One word for you: angelwitch.
Download March 17 part 1 (76 minutes)
Tracklisting:
artist / album/ song title / label (year)
zdar / don't u want / how do u see me now / turbo 2005
orange juice / rip it up / rip it up / polydor 1983
bangers / the mashacre / this charming pussy (khia + the smiths)/ AV8 2005
the b-52's / the b-52's / 52 girls / warner 1979
maximum joy / unlimited (1979 - 1983) / building bridges / crippled dick hot wax 2005
payolas / in a place like this / china boys / A&M 1981
who made who / out the door / out the door / gomma 2006
0898dave / ballad of henry / ballad of henry / heart and soul 2006
hot chip / over and over / over and over / EMI 2006
kim / kim / system breakdown / cutters 2006
test icicles / what's your damage / alan braxe and fred falke mix / domino 2005
mad decent / hollertronix vol4 / hanged up / hollertronix 2006
manhead / manhead / what? / relish 2005
dj abcdefg / hollertronix vol3 / i'm with the girls / hollertronix 2005
talk talk / it's my life / extended mix / EMI 1984
sebastien tellier / broadway / jake bullit mix / lucky number music 2006
dandi wind / break the bone and suck the marrow from it / safety dance / summer lovers 2005
roger / kids and thieves / a.n.i.m.a.l. remix / mate 2006
performance / surrender / surrender / polydor 2005
tom vek / nothing but green lights / digitalism remix / kitsune 2005
delta 5 / try / try / rough trade 1981
the presets / are you the one? / van she "nyc rush" mix / modular 2006
Download March 17 part 2 (57 minutes)
Tracklisting:
artist / album / song title / label (year)
joy division / transmission / novelty / factory 1980
the specials / 2tone / friday night saturday morning / chrysalis 1981
malaria / punk disco beat vol3 / your turn to run / unknown 1982 / 2005
au pairs / playing with a different sex / it's obvious / human 1981
dj crooked / the rub remixes vol5 / papi on me / smelly fatso 2005
martha and the muffins / metro music / echo beach / polygram 1980
dfa1979 / romantic rights / erol alkan's love from below edit / 679 2005
devo / freedom of choice / gates of steel / warner 1980
mahjongg / machinegong EP / aluminum / cold crush 2004
angel witch / angel witch / angelwitch / bronze 1980
who made who / out the door / song three / gomma 2006
the rakes / retreat / retreat - phones mix / V2 2005
duchess says / budgie laboratories / black flag / summer lovers 2005
black flag / wasted again / six pack / SST 1987
maxi geil! & playcolt / picture disc / that's how the story goes / fred & roebling hall 2005
hot chip / over and over / the girl in me / EMI 2006
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Friday, March 10, 2006
playlist for friday march 10, 2006: radiozero vs raxiomarxy!
We'll get these mixes up right away. For now here's the playlists:
Part one mixed by tyler fedchuk
Artist, Title, Song, Format,
architecture in helsinki, do the whirlwind, hot chip remix, 7",
sebastien tellier, broadway, jake bullit remix, LP,
when in rome, split 12", the promise, LP,
kim, system breakdown, wet n wild, LP,
agentss, nao wave revisited, agentes (glimmers mix), LP,
tolcha vs le hammond inferno, berlin disco hooligans, street vibes, LP,
roger, kids and thieves, original mix, LP,
the presets, are you the one, club remix, LP,
honey bane, punk disco beat vol. 3, guilty (dub), LP,
kavinsky, teddy boy, ghost transmission, LP,
Part 2 is "Radio MXUT Vol. 2: ELECTRICITY!" courtesy of radio mxut from Tokyo Japan
download it here
1. Yukari Fresh "Ykr Plys th Gtr & Drms"
2. The B-52's "52 Girls"
3. LCD Soundsystem "Movement" + "Beat Connection"
4. MacDonald Duck Eclair "The Eyes Just Like a Fawn's"
5. Metalchicks "Fast and Furious"
6. Panda "Project Material"
7. Plus-Tech Squeeze Box "Fiddle-Dee-Dee!!"
8. Sylvia 55 "Life"
9. Fredo "Teenage Monster"
10. Shugo Tokumaru "Abante"
11. Digiki "Desktop Music"
12. Nobuko Hori "xtoyourmilkyhair"
13. Plamo Million Sellers "Hustle Chumy"
14. DJ Jin "MAIN STREET ELECTRICAL PARADE Back-in-the-dayz Remix"
15. Handsome Boys Technique "Miami Radio Flash"
16. Utrecht "Natt!"
17. The Electronic Tomato "Amoureux Solitaires"
18. Liquid Pegasus "R.O.B.O.T."
19. Motocompo "Discotheque Murder"
20. Kiiiiiii "(The World According to) Carp and Sheep" + lo-fi-fnk "unighted"
21. Action Biker "la conjugaison pour tous" + Bow Wow "Like You" + Architecture in Helsinki "Frenchy, I'm Faking"
22. Plamo Million Sellers "Tsubuyori no Yomaigoto"
23. Sonic Coaster Pop "Summer in the Pool"
24. Citrus "Wispy, No Mercy"
25. Yellow Magic Orchestra "Cosmic Surfin'"
Part one mixed by tyler fedchuk
Artist, Title, Song, Format,
architecture in helsinki, do the whirlwind, hot chip remix, 7",
sebastien tellier, broadway, jake bullit remix, LP,
when in rome, split 12", the promise, LP,
kim, system breakdown, wet n wild, LP,
agentss, nao wave revisited, agentes (glimmers mix), LP,
tolcha vs le hammond inferno, berlin disco hooligans, street vibes, LP,
roger, kids and thieves, original mix, LP,
the presets, are you the one, club remix, LP,
honey bane, punk disco beat vol. 3, guilty (dub), LP,
kavinsky, teddy boy, ghost transmission, LP,
Part 2 is "Radio MXUT Vol. 2: ELECTRICITY!" courtesy of radio mxut from Tokyo Japan
download it here
1. Yukari Fresh "Ykr Plys th Gtr & Drms"
2. The B-52's "52 Girls"
3. LCD Soundsystem "Movement" + "Beat Connection"
4. MacDonald Duck Eclair "The Eyes Just Like a Fawn's"
5. Metalchicks "Fast and Furious"
6. Panda "Project Material"
7. Plus-Tech Squeeze Box "Fiddle-Dee-Dee!!"
8. Sylvia 55 "Life"
9. Fredo "Teenage Monster"
10. Shugo Tokumaru "Abante"
11. Digiki "Desktop Music"
12. Nobuko Hori "xtoyourmilkyhair"
13. Plamo Million Sellers "Hustle Chumy"
14. DJ Jin "MAIN STREET ELECTRICAL PARADE Back-in-the-dayz Remix"
15. Handsome Boys Technique "Miami Radio Flash"
16. Utrecht "Natt!"
17. The Electronic Tomato "Amoureux Solitaires"
18. Liquid Pegasus "R.O.B.O.T."
19. Motocompo "Discotheque Murder"
20. Kiiiiiii "(The World According to) Carp and Sheep" + lo-fi-fnk "unighted"
21. Action Biker "la conjugaison pour tous" + Bow Wow "Like You" + Architecture in Helsinki "Frenchy, I'm Faking"
22. Plamo Million Sellers "Tsubuyori no Yomaigoto"
23. Sonic Coaster Pop "Summer in the Pool"
24. Citrus "Wispy, No Mercy"
25. Yellow Magic Orchestra "Cosmic Surfin'"
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
friday march 03, 2006 download. The post-punk/electro/disco/new-wave/rocksendupshow
Download Show Here (72 minutes, all music no talking)
(Playlist for the show is below, I've written out all the talking so you just have to listen and enjoy)
This show walks a fine line between modern retro obsession and vintage originals. We start off in 1986 at the scene of a horrific car crash involving a frenchman named Kavinsky, a Ferrari and the zombie that emerged 20 years later to get vengence. We follow Kavinsky's nod to Jan Hammer with some pixel age doomsdayery courtesy of Kraftwerk's "Computer World" followed by more 80's doom shit with Afrika Bambaataa and John Lydon together as Time Zone rapping on "World Destruction."
Ying Yang Twins lighten the mood for the hip-hop section (if you could call the prior mood heavy, I was thinking it was some combination of corny and awesome) with Xpress 2's europeansuperclub remix of "Shake", which I mixed some classic Yaz into the end, followed by DJ Ayers' delightful rework of the Talking Heads' classic "Sugar on My Tongue" and Modern Romance's "Nothing Ever Turns out Like You Planned / Queen of the Rapping Scene" (check the french accent, it's like Uffie in 82 with more treble and without the sex).
Chicken Lips nod to 70's vocalists with "White Dwarf" and Waves follow with some vintage, possibly french-canadian electro disco on the track "Touch". I don't know, Rollo is a canadian label, and the singer's got a french accent, so I just assume she's from Quebec perhaps. Does anybody else know about this band?
Vortex followed Waves (coincidence?) with "Black Box Disco" which is an original soundtrack piece from an old new york indie film called either Vortex or Grey Death starring Lydia Lunch. I think the film was called Grey Death for some reason, but the Soul Jazz liner notes call the film Vortex, but I think that Vortex was the name of the free-jazz / electronic outfit that worked on the soundtrack. Maybe you, dear listener can deduce this mystery and we can get to the truth. Either way, it's a great track.
Speaking of New York indie films with soundtracks, here's one for you. Guy Richards Smit writes and directs films, paints satirical watercolors and plays a fictious character in the art-rock band Maxi Geil! & Playcolt that scores the soundtracks for his films. Maxi Geil! & Playcolt released a beautiful picture disc 12inch vinyl that features this track, "Making Love In The Sunshine" as well as "That's How The Story Goes." I would strongly recommend you go get this record if you are at all interested in vinyl and music. It's available from Roebling Hall in Williamsburg (Brooklyn) at 390 Whyte Ave, and in the Chelsea area in Manhattan at 606 West 26th Street. Yeah if you happen to read this and you are on foot in New York looking for collectible vinyl... And while you're in New York Maxi Geil! will be doing a show on March 12 at the Northsix in Brooklyn. Also, Maxi Geil! & PlayColt is about to go back in the studio to record their second full length LP for FRED [LABEL] LTD (London) with producers Josh Hager (the Elevator Drops, Garvy J, The Rentals) and Paul Kolderie (Radiohead, Pixies, Hole, etc.)
Next up, Joe Jackson with "Sunday Papers"... While he was poppy-punk before he was poopy-pop, Anthrax even covered him (remember "Got The Time?)! And my favorite new rediscovery is Pere Ubu's "Pa (Ubu) Dance Party" from 1979's Dub Housing - absolutely brilliant post-punk track. The B-52's fill in the recognizable nostalgia section here with "Dance This Mess Around" from their 1979 self titled LP.
boogeRS from France come in with their anti-image electro/punk super-hit "Ashtray" which will be released soon on vinyl from gangofyouth.
Were almost done.
Next up is a collaboration between Soul Jazz post-punk/disco poster-boys Arthur Russell and Nicky Siano operating together as Felix. Joakim follows with his new single "I Wish You Were Gone" which is like house or disco, but it's also got this really hooky no-wave guitar riff which I really like. This song is just really good. And this is followed by Cut Copy, a long time favorite here with "Going Nowhere" (finally finally available on vinyl!!!)
And Sebastien Tellier, another frenchman finishes out the show with his delightful pop song "Broadway." Is it just me or does he sound exactly like Paul MacCartney here. And the trumpet bit sounds a lot like something out of the Yellow Submarine. Or like the bit out of "penny lane" Which is really fantastic since I am a huge MacCartney fan and I like subtle references to psychedelic music anytime.
PLAYLIST!
Artist, Title, Song, Format
kavinsky, teddy boy, the crash/ testarossa nightdrive, LP,
kraftwerk, numbers, computer world, LP,
timezone (johnny rotten + africa bambaataa), world destruction, world destruction, LP,
ying yang twins, shake, Xpress 2 Vocal mix, LP,
yaz, don't go (the remixes), don't go, LP,
dj ayers, the rub vol. 5, sugar on my tongue, LP,
modern romance, best days of our lives, nothing ever turns out like you planned, LP,
chicken lips, white dwarf, extended mix, LP,
waves, rollo records bootleg, touch, LP,
vortex, new york noise vol. 2, black box disco, LP,
maxi geil! & playcolt, picture disc, making love in the sunshine, LP,
joe jackson, no wave, sunday papers, LP,
pere ubu, dub housing, (Pa) Ubu dance party, LP,
the b-52's, s/t, dance this mess around, LP,
boogeRS, in the step, ashtray, CD
felix, new york noise vol. 2, tiger stripes, LP,
joakim, I wish you were gone, I wish you were gone, LP,
cut copy, going nowhere, single version, LP,
sebastien tellier, broadway, original version, LP,
(Playlist for the show is below, I've written out all the talking so you just have to listen and enjoy)
This show walks a fine line between modern retro obsession and vintage originals. We start off in 1986 at the scene of a horrific car crash involving a frenchman named Kavinsky, a Ferrari and the zombie that emerged 20 years later to get vengence. We follow Kavinsky's nod to Jan Hammer with some pixel age doomsdayery courtesy of Kraftwerk's "Computer World" followed by more 80's doom shit with Afrika Bambaataa and John Lydon together as Time Zone rapping on "World Destruction."
Ying Yang Twins lighten the mood for the hip-hop section (if you could call the prior mood heavy, I was thinking it was some combination of corny and awesome) with Xpress 2's europeansuperclub remix of "Shake", which I mixed some classic Yaz into the end, followed by DJ Ayers' delightful rework of the Talking Heads' classic "Sugar on My Tongue" and Modern Romance's "Nothing Ever Turns out Like You Planned / Queen of the Rapping Scene" (check the french accent, it's like Uffie in 82 with more treble and without the sex).
Chicken Lips nod to 70's vocalists with "White Dwarf" and Waves follow with some vintage, possibly french-canadian electro disco on the track "Touch". I don't know, Rollo is a canadian label, and the singer's got a french accent, so I just assume she's from Quebec perhaps. Does anybody else know about this band?
Vortex followed Waves (coincidence?) with "Black Box Disco" which is an original soundtrack piece from an old new york indie film called either Vortex or Grey Death starring Lydia Lunch. I think the film was called Grey Death for some reason, but the Soul Jazz liner notes call the film Vortex, but I think that Vortex was the name of the free-jazz / electronic outfit that worked on the soundtrack. Maybe you, dear listener can deduce this mystery and we can get to the truth. Either way, it's a great track.
Speaking of New York indie films with soundtracks, here's one for you. Guy Richards Smit writes and directs films, paints satirical watercolors and plays a fictious character in the art-rock band Maxi Geil! & Playcolt that scores the soundtracks for his films. Maxi Geil! & Playcolt released a beautiful picture disc 12inch vinyl that features this track, "Making Love In The Sunshine" as well as "That's How The Story Goes." I would strongly recommend you go get this record if you are at all interested in vinyl and music. It's available from Roebling Hall in Williamsburg (Brooklyn) at 390 Whyte Ave, and in the Chelsea area in Manhattan at 606 West 26th Street. Yeah if you happen to read this and you are on foot in New York looking for collectible vinyl... And while you're in New York Maxi Geil! will be doing a show on March 12 at the Northsix in Brooklyn. Also, Maxi Geil! & PlayColt is about to go back in the studio to record their second full length LP for FRED [LABEL] LTD (London) with producers Josh Hager (the Elevator Drops, Garvy J, The Rentals) and Paul Kolderie (Radiohead, Pixies, Hole, etc.)
Next up, Joe Jackson with "Sunday Papers"... While he was poppy-punk before he was poopy-pop, Anthrax even covered him (remember "Got The Time?)! And my favorite new rediscovery is Pere Ubu's "Pa (Ubu) Dance Party" from 1979's Dub Housing - absolutely brilliant post-punk track. The B-52's fill in the recognizable nostalgia section here with "Dance This Mess Around" from their 1979 self titled LP.
boogeRS from France come in with their anti-image electro/punk super-hit "Ashtray" which will be released soon on vinyl from gangofyouth.
Were almost done.
Next up is a collaboration between Soul Jazz post-punk/disco poster-boys Arthur Russell and Nicky Siano operating together as Felix. Joakim follows with his new single "I Wish You Were Gone" which is like house or disco, but it's also got this really hooky no-wave guitar riff which I really like. This song is just really good. And this is followed by Cut Copy, a long time favorite here with "Going Nowhere" (finally finally available on vinyl!!!)
And Sebastien Tellier, another frenchman finishes out the show with his delightful pop song "Broadway." Is it just me or does he sound exactly like Paul MacCartney here. And the trumpet bit sounds a lot like something out of the Yellow Submarine. Or like the bit out of "penny lane" Which is really fantastic since I am a huge MacCartney fan and I like subtle references to psychedelic music anytime.
PLAYLIST!
Artist, Title, Song, Format
kavinsky, teddy boy, the crash/ testarossa nightdrive, LP,
kraftwerk, numbers, computer world, LP,
timezone (johnny rotten + africa bambaataa), world destruction, world destruction, LP,
ying yang twins, shake, Xpress 2 Vocal mix, LP,
yaz, don't go (the remixes), don't go, LP,
dj ayers, the rub vol. 5, sugar on my tongue, LP,
modern romance, best days of our lives, nothing ever turns out like you planned, LP,
chicken lips, white dwarf, extended mix, LP,
waves, rollo records bootleg, touch, LP,
vortex, new york noise vol. 2, black box disco, LP,
maxi geil! & playcolt, picture disc, making love in the sunshine, LP,
joe jackson, no wave, sunday papers, LP,
pere ubu, dub housing, (Pa) Ubu dance party, LP,
the b-52's, s/t, dance this mess around, LP,
boogeRS, in the step, ashtray, CD
felix, new york noise vol. 2, tiger stripes, LP,
joakim, I wish you were gone, I wish you were gone, LP,
cut copy, going nowhere, single version, LP,
sebastien tellier, broadway, original version, LP,
Thursday, March 2, 2006
best of 2005 punkrockdiscomix show finally up now
Click here to download 75 minutes, mp3
Alright, stop me if you've heard this one before, but this show is finally up to downlload now. This program originally aired back on january 6th and featured selections of my favorite "dance" oriented singles that ranged from campy french house (shoot the model) to blistering american rock (LCD soundsystems cover of Harry Nilsson's "Jump into the Fire"). As usual with these things I had to re-record the mix at home cause of technical difficulties at the station. This works for you though cause the sound is way better, and it's just a continuous mix without any of my talking, or PSA's. Although I think my on-air mixing was better, aside from Mainline's "black honey" record that that took the brunt of a new-years eve baby-duck attack and didn't play originally on air too well. It took a while to clean the wine off that record, but then sometimes the on-air problems are charming. Anyhow, time to exorcise these songs from the radio show's repertoire once and for all.
Playlist:
Artist, Title, Song, Format, label
sebastien tellier, la ritournelle, metronomy mix, 12", lucky number music
bang bang, shoot the model, teen remix, 12", yellow productions
sirius mo, berlin disco hooligans, mailbox, 12", bungalow
the presets, girl and ther sea, cut copy remix, 12", modular recordings
hot chip, barbarian, no fit state, 12", EMI
mainline, black honey, who made who remix, 12", Plant Music
who made who, s/t, monkeys, LP, gomma recordings
soldout, i don't want to have sex with you, spankers rock mix, 12", dirty dancing recordings
annie, heartbeat, alan braxe remix, 12", 679 recordings
tom vek, I ain't saying my goodbyes, phones 12" version, 12", tummy touch
vitalic, my friend dario, my friend dario, 12", PIAS recordings
marco dos santos, kitsune maison, not on the guest list, 12", kitsune
dSico that no-talent hack, I've danced enough, I've danced enough, 12", gang of youth
lo-fi fnk, change channel, change chanel, 7", moshi moshi
Colder, wrong baby, Wrong Baby, 7", output
DJ Assault, kitsune X, nympho, 12", kitsune
the rakes, retreat, terror (extended mix), 12", V2 music
LCD Soundsystem, daft punk is playing at my house, jump into the fire, 7", DFA (UK)
Alright, stop me if you've heard this one before, but this show is finally up to downlload now. This program originally aired back on january 6th and featured selections of my favorite "dance" oriented singles that ranged from campy french house (shoot the model) to blistering american rock (LCD soundsystems cover of Harry Nilsson's "Jump into the Fire"). As usual with these things I had to re-record the mix at home cause of technical difficulties at the station. This works for you though cause the sound is way better, and it's just a continuous mix without any of my talking, or PSA's. Although I think my on-air mixing was better, aside from Mainline's "black honey" record that that took the brunt of a new-years eve baby-duck attack and didn't play originally on air too well. It took a while to clean the wine off that record, but then sometimes the on-air problems are charming. Anyhow, time to exorcise these songs from the radio show's repertoire once and for all.
Playlist:
Artist, Title, Song, Format, label
sebastien tellier, la ritournelle, metronomy mix, 12", lucky number music
bang bang, shoot the model, teen remix, 12", yellow productions
sirius mo, berlin disco hooligans, mailbox, 12", bungalow
the presets, girl and ther sea, cut copy remix, 12", modular recordings
hot chip, barbarian, no fit state, 12", EMI
mainline, black honey, who made who remix, 12", Plant Music
who made who, s/t, monkeys, LP, gomma recordings
soldout, i don't want to have sex with you, spankers rock mix, 12", dirty dancing recordings
annie, heartbeat, alan braxe remix, 12", 679 recordings
tom vek, I ain't saying my goodbyes, phones 12" version, 12", tummy touch
vitalic, my friend dario, my friend dario, 12", PIAS recordings
marco dos santos, kitsune maison, not on the guest list, 12", kitsune
dSico that no-talent hack, I've danced enough, I've danced enough, 12", gang of youth
lo-fi fnk, change channel, change chanel, 7", moshi moshi
Colder, wrong baby, Wrong Baby, 7", output
DJ Assault, kitsune X, nympho, 12", kitsune
the rakes, retreat, terror (extended mix), 12", V2 music
LCD Soundsystem, daft punk is playing at my house, jump into the fire, 7", DFA (UK)
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
radiozero's "favorite rock singles of 2005" show up for download now
Download Here mp3, 70 minutes
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.
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.
Friday, February 17, 2006
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.
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.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
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
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