Best of 2009 Part III

Part III

These are the best 15 tracks of the past year-

Frank Turner- Sunday Nights
Fanfarlo- The walls are coming down/Finish Line
Leisure Society- Last of the melting snow
Conor Oberst- Map of the world
Peter Doherty- Last of the english roses
Bombay Bicycle Club- Always like this
Camera Obscura- French Navy
Emmy the great- First love
Fun. - At least i'm not as sad (as i used to be)
Golden Silvers- Another universe
Howling Bells- Treasure Hunt
Jamie T.- Sticks and stones
Jupiter one- Volcano
Marina and the diamonds- Mowgli's road

Outroversion's Xmas Mixtape

Outroversion's Xmas Mixtape 2009

Happy holidays guys. Here's my gift to you, another mixtape, this one with a seasonal feel. It's obviously not as dark as the halloween one, just a few tracks from my favourite artists but bright eyes and the killers do make sure things don't get too upbeat cos we wouldn't want that.

You can either download some of the files individually from the track listing below or the whole thing in the link at the top of the page...

Eels- Christmas is going to the dogs
Death Cab- Christmas Baby please come home
Bright eyes- Little drummer boy
Fall Out Boy- Yule Shoot your eye out
Killers- Don't shoot me santa/¡Happy Birthday Guadalupe!
Emmy the great- Christmas in Prison
Ron Sexsmith- Maybe this christmas
Hello Saferide- Ipod Christmas

Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist November 2009

1. (00:03:30) the Da Vincis - Paper Planes
2. (00:04:04) The Mantles - Don't Lie
3. (00:03:23) No Age - You're A Target
4. (00:02:58) The Very Best - Julia (Javelin Re-do)
5. (00:03:26) The Silent Years - Taking Drugs At The Amusement Park
6. (00:03:36) Switches - Snakes and Ladders
7. (00:03:52) Dr. Dog - Heart it Races
8. (00:04:00) PacoVolume - Cookiemachine
9. (00:04:03) The Kickdrums - Out To Get Me!
10. (00:03:53) Jon and Roy - Another Noon
11. (00:04:44) Pet Ghost Project - Wires From The Ceiling
12. (00:03:05) Nicole Reynolds - When We Meet Again
13. (00:04:46) Frankie & The Heartstrings - Fragile
14. (00:03:23) Kittens Ablaze - This Machine is Dying
15. (00:03:57) Lixian Hantover - Rachel's New Apartment
16. (00:03:12) The Submarines - You, Me & The Bourgeoisie
17. (00:04:10) Marina & The Diamonds - Mowgli's Road
18. (00:03:05) A Broken Robot - All Here
19. (00:04:36) Parts & Labor - Nowheres Nigh
20. (00:02:45) Ex Lovers - Just A Silhouette
21. (00:03:46) The Lovely Feathers - Lowiza
22. (00:06:44) Warpaint - Billie Holiday
23. (00:02:15) P.S. Eliot - Like How You Are
24. (00:04:01) New Roman Times - Smoke In Your Disguise
25. (00:02:02) Shai Erlichman - Origami! (Ft. Wes + Cas Kaplan)
26. (00:03:05) Evan Voytas - Give It Back
27. (00:02:52) Historics - Skin Orders
28. (00:03:28) Vampire Weekend - Horchata
29. (00:02:52) Washed Out - New Theory
30. (00:03:07) Freelance Whales - Generator ^ First Floor
31. (00:04:29) Their Planes Will Block Out the Sun - Teflon Kids
32. (00:02:44) Looking Glass - Ah La Ha
33. (00:03:13) Taken By Trees - My Boys (Animal Collective Cover)
34. (00:06:57) The Flaming Lips - Powerless
35. (00:03:26) Fol Chen - The Longer U Wait (ft. Simone White)
36. (00:02:26) Saintseneca - God Bones
37. (00:04:13) Candy Claws - Catamaran
38. (00:03:04) The Happy Hollows - Death To Vivek Kemp
39. (00:03:33) Drummer - Feel Good Together
40. (00:03:57) Alec Ounsworth - That is not my Home (after Bruegel)
41. (00:03:32) Hallelujah The Hills - Wave Backwards To Massachusetts
42. (00:02:14) Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk - Train Fuzz
43. (00:04:44) Kordan - Fantasy Nation
44. (00:03:30) The Yes Pleases - 70%
45. (00:03:29) Total Babe - Bearbones
46. (00:02:45) Bluejuice - Head Of The Hawk
47. (00:03:10) Jesus H. Foxx - I'm Half the Man You Were
48. (00:06:39) Serena Ryder & The Beauties - The Funeral (Band Of Horses Cover)
49. (00:02:09) Josh Rouse - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths Cover)
50. (00:02:53) Joshua Radin - Sesame Street (Joe Raposo)
51. (00:03:34) Brandi Carlile - Dreams
52. (00:05:03) The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
53. (00:04:28) Sea Wolf - Wicked Blood
54. (00:04:50) Jamie T - The Man's Machine
55. (00:04:09) Phantogram - When I'm Small
56. (00:04:16) Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone
57. (00:03:18) Built To Spill - Aisle 13
58. (00:03:30) Glass Ghost - Like a Diamond
59. (00:01:49) Karen O and the Kids - Igloo
60. (00:05:10) Levi Fuller - Colossal
61. (00:05:18) Noah And The Whale - Stranger
62. (00:03:10) Orba Squara - The Trouble With Flying
63. (00:03:42) Pugwash - The Season Of Flowers And Leaves
64. (00:03:22) System and Station - Love Etc.
65. (00:03:24) The Whigs - In The Dark
66. (00:04:36) Throw Me The Statue - Waving At The Shore
67. (00:03:50) You & Yourn - Double Knots
68. (00:04:00) dios Malos - I Don't Want To Marry You
69. (00:04:44) Mont Lyons - Love Over Mind
70. (00:03:41) Ape School - Be an Encore
71. (00:02:22) Jay Reatard - It Ain't Gonna Save Me
72. (00:03:20) M. Bison - All Things to All People
73. (00:02:46) Hawnay Troof - And I
74. (00:03:55) Bird Talk - Avenue
75. (00:03:10) Windmill - Big Boom
76. (00:03:15) Women - Black Rice
77. (00:03:17) I Was Totally Destroying It - Come Out, Come Out
78. (00:02:54) Jane Taylor - Cracks
79. (00:03:10) Uninhabitable Mansions - Do You Have a Strategy?
80. (00:02:23) Call The Doctor - For Your Leisure
81. (00:05:46) Teenage Cool Kids - Foreign Lands
82. (00:02:39) Headlights - Get Going
83. (00:02:38) Lou Barlow - Gravitate
84. (00:03:23) The Joy Formidable - Greyhounds in the Slips
85. (00:05:12) Karen O and the Kids - Hidaway
86. (00:03:14) Tim Williams - I Hit Another Wall
87. (00:05:27) Au - Ida Walked Away
88. (00:03:34) The Swell Season - In These Arms
89. (00:04:11) dios Malos - It Will Feel Good...
90. (00:01:34) Sabia Sensive - June Salutes You
91. (00:03:24) Spring Tigers - Just Suggesting
92. (00:03:50) Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
93. (00:04:12) Old Canes - Little Bird Courage
94. (00:04:18) Three Mile Pilot - Longest Day
95. (00:03:57) Numbers Game - Love Dreams Love
96. (00:02:41) Amy Millan - Low Sail
97. (00:02:49) When I Was 12 - Make believe hearts
98. (00:04:33) Dead Man's Bones - My Body's A Zombie For You
99. (00:05:27) The Swindlers - November First
100. (00:32:04) Ishi - Pastel Lights
101. (00:03:42) Chris Garneau - Pirates Reprise
102. (00:04:03) Colourmusic - Put In A Little Gas
103. (00:04:50) Bon Iver & St. Vincent - Rosyln
104. (00:06:35) Dan Deacon - Slow with horns / Run for your life
105. (00:03:02) Espionage Of The Loc - Start Again
106. (00:04:22) Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
107. (00:02:00) The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Tear Down The Opera House
108. (00:05:32) Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - The Sound
109. (00:02:55) Los Campesinos! - There Are Listed Buildings
110. (00:03:34) The Library - Tomorrow Is Better
111. (00:03:40) Rubik - Wasteland
112. (00:03:00) Emmy The Great - Where Is My Mind
113. (00:04:02) Sea of Bees - Willis

Lightspeed champion

First up, I have a lot of respect for brandon flowers. Yeah shock right? It's just he doesn't seem to be in it for the money, he writes soooo much good music that isn't put on major release I mean- don't shoot me santa, romeo and juliet, the ballad of michael valentine- he could have put all these on day and age and it would have been the biggest album of the year, I like to think there's a reason he doesn't..

There was no real reason I mentioned the killers, it was just something that had been on my mind and I wanted to let it out! I don't even know what this post is going to be about. I've been digging "pass the courvoisier pt II" by busta rhymes ft. diddy and pharell... also thought about doing an introduction to ben gibbard's solo career when he used to be cool and unnobtainable.

I've both; worked out what this blog is about and can tie it in with the brandon flowers reference!

















Lightspeed champion

Former test icicle, younger than me but let's not hate! I saw him for the first time in birmingham supporting bright eyes in one of the most uncomfortable warm ups i've seen. His plane was late so had to do like a 20 minute acoustic performance, some of the crowd was disgustingly poor mannered, it was in birmingham though so... *isolates certain portion of audience!*

He was alright that night but saw him at the charlotte in leicester and he was spectacular. I believe his debut album went to number one in the english popular music charts but maybe it didn't. Either way it was awesome, love it- plus emmy the great does backing vocals on it.

The comparison to mr. flowers is due to how many sessions this guy puts on the net for his fans, titles like "this album was written and recorded in a day" and "album in a day 2" and "house sitting sessions" and an album of greenday covers he works hard man and loves music. Although one time I read he dug "pork and beans" by weezer so much he listened to it constantly for a week... This hopefully is not true as that song is more puke and balls than anything else.

His music is visceral, maybe I use that adjective too much just cos I know it and it makes me feel superior or maybe it's relevant here. The music is expansive, thanks i'm sure in part to mike mogis' hand, you can really hear his input throughout the album. And the lyrical themes are original (Hate to think what would happen if I started to drink like you, maybe I will loosen up..well, pour me another gin. Guzzle down, my neck will burn as we kiss and I'm sick in your mouth.) backing from emmy the great perfects an already great album.

Highlights of the album are galaxy of the lost, tell me what it's worth, dry lips and no surprise for wendela. That's if you don't like getting a feel for the whole album and *goes on rant about popular music*... Enjoy!

Big in 09

O.K So i've splooted about 10 blogs out in a week, big whoop?

Yeah so there's always a bunch of these lists... Here is another!

Firstly, dead cert-

Empire of the sun- This was the first album to make an instant impact on me this year, they're dreamy and psychadelic like MGMT, write killer and are Australian. What's not to like?

The Joy Formidable- Were the first band I got excited about this year, the two singles have been a bit over played I think one of them was on an apple advert but none the less their live shows are sounding great and the album looks like going down well, I like these guys

I would have nominated Emmy the great and as much as I championed her through the whole of 2008 and as great as the demos were and the live shows in the summer, loads were left off the album and the replacements weren't great. I was devo. Check out the woods demo, history of britain and gloria if you want an idea of what could have been.

4 or 5 magicians- These guys are big fans of Tom Waits, which is fine, except that they felt the need to remix one of their best songs in the style of Mr Snuffleuffagus/Mr Waits... Lol that misdemeanour song they're gaining momentum and have some great tracks in their catalogue already, they'll be big no worries.

Tristan and the Troubadours- An Oxford based band, saw them support the young knives on their homecoming and the front man/boy of this band is seriously talented, watching these guys made me think of what it must have been like to watch someone like sufjan stevens at that age he can play a whole heap of instruments and controls everyone else on stage impeccably, lyrics are great too, catchy stuff.

3oh!3- Mr Burns, This Band seems to have the momentum of a runaway freight train, why are they so popular? Because they're fucking awesome! Alright I have a soft spot for frat boy rock, being a member of delta upsilon and all that goes with it but these guys are great, blink 182 probably sounded dumb when you first heard it but imagine crowds chanting THREEOHTHREE THREEOHTHREE... Soon you won't have to imagine.

Not much point mentioning this because he hardly needs my support but mr. peter doherty's album is coming out this year and it looks set to be mammoth. That's the track new love grows on trees, been around for years but it'll be great to get a studio version it's a lovely song.

I'll be mentioning loads more in future and just with random songs that are rockin it for me but for now that's it, watch those guys this year