en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal The Last.fm journal for JyotiMishra. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2011/12/31/59nn86_best_albums_of_2011 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:54:05 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2011/12/31/59nn86_best_albums_of_2011 This year, I was stupid busy finishing off my new album so I didn't have time to DJ for the last half of the year. But still, fuckloads of amazing new music came my way, both from new artists and old faves. As ever, although there is an order to this list, just to get on here is doing well as I had to narrow it down to forty albums out of around ninety!

These were my fave albums of 2011, click the bandname for more info!

40. Ladytron - Gravity The Seducer

More floaty than their previous album, glacial with an edge of electronic menace.

39. Roll The Dice - In Dust

Brooding, pulsating, minimal electronic soundscapes. Some bits remind me of Terry Riley.

38. Com Truise - Galactic Melt

The opposite end of electronica, defiantly '80s, phat and throbbing. In the best possible way, Miami Vice incidental music.

37. Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles

Dubby, toasty, blobby, farty and wonderful!

36. Little Dragon - Ritual Union

I don't understand why this lot don't get more hype - they've got lovely little pop songs, clad in the finest of bloopery and rattley reverb.


35. Parts and Labor - Constant Future

Such a fucking great pop band! And to be this shouty and loose but still catchy is a lovely surprise!


34. Her Space Holiday - Her Space Holiday

Marc Bianchi has this knack of being intimate and universal at the same time. Check this out if you've ever liked any indie pop/rock ever. Hints of Jon Brion too!


33. Egyptrixx - Bible Eyes

Fuck, I love this album! But how do I sell it to you? It's beaty, electronic pop that's a bit askew, like an off-centre wheel. There ya go!


32. Cut Copy - Zonoscope

This is a disco album, a funk album, an electronic album a dance album. Cut Copy keep on flowing, effortless pop.


31. Acid House Kings - Music Sounds Better With You

AHK are mistresses and masters of twee, summery, golden indiepop. And if you like that, you'll love this.


30. REKS - Rhymatic Eternal King Supreme

I've loved Reks for goddamn years and here he ropes in Premier and other luminaries to frame his awesome delivery with majestically awesome beats. Fuck.


29. Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion

Although I'd heard them, I didn't really "get" CS till I saw them play a storming gig at Indietracks 2011. Now I'm in love with their dour channelling of Echo & The Bunnymen doing Felt covers.


28. Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence

More off-kilter pop. Some of it a bit scary, to be honest. But mmmm...


27. Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk

This is minimal, intimate electronic music. It whispers in your ear as it strokes the back of your knee. Oh, Robag!


26. Set Your Goals - Burning At Both Ends

SYG rock! Awesome live, too. Standout track, 'Product Of The '80s.' Which I don't really understand unless they're all old fuckers like me?


25. Moustache of Insanity - Album Of Death

If you can listen to 'Talk-Along' without getting a bit sniffly, your heart is made of dogpoo. Beautiful, heartfelt songs!


24. Beneficence - Sidewalk Science

This is all that's good about hip hop in 2011: rubbery, flubbery beats that make your head nod coupled with lyrics that echo around your head for weeks.


23. Ochre - Early Learning

Ochre has this knack of constructing nanosymphonies of joy/sorrow, played by happy-faced millipedes. Clicky, leggy, often stridulating electronic beauty.


22. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong

Why haven't Pains broken through to Radio One? Plenty of people that rip them off shamelessly seem to have done just that this year. But those biters haven't got their class or, most importantly, knack with a killer chorus.


21. The Ladybug Transistor - Clutching Stems

Seven albums in and TLT sound like a band who find making lyrical, swoonsome pop music easy. The bastards.


20. Cuba Cuba - Where Else Is Safe But The Road?

Welsh popsters CC sound sooo fucking assured on this album, it's chocker with little twiddly bits, massive choruses and a skipload of heart.


19. Blind Pilot - We Are The Tide

Laid back, country-tinged folkpop. Like being wrapped in a warm towel by your lover prior to a ravishing.


18. The Wonder Years - Suburbia I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing

I love pop punk. Sometimes, people take the piss out of me for this. But as if I care ~ it means I've known perfect little worlds like the ones shared with me on this album.


17. DTMD - Makin' Dollas

Beautiful hip hop, can't fault it. The beats, the rhymes, the life described in precise, sharp detail. Reminds me a bit of Native Tongues which is always good.


16. M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming

I can't pigeonhole M83 easily. Yeah, the electro foundations are there but there's so much else going on. Anguish, celebration, snippets of atmosphere between the songs proper. All of it great.


15. Death Cab for Cutie - Codes And Keys

DCFC (heh) seem to be exploring more Krautrocky directions lately, whether it's on 'I Will Possess Your Heart' from the last album or 'Doors Unlocked And Open' from this one. Whatever, they twist it into their own shape. When the chorus kicks in, that's pure sunny delight!


14. Evidence - Cats And Dogs

Absconding from Dilated Peoples for a minute, Evidence uses his holiday to... well, make yet more fucking great hip hop. THANKS, EV!


13. Comet Gain - Howl Of The Lonely Crowd

CG are perfectly, raggedly raw on this album. 'Yoona Baines' just clangs and shreds along, all twisted tendons and bleeding lips. Shows the scope within the pop known as indie.


12. Blitzen Trapper - American Goldwing

Fuck, I hate how BT can just launch into a song and within thirty seconds I'm singing along like I've been a country rock fan all my life. This album is irresistible pop.


11. Apparat Organ Quartet - Pólýfónía

I love AOQ but this album stunned me. The Kraftwerkian vocoders floating over the intertwining melodies before being battered by distortion, the pounding beach drums, all of it makes me want to jump around till I hit my head. As I said, stunning.


10. Digitalism - I Love You, Dude

I fell in love with Digitalism the day I heard 'Zdarlight' and they don't break my heart here. I fucking love them even more just for bringing a track as stupidly, four-on-the-floor addictive as 'Blitz' into my life. I lost myself in this album.


9. Metermaids - Rooftop Shake

Alumni of Sage Francis' label, Metermaids rock it hard and heavy. But their hip hop is as thoughtful as it is uncompromising. Immense lyrics.


8. Holy Ghost! - Holy Ghost!

Sublime, sunny synthpop, overflowing with catchy riffs and 'eh?' lyrics (the best kind). Do yourself a favour and check out 'Wait And See' at the very least.


7. Erland & The Carnival - Nightingale

Brilliant, wonky guitar pop. Whenever I DJed 'This Night' earlier in the year, I'd always get peeps asking who it was. That's great pop for you!


6. Army Navy - The Last Place

Now, I must declare bias here: I loved this album so much that I got in touch with the band. And I'm meant to be remixing a track of it. But, in my defence, I have done fuck-all as I've been too busy making my own music. But if you've ever loved The Beatles, The Monkees, The Lemonheads, Teenage Fanclub or any other amazing guitar (power) pop, buy this album!


5. Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil

Another year, another Deerhoof album in my top albums list. STOP BEING SO FUCKING AMAZING, DEERHOOF! If you don't like this album, you're insane.

4. Maritime - Human Hearts

My favourite indie / rock / guitar album of 2011. I have sung along to this sooo many times in the car. Take 'Annihilation Eyes' ~ I've played this to everyone and every time, they sit up, perk up and want to know who it is. And then they're singing along by the end of the song. Davey von Bohlen, you are a pop genius and I love you.

3. The Four Owls - Nature's Greatest Mystery

Pure UK hip hop that makes me sooo fucking proud to be British. The skills on display here are formidable, the imagery is visceral without being literal. If you have ever liked any hip hop ever, you better fucking buy this album.

2. MC Esoteric - Boston Pharoah

Dude's got to be my favourite current hip hop artist. His choice of samples, his flow, his themes, his humour, his heart, his sincerity. He makes every other rapper look paper-thin and silly. This is what should be on every radio and TV station, not the pimped, preening pretenders who aren't even fit to suck Eso's little toe. If you don't buy this album, your life will be immeasurably more impoverished.


1. Yelle - Safari Disco Club

I have listened to this album more than any other this year. I have driven mates barmy by hitting repeat in my car. I have watched all Yelle's vids and of course, I'm in love with Julie and would like her to have my fat, brown babies.

This is a perfect electropop album. Nothing is wasted, everything works together. Every note hammers home Yelle's agenda of (primarily) sexy dance fun. The synths weave around Julie Budet's incredible voice like lovers' arms, tickling and teasing. The beats are undeniable, every fibre of your body starts pumping in resonance.

I've sung along so many times to 'Comme Un Enfant' in my terrible French, it's ridiculous! How can you not love these lyrics:

"J’aime les fraises tagada et je rêve d’un
Wayne’s world 3, je veux une méga happy
End enlacée dans tes bras
J'en ai pas de dents de sagesse, ça ne me
Manque pas, quand je mords la nuit à
Pleines dents pour faire la nouba
Je suis un enfant, comme un adolescent
Je suis un adulte, comme un adolescent
Faut-il vraiment choisir son camp (choisir son camp)
Le faut-il vraiment, comme un adolescent
Je chante et je pleure, comme un enfant

Je joue à me faire peur,
Comme un enfant, comme un enfant
Je pense tout et son contraire,
Comme un enfant, comme un enfant
Je danse, j’ai le coeur à l’envers,
Comme un enfant, comme un enfant"

Here, sing along for yourself:



Yelle have made the best pop album of 2011 and they have made me sad with their mastery of electropop. It means I have to try much fucking harder!

Enjoy Yelle and the rest of my 2011 albums. But hands off Julie, she's mine! :-) ♥♥♥]]> http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2011/08/21/4k9c8a_hdif_djing_20811 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:08:14 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2011/08/21/4k9c8a_hdif_djing_20811

On Friday, I travelled down to London to see my friend Amy. We had a great time wandering around (to me) exotic and sumptuous Leyton. The cake shops! Mmmm... Those little Portuguese thingies, with the pastry and the custardniess are deadly.

Then last night I DJed again at HDIF (How Does It Feel To Be Loved?), a wonderful indiepop clubnight run by Mr. Ian Watson. I'd originally been cheeky and asked if I could get Amy and I in on the guestlist. Even better than that, Ian said, how about DJing since the scheduled bloke couldn't make it? Of course I said yes.

So, I DJed and then I danced around with a load of mates who seemed to have gathered from everywhere. It was a lovely night, full of new and old faces. Click the pic above to see a gallery of them!

Today, Amy, Sean and I had a slap-up Sunday dinner at The Lexington on Pentonville Road before getting yet more cakes at St. Pancras. I would say I've eaten my own weight in cakes this weekend but seeing as they'll be increasing my weight, I think that's some kind of maths thing I don't understand? A convergent series?

London was beautiful and ugly, rich and poor, tasty and nauseating. It always inspires me and takes me out of my everyday sense of self. I hope I can hold on to some of that feeling back in Derby.

And here's what I played:

Papa Topo - Oso Panda
Army Navy - Last Legs
[ingenting] - Tack.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak
McCarthy - The Well Of Loneliness
Moustache of Insanity - We Need More Awesome
Butcher Boy - Clockwork
Crystal Stilts - Half a Moon
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
My Bloody Valentine - (When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream
Comet Gain - The Weekend Dreams
Pavement - Trigger Cut / Wounded Kite At 17
La Casa Azul - El Momento Mßs Feliz
Barry Gray - Joe 90
Best Coast - Crazy For You
The Lucksmiths - T-Shirt Weather
The Shins - Kissing The Lipless
Milky Wimpshake - Cherry Pop
Thee Headcoatees - Come Into My Mouth
Velocette - Get Yourself Together
Huggy Bear - Herjazz
Big Troubles - Modern Intimacy
The Wedding Present - Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
House of Love - Destroy The Heart
Deerhoof - Super Duper Rescue Heads !
of Montreal - Coquet Coquette
The Jam - David Watts
The Hidden Cameras - I Believe In The Good Of Life
Let's Wrestle - I Won't Lie To You
Cats On Fire - Higher Grounds
The Legends - Call it ours
Erland & The Carnival - This Night
The Field Mice - Sensitive
Cure - In Between Days
Yazoo - Don't Go]]> http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2011/03/29/4atze3_bzangy_groink_playlist_1632011 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:46:37 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2011/03/29/4atze3_bzangy_groink_playlist_1632011

Tonight's best new track was 'Super Duper Rescue Heads,' Deerhoof's poppiest track to date. This song is pure sunshine dappling your face through leaves, butterflies flapping around like nutters and tiny dogs yapping shopping lists.



The best old track was The Boo Radley's 'Lazy Day.' Another slice of summer in a pop song, I used to love dancing to this in the Blue Note, back when they played non-chart music. Shoegaze love.

Shpongle - before the big bang
Cyanna - San Quentin
Access Immortal - Acc The Villain
Not Advised - A Red Light Situation
Betty and the Werewolves - Wind-Up
Shannon Wright - Fractured
The Legends - Call it ours
Set Your Goals - Mutiny!
Dr. Oop - Midtown Memoirs
Akira Kiteshi - Ming The Merciless
The Crayon Fields - Graceless
Ten After Two - Reason To Fake
mc chris - EMO PARTY
1000 robota - er sagt ( punks jump up remix )
Kid Liberty - Fight With Your Fists
Bassnectar - Art of Revolution
The I.R.S - Gorilla Shuffle
Big Troubles - Modern Intimacy
Electric Wizard - Black Mass
Igorrr - Melting Nails
Brand New - Guernica
School of Seven Bells - Babelonia
Chunk! no captain chunk - Time's Up!
Reso - Beasts In The Basement
Erland & The Carnival - ThisNight
Darkest Hour - Violent By Nature
Xzibit f/ Nate Dogg - Multiply
Chilly Gonzales - You Can Dance
Calories - Orchard Girls
Deerhoof - Super Duper Rescue Heads !
Simon G - Simme
ACODA - Finding Your Feet
Amp Live - Hot Right Now (Bassnectar Remi
boo radleys - Lazy Day
Everything Everything - Schoolin
NumÈro - H.O.N.N.E.U.R
Veara - We Have a Body Count
WC - Revenge Of The Barracuda
Belle and Sebastian - Come On Sister
Matta - Solar Driftwood (Feat. The Abyss)
Atmosphere - You
The Juan Maclean - No Time
Counterpunch - The Great Regression
Pelican - Ephemeral
Data Select Party - Wake Up The Town
Cut Copy - Take Me Over
Algernon Cadwallader - Serial Killer Status
The Answering Machine - Video 8
Mystic Man - Off It
le Page - Luna Land
Hour of the Wolf - Domestic Wild
Taking Back Sunday - Timberwolves at New Jersey
Say Hi - Take Ya' Dancin'
Super Chron Flight Brothers - Travailler
Allo Darlin' - Silver Dollars
Computer Club - Losing Streak (Featuring Frankmusik)
KGV - Harde Kern
Aden - Matinee Idol
The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
Telefon Tel Aviv - Helen Of Troy
Luna - Beautiful View
Sefiros - Exabyt
Cylob - Flicklife (Cylob Mix)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/12/31/44sguo_albums_of_the_year_2010 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:03:40 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/12/31/44sguo_albums_of_the_year_2010 Another bonzer year for new music, had to whittle 75+ albums into this top 40. So, as usual, even though there is an order, just to be on here means the album is a winner and you should buy it.

The band names are links to Last.fm so you can actually hear them. Get clicking!

40. Toro Y Moi – Causers Of This

Floaty, like a cross between Animal Collective and MGMT.


39. Gifthorse – Mountain Of Youth

Thrumming and My Morning Jacketish indie rock. Standout is 'Missionaries.'


38. Monty – 2010

Swedie pop, sugary and lovely. SCREAM MY NAME!

37. Kero One – Kinetic World

Solid hip hop from Cali. Niiice lyrics.

36. Zeller – Turbulences

Intense and scary in places, bassy and messy. Love it. Not really dubstep but you'll probably like it if you like a bit of WOOB.

35. FACT – In The Blink Of An Eye

Love this band, such fucking energy! Listened to this in the car loads!

34. Darker My Love – Alive As You Are

If you love Buffalo Springfield or CSNY or mid-period Shins, you'll probably love this. Harmonies, tunes!

33. Chaos Theory– Retaliation

Love the riffs on this. Unapologetic, hard-hitting metal. Does it every time for me.

32. Eagle Scout – New Hands

Twiddly and tasty, dunno if they're phc or indie or what. Just know I like their tunes.

31. Citay – Get Together

Yet more Californians - ey, let the rest of the world have a chance, eh? Yeah, psychy, summery goodness. Looong songs!

30. Calories – Basic Nature

'Orchard Girls' is a tune of 2010. I love the simplicity of their riffery, the beauty of their economy.

29. Big Troubles – Worry

Oooh, shoegazey noisy and what sounds like classic minimal drum machine programming (but it could be a drummer). NOISE!

28. Kid Liberty – Fight With Your Fists

Pop punk greatness, check 'em out if you like FYS, SYG or suchlike. Dudes.

27. ComputeHer – Modemoiselle

Wow! I just love the way Michelle (she is ComputHer) layers and weaves and winds through her electro world. Class!

26. Discover America – Future Paths

Excellent singer-songwriterness fleshed out into a moving album, maybe a bit like early Say Hi To Your Mom? Certainly touches of Apples here and maybe even Maritime?

25. Anoraak – Wherever The Sun Sets

Oh my... this is such swoony, sweet synthpop. It's like I've found a long-lost Space (of Magic Fly, not the other one) album. If you like synthiness, you'll probably like this.

24. The Wonder Years – The Upsides

Another great pop-punk album this year. 'My Last Semester' is pure class and the lyrical standard is matched by the rest of the album. Really want to hear this shit out in a club!


23. Medications – Completely Removed

I love the interlocking guitar, the meandering melodies and, occasionally, a rush of nervous energy. Check if you like the twiddly.


22. Annuals – Count The Rings

This is almost over-done. 'Eyes In The Darkness' is disturbingly layered. Even though it's such a sweet album, there's something deeply weird going on. Like a psycho Postal Service. 'Loxstep' is genius.


21. Mesak – Dada Wheel

Mesak doesn't seem to do much but does. I stick the album on and even though the songs are long, before I know it it's done. Deftly arranged electronic loveliness.

20. Ellen Allien – Dust

I can't not have Allien in here. She's never done a duff album. And this one is right up there. If anything, she's gone a bit more pop with the electroness!

19. Belle and Sebastian – Write About Love

'I Didn't See It Coming' is another tune of the year. I've sung that fucker a gazillion times in the car. B&S keep writing pop standards, not just pop songs.


18. I Am Abomination – To Our Forefathers

Metal riffery, squealing solos, thudding kicks, overblown arrangements. I love this! MOAR!


17. Standard Fare – The Noyelle Beat

Any band good enough to be on Waterloo Road deserve a place in here. A bittersweet album overflowing with vulnerable, painful vignettes.


16. Four Year Strong – Enemy Of The World

Dude... really? Do I really have to tell you how much I love FYS? Killer album. 'Suck' is pure, refined awesome!

15. Pugs Atomz – The Decade

Intelligent lyrics, devious flows and some right good beats make this a hip hop essential!

14. Pacific – Narcissus

Not as poppy as their debut but a definite journey into sound. Retro synthpop in the same way as Anoraak but Pacific seem to be channelling Sex-era Telex. Which is just dandy with me.

13. Allo Darlin’ – Allo Darlin’

I am biased because, like most people, I'm a little bit in love with Elizabeth Darlin.' Nevertheless, this is a great album. Full of tunes. Full.

12. We Have Band – WHB

Dancey, slightly silly and great fun to have on in the car and pretend you're an escaped robot to.

11. His Statue Falls – Collisions

I love this band's slab-heavy guitar married to ravey synthiness. Check if you like Shikari or similar. Yeah!

10. Anarbor – The Words You Don’t Swallow

'Drugstore Diet,' if there was any justice, should have been an international number one. An amazing pop punk band.


9. Best Coast – Crazy For You

Swoony and slightly loony, a bit like a more surfy Giant Drag.

8. 1000 robota - Ufo

Aw, man! I love this album. It's classic postpunkness with a knowing Krautrock edge. Which is okay, cos they is Germans.

7. Diversion Tactics – Careful On The Way Up

Wonderful UK hip hop. Every time I've DJed them, peeps have come over to ask who it is. They're that catchy. Class lyrics.


6. Faded Paper Figures – New Medium

Not just because they incorporates 'sous rature' into their lyrics. A sleeper of an American indie album, shimmery and wonderful.

5. School of Seven Bells – Disconnect From Desire

Finally, people are catching on to this band. With the swagger of 'Loveless'-era MBV and more than a hint of early Cocteaus, I hope they make it into the proper charts soon.

4. Super Chron Flight Brothers – Cape Verde

It's albums like this that make me realise why I love hip hop. The pure fun with words, the imagery, the sheer playfulness of these fuckers, you have to get this album. And the excellently-inserted presenter freak-out... oh my! :-)

3. Huoratron – Prevenge

Massive, dirty, electroness. If you buy only one electronic album this year, please make it this one. It's dripping in shit and used condoms. Soooo tasty!

2. MC Esoteric – Fly Casualties

My top hip hop album of this year, Esoteric is so eclectic, so omnivorous. Whether it's Gang of Four or Numan, or Le Tigre, this album demonstrates that hip hop doesn't need to keep trotting the same old samples out. And then marry that to his lyrics: incisive, heartbreaking, funny as fuck. A classic album

1. Everything Everything – Man Alive

I went to see this band (click here) and even though I already loved the album, it came alive in a special way.

'Man Alive' covers such an enormous gamut, both musically and lyrically. Yes, it's all indie rock / pop but there's so much else going on here. The harmonies, the integration of the electronics (never showy, always organic), the energy that seeps out of every tiny, non-repeated noise. I hear all those things that the band have put in. And I appreciate them.

They make 'Man Alive' the best album of 2010. :-)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/10/11/3z28om_bzangy_groink_29910 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:53:57 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/10/11/3z28om_bzangy_groink_29910

Tonight's best new track was 'Crazy For You' by Best Coast. One minute and fifty seconds of swoonsome delight, this track comes from a similarly languid and sun-drenched album. Check it out!



The best old track was Marching Band's 'For Your Love.' God, what a perfect, catchy pop song! Breezy splendour.

The Vaselines - Such a Fool
Norma Jean - The Anthem Of The Angry Brides
Abe Vigoda - Sequins
le Page - Luna Land
Tim Kasher - Cold Love
The Sect - Everything Is Waves
Diversion Tactics - No Collaborations
Clinic - Evelyn
P. Reign - Dun Did it
Mr Fogg - Stung (Ital Tek Remix)
The Successful Failures - Armadillo Boy
School of Seven Bells - Chain
Burn the Fleet - Conduits
Brisa Roché - It's alright
Foreign Beggars - 2nd Hand Contraband
Crocodiles - Mirrors
Chimpo - Nasty
Hollow Tip - Raw N Uncut (Ft. San Quinn and Mic-C)
Chiodos - Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered
Huoratron - Gbay
New Politics - Yeah Yeah Yeah
Motion Man - Pouring You Mo Champagne
Twitch - Kamosis
Marching Band - For Your Love
Cyanna - San Quentin
Gold Kids - The Sound Of Breaking Up
Hot Hot Heat - Keep My Name Out of Your Mouth
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Sink/Let It Sway
Dr. Oop - Midtown Memoirs
Littlefoot - Sell My Soul
Twin Shadow - I Can't Wait
Calories - Orchard Girls
Super Chron Flight Brothers - No Spin Zone
Chromeo - Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)
Best Coast - Crazy For You
Sex Bob-Omb - We Are Sex Bob-Omb
Everything Everything - MY KZ, UR BF
Set Your Goals - The Fallen...
dead prez - Hip-hop
Reso - Armored Core
Fan Death - the best night
Kid Liberty - I'm Right Here
Beirut - Elephant Gun]]> http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/10/02/3ydln7_everything_everything_at_the_bodega%2C_nottingham%2C_1110 Sat, 2 Oct 2010 15:23:34 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/10/02/3ydln7_everything_everything_at_the_bodega%2C_nottingham%2C_1110 Fri 1 Oct – Everything Everything, Dutch Uncles


(Click any of the pics for more!)

Last night, I saw one of the best gigs I've ever seen in my life. I think I first got taken to a gig by my Dad, when I was around 14 or so. It was Gordon Giltrap and he rocked. So, I've got around thirty years of gig memories under my belt and now, thanks to Everything Everything, I have a shiny, perfect diamond to add to that stash.

I felt a little sad that I went on my own, I'd got two tickets but thanks to various vagaries of corporeal existence, no-one was there to hold my lonely bear hand. But, having got up to the front, I got chatting to two very friendly lads about EE and they were as fanatical as I am. Isn't that great, bonding with total strangers at a gig?



EE came on and from the very first beautiful grin from frontman Jonathan Higgs, I knew my love for this band was built on truth and passion. If you've heard any EE at all, you'll know that it's hardly bog-standard, post-Arctic Monkeys blokey indie. EE are as vivacious and playful as all those wearing-your-coat-inside fuckers are insipid and dead. But that's on records - can they really translate those intricate productions into an inevitably more sparse live presence?

Yes.

There's a special kind of magick that happens at some gigs. Depeche Mode's 'Black Celebration' show at the NEC, East Village at Trent Poly, Pixies at Rock City, Asian Dub Foundation at The Waterfront, Red Animal War at the Vic, Butcher Boy at Indietracks, Death Cab for Cutie at Rock City, Cats On Fire whenever, Elizabeth Allo Darlin' here, these are all performances I'm going to remember the rest of my life. Now I have to add EE's show last night to that list. It was that transcendent. As a gigging musician myself, I can spot when a band is even a teensy bit on autopilot. EE weren't, they were totally alive and in the moment and, as a result, so were we.



'Final Form' started and I crossed my fingers, hoping one of my utter faves would come to life. I shouldn't have worried, EE made the song fly and sing and soar, I heard a side of it that isn't in the recording. I was singing along, as were most of us, and Jonathan was grinning like a loon at our devotion and recognition. And dedication - it's not as if EE have the easiest lyrics to remember, dense with imagery as they are. I really can't understand how EE managed to make the songs bigger than they are on the record?

I'm not pretending to be an old-school fan here, I only heard about them through the re-release of 'KZ' this year, I missed out on it when it first came out last October. I suspect that single has gathered them a new fanbase who've devoured the album as hungrily as they did the lopsided pop of 'KZ.' So when it came on, there was a roar from the crowd and we all shouted along to the rhomboid, jazz-funk lyrics. It was wonderful. I think EE were taken aback at both the size of their audience ("Last time we played here, there were twelve people here!") and our mad love for them. In truth, they deserved the adulation.



They went off, we demanded more and they came back and encored with two more songs. To be truthful, I can't remember which ones they were, I was just too emotional by then but I think one was 'Suffragette' as I remember the rocky bits really... rocking. EE were doubled over, laughing and careening off each other and we were all just fucking in love with this band of superheroes, saving our planet from The Drab.

Walking back to the car, a bloke walked by whistling the whistly bit from 'Schoolin.' The right coda for a night that is going to be nailed in my head forever. Gigs like last night's make me feel privileged to be alive. Love you EE!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/09/19/3xdmrn_bzangy_groink_playlist_15910 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:27:22 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/09/19/3xdmrn_bzangy_groink_playlist_15910

Another very, very busy night with loads of requests, good good! The best new tune was 'MY KZ, UR BF' by Everything Everything. Really, this isn't the right place to go into how much I love this song. It's... magical. Maybe I'll write about it more here, maybe not! The album reminds me of XTC via... well, I'm not quite sure what. It is quite, quite lovely!



The best old song was a birfday request: 'Who Am I?' by Snoop Doggy Dogg. Damn, son, it's a long time since I've heard funky shit like that... :-P

This is what you heard:

Mesak - Silversand
Superchunk - My Gap Feels Weird
Kempi - 500 gram
Alex Smoke - Northwoods
Counterpunch - The Great Regression
Braille - Up
Spark - Shut Out The Moon
Not Advised - A Red Light Situation
Wavves - King of The Beach
Diversion Tactics - No Collaborations
Proem - sudden sharp turns
Evergreen Terrace - Rip this!
Reso - Armored Core
Everything Everything - MY KZ, UR BF (Original)
Arpad Flynn - Let's Play
Four Year Strong - It Must Really Suck To Be Four Year Strong Right Now
Breakage - run 'em out (feat. roots manuva)
Huoratron - Gbay
Confide - My Choice Of Words
Sex Bob-Omb - We Are Sex Bob-Omb
Best Coast - Crazy For You
The Herbaliser - It Aint Nuttin feat. MF Doom
Kid Liberty - I'm Right Here
Skream - Wibbler
Burning Twilight - Since We're On Our Way Down
Fan Death - the best night
Calories - Orchard Girls
Freqax - The Witch
Kisses - People Can Do The Most Amazing
Set Your Goals - The Fallen...
Burn the Fleet - Conduits
Bronze Medals - Escape Routes
mc chris - Fett's Vett
Chimpo - Nasty
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Who Am I?
At the Drive-In - Hourglass
Allo Darlin' - Kiss Your Lips
Dufresne - Omega
Broken Links - What are you waiting for?
Snype - Gangsta Matik
Rustie - Bad Science
The Prodigy - Take Me to the Hospital (Rusko Remix)
Hadouken! - Turn The Lights Out
The Let Go - Dreams Over
Cuba Cuba - Golden Grounds
Untied Shoes - Anti-Violent (Anti-Flag Cover)
AFI - Porphyria
Descendents - Hope
Minor Threat - Filler
MC Esoteric - Waxing On Decepticon
KOAN Sound - Garden Of Buddha
Efterklang - Raincoats
Betty and the Werewolves - Wind-Up
Wienzeile - geisterbahn
Annuals - Loxstep
Fake Problems - Soulless
Incise - Got To Go Ft. Nieve
Standard Fare - A Night With A Friend
Netsky - I Can't Hold it
Fix Dot'M - Britains Got Talent]]> http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/09/13/3wut85_bzangy_groink_playlist_1910 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:56:31 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/09/13/3wut85_bzangy_groink_playlist_1910
The best new track tonight was Reso's 'Armored Core.' Recently, I went stargazing. If I could travel to the stars I was admiring, I think it'd be in a massive, shuddering spaceship that can only be described adequately by this track. But don't take my work for it - have a click on the vid and see for yourself!


The best old track was a request - All Time Low's 'Dear Maria.' Such a good pop song!

Mr Fogg - Stung (Ital Tek Remix)
Vanna - Into Hell's Mouth We March
Copywrite - O.D. (Overdose) Feat. Royce Da 5' 9"
de Montevert - The Ghost
I Am Arrows - Green Grass
Sex Bob-Omb - We Are Sex Bob-Omb
The Bloody Beetroots - Awesome
Stars - We Don't Want Your Body
Freeland - Under Control
Red Dons - Unheard Words
Assemble The Empire - The Crash
Broken Links - What are you waiting for?
Vitalic - Flashmob
le Page - Luna Land
The Herbaliser - It Aint Nuttin feat. MF Doom
Cuba Cuba - Golden Grounds
Reso - Armored Core
Four Year Strong - Bada Bing! Wit' A Pipe!
Fix Dot'M - Britains Got Talent
Confide - My Choice Of Words
Jeans Team - Oh Bauer
Sarandon - Searching For The Now
Netsky - Secret Agent
The Blood Brothers - Set Fire To The Face On Fire
Bliss N Eso - Down By The River
Ingenting - Punkdrˆmmar
Defrag - the stones
The Ghost Inside - Greater Distance
Rapscallion - boomster
New Politics - Yeah Yeah Yeah
Chimpo - Nasty
Cloud Control - This Is What I Said
Anarbor - Let The Games Begin
k-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
Huoratron - Gbay
K'NAAN - T.I.A.
Akira Kiteshi - pinball
Freqax - The Witch
Braintax - Retail
Two Fingers - Two Fingers
Stick To Your Guns - Faith In The Untamed
Digital Mystikz - Unexpected
Eric B. & Rakim - Know The Ledge
Man Parrish - Hip Hop Be Bop
Diversion Tactics - No Collaborations
Tribe Called Quest - We Can Get Down
Kid Liberty - Fight With Your Fists
All Time Low - Dear Maria, Count Me In
Allo Darlin' - Silver Dollars
Set Your Goals - The Few That Remain
Rude Kid - Jack Daniels
Uffie - ADD SUV (Ft. Pharrell Williams)
Standard Fare - A Night With A Friend
MF Doom - Paper Planes (Freestyle)
The Fall of Troy - Problem!?]]> http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/08/25/3va9wu_hangover_lounge_djing_playlist_22810 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:11:04 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/08/25/3va9wu_hangover_lounge_djing_playlist_22810

Only a teeny-weeny playlist, this one as it was just in between bands playing:

The Hidden Cameras - A Miracle
Boards of Canada - 03 Olson (Version 3)
John Barry - The Ipcress File
The Sweptaways - Kalla Mig
de Montevert - The Ghost
The Orchids - Long Drawn Sunday Night
My Little Airport - My Little Fish
Holopaw - igloo glass
Shearwater - WhippingBoy
Allo Darlin' - Woody Allen]]> http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/08/25/3va6rb_hdif_djing_playlist_21810 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:30:28 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/JyotiMishra/journal/2010/08/25/3va6rb_hdif_djing_playlist_21810
Pic by Ian Watson

Thanks again to Ian HDIF for inviting me to DJ at his lovely, lovely club night. I had a blast and it was nice to slip in a bit of Nas and Set Your Goals in amongst the indiepopness! :-)

This is what I played:

Allo Darlin' - Kiss Your Lips
The Lucksmiths - Self-Preservation
The Wake - Crush The Flowers
Jens Lekman - You Are the Light
Echo And The Bunnymen - Rescue
The Like - He's Not A Boy
My Bloody Valentine - Thorn
Spearmint - sweeping the nation
James Brown - The Boss
Nas - Get Down
Cats On Fire - Higher Grounds (new)
Sarandon - Searching For The Now
Chromeo - Call Me Up
Cure - In Between Days
The Velvelettes - He Was Really Saying Something
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Parakit
Stevie Wonder - I Wish
Talulah Gosh - i can't get no satisfaction (thank god)
Cuba Cuba - Golden Grounds
The Field Mice - Sensitive
Pulp - Stacks
The Sylvers - High School Dance
La Casa Azul - Cambia tu vida
Billie the Vision & the Dancers - I'm Pablo
Pavement - Cut Your Hair
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - 103
Wedding Present - Nobodys Twisting Your Arm
Depeche Mode - New Life
Set Your Goals - Summer Jam]]>