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Do you know, so far there have been about 60 Spotisfaction submissions. About 2/3rds of those have been generated by your good selves. Thank you very much for all of the fantastic submissions.

I guess the biggest news is that there are going to be a few changes to this blog going forward. Firstly, we”™re cutting down the frequency we”™re running playlists. From 5 times a week to 3 times a week. We”™ll be updating Monday, Wednesday and Friday as from today.

We”™re also toying with the idea of going full-blog with Spotisfaction (as opposed to just running playlists). We”™re still working out the details, so more on this nearer the end of the week.

So, on with today”™s guest mix. This guy bears some responsibility for my love of music so I”™m pretty honored to have a submission by him. Enjoy todays mix by Mr Craig Lee.

[Editors note: This playlist was originally intended to run on a Friday, however as pointed out it”™s more of a Sunday playlist. So we”™re running it on Monday. It”™s Tuesday tomorrow, by the way].

Craig Lee:
I”™m not really sure of the format as this is my first post so apologies if this is wrong somehow. It”™s not a Friday playlist really, more of a Sunday playlist but I”™m guessing you wanted todays date in the title? Well, I”™ll post my playlist anyway, I”™m sure you”™ll tell me if I got something wrong.

64 Spotisfaction Monday (24 May) – CLee

  1. Serpentine – Ani Difranco
  2. Uptown Top Ranking – Scout Niblett
  3. Woman – Alessi”™s Ark
  4. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is out to get us – Sufjan Stevens
  5. In Our Talons – Bowerbirds
  6. Animals Can”™t Laugh – Moriarty
  7. Can You Blame The Sky – Alela Diane
  8. Flume – Bon Iver
  9. Instead – Ola Podrida
  10. Where The Humans Eat – Willy Mason
  11. Bellingham – Bishop Allen
  12. Now You Are Pregnant – The Wave Pictures
  13. Please Do Not Go – Violent Femmes
  14. No LSD Tonight –  Jeffrey Lewis
  15. Steak For Chicken (Acoustic Version) – The Moldy Peaches
  16. True Love Will Find You In The End – Daniel Johnston
  17. Burkowski – Modest Mouse
  18. No Children – The Mountain Goats
  19. 2 Atoms In A Molecule – Noah And The Whale
  20. Leftovers – Johnny Flynn
  21. Angelika – Devendra Banhart
  22. Bristol – Herman Dune
  23. Two-Headed Boy – Neutral Milk Hotel
  24. The Way The Wind Blows – A Hawk And A Hacksaw
  25. Elephant Gun – Beirut
  26. Oh So Insistent – Andrew Bird
  27. Poor Edward – Tom Waits
  28. It”™s Nobody”™s Fault But Mine – Blind Willie Johnson
  29. Psychotic Girl – The Black Keys

“Carolina Drama” – The Raconteurs
This was supposed to be a themed playlist, the theme being “lofi“. I then realised I wanted to include too many songs that didn”™t really fit that particular bracket. I therefore decided to change the theme to “acoustic” before realising that having a theme probably wasn”™t the best idea I ever had! Unfortunately that realisation came too late for this playlist as I was already too far in and determined to finish it. Trying to stick slavishly to the format was frustratingly restrictive and ultimately proved futile. Perhaps my focus was simply too narrow, perhaps themes still have some role to play in my future but, for now at least, I abhor the concept of the “theme“. Having said that, I (mostly) managed to stick with the acoustic idea and ended up with a coherent play list. Ok, so it”™s not consistently coherent but it still sounds pretty good! The following tracks are my stand out picks;

“Serpentine” – Ani Difranco.
Lyrically unsurpassed as far as I am concerned and some pretty nifty guitar work too! Her finest work.

“Uptown Top Ranking” – Scout Niblett. The most interesting cover version I”™ve heard for some time, she has some great songs of her own too but this one seemed to fit best.

“Woman” – Alessi”™s Ark. Saw this performed live on the late review I think and it was totally unexpected, it was a sparse and beautiful performance. She has a voice that reminds me of Joanna Newsom (who is criminally absent from Spotify!) at times, probably not for everyone this track.

At this point I”™ve reminded myself I don”™t need to explain every choice. Luckily it”™s Sufjan next, what needs to be said about Sufjan?!?!

“True Love Will Find You In The End” – Daniel Johnston.
This guy is a lofi genius.

“The Way The Wind Blows” – A Hawk And A Hacksaw.
The best live band I”™ve seen in the last couple of years. Everyone I”™ve ever played their stuff to hates them but I”™ll keep trying.

Do you know, so far there have been about 60 Spotisfaction submissions. About 2/3rds of those have been generated by your good selves. Thank you very much for all of the fantastic submissions.

I guess the biggest news is that there are going to be a few changes to this blog going forward. Firstly, we”™re cutting down the frequency we”™re running playlists. From 5 times a week to 3 times a week. We”™ll be updating Monday, Wednesday and Friday as from today.

We”™re also toying with the idea of going full-blog with Spotisfaction (as opposed to just running playlists). We”™re still working out the details, so more on this nearer the end of the week.

So, on with today”™s guest mix. This guy bears some responsibility for my love of music so I”™m pretty honored to have a submission by him. Enjoy todays mix by Mr Craig Lee.

[Editors note: This playlist was originally intended to run on a Friday, however as pointed out it”™s more of a Sunday playlist. So we”™re running it on Monday. It”™s Tuesday tomorrow, by the way].

Craig Lee:
I”™m not really sure of the format as this is my first post so apologies if this is wrong somehow. It”™s not a Friday playlist really, more of a Sunday playlist but I”™m guessing you wanted todays date in the title? Well, I”™ll post my playlist anyway, I”™m sure you”™ll tell me if I got something wrong.

64 Spotisfaction Monday (24 May) – CLee

  1. Serpentine – Ani Difranco
  2. Uptown Top Ranking – Scout Niblett
  3. Woman – Alessi”™s Ark
  4. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is out to get us – Sufjan Stevens
  5. In Our Talons – Bowerbirds
  6. Animals Can”™t Laugh – Moriarty
  7. Can You Blame The Sky – Alela Diane
  8. Flume – Bon Iver
  9. Instead – Ola Podrida
  10. Where The Humans Eat – Willy Mason
  11. Bellingham – Bishop Allen
  12. Now You Are Pregnant – The Wave Pictures
  13. Please Do Not Go – Violent Femmes
  14. No LSD Tonight –  Jeffrey Lewis
  15. Steak For Chicken (Acoustic Version) – The Moldy Peaches
  16. True Love Will Find You In The End – Daniel Johnston
  17. Burkowski – Modest Mouse
  18. No Children – The Mountain Goats
  19. 2 Atoms In A Molecule – Noah And The Whale
  20. Leftovers – Johnny Flynn
  21. Angelika – Devendra Banhart
  22. Bristol – Herman Dune
  23. Two-Headed Boy – Neutral Milk Hotel
  24. The Way The Wind Blows – A Hawk And A Hacksaw
  25. Elephant Gun – Beirut
  26. Oh So Insistent – Andrew Bird
  27. Poor Edward – Tom Waits
  28. It”™s Nobody”™s Fault But Mine – Blind Willie Johnson
  29. Psychotic Girl – The Black Keys

“Carolina Drama” – The Raconteurs
This was supposed to be a themed playlist, the theme being “lofi“. I then realised I wanted to include too many songs that didn”™t really fit that particular bracket. I therefore decided to change the theme to “acoustic” before realising that having a theme probably wasn”™t the best idea I ever had! Unfortunately that realisation came too late for this playlist as I was already too far in and determined to finish it. Trying to stick slavishly to the format was frustratingly restrictive and ultimately proved futile. Perhaps my focus was simply too narrow, perhaps themes still have some role to play in my future but, for now at least, I abhor the concept of the “theme“. Having said that, I (mostly) managed to stick with the acoustic idea and ended up with a coherent play list. Ok, so it”™s not consistently coherent but it still sounds pretty good! The following tracks are my stand out picks;

“Serpentine” – Ani Difranco.
Lyrically unsurpassed as far as I am concerned and some pretty nifty guitar work too! Her finest work.

“Uptown Top Ranking” – Scout Niblett. The most interesting cover version I”™ve heard for some time, she has some great songs of her own too but this one seemed to fit best.

“Woman” – Alessi”™s Ark. Saw this performed live on the late review I think and it was totally unexpected, it was a sparse and beautiful performance. She has a voice that reminds me of Joanna Newsom (who is criminally absent from Spotify!) at times, probably not for everyone this track.

At this point I”™ve reminded myself I don”™t need to explain every choice. Luckily it”™s Sufjan next, what needs to be said about Sufjan?!?!

“True Love Will Find You In The End” – Daniel Johnston.
This guy is a lofi genius.

“The Way The Wind Blows” – A Hawk And A Hacksaw.
The best live band I”™ve seen in the last couple of years. Everyone I”™ve ever played their stuff to hates them but I”™ll keep trying.