December 2014: The Playlist

Well, howdy-doody-do…

You’ve actually caught me in the feverish midst of Christmas Eve-Eve, so I’m going to keep this mercifully short. I did manage to attain my tally of four hundred new albums/EPs though, which may not be as impressive as getting all my Yuletide shopping done, but it’s still something. As a result, there will be more words to come before the end of the year, obviously, but for now:

Dibder’s 2014: December Mix

01) “Heroine” by Little Boots

02) “Nobody But You” by Mary J. Blige

03) “Walking Waters” by Saa

04) “No Sorrowing (Kangding Ray Mix)” by Ben Frost

05) “Bleeding Ink” by Loscil

06) “Fallen Funk” by Theo Parrish

07) “Real Fine Day” by Mike Farris

08) “Still Your Girl” by Somi

09) “Jungle Lady” by Lion Babe

10) “Another Life” by D’Angelo And The Vanguard

See you just before the New Year, and Merry Christmas…

xxxo

May 2014: The Playlist

Hey y’all,The month of May has been a doozy, to say the very least… Managing to squeeze all of the stuff that went down between two Bank Holiday weekends in a single paragraph is more than a little trite though (and it’d be very blasé of me to leave a passing comment as to how storm-in-a-teacup this whole Ukip thing was considering if one actually looks at the results), so I’ll sum up the two big music-related things with a couple of bullet points:

• I had the good fortune of seeing Janelle Monáe at her London show on May 9 and she was typically brilliant, her diminutive frame and busily-populated stage not once belying her incredible stage presence and combustible vocal prowess. The most impressive thing I took away from it was that it says something when a performer takes on songs from her albums originally conceived as duets and you don’t miss the high-profile guest stars for single moment.
• The right act/song won Eurovision this year in the sultry form of Austria’s Conchita Wurst and her imperious would-be Bond anthem “Rise Like A Phoenix“. Of all of the “Skyfall” knock-offs that were performed at the event this year it was undoubtedly the best and Conchita herself managed to tow the line between novelty and earnestness rather gracefully, aided substantially by her impressive belter of a voice that she managed to sell the whole thing with.

Now that’s out of the way though, what new music have I managed to get hold of, listen to and like so much as to recommend for your auditory orifices? Well, let me sign off now with…

Dibder’s 2014: May Mix

01) “Do You Feel The Same?” by Hercules And Love Affair featuring Gustaph

02) “Lost In Love” by I Am A Camera

03) “Every Little Thing” by Röyksopp & Robyn

04) “Never Gonna Love Again” by Lykke Li

05) “Cat Rider” by Little Dragon

06) “Ocean Death” by Baths

07) “Venter” by Ben Frost

08) “SOTM” by Teebs

09) “Do Better” by Fatima

10) “Lonely Daze” by Kate Tempest

#TeamSolange… xxxo

2012 In Music: BlogMix #6

Well hello friends, it’s been so long… Well, less than a couple of months actually, but between all the children’s TV personality scandals, freak weather conditions bordering on the post-apocalyptic, America keeping the whole world awake whilst it voted its leader back into office and, most enormously, Homeland coming back on TV, I’ve already been through quite enough, thank you very much. I wasn’t expecting to feel this run-down, elated and traumatized until after Christmas, quite frankly.

But anyhoo, time rustles on, as does my hair-brained scheme of collating my favourite music moments over the past few weeks into a commemorative playlist. So, as ever, courtesy of Mixcloud, may I present the penultimate BlogMix of 2012:

2012 BlogMix#6 13/11/12

Info:

01) “My Heart Is Refusing Me” by Loreen
Taken from the album Heal. Official Artist Site

02) “Thousand Loaded Guns” by Karin Park
Taken from the album Highwire Poetry. Official Artist Site

03) “Madness” by Muse
Taken from the album The 2nd Law. Official Artist Site

04) “Lord Knows” by Dum Dum Girls
Taken from the EP End Of Daze. Official Artist Site

05) “Lilies” by Bat For Lashes
Taken from the album The Haunted Man. Official Artist Site

06) “The Black Sun” by Jo Mango
Taken from the album Murmuration. Official Artist Bandcamp Page

07) “Love Controls The Sun” by The Slakadeliqs featuring Justin Nozuka
Taken from the album The Other Side Of Tomorrow. Official Artist Bandcamp Page

08) “Candles In The Sun” by Miguel
Taken from the album Kaleidoscope Dream. Official Artist Site

09) “Swimming Pools (Drank)” by Kendrick Lamar
Taken from the album good kid, m.A.A.d city. Official Artist Site

10) “Artificial Death In The West” by Death Grips
Taken from the album NO LOVE DEEP WEB. Official Artist Site (Warning, NSFW)

11) “What This World Needs Now” by Cooly G
Taken from the album Playin’ Me. Official Artist MySpace Page

12) “Luxury Problems” by Andy Stott
Taken from the album Luxury Problems. Official Artist Page On Modern Love Site

13) “Court Of Lions” by Vessel
Taken from the album Order Of Noise. Official Artist Page On Tri Angle Site

14) “Phantasm” by Flying Lotus featuring Laura Darlington
Taken from the album Until The Quiet Comes. Official Artist Site

15) “Their Helicopters’ Sing” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Taken from the album ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!. Official Artist Site

16) “Venia” by Ben Frost & Daníel Bjarnason
Taken from the album SÓLARIS. Official Label Album Page

And there you have it! Trust though, I don’t particularly want to end this mix-malarkey on such a sour note, and seeing as the back end of this year is typically heavy with high-profile releases just in time for Christmas, I should be able to squeeze one more out. Until then, xxxo