What an insane week. So much news to cover.
First and sadly, the news of Amy Winehouse's death came out as I prepared for this show. The news came out of left field and was shocking to say the least. Say what you will of Amy and her demons but she was a great talent and will be missed.
We open the show with a couple of Amy's great performances.
Of course, much will be said of the fact that she was 27 with references to The 27 Club. There were 2 other tragic deaths of modern British musicians at 27. Pete de Freitas (Echo & the Bunnymen) and Richey James Edwards (Manic Street Preachers). Ok before you get all riled up (and believe me some already have) Richey is missing and presumed dead. And he does appear on many lists of performers dying to young.
So we play Echo & The Manics as well.
The 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize shortlist was announced Tuesday. Tonight we run down the list and play a track from each nominated album. Some are regulars to the show and some aren't. This might be the first time in 20+ years that a regular jazz track has been featured on the show.
Who are you picking to win? I'd say Adele but with the committees habit of picking albums from the fringes who knows. She may be too popular. My heart is rooting for Everything Everything or James Blake.
amy winehouse - back to black
mark ronson feat. amy winehouse - valerie
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echo & the bunnymen - rescue
manic street preachers - die in the summertime
the horrors - moving further away (request)
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electric soft parade - lily
drugstore - sweet chili girl
the black sharks - jokers wild
the kooks - is it me?
the noisettes - never forget you
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hard-fi - fire in the house
the milk - (all i wanted was) danger
madness - le grand pantalon
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2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize shortlist
adele - i'll be waiting
james blake - the wilhelm scream
tinie tempah feat. ellie goulding - wonderman
pj harvey - written on the forehead
anna calvi - desire
king creosote & jon hopkins - bubble
elbow - the river
gwilym simcock - northern smiles
everything everything - suffragette suffragette
ghostpoet - survive it
metronomy - corinne
katy b - easy please me
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summer camp - better off without you
echo lake - another day
veronica falls - come on over
chad valley - reach lines
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the james taylor quartet - pressure gauge
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Show tracks for Sat. July 16/11
My mind is somewhere else right now. To busy thinking about how freaking hot it's going to be for the next week. Work will be hell. Not looking forward to that let me tell you. Sorry, I digress.
So much great new music tonight. The Horrors in the lp session. That album should be huge, and it is that good. The new We Were Promised Jetpacks track is ace as well. I'm loving Those Little Green Cars. Big Deal are getting better with each track I hear. Not to bad for the typical summer lull.
Give it to me 4 times!
the milk - 54 46 was my number
mo solid gold - david's soul
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the kooks - junk of the heart (happy)
elbow - with love
big deal - chair
tribes - sappho (demo)
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the wild swans - dark times
help stamp out loneliness - biergarten
midnight lion - all greatness stands firm (request)
vv brown - shark in the water
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sons & daughters - ink free
honeycomb bones - jackdaw
maria & the mirrors - travel sex
sbtrkt - go bang
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lp session - the horrors "skying"
the horrors - endless blue
the horrors - dive in
the horrors - oceans burning
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dave i.d. - only me i can save
planningtorock - manifesto
japan - i second that emotion
magazine - thank you (falletinme be mice elf again)
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dutch uncles - sting
honour before glory - lions
little green cars - glass case
we were promised jetpacks - act on impulse
chad valley - reach lines
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lotte kestner - earlies (trashcan sinatras cover)
mumford & sons - home/untitled (radio session)
frightened rabbit - scottish wind (radio session)
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beverley knight - when you gonna learn
jamiroquai - smile
So much great new music tonight. The Horrors in the lp session. That album should be huge, and it is that good. The new We Were Promised Jetpacks track is ace as well. I'm loving Those Little Green Cars. Big Deal are getting better with each track I hear. Not to bad for the typical summer lull.
Give it to me 4 times!
the milk - 54 46 was my number
mo solid gold - david's soul
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the kooks - junk of the heart (happy)
elbow - with love
big deal - chair
tribes - sappho (demo)
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the wild swans - dark times
help stamp out loneliness - biergarten
midnight lion - all greatness stands firm (request)
vv brown - shark in the water
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sons & daughters - ink free
honeycomb bones - jackdaw
maria & the mirrors - travel sex
sbtrkt - go bang
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lp session - the horrors "skying"
the horrors - endless blue
the horrors - dive in
the horrors - oceans burning
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dave i.d. - only me i can save
planningtorock - manifesto
japan - i second that emotion
magazine - thank you (falletinme be mice elf again)
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dutch uncles - sting
honour before glory - lions
little green cars - glass case
we were promised jetpacks - act on impulse
chad valley - reach lines
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lotte kestner - earlies (trashcan sinatras cover)
mumford & sons - home/untitled (radio session)
frightened rabbit - scottish wind (radio session)
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beverley knight - when you gonna learn
jamiroquai - smile
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Show tracks for Sat. July 9/11
Why don't you take a long look at my middle digit! Art Brut are f-in brilliant!
Too bad there isn't an actual video for this track, imagine how amazing that would be.
More bad news on the live front for the Detroit area. Ladytron, OMD, Elbow and now The Vaccines have left the D off their tour itineraries. I know, right! Remember when Detroit was a musical mecca? The news isn't all bad, Gold Panda will stopping in Ann Arbor in October.
japanese popstars - joshua w/ tom smith
the black ghosts - water will find a way
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the joy formidable - a heavy abacus
anika - no one's there (ratman dub edit)
paloma faith - smoke & mirrors
the kills - heart is a beating drum
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art brut - axl rose
arctic monkeys - reckless serenade
the vaccines - tuck and roll
young rebel set - gun
the james taylor quartet - light up your soul w/ john turrell
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the history of apple pie - science for the young
little green cars - the john wayne
yuck - cousin corona
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lp session - dave i.d. "response"
dave i.d. - you me come for
dave i.d. - oil
dave i.d. - there's a kingdom for that
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cornershop - what did the hippie have in his bag?
the jam - move on up
the brights - girl in a bric-a-brac shop
eliza doolittle - pack up
gold panda - mpb
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white lies - strangers
kaiser chiefs - things change
flash fiktion - me and mr e
hoodlums - landmarks
the chapman family - anxiety
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the whip - secret weapon
[strangers] - if i found love
cats eyes - not a friend
adele - tired
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fanzine - low
beverley knight - apparently nothin'
To download this show follow these links(or use the podcast link at the top of the page);
Part One - 10pm - midnight
http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/383-Cowboys_and_Indies-20110709-2200-t1310245200.mp3
Part Two - midnight - 12:30am
http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/380-Cowboys_and_Indiies-20110710-0000-t1310252401.mp3
Too bad there isn't an actual video for this track, imagine how amazing that would be.
More bad news on the live front for the Detroit area. Ladytron, OMD, Elbow and now The Vaccines have left the D off their tour itineraries. I know, right! Remember when Detroit was a musical mecca? The news isn't all bad, Gold Panda will stopping in Ann Arbor in October.
japanese popstars - joshua w/ tom smith
the black ghosts - water will find a way
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the joy formidable - a heavy abacus
anika - no one's there (ratman dub edit)
paloma faith - smoke & mirrors
the kills - heart is a beating drum
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art brut - axl rose
arctic monkeys - reckless serenade
the vaccines - tuck and roll
young rebel set - gun
the james taylor quartet - light up your soul w/ john turrell
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the history of apple pie - science for the young
little green cars - the john wayne
yuck - cousin corona
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lp session - dave i.d. "response"
dave i.d. - you me come for
dave i.d. - oil
dave i.d. - there's a kingdom for that
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cornershop - what did the hippie have in his bag?
the jam - move on up
the brights - girl in a bric-a-brac shop
eliza doolittle - pack up
gold panda - mpb
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white lies - strangers
kaiser chiefs - things change
flash fiktion - me and mr e
hoodlums - landmarks
the chapman family - anxiety
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the whip - secret weapon
[strangers] - if i found love
cats eyes - not a friend
adele - tired
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fanzine - low
beverley knight - apparently nothin'
To download this show follow these links(or use the podcast link at the top of the page);
Part One - 10pm - midnight
http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/383-Cowboys_and_Indies-20110709-2200-t1310245200.mp3
Part Two - midnight - 12:30am
http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/380-Cowboys_and_Indiies-20110710-0000-t1310252401.mp3
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Show tracks for Sat. July 2/11
Happy Canada day to my fellow Canucks around the globe! Party on eh, you hosers!
(Canadians will get that reference...lol)
To open up the show my fave Canadian track of all time Martha & The Muffin's Echo Beach. You heard it before on the show and you will again for sure.
There is no official video that I can find but I found this great montage video. At the end of the blog a second helping of Echo Beach. This one is the great cover from Toyah Wilcox.
martha & the muffins - echo beach (cc)
hollie cook - body beat
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bombay bicycle club - shuffle
fixers - another lost apache
little green cars - my love took me down to the river (to silence me)
red shoe diaries - fireflies at dawn
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still corners - cuckoo
summer camp - nobody knows you
fanzine - rocket fuel
the passions - i'm in love with a german film star (request)
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the bookhouse boys - guns like drums
wu lyf - split it concrete the golden sun god
the history of apple pie - some kind
towns - heads off
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beth rowley - sweet hours
jamie lidell - little bit of feel good
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lp session - strawhouses "these are the willing"
strawhouses - not in my name
strawhouses - the way of the world
strawhouses - train wreck
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pope joan - the celebration
airship - summertime
the castells - romance
wake the president - elaine
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erland & the carnival - i'm not really here
the moons - torn between two
jamie t - chaka demus
kasabian - switchblade smiles
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club smith - no friend of mine
t.o.y.s. - uptight
amida - victor spoils
morning parade - a&e
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younghusband - carousel
the distractions - lost
golden glow - adore me
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amy winehouse - love is a losing game
sbtrkt - wildfire w/ little dragon's yukimi nagano
(Canadians will get that reference...lol)
To open up the show my fave Canadian track of all time Martha & The Muffin's Echo Beach. You heard it before on the show and you will again for sure.
There is no official video that I can find but I found this great montage video. At the end of the blog a second helping of Echo Beach. This one is the great cover from Toyah Wilcox.
martha & the muffins - echo beach (cc)
hollie cook - body beat
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bombay bicycle club - shuffle
fixers - another lost apache
little green cars - my love took me down to the river (to silence me)
red shoe diaries - fireflies at dawn
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still corners - cuckoo
summer camp - nobody knows you
fanzine - rocket fuel
the passions - i'm in love with a german film star (request)
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the bookhouse boys - guns like drums
wu lyf - split it concrete the golden sun god
the history of apple pie - some kind
towns - heads off
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beth rowley - sweet hours
jamie lidell - little bit of feel good
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lp session - strawhouses "these are the willing"
strawhouses - not in my name
strawhouses - the way of the world
strawhouses - train wreck
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pope joan - the celebration
airship - summertime
the castells - romance
wake the president - elaine
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erland & the carnival - i'm not really here
the moons - torn between two
jamie t - chaka demus
kasabian - switchblade smiles
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club smith - no friend of mine
t.o.y.s. - uptight
amida - victor spoils
morning parade - a&e
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younghusband - carousel
the distractions - lost
golden glow - adore me
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amy winehouse - love is a losing game
sbtrkt - wildfire w/ little dragon's yukimi nagano
Friday, July 1, 2011
Monthly Indiessential chart for June 2011
The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene
1. NO FRIEND OF MINE / YOUNG DEFEATISTS ... Club Smith (Front Wall Records)
2. HERE COMES 2001 SO LET'S ALL HEAD FOR THE SUN EP ... Fixers (Mercury)
3. SUCK IT AND SEE (LP) ... Arctic Monkeys (Domino)
4. 0.7.9.3 ... Beau & The Arrows (Happy Release Records)
5. THE FUTURE IS MEDIEVAL (LP) ... Kaiser Chiefs (B-Unique/Poludor)
6. THE COLDEST WINTER FOR A HUNDRED YEARS (LP) ... The Wild Swans (Occultation)
7. BRILLIANT! TRAGIC! (LP) ... Art Brut (Cooking Vinyl)
8. ONE THOUSAND PICTURES (LP) ... Pete & The Pirates (Stolen Recordings)
9. GO TELL FIRE TO THE MOUNTAIN (LP) ... WU LYF (L Y F Recordings)
10. BATTERIES ... Strawhouses (Strawhouses)
11. IT WAS A SIN / IF I FOUND LOVE ... [Strangers] (Killing Moon Ltd.)
12. HOLLIE COOK (LP) ... Hollie Cook (Mr Bongo)
13. ALL GREATNESS STANDS FIRM ... Midnight Lion (Locks And Keys)
14. MIRROR MIRROR (LP) ... Sons & Daughters (Domino)
15. HIT THE FLOOR ... Tall Ships (Pink Mist)
16. KIDS ... Airship (Play It Again Sam)
17. CONTROLLING YOUR ALLEGIANCE (LP) ... Japanese Popstars (Virgin)
18. NATIVE TO (LP) ... Is Tropical (V2)
19. TOGETHER WE WERE MADE (LP) ... The Feeling (Universal/Island)
20. FIELDS ... Towns (TOWNSmusic)
Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for June 2011
1. NO FRIEND OF MINE / YOUNG DEFEATISTS ... Club Smith (Front Wall Records)
2. HERE COMES 2001 SO LET'S ALL HEAD FOR THE SUN EP ... Fixers (Mercury)
3. SUCK IT AND SEE (LP) ... Arctic Monkeys (Domino)
4. 0.7.9.3 ... Beau & The Arrows (Happy Release Records)
5. THE FUTURE IS MEDIEVAL (LP) ... Kaiser Chiefs (B-Unique/Poludor)
6. THE COLDEST WINTER FOR A HUNDRED YEARS (LP) ... The Wild Swans (Occultation)
7. BRILLIANT! TRAGIC! (LP) ... Art Brut (Cooking Vinyl)
8. ONE THOUSAND PICTURES (LP) ... Pete & The Pirates (Stolen Recordings)
9. GO TELL FIRE TO THE MOUNTAIN (LP) ... WU LYF (L Y F Recordings)
10. BATTERIES ... Strawhouses (Strawhouses)
11. IT WAS A SIN / IF I FOUND LOVE ... [Strangers] (Killing Moon Ltd.)
12. HOLLIE COOK (LP) ... Hollie Cook (Mr Bongo)
13. ALL GREATNESS STANDS FIRM ... Midnight Lion (Locks And Keys)
14. MIRROR MIRROR (LP) ... Sons & Daughters (Domino)
15. HIT THE FLOOR ... Tall Ships (Pink Mist)
16. KIDS ... Airship (Play It Again Sam)
17. CONTROLLING YOUR ALLEGIANCE (LP) ... Japanese Popstars (Virgin)
18. NATIVE TO (LP) ... Is Tropical (V2)
19. TOGETHER WE WERE MADE (LP) ... The Feeling (Universal/Island)
20. FIELDS ... Towns (TOWNSmusic)
Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for June 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Show tracks for Sat. June 25/11
Sitting here trying to think of something to say. Thank god the music has been really good, speaking for the show, because I can't think of a damn thing to say.
metronomy - the bay
wild palms - swirling shards
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the kooks - saboteur
gomez - song in my heart
the wave pictures - hear the ferries mooring
young rebel set - walk on
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florence & the machine - not fade away (buddy holly cover)
the good natured - skeleton
the young knives - human again
bastille - flaws
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jamie xx - far nearer
rox - my baby left me
ossie & the sweet boys - brixton boo-ga-loo
wild beasts - reach a bit further
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lp sessions - the feeling & japanese popstars
from "together we were made"
the feeling - searched every corner
the feeling - a hundred sinners (come and get it)
from "controlling your allegiance"
japanese popstars - take forever feat robert smith
japanese popstars - shells of silver feat james vincent mcmorrow
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brother - new year's day (old video version)
andy lewis & paul weller - are you trying to be lonely?
the tony cannan set - suzie on a summer's day
miles kane - rearrange
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chad valley - now that i'm real
song of return - shackles
puressence - magisterial
the kill van kulls - lost and found
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the bookhouse boys - with you
[strangers] - it was a sin
the midway state - atlantic (cc)
boxer rebellion - secret handshake
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houdini dax - robin you lie
toddla t w/roots manuva - watch me dance
metronomy - the bay
wild palms - swirling shards
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the kooks - saboteur
gomez - song in my heart
the wave pictures - hear the ferries mooring
young rebel set - walk on
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florence & the machine - not fade away (buddy holly cover)
the good natured - skeleton
the young knives - human again
bastille - flaws
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jamie xx - far nearer
rox - my baby left me
ossie & the sweet boys - brixton boo-ga-loo
wild beasts - reach a bit further
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lp sessions - the feeling & japanese popstars
from "together we were made"
the feeling - searched every corner
the feeling - a hundred sinners (come and get it)
from "controlling your allegiance"
japanese popstars - take forever feat robert smith
japanese popstars - shells of silver feat james vincent mcmorrow
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brother - new year's day (old video version)
andy lewis & paul weller - are you trying to be lonely?
the tony cannan set - suzie on a summer's day
miles kane - rearrange
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chad valley - now that i'm real
song of return - shackles
puressence - magisterial
the kill van kulls - lost and found
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the bookhouse boys - with you
[strangers] - it was a sin
the midway state - atlantic (cc)
boxer rebellion - secret handshake
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houdini dax - robin you lie
toddla t w/roots manuva - watch me dance
Monday, June 20, 2011
Show tracks for Sat. June 18/11
Sorry for the delay in posting everyone. Had some serious internet connection problems. Let's just say that I hate routers!
kronenbourg 1664 - slow the pace w/ madness baggy trousers
madness - baggy trousers
morrissey - the kid's a looker (live radio session)
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alex turner - hiding tonight
arctic monkeys - black treacle
jon fratelli - sex, love, money & death
joss stone - don't cha wanna ride
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midnight lion - sleeping in the woods (ally mccrae session)
the heartrates - midnight crisis
retraplayer - drinks in helsinki
polly scattergood - silver lining
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the primitives - breakaway
toni basil - i'm 28
poly styrene - kitsch
gaggle - i hear flies
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lp sessions - hollie cook, is tropical & wu lyf
from hollie cook - "hollie cook"
hollie cook - sugar water
hollie cook - shadow kissing
from is tropical - "native to"
is tropical - south pacific
is tropical - i'll take my chances
from wu lyf - "go tell fire to the mountain"
wu lyf - spitting blood
wu lyf - dirt
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locomotives - play (don't work all day)
tribes - we were children
gross magic - sweetest touch
male bonding - weird feelings
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the tamborines - sally o'gannon
golden grrrls - beaches
the proctors - perfect world
jamiroquai - seven days in sunny june
vv brown - bottles
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the horrors - still life
club smith - young defeatists
beau & the arrows - one last summer
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lloyd cole - oh genevieve
frank turner - one foot before the other
kronenbourg 1664 - slow the pace w/ madness baggy trousers
madness - baggy trousers
morrissey - the kid's a looker (live radio session)
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alex turner - hiding tonight
arctic monkeys - black treacle
jon fratelli - sex, love, money & death
joss stone - don't cha wanna ride
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midnight lion - sleeping in the woods (ally mccrae session)
the heartrates - midnight crisis
retraplayer - drinks in helsinki
polly scattergood - silver lining
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the primitives - breakaway
toni basil - i'm 28
poly styrene - kitsch
gaggle - i hear flies
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lp sessions - hollie cook, is tropical & wu lyf
from hollie cook - "hollie cook"
hollie cook - sugar water
hollie cook - shadow kissing
from is tropical - "native to"
is tropical - south pacific
is tropical - i'll take my chances
from wu lyf - "go tell fire to the mountain"
wu lyf - spitting blood
wu lyf - dirt
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locomotives - play (don't work all day)
tribes - we were children
gross magic - sweetest touch
male bonding - weird feelings
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the tamborines - sally o'gannon
golden grrrls - beaches
the proctors - perfect world
jamiroquai - seven days in sunny june
vv brown - bottles
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the horrors - still life
club smith - young defeatists
beau & the arrows - one last summer
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lloyd cole - oh genevieve
frank turner - one foot before the other
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