
Well, the radio show was cancelled this week with pretty much no notice, which is sad because I had quite a good playlist lined up for it with some classic choons. Unfortunately, it also means that the music that's been piping into my ears for the past week can't be showcased either, but here's a few of the songs I would have played if I could actually talk properly and walk/drive without getting a massive headache. Cansei de Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above [...]
Scott Walker, "Such A Small Love" - People who say that irony is useless as a critical tool obviously need to listen to more Scott Walker, or, failing that, probably ought to just give up and move inside my head. Walker, to be certain, is something of a hip musical crush at the moment, so I don't want to pass myself off as some sort of expert; like many lonely, overpaid dorks over the last thirty-odd years, I found myself in the record store holding a copy of Scott 4 , then a few days later [...]
In his altered state, Sherlock Holmes would have cringed at so many uninvestigated leads. Here are a few of them… Listen: Healthy White Baby - Soul (For those who couldn’t stop listening to The Black Keys last year) Viva Voce â€" So Many Miles Metal Hearts â€" Socialise The Long Blondes â€" Lust ...

So summer is here... As a former student, it still feels like I should be spending every day lounging outside in shorts drinking Budweiser at 10.30am... Except that when I say 10.30am, I mean 4pm... Anyway. I'm off to France for two weeks at the end of next week, so I was trying to put together a laid back (yet awesome) mixtape that I could enjoy whilst dozing in the back of the car on the long drive down. This is what I came up with, mostly with laid back music or from SXSW '06 artists... Anyway. Enjoy! [...]