Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #26
July 05, 2006
Yay! A new Podcast..
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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #26, 05/07/06
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1. This Month Day 10 - Cansei de Ser Sexy
2. La Nuit - Robots in Disguise
3. BLABLABLA - 10LEC6
4. Pleasure Wood Kills - Lost Penguin
5. Fiddle With The Volume (Ghislain Poirier Remix) - Lady Sovereign
6. Something Was Wrong - Boys Of Brazil
7. Modern Times - Adam Kesher
8. Hall Of Records - Klaxons
9. Operated On - Union Of Knives
10. Are U That Somebody - The Gossip
11. Isabella - Goodbooks
12. Young Lungs - Sky Larkin
13. Tickle Me Pink (live) - Johnny Flynn
14. Leigh-On-Sea - Assembly Now
15. Shipwreck - Hot Club de Paris
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Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #25
May 16, 2006
This Podcast is admittedly monthly now - and that's as frequently as i can do it - i'm just far too lazy for more updates. Far. Too. Lazy.
Shoe Girl and I are going on holiday! This Friday! Yay for foreign food (which is surely the best thing about any holiday abroad?)!
The following 15 songs are f**king great.
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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #25, 16/05/06
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1. He - Action Plan [00:00]
2. Happy Slap - The Maccabees [02:27]
3. The Gap - You Say Party! We Say Die! [04:32]
4. And Prolapse - Pre [07:30]
5. She told me I love u fuck off - 10LEC6 [09:07]
6. W.A.Y.U.H. - The Rapture [13:12]
7. XXXchange Electro Remix - Spank Rock [16:41]
8. Kill Me - Whirlwind Heat [21:03]
9. Spitting In My Face - Kissing Cousins [23:36]
10. Johanna - The Fakrays [25:45]
11. Faces - Greyhound Green [29:40]
12. Junk 'n' Jubilee - Lupen Crook [31:55]
13. Alfie - Lily Allen [33:30]
14. The Canals Of Our City - Beirut [36:05]
15. New Guy - Bertel Haugen [38:19]
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Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #24
April 11, 2006
This podcast has been long in the making, unfortunately I've just been too busy playing Football Manager and getting drunk and being ill to bother with one. Luckily though, this means that it's a real stormer as only the really good sht from the past month has made the cut.
Ok, now for a quick round up: If you haven't heard of Naked Babes yet where have you been? A collaboration between over-productive fidgety-types Tom Vek, Dev from Test Icicles and Ferry and Chris from Semi-Finalists; they make lovely noises.
Adam Kesher were the lead track on the last podcast and I couldn't help putting another track in this one. They're French, but good.
Hot Club De Paris are from Liverpool, which instantly makes them worth a listen (NB: when did The Zutons get so good?), but they're doing loads of dates in London over the next month or so; it's a must see.
Polytechnic are another band from where I like to call 'not-London' (this time from Manchester) who deserve special attention, especially as they manage to sound awesome despite one of their number having long hair and a beard.
NEW ACTION PLAN STUFF! (Jesus Christ it's good)
NEW STUFF FROM THE ROCKS! (Demo version of their next single! Woot!)
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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #24, 11/04/06
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1. Girls Gone Wild - Naked Babes
2. Everybody - Headman
3. 160 - Adam Kesher
4. Gravity's Rainbow (To My Boy's Marintetti's Nightmare mix) - Klaxons
5. Sheena is a Parasite - The Horrors
6. Meet Me at Eight - Blood Red Shoes
7. Munki - Tiger Force
8. New Partee E.A. - Wet Dog
9. sometimesitsbetternottostickbitsofeachotherineachotherforeachother - Hot Club de Paris
10. Blood Brothers - Action Plan
11. My Debts Spiral Out Of Control - Monster Bobby
12. Pep - Polytechnic
13. '50s Parking - Tapes 'n' Tapes
14. Secret Eyes - Fear Of Flying
15. Summer Kisses - The Rocks
Ps. sorry about the lack of track timings. You'll just have to concentrate this week.
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Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #23
March 15, 2006
Adam Kesher are two brothers from Bordeaux - that's in France – who, like all the best French musical exports of the past 10 years, sound about as French as Yorkshire puddings. Their debut EP 'Where's My Place' (which this track is taken from) is out on April 24th; they're also playing some dates in London, tonight (15th March) at Plan B, Friday (17th) at the Bull & Gate and Monday (20th) at the Hope & Anchor. Worth a look I reckon.
'GoodBook' by MIT is apparently their first English language song, although I can't understand a bloody word of it.
Xerox Teens and The Horrors are featured in this week's NME, which must be nice for them.
Bertel Haugen is a genius.
I put 'Save Ginny Weasly' by Harry and the Potters at the end of this mix firstly because it's quite an old song, and it's possible that most of you would have already heard of them; and secondly because if you've never read a Harry Potter book you'll have no idea, and probably wont care, what it's about.
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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #23, 15/03/06
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1. Love Is Such A Hard Game - Adam Kesher [00:00]
2. Goodbook - Mit [03:00]
3. Round - Xerox Teens [07:03]
4. Full Moon - The Horrors [09.34]
5. Four Horsemen of 2012 - Klaxons [11:49]
6. Make Out Fall Out Make Up - Love Is All [14:13]
7. Don't Tell Me - Tigs [17:06]
8. Somersault (notes) - Sky Larkin [21:29]
9. Tennis System and its Stars - Le Man avec Les Lunettes [24:17]
10. What The Tomatoes - Bertel Haugen [27:00]
11. Fantastic Apparatus - DARTZ! [30:27]
12. Johnny Dean - The Art Goblins [34:01]
13. John O'Ryan's Polka Dot Skirt - Larrikin Love [36:59]
14. Save Ginny Weasley - Harry and the Potters [37:47]
15. Bounce Bounce Bounce (Peel Session '69) - Ivor Cutler [40:45]
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Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #22
March 09, 2006
As a change to the regular order of things (i.e. about every three weeks I update my 'weekly' Podcast mix with 15 new songs) this week sees the first of The Swish Blog's guest Podcast episodes.
The first episode of what will hopefully be a short series of guest mixes is provided by the boys from The Horror Podcast, which if you haven't heard is a totally essential slab of horror film ramblings from two South-West London swells. Fittingly, in this special mix the boys - otherwise known as Chad & Dave - take us through the best scary music from films, TV and beyond, interspersed with their trademark 'hilarious' banter.
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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #22, SwisHorror Mix
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1. HorrorPodCast pt2 - Chad & Dave
2. Thriller - Michael Jackson
3. Twin Peaks - Angelo Badalemtini
4. Horror Show - Sizemix ft Manchild
5. Ave Satani - Jerry Goldsmith
6. Knightmare theme - Ed Welch
7. Skulls - The Misfits
8. Red Right Hand - Nick cave & The Bad Seeds
9. Little Frankenstein - Mister Monster
10. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James and The Shondells
11. Ghostbusters - Unknown Artist
12. Hellraiser - Ozzy Osbourne
13. Halloween (Remix) - Artist Unknown
14. Monster Mash - Bobby Boris Pickett
15. Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
16. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
17. Eve of the War - Jeff Wayne
18. HorrorPodCast pt1 - Chad & Dave
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Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #21
February 24, 2006
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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #21, 24/02/06
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1. X-Ray Vision - The Maccabees [00:00]
2. Gravity's Rainbow - Klaxons [03:07]
3. August - Roland Shanks [05:38]
4. Audrey In The Country - The Envelopes [09:40]
5. Musty Pasty Dusty - Bertel Haugen [11:48]
6. Stop it! - Les Enfants [14:36]
7. Back In The Game - Jamie T [18:15]
8. Deaf Trip - The Eraserheads [20:32]
9. Trampoline - The Grates [23:54]
10. Stairway To Heaven - Be Your Own PET [25:46]
11. From Several To Many - Semifinalists [27:30]
12. Dark Crusin' - Erase Errata [29:30]
13. Drum and the Uncomfortable Can (Remix) - Liars [31:57]
14. Gold Lion (Diplo Remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs [36:34]
15. Circle Square Triangle (Chrome Hoof Remix) - Test Icicles [40:06]
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More spazzing
February 20, 2006
As I alluded to earlier, during the F-up I lost all of my audio files and my podcast xml feed, which was a bit of a downer as I'd just updated it so you could download almost all of my previous 20 Podcasts. Luckily I had a backup of the audio files, and they are now back on the server available to download: go mad. Unfortunately I didn't have a back up of the Podcast xml feed, so - although there is a limited version up live on the server now - that will take a little longer to restore (the time it takes me to rewrite the whole thing in fact)..
In the meantime, download any of my podcast episodes directly from here. Woop.
Episode #02 - 19th April 2005 // 58.1MB
Episode #03 - 27th April 2005 // 53.6MB
Episode #04 - 5th May 2005 // 51.2MB
Episode #06 - 19th May 2005 // 50.6MB
Episode #07 - 6th June 2005 // 54.0MB
Episode #08 - 30th June 2005 // 70.6MB
Episode #09 - 12th July 2005 // 58.1MB
Episode #10 - 22nd July 2005 // 56.1MB
Episode #11 - 9th August 2005 // 59.0MB
Episode #12 - 6th September 2005 // 55.8MB
Episode #13 - 13th September 2005 // 50.1MB
Episode #14 - 27th September 2005 // 47.8MB
Episode #15 - 7th October 2005 // 55.8MB
Episode #16 - 1st November 2005 // 52.6MB
Episode #17 - 6th November 2005 // 67.2MB
Episode #18 - 23rd November 2005 // 57.3MB
Episode #19 - 17th December 2005 // 54.8MB
Episode #20 - 10th February 2006 // 48.7MB
Or browse the posts which relate to these Podcasts here: Mixes Archive
PS: Katamari Damarcy flash game. Does anyone know what the aim of the game is?
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Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #20
February 10, 2006
It's been an exceedingly long time since I last did a Podcast wotsit for your eager ears, dear reader. For that, I apologise. However I have complete faith that this mix will make up for any bad feeling owing to my delayed absence, because, in all honesty it's friggin' boss.
And in case you were wondering, Future and the Boy is Eddie Argos from Art Brut; it seems he was having a laugh in the studio with fellow Art-Gobliner Nicky Biscuit. Add Them.
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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #20, 10/02/06
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1. Dancehall Deceit - Theoretical Girl {0.00}
2. The Treatment (Metronomy mix) - Dead Disco {2.11}
3. Skin Flick - Future and the Boy {5.22}
4. Wanking Over A Pornographic Polaroid Of An Ex-girlfriend Who Died - Kunt and the Gang {8.16}
5. Steal - Be Your Own PET {10.08}
6. Laser Eyes - DARTZ! {12.18}
7. Cigarello - The Fratellis {14.38}
8. Elaine - The Young Knives {17.33}
9. June Gloom - The Like {21.41}
10. What's On? - Pete And The Pirates {25.43}
11. Company - NeatPeople {27.18}
12. The Spirit of 1914 - Alex Kid {30.13}
13. Passchendaele - Good Books {33.32}
14. World At War - The Alps {37.19}
15. Nat King Cole - Adam Green {39.51}
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Swish Blog Artists of the Year Playlist Mix
December 17, 2005
So here it is my one and only piece of end-of-year listing. Each of the tracks on the playlist mix which you can download below has featured on a previous instalment of The Swish Blog's mixes this year; they are my favourite tracks of the year by, in my opinion, the year's best artists.
Not too complicated then: download it below by right-clicking and saving-as the appropriate link, plug in your headphones, and enjoy 'The Swish Blog End of Year Megamix', as I'm calling it in my own head.
The Swish Blog End Of Year Megamix
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Scene Damage - Test Icicles {00.00}
Band of the year in my opinion, although if you've ever read this blog before you'd already know that. Scene Damage seems to have disappeared from their live sets and to my dismay was absent from the album, but about this time last year it was the track which helped me realise they were something special...
She's Not Leaving - The Research {3:30}
The guy wears a silly hat with badges on it, one of the girls is fat and the other is skinny.
All In My Head - Good Shoes {5:14}
Good Shoes are my favourite band that I've never seen live (although I'm discounting Girls Aloud because although I’ve never been to one of their concerts I have seen them at the Disney Kids Awards and Pollwinners Party), but it doesn't matter cos I put my very own Good Shoes concerts on every morning in the shower – I do all the hits: Morden, Never Meant To Hurt You, Small Town Girl and this one – and I reckon I'm as good as they are, if not better.
Madame Geneva - Greyhound Green {7.22}
Greyhound Green have a link entitled 'Other Stuff' on their website, which if clicked transports you into a magical world where goblins and elves rule.
London Sky Tonight - The Bridge Gang {9.54}
Oof. Everybody is bigging these up for next year, mainly off the back of this song, which I suppose took on extra meaning a last week when that big black oil cloud came overhead.
Downing Street Kindling - Larrikin Love {12.12}
I'm personally a bit embarrassed about how much I love Larrikin Love, especially after I publicly wrote on this blog at the beginning of March that they were bloody awful. I was wrong.
From The Ritz To The Rubble - Arctic Monkeys {14.52}
Music story of the year without a doubt, let’s just hope the backlash isn’t too strong because they seem to deserve all the praise they are receiving.
Wait (The Whisper Song) - Ying Yang Twins {18.05}
This is the only song by the Ying Yang Twins that I've ever heard but it’s been in my head all year, usually when I have my trousers around my ankles.
Pioneers - Mystery Jets {21.06}
At the start of the year Bloc Party finally fulfilled their potential which everybody has been harking on about for the past 3 years, half way through the year Mystery Jets covered Pioneers for some b-side or other, now Mystery Jets have the excitement and potential, and all the harking.
First And Foremost - Action Plan {24.48}
I still haven't decided whether Action Plan are a quiet band, or a noisy band. Can someone tell me please?
After The Fact - Jeremy Warmsley {28.13}
Not only responsible for bringing braces back into fashion, Jeremy also wrote Nizlopi's Christmas-#1-contender The JCB Song.
The Hypnotist's Son - Emmy The Great {31.00}
Emmy once sat on a sofa with no cushions. It hurt.
Loop Duplicate My Heart - Suburban Kids With Biblical Names {36.02}
This song was on a playlist mix in October where I accidentally called it Spår 02, when in fact it's called Loop Duplicate My Heart. I don't know how I did that.
Nine - ¡Forward, Russia! {39.07}
Was this song released this year? It should have been. It’s about Hemingway and the Nile or something.
Too Close For Comfort - McFly {42.52}
McFly win every accolade that I haven't already distributed to the other 14 artists. And they like man-sex with each other.
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 23-11-05
November 23, 2005
Here is this week's Playlist Mix, I hope you enjoy it, although I suppose if you'd payed any attention the previous post you'll already have this mix via the MAGIC of Podcasting, what fun.
586 are a band of boys and girls who obviously like mid-'90s twee (brit)pop and Shoreditch. They have Girls Aloud in their 'Top 8' on MySpace and are therefore 'ace'.
'Death Cola Music' by Tiger Force is taken from their forthcoming split 10"/CD with Silent Front. They each have two songs and not one song on the whole release is sub-standard - you can buy it from their MySpace via PayPal, how very internetty of them.
Son Of Dork are James Bourne from Busted's new band. 'Murdered In The Mosh' is one of two songs on the album co-written by James with Avril's chums The Matrix. James wrote the rest himself, but that's just because he's awesome.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 23/11/05
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1. Borderline Blues - 586 {00:00}
2. Death Cola Music - Tiger Force {02:05}
3. Mean Old Coot - Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer {05:09}
4. Sister In Love (Test Icicles Remix) - The Envelopes {07:06}
5. There It Go (P.Nice BostonBounce Remix) - P.nice {8:34}
6. Download - Sway {12:06}
7. Are Our Future - Wintergreen {14:59}
8. Murdered In The Mosh - Son Of Dork {18:18}
9. Private Thoughts - Elle Milano {21:35}
10. STAiNLESSSTEEL - ILiKETRAiNS {25:09}
11. The Last Bench - Mystery Jets {33:35}
12. Better Off Dead (Le Peste Cover) - Death From Above 1979 {38:01}
13. Lyudi Invalidi - t.A.T.u. {40:14}
14. Could We - Cat Power {44:31}
15. City Burning - Jeremy Warmsley {46:46}
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 06-11-05
November 06, 2005
The second of this weeks seasonally-themed Swish Blog Playlist mixes attempts to evoke the feeling of a wintery Sunday afternoon, the sun having set at about half five. Wrapping up in a winter coat, scarf, gloves and wooly hat can be a lovely feeling if done right.
The Swish Blog 'Great, now I can wear my winter coat' Mix
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 06/11/05
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1. Winter - The Fiery Furnaces
2. Up The Morning - Babyshambles
3. Dirty Crystal Ball - Simon Mastrantone
4. You Only Live Once - The Strokes
5. Motorbikin' - The Needs
6. You're Not A Star - The Fakrays
7. The Hypnotist's Son - Emmy The Great
8. Don't Die Before Your Day - The Arrogants
9. I'm Leaving You Baby - Junior Kimbrough
10. Black History Month (Josh Homme Remix) - Death From Above 1979
11. Tribulations (Tiga mix) - LCD Soundsystem
12. Mourir C'est Facile - The Very Hush Hush
13. The Accident - iLiKETRAiNS
14. Sant Feliu - Bullet Union
15. Being In Love (Live on the streets of Amsterdam) - Swearing at Motorists
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 02-11-05
November 02, 2005
This week there will be two Swish Blog Playlist Mixes. One will celebrate the end of the warmer months of the year, the other welcoming the onset of the colder ones.
The end of October and start of November seems to be a tipping point between the autumnal optimism ("it's still summer! It's still summer! I can wear shorts if I like!"), and the hibernation mentality of winter ("I can't believe it's dark when I leave work! How shit is that!").
First: The Swish Blog 'Oh my god I wish it was still summer' Mix
On a bright October afternoon you're talking a walk on Wimbledon Common, the sun is low in the sky but it's still warm enough for you to only be wearing a t-shirt with your green cardigan over the top. You shelter your eyes from the light as you walk towards a clump of sliver birch trees; their leaves - although still green - have started to senesce and turn a coppery colour around the edges. The grass brushing against your legs has certainly started to die and the long yellow stems are bent and glistening with dew.
Although you can see steam come from you mouth as you exhale, you still wonder if you should take your cardigan off.
You wish you were on the Costa Del Sol.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 02/11/05
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1. Happy As Annie (Session) - Larrikin Love
2. Mr. Brightside - McFly
3. Sorry Dave - The Junglists
4. Nothing But Green Lights (Digitalism Remix) - Tom Vek
5. LMNO Hoes - Test Icicles
6. Lovesick - The Arrogants
7. What Katy Did Next - Babyshambles
8. 2nd Gun - Volcano, I'm Still Excited!!
9. Grass - Animal Collective
10. Blue Eyes - Good Shoes
11. Dirty Mind - The Pipettes
12. Signing Emo - MC Lars
13. Away Away - Northern State
14. Bitch - Noblesse Oblige
15. What The Fuck? - Scream Club
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My first sober moment for a while...
October 11, 2005
I had intended to write small summaries of some of the tracks in last Friday's playlist mix, but completely ran out of time as I was late for an awards ceremony – about which, there is more on my Flickr – so for my sins (and my seemingly eternal hangover) I'll add them in now.
Firstly, Jeremy Warmlsley’s track After The Fact is taken from his soon-to-be-released EP '5 Interesting Lies' which is released on Transgressive on the 7th of November. Incidentally, any Londoners of a J_Wo persuasion should go to his EP launch party tomorrow night at the Camden Barfly – he's supported by Emmy The Great and Roland Shanks so it should be awesome – get there early!
I've been told I talk about Test Icicles way too much on here, so I'll keep this short: What's Michelle Like? was on the boy's first demo last September, but this is a rerecorded version which is the secret track on their new album 'For Screening Purposes Only' out 31st October.
Beauty Scars by Action Plan is the b-side to their new single 'Stendhal' out on Young and Lost Records at some point in the near future. This track has featured on a Swish Mix before, but this rerecorded version sounds a lot better and also seems to convey a lot more heart.
Now if you haven't downloaded the thing yet, do it now – you have no excuse (unless you're on a dial-up connection, or hate me).
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 07-10-05
October 07, 2005
I first tried to do this Swish Mix last Wednesday, but at the song choosing stage I realised all I had listened to in the past week was the new McFly and Test Icicles albums; so I shelved a new mix until today - giving myself enough time to do some serious listening (whilst of course still getting enough McFly and Test Icicles into my system... seriously, I'm obsessed).
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 07/10/05
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1. After The Fact - Jeremy Warmsley [00:00 - 02:53]
2. What's Michelle Like? - Test Icicles [02:53 - 05:18]
3. Deine Eltern - MIT [05:18 - 07:59]
4. Three Cherries Straight - Bullet Union [07:59 - 09:55]
5. Busy Needles - Bearsuit [09:55 - 11:52]
6. Girls In The Back - White Rose Movement [11:52 - 15:17]
7. Head That Talks - Bird Blobs [15:17 - 19:32]
8. Audio Video Disco - The Seal Cub Clubbing Club [19:32 - 25:00]
9. My Dix Sucks - Giant Drag [25:00 - 28:42]
10. Spår 02 - Suburban Kids With Biblical Names [28:42 - 31:50]
11. Beauty Scars - Action Plan [31:50 - 35:42]
12. You Can't Fool Me Dennis (Justice Mix) - Mystery Jets [35:42 - 39:29]
13. Anti Gravity - The Art Goblins [39:29 - 41:47]
14. Teenage Party - LoveBites [41:47 - 44:06]
15. Too Close For Comfort - McFly [44:06 - 48:43]
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 27-09-05
September 27, 2005
I have it on good authority that 50 Cent and some of G Unit recently went into a studio in Wigan to do some recording; no really, I'm serious. I have it on good authority that the first track in this week's Swish Mix, Emotional, is one of the tracks recorded by 'Fiddy' in said Wigan studio. Certainly the lyrics seem fresh - mentioning the wide-eyed enthusiasm of groupies from Glasgow - he really should lose that 'lollipop' metaphor though.
You should also make sure you listen to Jeremy Warmsley's A Matter Of Principle; A London boy who seems to have perfectly combined American emotional indie and eccentric British electronica. He's just been signed by trend-setting label Transgressive Records, who will be releasing his forthcoming EP '5 Interesting Lies' in November.
It's been brought to my attention that it's quite easy to lose your place in my mixes, and have no clue which song is which. So, to aid you, I have included a handy time key on each track so you should never lose your place again. I'm nice like that.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 27/09/05
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1. Emotional - 50 Cent [00:00 - 01:47]
2. What We Do - Kray Twinz [01:47 - 04:52]
3. Reload It - Kano [04:52 - 08:21]
4. Sex In Your Mouth - Gay For Johnny Depp [08:21 - 09:16]
5. Listen Listen - The Pistolas [09:16 - 11:34]
6. The Hoboken - USAisamonster [11:34 - 15:06]
7. Tourist Attraction - Kiosk [15:06 - 16:38]
8. Quite A Delight - Mystery Jets [16:38 - 18:24]
9. The Photos (Session) - Good Shoes [18:24 - 20:11]
10. A Matter Of Principle - Jeremy Warmsley [20:11 - 24:31]
11. Jerk Me - New Young Pony Club [24:31 - 28:29]
12. Act Like A Girl - Objects [28:29 - 32:13]
13. Helpless Fool For Love (Patrick Wolf Remix) - Annie [32:13 - 36:00]
14. Sonny - Pete And The Pirates [36:00 - 37:32]
15. Summertime - Sidney Bechet [37:32 - 41:37]
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 13-09-05
September 13, 2005
Last night I went to an Artrocker night at The Garage and watched Twisted Charm (Nathan's backcombed hair is getting out of control), Black Wire (Dan gets prettier every day... Si is obviously starting to think that he's in Vincent Vincent & The Villains) and Test Icicles (who, whilst playing Boa vs. Python exclaimed "anyone who bought this single is a retard!"); it was amazing...
The Test Icicles album is out soon, and I was lucky enough to get a 5-track sampler thingy of which the first track in this week's mix, Pull The Lever, is from.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 13/09/05
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1. Pull The Lever - Test Icicles
2. Never meant to hurt you - Good Shoes
3. London Sky Tonight - The Bridge Gang
4. Cannons - Greyhound Green
5. Heard About Your Band - The Brakes
6. Felt Tip - Love Is All
7. Maps - Arcade Fire
8. Atoms - Emmy The Great
9. Boob - Les Diamants
10. International Tough Guy - Awful Sparks
11. K-Constant - Lovers Of Today
12. saf-TEE sizz0rs! - Best Fwends!
13. Fire (Test Icicles Remix) - Lethal Bizzle
14. George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People - KO
15. Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 06-09-05
September 06, 2005
It has been a month since my last Swish Mix. Call it blogger-apathy, laziness or whatever you will, the truth is that I've had a pretty difficult couple of weeks, as well as being pretty hectic. Reading Festival, parties at my parents house (my aunty got knocked up), moving around with a heavy bag of clothes; Swish-Mixing was the last thing on my mind.
Now I'm back, and I'm back for good.
We're coming to the end of festival season here in blighty and I had planned my personal finale to be this weekend's Bestival, lovingly made by Radio 1's Rob Da Bank's. Stupid name, great line-up. However it looks like I may have to forfeit a fun-filled-Isle-of-Wight-weekend in favour of having money to spend on food for the next month. I may give away / sell my tickets on here in the next day or so, so keep checking back!
Coming up we've got Test-Icicles and Black Wire at an Artrocker night at the Garage, not to mention Artrocker's first foray into hip-hopping with Mike-Skinner's buddies The Mitchell Brothers and Why Lout?, again at The Garage. Next week we have 'Battle of the Art Brut Franchises', which I'm sure will be incredible, if a little pretentious.
Anyway, here's the new mix. It's pretty good although the sound is a bit fucked up on the lower quality version so I wouldn't bother with it if I were you.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 05-09-05
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1. Bless His Heart - Blood Red Shoes
2. My Heart Is Out Of Bounds - The Long Blondes
3. Teenage Disco - Video Club
4. You Want Me - Objects
5. All In My Head - Good Shoes
6. Anal Lies - USAisamonster
7. Shh, Put The Shiv To My Throat - Gay For Johnny Depp
8. First And Foremost - Action Plan
9. Fire Kills Children - Dakar Rally
10. Can't Kid A Kidder - burningpilot
11. Paradise Park - C-Jags
12. Why Don't You Fix It? - The Seal Club Clubbing Club
13. Sick Like Me (Motor RMX Tokyo) - T. Raumschmiere
14. D.A.R.E. (Soulwax Remix) - Gorillaz
15. All About Us - taTu
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 09-08-05
August 09, 2005
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 09-08-05
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1. Canapés and Grapes - Emmy The Great
2. Back Yard - Au Revoir Simone
3. Deltasmelta - Park Attack
4. Pioneers - Mystery Jets
5. We Hate The Kids - The Indelicates
6. Space For Rent - WhoMadeWho
7. Madame Geneva - Greyhound Green
8. Wooly Bridge - Bromheads Jacket
9. Lust In The Movies - The Long Blondes
10. Hold Up! - Ladyfuzz
11. Twisted Ambulance - Twisted Charm
12. Beacon - Collapse
13. Did You Ever Think? - Test-Icicles
14. Way More (Cry On My Console Remix) - Diplo
15. MIA's Thing - Carrasco!
Apologies to dial-uppers who usually download the low quality version of the mix, I used a different encoding program this week and the 64kbps version sounds awful. I would suggest that everyone get the 160kbps version if possible.
Posted by Chris at 12:07 PM
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 22-07-05
July 22, 2005
With all the kafuffle that's going on in London (and of course Harry Potter reading to be done) I haven't really been in the mood for mix-making, but last night I bashed one out for you guys simply because so much good music had recently come into my possession.
Highlights:
Blame It On The Trains - Art Brut //
Recorded for a Radio 1 session (Hu Stevens I think) it's a new Art Brut song which I think is going to be a b-side on the next single.
Downing Street Kindling - Larrikin Love //
Taken from their new demo 'The Bunker Sessions' which were recorded earlier this month, they get ten times better with everything they do.
Summer Song - Scratch Card Junkie //
The very best punk pop, recorded in their school studio.
Lucid Fairytale - Napalm Death //
Recorded for a Radio 1 John Peel Session in September 1987, awesome. (via The Perfumed Garden)
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 22-07-05
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1. Blame It On The Trains (Session) - Art Brut
2. Downing Street Kindling - Larrikin Love
3. Dancing On The Kitchen Floor - Milburn
4. Maintain The Focus - Test-Icicles
5. London's Dead - The March Hares
6. Kloy Gyn - Efterklang
7. Unseen Sights - Alias
8. Whitewash Is Brainwash - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
9. Keep It Away - Manic Cough
10. Maybe You Can Owe Me - Architecture In Helsinki
11. Tell Me What You Want (Session) - The Pipettes
12. Skeleton Jar - Youth Group
13. Summer Song (Demo) - Scratch Card Junkie
14. Ten Pence Piece - Bullet Union
15. Lucid Fairytale (Session) - Napalm Death
The sound quality is a little poor on a few of the tracks - unfortunately this is especially noticeable in the sessions and demos I've highlighted above - however they are still worth your listening time; I would not have put them in if they were not.
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 12-07-05
July 12, 2005
Sorry for the lack of commentary. Please enjoy.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 12/07/05
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1. Tekno Love Song - CocoRosie
2. I Never Stopped - Battle
3. Little Lost Boy - Larrikin Love
4. So Long Ago - The Coral
5. Sukkafish - The Grates
6. Signs - The Noisettes
7. Ancient Geography - Awful Sparks
8. Spitting In Italy - S. Rock Levinson
9. One - ¡Forward Russia!
10. Boa vs. Python - Test-Icicles
11. Love Is A Number - White Rose Movement
12. The Face - Black Wire
13. your_name@random - Motormark
14. Blood On Our Hands (Justice Remix) - Death From Above 1979
15. Let's Get Sick - Mu
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 30-06-05
June 30, 2005
Glastonbury and a relatively busy time at work have put these mixes on the back burner somewhat. Now they return, and will hopefully become a weekly occurrence once again. There's been a great response to them so far, and long may it continue - the way I see it a 15 track mix is just another way to sample music - I want this to be a two way recommendation service in the same way a normal music-blog works.
Most of the tracks on this weeks mix are the pick of the best music I've picked up in the past three weeks, some you may know, some you may not.
I'd particularly recommend Open Book by The Rakes, from their new album Capture/Release, London Beach / North Atlantic Turbine by Lovers Of Today - who seem to be a messy collection of musicians affiliated with New Cross' Angular Recording Corporation - like a jitter-pop British Sea Power, Music To Fuck Sluts To by Video Club who are yet another band in the Art Brut-network and have apparently been in the studio recently with Keith TOTP of Art Goblins.
I'd also recommend Black History Month by Death From Above 1979 that has been given the once over by Sammy Danger (of Test-Icicles fame); let's just say that only Test-Icicles style madness could make that song any better and, personally, I think he has.
Finally the CocoRosie track is heart-stoppingly beautiful and features that Antony and the Johnsons bloke/bird.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 30/06/05
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1. Iggy - Acoustic Ladyland
2. Space Invaders - Arctic Monkeys
3. Sendai - Love Ends Disaster
4. Somewhere - The Subways
5. Open Book - The Rakes
6. Back History Month (Sammy Danger Remix) - Death From Above 1979
7. The Wives Of Artie Shaw - Kinski
8. Music To Fuck Sluts To - Video Club
9. London Beach / North Atlantic Turbine - Lovers Of Today
10. Dangerzone - Clor
11. Corned Beef - No Pets
12. Ditshe Tshiekutala - Konono Number 1
13. Beautiful Boyz - CocoRosie
14. Cracked Machine - Pro Forma
15. Micheal Jackson Knows God - Erol Alkan
Oh yeah, and if any of you get to the end of the mix - yes, I know - the Erol Alkan track is RUBBISH, completely unfinished. I only realised this after i'd mixed it in. Ho hum.
Posted by Chris at 11:19 AM
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 06-06-05
June 06, 2005
I'm very pleased with this week's mix. Even though the actual song segways aren't as well executed as some of my previous mixes (let's be honest, the 5th of May mix was peerless) the songs complement, blend and course so well that your attention is never lost; and there are some real crackers on there too.
The first song 'Relax' is yet another song off the new Scout Niblett album - which, like 'The New Fellas' by The Cribs is proving to be a top source of great songs - and it sets the stall. I've recently moved house, which I can assure you is a pain in the arse, consequently with this mix I had hoped to create a selection of songs which would help me relax and settle my nerves.
It gets really noisy in the middle of this with the Erase Errata remix, Diplo, Out Hud and The Juan MacLean which I think is super; and then gets even better with (apparently the next single from) The Rakes - a song which seems to sum up my life in one large gulp (and I'm sure does pretty well with most of yours as well) - closely followed by Rudiments by Milburn, a song recommended by the lovely Heather.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 06/06/05
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1. Relax - Scout Niblett
2. Bisounours - CocoRosie
3. Stay Comfortable - Redjetson
4. Good Stuff - Clor
5. Monkeys In Space - Sexton Ming & Billy Childish
6. Retreat, The Most Familiar, Extensive, I Bet (Kid606 Remix) - Erase Errata
7. Haiti On Blast - Diplo
8. Tito's Way - The Juan MacLean
9. One Life To Leave - Out Hud
10. Talk Talk Talk Talk - Love Is All
11. Sin - C-Jags
12. Pub, Club, Sleep. Work, Work, Work (Session) - The Rakes
13. Don't Give Up - The Noisettes
14. Rudiments - Milburn
15. Not Everyone - Nine Black Alps
And finally, keep an ear out for a couple of appearences by the scariest TV character so far this year...
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 19-05-05
May 19, 2005
In parts this week's mix looks a bit like a setlist from some no-name indie disco, and for good reason: indie discos rule. There is no need for bullshit and pretense when 'Hey Scenesters' is blasting out across a dancefloor of sweaty teenagers screaming "you are all in trouble now, someones gonna cop it now" at each other – like hooligans in a riot, faceless and blameless – hence The Cribs are perfect to get it off to a start. You should all be fairly well familiar with many of the other bands on here too, most are big bands (and big business) now, and why shouldn't they be? This is pop, we are pop; our generation has managed something which hasn't happened since punk – we've taken back the music industry – the big labels are playing catch-up, and I say let them try, there's plenty of time to sell out once you've changed the world.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 19/05/05
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Tracklisting:
1. It Was Only Love - The Cribs
2. Royally Used - Sons And Daughters
3. Can I Unwind - The Blood Arm
4. Love Is A Deserter (Phones Remix) - The Kills
5. Fire Department - Be Your Own PET
6. From The Ritz To The Rubble - Arctic Monkeys
7. Things That Make The Morning Call - The Little Flames
8. God Is In The TV - 1984
9. Retreat (Live) - The Rakes
10. Ladyfingers (Snake Rib Remix) - The Fever
11. Fuck Treasure Island - Scout Niblett
12. Stray Talk - Maximo Park
13. Attention - Nine Black Alps
14. I Depend On Me - The Moogs
15. Be Good To Me – ESG
Posted by Chris at 10:46 PM
Swish Blog Playlist Mix 12-05-05
May 12, 2005
This week has been one of highs and lows. Firstly the low of finding out Art Brut had missed the Top 40 singles chart by one place (and allegedly two copies!), which was (very) closely followed with sheer elation after finding that Liverpool had lost to Arsenal, giving Everton the fourth Champions League spot. Later on the high of meeting Amy Winehouse, and she was a real charmer too – bonus! In midweek came the low of watching Arsenal joke around with Everton; and finally was the high of having tomorrow off work (there are awards to be won and free wine to be drunk)!
So, hoping to end the week on a high I have made this mix – and bequest it to you – I hope it gives 7-0 style highs to all you Arsenal fans out there.
Making it was a tad labourious – I have a real job too after all – but I would especially recommend The Cribs track ‘Haunted’ at the end which is taken from their soon to be released / soon to be hailed-a-classic album; you should also check out Magazine’s ’The Light Pours Out Of Me’ which was recorded for a John Peel session in 1978.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 12/05/05
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Tracklisting:
1. Saiko Saiko San – Polysics
2. Wax My Anus – Chicks On Speed
3. What’d I Say – Ray Charles
4. In This Chair – Whiskeycats
5. Guns Of Brixton – Nouvelle Vague
6. Stand Down – Art Brut
7. Love Your Shoes – Furniture
8. Scene Damage – Test-Icicles
9. Little Girl (MasterKraft edit) – Death From Above 1979
10. Eight - ¡Forward Russia!
11. Broken Girl – Twisted Charm
12. Sweet Defeat – The Flesh
13. Poor Innocent Boys (demo) – Cazals
14. The Light Pours Out Of Me (session) – Magazine
15. Haunted – The Cribs
Edit:
It seems I rushed this a bit and consequently forgot to change the ID3 tags and add the album art (which contains the tracklisting), if you'd like to add the tracklist yourself it's available here.
Posted by Chris at 10:57 PM
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Swish Blog Playlist Mix 05-05-05
May 05, 2005
My life has been very uninteresting recently, well not too bad for me personally, but far too boring for me to write about on here; hence the lack of entries. I have, however, been able to make a new mix tape for this week which is available to download below (please right click and save as and don’t stream it kills my bandwidth allocation).
I’ve also recruited a new writer, Helen from Popstar Feets is going to be contributing gig reviews and the like to this site (mainly so I can put my feet up), so expect a post from her in the next couple of days.
Ok here’s the mix for you all, again my week has been rather barren musically speaking so most of the tracks were filched and ripped from other musicblogs and artist websites, apologies if you’ve heard or downloaded any of the tracks recently. I’d also like to apologise that there are only 14 tracks – I’m very tired – I really didn’t realise until far too late in the process.
Enjoy.
The Swish Blog Weekly Playlist Mix, 05/05/05
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Tracklisting:
1. Nine - ¡Forward Russia!
2. Circle, Square, Triangle - Test-icicles
3. Straight Edging (Remix) - No Pets
4. She's Not Leaving - The Research
5. A Happy Medium - Malcolm Middleton
6. Automatic Lock - Black Candy
7. Weekdays Are Schooldays, Weekends Are Mine - The Rollstons
8. From The Begining - New Rhodes
9. You'll Change - Clor
10. Unsold Thoughts - Keith
11. Pomali Ptaci - Petr Nikl & Lakome Barky
12. Another Number (Rollercoaster Project Mix) - The Cribs
13. Cassette - The Glimmers
14. Black Cotton Sweater - Ethan Lipton
As usual if you would like any information on any of the artists featured don't hesitate to contact me and I’ll see what I can do. However I am now unable to take requests for individual mp3s of each track, it was taking far too much of my time.
Posted by Chris at 11:14 PM
Swish Blog Playlist Mix 27-04-05
April 27, 2005
The playlist mixes are back! I know I’m far more excited about these things than you are, but I’m going to still keep making them, especially after the response to the last two was so good (you blew my bloody bandwidth!)
I think this new one has a nice flow to it, starting very quiet, becoming a lot more guitary-and-indie, and then turning into a big shake-your-booty fest at the end. Make sure you check out the Why Lout? remake of Emily Kane by Art Brut (which I think you can still download from the Artrocker site), it's brilliant.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 27/04/05
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Tracklisting:
1. Back In Time - Au Revoir Simone
2. Lullaby For Scout In Ten Years - Scout Niblett
3. Amsterdam - Whiskycats
4. Les Fleur - Minnie Riperton
5. Maternity Ward - Art Brut
6. Cuts Across The Land - The Duke Spirit
7. Billy - Dustin's Bar Mitzvah
8. What She Says - Drivin' South
9. Train Track - Wet Dog
10. Sinking Hearts - The Organ
11. If You Don't Take Me Right Away You Might As Well Fuck Off - Strip Squad
12. Got It Twisted Sister - Dopplebanger
13. On And On - Missy Elliot Feat. Pharrell Williams
14. Ulcer Rap - Nigga Bullshit
15. Emily Kane - Why Lout?
If you download the mix and enjoy it, hate it, find it useful or think it's a big waste of my time, please don't hesitate to comment.
Posted by Chris at 10:38 PM
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New Weekly Playlist Mix
April 19, 2005
Here's a new swish-mix for you downloading pleasure - I know it seems too soon (considering the last one went up on Sunday night) but the actual list of songs for that mix has been available on my weekly playlist blog for over a week.
This week is a mix of really new and some reasonably old stuff, but it ebbs and flows quite nicely I think.
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 19/04/05
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Tracklisting:
1. Blue Orchid - The White Stripes
2. My Oh My - The Rumble Strips
3. Electric Shake - Be Your Own PET
4. Wait - Ying Yang Twins
5. Bez Nadsazky - Nase Vec
6. The Secrets Of Civilisation - The Rogers Sisters
7. Medicine - Sons & Daughters
8. Future Of Circles (Demo) - Action Plan
9. She Said No (Demo) - New Rhodes
10. Running Out Of Time - Hot Hot Heat
11. Mummy Trade - Busted
12. Formed A Band - Art Brut 3.14
13. Moving To L.A. - Art Brut
14. The Whistler - The Magnetix
15. Scag Lover - The White Sport
You may also have noticed that I got rid of the mid-quality version (128kbps); if this was a big problem for you comment and I may consider bringing it back.
Posted by Chris at 04:40 PM
Weekly Playlist Downloads
April 17, 2005
OK, thankyou to everyone who commented on whether I should provide a mix-mp3 of the tracks I list in these weekly playlist things; most of you answered in the affirmative so I'm going to give it a go.
Here it is then - there are actually two versions, one high quality (well, 128kbps) and one low quality (64kbps) - please download at-will (don't stream).
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 16/14/05 - High Quality (45MB)
The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 16/14/05 - Low Quality (22MB)
This is the tracklisting:
1. Cigarette Smoke - Arctic Monkeys
2. Martell - The Cribs
3. We Are Infection - Punish The Atom
4. Barbarico - Snow White
5. Dark Clouds - The Rakes
6. Come Back Soon - The B Plan
7. Beauty Scars - Action Plan
8. Police Sweater Blood Vow - The Fiery Furnaces
9. Kiss All My Lurid Element - Mystery Meat
10. C-C (You Set The Fire In Me) - Tom Vek
11. You Got Me - VHS or Beta
12. Hello Tomorrow feat. Karen O - Squeak E Clean
13. The Day Before You Came - The (Real) Tuesday Weld
14. Finding Out True Love Is Blind - Louis XIV
15. Going Missing - Maximo Park
I hope this brings joy to all of your hearts, sorry the files are so big but the mix does last about 45 minutes.
Eventually I should get a podcast stream working for all you overtly techie people – and the files should appear every one to two weeks.
Please comment if you find it useful, or think it's a waste of my time.
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