently on the GTA4 soundtrack. It's a pretty good track too, wish I had a friend called Ben who I could annoy by singing it to...
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It's taken computer game companies way too long to add decent soundtracks to games but now you find they're all at it. Following on from GTA, Fifa '09 will have a solid soundtrack included the fantastic The Whip and the quality track Muzzle #1. The album's pretty good too.
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Winning longest song title I've posted on my blog, The Legend of the Last of the Outlaw Truckers AKA The Ballad of Sheriff Shorty by The Dandy Warhols. A solid return with a new album, I don't know why but I'd kind of written The Dandy Warhols off. I stand corrected.
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I'm told everyone is going mad for Ra Ra Riot and their debut album (out now in all good and bad record shops) I can see why with this quality track. They're from New York if that makes a difference to you.
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Thanks to Schonberg for pointing this one out. Joy Division meets Interpol meets Editors. Happy stuff then...
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The Boxing Lesson sent me their new album to try out. Thanks, the more I hear this track the more I'm enjoying it. This song's a bit like Kings of Leon although some of the album sounds like Mansun. (Track takes a minute to get going, patience kids)
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Streets team up with Muse for a mess about as far as I can work out.
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Frieghtened Rabbit have produced Art's favourite album of '08 so far, well that's what he commented when I originally got this post up, I'm sure he still feels the same way.
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I think this is the most played song I've added to my iPod recently, I definitely recommend downloading it. That's all I'm going to say.
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I'm told this is a bit of an OTT track but I think it works, see what you think.
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The Moldy Peaches album came out ages ago but I bought it for a fiver after enjoying the soundtrack to Juno. I particularly like this tongue in cheek track.
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Lend me your face, I'll bust it up I'll replace it. What a nice senitment, I'm sure you'll agree. This track reminds me big time of Grandaddy despite the female singer. Bit of Ida Maria in there as well?
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A great new remix of Hey Boy, Hey Girl by the dudes at Soulwax.
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Following on, and keeping the Chemical Brothers theme going, Falling Down by Oasis remixed by The Chemical Brothers.
MP3: Link removed
Iglu and Hartly are getting quite a bit of airtime with their current song In This City, this is a freebie from the band.
MP3: Link removed
The Automatic have come back with a slightly harder sound as they have ditched the shouty (squeeky) guy and picked up another band member on the way. This is another freebie and is the title track from their new album.
MP3: Link removed
Keane are back and they've jumped on the '80s revival band wagon, they've even used guitars this time.
MP3: Link removed
Whitelies new single Death is out anytime now and this song is from them under their previous guise of Fear of Flying. I managed to buy the single from their old record label, I think there are some still available if you want to get your hands on a copy. It took a few listens for me to get in to it, if White Lies' album tracks are as good as this I'll be one happy bunny.
MP3: Link removed
Coldplay
It seems a lot of bands are realising that if they give away free tracks they have more control over which tracks are available. It certainly works on here as I include another free track from Coldplay who are to release a mini album from the left-overs from Vida...
MP3: Link removed
Missing The Killers? Well I thought I'd post one of the tracks off Sawdust, their b-side and rarities album. Enjoy.
MP3: Link removed
As The Rapture's songs work their way further up my most played list I find this song on the blog world. From what I can work out from this track, it's been around a while and never made it on to an album, it's currently on the GTA4 soundtrack. It's a pretty good track too, wish I had a friend called Ben who I could annoy by singing it to...
MP3: Link removed
It's taken computer game companies way too long to add decent soundtracks to games but now you find they're all at it. Following on from GTA, Fifa '09 will have a solid soundtrack included the fantastic The Whip and the quality track Muzzle #1. The album's pretty good too.
MP3: Link removed
Winning longest song title I've posted on my blog, The Legend of the Last of the Outlaw Truckers AKA The Ballad of Sheriff Shorty by The Dandy Warhols. A solid return with a new album, I don't know why but I'd kind of written The Dandy Warhols off. I stand corrected.
MP3: Link removed
I'm told everyone is going mad for Ra Ra Riot and their debut album (out now in all good and bad record shops) I can see why with this quality track. They're from New York if that makes a difference to you.
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Thanks to Schonberg for pointing this one out. Joy Division meets Interpol meets Editors. Happy stuff then...
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The Boxing Lesson sent me their new album to try out. Thanks, the more I hear this track the more I'm enjoying it. This song's a bit like Kings of Leon although some of the album sounds like Mansun. (Track takes a minute to get going, patience kids)
MP3: Link removed
Streets team up with Muse for a mess about as far as I can work out.
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Frieghtened Rabbit have produced Art's favourite album of '08 so far, well that's what he commented when I originally got this post up, I'm sure he still feels the same way.
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I think this is the most played song I've added to my iPod recently, I definitely recommend downloading it. That's all I'm going to say.
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I'm told this is a bit of an OTT track but I think it works, see what you think.
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The Moldy Peaches album came out ages ago but I bought it for a fiver after enjoying the soundtrack to Juno. I particularly like this tongue in cheek track.
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Lend me your face, I'll bust it up I'll replace it. What a nice senitment, I'm sure you'll agree. This track reminds me big time of Grandaddy despite the female singer. Bit of Ida Maria in there as well?
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Sunday, 24 August 2008
Cooling Towers Tribute
Well the cooling towers came down yesterday morning to mixed feelings in South Yorkshire yesterday. My Sister and Brother-in-Law really liked the cooling towers whereas I was indifferent to them. I thought they were nothing special yet I doubt anything special is going to replace them. EON say it would have cost to much to maintain them and money speaks. I may now live in Bristol but I was born in Sheffield and was brought up in a small town south of Sheffield so if anyone asks where I'm from I say Sheffield with pride - and I'll continue to do so until I start saying "where's you to?", that's "where are you?" to anyone not from the West Country. Below is my playlist of Sheffield bands as a tribute to the towers.
Babies - Pulp
Pulp, the first super band in Sheffield in my time. My sister was in to them in a big way and we always used to sing this together. I put this in ahead of other songs as it was the first one I was in to and because Jarvis name checks a road in Sheffield - Stanhope Road.
MP3: Babies - Pulp
Fake Tales of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys
I think this is the first song I heard of Arctic Monkeys. Schonberg sang it lots as it became available. Perhaps because he's not from New York City, he's from Rotherham. He also lived close to Hunters Bar (called this because it used to be an old trading post), Schonberg did you used to be in the Arctic Monkeys? Come to think of it you never see Schonberg and Alex Turner in the same room at the same time...
MP3: Fake Tales of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys
What Will You Do When The Money Goes? - Milburn
A band that seems to create a lot of debate on the internet. Some say they just copied the Arctic Monkeys style, then others point out that they were around first and that they have a different sound. All I know is I like this song (what else matters?)
MP3: What Will You Do When The Money Goes? - Milburn
What The Milkman Saw - Reverend & The Makers
In this song John McClure writes that "this isn't murder it's just Grenoside" an area of Sheffield in the north of city. I'm told that this lyric isn't very unique as around the time Bowie was singing "This aint rock ’n' roll, this is genocide" someone defaced the Welcome to Grenoside sign to say "This ain't rock 'n' roll, this is Grenoside". Thanks to Jim for that little nugget.
MP3: What The Milkman Saw - Reverend & The Makers
Boy Wonder - Speedy
MP3: Boy Wonder - Speedy
Goodnight - Babybird
Forget You're Gorgeous (although it taught me how to spell) this is Babybird's song and reminds me a little of Pure by The Lightening Seeds.
MP3: Goodnight - Babybird
Shot At Politics - Little Man Tate
From their new album, well worth downloading.
MP3: Shot At Politics - Little Man Tate (Link removed)
Giddy Statospheres - The Long Blondes
A great riff starts this Blondie esq track off.
Babies - Pulp
Pulp, the first super band in Sheffield in my time. My sister was in to them in a big way and we always used to sing this together. I put this in ahead of other songs as it was the first one I was in to and because Jarvis name checks a road in Sheffield - Stanhope Road.
MP3: Babies - Pulp
Fake Tales of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys
I think this is the first song I heard of Arctic Monkeys. Schonberg sang it lots as it became available. Perhaps because he's not from New York City, he's from Rotherham. He also lived close to Hunters Bar (called this because it used to be an old trading post), Schonberg did you used to be in the Arctic Monkeys? Come to think of it you never see Schonberg and Alex Turner in the same room at the same time...
MP3: Fake Tales of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys
What Will You Do When The Money Goes? - Milburn
A band that seems to create a lot of debate on the internet. Some say they just copied the Arctic Monkeys style, then others point out that they were around first and that they have a different sound. All I know is I like this song (what else matters?)
MP3: What Will You Do When The Money Goes? - Milburn
What The Milkman Saw - Reverend & The Makers
In this song John McClure writes that "this isn't murder it's just Grenoside" an area of Sheffield in the north of city. I'm told that this lyric isn't very unique as around the time Bowie was singing "This aint rock ’n' roll, this is genocide" someone defaced the Welcome to Grenoside sign to say "This ain't rock 'n' roll, this is Grenoside". Thanks to Jim for that little nugget.
MP3: What The Milkman Saw - Reverend & The Makers
Boy Wonder - Speedy
MP3: Boy Wonder - Speedy
Goodnight - Babybird
Forget You're Gorgeous (although it taught me how to spell) this is Babybird's song and reminds me a little of Pure by The Lightening Seeds.
MP3: Goodnight - Babybird
Shot At Politics - Little Man Tate
From their new album, well worth downloading.
MP3: Shot At Politics - Little Man Tate (Link removed)
Giddy Statospheres - The Long Blondes
A great riff starts this Blondie esq track off.
MP3: Giddy Statospheres - The Long Blondes
Baby You're My Light - Richard Hawley
I've been wanting to shoe horn this song on to my blog for a while now. What a beautiful song, I originally heard it on a compilation tape my mate Jim did me years ago.
MP3: Baby You're My Light - Richard Hawley
Temptation - Heaven 17
Oh you've got blue eyes, of you've green eyes....
MP3: Temptation - Heaven 17
20 to 9 - Tiny Dancers
Hailing from West Yorkshire and based in Sheffield, Tiny Dancers mention "far away away from this town of steel" in their most well known song Wait For Me. I have posted this track instead as I've already posted Wait For Me in the past and I think this shows another side to the band. Terrible name for a band but that never stopped Shed Seven...
MP3: 20 to 9 - Tiny Dancers
Breathe (A Little Deeper) - Blameless
I didn't know until recently this band were from Sheffield, in fact I'd assumed they were from America. I picked up their album when I was living in Reading for a bargain £1 only to find that it didn't have this song on it. I eventually tracked the single down on eBay. I used to listen to this loads when I was at Sheffield Hallam and so it always makes me think of Sheffield even if I didn't know the band were from there.
MP3: Breathe (A Little Deeper) - Blameless (right click)
She Said - Longpigs
A bit cliched to put this song on as it's the most well known but it was the song I would scream away at in The Leadmill with my friends. When I first heard this song I thought they would be a one hit wonder but Q Shoes assured me it was a quality album and he sure was right. I even got chance to see them play at the Octagon, they didn't disappoint. In fact I have only seen Pulp and Longpigs in Sheffield (I have seen a few of the others but sadly not in Sheffield).
MP3: She Said - Longpigs
Daydream In Blue - I Monster
A great summer song from two Sheffield based producers, Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling. Dean Honer also being involved with The All Seeing I which leads me nicely on to...
MP3: Daydream In Blue - I Monster
Walk Like A Panther - The All Seeing I
With Tony Christie on vocals this song's lyrics were written by Jarvis Cocker.
MP3: Walk Like A Panther - The All Seeing I
Everything is Everything - Paul Heaton
A Sheffield United fan, Paul invited the staff at the club to see the Beautiful South at Sheffield Arena. I got to go as a plus one and it's the only time I've had a back stage pass at a gig probably not the most rock 'n' roll band to have a back stage pass for but I was grateful anyway.
This is from his solo album, not one to play in front of the kids. I guess you get used to swearing like that if you have to watch United week in week out.
MP3: Everything is Everything - Paul Heaton
Waster - Gomez
From the Machismo EP this is a great song. OK so you want to know what they've got to do with Sheffield? Well they met at the University of Sheffield and their manager lives there. Does that count. It was either that or I put a track on from ABC and I didn't fancy that.
MP3: Waster - Gomez
Pure New Pleasure Seeker - Moloko
I'm not really why Wikipedia class this band as from Sheffield. OK they met at a party in Sheffield but is that really enough to calls them from Sheffield. Well as it gives me the excuse to post the extended album version of this song I think it's right good.
MP3: Pure New Pleasure Seeker - Moloko
A good link is Sheffield Blog/ especially for the coverage of the Cooling Towers demolition.
Baby You're My Light - Richard Hawley
I've been wanting to shoe horn this song on to my blog for a while now. What a beautiful song, I originally heard it on a compilation tape my mate Jim did me years ago.
MP3: Baby You're My Light - Richard Hawley
Temptation - Heaven 17
Oh you've got blue eyes, of you've green eyes....
MP3: Temptation - Heaven 17
20 to 9 - Tiny Dancers
Hailing from West Yorkshire and based in Sheffield, Tiny Dancers mention "far away away from this town of steel" in their most well known song Wait For Me. I have posted this track instead as I've already posted Wait For Me in the past and I think this shows another side to the band. Terrible name for a band but that never stopped Shed Seven...
MP3: 20 to 9 - Tiny Dancers
Breathe (A Little Deeper) - Blameless
I didn't know until recently this band were from Sheffield, in fact I'd assumed they were from America. I picked up their album when I was living in Reading for a bargain £1 only to find that it didn't have this song on it. I eventually tracked the single down on eBay. I used to listen to this loads when I was at Sheffield Hallam and so it always makes me think of Sheffield even if I didn't know the band were from there.
MP3: Breathe (A Little Deeper) - Blameless (right click)
She Said - Longpigs
A bit cliched to put this song on as it's the most well known but it was the song I would scream away at in The Leadmill with my friends. When I first heard this song I thought they would be a one hit wonder but Q Shoes assured me it was a quality album and he sure was right. I even got chance to see them play at the Octagon, they didn't disappoint. In fact I have only seen Pulp and Longpigs in Sheffield (I have seen a few of the others but sadly not in Sheffield).
MP3: She Said - Longpigs
Daydream In Blue - I Monster
A great summer song from two Sheffield based producers, Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling. Dean Honer also being involved with The All Seeing I which leads me nicely on to...
MP3: Daydream In Blue - I Monster
Walk Like A Panther - The All Seeing I
With Tony Christie on vocals this song's lyrics were written by Jarvis Cocker.
MP3: Walk Like A Panther - The All Seeing I
Everything is Everything - Paul Heaton
A Sheffield United fan, Paul invited the staff at the club to see the Beautiful South at Sheffield Arena. I got to go as a plus one and it's the only time I've had a back stage pass at a gig probably not the most rock 'n' roll band to have a back stage pass for but I was grateful anyway.
This is from his solo album, not one to play in front of the kids. I guess you get used to swearing like that if you have to watch United week in week out.
MP3: Everything is Everything - Paul Heaton
Waster - Gomez
From the Machismo EP this is a great song. OK so you want to know what they've got to do with Sheffield? Well they met at the University of Sheffield and their manager lives there. Does that count. It was either that or I put a track on from ABC and I didn't fancy that.
MP3: Waster - Gomez
Pure New Pleasure Seeker - Moloko
I'm not really why Wikipedia class this band as from Sheffield. OK they met at a party in Sheffield but is that really enough to calls them from Sheffield. Well as it gives me the excuse to post the extended album version of this song I think it's right good.
MP3: Pure New Pleasure Seeker - Moloko
A good link is Sheffield Blog/ especially for the coverage of the Cooling Towers demolition.
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