mrsnorman:
At the end of last year, a friend in Sweden sent me a track by a Stockholm-based band, Niki & the Dove. It quickly became my most played track because, quite frankly, it's incredible.
This year I've managed to see them a couple of times and their output just gets better and better. Imagine what would happen if Kate Bush and The Knife had a love child: this is pretty darn close.
Listen to: Niki and the Dove – The Drummer
Baubles:
Pulp – Intro: The Gift Recordings. It's a fascinating listen – in career terms (1993), they're on the crux between the slick and wonderful rock-pop we know now and their strange, abstract earlier stuff. So on the one hand, you have Babies, and on the other you have something bonkers and strange like Space.
Listen to: Pulp – O.U.
shepherdi:
I can't stop listening to this acoustic performance of Lifeline by Imogen Heap – she's writing a new song for her new album every three months, and involving her fans at the same time. This performance was filmed on mobile phones and cameras at the release party of the second song, Propeller Seeds.
Listen to: Imogen Heap – Lifeline
notthejamesstewart:
I'm always happy to find new music, however this song seems to be from February or so, but I discovered it this week. Peacebird is a Swedish artist who … seems to be a bit similar to John Lennon.
This song that I really love has some kind of anti-commercialism AND democracy theme, thinking about the Wall Street protests it's quite perfect. I love the lyrics and chorus of this song. And those strange instruments in the end just come out of nowhere but brings it all together incredibly beautifully.
Listen to: Peacebird – Peace! (Give the People the Power Back)
Pairubu:
This performance from The Cake is one of the most extraordinary things I've seen on YouTube in a long while. What on Earth is going on? Maybe she saw Syd Barrett on American Bandstand and decided to copy his "cool" performance. Whatever, it's very odd.
Listen to: Cake – You Can Have Him
wyngatecarpenter:
This month I've been mainly listening to Take It on the Chin, the new album by Bottlejob – rough and ready (with hints of melodic guitar) anti-fascist Oi from London! I've listened to the whole album about 20 times in a row, first time I've done that for a while with a new album.
Makes a refreshing change to hear a current UK Oi band taking on subjects such as the cuts, government scaremongering around terrorism, and racism.
Listen to: Bottlejob – Poison
Imlessbiasedthanyou2:
The absolutely AWESOME second album by Lykke Li, Wounded Rhymes. Not a duff tune on it, a beautiful album. Even good to jog to; just as I get to the difficult, long and testing uphill part, on comes Get Some and drives me up to the top!
Listen to: Lykke Li – Get Some
GhostOfElectricity:
The Rolling Stones, Midnight Rambler Live - Forest National (Brussels, Belgium) 17 Oct, 1973. The sublime instrumental twin guitar break in the middle of Midnight Rambler is one of the greatest in rock 'n' roll history. Complimented by Keith Richards's monstrous, burn-your-house-down rhythm guitar slashes, Mick Taylor enters serious neo-psychedelic blues - third eye - guitar territory and proves he was one of the greatest, most inspired guitar players of the 60s/70s.
For five short years the Stones, with Taylor, proved that they truly were the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world.
Listen to: Rolling Stone – Midnight Rambler
Silgen:
Been listening to Fairport Convention over the weekend. What a pity they couldn't keep their classic 1969 lineup together for a few years, what music they could have made. I don't think I've heard a more beautiful voice than Sandy Denny's Farewell, Farewell.
Listen to: Fairport Convention – Farewell, Farewell
Ideologue:
I recommend highly J Dilla – Donuts. Mainly instrumental hip hop/classy sampling … (The) last piece of work by a genius while he was dying young.
[To elaborate: Producer J Dilla had been diagnosed with an incurable blood disease in 2002.
"Dilla completed 29 of the 31 songs on the aforementioned Donuts instrumental LP, his latest masterful release, while still in the hospital. The album was released through Stones Throw on Dilla's 32nd birthday, only three days before he passed away." –]
Listen to: J Dilla - Last Donut of the Night
You can listen to all 10 songs in this YouTube playlist.
And now, let us know what you've been listening to this week.
Two things:
• Avoid just posting lists of songs and artists with no other information, as that tends to make for terribly boring reading. Tell us a little bit about how you found this music, what it's like, what you like about it.
• If possible include a YouTube/SoundCloud/Spotify link to the music you're talking about.
Happy listening, and we'll round up more highlights at the same time next week.
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