The distraction of a Laura Marling blog yesterday has had the knock-on effect of making this week’s playlist longer than usual: 27 tracks/albums in all.
One of those weeks, too, where it feels necessary to add the caveat that this is a collection of music that I’ve listened to, not that I necessarily endorse. Pick your way carefully through some stretches of this list, then, but try and have a listen to at least the first Justin Timberlake track (streaming at iTunes) and Prince Rupert’s Drops at Bandcamp, among other things. Also this Dennis Johnson is very much worth checking out; an epic piano piece from the very early days of minimalism.
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1 Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience (RCA)
2 Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City (XL)
3 Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood – Black Pudding (Heavenly)
4 Prince Rupert’s Drops – Run Slow (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)
5 Laura Marling – Once I Was An Eagle (Virgin)
6 Hans Chew – Live At Cameo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 15/02/2013 (www.nyctaper.com)
7 Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record (Rough Trade)
8 Lawrence English – Lonely Women’s Club (Important)
9 Old New Things – Ghosts (www.oldnewthings.bandcamp.com)
10 Earl Sweatshirt – Whoa (Tan Cressida)
11 Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs – Clarietta (Heavenly)
12 The Woodentops – Before During After: Remixes Remasters & Rarities 1982-1992 (One Little Indian)
13 WatchOut! – Flashbacker (Permanent)
14 Steve Gunn – Time Off (Paradise Of Bachelors)
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16 Bombino – Nomad (Nonesuch)
17 Major Lazer – Free The Universe (Because)
18 Treetop Flyers – The Mountain Moves (Loose)
19 Patty Griffin – American Kid (Columbia)
20 NWA – Straight Outta Compton (Priority)
21 Kid 606 – Attitude (Tigerbeat 6)
22 Brazos – Saltwater (Dead Oceans)
23 Four Tet – Rounds (Domino)
24 Joanna Newsom – The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
Wren / FW13 / Joanna Newsom from CONNECT THE DOTS INC on Vimeo.
25 Shovels And Rope – O’ Be Joyful (Decca)
26 Dennis Johnson – November (Irritable Hedgehog)
27 Glenn Jones – My Garden State (Thrill Jockey)