Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor- Radiation Ruling The Nation (Protection)

Spiritualized at the Apollo Theatre, November 16, 2007.

The setlist:

Sitting On Fire
Lord Let It Rain On Me
True Love Will Find You
Cool Waves
Amen
Going Down Slow
Feel So Sad
Soul On Fire
Walking With Jesus
Stop Your Crying
All Of My Tears
Baby, I’m Just A Fool
Anything More
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Broken Heart
I Think I’m In Love
Encore: Lord Can You Hear Me
Oh Happy Day

Photo Credit

A few things I've been enjoying lately:

Burial- Untrue
Will Saul- Simple Sounds
Pan Pot- Panorama
Pole- Steingarten Remixes
Elektrons- Get Up (Greg Wilson's Special Mix)
Klimek- Dedications
Sigur Ros- Hvarf-Heim
Valet- Blood is Clean
Valet- Fire
Sun- I'll be the same
Sally Shapiro- Disco Romance
V/A- Pop Ambient 2008
Goldmund- Two Point Discrimination
Wooden Shjips- Wooden Shjips
Chloe- The Waiting Room
Holy Ghost!- Hold On
Still Going- Still Going Theme
Tracey Thorn- Grand Canyon EP
Donnacha Costello- Colorseries

Seefeel- Charlotte's Mouth

I'm in Chicago at the moment with Speck Mountain, who are in the studio recording a new single, including "Blood is Clean," a cover of the Portland-based band Valet.

In Karl's words:

"We recorded this last month at Soma Studios with Tim Iseler... A lot of people do covers, but not many do covers of their contemporaries... It was the easiest song we've recorded so far; a day in the studio and about 2 hours to mix...The entire process was effortless-- we didn't think too much."

"Blood is Clean" is the UK bonus track on the band's album, Summer Above, to be released on Peacefrog in March. The track will be released in the US as a single. Formats, etc, TBD.

Speck Mountain- Blood is Clean

I'm working on a feature on UK producer, remixer and A&R, Will Saul.

Some bits and bobs from my notebook:

"It's very easy to make a dancefloor record that has power without any melody-- Drums, drops, big bass lines, eq's.

It doesn’t take a lot of musical background or pedigree to do just that.

The thing that really gets me going is a really interesting melody, as I think it's really hard to make a great melody into a strong dancefloor record -- a listenable record yes, but whenever you can channel the two things together it can be very powerful."

Stay tuned for the whole thing.

Mouse on Mars- Subsequence

Sometimes I hate my inbox:

hello, in the event that you are putting the
justice record on any year end lists we wanted to
make sure you had the proper information because
over the year a lot of reviews incorrectly listed
the album title as "cross".

it should read:

Justice Ý (Downtown/ Vice / Ed Banger)

note: to get the cross-like symbol just hit your
computer's option key and the letter t

thanks
[initial redacted]

Caribou- Niobe

From the archives:

This is an old(ish) Fabric radio mix initially used to promote Mayer's superb full-length mix for the series. It's a really enjoyable selection of tracks including some Soylent Green, Richard Davis, Superpitcher, etc. A few years on, all have aged very well, a true testament to his taste as a selector. It should be also noted that Fabric is launching a new podcast series October 24th, which promises mixes from Andy Weatherall, Craig Richards, and an assortment of other notable artists. Instead of playing the new stuff, the idea is to piece together a curated look at all the artists that formed their current musical tastes. Should be interesting indeed.

Michael Mayer- Fabric radio promo mix

Zoot Woman- Taken it All

Magik Markers- Taste

SAVE THE DATE

I've been asked by the Knitting Factory to help curate a night for their ongoing Blogger's Delight series. Come stop by on Monday the 15th starting at 9PM. If you haven't seen Speck Mountain play, you're in for a treat. Also, Ava Luna opens, alongside Stephen Christian (DJ smc) of Warp Records dropping unreleased Warp jams and other assorted quality.

Come say hello if you're in the neighborhood.

The full Flavorpill listing has complete details.

Jesse Serwer speaks to Para One over at Earplug.

Cobblestone Jazz
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Warlocks- So Paranoid

via Emerge

Telephone Jim Jesus- Birdstatic

Beach House- Heart and Lungs

High Places- Head Spins
Future Loop Foundation- The Sea and the Sky (Padded Cell Remix)