• David
• 06 Oct, 2020

The Strokes - Is This It (2001)

It this It? I really think it is! While not just about the best debut in musical history, it’s also one of it’s greatest records.

• • #thestrokes

• David
• 04 Oct, 2020

Various Artists - Crash Course For The Ravers [Mojo] (2020)

Another fun-and-fan-filled and somewhat obscure Bowie-related compilation - this time courtesy of Mojo Magazine. (Uncut Magazine released a couple of Bowie cover compilations back in 2003 and 2008).

• • #variousartists

• David
• 01 Oct, 2020

Moon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol.1 (2017)

More dirgey psychedelia from the Wooden Shjips’ trippy guitarist and leader Erik Johnson et al. While it gets a bit samey across several albums, (this is my forth Moon Duo record), it’s exactly the samey that I really like!

• • #moonduo

• David
• 30 Sep, 2020

Bob Stanley Presents 76 In The Shade (2020)

I just can’t stop raving about ACE Records. The latest compilation, show casing the mid-70s, is another brilliant sampler of the music of the time.

• David
• 28 Sep, 2020

Madlib - Shades Of Blue (2003)

More “Jazz Club”! Madlib invades Blue Note. With unfettered access to the Blue Note catalogue, this record is a mangle of classic jazz that’s completely reinterpreted and re-flavoured.

• • #madlib

• David
• 27 Sep, 2020

Mantronix - The Album (1985)

Along with Cabaret Voltaire, who had taken a bit of a right turn mixing menacing electronic textures with funky dance rhythms in the early to mid 80’s, I was totally hooked on the electronic/hip hop mashups of Mantronix.

• • #mantronix

• David
• 25 Sep, 2020

ESG - Keep On Moving (2006)

There’s some truly gut-busting, funky minimalism going on here! It’s dance-punk if you really want to label it. The Scroggin sisters, which hail from The Bronx, which now include a new generation of daughters playing in the group, have been around since the late 70’s.

• • #esg

• David
• 24 Sep, 2020

Elton John - Elton John (1970)

I give Elton’s “Your Song” the same respect as I do for Bowie’s “Space Oddity”. Both fantastic songs released within 6 months of each other, but the albums from which these songs originated were never on my radar until much later.

• • #eltonjohn

• David
• 23 Sep, 2020

Yo La Tengo - There's A Riot Going On (2018)

This band couldn’t make a bad album if they tried. Over nearly 30 years, and since 1992’s revelatory “May I Sing With Me”, I have been totally absorbed by their unique and consistently brilliant musical journey.

• • #yolatengo

• David
• 20 Sep, 2020

Matt Berry - Phantom Birds (2020)

I must admit, I was expecting a bit more of a sideways move from Mr. Berry. (He of “Frost Of London”, “The Mighty Boosch” and the US version of “What We Do In The Shadows”).

• • #mattberry