In no particular order I give you my tunes of 2011:
White Limo - Foo Fighters
Holdin' On To Black Metal - My Morning Jacket
Ice Cream - Battles
Blue Cassette - Friendly Fires
Make Some Noise - Beastie Boys
Aroused - Tom Vek
Gangsta - Tune-Yards
Take me over - Cut Copy
Waiting For Kirsten - Jens Lekman
Why Oh Why - Laura Veirs
Lippy Kids - Elbow
Calamity Song - The Decemberists
Battleships - I'm From Barcelona
How Deep Is Your Love? - The Rapture
I Gotta Rokk - DJ Shadow
Techno Fan (Diplo Remix) - The Wombats
The Doldrums - Paul White
Newlands - Justice
Do It Again - Holy Ghost!
I'll Take Care Of You - Gill Scott Heron & Jamie XX
Pharohs - SBTRKT
California - Datarock
Midnight City - M83
So there you have. That's me done blogging for another 12 months then!
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Monday, 6 December 2010
Ultimate Power! Maximum Life! - Tristan's Tunes of 2010
Well here we are again, the one time of year I actually use this blog of mine, Tunes of the year time! I think it's fair to say that 2010 has been a mixed ole bag for music, as this list will hopefully demonstrate there's been stuff I've liked from loud thrashy guitars right through to some pretty fast drum and bass, and as per usual everything in between. So without further a-do here are my tunes of 2010 (in no particular order either, other than the one they appear on the "Tristan's Tunes of 2010" CD):
1) Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait
or if you want to experience this video in a whole different way, check out the HTML5 video that was made for it. It's honestly a lot cooler and interactive than it sounds!
http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/
2) Free Energy - Young Hearts
3) The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
4) Hold Steady - Hurricane J
5) Dinosaur Pile Up - Birds & Planes
6) Pulled Apart By Horses - I Punched A Lion In The Throat
7) Sleigh Bells - Riot Rhythm
8) LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls
9) Sky Larkin - Year Dot
Alas, there is no video (be live or promo) on you tube for this song, which is a shame. But instead here's Sufjan Stevens doing the song "Too Much" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon recently, and boy has Sufjan got some cool dance moves on him!
1) Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait
or if you want to experience this video in a whole different way, check out the HTML5 video that was made for it. It's honestly a lot cooler and interactive than it sounds!
http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/
2) Free Energy - Young Hearts
3) The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
4) Hold Steady - Hurricane J
5) Dinosaur Pile Up - Birds & Planes
6) Pulled Apart By Horses - I Punched A Lion In The Throat
7) Sleigh Bells - Riot Rhythm
8) LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls
9) Sky Larkin - Year Dot
Alas, there is no video (be live or promo) on you tube for this song, which is a shame. But instead here's Sufjan Stevens doing the song "Too Much" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon recently, and boy has Sufjan got some cool dance moves on him!
Friday, 11 December 2009
Tristan's Top Tunes of 2009
Righty oh then, here we go then. I'm going to nail my post to the mast and declare what I think have been the top tunes of 2009 and that have soundtracked my year!
Sufjan Stevens - Introductory Fanfare for the Hooper Heroes
Matt & Kim - Daylight
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Copy Haho - You Are My Coalmine
Sky Larkin - Pica
2 Door Cinema Club - Something Good
The Phenomenal Handclap Band - 15 to 20
Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
Passion Pit - Little Secrets
Link only - Embedding disabled - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFxJuQw8aas
Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity of Huge
Sub Focus - Rock It
THEM CROOKED VULTURES - No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Dinosaur Pile - Up Summer hit single
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS | I AM NOT A ROBOT
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
The Leisure Society 'The Last Of The Melting Snow'
Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man
Monsters of Folk - Say Please
The Low Anthem - "Cage the Songbird"
Marmaduke Duke - RUBBER LOVER
So if even a couple of them there songs tickled your fancy a little then you can find them all neatly packaged up in a zip file ready to be downloaded via the following link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TZS3QYCK
I will warn you know though, the file, HE BIG! it's about 120 megs in size, so if you'd rather have a cd copy then let me know and I'll burn one off for ya right away!
So until next year people!
Sufjan Stevens - Introductory Fanfare for the Hooper Heroes
Matt & Kim - Daylight
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Copy Haho - You Are My Coalmine
Sky Larkin - Pica
2 Door Cinema Club - Something Good
The Phenomenal Handclap Band - 15 to 20
Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
Passion Pit - Little Secrets
Link only - Embedding disabled - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFxJuQw8aas
Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity of Huge
Sub Focus - Rock It
THEM CROOKED VULTURES - No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Dinosaur Pile - Up Summer hit single
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS | I AM NOT A ROBOT
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
The Leisure Society 'The Last Of The Melting Snow'
Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man
Monsters of Folk - Say Please
The Low Anthem - "Cage the Songbird"
Marmaduke Duke - RUBBER LOVER
So if even a couple of them there songs tickled your fancy a little then you can find them all neatly packaged up in a zip file ready to be downloaded via the following link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TZS3QYCK
I will warn you know though, the file, HE BIG! it's about 120 megs in size, so if you'd rather have a cd copy then let me know and I'll burn one off for ya right away!
So until next year people!
Festive 50
OK, so the end of year polls are rolling in and I thought, "who am I to buck this trend?" So I've been thinking, compiling and seeing which tracks that I've heard this year would make my top tunes of the year.
I ddecided to limit myself to 50 tracks as, if 50 was good enough for John Peel the it's just fine and dandy for me. So here, in no particular (ok alphabetical) order are my tunes of the year:
Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes
Au Revoir Simone – Shadows
Bat For Lashes – Daniel
Biffy Clyro – The Captain - Single Version
Blakroc – Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Beware Your Only Friend
Brendan Benson – A Whole Lot Better
Camera Obscura – French Navy
Copy Haho – You Are My Coal Mine
The Cribs – Hari Kari
Deadmau5 – Ghosts 'n' Stuff (Feat. Rob Swire)
Dinosaur Pile-Up - Summer Hit Single
The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing
Eels – Beginner's Luck
Empire Of The Sun – Half Mast
The Flaming Lips – Silver Trembling Hands
Florence + The Machine – You've Got The Love
Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls
Golden Silvers – Arrows Of Eros
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Hjaltalín – Goodbye July/Margt Að Ugga
Jarvis Cocker – “Further Complications."
The Leisure Society – The Last Of The Melting Snow
Local Natives – Airplanes
The Low Anthem – Cage The Songbird
Marina And The Diamonds – I Am Not a Robot
Marmaduke Duke – Rubber Lover
Matt & Kim – Daylight
Miike Snow – Animal
Monsters Of Folk – Say Please
Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
Muse – United States Of Eurasia [+Collateral Damage]
Noah And The Whale – Love Of An Orchestra
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Come Saturday
Passion Pit – Little Secrets
The Phenomenal Handclap Band – 15 to 20 - Radio Version
Phoenix – 1901
School Of Seven Bells – Prince Of Peace
Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity Of Huge
Sky Larkin – Pica
Slow Club – When I Go
Sub Focus – Rock It
Sufjan Stevens – Introductory Fanfare for the Hooper Heroes
Them Crooked Vultures – No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
White Lies – Death - Chase & Status Remix
Why – This Blackest Purse
The xx – VCR
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
If you'd like to listen to these fine songs then all you need to do is click on the following Spotify link:
Festive 50
The only thing with Spotify is that they don't have all 50 of the tracks available, only 45 of them are available so you'll have to make do with them!
Hope you enjoy!
Next post will be my tracks of the year (CD version) so lets see who makes it into my top 22 tracks of 2009!
I ddecided to limit myself to 50 tracks as, if 50 was good enough for John Peel the it's just fine and dandy for me. So here, in no particular (ok alphabetical) order are my tunes of the year:
Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes
Au Revoir Simone – Shadows
Bat For Lashes – Daniel
Biffy Clyro – The Captain - Single Version
Blakroc – Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Beware Your Only Friend
Brendan Benson – A Whole Lot Better
Camera Obscura – French Navy
Copy Haho – You Are My Coal Mine
The Cribs – Hari Kari
Deadmau5 – Ghosts 'n' Stuff (Feat. Rob Swire)
Dinosaur Pile-Up - Summer Hit Single
The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing
Eels – Beginner's Luck
Empire Of The Sun – Half Mast
The Flaming Lips – Silver Trembling Hands
Florence + The Machine – You've Got The Love
Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls
Golden Silvers – Arrows Of Eros
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Hjaltalín – Goodbye July/Margt Að Ugga
Jarvis Cocker – “Further Complications."
The Leisure Society – The Last Of The Melting Snow
Local Natives – Airplanes
The Low Anthem – Cage The Songbird
Marina And The Diamonds – I Am Not a Robot
Marmaduke Duke – Rubber Lover
Matt & Kim – Daylight
Miike Snow – Animal
Monsters Of Folk – Say Please
Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
Muse – United States Of Eurasia [+Collateral Damage]
Noah And The Whale – Love Of An Orchestra
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Come Saturday
Passion Pit – Little Secrets
The Phenomenal Handclap Band – 15 to 20 - Radio Version
Phoenix – 1901
School Of Seven Bells – Prince Of Peace
Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity Of Huge
Sky Larkin – Pica
Slow Club – When I Go
Sub Focus – Rock It
Sufjan Stevens – Introductory Fanfare for the Hooper Heroes
Them Crooked Vultures – No One Loves Me & Neither Do I
Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
White Lies – Death - Chase & Status Remix
Why – This Blackest Purse
The xx – VCR
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
If you'd like to listen to these fine songs then all you need to do is click on the following Spotify link:
Festive 50
The only thing with Spotify is that they don't have all 50 of the tracks available, only 45 of them are available so you'll have to make do with them!
Hope you enjoy!
Next post will be my tracks of the year (CD version) so lets see who makes it into my top 22 tracks of 2009!
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
End of year polls and all that jazz!
Seeing as NME have just published their Akbums and tracks of the year I thought it was about time I joined in the fun, as I love a good end of year poll! However, before I unleash my picks from the tunes of the year, I thought I woudl include a couple of note worthy tracks that I love but didnt make it into my final "cd length" list.
Both tracks are from Eels, my favourite band who would have usually been included by default but when push came to shove they had to leave the cd list so all the songs that have actually soundtracked my year could make it on there!
The first is for the track "That Look You Give That Guy" from their album they released this year Hombre Lobo:
I can't embed it so click here
However, I can embed a track from their album out next year called "End Days" the track is called Little Bird, check it out:
so anyway, thats enough of that for now. on to the list, which I'll post in the next day or so!
Both tracks are from Eels, my favourite band who would have usually been included by default but when push came to shove they had to leave the cd list so all the songs that have actually soundtracked my year could make it on there!
The first is for the track "That Look You Give That Guy" from their album they released this year Hombre Lobo:
I can't embed it so click here
However, I can embed a track from their album out next year called "End Days" the track is called Little Bird, check it out:
so anyway, thats enough of that for now. on to the list, which I'll post in the next day or so!
Saturday, 5 September 2009
TMMT: The Link-o-rama playlist
Ok here is the next installment of my mixtapes. However, this months theme involves some thinking! Each track can be linked to the one that follows it, now this might be by band members, production credits, guest spots, etc.
What you need to do is guess all the links correctly and the first one to give me all the answers I have will be rewarded with riches of the drink variety!
What you need to do is guess all the links correctly and the first one to give me all the answers I have will be rewarded with riches of the drink variety!
Click here to launch it in Spotify
For those of you without spotify here is the track-listing
Radiohead – Anyone Can Play Guitar
UNKLE – Bloodstain
Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
DJ Shadow – Fixed Income
Rage Against The Machine – Bulls on Parade
Audioslave – Cochise
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
Screaming Trees – Who Lies in Darkness
Queens Of The Stone Age – No One Knows
Nirvana – Lithium
Prodigy – Out of Space
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Frank Sinatra – I Get A Kick Out Of You
U2 - Pride (in the name of love)
Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets
Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love
f the sound of this interests you then let me know and I'll whack it on to a cd for you or make it available to download or something!
looking forward to your answers for the links!
Monday, 15 June 2009
Glastonbury 2009 - Weather report
Who knows what the weather will be like next week when we all head on over to Glasto for another year. It looks (touch wood) that things might be ok though! Click the link to keep tabs on things:
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