radiozero's "favorite rock singles of 2005" show up for download now

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Okay, so it's over a month since I did the original broadcast of this show, but sometimes it takes this long to get my act together. Also, I think this list is unique enough to have waited for, and I doubt anyone is sick of these songs yet. I'm still not. But then I live in Vancouver where this music is not readily available whatsoever.

This is by no means the definitive list of the absolute best rock songs of the year. In fact this list is completely subjective in relation to what I personally own on vinyl. So this is more like the "best collection of rock singles that I mail-ordered from british record stores this past year."

Furthermore, It seems as though by objectively reviewing my selections here that I am somewhat like Eddie Argos' (Art Brut) "little brother" in that a good portion of these songs are b-sides of 7 inch singles.

Furthermore to this it seems that by objectively reviewing my objective review of my selections that what I really mean by associating my character with Argos' Little Brother is that only the two Cribs tracks are b-sides - and none of them are bootlegs. No wonder my parents don't worry about me.


Here's the playlist:


Artist, Title, Song, Format,

hard-fi, tied up too tight, tied up too tight, LP,
moneybrother, to die alone, they're building walls around us, LP,
das pop, the human thing, you, LP,
die tueren, unterwegs mit mother earth, drinnen ist wie draussen, CD,
tocotronic, gegen den strich, gegen den strich, LP,
mystery jets, you can't fool me dennis, you can't fool me dennis, 7",
the futureheads, hounds of love, hounds of love, 7",
jenny wilson, love and youth, let my shoes lead me forward, CD,
new young pony club, get go/jerk me, the get go, 7",
ton vek, nothing but green lights, nothing but green lights, LP,
hard-fi, hard to beat, hard to beat, 7",
art brut, bang bang rock and roll, my little brother, LP,
maxi geil and playcolt, picture disc, making love in the sunshine, LP,
the rakes, work work work pub club sleep, work work work pub club sleep, 7",
the cribs, hey scenesters (green), you're gonna lose us, 7",
twin freaks, twin freaks, rinse the raindrops, LP,
duchess says, budgie laboratories, in serial, LP,
harald sack ziegler, punkt, bungalow, CD, (thanks to fluxblog for this one)
pink grease, peaches, peaches, 7"
the cribs, hey scenesters (pink), north of england, 7",



Also, my show has been pre-empted by live sports coverage and specialty programming for Black History Month these past two weeks so I won't be producing a live broadcast until march 3. I will be in the meantime putting up radiozero's favorite punk-disco-beat / campy-french-house tracks of 2005 in the next couple of days, I promise. I just have to re-record the mix at home. So check in for that, or just subscribe to my new podcast in iTunes and it will just show up for you magically.

last friday's show up for download now

Click here to download the show, mp3, 76 minutes.

here's the playlist:

artist, title, song, format


nas featuring ludacris and doug e fresh, rub remixes vol. 5, virgo (paul nice remix), LP
g unit, rub remixes vol. 1, stunt 101 (cosmo baker remix), LP,
sizzla, hollertronix vol. 3, I'm with the girls (dj abcdefg remix), LP,
wide boy awake, split 12" (with when in rome), slang teacher, LP,
skatt brothers, dark side of disco vol. 2, walk the night, LP,
michael jackson, thriller, thriller, LP,
the jets, chromeo presents: un joli mix, rocket to you, LP,
cut copy, going nowhere, stars, 7",
answering service, confuzed disco vol. 2, call me mr telephone (lindstrom + prins thomas remix), LP,
new young pony club, ice cream, tight fit, 7",
jay z, the rub remixes vol. 5, papi on me (dj crooked mix), LP,
dj assault, kitsune X, nympho, LP,
the rakes, retreat 12", terror (extended mix), LP,
grauzone, eisbar, eisbar, 7",
three six mafia, stay fly (feat. zongamin and jacko), gang of youth, mp3
roger, kids and thieves, the sigils remix, LP,
cut copy, going nowhere, whitey remix, LP,
split enz, six months in a leaky boat, extended version, 7",
the semifinalists, show the way, show the way, 7",

Finally I have got last weeks show up now. As usual the original live recording from the station was plagued with problems, but for you dear listener I have re-recorded the mix at home. This is one of the good ones for sure ranging from rap, dancehall, disco, new wave, art-rock, mashup, synth-pop, booty bass, british rock, nostalgia, and ending on melancholic (almost corny) indie pop.

We start off with a couple of decent raps courtesy of the Rub Remix 12"s (Nas, Ludacris and Doug E Fresh followed by classic G Unit) then move into some dancehall / new wave type shit where DJ ABCDEFG puts Sizzla up against Bronski Beat (hollertronix 12" #3), which turns out ridiculously well.

The next four tracks I just thought would be fun to drop in. I only dropped Thriller cause the Skatt Brothers track is going on about creepers walking in the night, and the Jets track followed cause I like how it starts in on "don't call me when the radio cuts off in the middle of your favorite song"

The cut copy track "Stars" is an older one that originally came out on the Supercuts Compilation back in 2002, and has been freshly reissued as the b-side of their Going Nowhere 7" (modular 2006). Followed this by Lindstrom and Prins Thomas' rework of Answering Services "Call me Mr. Telephone" which originally debuted in 1984 on italy's Third Label. This version is currently out on Mantra Vibes' Confuzed Disco Sampler 12" (mantra vibes 2005). The New Young Pony Club ends this part of the set off with tight fit (tirk 2005) and I think they are putting an album out this year, and a new single is on the way shortly.

Now for the goods, Jay Z takes on A-ha and Outkast in DJ crooked's "Papi on Me" (smelly fatso 2005) which is just solid gold, DJ Assault and the Rakes battle of the bassline follows.

Now, Grauzone's "Eisbar" is one of the best songs ever, dating back to 1981, in this track Stephan Eicher talks about how he wants to be a polar bear cause they're used to being lonely, I think. It's in german and my grasp of this language lies in the hands of my German roommate Norman.

Following Eisbar I mashed three six mafia's "Stay Fly" with Zongamin and Jacko, which I think sounds alright.

And now my favorite track of the year so far, is gotta be Kids and Thieves by Roger (mate 2006). This is the Sigils remix of the song, and it is amazing. I don't usually get so hyped on remixes, but this is so good! Roger's current Devoesque vocals are matched by wobbly tempos, outta control rock drum fills, and shit-hot organ mashing. And I think the Sigils are hippies, according to Roger, which is kinda strange cause I never thought hippies could be this rad.

(This is where the melancholy part of the show begins.) And another remix which I really like is Whiteys intrumental mix of Cut Copy's "Going Nowhere" (modular 2006). We follow this by the Split Enz' "Six months in a leaky boat" (another song I have up for "one of the best songs ever" nomination) from back in 1983, and we end the show off with the Semifinalists' "Show the way" (Regal Bear 2005) which comes in a nicely overdone 7" all wrapped up to look like an award at the pony show. Beautiful catchy melodies and optimistic lyrics bordering on the corny side, but sometimes I like it like that. Just try to forget this song while you're pissing away at your job on monday.

Boot of the week!!!

Check out who's got the boot of the week over at MashCulture, yours truly. Pretty stoked about that.

Even more stoked that the folks at MashCulture made this amazing flyer for the track, and inserted Susumu Mukai (aka Zongamin) into the Three Six gang. So thanks to Bold Bob and crew for that.

Check it:
http://www.mashculture.nl

And you best drop by Three Six mafia's site too cause Juicy J's indie cred (check the misfits T) is outta control:
http://www.triplesix.com


And go and check out Zongamin cause he's got a new album on the way that I would recommend you be on the look out for.
Zongamin at XL recordings

Don't leave your drank aroud me!

Okay, I decided to get into club rap this week and all the rap 12"s I bought come with handy A cappellas! I thought it would be nice to remix some Three 6 Mafia for you all. This is pretty hot.

Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly (Gang of Youth mix) (mp3, 5.9Mb)


And please stop by my record label's broke-ass website for more:

http://www.gangofyouth.com

playlist for friday february 10, 2006

Artist, Title, Song, Format

three six mafia / zongamin, radiozero.ca, stay fly gang of youth mix), mp3
paul nice, rub remixes vol. 1.5, virgo remix, LP
g unit, rub remixes vol. 1.1, stunt 101 (cosmo baker remix), LP,
sizzla, hollertronix vol. 3, I'm with the girls (dj abcdefg remix), LP,
wide boy awake, split 12" (with when in rome), slang teacher, LP,
skatt brothers, dark side of disco vol. 2, walk the night, LP,
michael jackson, thriller, thriller, LP,
the jets, chromeo presents: un joli mix, rocket to you, LP,
cut copy, going nowhere, stars, 7",
answering service, confuzed disco vol. 2, call me mr telephone (lindstrom + prins thomas remix), LP,
new young pony club, ice cream, tight fit, 7",
jay z, the rub remixes vol. 1.5, papi on me (dj crooked mix), LP,
dj assault, kitsune X, nympho, LP,
the rakes, retreat 12", terror (extended mix), LP,
grauzone, eisbar, eisbar, 7",
roger, kids and thieves, the sigils remix, LP,
cut copy, going nowhere, whitey remix, LP,
split enz, six months in a leaky boat, extended version, 7",
the semifinalists, show the way, show the way, 7",
young and sexy, panic when you find it, your enemy's asleep, CD,

playlist for friday, February 3, 2006

The Request Show: most songs by request today, if I could find them.

Artist, Title, Song, Format,

shout out out out out, nobody calls me unless they want something, mocky remix, CD,
j mascis and the fog, I love guitar wolf (...very much), cyborg kids, CD,
ninja high school, young adults against suicide, jam band death cult, CD
test icicles, for screening purposes only, sharks, CD
veronica lipgloss and the evil eyes, the witch's dagger, rats, CD,
gogogo airheart, rats! sing! sing!, rats, CD,
delta 5, singles and sessions, mind your own business, CD,
the red light sting, hands up tiger, that's not my girlfriend, those are girls shaving, CD,
Minor Threat, Flex Your Head, 12XU, CD,
THE MODERNETTES, GET IT STRAIGHT, TEEN CITY, CD,
the modernettes, get it straight, no tears, CD,
wolfmother, dimensions, dimension, CD,
magnetophone, the man who ate the man, the only witching you'll be doing, CD,
electrelane, rock it to the moon, film music, CD,
safety scissors, tainted lunch, sunlight's on the other side, CD,
nomeansno, sex mad, self pity, LP,
controller controller, x-ammounts, PF, CD,
duchess says, budgie laboratories, black flag, CD,
dandi wind, concrete igloo, baloon factory, CD,