Thursday, 11 March 2010

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beat the Devil's Tattoo, 2010


  1. "Beat the Devil's Tattoo"
  2. "Conscience Killer"
  3. "Bad Blood"
  4. "War Machine"
  5. "Sweet Feeling"
  6. "Evol"
  7. "Mama Taught Me Better"
  8. "River Styx"
  9. "The Toll"
  10. "Aya"
  11. "Shadow's Keeper"
  12. "Long Way Down"
  13. "Half-State"

Sunday, 7 March 2010

Trans Am, Red Line, 2000



1. "Let's Take the Fresh Step Together"
2. "I Want It All"
3. "Casual Friday"
4. "Polizei (Zu spät)"
5. "Village in Bubbles"
6. "For Now and Forever"
7. "Play in the Summer"
8. "Where Do You Want to Fuck Today?"
9. "Don't Bundle Up"
10. "Mr. Simmons"
11. "Diabolical Cracker"
12. "I'm Coming Down"
13. "The Dark Gift"
14. "Air and Space"
15. "Thank You All Tight"
16. "Lunar Landing"
17. "Bad Cat"
18. "Slow Response"
19. "Getting Very Nervous"
20. "Ragged Agenda"
21. "Shady Groove"



She Wants Revenge, 2006



  1. "Red Flags and Long Nights" – 5:10
  2. "These Things" – 5:14
  3. "I Don't Wanna Fall in Love" – 3:39
  4. "Out of Control" – 3:39
  5. "Monologue" – 4:56
  6. "Broken Promises for Broken Hearts" – 3:19
  7. "Sister" – 5:18
  8. "Disconnect" – 2:29
  9. "Us" – 4:23
  10. "Someone Must Get Hurt" – 4:48
  11. "Tear You Apart" – 4:46
  12. "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not" – 5:21


Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Algebra Suicide, The Secret Like Crazy, 1987



A1
Little Dead Bodies 4:45
A2
Somewhat Bleecker Street 1:30
A3
Gist 2:24
A4
(A Proverbial Explanation For) Why No Action Is Taken 2:28
A5
Father's By The Door 2:45
A6
Tractor Pull 2:20
A7
Tuesday Tastes Good 2:50
A8
In Bed With Boys 2:07
A9
Sinister 3:20
B1
True Romance At The World's Fair 1:42
B2
Tonight 2:12
B3
Please Respect Our Decadence 2:15
B4
Heat Wave 3:05
B5
No War Bride 1:25
B6
Let's Transact 2:23
B7
Lethargy 2:12
B8
Amusing One's Self 2:15
B9
Recalling The Last Encounter 1:43
B10
Seasonal Zombies 3:00
B11
Agitation 1:28


Monday, 16 November 2009

Daniel Johnston, Yip/Jump Music, 1983 (Cassette)


  1. Chord Organ Blues
  2. The Beatles
  3. Sorry Entertainer
  4. Speeding Motorcycle
  5. Casper The Friendly Ghost
  6. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances
  7. Danny Don't Rapp
  8. Sweetheart
  9. King Kong
  10. The Creature / Third Chair
  11. I Live For Love
  12. Almost Got Hit By A Truck
  13. Worried Shoes
  14. Dead Lover's Twisted Heart
  15. Rocket Ship
  16. God
  17. Love Defined (the Bible)
  18. Museum Of Love
  19. Rarely
  20. I Remember Painfully




Thursday, 12 November 2009

Wire, 154 (1979) + Bonus EP



  1. "I Should Have Known Better" (Graham Lewis) – 3:51
  2. "Two People in a Room" (Colin Newman, B. C. Gilbert) – 2:09
  3. "The 15th" (Newman) – 3:04
  4. "The Other Window" (Lewis, Gilbert) – 2:07
  5. "Single K.O." (Lewis) – 2:22
  6. "A Touching Display" (Lewis) – 6:55
  7. "On Returning" (Newman) – 2:05
  8. "A Mutual Friend" (Lewis, Newman) – 4:26
  9. "Blessed State" (Gilbert) – 3:28
  10. "Once Is Enough" (Newman) – 3:23
  11. "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W" (Lewis, Newman, Gilbert) – 3:36
  12. "Indirect Enquiries" (Lewis, Newman) – 3:34
  13. "40 Versions" (Gilbert) – 3:27

Bonus EP (included on 1989 and 1994 releases)

  1. "Song 1" (Robert Gotobed, Newman, Simmons) – 3:02
  2. "Get Down (Parts 1 and 2)" (David, Gotobed, Newman, Simmons, TV Smith) – 4:27
  3. "Let's Panic Later" (Lewis) – 3:20
  4. "Small Electric Piece" (Gilbert) – 3:33




Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Mars, 78+



1. 3-E
2. 11,000 Volts
3. Tunnel
4. Helen Forsdale
5. Puerto Rican Ghost
6. Immediate Stages of the Erotic
7. Monopoly
8. Cats
9. Cairo
10. Hairwaves
11. Outside Africa
12. Scorn
13. N.N. End



"As a musical unit, Mars represents the total devolution of the Velvet Underground into almost total noise. The quartet of Sumner Crane, China Burg, Mark Cunningham, and Nancy Arlen formed in 1975 by jamming on VU tunes and slowly mutated from there. In about three years of existence, they recorded about half an hour of music."

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Suburban Lawns

Suburban Lawns, 1979 (Single)

  1. Gidget Goes to Hell
  2. My Boyfriend



Suburban Lawns, 1981


  1. Flying Saucer Safari (Ennui/Billingsgate/McBurney) 2:12
  2. Pioneers (Ennui/Tissue/McBurney) 2:05
  3. Not Allowed (Tissue/Billingsgate) 2:16
  4. Gossip (Tissue) 2:29
  5. Intellectual Rock (McBurney) 2:05
  6. Protection (Billingsgate) 1:54
  7. Anything (Tissue) 1:38
  8. Janitor (Ennui/Tissue/Billingsgate/McBurney) 2:30
  9. Computer Date (Ennui/Billingsgate) 1:06
  10. Mom And Dad And God (Ennui/Roast) 1:56
  11. Unable (Tissue/Billingsgate) 1:31
  12. When In The World (Billingsgate) 2:48
  13. Green Eyes (Tissue) 2:53
  14. Jam The Controls (Ennui) 1:06


Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Kraftwerk, 1970-1973. Pre-Autobahn

Kraftwerk, 1970

A

  1. "Ruckzuck" – 7:47
  2. "Stratovarius" – 12:10

B

  1. "Megaherz" – 9:30
  2. "Vom Himmel Hoch" – 10:12


Kraftwerk 2, 1972


A

  1. "Kling-Klang" ("Ring Sound", although something like "Tinkle-Tone" might capture the alliteration of the German title better) – 17:36
  2. "Atem" ("Breath") – 2:57

B

  1. "Strom" ("Stream" or "[Electric] Current" - the same wordplay as is possible in English) – 3:52
  2. "Spule 4" ("Reel 4") – 5:20
  3. "Wellenlänge" ("Wavelength") – 9:40
  4. "Harmonika" ("Harmonica") – 3:17


Ralf und Florian, 1973



A

  1. "Elektrisches Roulette" ("Electric Roulette") – 4:20
  2. "Tongebirge" ("Mountain of Sound") – 2:50
  3. "Kristallo" ("Crystals") – 6:20
  4. "Heimatklänge" ("The Bells of Home") – 3:45

B

  1. "Tanzmusik" ("Dance Music") – 6:35
  2. "Ananas Symphonie" ("Pineapple Symphony") – 13:55

Saturday, 24 October 2009

Loop, Heaven's End, 1987



1. Soundhead
2. Straight to Your Heart
3. Forever
4. Heaven's End
5. Too Real to Feel
6. Fix to Fall
7. Head On
8. Carry Me



Brian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974


1. Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
2. Back in Judy's Jungle
3. Fat Lady of Limbourg
4. Mother Whale Eyeless
5. Great Pretender
6. Third Uncle
7. Put a Straw Under Baby
8. True Wheel
9. China My China
10. Taking Tiger Mountain





Brian Eno Curious Fact 1

In 1994 Microsoft corporation designers Mark Malamud and Erik Gavriluk approached Brian Eno to compose music for the Windows 95 project. The result was the six-second start-up music-sound of the Windows 95 operating system, The Microsoft Sound. Windows sucks, anyway.

Thursday, 22 October 2009

The Modern Lovers, 1976



Side one

1. "Roadrunner" – 4:04
2. "Astral Plane" – 3:00
3. "Old World" – 4:00
4. "Pablo Picasso" – 4:15

Side two

1. "She Cracked" – 2:53
2. "Hospital" – 5:31
3. "Someone I Care About" – 3:37
4. "Girl Friend" – 3:51
5. "Modern World" – 3:40

2003 CD reissue bonus tracks

1. "Dignified & Old" – 2:29
2. "I'm Straight" – 4:18
3. "Government Center" – 2:03
4. "I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms" - 2:32
5. "Dance With Me" - 4:26
6. "Someone I Care About" (alternative version) - 2:58
7. "Modern World" (alternative version) - 3:16
8. "Roadrunner" (alternative version) - 4:55

Sunday, 20 September 2009

Boards of Canada, Boc Maxima, 1996


  1. "Wildlife Analysis" – 1:08
  2. "Chinook" – 4:25
  3. "Rodox Video" – 0:40
  4. "Everything You Do Is a Balloon" – 6:54
  5. "Boc Maxima" – 1:35
  6. "Roygbiv" – 2:23
  7. "Nova Scotia Robots" – 1:20
  8. "June 9th" – 5:14
  9. "Niagara" – 0:54
  10. "Skimming Stones" – 2:04
  11. "Sixtyniner" – 5:09
  12. "Red Moss" – 6:21
  13. "Concourse" – 1:42
  14. "Carcan" – 1:47
  15. "Nlogax" – 5:11
  16. "M9" – 3:43
  17. "Original Nlogax" – 1:09
  18. "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" – 5:11
  19. "Whitewater" – 6:18
  20. "One Very Important Thought" – 1:04


BOC Curious Fact 1

Original footage sample for "One Very Important Thought"

...and the final result on "Music Has the Right to Children"

Saturday, 19 September 2009

Caribou,The Milk Of Human Kindness, 2005


  1. "Yeti" – 5:01
  2. "Subotnick" – 1:05
  3. "A Final Warning" – 7:15
  4. "Lord Leopard" – 1:37
  5. "Bees" – 5:23
  6. "Hands First" – 0:29
  7. "Hello Hammerheads" – 2:42
  8. "Brahminy Kite" – 5:22
  9. "Drumheller" – 1:33
  10. "Pelican Narrows" – 3:50
  11. "Barnowl" – 5:50

Friday, 18 September 2009

Galerie Stratique, Horizzzons, 2003


1
Été Éphémère (2:37)

2
Train Sous La Pluie (3:39)

3
Jolie Cycliste Sous La Pluie (3:32)

4
Smog Urbain (4:02)

5
Horizons Lointains (3:11)

6
Toundra (2:23)

7
Ciel Infini (1:34)

8
Souvenirs Maritimes (3:57)

9
Kaléidoscope (1:03)
10
Cyclotourisme (1:10)

11
Scorbut (1:47)

12
Éclaircie (3:53)

13
Duel (4:21)

14
Confort (2:44)

15
Engourdissement (3:10)

16
Grand Kaléidoscope (4:02)

Tuesday, 15 September 2009

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, 1966




  1. "You're Gonna Miss Me" (R. Erickson) – 2:31
  2. "Roller Coaster" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 5:07
  3. "Splash 1 (Now I'm Home)" (C. Hall, R. Erickson) – 3:57
  4. "Reverberation (Doubt)" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland. R. Erickson) – 2:51
  5. "Don't Fall Down" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 3:03
  6. "Fire Engine" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland, R. Erickson) – 3:23
  7. "Thru the Rhythm" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland) – 3:10
  8. "You Don't Know (How Young You Are)" (Powell St. John) – 2:59
  9. "Kingdom of Heaven" (Powell St. John) – 3:11
  10. "Monkey Island" (Powell St. John) – 2:40
  11. "Tried to Hide" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland) – 2:48


Yo La Tengo, Popular Songs, 2009



1. Here To Fall
2. Avalon Or Someone Very Similar
3. By Two s
4. Nothing To Hide
5. Periodically Double Or Triple
6. If It s True
7. I m On My Way
8. When It s Dark
9. All Your Secrets
10. More Stars Than There Are In Heaven
11. The Fireside
12. And The Glitter Is Gone


Monday, 14 September 2009

William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy, 1974



Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space, 1973



1. Theme from Star Trek
2. Alien
3. Where Is Love? [From Oliver]
4. Music to Watch Space Girls By
5. Beyond Antares [From TV Star Trek]
6. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Earth
7. Mission Impossible [From TV Mission Impossible]
8. Lost in the Stars
9. Where No Man Has Gone Before [From TV Star Trek]
10. You Are Not Alone
11. Visit to a Sad Planet
12. Highly Illogical
13. Difference Between Us
14. Once I Smiled
15. Spock Thoughts
16. By Myself
17. Follow Your Star
18. Amphibious Assault

Wednesday, 9 September 2009

Swell Maps, A Trip To Marineville, 1979




  1. H.S. Art
  2. Another Song
  3. Vertical Slum
  4. Spitfire Parade
  5. Harmony In Your Bathroom
  6. Don't Throw Ashtrays At Me!
  7. Midget Submarines
  8. Bridge Head, Pt. 9
  9. Full Moon In My Pocket
  10. Blam!!
  11. Full Moon (Reprise)
  12. Gunboats
  13. Adventuring Into Basketry
  14. My Little Shops
  15. Loin Of The Surf
  16. Doctor At Cake
  17. Steven Does
  18. Bronze And Baby Shoes