Music That I Like: April 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Song of the day - 70: The Style Council

I've lost my well-documented antipathy towards Paul Weller now. ("If it was any other line of business I'd punch the cunt out," Paul Weller on Everett True.)

music that i like - top 42 songs

So no change at the top yet then.

Quite sublime. The song that gives the lie to the notion that all my favourite singers are female.

Song of the day - 68: The Velvet Underground and Nico

For decades now, I've steered clear of admitting to a love for either The Velvet Underground or Nico, but...

Can't quite put my finger on it.

I just wrote this in answer to a question from Holly Sidewinder about the form male groupies take.

Hole 2.0 - Nobody's Daughter (the live-to-air review)

Hey. Glad you could make it. Thought we might want to establish a few rules before I get down to the actual reviewing.

Here's the Top Songs chart from this blog, drawn from web statistics recorded for April 2010. I'll update it in a couple of days, and compile a new mix-tape if enough people show interest. But you need to let me know if you want me to.

Song of the day - 66: 13th Floor Elevators

This is here, because I was sent a promo of the new Roky Erickson album - his first studio album in 13 years, recorded with pseudo lo-fi stadium rockers Okkervil River.

Music blogging in web 2.0

I'll give you a f'r instance.

Here's The Hype Machine's reply to the best fucking rant I've heard all year. In full. From the donkey's mouth.

Song of the day - 65: Effi Briest

Someone was kind enough to send me the Effi Briest album.

I've changed my mind about this guy.

My new favourite blog - 7: Jenny Woolworth's Women in Punk Blog

Holy crap. How great is this?

It's my birthday today, and I was looking for a special Song Of The Day to celebrate it with.

Just thought I'd let you know.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Song of the day - 63: Blur

I don't hold with reformations.

Song of the day - 62: Gino Washington

Sometimes, a song can just do that to you.

All this talk of a Runaways movie reminds me... Joan Jett sent me a thank-you letter once.

Song of the day - 61: Jonneine Zapata

This is the best damn impersonation of PJ Harvey I've heard in many a long year (and, trust me, I've heard quite a few) - so good, in fact, that I'm not sure it's even fair to mention the lady.

Song of the day - 60: Lust-Cats of the Gutters

As I've stated before, I'm riotously easy to please. As I've stated before, you want me to hear your music? Send me a link to an MP3 or your MySpace page. Don't bother your cute honey ass with money-wasting promo CDs and international postal rates.

Interview conducted for UK research student Laura Nineham for her BA (Hons), 2009

Can't remember if I posted this already. Don't think so. Being an academic appendix, my speech is quite fearsomely unedited. The first paragraph is her wording.

There's gotta be one, hasn't there?

The following is reprinted from Unconvention Brisbane.

Song of the day - 59: Trash Kit

I'd be falling down in my duty to you gentle reader, if I didn't alert you to this.

music that i like - top 38 songs

This is based on traffic at my Song Of The Day entries, up to midday, 13 April. No change at the top, and there's unlikely to be any time soon. I hyped that song, good and proper! Please note that the chart positions of Ramones, PiL and Teenage Fanclub are skewed, as analytics went down for a couple of days.