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Evening all. Just a quick bit of information I wish to share with you all. Are you new to this Spotisfaction thing? Do you want to listen to a playlist that some bloke with a shaved afro and dangerously long fingernails posted last month but don”™t want to trawl through the entire blog looking for it? Well you”™re in luck, because you can now head over to the Spotisfaction Archives here (or if you”™re prejudice against clicking text links you could click that little clock icon on the top right of this blog). Contained within is every single submission we”™ve published. Woot. Is that still too much effort, then you can head over to either Dave”™s Spotify profile or my Spotify profile, which also feature the entire Spotisfaction back catalogue. Right, back to work. [Thom]

Evening all.

Just a quick bit of information I wish to share with you all. Are you new to this Spotisfaction thing? Do you want to listen to a playlist that some bloke with a shaved afro and dangerously long fingernails posted last month but don”™t want to trawl through the entire blog looking for it? Well you”™re in luck, because you can now head over to the Spotisfaction Archives here (or if you”™re prejudice against clicking text links you could click that little clock icon on the top right of this blog). Contained within is every single submission we”™ve published. Woot. Is that still too much effort, then you can head over to either Dave”™s Spotify profile or my Spotify profile, which also feature the entire Spotisfaction back catalogue.

Right, back to work.
[Thom]

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1S5l780zG4BN8346lpLaA8

Hi all. We”™re testing a new ”˜group author”™ feature today, so hopefully you”™ll see a kickass avatar next to this post indicating that it”™s yours truly behind the ol”™ keyboard”¦ Bear with me if it doesn”™t work, as I”™ll be panicking behind the scenes trying to figure out why it”™s knackered”¦

So far this afternoon I”™ve been listening to a playlist by Sean Adams of DrownedinSound.com, and bopping like a loon. I suggest you check it out, as featured on Spotify”™s blog.

Our playlist today was lovingly crafted by Ben Hawling, and is the second of his “The Soundtrack To My Life”¦” series. It”™s a nostalgic trip through 2007, and is truly an aural treat.

(Part 1, entitled “2006”, can be found here)
[David]

70 Spotisfaction Wednesday (9 Jun) – BHawling.

  1. I Can Only Disappoint U – Mansun
  2. Setting Sun – Howling Bells
  3. I Like Birds – Eels
  4. Get Real Paid – Beck
  5. Breathe In – Frou Frou
  6. Hundred – The Fray
  7. Arc Of Time – Bright Eyes
  8. Beating Heart Baby – Head Automatica
  9. Buddy Holly – Weezer
  10. Such Great Heights – The Postal Service
  11. Little Of Your Time – Maroon 5
  12. The Unshockable – Maximo Park
  13. Like A Feather – Nikka Costa
  14. Here Comes The Fuzz – Mark Ronson
  15. Can”™t Make A Sound – Elliot Smith
  16. Just A Test – Beastie Boys
  17. Feathers – Fields
  18. The Way I Are – Timberland ft. Keri Hilson
  19. It”™s Not About You – Scouting For Girls
  20. Goodbye Mr A. – The Hoosiers
  21. Watch Me Fall Apart – Hard – Fi
  22. Good Life – Kanye West
  23. Brazen (Weep) [Perfecto Mix] – Skunk Anansie
  24. Bodysnatchers – Radiohead
  25. The Night Sky – Keane
  26. One More Time – Daft Punk
  27. Singing For The Lonely – Robbie Williams
  28. Crack The Whip – The Spinto Band
  29. Silent To The Dark – The Electric Soft Parade

The soundtrack to my life”¦”¦”¦.. 2007!

As with 2006 before it, 2007 was full of key life molding moments, all of which were supported by an excellent soundtrack! This year charted my transition from the first year of university to the first half of my second year, and all the friendships and dark times in between.

January – March

The start of the year saw the end of a 3 month long relationship for me, and the gathering of a new set of friends, as I moved into a new house on the uni campus. I was still at the height of my Mansun obsession (still ongoing) at this point, but was also embracing new music from around the time, such as Howling Bells and The Fray. My new room was on the second floor of the house and neatly overlooked the SU bar, which was awesome. As the days got sunnier, and as I watched the sun stretch across the fields, a whole host of sun drenched melodies and tracks entered my ears, including Eels, Frou Frou, Bright Eyes and The Postal Service. Both Eels and Bright Eyes seemed to fit the atmosphere of those lazy days, in completely different ways. Whereas Frou Frou and Postal Service provided the blissful ethereal paint upon the warming canvas. A housemate also got me into Head Automatica at this time, and I remember walking around listening to ”˜Beating Heart Baby”™ non stop.

April – July

Maroon 5”™s second album came out around this time, and despite being full of heartbreak songs, was never out of my ears purely down to its infectious pop hooks. When hanging out in our house one day, a friend claimed that listening to Elliot Smith reminded her of chilling out on the grass and watching the clouds as the sun streamed across everything. I immediately agreed, and quickly got into his ”˜Figure 8”™ album. After hearing some of Mark Ronson”™s ”˜Version”™ album, I bought his more hip hop influenced album and instantly loved it. This coincided with my fascination with 2 many dj”™s, who use Nikka Costa”™s ”˜Like A Feather”™ a lot on their bootleg albums. That summer was fuelled with smiles and dancing, woop!

August – October

I first got into Beastie Boys in the summer of this year, and never looked back. I was given the Fields album by my sister Jo during August, when I was working full time in Moss Bros and had no money. It provided a light in the dark. Also I loved the energy and charm that the band omitted in such a short album. As I was staying at home a lot at this time due to no money, I was watching a lot of television. Thanks to a recent installation of Sky, I had all the music channels, so watched the launching of Scouting For Girls and The Hoosiers, plus loads of R & B tracks. My second year fresher”™s week was good, but I still had no money, and was annoyed at the way some of my new housemates were acting. Anyway, Hard-Fi”™s ”˜Watch Me Fall Apart”™ summed up my feelings here. ”˜Good Life”™ represents the moment I got paid, and got a massive student loan installment, meaning I could buy a shit load of stuff. This track seemed to sum up my attitude towards spending loads of money and generally being rich and happy. What a fool!

November – December

Radiohead released the amazing ”˜In Rainbows”™ in October of this year on the internet, and I paid £5 for it. I went to Swansea to visit a friend that week so listened to that album all the way there and back on the train. I picked up a copy of Paul Oakenfold”™s remix compilation album at this time and the Skunk Anansie track appeared soo haunting, yet beautiful. Keane”™s charity single ”˜The Night Sky”™ came out here and always reminds me of walking through Oxford wearing a green jacket and scarf in the height of Autumn while the leafs fell all around me. One of my favorite memories! For my 20th birthday, me and my housemates went out to a club. At five minutes to midnight, they played ”˜The Way I Are”™, one of my favorite songs of that year, followed by ”˜One More Time”™, my favorite song ever!! Was such a great moment surrounded by close friends hearing the best music! I re-visited Robbie Williams”™ ”˜Sing When Your Winning”™ album in December as it reminded me of my youth. I bought The Spinto Band”™s first album, and Electric Soft Parades”™ ”˜Holes In The Wall”™ for a tenner in a record store and tended to listen to them both as I traveled to work in Oxford from Cheltenham over the Christmas holidays of 2007.

Ok, so overall, not as eventful as my 2006. But 2007 was awesome in soo many other ways. The majority of music that I got into in 2007 remains my favorite songs or band”™s to this day, and it is all down to the memories. You see, even though nothing much happened to me, nothing notably bad happened either, making 2007 great”¦”¦.when compared to 2008!

Nuff said!

Ben Hawling

Hi all. We”™re testing a new ”˜group author”™ feature today, so hopefully you”™ll see a kickass avatar next to this post indicating that it”™s yours truly behind the ol”™ keyboard”¦ Bear with me if it doesn”™t work, as I”™ll be panicking behind the scenes trying to figure out why it”™s knackered”¦

So far this afternoon I”™ve been listening to a playlist by Sean Adams of DrownedinSound.com, and bopping like a loon. I suggest you check it out, as featured on Spotify”™s blog.

Our playlist today was lovingly crafted by Ben Hawling, and is the second of his “The Soundtrack To My Life”¦” series. It”™s a nostalgic trip through 2007, and is truly an aural treat.

(Part 1, entitled “2006”, can be found here)
[David]

70 Spotisfaction Wednesday (9 Jun) – BHawling.

  1. I Can Only Disappoint U – Mansun
  2. Setting Sun – Howling Bells
  3. I Like Birds – Eels
  4. Get Real Paid – Beck
  5. Breathe In – Frou Frou
  6. Hundred – The Fray
  7. Arc Of Time – Bright Eyes
  8. Beating Heart Baby – Head Automatica
  9. Buddy Holly – Weezer
  10. Such Great Heights – The Postal Service
  11. Little Of Your Time – Maroon 5
  12. The Unshockable – Maximo Park
  13. Like A Feather – Nikka Costa
  14. Here Comes The Fuzz – Mark Ronson
  15. Can”™t Make A Sound – Elliot Smith
  16. Just A Test – Beastie Boys
  17. Feathers – Fields
  18. The Way I Are – Timberland ft. Keri Hilson
  19. It”™s Not About You – Scouting For Girls
  20. Goodbye Mr A. – The Hoosiers
  21. Watch Me Fall Apart – Hard – Fi
  22. Good Life – Kanye West
  23. Brazen (Weep) [Perfecto Mix] – Skunk Anansie
  24. Bodysnatchers – Radiohead
  25. The Night Sky – Keane
  26. One More Time – Daft Punk
  27. Singing For The Lonely – Robbie Williams
  28. Crack The Whip – The Spinto Band
  29. Silent To The Dark – The Electric Soft Parade

The soundtrack to my life”¦”¦”¦.. 2007!

As with 2006 before it, 2007 was full of key life molding moments, all of which were supported by an excellent soundtrack! This year charted my transition from the first year of university to the first half of my second year, and all the friendships and dark times in between.

January – March

The start of the year saw the end of a 3 month long relationship for me, and the gathering of a new set of friends, as I moved into a new house on the uni campus. I was still at the height of my Mansun obsession (still ongoing) at this point, but was also embracing new music from around the time, such as Howling Bells and The Fray. My new room was on the second floor of the house and neatly overlooked the SU bar, which was awesome. As the days got sunnier, and as I watched the sun stretch across the fields, a whole host of sun drenched melodies and tracks entered my ears, including Eels, Frou Frou, Bright Eyes and The Postal Service. Both Eels and Bright Eyes seemed to fit the atmosphere of those lazy days, in completely different ways. Whereas Frou Frou and Postal Service provided the blissful ethereal paint upon the warming canvas. A housemate also got me into Head Automatica at this time, and I remember walking around listening to ”˜Beating Heart Baby”™ non stop.

April – July

Maroon 5”™s second album came out around this time, and despite being full of heartbreak songs, was never out of my ears purely down to its infectious pop hooks. When hanging out in our house one day, a friend claimed that listening to Elliot Smith reminded her of chilling out on the grass and watching the clouds as the sun streamed across everything. I immediately agreed, and quickly got into his ”˜Figure 8”™ album. After hearing some of Mark Ronson”™s ”˜Version”™ album, I bought his more hip hop influenced album and instantly loved it. This coincided with my fascination with 2 many dj”™s, who use Nikka Costa”™s ”˜Like A Feather”™ a lot on their bootleg albums. That summer was fuelled with smiles and dancing, woop!

August – October

I first got into Beastie Boys in the summer of this year, and never looked back. I was given the Fields album by my sister Jo during August, when I was working full time in Moss Bros and had no money. It provided a light in the dark. Also I loved the energy and charm that the band omitted in such a short album. As I was staying at home a lot at this time due to no money, I was watching a lot of television. Thanks to a recent installation of Sky, I had all the music channels, so watched the launching of Scouting For Girls and The Hoosiers, plus loads of R & B tracks. My second year fresher”™s week was good, but I still had no money, and was annoyed at the way some of my new housemates were acting. Anyway, Hard-Fi”™s ”˜Watch Me Fall Apart”™ summed up my feelings here. ”˜Good Life”™ represents the moment I got paid, and got a massive student loan installment, meaning I could buy a shit load of stuff. This track seemed to sum up my attitude towards spending loads of money and generally being rich and happy. What a fool!

November – December

Radiohead released the amazing ”˜In Rainbows”™ in October of this year on the internet, and I paid £5 for it. I went to Swansea to visit a friend that week so listened to that album all the way there and back on the train. I picked up a copy of Paul Oakenfold”™s remix compilation album at this time and the Skunk Anansie track appeared soo haunting, yet beautiful. Keane”™s charity single ”˜The Night Sky”™ came out here and always reminds me of walking through Oxford wearing a green jacket and scarf in the height of Autumn while the leafs fell all around me. One of my favorite memories! For my 20th birthday, me and my housemates went out to a club. At five minutes to midnight, they played ”˜The Way I Are”™, one of my favorite songs of that year, followed by ”˜One More Time”™, my favorite song ever!! Was such a great moment surrounded by close friends hearing the best music! I re-visited Robbie Williams”™ ”˜Sing When Your Winning”™ album in December as it reminded me of my youth. I bought The Spinto Band”™s first album, and Electric Soft Parades”™ ”˜Holes In The Wall”™ for a tenner in a record store and tended to listen to them both as I traveled to work in Oxford from Cheltenham over the Christmas holidays of 2007.

Ok, so overall, not as eventful as my 2006. But 2007 was awesome in soo many other ways. The majority of music that I got into in 2007 remains my favorite songs or band”™s to this day, and it is all down to the memories. You see, even though nothing much happened to me, nothing notably bad happened either, making 2007 great”¦”¦.when compared to 2008!

Nuff said!

Ben Hawling

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BS5HACNeJzxJfF1c27lei

Morning kids. I trust you all had a lovely weekend? I spent 12 and a half hours at a Lord of the Rings marathon, which makes me both nerdy *and* hardcore”¦ result!

I was all set to run a guest mix today, but then I got the bug and had to chuck in one of my own.

69 Spotisfaction Monday (7 Jun) – DProwse

  1. Rob Sparx – Casino
  2. Mj Cole – Sincere – Nero Remix
  3. DZ – Serenity Now
  4. The Presets – This Boy”™s In Love – Lifelike Remix
  5. Holy Ghost! – On Board (feat. The DFA Celestial Choir) (Dub)
  6. Metronomy – Heartbreaker – Diskjokke Remix
  7. Mandy, Booka Shade – Donut – Boy 8 Bit Remix
  8. Booka Shade – Charlotte
  9. Paul Kalkbrenner – The Palisades
  10. The Knife – Silent Shout
  11. Errors – Supertribe
  12. Delphic – This Momentary
  13. Caribou – Odessa
  14. Grizzly Bear – Merge (Dntel Remix)
  15. Bomarr – What Kept Grandpa Up
  16. Cars & Trains – Intimidated By Silence – Blue Sky Black Death Remix
  17. The American Analog Set – Anything Could Happen
  18. Butcher the Bar – Opening Night
  19. School Of Seven Bells – Half Asleep
  20. Grizzly Bear – Colorado
  21. Angus & Julia Stone – Hold On
  22. Beck – Everybody”™s Gotta Learn Sometimes

Quite a few different bits and pieces in here, so hopefully there are a couple of songs that everyone will like. Many thanks to those who dragged tracks into my inbox this week, as I”™ve shamelessly nicked a few for this playlist! If you haven”™t worked up the courage to make your own playlist yet, Thom and I would love for you to drag a few of your favourite tracks into our inboxes in Spotify.

Muchos love.
[David]

Morning kids. I trust you all had a lovely weekend? I spent 12 and a half hours at a Lord of the Rings marathon, which makes me both nerdy *and* hardcore”¦ result!

I was all set to run a guest mix today, but then I got the bug and had to chuck in one of my own.

69 Spotisfaction Monday (7 Jun) – DProwse

  1. Rob Sparx – Casino
  2. Mj Cole – Sincere – Nero Remix
  3. DZ – Serenity Now
  4. The Presets – This Boy”™s In Love – Lifelike Remix
  5. Holy Ghost! – On Board (feat. The DFA Celestial Choir) (Dub)
  6. Metronomy – Heartbreaker – Diskjokke Remix
  7. Mandy, Booka Shade – Donut – Boy 8 Bit Remix
  8. Booka Shade – Charlotte
  9. Paul Kalkbrenner – The Palisades
  10. The Knife – Silent Shout
  11. Errors – Supertribe
  12. Delphic – This Momentary
  13. Caribou – Odessa
  14. Grizzly Bear – Merge (Dntel Remix)
  15. Bomarr – What Kept Grandpa Up
  16. Cars & Trains – Intimidated By Silence – Blue Sky Black Death Remix
  17. The American Analog Set – Anything Could Happen
  18. Butcher the Bar – Opening Night
  19. School Of Seven Bells – Half Asleep
  20. Grizzly Bear – Colorado
  21. Angus & Julia Stone – Hold On
  22. Beck – Everybody”™s Gotta Learn Sometimes

Quite a few different bits and pieces in here, so hopefully there are a couple of songs that everyone will like. Many thanks to those who dragged tracks into my inbox this week, as I”™ve shamelessly nicked a few for this playlist! If you haven”™t worked up the courage to make your own playlist yet, Thom and I would love for you to drag a few of your favourite tracks into our inboxes in Spotify.

Muchos love.
[David]

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DM29VrMfsYfj3TKu6GyjW

Welcome, strangers. Today we have something a bit special. I”™ve been longing to put this up ever since it was submitted and today is the day. It”™s Steve Johnson”™s metal mix. It is also Steve”™s birthday today, so everyone give him a big cheer and if you get the chance, buy the man a drink. Happy birthday, dude. Cheers for the submission.
[Thom]

68 Spotisfaction Friday (4 Jun) – SJohnson

Well, I was asked by Thom for a metal playlist so here is a predominantly metal playlist for all you pansies out there. Also a sly bit of Grunge and “Alternative” thrown in for good measure as to not wear you all out.

1. Meshuggah – New Millenium Cyanide Christ
2. Kreator – Betrayer
3. Pantera – Psycho Holiday
4. Hate Eternal – Powers That Be
5. Symphony X – Sea of Lies
6. Strapping Young Lad – Zen
7. Mr Bungle – Slowly Growing Deaf
8. Pantera – Cemetary Gates
9. Opeth – The Leper Affinity
10. Alice in Chains – No Excuses
11. Vital Remains – Dechristianize
12. Obituary – Don”™t Care
13. Deicide – Kill The Christian
14. Faith No More – Surprise You”™re Dead
15. Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
16. Soundgarden – Holy Water
17. Meshuggah – Bleed
18. Cannibal Corpse – Hammer Smashed Face
19. Morbid Angel – Where the Slime Live
20. Megadeth – Holy Wars”¦ The Punishment Due
21. Dimmu Borgir – Kings of the Carnival Creation
22. Pantera – Revolution is my Name
23. Nile – Kafir
24. Tomahawk – Sir, Yes Sir
25. Slayer – Angel of Death

If you”™re not into thrash/extreme/technical metal then this playlist is not for you, though check out the Alice in Chains track because they are pretty much the best band ever (RIP Layne)

Tried to cover a fair spectrum of metal in this playlist but predominantly it leans towards the extreme side of the scale.

Pantera and Slayer are of particular relevance to my interests as they are effectively the first “proper” metal bands I listened to.

Obviously the vocals in alot of these songs are extreme (what else are you expecting from death metal ?) but if any of you do want to argue that death metal isn”™t music because of the vocals please let me know.

Highlights:

Psycho Holiday (One of my fave guitar solo”™s ever)

Bleed (Listen to the drummer”™s footwork)

Dechristianize (Awesome title, awesome arpeggio breakdown)

Kafir! (Because you will never be able to play this song on drums)

Holy Water (Chris Cornell has an insane voice)

Hammer Smashed Face (Title says it all)

Well this was fun.

Steve

Welcome, strangers. Today we have something a bit special. I”™ve been longing to put this up ever since it was submitted and today is the day. It”™s Steve Johnson”™s metal mix. It is also Steve”™s birthday today, so everyone give him a big cheer and if you get the chance, buy the man a drink. Happy birthday, dude. Cheers for the submission.
[Thom]

68 Spotisfaction Friday (4 Jun) – SJohnson

Well, I was asked by Thom for a metal playlist so here is a predominantly metal playlist for all you pansies out there. Also a sly bit of Grunge and “Alternative” thrown in for good measure as to not wear you all out.

1. Meshuggah – New Millenium Cyanide Christ
2. Kreator – Betrayer
3. Pantera – Psycho Holiday
4. Hate Eternal – Powers That Be
5. Symphony X – Sea of Lies
6. Strapping Young Lad – Zen
7. Mr Bungle – Slowly Growing Deaf
8. Pantera – Cemetary Gates
9. Opeth – The Leper Affinity
10. Alice in Chains – No Excuses
11. Vital Remains – Dechristianize
12. Obituary – Don”™t Care
13. Deicide – Kill The Christian
14. Faith No More – Surprise You”™re Dead
15. Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
16. Soundgarden – Holy Water
17. Meshuggah – Bleed
18. Cannibal Corpse – Hammer Smashed Face
19. Morbid Angel – Where the Slime Live
20. Megadeth – Holy Wars”¦ The Punishment Due
21. Dimmu Borgir – Kings of the Carnival Creation
22. Pantera – Revolution is my Name
23. Nile – Kafir
24. Tomahawk – Sir, Yes Sir
25. Slayer – Angel of Death

If you”™re not into thrash/extreme/technical metal then this playlist is not for you, though check out the Alice in Chains track because they are pretty much the best band ever (RIP Layne)

Tried to cover a fair spectrum of metal in this playlist but predominantly it leans towards the extreme side of the scale.

Pantera and Slayer are of particular relevance to my interests as they are effectively the first “proper” metal bands I listened to.

Obviously the vocals in alot of these songs are extreme (what else are you expecting from death metal ?) but if any of you do want to argue that death metal isn”™t music because of the vocals please let me know.

Highlights:

Psycho Holiday (One of my fave guitar solo”™s ever)

Bleed (Listen to the drummer”™s footwork)

Dechristianize (Awesome title, awesome arpeggio breakdown)

Kafir! (Because you will never be able to play this song on drums)

Holy Water (Chris Cornell has an insane voice)

Hammer Smashed Face (Title says it all)

Well this was fun.

Steve

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6DeWihCi5UGYKJb8PWd2KV

We don”™t know about you good folk, but we got tired of looking at the headache of the previous theme. It was ripe with potential, but I figured we were far too lazy to do anything with it. So we decided to use this theme instead. It”™s called”¦ something”¦ We shelled out $9 for it. Anyway, today we are going to fire off a quick bit of news.

Firstly, Cheltenham Underground”™s Decent Days and Nights Weekend is done and dusted. It is now in the past. Was it fantastic? Well, yes, it was. We”™re rounding up a bunch of reviews of the weekend which will be posted here:

Day 1 – Elliot Mason; Byron Vincent & A. F. Harrold
Day 2 – The David Goo Variety Band; Natalie Ross and Christian & Dominic
Day 3 – All Day Music for Winston”™s Wish (Part 1) (Part 2)
Day 4 – My First Tooth; pollyloves and Alexander John

Also this weekend in Cheltenham was the 4th annual Fairview Convention at the Kemble Inn organised for County Air Ambulance by Loz Apperly and Gordy Partridge. Some fantastic bands played including John Madden & Tom Mitchell, Stressechos, Uncle Slacker and The Coronettes. Word on the street is that quite a fair bit of money was raised, well done guys.

The final piece of news is regarding Spotisfaction itself. Dave and I have been talking about what we”™re going to do with this. We”™ve got some ideas, I”™ve been in talks with a few people and we”™re leaning towards making this a musical blog. So let”™s get the ball rolling. If you fancy writing news, features or reviews for us fire an email to spotisfaction@googlemail.com with “Application” in the subject field and a quick piece (minimum 500 words) about your favourite album. We”™ll make it easy for now. I understand that some of you may have already been told that we”™ll run your articles – and we will – so for now get them sent in to the spotisfaction email address and we”™ll start getting them published on here.

Finally, a playlist for today. Entitled “Relaunch”, this is just a handful of tracks to encompass the coming changes of Spotisfaction. In the meantime, please continue to submit your playlists.

66 Spotisfaction Wednesday (2 Jun) – Relaunch

  1. Erlend Oye – The Black Keys Work (Acapella)
  2. Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks
  3. Quasi – Bye Bye Blackbird
  4. Metric – Gold Guns Girls
  5. Blood Red Shoes – I Wish I Was Someone Better
  6. The Subways – Oh Yeah
  7. LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls
  8. Bloc Party – Helicopter
  9. The Walkmen – The Rat
  10. Wonderswan – Hey Nature
  11. Secret Shine – Sun Warmed Water
  12. Sad Day For Puppets – Set Alight
  13. Caribou – Kaili
  14. Phoenix – Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)
  15. James Holden – Triangle Folds
  16. Nathan Fake – You Are Here (Fortdax Remix)
  17. Oh No Ono – Internet Warrior (Depreciation Guild Remix)


Erlend Oye has recently become Thom”™s hero, so let”™s kick this off with a very special, almost sacred vocal only track. Peter Bjorn and John are here to remind us were are indeed, Young Folks. LCD Soundsystem inform us that Drunk Girls are watching Sean Ferguson do the Helicopter to Bloc Party. Ending this playlist is a bunch of tracks we stole from Thom”™s “Notisfaction” series because they”™re pretty awesome.

As always, you should be able to find the Spotisfaction archives on either Thom or Dave”™s Spotify profile.

We don”™t know about you good folk, but we got tired of looking at the headache of the previous theme. It was ripe with potential, but I figured we were far too lazy to do anything with it. So we decided to use this theme instead. It”™s called”¦ something”¦ We shelled out $9 for it. Anyway, today we are going to fire off a quick bit of news.

Firstly, Cheltenham Underground”™s Decent Days and Nights Weekend is done and dusted. It is now in the past. Was it fantastic? Well, yes, it was. We”™re rounding up a bunch of reviews of the weekend which will be posted here:

Day 1 – Elliot Mason; Byron Vincent & A. F. Harrold
Day 2 – The David Goo Variety Band; Natalie Ross and Christian & Dominic
Day 3 – All Day Music for Winston”™s Wish (Part 1) (Part 2)
Day 4 – My First Tooth; pollyloves and Alexander John

Also this weekend in Cheltenham was the 4th annual Fairview Convention at the Kemble Inn organised for County Air Ambulance by Loz Apperly and Gordy Partridge. Some fantastic bands played including John Madden & Tom Mitchell, Stressechos, Uncle Slacker and The Coronettes. Word on the street is that quite a fair bit of money was raised, well done guys.

The final piece of news is regarding Spotisfaction itself. Dave and I have been talking about what we”™re going to do with this. We”™ve got some ideas, I”™ve been in talks with a few people and we”™re leaning towards making this a musical blog. So let”™s get the ball rolling. If you fancy writing news, features or reviews for us fire an email to spotisfaction@googlemail.com with “Application” in the subject field and a quick piece (minimum 500 words) about your favourite album. We”™ll make it easy for now. I understand that some of you may have already been told that we”™ll run your articles – and we will – so for now get them sent in to the spotisfaction email address and we”™ll start getting them published on here.

Finally, a playlist for today. Entitled “Relaunch”, this is just a handful of tracks to encompass the coming changes of Spotisfaction. In the meantime, please continue to submit your playlists.

66 Spotisfaction Wednesday (2 Jun) – Relaunch

  1. Erlend Oye – The Black Keys Work (Acapella)
  2. Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks
  3. Quasi – Bye Bye Blackbird
  4. Metric – Gold Guns Girls
  5. Blood Red Shoes – I Wish I Was Someone Better
  6. The Subways – Oh Yeah
  7. LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls
  8. Bloc Party – Helicopter
  9. The Walkmen – The Rat
  10. Wonderswan – Hey Nature
  11. Secret Shine – Sun Warmed Water
  12. Sad Day For Puppets – Set Alight
  13. Caribou – Kaili
  14. Phoenix – Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)
  15. James Holden – Triangle Folds
  16. Nathan Fake – You Are Here (Fortdax Remix)
  17. Oh No Ono – Internet Warrior (Depreciation Guild Remix)


Erlend Oye has recently become Thom”™s hero, so let”™s kick this off with a very special, almost sacred vocal only track. Peter Bjorn and John are here to remind us were are indeed, Young Folks. LCD Soundsystem inform us that Drunk Girls are watching Sean Ferguson do the Helicopter to Bloc Party. Ending this playlist is a bunch of tracks we stole from Thom”™s “Notisfaction” series because they”™re pretty awesome.

As always, you should be able to find the Spotisfaction archives on either Thom or Dave”™s Spotify profile.

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QPhL6EffuKVumtPEEjMqw

Today”™s playlist is for those we love and those who love us back.
See some of you tonight at Slak.
David

James Cook:

Dad & I – A playlist

65 Spotisfaction Friday (28 May) – JCook

So, Spotify is about sharing, right? Here”™s a playlist with a story for every song; these are all songs that connect my father and I somehow.

  1. Space Oddity – David Bowie
  2. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
  3. Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
  4. A Town Called Malice – The Jam
  5. Muscle Museum – Muse
  6. Will You? – Hazel O”™Connor
  7. Avalon – Roxy Music
  8. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
  9. Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream
  10. Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits
  11. Street Spirit (Fade Out) – Radiohead
  12. Ashes In The Fall – Rage Against The Machine
  13. Caramel – Blur
  14. Pyramid Song – Radiohead
  15. Alone Again Or – Love
  16. Stay – Shakespears Sister
  17. Hard Headed Woman – Cat Stevens
  18. Theme From Harry”™s Game – Clannad
  19. Samba Pa Ti – Santana
  20. I Drove All Night – Roy Orbison
  21. Nights In White Satin – The Moody Blues
  22. No Distance Left To Run – Blur

I can credit my parents with giving me a fantastic musical education I think; my Dad especially, whose tapes in his car we used to listen to time and again on the long journeys up to Scotland to spend time with my Mum”™s family at Christmas and the like. The Beatles, Bowie, Hendrix were my upbringing. This is where the playlist starts.

As a child, I remember singing along to Bowie on a trip to the nearest playground. When we got there, I actually decided I”™d much rather listen to Space Oddity and the rest of the Bowie album, rather than play on the swings. It started to rain, and I have this image of sitting in the car singing along to Space Oddity with Dad, looking out at an empty park through rain-swept glass. – “I”™m floating in the most peculiar way, and the stars look very different today.”

Voodoo Child was the first song I ever performed in front of an audience at school. The concert had been the usual choir/orchestra affair and then I walked on stage backed by the best drummer is school, turned up my amp too loud, and hit the parents with a poorly played version of Jimi Hendrix. I think I hit the spirit of the song (if not all the right notes) because we got the best cheer of the night, and Dad was there to see it! – “If I don”™t meet you no more in this world then, uh, I”™ll meet ya on the next one, and don”™t be late.”

Ruby Tuesday was a song me and Dad used to practice, me on the guitar and he singing. I only started playing the guitar because he wanted to learn, but after a few years he put the guitar to one side and just took an interest in my interest in it. – “Catch your dreams before they slip away.”

A Town Called Malice, or, apparently according to Dad, A Town Called Alice. – “I could go on for hours”¦ and I probably will, but I”™d much rather spread joy”¦”

As a teenager, I made a mixtape of my favourite artists for Dad to listen to in the car, in a reversal of my musical upbringing. Muse, Blur, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine are all here, and I remember having conversations about the merits of them compared to the classics. Muse in particular became a band we were both equally enthusiastic about.. he spied the decline in their artistry alot earlier than me, completely unfussed by Stockholm Syndrome and Time Is Running Out before the disappointing Absolution was released. – “And we all went to heaven in a little row boat; there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.”

So I can credit Dad with alot about who I am as a person, my passions, my interests, and my taste in music. Sadly, he passed away 2 years ago to the day yesterday, I spent the day making this playlist, and David and Thom have done me the honour of featuring it today. There were only 2 songs that could finish this playlist. Nights In White Satin is a classic from Dad”™s favourite artist, The Moody Blues. The song Go Now was his all-time favourite and it was played at the funeral, though thankfully it isn”™t available on Spotify – a prescient choice I think! No Distance Left To Run by Blur is another one from that mixtape I made Dad, and pair up with Nights In White Satin beautifully. Here”™s to the big man.

– “It”™s over, you don”™t need to tell me.”

Today”™s playlist is for those we love and those who love us back.
See some of you tonight at Slak.
David

James Cook:

Dad & I – A playlist

65 Spotisfaction Friday (28 May) – JCook

So, Spotify is about sharing, right? Here”™s a playlist with a story for every song; these are all songs that connect my father and I somehow.

  1. Space Oddity – David Bowie
  2. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
  3. Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
  4. A Town Called Malice – The Jam
  5. Muscle Museum – Muse
  6. Will You? – Hazel O”™Connor
  7. Avalon – Roxy Music
  8. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
  9. Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream
  10. Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits
  11. Street Spirit (Fade Out) – Radiohead
  12. Ashes In The Fall – Rage Against The Machine
  13. Caramel – Blur
  14. Pyramid Song – Radiohead
  15. Alone Again Or – Love
  16. Stay – Shakespears Sister
  17. Hard Headed Woman – Cat Stevens
  18. Theme From Harry”™s Game – Clannad
  19. Samba Pa Ti – Santana
  20. I Drove All Night – Roy Orbison
  21. Nights In White Satin – The Moody Blues
  22. No Distance Left To Run – Blur

I can credit my parents with giving me a fantastic musical education I think; my Dad especially, whose tapes in his car we used to listen to time and again on the long journeys up to Scotland to spend time with my Mum”™s family at Christmas and the like. The Beatles, Bowie, Hendrix were my upbringing. This is where the playlist starts.

As a child, I remember singing along to Bowie on a trip to the nearest playground. When we got there, I actually decided I”™d much rather listen to Space Oddity and the rest of the Bowie album, rather than play on the swings. It started to rain, and I have this image of sitting in the car singing along to Space Oddity with Dad, looking out at an empty park through rain-swept glass. – “I”™m floating in the most peculiar way, and the stars look very different today.”

Voodoo Child was the first song I ever performed in front of an audience at school. The concert had been the usual choir/orchestra affair and then I walked on stage backed by the best drummer is school, turned up my amp too loud, and hit the parents with a poorly played version of Jimi Hendrix. I think I hit the spirit of the song (if not all the right notes) because we got the best cheer of the night, and Dad was there to see it! – “If I don”™t meet you no more in this world then, uh, I”™ll meet ya on the next one, and don”™t be late.”

Ruby Tuesday was a song me and Dad used to practice, me on the guitar and he singing. I only started playing the guitar because he wanted to learn, but after a few years he put the guitar to one side and just took an interest in my interest in it. – “Catch your dreams before they slip away.”

A Town Called Malice, or, apparently according to Dad, A Town Called Alice. – “I could go on for hours”¦ and I probably will, but I”™d much rather spread joy”¦”

As a teenager, I made a mixtape of my favourite artists for Dad to listen to in the car, in a reversal of my musical upbringing. Muse, Blur, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine are all here, and I remember having conversations about the merits of them compared to the classics. Muse in particular became a band we were both equally enthusiastic about.. he spied the decline in their artistry alot earlier than me, completely unfussed by Stockholm Syndrome and Time Is Running Out before the disappointing Absolution was released. – “And we all went to heaven in a little row boat; there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.”

So I can credit Dad with alot about who I am as a person, my passions, my interests, and my taste in music. Sadly, he passed away 2 years ago to the day yesterday, I spent the day making this playlist, and David and Thom have done me the honour of featuring it today. There were only 2 songs that could finish this playlist. Nights In White Satin is a classic from Dad”™s favourite artist, The Moody Blues. The song Go Now was his all-time favourite and it was played at the funeral, though thankfully it isn”™t available on Spotify – a prescient choice I think! No Distance Left To Run by Blur is another one from that mixtape I made Dad, and pair up with Nights In White Satin beautifully. Here”™s to the big man.

– “It”™s over, you don”™t need to tell me.”

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Something a bit different today. As you are aware, we are very fond of mixtapes. We are also quite fond of The Depreciation Guild. So when the Guild”™s guitarist, Christoph Hochheim, did a Needle Exchange mix we had to give it a listen. In short, it”™s fantastic. It”™s everything you could ever ask from a mixtape, and we felt we had to share it. This is a bit unorthodox, I agree. Big thanks to Christoph for this selection as well as to self-titledmag.com for the mix. Without further delay, here we go. It”™s not a Spotify playlist, rather it is embedded in the site, but you can download the MP3: Needle Exchange 021 – Christoph Hochheim/The Depreciation Guild
  1. Ralph Lundsten And The Andromeda All Stars ”“ Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
  2. Daedelus ”“ An Armada Approaches
  3. Dimlite ”“ Kalimba Deathswamp/Kurt Feelings
  4. Roberto Cacciapaglia ”“ Quite Still
  5. The Samps ”“ F.X.N.C.
  6. Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti ”“ Fright Night (Nevermore)
  7. PC Worship Mutant Soul Band ”“ Wake Up in the Dark and There”™s Nothing Going On
  8. The Association ”“ The Time It Is Today
  9. The Space Lady aka “Suzy Soundz” ”“ Major Tom
  10. Svenne & Lotta ”“ Roly Poly Girl
  11. Mahmoud Ahmed ”“ Abbay Mado ”“ Embwa Belew
  12. Sudden Sway ”“ Me Says Conscience (humsing)
Ralph Lundsten And The Andromeda All Stars ”“ Alpha Ralpha Boulevard The epic opener to this Swedish electronic music composer”™s synth-heavy neon-fantasy Alpha Ralpha Boulevard. Makes me feel like I”™m floating down a river of orange and pink sherbet”¦in space. Daedelus ”“ An Armada Approaches Daedelus is one of those artists who”™s developed such a distinct sound palette over the years, yet still finds new ways to contextualize them. The first track off his excellent new EP (Righteous Fists of Harmony) starts off with his signature 8-bit English horn (that”™s the only way I could think to describe it) playing a slow-building melody that lets you know what you”™re in for in the best way possible. Dimlite ”“ Kalimba Deathswamp/Kurt Feelings I don”™t even know how to begin describing this one, but it”™s truly some of the most compelling, melodic dubstep/jazz craziness I”™ve ever heard. Dimlite contrasts cold electronic sounds with the natural sound of kazoos, unprocessed vocals, clapping, and scotch tape to make for a track that”™s as psychedelic as the EP”™s cover. Roberto Cacciapaglia ”“ Quite Still A recent discovery of mine, Roberto Cacciapaglia”™s sheer diversity of releases is truly astounding. This track is off The Ann Steel Album, which he composed for a model of the same name. “Quite Still” is a melancholy “popera” jam, for umm”¦robots. The Samps ”“ F.X.N.C. A track from Cole Marsden Greif-Neill”™s new project (also of Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti/Nite Jewel). A trill-happy, funky bass plays off a fat synth bass lick layered with tape hiss and lasers. Anyone who can pull off such a slap-heavy jam so well deserves recognition in my book. Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti ”“ Fright Night (Nevermore) Like that segue? This might be my favorite song off the freshly-leaked Ariel Pink album. As solid as the album is it”™s a bit frustrating to a super-fan like me in that it”™s virtually all older tracks they redid as studio productions, but this song is an entirely new jam and it slays. PC Worship Mutant Soul Band ”“ Wake Up in the Dark and There”™s Nothing Going On For a brief period of time Justin Frye (PC Worship) sang for a post-hardcore band my brother and I were in called Tropic of Nelson. It wasn”™t until years later that I finally caught a PC Worship set and it totally blew me away. Psyched-out, sludgy riffage that dissolves into a free-jazz noise freakout””truly a stoner”™s delight. The Association ”“ The Time It Is Today An excellent sunshine-pop band from California in the ”™60s, this track reminds me of some of Love”™s finest movements. That vocal harmony at the end of the verse always kills me. The Space Lady aka “Suzy Soundz” ”“ Major Tom The Space Lady is a street performer who played on the streets of Boston, Cambridge, San Francisco and Berkeley in the ”™70s. Originally a song by Peter Schilling, Space Lady”™s version is a far more pared down and alien, a really bizarre contrast of humor and melancholy. Svenne & Lotta ”“ Roly Poly Girl This is the B-side to the “Bang-A-Boomerang” single released by Svenne & Lotta, a Swedish pop duo from the late ”™60s who are still active today. The Yamaha keyboard line right in the intro totally hooked me the first time i heard it and the synth solo in the middle continues to blow my mind. Such a perfect pop song. Mahmoud Ahmed ”“ Abbay Mado ”“ Embwa Belew Mahmound Ahmed, an Ethopian singer from the ”™60s who recently enjoyed a resurgence of popularity due to the Ethiopiques series started by Buda Musique. This is the first track off his 1975 album Erè Mèla Mèla. I love that warbled organ sound in the background and his bone dry vocals and delivery. Sudden Sway ”“ Me Says Conscience (humsing) It”™s such a crime that this group isn”™t a household name, but I guess that”™s generally the case with bands that were just way too far ahead of their time. This is a track off their 1984 double single and computer program (??), which sounds like a mix of Magma, Kate Bush and Animal Collective. ”˜Nuff said. If you haven”™t given The Depreciation Guild a listen, check out their new album, Spirit Youth, on Spotify now. Then check out their debut album “In Her Gentle Jaws”, also on Spotify. Thom Edit: Dave and I are less than happy with the current layout of this blog, so we”™re going to change it so that when reading Spotisfaction it doesn”™t feel like you”™re looking at a headache.

Something a bit different today.

As you are aware, we are very fond of mixtapes. We are also quite fond of The Depreciation Guild. So when the Guild”™s guitarist, Christoph Hochheim, did a Needle Exchange mix we had to give it a listen. In short, it”™s fantastic. It”™s everything you could ever ask from a mixtape, and we felt we had to share it.

This is a bit unorthodox, I agree. Big thanks to Christoph for this selection as well as to self-titledmag.com for the mix. Without further delay, here we go. It”™s not a Spotify playlist, rather it is embedded in the site, but you can download the MP3:

Needle Exchange 021 – Christoph Hochheim/The Depreciation Guild

  1. Ralph Lundsten And The Andromeda All Stars ”“ Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
  2. Daedelus ”“ An Armada Approaches
  3. Dimlite ”“ Kalimba Deathswamp/Kurt Feelings
  4. Roberto Cacciapaglia ”“ Quite Still
  5. The Samps ”“ F.X.N.C.
  6. Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti ”“ Fright Night (Nevermore)
  7. PC Worship Mutant Soul Band ”“ Wake Up in the Dark and There”™s Nothing Going On
  8. The Association ”“ The Time It Is Today
  9. The Space Lady aka “Suzy Soundz” ”“ Major Tom
  10. Svenne & Lotta ”“ Roly Poly Girl
  11. Mahmoud Ahmed ”“ Abbay Mado ”“ Embwa Belew
  12. Sudden Sway ”“ Me Says Conscience (humsing)

Ralph Lundsten And The Andromeda All Stars ”“ Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
The epic opener to this Swedish electronic music composer”™s synth-heavy neon-fantasy Alpha Ralpha Boulevard. Makes me feel like I”™m floating down a river of orange and pink sherbet”¦in space.

Daedelus ”“ An Armada Approaches
Daedelus is one of those artists who”™s developed such a distinct sound palette over the years, yet still finds new ways to contextualize them. The first track off his excellent new EP (Righteous Fists of Harmony) starts off with his signature 8-bit English horn (that”™s the only way I could think to describe it) playing a slow-building melody that lets you know what you”™re in for in the best way possible.

Dimlite ”“ Kalimba Deathswamp/Kurt Feelings
I don”™t even know how to begin describing this one, but it”™s truly some of the most compelling, melodic dubstep/jazz craziness I”™ve ever heard. Dimlite contrasts cold electronic sounds with the natural sound of kazoos, unprocessed vocals, clapping, and scotch tape to make for a track that”™s as psychedelic as the EP”™s cover.

Roberto Cacciapaglia ”“ Quite Still
A recent discovery of mine, Roberto Cacciapaglia”™s sheer diversity of releases is truly astounding. This track is off The Ann Steel Album, which he composed for a model of the same name. “Quite Still” is a melancholy “popera” jam, for umm”¦robots.

The Samps ”“ F.X.N.C.
A track from Cole Marsden Greif-Neill”™s new project (also of Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti/Nite Jewel). A trill-happy, funky bass plays off a fat synth bass lick layered with tape hiss and lasers. Anyone who can pull off such a slap-heavy jam so well deserves recognition in my book.

Ariel Pink”™s Haunted Graffiti ”“ Fright Night (Nevermore)
Like that segue? This might be my favorite song off the freshly-leaked Ariel Pink album. As solid as the album is it”™s a bit frustrating to a super-fan like me in that it”™s virtually all older tracks they redid as studio productions, but this song is an entirely new jam and it slays.

PC Worship Mutant Soul Band ”“ Wake Up in the Dark and There”™s Nothing Going On
For a brief period of time Justin Frye (PC Worship) sang for a post-hardcore band my brother and I were in called Tropic of Nelson. It wasn”™t until years later that I finally caught a PC Worship set and it totally blew me away. Psyched-out, sludgy riffage that dissolves into a free-jazz noise freakout””truly a stoner”™s delight.

The Association ”“ The Time It Is Today
An excellent sunshine-pop band from California in the ”™60s, this track reminds me of some of Love”™s finest movements. That vocal harmony at the end of the verse always kills me.

The Space Lady aka “Suzy Soundz” ”“ Major Tom
The Space Lady is a street performer who played on the streets of Boston, Cambridge, San Francisco and Berkeley in the ”™70s. Originally a song by Peter Schilling, Space Lady”™s version is a far more pared down and alien, a really bizarre contrast of humor and melancholy.

Svenne & Lotta ”“ Roly Poly Girl
This is the B-side to the “Bang-A-Boomerang” single released by Svenne & Lotta, a Swedish pop duo from the late ”™60s who are still active today. The Yamaha keyboard line right in the intro totally hooked me the first time i heard it and the synth solo in the middle continues to blow my mind. Such a perfect pop song.

Mahmoud Ahmed ”“ Abbay Mado ”“ Embwa Belew
Mahmound Ahmed, an Ethopian singer from the Ӫ60s who recently enjoyed a resurgence of popularity due to the Ethiopiques series started by Buda Musique. This is the first track off his 1975 album Er̬ M̬la M̬la. I love that warbled organ sound in the background and his bone dry vocals and delivery.

Sudden Sway ”“ Me Says Conscience (humsing)
It”™s such a crime that this group isn”™t a household name, but I guess that”™s generally the case with bands that were just way too far ahead of their time. This is a track off their 1984 double single and computer program (??), which sounds like a mix of Magma, Kate Bush and Animal Collective. ”˜Nuff said.

If you haven”™t given The Depreciation Guild a listen, check out their new album, Spirit Youth, on Spotify now. Then check out their debut album “In Her Gentle Jaws”, also on Spotify.

Thom

Edit: Dave and I are less than happy with the current layout of this blog, so we”™re going to change it so that when reading Spotisfaction it doesn”™t feel like you”™re looking at a headache.

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/685jSumSQaTSpcRGTGU1yy

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.

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/27uMLkv6sgtLi43hZCIMpG

This is probably the latest a Spotisfaction update has ever been. What? What of it? Shouldn”™t you all be out enjoying the sun?

Excuses
Dave: I got stuck between two mirrors.
Thom: I tripped over a cobweb.

But, finally, here is the update. I”™ve enjoyed the last couple of playlists, and here is another one it looks like I”™m going to enjoy. The last submission by this guy was great and truth be told, it looks like this could surpass the last. So wake up, tune in and listen to this. Then shower Woody with appriciation via Twitter. Cheers, man.

Thom

Woody Says:
Hey guys

Here is my playlist for ya”™ll:

Occasionalism

  1. Fang Island – Dreams Of Dreams
  2. The Black Keys – I Got Mine
  3. Vivian Girls – Surfin”™ Away
  4. Darwin Deez – Constellations
  5. Malajube – Ton Plat Favori
  6. Violent Femmes – Please Do Not Go
  7. Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-Headed Boy
  8. Fools Gold – Surprise Hotel
  9. Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz
  10. Balkan Beat Box – Bulgarian Chicks
  11. Rodrigo y Gabriela – Tamacun
  12. Taj Mahal – Checkin”™ Up On My Baby
  13. Husker Du – Could You Be The One
  14. The Replacements – I Will Dare
  15. Beach Fossils – Daydream
  16. Amadou & Mariam – Africa (Featuring Knaan)
  17. Yerba Buena – Bellydancer (Featuring Fulanito and Gogol Bordello)
  18. Balkan Beat Box – Move It
  19. Taj Mahal – Johnny Too Bad
  20. Yo La Tengo – Upside-Down
  21. Mission Of Burma – That”™s When I Reach For My Revolver
  22. Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land

So it actually took me ages to do another playlist. Mainly because I tried to come up with themes, or a similar sound or something for them but I generally found them all to be crap. I realised what I most enjoy in a playlist is when it is comprised of music I haven”™t either heard before or songs I wouldn”™t have put together.

So I started with Yo La Tengo (I had just watched Adventureland which they contributed a song for the soundtrack) and from there I just started searching random bands from lots of different genres, hopefully with the effect of making sense together as a playlist but also to be a bit unpredictable at the same time.

Apart from Janis Joplin and Violent Femmes, most of the other music I had either never heard or only played a few tracks before. Balkan Beat Box are definitely a highlight, they are like the ultimate gypsy/world/party music band, they have such a range of sounds and influences and its pulled off to great effect. Beach Fossils and Fool”™s Gold are rapidly becoming some of my favourite new bands, perfect for chilling out in the sun. I also revisited classic bands such as Husker Du and The Replacements and even further back to Woody Guthrie because, well, why not?

Serving suggestion is some sunshine, a beer and ice cream. [EDITORS NOTE: We fully endorse this]

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did putting it together.

Woody

This is probably the latest a Spotisfaction update has ever been. What? What of it? Shouldn”™t you all be out enjoying the sun?

Excuses
Dave: I got stuck between two mirrors.
Thom: I tripped over a cobweb.

But, finally, here is the update. I”™ve enjoyed the last couple of playlists, and here is another one it looks like I”™m going to enjoy. The last submission by this guy was great and truth be told, it looks like this could surpass the last. So wake up, tune in and listen to this. Then shower Woody with appriciation via Twitter. Cheers, man.

Thom

Woody Says:
Hey guys

Here is my playlist for ya”™ll:

Occasionalism

  1. Fang Island – Dreams Of Dreams
  2. The Black Keys – I Got Mine
  3. Vivian Girls – Surfin”™ Away
  4. Darwin Deez – Constellations
  5. Malajube – Ton Plat Favori
  6. Violent Femmes – Please Do Not Go
  7. Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-Headed Boy
  8. Fools Gold – Surprise Hotel
  9. Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz
  10. Balkan Beat Box – Bulgarian Chicks
  11. Rodrigo y Gabriela – Tamacun
  12. Taj Mahal – Checkin”™ Up On My Baby
  13. Husker Du – Could You Be The One
  14. The Replacements – I Will Dare
  15. Beach Fossils – Daydream
  16. Amadou & Mariam – Africa (Featuring Knaan)
  17. Yerba Buena – Bellydancer (Featuring Fulanito and Gogol Bordello)
  18. Balkan Beat Box – Move It
  19. Taj Mahal – Johnny Too Bad
  20. Yo La Tengo – Upside-Down
  21. Mission Of Burma – That”™s When I Reach For My Revolver
  22. Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land

So it actually took me ages to do another playlist. Mainly because I tried to come up with themes, or a similar sound or something for them but I generally found them all to be crap. I realised what I most enjoy in a playlist is when it is comprised of music I haven”™t either heard before or songs I wouldn”™t have put together.

So I started with Yo La Tengo (I had just watched Adventureland which they contributed a song for the soundtrack) and from there I just started searching random bands from lots of different genres, hopefully with the effect of making sense together as a playlist but also to be a bit unpredictable at the same time.

Apart from Janis Joplin and Violent Femmes, most of the other music I had either never heard or only played a few tracks before. Balkan Beat Box are definitely a highlight, they are like the ultimate gypsy/world/party music band, they have such a range of sounds and influences and its pulled off to great effect. Beach Fossils and Fool”™s Gold are rapidly becoming some of my favourite new bands, perfect for chilling out in the sun. I also revisited classic bands such as Husker Du and The Replacements and even further back to Woody Guthrie because, well, why not?

Serving suggestion is some sunshine, a beer and ice cream. [EDITORS NOTE: We fully endorse this]

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did putting it together.

Woody

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0HM8zlJxvqVi4XPp4iN55A

Afternoon, folk.

I just want to say, thank you to everyone who has provided feedback to us recently. Given the recent developments with Spotify (e.g. public libraries) the demand for Spotisfaction is dwindling, it would appear. In order for us to keep this up, we require input from the community. Without input and support from the community, Spotisfaction will die. David and myself are looking into the recent suggestions and other ways to keep the community together, hopefully we”™ll pull something out of the hat.

Today we have the mighty Ben Hawling with a fantastic idea for a playlist. This is the soundtrack to his life circa 2006. And now, I will give it a listen. I hope you will too.

If anyone has any ideas for Spotisfaction, or wants to make any suggestions for the future, please drop us an email: spotisfaction@googlemail.com. Cheers

Thom

Ben Says:

Playlist is here – 2006

1. I Don”™t Know What It Is = Rufus Wainwright
2. Dollars & Cents = Radiohead
3. Distance = Editors
4. Burning Benches = Morning Runner
5. Valentine = The Delays
6. See The World = The Kooks
7. Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery = Graham Coxon
8. TV Pro = The Vines
9. Despair In The Departure Lounge = Arctic Monkeys
10. Don”™t Stop Now = Lemon Jelly
11. Daylight Robbery = Imogen Heap
12. Soul Meets Body = Death Cab For Cutie
13. Theres A Good Reason These Tables”¦ = Panic! At The Disco
14. Colours = Hot Chip
15. Atlantic = Keane
16. Control Myself = L.L. Cool J Ft. Jennifer Lopez
17. Give It Away = Zero 7
18. Fixed Income = DJ Shadow
19. Hoodoo = Muse
20. We Are Your Friends = Justice Vs Simian
21. Can”™t Lose = We Are Scientists
22. Creepin Up The Backstairs = The Fratellis
23. When You Were Young = The Killers
24. Missing = Beck
25. My Imaginary Friend = The Divine Comedy
26. Littlest Things = Lily Allen
27. Bruised = Ben Folds
28. Legacy = Mansun

The soundtrack to my life”¦”¦2006

Every track in this list represents a feeling, a mood, or event during my 2006 that stands out for one reason or another. It was a big year for me, and the eclectic mix above was with me all the way through the peaks and troughs.

Janurary – March =

During this time, I found myself juggling mounting workloads at sixth form, and shit long hours at work (Waitrose), and holding together a relationship. This ultimately led to me being run down and contracting glandular fever, eek!  ”˜Dollars And Cents”™ and ”˜Distance”™ both capture my intense and cloudy judgement and head space at that time, as the respective albums were all i listened to for a while. I bought the Morning Runner album the day it came out, as my then girlfriend bought The Delays album on the same day. These two songs are significant as we then burnt copies of our albums for each other. I tended to listen to The Kooks album, as well as a lot of Blur and Graham Coxon whilst being bedridden with the glandular fever, and they totally got me through it, so cheers!

April – June =

My then girlfriend went away during the Easter holidays of 2006, so I hung out with my friends a lot more (something I should have done a lot more of anyway) and got into The Vines, Death Cab For Cutie and Imogen Heap, all of which providing perfect noise to the sunlight. I also watched Spaced a lot during this time so naturally got into Lemon Jelly big time! Keane are one of my favourite ever bands, so I was hugely excited when Under The Iron Sea came out, opening with the epic ”˜Atlantic”™. The LL Cool J track came out during this time and me and my mate loved it so much that we got it played at our sixth form leavers ball, woop!

July – September =

Then came study period for my A level exams, so I naturally listened to loads of albums. Stuff like Zero 7 and DJ Shadow brought a relaxing, and cool vibe to the studying. Tracks like ”˜We Are Your Friends”™ were anthems for the summer, and I remember listening to We Are Scientists a lot when I was gathering items for my V Festival checklist the day before going. The week before I left for University, The Fratellis first album came out and I couldn”™t stop listening to it. ”˜When You Were Young”™ means a lot to me as it was the song playing on the radio on the first drive to uni, when I felt massively homesick and anxious, yet excited of what was to come. The song seemed to symbolise my transition from being young, to growing older and leaving home for the first time.

October – December =

I got into Beck and The Divine Comedy in a fucking massive way at this time, and went to see The Divine Comedy at my uni, which left me smiling out loud! I also started going out with a girl in the first few months of uni, and her mannerisms always reminded me of Lily Allen. Plus ”˜Littlest Things”™ came out at this time. I love anything Ben Folds does, and was blown away by ”˜Bruised”™ due to its delicacy and honesty. I got into Mansun over this whole time, because: 1. They are amazing, and 2. because no one else I knew at uni liked them, so i liked having that special appreciation. Their second album ”˜Six”™ blow my mind and opened my eyes to what great music really was, and to what bands can achieve if they truly experiment with sound. ”˜Legacy”™ tends to sum up my mood at this time also.

Its a pretty boring story, but its story none the less, and best of all”¦..its real. I love how music shapes our lives, but mainly how we cling to music and its magical properties in order to make sense of the mess of human behaviour.
So that was my 2006, and thinking back, I completely changed as an individual from January to December, fascinating!

2007 was just as interesting”¦”¦..honest!

Nuff said!

Ben Hawling.

Afternoon, folk.

I just want to say, thank you to everyone who has provided feedback to us recently. Given the recent developments with Spotify (e.g. public libraries) the demand for Spotisfaction is dwindling, it would appear. In order for us to keep this up, we require input from the community. Without input and support from the community, Spotisfaction will die. David and myself are looking into the recent suggestions and other ways to keep the community together, hopefully we”™ll pull something out of the hat.

Today we have the mighty Ben Hawling with a fantastic idea for a playlist. This is the soundtrack to his life circa 2006. And now, I will give it a listen. I hope you will too.

If anyone has any ideas for Spotisfaction, or wants to make any suggestions for the future, please drop us an email: spotisfaction@googlemail.com. Cheers

Thom

Ben Says:

Playlist is here – 2006

1. I Don”™t Know What It Is = Rufus Wainwright
2. Dollars & Cents = Radiohead
3. Distance = Editors
4. Burning Benches = Morning Runner
5. Valentine = The Delays
6. See The World = The Kooks
7. Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery = Graham Coxon
8. TV Pro = The Vines
9. Despair In The Departure Lounge = Arctic Monkeys
10. Don”™t Stop Now = Lemon Jelly
11. Daylight Robbery = Imogen Heap
12. Soul Meets Body = Death Cab For Cutie
13. Theres A Good Reason These Tables”¦ = Panic! At The Disco
14. Colours = Hot Chip
15. Atlantic = Keane
16. Control Myself = L.L. Cool J Ft. Jennifer Lopez
17. Give It Away = Zero 7
18. Fixed Income = DJ Shadow
19. Hoodoo = Muse
20. We Are Your Friends = Justice Vs Simian
21. Can”™t Lose = We Are Scientists
22. Creepin Up The Backstairs = The Fratellis
23. When You Were Young = The Killers
24. Missing = Beck
25. My Imaginary Friend = The Divine Comedy
26. Littlest Things = Lily Allen
27. Bruised = Ben Folds
28. Legacy = Mansun

The soundtrack to my life”¦”¦2006

Every track in this list represents a feeling, a mood, or event during my 2006 that stands out for one reason or another. It was a big year for me, and the eclectic mix above was with me all the way through the peaks and troughs.

Janurary – March =

During this time, I found myself juggling mounting workloads at sixth form, and shit long hours at work (Waitrose), and holding together a relationship. This ultimately led to me being run down and contracting glandular fever, eek!  ”˜Dollars And Cents”™ and ”˜Distance”™ both capture my intense and cloudy judgement and head space at that time, as the respective albums were all i listened to for a while. I bought the Morning Runner album the day it came out, as my then girlfriend bought The Delays album on the same day. These two songs are significant as we then burnt copies of our albums for each other. I tended to listen to The Kooks album, as well as a lot of Blur and Graham Coxon whilst being bedridden with the glandular fever, and they totally got me through it, so cheers!

April – June =

My then girlfriend went away during the Easter holidays of 2006, so I hung out with my friends a lot more (something I should have done a lot more of anyway) and got into The Vines, Death Cab For Cutie and Imogen Heap, all of which providing perfect noise to the sunlight. I also watched Spaced a lot during this time so naturally got into Lemon Jelly big time! Keane are one of my favourite ever bands, so I was hugely excited when Under The Iron Sea came out, opening with the epic ”˜Atlantic”™. The LL Cool J track came out during this time and me and my mate loved it so much that we got it played at our sixth form leavers ball, woop!

July – September =

Then came study period for my A level exams, so I naturally listened to loads of albums. Stuff like Zero 7 and DJ Shadow brought a relaxing, and cool vibe to the studying. Tracks like ”˜We Are Your Friends”™ were anthems for the summer, and I remember listening to We Are Scientists a lot when I was gathering items for my V Festival checklist the day before going. The week before I left for University, The Fratellis first album came out and I couldn”™t stop listening to it. ”˜When You Were Young”™ means a lot to me as it was the song playing on the radio on the first drive to uni, when I felt massively homesick and anxious, yet excited of what was to come. The song seemed to symbolise my transition from being young, to growing older and leaving home for the first time.

October – December =

I got into Beck and The Divine Comedy in a fucking massive way at this time, and went to see The Divine Comedy at my uni, which left me smiling out loud! I also started going out with a girl in the first few months of uni, and her mannerisms always reminded me of Lily Allen. Plus ”˜Littlest Things”™ came out at this time. I love anything Ben Folds does, and was blown away by ”˜Bruised”™ due to its delicacy and honesty. I got into Mansun over this whole time, because: 1. They are amazing, and 2. because no one else I knew at uni liked them, so i liked having that special appreciation. Their second album ”˜Six”™ blow my mind and opened my eyes to what great music really was, and to what bands can achieve if they truly experiment with sound. ”˜Legacy”™ tends to sum up my mood at this time also.

Its a pretty boring story, but its story none the less, and best of all”¦..its real. I love how music shapes our lives, but mainly how we cling to music and its magical properties in order to make sense of the mess of human behaviour.
So that was my 2006, and thinking back, I completely changed as an individual from January to December, fascinating!

2007 was just as interesting”¦”¦..honest!

Nuff said!

Ben Hawling.

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7DQ3b8ReRo1grWHHxrfQOY

Afternoon all. Some awesome feedback coming from today”™s news post, so huge thanks for all you niaive folks sharing your ideas for us to rip off”¦ uh, I mean implement with full credit as appropriate! Thom and I started Spotisfaction as an ambitious project to listen to every track in the world ever, but in the process we”™ve created a small community and we”™d love to improve things for those of you who have stuck with us. So, if there”™s something you”™d like out of Spotisfaction that we”™re not currently delivering, let us know.

Anyway, today”™s mix is beautiful in my opinion. I”™ll hand you over to its loving creator, James Cook.

Tripping the light tangfastic”¦
David

Playlist can be found right here.

James says:
The Acoustic Session

To contrast my previous mix Dubisfiction, I”™m stripping things back and present The Acoustic Session – a short acoustic-only playlist of folk, bossa nova, classical and crossover.

  1. Loro – Adem
  2. I Was Hoping Winter Was OVer – The Twilight Sad
  3. In A Manner Of Speaking – Nouvelle Vague
  4. Fantasia Sobre La Traviata – Francisco Tárrega
  5. Who Will Comfort Me? – Melody Gardot
  6. Birthday Present – Mirah
  7. Winter Dies – Midlake
  8. Fingerbib – Alarm Will Sound / Aphex Twin
  9. Homenaje A Tárrega: Soleares – Joaquin Turina
  10. Ada – The National
  11. Things Behind The Sun – Nick Drake
  12. This Flight Tonight – Joni Mitchell
  13. Pass It On – The Coral
  14. Saturday Come Slow – Massive Attack
  15. Recuerdos De Alhambra – Francisco Tárrega
  16. The Mosquito Song – Queens Of The Stone Age
  17. Jynweythek Ylow – Aphex Twin
  18. Human Beings Gather Round – Adem


Blurb:

I knew one artist that was going in here straight off the bat – Adem; and so I bookended the playlist with a track from his most recent covers album – Loro by Pinback – and finishing on the album-closer for Love And Other Planets – Human Beings Gather Round.

I also knew I wanted songs featuring my favourite female vocalists – Camille Dalmais on Nouvelle Vague”™s cover of In A Manner of Speaking, Melody Gardot and Mirah. Soft, sassy, whisper-in-your-ear delicacy.

Francisco Tárrega is quite simply one of the best Spanish classical guitarists ever to grace the planet and it is a travesty that most people know him only by that Nokia theme. Combining the classical romanticism of the time with the traditional spanish folk of his upbringing, he has created some of the most achingly beautiful classical guitar pieces ever written. To protect the playlist from sections of density, I have interspersed three tracks created or inspired by Tárrega, finishing with his opus, Recuerdos De Alhambra.

2 choices from leftfield by the infinitely various Aphex Twin continue to show the size of his repertoire on these Spotifaction mixlists.

Now, everybody knows Joni Mitchell”™s Both Sides Now and Big Yellow Taxi, and if you don”™t, you”™re an idiot. I therefore avoided insulting your intelligence by choosing a song of hers that is less well known – This Flight Tonight.

A long-unheared Queens Of The Stone Age bonus track, the effecting Mosquito Song, and the aforementioned Aphex Twin and Adem tracks close out the mixlist. Here”™s hoping you”™ve enjoyed it!

Cheers
J_TAE.

Afternoon all. Some awesome feedback coming from today”™s news post, so huge thanks for all you niaive folks sharing your ideas for us to rip off”¦ uh, I mean implement with full credit as appropriate! Thom and I started Spotisfaction as an ambitious project to listen to every track in the world ever, but in the process we”™ve created a small community and we”™d love to improve things for those of you who have stuck with us. So, if there”™s something you”™d like out of Spotisfaction that we”™re not currently delivering, let us know.

Anyway, today”™s mix is beautiful in my opinion. I”™ll hand you over to its loving creator, James Cook.

Tripping the light tangfastic”¦
David

Playlist can be found right here.

James says:
The Acoustic Session

To contrast my previous mix Dubisfiction, I”™m stripping things back and present The Acoustic Session – a short acoustic-only playlist of folk, bossa nova, classical and crossover.

  1. Loro – Adem
  2. I Was Hoping Winter Was OVer – The Twilight Sad
  3. In A Manner Of Speaking – Nouvelle Vague
  4. Fantasia Sobre La Traviata – Francisco Tárrega
  5. Who Will Comfort Me? – Melody Gardot
  6. Birthday Present – Mirah
  7. Winter Dies – Midlake
  8. Fingerbib – Alarm Will Sound / Aphex Twin
  9. Homenaje A Tárrega: Soleares – Joaquin Turina
  10. Ada – The National
  11. Things Behind The Sun – Nick Drake
  12. This Flight Tonight – Joni Mitchell
  13. Pass It On – The Coral
  14. Saturday Come Slow – Massive Attack
  15. Recuerdos De Alhambra – Francisco Tárrega
  16. The Mosquito Song – Queens Of The Stone Age
  17. Jynweythek Ylow – Aphex Twin
  18. Human Beings Gather Round – Adem


Blurb:

I knew one artist that was going in here straight off the bat – Adem; and so I bookended the playlist with a track from his most recent covers album – Loro by Pinback – and finishing on the album-closer for Love And Other Planets – Human Beings Gather Round.

I also knew I wanted songs featuring my favourite female vocalists – Camille Dalmais on Nouvelle Vague”™s cover of In A Manner of Speaking, Melody Gardot and Mirah. Soft, sassy, whisper-in-your-ear delicacy.

Francisco Tárrega is quite simply one of the best Spanish classical guitarists ever to grace the planet and it is a travesty that most people know him only by that Nokia theme. Combining the classical romanticism of the time with the traditional spanish folk of his upbringing, he has created some of the most achingly beautiful classical guitar pieces ever written. To protect the playlist from sections of density, I have interspersed three tracks created or inspired by Tárrega, finishing with his opus, Recuerdos De Alhambra.

2 choices from leftfield by the infinitely various Aphex Twin continue to show the size of his repertoire on these Spotifaction mixlists.

Now, everybody knows Joni Mitchell”™s Both Sides Now and Big Yellow Taxi, and if you don”™t, you”™re an idiot. I therefore avoided insulting your intelligence by choosing a song of hers that is less well known – This Flight Tonight.

A long-unheared Queens Of The Stone Age bonus track, the effecting Mosquito Song, and the aforementioned Aphex Twin and Adem tracks close out the mixlist. Here”™s hoping you”™ve enjoyed it!

Cheers
J_TAE.

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/13c9Wt0l9kCndDNTeAYods

Hi all,

Thom”™s away on holiday today (lucky sod) so I”™m holding the fort at Spotisfaction Towers. Not gonna lie, I”™ve been hella busy today. So busy, in fact, that I”™ve lost all sense of dignity and have used ”˜hella”™ in a sentence. Shame on me. However, we have a playlist designed to sort that out, courtesy of Mr Richard Brittain.

It”™s a bit of a departure for us (ie not indie or electro), but as is the aim of Spotisfaction it”™s lifted my little soul and brought a wry grin to my handsomely chiseled jaw. Rawr.

Love, hockey pucks and pickup trucks.
David

Playlist here, y”™all”¦

  1. Finished Symphony – Hybrid
  2. Saltwater – Chicane
  3. ResuRectiom – PPK
  4. Toca”™s Miracle – Fragma
  5. I Found U – Axwell, Max”™C
  6. The journey Continues – Mark Brown
  7. Groovejey – Spiller
  8. Lola”™s Theme – The Shapeshifters
  9. Shine – The Lovefreekzs
  10. Everytime I See Her – Another Chance
  11. Proper Education – Eric Prydz
  12. Rock Your Body Rock – Ferry Corsten
  13. Storm  – Storm
  14. Nightmare – Brian Bug
  15. As The Rush Comes – Motorcycle
  16. Anthem – Flio & Peri
  17. Heart of Asia – Watergate
  18. Carte Blanche – Veracocha
  19. Bellssima – DJ Quicksilver
  20. Nothing But You – Paul van Dyk
  21. 1998 – Binary Finary
  22. On The Move – Barthezz
  23. Ayla – Ayla
  24. Passion – Amen UK
  25. Infinity 2008 – Guru Josh Project
  26. Ramp – Scooter
  27. Shooting Star – Flip & Fill
  28. Pretty Green Eyes – Ultrabeat
  29. Set You Free – N-Trance
  30. In My Eyes – Milk Inc.
  31. Tell it To My Heart – Kelly Llorenna
  32. Blood is Pumpin – Voodoo & Serano
  33. Save Me – Darren Styles
  34. I Remember – Deadmau5 & Kaskade
  35. Yeah Yeah – Bodyrox & Luciana
  36. Harder Better Faster Stronger – Daft Punk
  37. Don”™t Stop Movin”™ – Livin”™ Joy
  38. Destination Calabria – CDM Project
  39. I”™m Not Alone – Calvin Harris
  40. Ready for the Weekend – Calvin Harris
  41. Flashback – Calvin Harris
  42. Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
  43. Adagio For strings – Tiësto

Rich says:

I”™m not one for speeches so I will keep this sort,

The inspiration behind this mix come from a few places, Songs I listened too while growing up that will never be out-dated, Song”™s I have seen electrify a dance floor with their killer build ups and songs that I can kick back to on a evening and just chill too.

So this is my Mix”¦”¦Enjoy

Hi all,

Thom”™s away on holiday today (lucky sod) so I”™m holding the fort at Spotisfaction Towers. Not gonna lie, I”™ve been hella busy today. So busy, in fact, that I”™ve lost all sense of dignity and have used ”˜hella”™ in a sentence. Shame on me. However, we have a playlist designed to sort that out, courtesy of Mr Richard Brittain.

It”™s a bit of a departure for us (ie not indie or electro), but as is the aim of Spotisfaction it”™s lifted my little soul and brought a wry grin to my handsomely chiseled jaw. Rawr.

Love, hockey pucks and pickup trucks.
David

Playlist here, y”™all”¦

  1. Finished Symphony – Hybrid
  2. Saltwater – Chicane
  3. ResuRectiom – PPK
  4. Toca”™s Miracle – Fragma
  5. I Found U – Axwell, Max”™C
  6. The journey Continues – Mark Brown
  7. Groovejey – Spiller
  8. Lola”™s Theme – The Shapeshifters
  9. Shine – The Lovefreekzs
  10. Everytime I See Her – Another Chance
  11. Proper Education – Eric Prydz
  12. Rock Your Body Rock – Ferry Corsten
  13. Storm  – Storm
  14. Nightmare – Brian Bug
  15. As The Rush Comes – Motorcycle
  16. Anthem – Flio & Peri
  17. Heart of Asia – Watergate
  18. Carte Blanche – Veracocha
  19. Bellssima – DJ Quicksilver
  20. Nothing But You – Paul van Dyk
  21. 1998 – Binary Finary
  22. On The Move – Barthezz
  23. Ayla – Ayla
  24. Passion – Amen UK
  25. Infinity 2008 – Guru Josh Project
  26. Ramp – Scooter
  27. Shooting Star – Flip & Fill
  28. Pretty Green Eyes – Ultrabeat
  29. Set You Free – N-Trance
  30. In My Eyes – Milk Inc.
  31. Tell it To My Heart – Kelly Llorenna
  32. Blood is Pumpin – Voodoo & Serano
  33. Save Me – Darren Styles
  34. I Remember – Deadmau5 & Kaskade
  35. Yeah Yeah – Bodyrox & Luciana
  36. Harder Better Faster Stronger – Daft Punk
  37. Don”™t Stop Movin”™ – Livin”™ Joy
  38. Destination Calabria – CDM Project
  39. I”™m Not Alone – Calvin Harris
  40. Ready for the Weekend – Calvin Harris
  41. Flashback – Calvin Harris
  42. Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
  43. Adagio For strings – Tiësto

Rich says:

I”™m not one for speeches so I will keep this sort,

The inspiration behind this mix come from a few places, Songs I listened too while growing up that will never be out-dated, Song”™s I have seen electrify a dance floor with their killer build ups and songs that I can kick back to on a evening and just chill too.

So this is my Mix”¦”¦Enjoy

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Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pquNpMpZIJWffE6ZiOg38

Af”™noon all. I hope your weekends were as lovely as mine (and that they were less of a drain on the ol”™ coffers). I”™m on the early shift, so am off home in t-minus 10 minutes”¦ this means Monday has been fine!

Today”™s mix is from Rhys, and it”™s a wicked theme in my opinion.

Call to arms: We really need some more submissions as the cupboards are getting a little bare. If you”™ve got something in the pipeline, get it in to us yo! Hell, we”™ll even help finish it if you”™ve got an idea and lack the time to finish it.

Laters,
David

Rhys says:

Evening all again. I”™ve gone for a themed list here. The theme is “James Bond Artists but not James Bond Songs”. I think that”™s pretty self explanatory.

Here”™s the excuses.

1) Sorry that there is so much Shirley Bassey but she did do 3 Bond theme tunes. And I was aiming for a song per film
2) I”™ve only done the official films. Feel free to argue about the canon in the comments
3) No real theme song for Dr. No so took John Barry as the artist for the James Bond Theme and went from there
4) Just went for Paul McCartney rather than Wings
5) Check out the youtube literal version of Take on Me if you haven”™t already.
Here”™s the link
Track Listing

  1. John Barry ”“ Midnight Cowboy
  2. Matt Monro ”“ No Puedo Quitar Mis Ojos De Ti (Can”™t Take my Eyes Off You)
  3. Shirley Bassey ”“ History Repeating
  4. Tom Jones ”“ Kiss
  5. Nancy Sinatra ”“ Shot You Down (Album Version) (Feat. Nancy Sinatra)
  6. Louis Armstrong ”“ La Vie En Rose
  7. Shirley Bassey ”“ Kiss Me Honey Honey (Kiss Me)
  8. Paul McCartney ”“ Paperback Writer – Live at CitiField, NYC – Digital Audio
  9. Lulu ”“ Feelin”™ Alright – LP Version   2006 Remastered
  10. Carly Simon ”“ You”™re So Vain – Live
  11. Shirley Bassey ”“ Killing Me Softly With His Song
  12. Sheena Easton ”“ Prisoner
  13. Rita Coolidge ”“ I Want To Know What Love Is
  14. Duran Duran ”“ Ordinary World
  15. a-ha ”“ Take On Me
  16. Gladys Knight & The Pips ”“ I Heard It Through The Grapevine
  17. Tina Turner ”“ I Can”™t Stand The Rain
  18. Sheryl Crow ”“ All I Wanna Do
  19. Garbage ”“ Stupid Girl
  20. Madonna ”“ Ray Of Light
  21. Chris Cornell ”“ Ground Zero
  22. Alicia Keys ”“ Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down

Af”™noon all. I hope your weekends were as lovely as mine (and that they were less of a drain on the ol”™ coffers). I”™m on the early shift, so am off home in t-minus 10 minutes”¦ this means Monday has been fine!

Today”™s mix is from Rhys, and it”™s a wicked theme in my opinion.

Call to arms: We really need some more submissions as the cupboards are getting a little bare. If you”™ve got something in the pipeline, get it in to us yo! Hell, we”™ll even help finish it if you”™ve got an idea and lack the time to finish it.

Laters,
David

Rhys says:

Evening all again. I”™ve gone for a themed list here. The theme is “James Bond Artists but not James Bond Songs”. I think that”™s pretty self explanatory.

Here”™s the excuses.

1) Sorry that there is so much Shirley Bassey but she did do 3 Bond theme tunes. And I was aiming for a song per film
2) I”™ve only done the official films. Feel free to argue about the canon in the comments
3) No real theme song for Dr. No so took John Barry as the artist for the James Bond Theme and went from there
4) Just went for Paul McCartney rather than Wings
5) Check out the youtube literal version of Take on Me if you haven”™t already.
Here”™s the link
Track Listing

  1. John Barry ”“ Midnight Cowboy
  2. Matt Monro ”“ No Puedo Quitar Mis Ojos De Ti (Can”™t Take my Eyes Off You)
  3. Shirley Bassey ”“ History Repeating
  4. Tom Jones ”“ Kiss
  5. Nancy Sinatra ”“ Shot You Down (Album Version) (Feat. Nancy Sinatra)
  6. Louis Armstrong ”“ La Vie En Rose
  7. Shirley Bassey ”“ Kiss Me Honey Honey (Kiss Me)
  8. Paul McCartney ”“ Paperback Writer – Live at CitiField, NYC – Digital Audio
  9. Lulu ”“ Feelin”™ Alright – LP Version   2006 Remastered
  10. Carly Simon ”“ You”™re So Vain – Live
  11. Shirley Bassey ”“ Killing Me Softly With His Song
  12. Sheena Easton ”“ Prisoner
  13. Rita Coolidge ”“ I Want To Know What Love Is
  14. Duran Duran ”“ Ordinary World
  15. a-ha ”“ Take On Me
  16. Gladys Knight & The Pips ”“ I Heard It Through The Grapevine
  17. Tina Turner ”“ I Can”™t Stand The Rain
  18. Sheryl Crow ”“ All I Wanna Do
  19. Garbage ”“ Stupid Girl
  20. Madonna ”“ Ray Of Light
  21. Chris Cornell ”“ Ground Zero
  22. Alicia Keys ”“ Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down
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Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5vMKOV1MRBJpOg7T1LmQ60

Happy Friday guys. A few things.

Firstly, today we are going to do a collaboration. Free for all. All is welcome. Please add some tunes and enjoy.

http://open.spotify.com/user/mukinabaht/playlist/6wTMzctOqTaS2TikPgqtF7

Secondly, tonight is a Cheltenham Underground night. Get down to The Frog & Fiddle in Cheltenham for 8pm tonight to see the delights of Midnight Mile and Blackberry Wood. Details of the event can be found here. As usual it”™s £4 entry. Get on down and have some fun times.

Okay, so there we have it. Get adding your tracks to the playlist today. I look forward to hearing them. If you feel the need to justify your tracks, add some comments below.

Sweetness.
Thom

Happy Friday guys. A few things.

Firstly, today we are going to do a collaboration. Free for all. All is welcome. Please add some tunes and enjoy.

http://open.spotify.com/user/mukinabaht/playlist/6wTMzctOqTaS2TikPgqtF7

Secondly, tonight is a Cheltenham Underground night. Get down to The Frog & Fiddle in Cheltenham for 8pm tonight to see the delights of Midnight Mile and Blackberry Wood. Details of the event can be found here. As usual it”™s £4 entry. Get on down and have some fun times.

Okay, so there we have it. Get adding your tracks to the playlist today. I look forward to hearing them. If you feel the need to justify your tracks, add some comments below.

Sweetness.
Thom

Categories
Playlists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WyVu5H3kLqteFvDwggmSf

Three is a prime number and today”™s playlist is nothing if not prime. (However please note that there is no Primus on today”™s playlist). See if you can spot the theme here. Answers on a postcard.

Today myself, David and our evil minion Kev decided to stick 10 tracks each onto a collaboration and share it with the world. Or at least the part of the world that cares.

Coming up next week we”™ve got a variety of fantastic guest playlists to stir things up a bit. We”™re still waiting for a few submissions to trickle in (John Brobyn, I”™m looking at you here) so hurry your pants and get them in.

Playlist is here:
http://open.spotify.com/user/mukinabaht/playlist/2AlVGmvwqLeeZsPDGKd0un

Bonus Track: Ernie K-Doe – Here Come The Girls

  1. Dinosaur Jr – Little Fury Things
  2. Husker Du – Don”™t Want To Know If You Are Lonely
  3. The Lemonheads – Second Chance
  4. Temple Of The Dog – Pushin”™ Forward Back
  5. The Toadies – Possum Kingdom
  6. Tad – Throat Locust
  7. Local H – Back In The Day
  8. Mudhoney – Suck You Dry
  9. Sonic Youth – Kill Yr. Idols
  10. Nirvana – Oh The Guilt
  11. Sleater-Kinney – Jumpers
  12. Maggot Brain – Extreme And Hard Boogie
  13. Silverchair – Pure Massacre
  14. Screaming Trees – Beyond This Horizon
  15. Queens Of The Stoneage – The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
  16. Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore
  17. Pearl Jam – Garden
  18. Alice In Chains – Them Bones
  19. Silversun Pickups – Melatonin
  20. Blind Melon – Tones Of Home
  21. Meat Puppets – Plateau
  22. Rival Schools – Holding Sand
  23. The Get Up Kids – Grunge Pig
  24. Nada Surf – Popular
  25. Soundgarden – Spoonman
  26. Audioslave – Like A Stone
  27. AM/FM – Come Suck Down A Cloud
  28. Oceansize – Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs
  29. Quicksand – Fazer
  30. Rage Against The Machine – Guerrilla Radio

As an aside, how do you all think Spotisfaction is going? As I stood on my faux-balcony this morning, having my post wake-up cigarette I wondered what the future had in store for this blog. Is radio dead? Are people so saturated with music choice that they have no idea what to listen to? What makes music journalists so damn snooty they think they can decree the success of otherwise of a band with their sub-par, horribly subjective and bland reviews? I”™m getting the tickle that states something must be done. This summer, we have to take some kind of action. Please upload your ideas into my brain along with a bit of alcohol so I can get something moving.

Ramble over, ramble on.
Thom

Three is a prime number and today”™s playlist is nothing if not prime. (However please note that there is no Primus on today”™s playlist). See if you can spot the theme here. Answers on a postcard.

Today myself, David and our evil minion Kev decided to stick 10 tracks each onto a collaboration and share it with the world. Or at least the part of the world that cares.

Coming up next week we”™ve got a variety of fantastic guest playlists to stir things up a bit. We”™re still waiting for a few submissions to trickle in (John Brobyn, I”™m looking at you here) so hurry your pants and get them in.

Playlist is here:
http://open.spotify.com/user/mukinabaht/playlist/2AlVGmvwqLeeZsPDGKd0un

Bonus Track: Ernie K-Doe – Here Come The Girls

  1. Dinosaur Jr – Little Fury Things
  2. Husker Du – Don”™t Want To Know If You Are Lonely
  3. The Lemonheads – Second Chance
  4. Temple Of The Dog – Pushin”™ Forward Back
  5. The Toadies – Possum Kingdom
  6. Tad – Throat Locust
  7. Local H – Back In The Day
  8. Mudhoney – Suck You Dry
  9. Sonic Youth – Kill Yr. Idols
  10. Nirvana – Oh The Guilt
  11. Sleater-Kinney – Jumpers
  12. Maggot Brain – Extreme And Hard Boogie
  13. Silverchair – Pure Massacre
  14. Screaming Trees – Beyond This Horizon
  15. Queens Of The Stoneage – The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
  16. Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore
  17. Pearl Jam – Garden
  18. Alice In Chains – Them Bones
  19. Silversun Pickups – Melatonin
  20. Blind Melon – Tones Of Home
  21. Meat Puppets – Plateau
  22. Rival Schools – Holding Sand
  23. The Get Up Kids – Grunge Pig
  24. Nada Surf – Popular
  25. Soundgarden – Spoonman
  26. Audioslave – Like A Stone
  27. AM/FM – Come Suck Down A Cloud
  28. Oceansize – Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs
  29. Quicksand – Fazer
  30. Rage Against The Machine – Guerrilla Radio

As an aside, how do you all think Spotisfaction is going? As I stood on my faux-balcony this morning, having my post wake-up cigarette I wondered what the future had in store for this blog. Is radio dead? Are people so saturated with music choice that they have no idea what to listen to? What makes music journalists so damn snooty they think they can decree the success of otherwise of a band with their sub-par, horribly subjective and bland reviews? I”™m getting the tickle that states something must be done. This summer, we have to take some kind of action. Please upload your ideas into my brain along with a bit of alcohol so I can get something moving.

Ramble over, ramble on.
Thom