Going to hopefully start doing these on Spotify now that Australia has caught up so if you dont have Spotify yet, get on to it.

May is a mixed bag

Pop grooves from Santigold & TPHCB, Indie joy from Lotus plaza and Beach House, good old garage rock from the Black Lips and Ty Segall, Aesop rock was the best in Hip Hop and Animal Collective and oOoOO start the freak ball rolling into some nice psychedelic meandering by BJM and Black Mountain

Sit back, tune in, drop out

Sincerely,

Salmond

01. Santigold -Disparate Youth

02. Purity Ring - Obedear

03. The Phenomenal Handclap Band - Radio Girls

04. Jack White - Freedom at 21

05. Lotus Plaza - Strangers

06. Beach House - Lazuli

07. Here We Go Magic - Hard to Be Close

08. Andrew Bird - Eyeoneye

09. The Black Angels - She’s Not There (The Zombies cover)

10. Black Lips - Dance With You

11. Ty Segall Band - Wave Goodbye

12. OFF - Cracked

13. Blitzen Trapper - Hey Joe

14. Aesop Rock  - Zero Dark Thirty

15. Simian Mobile Disco - Seraphim

16. The Flaming Lips - Do It! (featuring Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band)

17. Animal Collective - Honeycomb

18. oOoOO Feat. Butterclock - Springs

19. Spiritualized - Freedom

20. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Clouds Are Lies

21. Amps for Christ & Woods - From Oatmeal To Buttermilk

22. Black Mountain - Embrace Euphoria

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APRIL 2012 PLAYLIST

Suprising amount of ‘Rock’ music kickin about at the moment. The Men, Alabama Shakes & White Fence all have some killer albums out at the moment that you should own if you dont already. The track ‘Geist’ by Dive would have to be my favorite for the month. Stay clear of the Hip Hop if language offends as both Banks and Exquire dont hold back, some quiter jems on the end with the great new album from Justin Hunter (available on iTunes) and Sun Araw get all Reggae

Enjoy

Salmond

TRACK LIST

01 - The Memories - Softly

02 - Alabama Shakes - Heavy Chevy

03 - Ty Segall and White Fence - I Am Not A Game

04 - Dive - Geist

05 - Bear In Heaven - Sinful Nature

06 - Jack White - Sixteen Saltines

07 - The Men - Turn It Around

08 - Japandroids - Jack the Ripper (Nick Cave cover)

09 - Broken Water - Drown

10 - Greenleaf - The Timeline’s History

11 - Conan - Hawk As Weapon

12 - Danny Brown - Grown Up

13 - Mr. Muthaf**Kin’ eXquire - Good P*ssy In Chicago

14 - Azealia Banks - F**k Up The Fun

15 - Lemonade - Neptune

16 - Fort Romeau - SW9

17 - Justin Hunter - Courage

18 - Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras, The Congos - Happy Song

19 - Mirroring - Fell Sound

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This playlist is a special dedication to my dear friend Courtney; for all the neglected months.

New music from Spiritualized is enough to be excited about but it was the quieter stuff from Howlin Rain (produced by Rick Rubin) and Father John Misty (drummer from Fleet Foxes) that was on constant repeat for me this month.

Sit back and enjoy 

Regards

Salmond

01. Spiritualized - Hey Jane

02. Gorillaz featuring Andre 3000 and James Murphy - DoYaThing

03. Beach House - Myth

04. Julia Holter - In The Same Room

05. The Men - Open Your Heart

06. Band of Skulls - The Devil Takes Care of His Own

07. Crocodiles - Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)

08. Andrew Bird - The Crown Salesman

09. The Kills - Pale Blue Eyes

10. Pond - Mystery

11. Black Mountain - Mary Lou

12. Lower Dens - Brains

13. Grimes - Oblivion

14. Matthewdavid - Gold Rope (Stones flip)

15. The Great American Canyon Band - Tumbleweed

16. Woods - Wind Was The Wine

17. Howlin Rain - Collage

18. The Low Anthem - Stories Of The Street

19. Father John Misty - Fun Times in Babylon

20. Sun Kil Moon - Sunshine in Chicago

BEST NEW MUSIC

Spiritualized - Hey Jane

From the forthcoming album Sweet Heart Sweet Light - 2012

The Master is back!

That is all.

Salmond

BEST NEW MUSIC 

Father John Misty - Fun Times In Babylon

From the Forthcoming album Fear Fun - 2012

Fleet Foxes Drummer J. Tillman is finally ready to release his debut album this May. This is the first track on it which has been on repeat on my player for days now. Think early 70s country-folk with beautiful backing vocals.

Enjoy

Salmond

I hate the internet.

Spend all your hard earned money on some great albums only to find all the key tracks are on the net for free legal download! OK ramble over, back to the music 

So here we are again

Jack White, The Kills, Band of Skulls & The Mars Volta

Whoever said that rock was dead can think again this month with some great tracks from veteran artists as well as some great tunes from newer artists (Cloud Nothing). But it was White Fence’s little 60s pop ballad that did it for me. (Also check out Bill Callahan’s brilliant cover of Leonard Cohen’s So Long Marianne, brilliant)  

…Oh did I mention Queens of the Stone Age covering on of my favourite Dylan tracks for charity? (mind loss ensues)

Enjoy

Mild Regards

Salmond

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01. White Fence - It Will Never Be

02. Queens Of The Stone Age - Outlaw Blues (Bob Dylan)

03. Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless

04. Band Of Skulls - Sweet Sour

05. Jack White - Love Interruption

06. The Kills - The Last Goodbye

07. Wild Nothing - Nowhere

08. Veronica Falls - Bad Feeling

09. M.I.A. - Bad Girls

10. BBU - The Hood (feat. GLC)

11. Radiohead - Bloom (Jamie XX Rework Part 3)

12. Battles - Wall Street (Gui Boratto Remix)

13. Matthew Dear - In The Middle (I Met You There) (Featuring Jonny Pierce)

14. Grouper - Demona (Dead Moon Cover)

15. White Hills - Pads of Light

16. The Mars Volta - The Malkin Jewel

17. Earth - Sigil of Brass

18. Bill Callahan - So Long Marianne (Leonard Cohen Cover)

19. First Aid Kit - To A Poet

BEST NEW MUSIC

White Fence - It Will Never Be - 2012

Taken from the forthcoming album: Family Perfume

Darker The Loves Tim Presley third solo album has produced this amazing little jem caught somewhere between a nuggets ‘A’ side track and a Ty Segall ‘B’ side.

Listen and love

Salmond

Traditionally January is a fairly quiet period on the musical calendar with new releases usually not kicking off until February but unexpectedly here we have 19 new tracks worthy of your consideration.

There are new tracks and remixes from previous greats (The Big Pink, Wooden Shjips, Gonjasufi, Bear In Heaven & an amazing New Order cover from personal favourites Fujiya & Miyagi)

But it’s some of the new artists (new to my ears anyways) from the likes of Rockie Fresh, Keepaway & Oberhofer that show there are some good new sound waves on the musical horizon for 2012 

So kick back, relax and bask in the sunshine in your mind

Somewhat sincerely

Salmond

TRACKLIST

01 - The Big Pink - Stay Gold

02 – Keepaway - Cake

03 - Fujiya and Miyagi - Your Silent Face (New Order Cover)

04 - Rockie Fresh - Driving 88 (Feat. Casey Veggies)

05 - Little Dragon - Crystal Film (Close Remix)

06 – Grimes - Genesis

07 - Wooden Shjips - Crossing Remix (Andy Weatherall)

08 - Bear In Heaven - The Reflection of You

09 - Frankie Rose - Know Me

10 - The Maccabees - Pelican

11 - Mind Spiders - Wait For Us

12 - Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

13 - First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar

14 – Lambchop - Gone Tomorrow

15 - Brendan Benson - Bad For Me

16 – Santigold - Big Mouth

17 – Gonjasufi - Nikels And Dimes

18 - Nicolas Jaar - With Just One Glance

19 - Oberhofer - Heart

Out of Dylan’s and Cohen’s recent music catalogues I still say Cohen does it better

pitchfork:

Listen to “Darkness”, a bluesy new track from Leonard Cohen’s forthcoming album, Old Ideas.

None of the albums I picked made the Pitchfork top 10 albums

I take this as a good sign

So here it is; the big one

In no particular order here are 20 of my favourite tracks from the last 12 months, some you will know, hopefully some will be new (Probably the only list on earth not to include Bon Iver & M83)

check it out

Salmond

BEST OF 2011 PLAYLIST

01 - Thee Oh Sees - I Need Seed

02 - Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread

03 - The Charlatans - Smash The System

04 - Battles - Ice Cream Feat. Matias Aguayo

05 - Unknown Mortal Orchestra - FFunny FFrends

06 - PJ Harvey - The Glorious Land

07 - Quilt - Cowboys in the Void

08 - Crystal Stilts - Sycamore Tree

09 - Wooden Shjips - Lazy Bones

10 - Moon Duo - Run Around

11 - Wire - Adapt

12 - Burial, Four Tet & Thom Yorke - Ego

13 - Toro Y Moi - New Beat

14 - Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - I’ll Take Care Of U

15 - Thundercat - For Love I Come

16 - Panda Bear - You Can Count On Me

17 - Lana Del Rey - Video Games

18 - Sean Rowe - Night

19 - Grouper - Alien Observer

20 - Six Organs of Admittance - Hold But Let Go

Plenty of Psychedelia kicking round this year in all forms from pop to electro but here are 9 of my favourite classic style psychedelic rock tracks from 2011 from proven masters of the genre

Turn on and slide away

Salmond

PSYCHEDELIC 2011 PLAYLIST

01 - Psychic Ills - Midnight Moon

02 - Wooden Shjips - Black Smoke Rise

03 - Moon Duo - Fallout (Sonic Boom Remix)

04 - Woodsman - In Circles

05 - Gnod with White Hills - Drop Out

06 - Causa Sui - May Sun

07 - Weird Owl - Mirrors in the Mud

08 - Sun Araw - Bump Up

09 - Earth - Descent to the Zenith

Leaving it all to the last minute

The first two songs on this list I have had on constant repeat. 2 of the best songs this year, also check out amazing tracks by DOOM (MF Doom) & Nicolas Jaar, very nice

December playlist link above, best of 2011 and best Psychedelic 2011 to follow

Regards

Salmond

DECEMBER 2011 PLAYLIST

01 - The Amazing - Gentle Stream

02  - Quilt - Cowboys in the Void

03 - Girls - Die

04 - Pond - Fantastic Explosion Of Time

05 - Vinyl Williams - Inner Space

06 - Florence and The Machine - What The Water Gave Me

07 - Drake - Over My Dead Body (Star Slinger Remix)

08 - DOOM - Retarded Fren (Feat. Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood)

09 - Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) - You Already Knew (prod. Oh No)

10 - Shabazz Palaces - Swerve… The reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding)

11 - Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire - Huzzah! (Remix feat. Despot, Das Racist, Danny Brown & El-P)

12 - James Blake - Love What Happened Here

13 - Purity Ring - Ungirthed

14 - Sepalcure - I’m Alright

15 - Twin Sister - Bad Street

16 - Wet Wings - Stockholm

17 - Nicolas Jaar - Don’t Break My Love

BEST NEW MUSIC

Moon Duo - Winter

2011

I know I promised an end of year list and I will squeeze tat least one in before the year is out. In the mean time here is a new track from Moon Duo to celebrate the season (in the northern hemisphere at least)

Enjoy 

Salmond

Panda Bear - Electric Ballroom 1/2/11, a set on Flickr.