21st Century Psychedelia - Volume 5

 

 

 

 

  1. Grave Flowers Bongo Band - Lazy River (4:01)
  2. Fanatism - One of Us Can Not Be Me (5:39)
  3. The Hologram People - Sacred Ritual to Unlock the Mountain Portal (3:17)
  4. The Golden Fleece - Mind Mirror (3:08)
  5. Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Eternal Light (6:07)
  6. Matt Berry - Forget Me (3:03)
  7. Daliborovo Granje - Hainin (4:20)
  8. Driftwood Pyre - Shatter Star (3:20)
  9. Sei Still - Fortuna (6:27)
10. Ouzo Bazooka - Nine (5:51)
11. The Love Explosion - Nurture (4:59)
12. Mugstar - Zeta Potential (7:26)
13. Ghosts of Jupiter - Imperium Waves (2:50)
14. Dark Bird - Stranger (3:36)
15. Cloud Cashes Till - Beachcomber (3:00)
16. Meatbodies - Cancer (4:08)
17. Sons of Zöku - Paralysed (3:58)
18. Las Cobras - Misterio (4:34)

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Thee More Shallows - Mangled Observations (2002-2021)

 

Bio:
Thee More Shallows (initially "Thee Shallows") are a San Francisco based band formed in 2001, consisting of songwriter Dee Kesler, Chavo Fraser, and Jason Gonzales. Their debut album, "A History of Sport Fishing", was released in 2002. It showcased classical influences as well as laying down the foundation of the groups mellow, textured sound. The album was released on Megalon Records and received very little promotion in the United States, while it was given a big push by Monotreme Records in the United Kingdom, and this led to the band becoming more popular in Europe than in their home country.

The band built their own studio in Oakland in order to set about recording the follow-up, but this was a task which would come to occupy them for the next two years as they painstakingly recorded each track to their own satisfaction. The final result of this lengthy process was "More Deep Cuts" which came out in 2004. The EP "Monkey vs. Shark" appeared in 2006, after which they signed to Anticon, issuing their third full-length, "Book of Bad Breaks" in the spring of 2007. This album, like their previous efforts, was met with a favorable critical response.

After a 14-year hiatus, frontman Dee emerged from the wilderness working under the Thee More Shallows moniker again with the help of some previous band members and some new musicians, releasing the album "Dad Jams" in 2021. Musically, it retains the adventurous, experimental edge of previous Thee More Shallows albums, but it is also rooted in a stronger pop sensibility, with plenty of bouncy, hooky melodies.


I first toyed with the idea of doing an anthology of Thee More Shallows about a year ago. They were a band I really enjoyed in the early/mid 2000's, and was rather disappointed that they more or less disappeared after the release of their 3rd album in 2007. The anthology was put on the back-burner after switching my attention to other compilations, and went in my "comps to make" folder. But, after recently discovering they were releasing a new album called "Dad Jams", I decided now would be the perfect time to complete this collection. I'm not that fond of the new album, but maybe it'll grow on me with time... I have included, though, two tracks I really like from the album, to accompany my favourite songs from those much earlier releases.

As usual info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. I hope you all enjoy this latest anthology!


  1. The 8th Ring of Hell (6:24)
  2. Fly Paper (3:41)
  3. Phineas Bogg (4:20)
  4. Freshman Thesis (5:00)
  5. Little Brave Friends (3:26)
  6. Night at the Knight School (3:15)
  7. The Perfect Map (8:01)
  8. Cloisterphobia (4:15)
  9. I Can't Get Next to You (4:41)
10. A History of Sport Fishing (6:55)
11. Cold Picture (4:09)
12. Proud Turkeys (5:53)
13. 2 AM (4:38)
14. Monkey vs Shark (4:45)
15. Ballad of Douglas Chin (3:52)
16. The White Mask (6:40)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 72

 

  1. Marden Hill - The Execution of Emperor Maximillian (3:28)
  2. Orchestre tout puissant Marcel Duchamp - We Can Can We (3:08)
  3. Polite Society - The Medusa Malfunction (2:48)
  4. Marinero - Outerlands (3:14)
  5. Serge Gainsbourg & Michel Colombier - Requiem Pour un Con (2:46)
  6. Mira Kubasinska & Breakout - Poszlabym Za Toba (3:13)
  7. The Holydrug Couple - Follow Your Way (4:48)
  8. Moin - Right Is Alright, Wrong Is to Belong (4:55)
  9. Relatively Clean Rivers - Hello Sunshine (3:28)
10. Jaromil Sabor - Red Sun (2:55)
11. Flour - Braindead Genius (3:02)
12. Lightning Bug - The Flash (3:09)
13. The Residents - The Weatherman (3:01)
14. The Sound Defects - War (4:22)
15. Elektricni Orgazam - Podstanar (2:43)
16. Sathönay - Le Tour du Jardin (5:41)
17. The Hologram People - Étoile Voyageuse (3:29)
18. Mega Bog - Before a Black Tea (3:29)
19. Alan Hull - Squire (5:04)
20. Folk Implosion - Insinuation (4:25)
21. The Dukes of Stratosphear - The Affiliated (2:20)
22. Peter Lawson - When the Damage Is Done (3:40)

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21st Century Psychedelia - Volume 4

 

  1. Possum - Clarified Budder (4:59)
  2. Muun Bato - Golden Lyre (3:28)
  3. GÅS - Epitaph (4:51)
  4. Terceiro Olho de Marte - Plasma (7:21)
  5. Adama - Float (3:22)
  6. Figueroa - Better Run (3:19)
  7. Nest Egg - Denied Doctrine (4:45)
  8. Arthur Satàn - It's All the Same (3:56)
  9. Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - Caramel Head (3:34)
10. Psychedelic Suns - Panic Attack (3:18)
11. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek - The Trip (4:16)
12. Familia de Lobos - Todo Lo Que Brilla (7:05)
13. Mosses - MSR (5:33)
14. ROY - Nowhere to Run (2:48)
15. Bike - A Casa Do Colapso Nascente (5:25)
16. Turtle Skull - The Clock Strikes Forever (11:36)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 71

 

  1. Beastie Boys - Picture This (2:25)
  2. Open Road - Waterwheel (3:54)
  3. Big Hogg - Here Come the Moles (4:55)
  4. Anika - Naysayer (3:54)
  5. Jacqueline Taieb - Le Coeur au Bout des Doigts (2:37)
  6. Wombo - Blossom Bear (2:53)
  7. Elevator to Hell - To Breathe (1:56)
  8. Luli Lucinha e O Bando - Flor Lilás (3:33)
  9. Kalyanji-Anandji - Somebody to Love (2:12)
10. Sunwatchers & Eugene Chadbourne - The Anchor (2:57)
11. Santa Barbara Machine Head - Porcupine Juice (3:13)
12. Sababa 5 (feat. Yurika) - Tokyo Midnight (4:25)
13. Mikal Cronin - Breathe (4:04)
14. Gatien - Magie (3:24)
15. K. Frimpong and His Cubano Fiestas - Gyae Mensu (4:23)
16. Piero Umiliani - Cinque Bambole Rosa (Organo e Ritmi) (2:22)
17. Fischer-Z - Pretty Paracetamol (3:57)
18. Melenas - Mentiras (3:17)
19. Faust - Flashback Caruso (4:01)
20. KOIKOI - Misisipi (4:39)
21. Ghost Dance Collective - New Worlds (3:34)
22. Muun Bato - Corn Woman (3:26)
23. 62 Miles From Space - Age of Discovery (3:21)

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Lida Husik - Now I'm Older (1991-2018)

 

Bio:
Lida was born in 1963 in Washington, D.C., growing up in the heady punk-rock days of the 1980's. Her first song on a record was on the Dischord compilation State of the Union, as Red Emma. From 1991 to 1999 she released eight full-length records on Shimmy Disc Records, Caroline Records, Astralwerks, and Alias. Her early works, released on the Shimmy Disc label, focused on ethereal, psychedelic indie pop. She also experimented with dance beats and samples, in 1994 teaming up with British electronic composer Beaumont Hannant with whom she recorded three albums, two for Astralwerks and one for Alias records. After 1999's "Mad Flavor", Husik's record releases were quite sparse, with 1 single being released in 2006 and a collaborative EP with Soma Allpass in 2016. It wasn't until 2018 she released her ninth full-length album, "motheroceanmorning".


A few years back I posted about how Flying Nun was my favourite record label in the 1980s/early 1990s. Close behind them were the Shimmy Disc label. As with Flying Nun,  I bought almost everything they released for several years, which is how I first came across Lida Husik, buying her first 3 albums released on the label. After she left Shimmy Disc I  kind of lost track of her future work, not hearing her later releases for several years. Having rectified that situation, I recently decided it was time my next anthology should be a selection of some of my favourite songs from all her albums released so far, plus the odd EP/single track.
Recommendations? I'd go for her first release "Bozo", from 1991, "Joyride" from 1995, and 1999's "Mad Flavor". As ever, info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. I hope you enjoy this latest collection.

  1. Lida Husik - Mickey Minnie (3:57)
  2. Lida Husik - Pyramus and Thisbe (1:49)
  3. Husikesque - Haunt Me (3:21)
  4. Lida Husik - Fade Sister Cool (2:31)
  5. Lida Husik - Hitchhiker (4:30)
  6. Lida Husik - State of the Empire (5:05)
  7. Lida Husik - Nuclear Soul (4:06)
  8. Lida Husik - Marcel (9:40)
  9. Lida Husik - Build a Fire (4:31)
10. Lida Husik & Soma Allpass - The Navigator (3:54)
11. Lida Husik - Million Years (3:08)
12. Lida Husik - Strawberries Are Growing in My Garden (and It's Wintertime) (4:51)
13. Lida Husik - Death Trip (1:51)
14. Lida Husik & Beaumont Hannant - Now I'm Older, Silver Girl (5:16)
15. Lida Husik - Farmhouse (4:25)
16. Lida Husik - Glo Stick (3:56)
17. Lida Husik - Hopi Ants (2:42)
18. Husikesque - All Hands on Deck (5:06)
19. Lida Husik - Waterfall (5:10)

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Françoiz Breut - Sans Souci 1997-2021

 

Bio:
Françoiz Breut (b. 10 Dec 1969, Cherbourg France) is a French singer and professional illustrator, establishing herself as an important player on the French music scene in the 1990s. Breut, who is known for melancholy, introspective lyrics and a smoky, jazz-tinged approach to pop/rock, has inspired a variety of comparisons. She sings primarily in French, with an occasional song in English or Spanish, frequently working with collaborators on music and lyrics. She has been compared to the influential ‘60s ye-ye icon Françoise Hardy -- which is perhaps a comparison that comes too easily -- as well as German singer Nico. She has released 7 studio albums, her self-titled debut album came out in 1997, with her most recent album "Flux Flou de la Foule" being released in 2021.


The idea for making a collection of my favourite Françoiz Breut tracks came about when I dug out an old compilation I'd made several years ago, which featured the track "Si Tu Disais" from her 2nd album "Vingt à Trente Mille Jours". Having neglected her most recent albums over the years I decided to track them down and was quite delighted with how good they all are. So, picking just a few favourites from all 7 albums, plus the odd track released as single only, gave me more than enough material to compile what I consider to be a fair reflection of her continued excellence from her debut release up to the present day. I haven't gone overboard on this like previous anthologies, keeping this to CD length.

Favourite albums by her? I'd go for the aforementioned "Vingt à Trente Mille Jours", and her 2016 album "Zoo", but all 7 are definitely worth your attention. As per usual, info containing track origin & year of release is tagged in the music files and in the download file. I hope you enjoy this latest collection, and stay safe!


  1. La Certitude (3:20)
  2. Terre d'Ombre (3:02)
  3. Si Tu Disais (2:23)
  4. Werewolf (3:47)
  5. À Pic ! (4:27)
  6. Comme des Lapons (3:43)
  7. La Fille des Eaux (4:24)
  8. A l'Unisson (3:10)
  9. Les Jeunes Pousses (4:18)
10. Everyone Kisses a Stranger (2:42)
11. Sans Souci (2:40)
12. Une Ville Allongée Sur le Dos (4:25)
13. L'arbre (2:54)
14. Vicky (3:04)
15. Sous Mes Paupières Closes (3:20)
16. Ma Colère (5:21)
17. La Chirurgie des Sentiments (3:44)
18. Nébuleux Bonhomme (1:43)
19. Deep Sea Diver (3:54)
20. Derrière le Grand Filtre (5:52)
21. La Boîte de Nuit (3:36)
22. Tarifa (3:44)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 70

 

  1. Goom - Massaï Part 1 (2:26)
  2. Bo Ningen - 32 Kaiten (4:39)
  3. Skullcrusher - Steps (1:49)
  4. The Nightingales with Vic Godard - Commercial Suicide Man (3:12)
  5. The Sea Nymphs - The Sea Ritual (2:18)
  6. Up, Bustle and Out - Silks, Perfumes and Gold (Persuasive Percussion) (4:49)
  7. Brett Smiley - Abstracting Billy (2:46)
  8. Chris Knox - Heart Failure (2:44)
  9. Bruno Battisti D'Amario - Fiori e Macerie (2:47)
10. Trees Speak - State of Clear (2:03)
11. Mel Brown - Chicken Fat (4:13)
12. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (4:03)
13. Opinion - In White Suit (1:50)
14. Arthur Satàn - The Boy in the Frame (5:35)
15. Shepparton Airplane - Fear (3:13)
16. Teke::Teke - Sarabande (4:06)
17. Cymande - The Message (4:16)
18. Furniture - Why Are We in Love (5:06)
19. John Barry - Theme From "The Persuaders" (2:08)
20. Chad VanGaalen - Vibraphone Beat (3:52)
21. Mayo Thompson - Horses (3:11)
22. Danielle Dax - Fizzing Human Bomb (3:40)
23. Brian Eno - No One Receiving (3:44)

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The Fall - Enigrammatic Dreams

 

So, here's another compilation of The Fall! The idea for this came when I was looking at the excellent blog The Fall In Fives, reading about the many songs the band have covered throughout the years. So I decided to compile my favourites from the songs listed, never realising there'd been so many. Some you'd hardly recognise from the original, some you might think they've absolutely ruined, some you might think totally surpass the original recording. But they all have one thing in common, the distinct sound of Mark E Smith interpreting them in his own "enigrammatic" way.

More detailed info such as origin of each recording by the band is included in the download file. I've also taken the extra step of including who the original artist of each song was in the tracklisting below. Hope you all enjoy!


01. I Can Hear the Grass Grow (2:48)
Original artist: The Move (1967)
02. F-' Oldin' Money (2:45)
Original artist: Tommy Blake (1959)
03. Strangetown (2:44)
Original artist: The Groundhogs (1970), the original was called 'Strange Town'
04. Popcorn Double Feature (3:40)
Original artist: The Searchers (1967)
05. Kimble (3:53)
Original artist: The Creators (1968)
06. Bourgeois Town (3:39)
Original artist: Lead Belly (1938), original title was 'Bourgeois Blues'
07. Last Chance to Turn Around (3:24)
Original artist: Gene Pitney (1965)
08. War (2:34)
Original artist: Henry Cow / Slapp Happy (1975)
09. Just Waiting (4:35)
Original artist: Hank Williams (as 'Luke The Drifter') (1951)
10. I'm Not Satisfied (2:56)
Original artist: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1966)
11. Gotta See Jane (2:22)
Original artist: R Dean Taylor (1968)
12. Funnel of Love (2:54)
Original artist: Wanda Jackson (1961)
13. Rollin' Dany (2:22)
Original artist: Gene Vincent (1958), original was called 'Rollin' Danny'
14. Victoria (2:42)
Original artist: The Kinks (1969)
15. Lost in Music (Mix 7) (4:34)
Original artist: Sister Sledge (1979)
16. Pinball Machine (2:50)
Original artist: Lonnie Irving (1960)
17. White Lightning (2:12)
Original artist: The Big Bopper (1958)
18. Beatle Bones 'n' Smokin' Stones (3:38)
Original artist: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1968)
19. Why Are People Grudgeful? (4:25)
Original artist: Joe Gibbs / Lee Perry (1968). An amalgamation of two similar songs, 'People Grudgeful' by Joe Gibbs and 'People Funny Boy' by Lee Perry.
20. Mr. Pharmacist (2:17)
Original artist: The Other Half (1966)
21. Black Monk Theme Part 1 (4:28)
Original artist: Monks (1966), original title was 'I Hate You'.
22. I'm Going to Spain (3:26)
Original artist: Steve Bent (1976)
23. Jerusalem (7:01)
Written by: William Blake (words) / Hubert Parry (music)
Not a straightforward cover, but some of the words were taken from Blake's 1804 poem 'And did those Feet in Ancient Time' that Sir Hubert Parry turned into the hymn 'Jerusalem' in 1916 (from which the main melody and bass line of the Fall is derived).

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 69

 

  1. Gong - Love Is How You Make It (3:26)
  2. Implosion Quintet - Skeleton Crew (3:57)
  3. Koncz Zsuzsa és az Illés Zenekar - Visz a Vonat (3:17)
  4. The Advisory Circle - Discipline Before Data (3:51)
  5. Cyril Cyril - Al Boustan (3:21)
  6. Shadow Folk - Chaos (3:39)
  7. Repetitor - Kroz Vetar (3:02)
  8. The Art of Lovin' - You Got the Power (2:59)
  9. Bressa Creeting Cake - They Write Words to People Who are Dead (2:44)
10. Hollow Ship - Magic Mountain (3:32)
11. Solid Space - Contemplation (3:16)
12. Wendy Eisenberg - AOB (2:48)
13. Gate Way - Morning Quiet Song (3:12)
14. Laure Briard - Eu Voo (2:17)
15. The Stars - Subway (aka Night Walker) (11:19)
16. Odin - Be the Man You Are (2:40)
17. Grave Flowers Bongo Band - VATMM (3:18)
18. Josh Rouse + Kurt Wagner - 65 (3:28)
19. Supersister - Psychopath (3:58)
20. Ryley Walker - Pond Scum Ocean (7:07)
21. Thievery Corporation - Firelight (feat. Lou Lou Ghelichkhani) (3:30)
22. Modern Art - Landscape From a Dream (3:55)
23. Aloa Input - The Other Rainbow (3:06)
24. Eduardo Bort - Yann (3:39)
25. Miranda Lee Richards - Colours So Fine (5:27)

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