Well, here is the 2nd song from the 'The Next Day'. I think officially the album can be confirmed as more than just promising.....
Buy it here....
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/stars-are-out-tonight-single/id603189288follow
Audacious Life 2012 - Thames Delta World Service Best Of The Year
http://www.divshare.com/download/23025684-515
So,
starting at the beginning, [Strangers] I came across via the Bas 2 event; in an
earlier time I believe ‘Shine On You’ would have been a No.1 single, the charts
were a better place when songs this good stood a chance. I only really got into
Jake Bugg’s album during the last month of the year, being pretty much unaware
as it sat atop the charts and it’s the only record with two tracks on my end of
year compilation, both tracks are blinders though and very difficult to
separate.The Elton John vs. Pnau album was a surprise. I investigated after reading good
reviews and was pleasantly surprised that the reviews were spot on, the album
reminding me of Daft Punk at their poppermost. Springsteen’s album mixed rock
and folk and has not let the man’s great standards down. Richard Hawley went
all psych rock but my favourite track was the more typically Hawley-esque ‘Seek
It’. PiL’s album was better than you’d expect without actually being very
memorable, but this track is a corker. Rumer still hasn’t delivered an album
that’s deserving of her vocal qualities but this version of Isaac Hayes ‘Soulsville’ is to me the best thing she’s yet recorded. Trembling
Bells and Bonnie Prince Billy’s track is my track of the year, from the poppy
keyboard motif to the two minute nervous breakdown that dominates the second
half of the track. Also the best lyrical reference to Johnnie Ray since ‘Come On
Eileen’.
Frank Ocean's album lived up to the hype, ‘Crack Rock’ the track that drew me back for most repeat playing. Blur did it again, ‘Under The Westway, repeating the trick of ‘Fools Day’ leaving you wanting an album now please. Dexys return was understated, this soulful toe tapper perhaps the most accessible. The Stones released two great tracks on their latest greatest hits, ‘Doom & Gloom’ just shading it, but check out ‘One More Shot’ too. Paul Weller’s album topped the charts and hit the musical heights, and Leonard Cohen made a surprisingly cool record. Muse basically turned into Queen with knobs on and Fiona Apple delivered, again. Kylie won the poptarts battle, Christina Aguilera’s album being flat and without a classic moment. Kylie kept it cool, covering her own songs, getting Nick Cave involved again and making the most eye popping video of the year. Phil Burdett released two albums, arguably his best. Sinead O’Connor made a comeback that very few cared about, this cover of John Grant’s album title track coming hot on the heels of the original and sounding as if she’d written it herself. Bill Fay was a music mags critic’s favourite, perhaps slightly overrated but this track deserved all the praise, delivering with Lennon-esque stature.
I’m sure there are songs I’ve forgotten. First drafts of
this list included songs from Scott Walker and Donald Fagen, both in my top ten
albums of the year but difficult to present on a more immediate list like this.
We’re not even two weeks into 2013 but already Bowie’s got
the world excited, and I’m also looking forward to John Grant’s 2nd
solo offering (due out the same day as Bowie’s). And this morning my deluxe
copy of Villagers new LP turned up, a first highlight of the year….roll on the
rest of 2013.
Thames Delta World Service #11 - 07.12.2012
Here's a nearly end of the year slightly pre-xmas TDWS. There's a Fleetwood Mac thread throughout featuring Dutch Uncles, Lindsey Buckingham, The Crystal Ark and Radical Face. Some nice'n'early Simple Minds, Squarepusher, Villagers, Atoms for Peace, Jeff Buckley and Elizabeth Fraser, The Jam singing Kylie Minogue, John Legend singing Bruce Springsteen, Pickering Pick singing The Smiths, Dewey Via and The Arctic Monkeys both singing The Beatles, a Smashing Pumpkins demo, Chicago, Fiona Apple, Jake Bugg, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Scott Walker and The Rolling Stones. Some you'll know, some you won't.
You'll know 'em all if you give it a listen.
Listen here
Download here
http://www.divshare.com/download/21375447-ca0
http://www.divshare.com/download/21375447-ca0
End of year best of on it's way.....
'Be kind to me, or treat me mean
I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine'
Phil Burdett / Senor Al & The JJ's - Twin CD Launch 10/11/12
Hugely enjoyable album launch from Phil Burdett and Senor Al & The JJ's tonight. A great set by each band, Phil's CD is looking and sounding great, a shame that Senor Al's wasn't ready in time, I hope I'm able to get one from somewhere as I'd love to feature a track on a podcast in the future.
In the meantime here's a track from Phil's CD 'Mercenary Thoughts Of A Lush' and a Senor Al track I've managed to get on-line somewhere, not sure if it's on the new album but they played it tonight and it sounded great. Investigate/buy both. That's an order.
TDWS in the USA.
Been in the States for a week now. Not picked up any music yet and blew out the Furs at Orlando House of Blues (to knackered from Roller-coastin' etc). Still I've been promised a music store in Kissimmee Old Town tomorrow and I have been to a pretty decent comic store. Onwards and upwards.....
07/11/2012
The CD store in the Old Town was unfortunately closed. Did get a couple of Fiona Apple CD's that I'd not previously got on the cheap. Also David Lee Roth's immense 'Crazy from the Heat' and the Civil Wars CD on the cheap. Plus a CD from Dewey Via who we saw singing on Sunday at the Mi Casa Cafe in St. Augustine. Bit dissapointed we didn't come across a decent independent CD/music store, but had a great time anyway. Just wish I'd gone to see the Psychedelic Furs at the House Of Blues, Downtown Disney....
07/11/2012
The CD store in the Old Town was unfortunately closed. Did get a couple of Fiona Apple CD's that I'd not previously got on the cheap. Also David Lee Roth's immense 'Crazy from the Heat' and the Civil Wars CD on the cheap. Plus a CD from Dewey Via who we saw singing on Sunday at the Mi Casa Cafe in St. Augustine. Bit dissapointed we didn't come across a decent independent CD/music store, but had a great time anyway. Just wish I'd gone to see the Psychedelic Furs at the House Of Blues, Downtown Disney....
Villagers - Session +
Though when I first caught them on ‘Later’ I thought they
were a bit fey, I have been well into Villagers since receiving first LP ‘Becoming
A Jackal’, pre-ordered on the strength of reviews a couple of years back. 2nd
album {Awayland} has just been announced, coming out on Jan 14th
2013 & lead single ‘Waves’ gets a physical release on October 22nd.
In the last week they’ve been on both Annie Mac and Cerys Matthews BBC radio shows.
Here are the performances from those broadcasts with an earlier Dermot O’Leary
broadcast Janelle Monáe cover
version and a couple of tracks from some low key compilation albums. Also a
self shot video of 1st LP title track ‘Becoming a Jackal’ from Colchester
Arts Centre last summer.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - B-Sides & Rarities
If
you’ve never really listened to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, then you should.
This 3CD set, recently reissued is as good a place as any to start. It might be
b-sides and rarities but the quality never abates, in fact discs two and three
are about as good as anything ever released by Cave. Buy it.
As a taster here’s
a BBC radio session of ‘O’Malley’s Bar’, originally found on ‘Murder Ballads’.
A 17 minute song about a bloody murder spree as a crazed regular loses the plot
and murders a dozen or so of his fellow drinkers/neighbours. Quality stuff.
Postcard from Aztec Camera
They may have been active for 15 years but they only
released 6 albums during their lifetime. All of Aztec Camera’s albums
have now been re-issued by current re-issue kings Edsel
and main man Roddy Frame has only had a handful of (quality) releases in the 17
years that have followed since, but nowhere have I been able to find the bands
two early singles on the legendary Glasgow indie label Postcard Records
collected in one place and given the polish up they deserve. So here,
unpolished, direct from YouTube, are the four sides of those singles with a
couple of bonus tracks, ‘Hot Club of Christ’ from 1982’s Belgian label Le Disques Du Crepuscule Xmas release, “Ghosts of
Christmas Past” and a 1984 live version of Postcard track ‘Mattress Of Wire’.
Also from you tube, the NME C81 version of we could send letters.
http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/aztec-camera-deluxe-editions/
http://www.divshare.com/download/19780477-840
http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/aztec-camera-deluxe-editions/
http://www.divshare.com/download/19780477-840
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