Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 112

 

  1. Setting - Heard a Bubble (8:50)
  2. Office Dog - Futures (3:55)
  3. Clinic - T.K. (2:32)
  4. Shuggie Otis - Funky Thithee (3:10)
  5. Grandmas House - Spring (3:13)
  6. Les Passagers - La Grande Roue (4:13)
  7. Zior - Za Za Za Zilda (2:35)
  8. Jumble Hole Clough - Friday 13th Part 16 (Cottage Hospital) (1:59)
  9. Kazdoura - Ya Banat (3:16)
10. Roy Montgomery & Martha Skye Murphy - Satellites Against the Milky Way (6:37)
11. Hardy's Jet Band - Blue Butterfly (2:43)
12. Kathy Heideman - Stormy (2:39)
13. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Century Child (3:29)
14. Mira Ceti - Lesole (4:53)
15. Matt Berry Trio - Everything's Peachy, Pt. 2 (4:06)
16. Bill Baird - Yanaguana (2:52)
17. Julia Holter - The Laugh Is in the Eyes (4:33)
18. Mar-Vista - Her Eyes Are Closed (4:07)
19. Burnin Red Ivanhoe - Kaske-Vous Karsemos (3:45)
20. Cobweb Harp - Much Drums About Nothing (5:20)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 108

 

  1. Helicon & Al Lover - Backbreaker (4:31)
  2. Mohama Saz - King's Safari (4:52)
  3. The Black Angels - Watch Out Boy (3:20)
  4. Tara Clerkin Trio - The Turning Ground (4:22)
  5. The Moffs - Another Day in the Sun (4:51)
  6. Agitation Free - Khan El Khalili (5:23)
  7. Jim Nothing - Raleigh Arena (2:37)
  8. Don & Françoiz - Kizmiaz (4:30)
  9. GUM - Outrider (3:44)
10. Junkboy - Cuckmere River Rises (3:53)
11. Juana Molina - Bicho Auto (4:33)
12. Farm - Animal (5:26)
13. The Olivia Tremor Control - Holiday Surprise 1, 2, 3 (6:11)
14. The Residents - Inner Space (4:17)
15. Dinastía Moon - Chamán (5:33)
16. The Light Music Company - Borchester Echoes (3:14)
17. El Michels Affair - Unathi (3:32)
18. Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Gwenyn y Gwanwyn (4:25)

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Inside Man Erg's Monumental No. 9 Mix

 

Another year ends, quite a traumatic one for me, but I won't dwell on that, I need to look forward... 
No matter what life throws at us, there's always good music to help us through the bad times. So, to end this year, as promised, here are a few of Man Erg's favourite songs/artists from 2025. There's certainly plenty of good music on this comp, with quite a few artists unfamiliar to me which I will definitely be seeking out. 
I need to catch up on some of the more recent releases the past 3 or so months, so my "best of" 2025 mix won't appear for at least a couple of weeks. I hope you enjoy Man Erg's favourites from the past year, as much as I enjoyed compiling them, and I wish all of you the most wonderful new year. Cheers!

 Part 1
  1. Insecure Men - Cleaning Bricks (3:03)
  2. Harry the Nightgown - Two Sides (2:52)
  3. Clémentine March - Stories (2:16)
  4. Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - All Mod Cons (3:35)
  5. The Moles - Alvin Hollis (2:26)
  6. Dimorphodons - I Want You to Know (6:08)
  7. Dead Famous People - Gladwrap (3:38)
  8. The Miracle Seeds - A Ripple in Time (5:31)
  9. Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko - Special Rider Blues (5:08)
10. Lake Ruth - Potalaka Listening Station (3:35)
11. Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Only Girl (3:34)
12. These New Puritans - A Season in Hell (5:00)
13. Rural Tapes - Flower Lab (6:36)
14. Hannah Cohen - Dusty (4:03)
15. SOYUZ - Krok (3:04)
16. jasmine.4.t - Did U No (5:03)
17. pôt-pot - I AM! (5:58)

Part 2
  1. Gwenno - St Ives New School (5:43)
  2. Litronix - Electric Panoramic (4:43)
  3. Melody's Echo Chamber - Burning Man (2:27)
  4. Ringlets - Hit the Frog (4:39)
  5. Preen - English Sun (3:44)
  6. Cate Le Bon - Mothers of Riches (4:33)
  7. SHOLTO - Smooth Sailing ft. Phoebe Coco (3:04)
  8. Midlake - Make Haste (4:46)
  9. Smote - Snodgerss (3:49)
10. Dyr Faser - Human Interest (3:18)
11. Stereolab - Esemplastic Creeping Eruption (6:02)
12. The Bats - Corner Coming Up (4:08)
13. Yzoula & Louis Fontaine - La Promenade De La Jeune Sorcière (3:23)
14. Midnight Rodeo - Buggin' Out (4:56)
15. Don Leisure - Bra^n Swi^t (3:59)
16. House of All - The Good Englishman (4:47)
17. Atom Juice - Sexi Frogs (6:57)

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Man Erg's ∞th Monumental Mix

 

Happy New Year, everyone! To kick off 2025, here is Man Erg's ∞th Monumental Mix, a selection of some of his favourite artists and tracks from 2024. While Man Erg and I have quite similar wide tastes in music, each year his song selection features a few artists I'm not familiar with, plus a few I somehow missed. I'm never disappointed, and need to check out their other releases. I hope you enjoy diving into this mix as much as I loved putting it together. Here's to discovering new favourites and celebrating another year of amazing music. Cheers!

Part 1:
  1. Louis Fontaine - Insalata Russa (4:05)
  2. Kit Sebastian - Odyssey (3:40)
  3. Astral Bakers - Within a Heartbeat (3:40)
  4. Isobel Campbell - Do or Die (2:34)
  5. Beak> - Hungry Are We (5:00)
  6. Magick Brother & Mystic Sister - The Tower (3:15)
  7. Brown Spirits - Mind Rocker (Part 1) (3:34)
  8. Stick in the Wheel - Steals The Thief (7:20)
  9. Jane Weaver - Happiness in Proximity (3:44)
10. BaBa ZuLa - Arsiz Saksagan (Cheeky Magpie) (6:10)
11. Goat - Dollar Bill (5:46)
12. Trust Fund - New University (3:03)
13. The Greek Theatre - Who Was That Man (4:58)
14. Kim Deal - Summerland (3:01)
15. SHOLTO - The Pony (3:05)
16. Aquaserge - Le Saut du Tigre (3:08)
17. Sababa 5 & Yurika - Empty Hands (3:20)
18. Julia Holter - Who Brings Me (3:30)
19. Club Kuru - Before the World (5:43)

Part 2:
  1. Asher White - Downstate Prairie (4:02)
  2. The Rowan Amber Mill - Keep On (6:10)
  3. La Luz - Poppies (3:29)
  4. The Panturas - Lasut Nyanggut (4:20)
  5. Beautify Junkyards - Here Everything is Still Floating (3:58)
  6. Cosmic Analog Ensemble - The Patterns of a Hand (2:14)
  7. The Bookshop Band - Dirty Word (3:40)
  8. anaiis & Grupo Cosmo - Toda Cor feat. Luedji Luna (3:47)
  9. Mdou Moctar - Imouhar (5:06)
10. Georgian - Soleil (3:28)
11. Fievel Is Glauque - It's So Easy (2:08)
12. Cabane - Italian Mysteries feat. Kate Stables (3:25)
13. Christopher Owens - White Flag (5:01)
14. Stephen Pastel and Gavin Thomson - We Have Sex (2:56)
15. Dummy - Minus World (2:32)
16. The Soundcarriers - Wider Arcs (3:45)
17. Bananagun - Free Energy (4:35)
18. Chrysanths - Fleet (3:49)
19. Laetitia Sadier - Une Autre Attente (2:38)
20. Tapir! - Mountain Song (7:12)

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Best of 2024 mix - Volume 1

 

Another year draws to an end and here's my first volume featuring a few favourites from the past 12 months. Despite stating a year ago I hoped to be a bit more active on the blog this year, that didn't go exactly as I hoped! If anything I had more personal issues and work problems than last year, but hopefully (there's that word again!) the worst is behind me and I WILL be more active next year.
Volume 2 of my favourites should be on the blog before the year is out, or even before Christmas if I really put my mind to it, and will be much longer, most probably in 2 parts. Volume 1 contains what I like to call the "hits", volume 2 will be much more eclectic. After that, most probably early next new year, I'll be posting Man Erg's best of 2024 mix, I'm sure that'll be full of gems new to me and you.

I hope you all have a great Christmas and new year, and many thanks to everybody who has enjoyed my mixes/posted comments on this blog. Cheers!

  1. Heavy Meddo - La Mer (5:40)
  2. Mary Ocher - Sympathize (feat. Your Government) (3:01)
  3. Laetitia Sadier - The Inner Smile (4:46)
  4. The Love Explosion - Out to Sea (3:38)
  5. Elephant Stone - Lost in a Dream (4:25)
  6. The Folk Implosion - Right Hand Over the Heart (3:27)
  7. ORB - Karma Comes (3:38)
  8. Beak> - The Seal (6:10)
  9. Sababa 5 & Yurika - Halilim Halilim (3:47)
10. Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra - Tension (4:54)
11. Jane Weaver - Univers (5:07)
12. Giant Day - Ignore the Flood (3:11)
13. Dina Ögon - Milton (3:25)
14. Gruff Rhys - They Sold My Home to Build a Skyscraper (3:04)
15. Jon McKiel - Everlee (2:51)
16. Theodor - Guadeloupe (3:32)
17. Kit Sebastian - New Internationale (3:48)
18. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - The Human Race (3:41)
19. La Luz - Close Your Eyes (3:49)
20. Project Gemini - Lost in the Woods (Bacchanal) (3:52)

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The Chills - Worlds Within Worlds (1996-2022)

 

 

Bio:
The Chills were one of New Zealand's most iconic guitar pop bands of any era. They started out in the '80s, making a consistent series of chiming, hook-laden guitar pop records for the Flying Nun label, then bumping the production values up for a couple albums (notably 1990's Submarine Bells) on Slash. The band's songs and arrangements were constructed with interweaving guitar hooks and vocal harmonies, creating a lush sound that never falls into cloying sentimentality. The Chills' personnel changed frequently with the only constant member being singer-songwriter Martin Phillipps, the band's founder. When he hit some health roadblocks in the '90s, the band took an extended break and Phillipps made music only sporadically before returning in the 2010s for a series of strong comeback albums -- including 2021's Scatterbrain -- which stand with the band's best work to date.

Martin Phillipps died on July 28, 2024 at the age of 61.

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As mentioned a few weeks ago, here is my tribute to Martin Phillipps following his unexpected passing back in July. This collection features songs from the 4 albums and various EPs/singles released since "Heavenly Pop Hits" was issued in 1994. This anthology is bookended by two songs originally written in the early 1980s. A live version of "Lost in Space", recorded in 1982, first appeared on "Secret Box" which was released in 2001. A studio version didn't surface until 2017, when it was issued as part of a limited edition Record Store Day 7", alongside a new track, "Rocket Science." Both songs are now available on The Chills' Bandcamp page.

This collection concludes with a 2014 re-recording of one of their most iconic songs, "Pink Frost," originally recorded in 1982 and released as a single in 1984. The reason for this new version explained by Phillipps himself:
"At the end of the day, it's my composition and I can record it as many times as I choose to! It is by no means meant to replace that very special original recording but it will sit proudly alongside it as one of the many approaches that could be taken with this most evocative and atmospheric song. I hope people will enjoy it in the spirit of it being a fresh and alternative companion piece to that original marvelous moment in time captured on tape many years ago."
I guess I can't argue with that! While I’ll always prefer the original, I think the intro on "Pink Frost 13" is far superior. As usual, origin of each track & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. I hope you enjoy!


  1. Lost in Space (3:18)
  2. Worlds Within Worlds (3:21)
  3. You Can Understand Me (3:16)
  4. Warm Waveform (4:10)
  5. In Harmony (3:26)
  6. Molten Gold (3:21)
  7. Little Boy (2:50)
  8. Pyramid / When the Poor Can Reach the Moon (8:02)
  9. Luck or Loveliness (3:13)
10. Lies, Lies, Lies (2:11)
11. Sunburnt (3:39)
12. February (2:25)
13. No One Knows Better Than Me (2:15)
14. Scatterbrain (2:39)
15. The Greatest Guide (3:17)
16. True Romance (3:22)
17. America Says Hello (5:05)
18. Rocket Science (2:45)
19. Walk on the Beach (2:25)
20. Bad Sugar (3:12)
21. Premonition (2:52)
22. Caught in My Eye (3:02)
23. Pink Frost 13 (5:01)

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