uno mas?

the youtube comment about this one is bang on -
"one of the few songs you HAVE to listen to on loop"
#c0medy

and of the three xx songs i've listened to today, this one i like the best



and i notice that the offical xx videos on youtube contain links to buy the records from rough trade :) and what a fine shop that is

and in some other record store news, melbourne's missing link, with the superfine online shop, is "going digital": Melbourne’s Missing Link Goes Digital In News : Mess+Noise

still prefer owning the vinyl/cd, but then again, as a compulsive archivist and collector, i would

listen on

~ tul

pulling strings

sweet work in the henson style for ny duo the weepies

pretty song too

thanks to scott



~ l

don't be tempted by the shiny apple

love

~ l

put it in my drip...

midlake - young bride



i don't care if i like this band or not

this song kept me company, demanded my attention, all day, and yesterday

that violin break at the third minute, with that steady, hiccupping drum under it

stunning

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to an actual soundtrack of the national i thought i'd pop in and post a playlist from a recent radio show. two hours of sweet post-classical music to be had in this list

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Radio Ballet | Eluvium | Copia
La Boulange | Yann Tiersen | Les Retrouvailles

Wheelbarrow Walk | Michael Nyman | The Essential Michael Nyman Band
Catch Me If You Can | Sunwrae | Eavesdropping

The Crystal Chain | The Subliminals | The Crystal Chain EP
Judith | Radiant City | Judith EP

Boundaries | Stephen Magnusson & Frank DiSario | Boundaries

Pink Chesterfield No. 2 | The Gilmour Ensemble | Seven Things I'll Do Today
Tears From Above | Pei-Jee and Pei-Sian Ng | Phoenix Story

Seeing the Car | Andrew W.K. | Cadillac 55
The Birth and Death of the Day | Explosions in the Sky | Sampler
Lift | This Is Your Captain Speaking | Storyboard
Her Lovers and My Letter Hand | Klumpes Ahmad | Sound Travellers



Tactus | Monique diMattina | Senses
2 Nocturnes Op. 32 | Maurizio Pollini | Chopin Nocturnes
Lent | Klára Körmendi | Satie

The Disambiguation of Anonymeye | Anonymeye | The Disambiguation Of...

Looney Tunes | Yo La Tengo | Little Honda EP

track that down track by track and you'll have two hours of very pleasant listening...

~ listnr

passive acrostive

may i recommend watching this animation while listening to harm and boon, tiny vipers remix of the balmorhea track?



it's sweet, but don't forget to volume < for it, or you'll get the swan lake/balmorhea mashup that nobody needs to hear

stay listening

r.o.t.u.l.

sleep

someone i trust to recommend music to me has mentioned something today

a dj olive. an ex-pat australian residing in new york, responded to the stress-related sleep deprivation of that city post september 11, created a sleep mix which was released on a lovely-looking label called room 40

room 40

room 40 describe their endeavour as "... delivering sound parcels from the antipodes since the turn of the century", and you can't say that ain't a delightful turn of phrase :)

the room of this unknown listener is now in a new house and getting to sleep in a new room in a new house can be tricky. i donned my beloved senneheiser digital headphones and tuned out to a long playlist of long songs, featuring some sleep-magic lengthy tracks.

this dj olive release has shot to the top of my wishlist because this is where music is more like therapy or meditation than just something to have on in the background.

i perform most of my narratives in this life to a soundtrack of some description. i dream of high-fidelity stereo systems and perfect listening environments.

i believe that music can help me navigate my way out of a tangle of words.

listening to that excerpt from dj olive's sleep i am mentally playlisting: growing, eluvium, eno/budd, vladislav delay...

more from me soon

'til now, sleep

:)

~ listener

some things are better sung than said...

good. god.



~ spellbound

inspired by peanuts

i love this

found while researching for earl of sandwich



by antiguoautomata — January 08, 2010 — The song Peanuts by Tindersticks with Charles M.Schultz series Peanuts footage.

love and heartbreak

gedge, barlow, oldham...

david gedge

what a beautiful man... sorry but he is. when he smiles

leeds

heartbreak early when the drummer he loves leaves him for another band mate

but then, later, recorded by steve albini... championed by john peel (rip.)

and all those amazing songs

new favourite is 'no' off bizarro

and realising the brilliance of 'brassneck'



that actually might be the original version. not sure. it sounds bigger on the recording i have. and maybe slightly different.

i first heard the wedding present in the early 90s. got watusi not long after it came out i think... yep, 1994, island

adelaide, where i'm from, we knew what was happening in england. always. sarah. julian clary. the office, the goodies, ride, new order, (...chapterhouse, slowdive, seefeel) the bbc world service :)

more english than the english, i've heard said

it is a particular accent, not as strong as gedge's leeds or the rumble of a westcountry burr but it's individual...

:)

~ listener



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