In honour of last night's trance-inducing Black Mountain performance at the Marquee, a little morning after music for those who didn't cab home alone (a knowing wink to you). Pink Mountaintops "Tourist In Your Town."
Prior to the acclaimed fame of Picnicface, Mr. Mark Little put this gem dubbed "Tourist In Your Town," on a mix CD for me. I think I made him a mix cassette in return that he couldn't listen due to a lack of a tape player. Go figure, either way Mark is a Vancouverite we're so lucky to call a Halifax adoptee.
Pink Mountaintops paint the metaphorical landscape of my rock n' roll dreams a light shade of lipstick. Love, love, love, love them.
After having an amazing weekend, I remembered some of the songs/artists I used to play and make mix CD's for someone. This show is for him. Note the new Hot Chip track, a new Superfantastics song from their new EP as well as new Cadence Weapon.
Gonzales, "Overnight", Solo Piano Great Lake Swimmers, "Song for the angels", Bodies & Minds Antony & The Johnsons, "Bird Gerhl", I am a bird now Feist, "How my heart behaves", The Reminder Radiohead, "Unravel (feat. Bjork)" Portishead, "Requiem for Anna", Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited Hot Chip, "Made in the dark", Made in the dark controller.controller, "The Raw No", X-amounts Stars, "Your ex-lover is dead", Set yourself on fire Black Mountain, "Wild Wind", In The Future New Pornographers, "Challengers", Challengers Wolf Parade, "I'll believe in anything", Apologies to the Queen Mary* Superfantastics, "Turn on me", Choose your destination Dntel, "The dream of Evan & Chan" The Postal Service, "Such great heights", Give Up Holy Fuck, "Choppers", LP Buck 65, "Indestructible Sam", Cretin Hip Hop Vol 1 Cadence Weapon, "Unsuccesful Club Nights", Afterparty Babies The Juan MacLean, "Give Me Every little thing" The Cure, "Close To Me (12" Mix), 12" Liquid Liquid, "Bellhead" LCD Soundsystem, "Us V Them (Amigam Remix)"
I have to admit, I am not one of the throngs of people who love and idolise Dylan. Is he important? Without a doubt. Is he a gifted songwriter? Beyond any doubt. Is he still producing important works? Arguably.
"Knockin' on heaven's door" is one of those songs that is often pulled out by ridiculous frat boys with guitars trying to look and be all sensitive, and skinny guys who want to get laid alike. Which means that I had kind of forgotten that it was actually a Dylan classic. It had kind of gotten dirty with all those bad covers. Then I heard Antony's cover. Slowly, all those layers of sachharine and collegial lechery faded, and I realised what this was: a great song.
Gonzales, "Overnight", Solo Piano Albin de la Simone, "Elle aime (feat. Feist)" Jimmy Scott, "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child", The Source Antony & The Johnsons, "Knockin' on heaven's door", I'm not there Portishead, "Glory Box", Dummy Tricky, "Hell is round the corner", Maxinquaye Massive Attack, "Protection", Protection Beck, "Ramshackle", Odelay Grizzly Bear, "He Hit Me", Friends EP Hawksley Workman, "Wonderful & Sad", Lover/Fighter Interpol, "NYC Cares", Turn on the bright lights Black Mountain, "Queens will play", In The Future Tom Fun Orchestra, "When you were mine", You will land with a thud Got to get got, "No one riots in the winter", Canadian arts collective blues/huge zig zag Superfantastics, "Lullaby Punches", Choose your destination The Arcade Fire, "Antichrist Television Blues", Neon Bible The Long Blondes, "Lust in the movies", Someone to drive you home Cadence Weapon, "In search of the youth crew", Afterparty babies Gnarls Barkley, "Run" Santogold feat. Spank Rock, "Shove it (Switch Remix)" Simian Mobile Disco, "Hot Dog", Attack Decay Sustain Release
Antony and the Johnsons, "Knockin' on heaven's door"
J'adore Modular Recordings (that's french for, holy fucking shit I love Modular). Home to The Presets, New Young Pony Club, MSTRKRFT, Wolfmother and Cut Copy (among others).
In Ghost Colours is their follow up to 2004's synth-pop infused Bright Like Neon Love. Produced by 1/2 of DFA Records, Tim Goldsworthy, the album promises to be a "a trans-galactic voyage featuring epic synth breakdowns and more than a sprinkling of Goldsworthy magic." Shifting slightly away from their original happy go lucky pop sound to something perhaps a little more refined. More guitars, more dynamics, more luscious synth goodness.
Latest single, Lights & Music here:
Also: So Haunted (first single), Hearts of Fire (originally a Bright Like Neon Love b-side, it's been re-recorded for the new album which makes me a pee a little bit because I love it so much).
My poetical pal Tanya Davis is nearly finished her new album. She's in the midst of wheeling and dealing record deals (i.e. anyone wanna offer her one?). The single from the forthcoming album is dubbed Fortress, an accordian pop tune like you've never heard it done before.
Davis considers it her, "my you-can't-hurt-me pop song."
When she's not working on new tunes, poeming or hanging out at neighbourhood java joints, she runs a little side catering project. While Hawksley Workman was in town producing Hey Rosetta's sophmore release, TD kept the boys' bellies full. I recently caught up with Hawksley, somewhere between the ugly and the beautifuls, and Davis' fine home cookin' came into play.
Webb-Campbell: There’s actually a cookbook that came out called I Like Food, Food Tastes Good, which features recipes from musicians, everyone from Death Cab For Cutie to Hayden. I was thinking someone should put together a Canadian version. When you were here, my neighbour and good friend Tanya Davis, was in charge of catering for you and Hey Rosetta.
Workman: Tanya is wonderful.
Webb-Campbell: Isn’t she? She’s just about finished her record.
Workman: She was working on it while I was there, I was working with Hey Rosetta when I was in Halifax and she was in every day, bringing us wonderful cooking creations. And Hey Rosetta, by the way, is also a phenomenal record
Consider Miss Davis' the jill of all trades these days.
I'm still stuck on those Disco Not Disco comps. I played a few of them today on my show, as well as a 12" of Jane's Addiction that I got of "Been Caught Stealin' "with a pretty fun little mix. I also dug out some old late 80's/early 90's hip hop for my friend Frizz, in honour of him. And of course, more Poni Hoax.
Gonzales, "Overnight", Solo Piano Daniel Lanois, "Still water", Acadie Kate Maki, "Wanted Ads", On High Cat Power, "Silver Stallion", Jukebox Sigur Ros, "Staralfur", Hvarf/Heim Pipettes, "Sex", We Are The Pipettes Black Mountain, "Stormy High", In The Future Dog Day, "Ironhide", Oh Dead Life EP Stars, "The Night starts here", In our bedroom after the war Handsome Furs, "Dead & Rural", Plague Park Dream Warriors, "My definition of a boombastic jazz style", And now the legacy begins Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, "Joy & Pain", 7" Ghislain Poirier, "One Hand Can't Clap", No Ground Under Buck 65 feat. Sage Francis, "Benz", Situation LCD Soundsystem, "Hippie Priest Bum Out", Confuse The Marketplace 12" Maximum Joy, "Stretch (Disco Rap)" Disco (Not Disco) Jane's Addiction, "Been Caught Stealin' (12" Remix)", 12" Material, "Ciguri", Disco Not Disco 2 Poni Hoax, "Budapest", 12" Poni Hoax, "Antibodies (To The Bone Edit)" Thunderheist, "Suenos Duces"
In honour of last night's trance-inducing Black Mountain performance at the Marquee, a little morning after music for those who didn't cab home alone (a knowing wink to you). Pink Mountaintops "Tourist In Your Town."
