21/14 - Lately I'm Pleading With The Air

It's been a dark week. Glasgow School of Art on fire and fascists celebrating victories in Europe.

William Basinski - Melancholia I

The feeling of looking up at the Mack's charred walls and skeletal windowframes.

Bob Dylan - The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest

It's not a house, it's a home

Vashti Bunyan - Lately

Been working a few nightshifts. This is what I play quietly for myself in the wee hours.

Add your footsteps to the wear
For a tiny dent in every stair
Will let them know that you’ve been there

Kent - Svart Snö

Have not been a fan of Kent's turn towards Depeche Mode-synths, so was surprised to feel the new album creeping under my skin lyric by lyric...

Och det här är ingen mardröm, det är ingen fas
Det här är nåt som händer varenda dag
Det känns som om vi vaknat plötsligt i någon sorts skymningsland
Vi är levande döda, stapplar fram hand i hand
Och alla här vill leda men vi följer ändå blint
I ljuset från små skärmar kryper rädslan långsamt in

Bill Withers - Hope She'll Be Happier

Snapped up from James Blake's mix at BBC.

Maybe the lateness of the hour 
Makes me seem bluer than I am

Maybe we'll just power through. Like we always do.

20/14 - It Was Just That the Time Was Wrong

Worried week. Familiar tunes.

Pink Floyd - One of These Days

Finally got around to watching Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii after many years. Gave me a flash of my late teenage obsession with this music. Look at Nick Mason thundering away like a hero:

Mayssa Karaa - White Rabbit

An elegant cover my studiomate Nat turned me on to. Even though the music's more or less the same, the language totally changes the whole feel of it.

Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able

Time is cast once; and far alone.
Hope I'm ready, able to make my own.

The Knife - Without You My Life Would Be Boring (Shaken-Up Version)

Well, it's not boring. Can't say that.

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

Been having these gentle romantic dreams. Then I wake up sad.

NOT COOL!

19/14 - The Future Hides and the Past Just Slides

Flashes of nostalgia, days of elation, nights of anxious worry.

Cypress Hill - I Ain't Going Out Like That

A bass-line that deserves being repeated any number of times.

St. Vincent - Regret

Eagerly anticipating Friday's concert. Shred Annie, shred!

First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining

I won't take the easy road...

A very nice video:

Jackson Browne - Something Fine

Rediscovery is one of the perks of growing older. My good friend Björn turned me onto this album back in our late teens, and I used to borrow it from the library, but never got around to buying it. The other day I found it at Mono Records for 3 quid and listening to it again now was overwhelming.

And you know that I'm looking back carefully ”
Cause I know that there's still something there for me

John Martyn - Go Down Easy

Trying hard to keep calm and enjoy myself, despite big life changes ahead.

18/14 - I Need Ice Cold Water

Echo & the Bunnymen - My Kingdom

This is a good song. That's all I've got to say about that.

The Moog Cookbook - Whole Lotta Love

And this is a great cover. Cheesy, yes. But also brilliant. And I love that the little synth-effect from Pink Floyd's On the Run introduces the midbit.

Kelis - Friday Fish Fry

YES. Her voice! Raspier and more soulful than ever!

Planningtorock - Human Drama

And here's another voice I'm completely in love with at the moment. Especially after seeing her live on Friday night in a spooky archway.

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass

One for and from the winner of 'The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop'.




AAAAH! New stuff from Savages! So in awe.