A recording of Kraftwerk’s “Trans-Europe Express” night at the Tate Modern seems to have fallen off the back of the internet this morning: genuinely not sure where one of my colleagues found it, before you ask.
A nice end to this week’s selection, anyhow. Plenty to engage with here: I know and understand why Primal Scream probably get short shrift from many of you, but if it’s possible to circumnavigate the daftness, I really like “2013”, more than anything since “XTRMNTR”. Kevin Shields and – possibly – James Chance involved, it seems. Check out the Alan Sparhawk/Nels Cline face-off embedded below, too. And wow, Steve Gunn…
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1 Mark Kozelek – Like Rats (Caldo Verde)
2 Primal Scream – 2013 (First International)
3 Loom – I Get A Taste (Hate Hate Hate)
4 Charlie Parr – Barnswallow (Tin Angel)
5 James Blackshaw & Lubomyr Melnyk – The Watchers (Important)
6 White Fence –Pink Gorilla (Castleface)
7 Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs – Things We Be (Heavenly)
8 Zomes – Time Was (Thrill Jockey)
9 Steve Gunn – Time Off (Paradise Of Bachelors)
10 Elephant Micah – Elephant Micah – Globe Rush Progressions (Bluesanct)
11 Rangda/Dead C – Rangda/Dead C (Ba Da Bing)
12 Various Artists – Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label (Numero Group)
13 Retribution Gospel Choir with Nels Cline – New York Knitting Factory, February 12, 2013 (http://www.nyctaper.com/)
14 Phoenix – Bankrupt! (Atlantic)
15 Houndmouth – From The Hills Below The City (Rough Trade)
16 Mark Kozelek – Live At Phoenix Public House, Melbourne (Caldo Verde)
17 Mikal Cronin – MCII (Merge)
18 Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – Mind Control (Rise Above)
19 Golden Gunn – Golden Gunn (Three Lobed Recordings)
20 Kraftwerk – London Tate Modern, February 8, 2013 (God knows where this came from…)