• David
• 29 Jan, 2021

Off The Meds - Off The Meds (2020)

I heard the last 15 minutes of Smithies on RNZ this afternoon. He was raving about this Swedish ensemble’s first long player (or digital equivalent) “Off The Meds” by Off The Meds.

• • #offthemeds

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• David
• 27 Jan, 2021

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (1975)

This is without question Thin Lizzy’s high water mark. This is without question one of my top 10 favourite records of all time.

• • #thinlizzy

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• David
• 26 Jan, 2021

Fountaines D.C. - Dogrel (2019)

OMG! Along with Idles, this is a brilliant modern day punk record. No further comment necessary. Allmusic.com - Review

• • #fountainesdc

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• David
• 25 Jan, 2021

Fourtet - Beautiful Rewind

This couldn’t be further along the other end of the continuum than yesterday’s outing with Analogue Africa. It’s probably as close to Ambient as I want to get but has an underlying grime to proceedings.

• • #fourtet

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• David
• 24 Jan, 2021

Various Artists - Afrobeat Airways 2 (2013)

I was prompted to play this after a mention of the first volume from Analogue Africa yesterday on Radio NZ Music 101.

• • #variousartists

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• David
• 21 Jan, 2021

Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet [The Extras] (1994)

This triple album is part of the fan(tastic) re-release campaign undertaken by Stereolab over the last couple of years. It’s hard to believe that this extras record (sides 5 & 6) contains mainly demos or tracks not used on main release albums.

• • #stereolab

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• David
• 20 Jan, 2021

Gruff Rhys - (Don't) Welcome The Plague As A Blessing (2020)

The Babelsberg Basement Tapes. This Record Store Day is the “raw” version of his wonderful apocalyptic 2018 album “Babelsberg”. Despite being a tirade on Trumpian America the wonderful song writing is never at the expense of the message.

• • #gruffrhys

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• David
• 18 Jan, 2021

New Order - Retro (2002)

I really struggle with New Order these days. Despite this, I can still play Joy Division to death. For me they just haven’t aged well.

• • #neworder

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• David
• 17 Jan, 2021

Broadcast - Tender Buttons (2005)

This is Broadcast stripped down both in sound and personnel. Originally from Birmingham, Broadcast started out as a quintet for their first couple of records.

• • #broadcast

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• David
• 15 Jan, 2021

Various Artists - Cafe Exil (2020)

Bob Stanley and Jason Wood present new adventures in European music 1972-1980 Another fantastic ACE compilation this time focusing on an imaginary soundtrack to Bowie and Iggy’s Berlin hangout, Cafe Exil, in the mid-70s.

• • #variousartists

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