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Am I hitting a dead end with the distorted pictures for these 9 in 1 lists?
M(h)aol - Pursuit
Heard this in the bath after my son decided to pee on me.
To be clear, my son is four and it was an accident.
Good song this. Scratchy propulsive indie rock.
SYBS - Gwactor
Heard this in the car on the drive to Porthmadog the other weekend. Thankfully no pee was involved in this anecdote, though you could also call this scratchy propulsive indie rock.
Sachasom - Braf Oedd Byw
This and the previous SYBS tracks were the opening two tracks of a recent Mirain Iwerydd show on BBC Radio Cymru. Her show is well worth a listen to get a taste of some of the interesting stuff happening yn Gymraeg ATM.
Stereolab - Tempter
I preordered that Little Pieces Of Stereolab (A Switched On Sampler) album that's coming out soon.
"Alongside the Switched on Vol 1-5 boxset, Stereolab are also releasing a budget priced, 15 track introduction to the Switched On series, taking 3 tracks from each volume and housed in a simple card wallet with bespoke artwork."
Are there two finer words that "budget priced"? Anyway, while the CD is getting posted at the end of the month I got the mp3s straightaway and Tempter is one of the standout tracks.
Hot science fact - I ordered the CD off Bleep rather Bandcamp as the postage was a lot less. You're welcome.
The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd (Instrumental / 2012 Remaster)
Veronica Vasicka played this on her recent NTS show and stripped of most of the vocals, it really focuses on what a taut banger The Sound of The Crowd is.
Ginger Ale - Happy House (D.Funked Remix by Dexter)
Richard Sen kicked off a recent show on Do!! You!!! with this 00s electro cover of Siouxsie and The Banshees. It veers very close to naff, but there's just enough here to keep it to the right side of the banger line.
N.E.R.D - Run To The Sun
Flo Dill on NTS now, dropping some sweet summery nostalgia.
The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes
I felt the sun's warmth on my face for the first time in a long time the other day. And that means it's Doobie Brothers time.
Alien Ant Farm - Movies
There are a lot of tracks I heard on the radio in this list but this one takes the biscuit. When OG played Movies on Do!! You!!! it was a moment. It may have fixed me. I found February really hard, with the rain and illness and the rain and work and the rain. I even managed to fit in a tiny menty b and walked out of work and all the way to Cowbridge.
But hearing Alien Ant Farm - of all things - flicked a switch. It's curdled nostalgia but it worked and I feel a lot better now. The power of music, lads, the power of music.
