A couple of words about my music listening habits: I'm a huge BBC 6music fan. I've started listening to Marc Riley's show in 2007, and I've discovered many old and new fine tunes on there (Marc Riley basically discovered the Ting Tings, you know...), and one of my faves is on today's mixtape: Cockney Rebel's Judy Teen, which is one of the finest Glam Rock songs ever. Most new music I still find on 6music (Tom Ravenscroft! Gideon Coe! The Playlist!), but I also read Pitchfork now and then (although it's getting worse and worse), and I use rateyourmusic.com as a reference. And of course there's Twitter which is a treasure trove.
I still buy music, mainly on vinyl, and this year's harvest included this year's #1 so far, Metronomy's The English Riviera (listen to the slick guitar on Corinne), Radiohead's King of Limbs (it's good but not overwhelming, but hey, limited edition!), PJ Harvey's Let England Shake (undeservedly Mercury Prize winner). Some of my favourite track's from this year are included on the mixtape too: Alex Ebert's Truth, which was already used in Breaking Bad, to my utmost pleasure, Lia Ices' heavenly Love Is Won, the controversial Vaccines If You Wanna, which is a cracker in my book. The rest of the tape is about my love for glam, punk, and drinking songs. Enjoy!
Playlist:
The Clash - White Riot
PJ Harvey (feat. Thom Yorke) - This Mess We're In
Alexander Ebert - Truth
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
Cockney Rebel - Judy Teen
Real Estate - It's Real
David Bowie - Changes
Metronomy - Corinne
Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
The Vaccines - If You Wanna
The Pogues - Streams of Whisky
Lia Ices - Love Is Won
1 comment:
Brilliant! Nothing makes me happier than making a mixtape and I like that I inspired you to do the same. This is keeping me going at my desk today!!
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