LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
There has been a great deal of debate over how this DI should have been carried out, but at the 11th hour we agreed on a solution and are now ready to get rolling. There will be 5 groups of 4 participants each, with Bonnie earning the honorary 20th spot. When/if I get her list, she will be included below.
Links will be supplied soon, so be patient. From now until the end of the tournament, all questions should be made here and not in the signup thread. A listening thread will be made for Group 1 later tonight into tomorrow morning.
Group 1
IWasBored
Roots & Boots
Disc 1 - Roots:
1. Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man - [fuck if I know, it's been on my computer for forever]- 3:07
2. The Ventures - Walk, Don't Run - Walk, Don't Run - 2:11
3. Al Wilson - The Snake - single - 3:30
4. R. Dean Taylor - There's a Ghost in My House - complete recordings - 2:26
5. The Sonics - Strychnine - Here Are the Sonics - 2:14
6. Morphine - Buena - Cure for Pain - 3:20
7. Solomon Burke/Blind Boys of Alabama - None of Us are Free - - 5:29
8. Otis Redding - You Left the Water Running - best of (which if i didn't own the cd, i'd suspect was mis-labeled as i've never seen it on any other OR collection/album for some reason)
9. Dobie Gray - Out on the Floor - Dobie Gray Sings for the "In Crowd" - 2:56
10. The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops - 2:46
11. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears - - 2:57
12. Sam Cooke - Twisin' the Night Away - the man who invented soul box set- 2:43
13. Sam & Dave - Sweet Soul Music - single - 2:21
14. Chubby Checker - The Twist - best of - 2:34
15. The Beatles - Twise & Shout - Please Please Me - 2:33
16. The Who - Much to Much - The Who Sings My Generation - 2:48
17. Carl Perkins - Honey Don't - Mr Rock 'n Roll - 2:40
18. Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away - The Chirping Crickets - 2:23
Disc 2 - Boots:
1. Roger Miret & the Disasters - Give 'Em the Boot - (self-titled) - 2:08
2. Dropkick Murphys - The Gauntlet - Sing Loud, Sing Proud - 2:49
3. Blitz - Razors in the Night - Best of Blitz (or the Razors/Never Surrender single) - 1:55
4. Stiff Little Fingers - At the Edge - Nobody's Heroes - 2:57
5. The Beltones - Mix it Up - Cheap Trinkets - 2:13
6. Discipline - Everywhere We Go - Saints & Sinners - 3:27
7. The Pug Uglies - Street Rule - Minimum Wage - 2:53
8. Patriot - Cohesion - We the People - 2:59
9. The Oppressed - We're the Oppressed - skinhead times 1982-1998 - 3:17
10. The Bruisers - Intimidation - Singles Collection - 2:49
11. The Ducky Boys - I'll Rise Up - No Gettin' Out - 2:19
12. The Krays - Battle - A Battle for the Truth - 1:47
13. Tommy & the Terrors - Turn the Screw - Mass Hysteria - 3:20
14. The Business - Suburban Rebels - Suburban Rebels - 2:18
15. The Anti-Nowhere League - The Streets of London - We Are...The League - 3:18
16. Angelic Upstarts - I Won't Pay for Liberty - rarities album - 2:35
17. Menace - GLC - Complete Discography - 2:21
18. Oxymoron - New Age - The Worldwide Tribue to the Real Oi album- 2:45
19. Pressure Point - Never Walk Alone - Get it Right - 3:34
20. The Templars - Skinheads Rule OK - The Return of Jaques De Molay
21. Stage Bottles - Sometimes Anti-social, Always Anti-facist - SA-S,AA-F 7"- 3:41
22. Terminus City - My Castle - Justice isn't Always Fair - 2:47
23. Cocksparrer - I Got Your Number - Shock Troops - 2:48
24. Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout - Tell Us the Truth - 2:13
25. Whiskey Rebels - St. Ides - (self-titled) - 1:30
26. Criminal Class USA - Freedom's Dead (For You Not Me) - Echoes in the Street - 4:25
27. Main Street Saints - KC Belongs to Me - Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven - 2:45
Runtime: 126:31
Lazarus
BOWL OF D.I.X.
This is only my second DI, so I can only compare this to my debut entry, where I focused specifically on the 90s and mostly the late part of the decade. The first disc was more rock and the second was more dance/beat oriented.
For my sophomore effort, I didn't go in with any grand plan, mostly I just had a bunch of songs I wanted to share. What it does have in common with the previous collection is that I attempted to use as many b-sides/outtakes/deep cuts as possible. Hopefully the majority of this will sound fresh to everyone.
On a general level, Part 1 (Get Going, Step Out) is a looser affair, more "organic" and outdoorsy, and eventually swung more retro than I realized. It's also fairly mellow, after the party dies down it's pretty smooth going forward. But I've listened to it quite a bit and enjoy it.
Part 2 (Riff Dogs) is definitely rockier and more aggressive, but it also takes a mellow/lighter detour halfway through. I guess I enjoyed finding ways to transition through these songs after I had separated them into two groups, and while it may seem insane on paper, I think I managed to segue pretty naturally from song to song.
Some notes for the curious: Bash & Pop (one of the most obscure artists I used) is fronted by Tommy Stinson, his first band after the break-up of The Replacements. Sarah Shannon is the former singer of brief 90s indie stars Velocity Girl (they even had a Volkswagen commercial!). Thee Midniters are a Mexican-American band from East Los Angeles and an under-heard treasure from the 60s.
NOTE: Please import the .m3u or .xml files into iTunes (or whatever you're using) as it will preserve the playlist settings I gave a lot of attention to w/r/t reducing dead space between tracks and leveling some volume issues.
Track listing:
PT 1: Get Going, Step Out
1. Warwick - “Let’s Get The Party Going” - Velvet Tinmine (comp.) (3:28)
2. The Meters - “Live Wire” - The Meters (2:27)
3. Rolling Stones - “Undercover Of The Night” - Undercover (4:34)
4. Luscious Jackson - “Here” - Natural Ingredients (3:27)
5. Christina Aguilera - “Monday Morning” - Bionic (3:55)
6. Nelly Furtado - “Parking Lot (radio edit)” - Parking Lot (3:51)
7. Phoenix - “On Fire” - United (2:49)
8. Steely Dan - “FM” - Gold (4:41)
9. Thin Lizzy - “She Knows” - Night Life (5:10)
10. Prince - “The Truth” - The Truth (3:30)
11. Funkadelic - “Can You Get To That” - Maggot Brain (2:53)
12. Ween - “Freedom of ’76” - Chocolate And Cheese (2:46)
13. The Lemonheads - “The Outdoor Type” - (2:35)
14. Blue Öyster Cult - “In Thee” - Mirrors (3:50)
15. Rilo Kiley - “With Arms Outstretched” - The Execution Of All Things (3:43)
16. The Faces - “Glad And Sorry” - Ooh La La (3:07)
17. Bash & Pop - “Tiny Pieces” - Friday Night Is Killing Me (4:36)
18. The Beach Boys - “Sail On Sailor” - Holland (3:17)
19. Cotton Jones - “Sail Of The Silver Morning” - Tall Hours In The Glowstream (3:20)
20. Van Morrison - “Stepping Out Queen Part II” - The Philosopher Stone (4:27)
PT 2: Riff Dogs
1. Johnny Foreigner - “Riff Glitchard” - You Can Do Better (4:59)
2. M83 - “Don’t Save Us From The Flames” - Before The Dawn Heals Us (4:10)
3. New Order - “Weirdo” - Brotherhood (3:53)
4. Los Campesinos! - “This Is A Flag. There Is No Wind” - Romance Is Boring (3:23)
5. PJ Harvey - “This Wicked Tongue” - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (3:43)
6. Deap Vally - “Woman Of Intention” - Sistrionix (3:41)
7. Au Pairs - “We’re So Cool” - Playing With A Different Sex - (3:30)
8. Stricken City - “Animal Festival” - Losing Color (4:53)
9. Brian Eno & John Cale - “One Word” - Wrong Way Up (4:30)
10. Saint Etienne - “Zipcode” - Fairfax High (3:02)
11. Sarah Shannon - “City Morning Song” - City Morning Song (2:59)
12. Amy Winehouse - “Addicted” - Back To Black (2:45)
13. Nina Simone - “Revolution (Parts 1 & 2)” - To Love Somebody (5:00)
14. Thee Midniters - “Love Special Delivery” - Thee Midniters Bring You… (2:13)
15. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - “Polly Put The Kettle On” - Kitty, Daisy & Lewis (2:56)
16. The Twilight Singers - “Papillon” - Blackberry Belle (4:24)
17. Bettie Serveert - “White Dogs” - Log 22 (8:20)
Total runtime: 2:21:38
Padj
A Slice of Sky
(Artwork By Eugenia Loli)
Tracklist:
1. Total Control- "Flesh War" - Typical System (4:41)
2. Sad Lovers & Giants - "Close to the Sea" - Feeding The Flame (4:47)
3. Wire - "The 15th" - 154 (3:05)
4. Caribou - "Silver" - Our Love (5:17)
5. Cults - "Keep Your Head Up" - Static (3:39)
6. Sparks - "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us" - Kimono My House (3:07)
7. Roxy Music- "Virgina Plain" - Roxy Music (2:58)
8. Cate Le Bon- "I Can't Help You" - Mug Museum (4:01)
9. The B-52's - "52 Girls - B-52's (3:41)
10. Stereolab- "L'enfer Des Formes" - Mars Audiac Quintet (3:53)
11. Husker Du - "Up In The Air" - Warehouse (3:08)
12. Throwing Muses - "Devil's Roof" - Hunkpapa (3:42)
13. Speedy Ortiz - "No Below" - Major Arcana (3:49)
14. Liz Phair - "Supernova" - Whip-Smart (2:49)
15. Juliana Hatfield - "What A Life" - Only Everything (3:22)
16. Lush - "Etheriel" - Gala (3:26)
17. Cocteau Twins - "Cherry-Coloured Funk" - Heaven Or Las Vegas (3:12)
18. GEMS - "Medusa" - Medusa - EP (4:10)
19. Bat For Lashes - "Oh Yeah" - The Haunted Man (4:57)
20. PJ Harvey - "The Words That Maketh Murder" - Let England Shake (3:46)
21. Magnetic Fields - "The Trouble I've Been Looking" - Holiday (2:23)
22. Metronomy - "The Bay" - The English Riviera (4:56)
23. Tom Waits - "16 Shells From A 30 6" - Swordfishtrombones (4:34)
24. Paolo Conte - "Via Con Me" - Paris Milonga (2:47)
25. Chico Buarque - "Deus Lhe Pague" - Construção (3:19)
26. Radio Futura - "Luna De Agosto" - La Cancion De Juan Perro (3:39)
27. Belle & Sebastian - "Act Of The Apostle" - The Life Pursuit (2:56)
28. Caravan - "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" - In The Land Of Grey And Pink (4:59)
29. Jethro Tull - "Life Is A Long Song" - Living In The Past (3:21)
Total Runtime: 109 minutes
Joey788
This playlist explores what happens when an individual is pushed to extremes. I wanted to create a tense atmosphere for my list, but with different moods and genres as well. It is all about walking on the edge of sanity, with some barely retaining control and other slipping off. These are songs for the moments when your emotions escape you, when you shake or snap, when the pressure reaches a boiling point.
Fractures
1. Chelsea Wolfe - "Feral Love" - Pain Is Beauty (3:22)
2. The Horrors - "I Can't Control Myself" - Primary Colours (3:27)
3. David Bowie - "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (5:13)
4. Savages - "Husbands" - Silence Yourself (2:50)
5. Liars - "Brats" - WIXIW (3:02)
6. The Prodigy - "Firestarter" - Their Law (The Singles 1990-2005) (4:43)
7. Bjork - "Army of Me" - Army of Me (3:55)
8. Beck - "Minus" - Odelay (2:34)
9. Radiohead - "Climbing Up The Walls" - OK Computer (4:45)
10. Steven Wilson - "Index" - Grace for Drowning (4:49)
11. EMA - "Cthulu" - The Future's Void (5:27)
12. Blur - "I'm Just A Killer For Your Love" - Blur (4:12)
13. Bat for Lashes - "Siren Song" - Two Suns (5:00)
14. Fiona Apple - "Every Single Night" - The Idler Wheel... (3:34)
15. St. Vincent - "Huey Newton" - St. Vincent (4:38)
16. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Zero" - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (2:41)
17. PJ Harvey - "Down By The Water" - To Bring You My Love (3:15)
18. The Decemberists - "The Rake's Song" - The Hazards of Love (3:16)
19. Astronautalis - "Holy Water" - This Is Our Science (2:57)
20. Arcade Fire - "Intervention" - Neon Bible (4:21)
21. The National - "Afraid of Everyone" - High Violet (4:19)
22. U2 - "Exit" - The Joshua Tree (4:13)
23. Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral" - The Downward Spiral (3:57)
24. Porcupine Tree - "Strip The Soul" - In Absentia (7:22)
Total runtime: 97:52
Group 2
LemonMelon
"Tinseltown in the Rain"
Inspired by icy winters and warming alcohol, this playlist hits on that awesome, classically-80s contrast between frigidity and romance. The title was taken from the list's featured Blue Nile track, which perfectly encapsulates everything I wanted to accomplish with this list. It's sexy and smooth yet still appropriate for moping in an empty bed.
1. Til Tuesday – “What About Love” – Welcome Home (3:57)
2. Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” - Hounds of Love (5:00)
3. Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” – Please (4:00)
4. Propaganda – “The Murder of Love” – A Secret Wish (5:18)
5. New Order – “True Faith” – Substance (5:53)
6. Visage – “Fade to Grey” – Visage (4:01)
7. Duran Duran – “Save a Prayer” – Rio (5:27)
8. Madonna – “Live to Tell” – True Blue (5:50)
9. Erasure – “Ship of Fools” – The Innocents (4:01)
10. Simple Minds – “Big Sleep” – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (4:58)
11. T’Pau – “Heart and Soul” – Bridge of Spies (4:10)
12. The Cars – “Drive” – Heartbeat City (3:56)
13. Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” – Mistaken Identity (3:42)
14. Roxy Music – “More Than This” – Avalon (4:11)
15. Pulp – “Do You Remember the First Time?” – His ‘n’ Hers (4:22)
16. Modern English- “I Melt with You” – After the Snow (3:53)
17. Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” – Substance (3:26)
18. The dB’s – “Black and White” – Stands for Decibels (3:07)
19. Hoodoo Gurus – “I Want You Back” – Stoneage Romeos (3:11)
20. The Clean – “Draw(in)g to a (W)hole” – Vehicle (2:01)
21. Close Lobsters – “I Kiss the Flowers in Bloom” – Foxheads Stalk This Land (3:29)
22. The Bats – “Treason” – Daddy’s Highway (2:52)
23. The Soft Boys – “Queen of Eyes” – Underwater Moonlight (1:59)
24. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – “Perfect Skin” – Rattlesnakes (3:12)
25. Echo & the Bunnymen – “Silver” – Ocean Rain (3:20)
26. Felt – “All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead” – Forever Breathes the Lonely Word (5:08)
27. R.E.M. – “Perfect Circle” – Murmur (3:29)
28. The Chills – “Tied Up in Chain” – Submarine Bells (3:16)
29. The Associates – “Party Fears Two” – Sulk (5:12)
30. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Telegraph” – Dazzle Ships (2:58)
31. Crystal Castles – “Not in Love (feat. Robert Smith)” – (II) (3:46)
32. Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don’t Give Me Love)” – The Hurting (4:26)
33. The Sundays – “You’re Not the Only One I Know” – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (3:50)
34. The Go-Betweens – “Streets of Your Town” – 16 Lovers Lane (3:37)
35. Destroyer – “Chinatown” – Kaputt (3:47)
36. Prefab Sprout – “Bonny” – Steve McQueen (3:43)
37. U2 – “Love Comes Tumbling” – Wide Awake in America (4:44)
38. The Blue Nile – “Tinseltown in the Rain” – A Walk Across the Rooftops (5:53)
39. Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” – Speaking in Tongues (4:56)
Total runtime: 2:37:45
gump
No Depression
Since the last DI I’ve been thinking of putting together an Alt-Country/Americana playlist. I’m using these terms pretty loosely, and the list includes some of the founders of alt-country but also indie bands/artists that explored that sound at some point in their careers. There’s no explicit thematic concept behind the playlist other than the common sound and influences, but most songs gravitate towards some of the main themes in the genre: melancholy, heartbreak, departure/travel. The (obvious) image that comes to mind when listening to it is a road trip through the south, and some areas are actually name checked in the songs. Hope you’ll enjoy even you're not normally drawn to this genre.
1. Bright Eyes - “Another Travelin’ Song” - I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning (4:17)
2. Lucinda Williams - “Car Wheels On A Gravel Road” - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (4:45)
3. Wilco - “Passenger Side” - A.M. (3:34)
4. Whiskeytown - “Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight” - Strangers Almanac (3:15)
5. Son Volt - “Windfall” - Trace (2:58)
6. Neko Case - “Maybe Sparrow” - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (2:38)
7. Billy Bragg & Wilco - “Hesitating Beauty” - Mermaid Avenue Vol. I (3:06)
8. Calexico - “Slowness” - Carried To Dust (3:35)
9. Golden Smog - “Radio King” - Down By The Old Mainstream (3:09)
10. My Morning Jacket - “Golden” - It Still Moves (4:39)
11. Ryan Adams - “Come Pick Me Up” - Heartbreaker (5:18)
12. Okkervil River - “Kansas City” - Don’t Fall In Love With Everyone You See (5:46)
13. The Bottle Rockets - “1000 Dollar Car” - The Brooklyn Side (4:50)
14. Old 97’s - “Jagged” - Fight Songs (3:28)
15. Drive-By Truckers - “Tornadoes” - The Dirty South (4:16)
16. Uncle Tupelo - “Anodyne” - Anodyne (4:51)
Total runtime: 64:18
nielsgov
Dream Sequence #1 (AKA The Party & The After Party)
I don't think I need to give a big explanation here. I started off with the second half of the playlist as I wanted to make some sort of weird dream. So that half has dub music, ambient techno, IDM... Making a 90-minute playlist like that would probably bore a lot of people here and maybe even myself so I added the first part, which consists mainly of hiphop but also some other dancy things. So now the loose concept of this album is a guy partying and then falling asleep. And a more accurate concept is that this is a bunch of songs I love. I hope you enjoy it.
1. Arsenal - "Lotuk" - Lotuk (05:05)
2. Magnus - "French Movies" - The Body Gave You Everything (03:57)
3. Bloc Party - "Flux" - A Weekend In the City (03:37)
4. Gorillaz - "Stylo" - Plastic Beach (04:31)
5. The Streets - "Same Old Thing" - Original Pirate Material (03:22)
6. Stromae - "Te Quiero" - Cheese (03:23)
7. Run The Jewels (feat. Big Boi) - "Banana Clipper" - Run The Jewels (02:52)
8. Kanye West - "Can't Tell Me Nothing" - Graduation (04:32)
9. Outkast - "ATLiens" - ATLiens (03:50)
10. Massive Attack - "Risingson" - Mezzanine (04:59)
11. Laurel Halo - "Still/Dromos" - Chance of Rain (03:51)
12. Autechre - "Piezo" - Amber (07:59)
13. Nautilis - "Epatre" - Sketches (04:51)
14. Boards of Canada - "Nothing Is Real" - Tomorrow's Harvest (03:53)
15. Fennesz - "Endless Summer" - Endless Summer (08:33)
16. Huerco S. - "Struck With Deer Lungs" - Colonial Patterns (02:16)
17. Miktek - "False Dawn" - Elsewhere (06:29)
18. Recondite - "Rise" - Hinterland (02:41)
19. Trentemöller - "Miss You" - The Last Resort (04:03)
Total runtime: 84:44
bono_212
With my DI lists, I like to focus on the genres of music I'm currently interested in. Since I've been listening to so much music from the the 90s lately, that's made it a prominent factor in my recent playlist. Unfortunately, this time around, I had a lot of different ideas, a lot of struggles to get those ideas to make sense. At the end, I went with two major musical sections, that includes a nice little break of a bridge in the middle to connect them. While most of the music on this list isn't from the 90s that inspired me, its influences and influence are felt throughout the two pieces of the whole.
Hopefully you have as much fun listening to it as I had headaches in making it work.
1. Vangelis – “Tears in Rain” – Blade Runner (3:00)
2. Blue Sky Black Death – “Sleeping Children Are Still Flying” – Noir (5:59)
3. CunninLynguists – “In the City” – Strange Journey Volume Three (3:40)
4. Air – “All I Need” – Moon Safari (4:27)
5. Outkast – “Aquemini” – Big Boi and Dre Present…Outkast (4:43)
6. Massive Attack – “Protection” – Protection (7:51)
7. Sade – “The Sweetest Taboo” – Promise (4:35)
8. Simply Red – “Fairground” – Life (5:33)
9. Katy Perry – “Walking on Air” – Prism (3:41)
10. Cut Copy – “Hearts on Fire” – In Ghost Colours (4:49)
11. Tycho – “L” – Awake (4:37)
12. Memory Tapes – “Bicycle” – Seek Magic (5:17)
13. RAC – “Let Go (feat. Kele & MNDR)” – Strangers (4:39)
14. Chairlift – “I Belong in Your Arms” – Something (3:27)
15. Stars – “Hold on When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It” – The North (4:37)
16. Tina Turner – “Better Be Good to Me” – Private Dancer (5:10)
17. Big Country – “In a Big Country (Single Edit)” – The Best of Big Country (3:53)
18. The House of Love – “I Don’t Know Why I Love You” – The House of Love (3:28)
19. The Mighty Lemon Drops – “Into the Heart of Love” – Laughter (2:57)
20. The Replacements – “Alex Chilton” – Pleased to Meet Me (3:12)
21. The Undertones – “Teenage Kicks” – The Undertones (2:25)
22. Buzzcocks – “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)” – Love Bites (2:42)
23. Dramarama – “Anything, Anything (I’ll Give You)” - Cinéma Vérité (3:23)
24. AFI – “Days of the Phoenix” – The Art of Drowning (3:27)
25. Japandroids – “The House That Heaven Built” – Celebration Rock (4:49)
26. Against Me! – “I Was a Teenage Anarchist” – White Crosses (3:13)
27. The Pillows – “Blues Drive Monster” – FLCL Original Sound Track NO. 3 (3:25)
28. The Dismemberment Plan – “Following Through” – Change (4:39)
29. Disco Inferno – “Next Year” – D.I. Go Pop (4:03)
30. Butthole Surfers – “Pepper” – Electriclarryland (4:55)
31. Moby – “Southside” – Play (3:48)
32. Primitive Radio Gods – “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand” – Rocket (5:36)
33. Eels – My Descent into Madness (3:53)
34. Pavement – “Grounded” – Wowee Zowee (4:15)
35. Yo La Tengo – “Damage” – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (4:38)
36. Big Star – “Kangaroo” – Third (3:44)
Total runtime: 2:32:30
Links will be supplied soon, so be patient. From now until the end of the tournament, all questions should be made here and not in the signup thread. A listening thread will be made for Group 1 later tonight into tomorrow morning.
Group 1
IWasBored
Roots & Boots
Disc 1 - Roots:
1. Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man - [fuck if I know, it's been on my computer for forever]- 3:07
2. The Ventures - Walk, Don't Run - Walk, Don't Run - 2:11
3. Al Wilson - The Snake - single - 3:30
4. R. Dean Taylor - There's a Ghost in My House - complete recordings - 2:26
5. The Sonics - Strychnine - Here Are the Sonics - 2:14
6. Morphine - Buena - Cure for Pain - 3:20
7. Solomon Burke/Blind Boys of Alabama - None of Us are Free - - 5:29
8. Otis Redding - You Left the Water Running - best of (which if i didn't own the cd, i'd suspect was mis-labeled as i've never seen it on any other OR collection/album for some reason)
9. Dobie Gray - Out on the Floor - Dobie Gray Sings for the "In Crowd" - 2:56
10. The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops - 2:46
11. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears - - 2:57
12. Sam Cooke - Twisin' the Night Away - the man who invented soul box set- 2:43
13. Sam & Dave - Sweet Soul Music - single - 2:21
14. Chubby Checker - The Twist - best of - 2:34
15. The Beatles - Twise & Shout - Please Please Me - 2:33
16. The Who - Much to Much - The Who Sings My Generation - 2:48
17. Carl Perkins - Honey Don't - Mr Rock 'n Roll - 2:40
18. Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away - The Chirping Crickets - 2:23
Disc 2 - Boots:
1. Roger Miret & the Disasters - Give 'Em the Boot - (self-titled) - 2:08
2. Dropkick Murphys - The Gauntlet - Sing Loud, Sing Proud - 2:49
3. Blitz - Razors in the Night - Best of Blitz (or the Razors/Never Surrender single) - 1:55
4. Stiff Little Fingers - At the Edge - Nobody's Heroes - 2:57
5. The Beltones - Mix it Up - Cheap Trinkets - 2:13
6. Discipline - Everywhere We Go - Saints & Sinners - 3:27
7. The Pug Uglies - Street Rule - Minimum Wage - 2:53
8. Patriot - Cohesion - We the People - 2:59
9. The Oppressed - We're the Oppressed - skinhead times 1982-1998 - 3:17
10. The Bruisers - Intimidation - Singles Collection - 2:49
11. The Ducky Boys - I'll Rise Up - No Gettin' Out - 2:19
12. The Krays - Battle - A Battle for the Truth - 1:47
13. Tommy & the Terrors - Turn the Screw - Mass Hysteria - 3:20
14. The Business - Suburban Rebels - Suburban Rebels - 2:18
15. The Anti-Nowhere League - The Streets of London - We Are...The League - 3:18
16. Angelic Upstarts - I Won't Pay for Liberty - rarities album - 2:35
17. Menace - GLC - Complete Discography - 2:21
18. Oxymoron - New Age - The Worldwide Tribue to the Real Oi album- 2:45
19. Pressure Point - Never Walk Alone - Get it Right - 3:34
20. The Templars - Skinheads Rule OK - The Return of Jaques De Molay
21. Stage Bottles - Sometimes Anti-social, Always Anti-facist - SA-S,AA-F 7"- 3:41
22. Terminus City - My Castle - Justice isn't Always Fair - 2:47
23. Cocksparrer - I Got Your Number - Shock Troops - 2:48
24. Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout - Tell Us the Truth - 2:13
25. Whiskey Rebels - St. Ides - (self-titled) - 1:30
26. Criminal Class USA - Freedom's Dead (For You Not Me) - Echoes in the Street - 4:25
27. Main Street Saints - KC Belongs to Me - Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven - 2:45
Runtime: 126:31
Lazarus
BOWL OF D.I.X.
This is only my second DI, so I can only compare this to my debut entry, where I focused specifically on the 90s and mostly the late part of the decade. The first disc was more rock and the second was more dance/beat oriented.
For my sophomore effort, I didn't go in with any grand plan, mostly I just had a bunch of songs I wanted to share. What it does have in common with the previous collection is that I attempted to use as many b-sides/outtakes/deep cuts as possible. Hopefully the majority of this will sound fresh to everyone.
On a general level, Part 1 (Get Going, Step Out) is a looser affair, more "organic" and outdoorsy, and eventually swung more retro than I realized. It's also fairly mellow, after the party dies down it's pretty smooth going forward. But I've listened to it quite a bit and enjoy it.
Part 2 (Riff Dogs) is definitely rockier and more aggressive, but it also takes a mellow/lighter detour halfway through. I guess I enjoyed finding ways to transition through these songs after I had separated them into two groups, and while it may seem insane on paper, I think I managed to segue pretty naturally from song to song.
Some notes for the curious: Bash & Pop (one of the most obscure artists I used) is fronted by Tommy Stinson, his first band after the break-up of The Replacements. Sarah Shannon is the former singer of brief 90s indie stars Velocity Girl (they even had a Volkswagen commercial!). Thee Midniters are a Mexican-American band from East Los Angeles and an under-heard treasure from the 60s.
NOTE: Please import the .m3u or .xml files into iTunes (or whatever you're using) as it will preserve the playlist settings I gave a lot of attention to w/r/t reducing dead space between tracks and leveling some volume issues.
Track listing:
PT 1: Get Going, Step Out
1. Warwick - “Let’s Get The Party Going” - Velvet Tinmine (comp.) (3:28)
2. The Meters - “Live Wire” - The Meters (2:27)
3. Rolling Stones - “Undercover Of The Night” - Undercover (4:34)
4. Luscious Jackson - “Here” - Natural Ingredients (3:27)
5. Christina Aguilera - “Monday Morning” - Bionic (3:55)
6. Nelly Furtado - “Parking Lot (radio edit)” - Parking Lot (3:51)
7. Phoenix - “On Fire” - United (2:49)
8. Steely Dan - “FM” - Gold (4:41)
9. Thin Lizzy - “She Knows” - Night Life (5:10)
10. Prince - “The Truth” - The Truth (3:30)
11. Funkadelic - “Can You Get To That” - Maggot Brain (2:53)
12. Ween - “Freedom of ’76” - Chocolate And Cheese (2:46)
13. The Lemonheads - “The Outdoor Type” - (2:35)
14. Blue Öyster Cult - “In Thee” - Mirrors (3:50)
15. Rilo Kiley - “With Arms Outstretched” - The Execution Of All Things (3:43)
16. The Faces - “Glad And Sorry” - Ooh La La (3:07)
17. Bash & Pop - “Tiny Pieces” - Friday Night Is Killing Me (4:36)
18. The Beach Boys - “Sail On Sailor” - Holland (3:17)
19. Cotton Jones - “Sail Of The Silver Morning” - Tall Hours In The Glowstream (3:20)
20. Van Morrison - “Stepping Out Queen Part II” - The Philosopher Stone (4:27)
PT 2: Riff Dogs
1. Johnny Foreigner - “Riff Glitchard” - You Can Do Better (4:59)
2. M83 - “Don’t Save Us From The Flames” - Before The Dawn Heals Us (4:10)
3. New Order - “Weirdo” - Brotherhood (3:53)
4. Los Campesinos! - “This Is A Flag. There Is No Wind” - Romance Is Boring (3:23)
5. PJ Harvey - “This Wicked Tongue” - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (3:43)
6. Deap Vally - “Woman Of Intention” - Sistrionix (3:41)
7. Au Pairs - “We’re So Cool” - Playing With A Different Sex - (3:30)
8. Stricken City - “Animal Festival” - Losing Color (4:53)
9. Brian Eno & John Cale - “One Word” - Wrong Way Up (4:30)
10. Saint Etienne - “Zipcode” - Fairfax High (3:02)
11. Sarah Shannon - “City Morning Song” - City Morning Song (2:59)
12. Amy Winehouse - “Addicted” - Back To Black (2:45)
13. Nina Simone - “Revolution (Parts 1 & 2)” - To Love Somebody (5:00)
14. Thee Midniters - “Love Special Delivery” - Thee Midniters Bring You… (2:13)
15. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - “Polly Put The Kettle On” - Kitty, Daisy & Lewis (2:56)
16. The Twilight Singers - “Papillon” - Blackberry Belle (4:24)
17. Bettie Serveert - “White Dogs” - Log 22 (8:20)
Total runtime: 2:21:38
Padj
A Slice of Sky
(Artwork By Eugenia Loli)
Tracklist:
1. Total Control- "Flesh War" - Typical System (4:41)
2. Sad Lovers & Giants - "Close to the Sea" - Feeding The Flame (4:47)
3. Wire - "The 15th" - 154 (3:05)
4. Caribou - "Silver" - Our Love (5:17)
5. Cults - "Keep Your Head Up" - Static (3:39)
6. Sparks - "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us" - Kimono My House (3:07)
7. Roxy Music- "Virgina Plain" - Roxy Music (2:58)
8. Cate Le Bon- "I Can't Help You" - Mug Museum (4:01)
9. The B-52's - "52 Girls - B-52's (3:41)
10. Stereolab- "L'enfer Des Formes" - Mars Audiac Quintet (3:53)
11. Husker Du - "Up In The Air" - Warehouse (3:08)
12. Throwing Muses - "Devil's Roof" - Hunkpapa (3:42)
13. Speedy Ortiz - "No Below" - Major Arcana (3:49)
14. Liz Phair - "Supernova" - Whip-Smart (2:49)
15. Juliana Hatfield - "What A Life" - Only Everything (3:22)
16. Lush - "Etheriel" - Gala (3:26)
17. Cocteau Twins - "Cherry-Coloured Funk" - Heaven Or Las Vegas (3:12)
18. GEMS - "Medusa" - Medusa - EP (4:10)
19. Bat For Lashes - "Oh Yeah" - The Haunted Man (4:57)
20. PJ Harvey - "The Words That Maketh Murder" - Let England Shake (3:46)
21. Magnetic Fields - "The Trouble I've Been Looking" - Holiday (2:23)
22. Metronomy - "The Bay" - The English Riviera (4:56)
23. Tom Waits - "16 Shells From A 30 6" - Swordfishtrombones (4:34)
24. Paolo Conte - "Via Con Me" - Paris Milonga (2:47)
25. Chico Buarque - "Deus Lhe Pague" - Construção (3:19)
26. Radio Futura - "Luna De Agosto" - La Cancion De Juan Perro (3:39)
27. Belle & Sebastian - "Act Of The Apostle" - The Life Pursuit (2:56)
28. Caravan - "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" - In The Land Of Grey And Pink (4:59)
29. Jethro Tull - "Life Is A Long Song" - Living In The Past (3:21)
Total Runtime: 109 minutes
Joey788
This playlist explores what happens when an individual is pushed to extremes. I wanted to create a tense atmosphere for my list, but with different moods and genres as well. It is all about walking on the edge of sanity, with some barely retaining control and other slipping off. These are songs for the moments when your emotions escape you, when you shake or snap, when the pressure reaches a boiling point.
Fractures
1. Chelsea Wolfe - "Feral Love" - Pain Is Beauty (3:22)
2. The Horrors - "I Can't Control Myself" - Primary Colours (3:27)
3. David Bowie - "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (5:13)
4. Savages - "Husbands" - Silence Yourself (2:50)
5. Liars - "Brats" - WIXIW (3:02)
6. The Prodigy - "Firestarter" - Their Law (The Singles 1990-2005) (4:43)
7. Bjork - "Army of Me" - Army of Me (3:55)
8. Beck - "Minus" - Odelay (2:34)
9. Radiohead - "Climbing Up The Walls" - OK Computer (4:45)
10. Steven Wilson - "Index" - Grace for Drowning (4:49)
11. EMA - "Cthulu" - The Future's Void (5:27)
12. Blur - "I'm Just A Killer For Your Love" - Blur (4:12)
13. Bat for Lashes - "Siren Song" - Two Suns (5:00)
14. Fiona Apple - "Every Single Night" - The Idler Wheel... (3:34)
15. St. Vincent - "Huey Newton" - St. Vincent (4:38)
16. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Zero" - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (2:41)
17. PJ Harvey - "Down By The Water" - To Bring You My Love (3:15)
18. The Decemberists - "The Rake's Song" - The Hazards of Love (3:16)
19. Astronautalis - "Holy Water" - This Is Our Science (2:57)
20. Arcade Fire - "Intervention" - Neon Bible (4:21)
21. The National - "Afraid of Everyone" - High Violet (4:19)
22. U2 - "Exit" - The Joshua Tree (4:13)
23. Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral" - The Downward Spiral (3:57)
24. Porcupine Tree - "Strip The Soul" - In Absentia (7:22)
Total runtime: 97:52
Group 2
LemonMelon
"Tinseltown in the Rain"
Inspired by icy winters and warming alcohol, this playlist hits on that awesome, classically-80s contrast between frigidity and romance. The title was taken from the list's featured Blue Nile track, which perfectly encapsulates everything I wanted to accomplish with this list. It's sexy and smooth yet still appropriate for moping in an empty bed.
1. Til Tuesday – “What About Love” – Welcome Home (3:57)
2. Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” - Hounds of Love (5:00)
3. Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls” – Please (4:00)
4. Propaganda – “The Murder of Love” – A Secret Wish (5:18)
5. New Order – “True Faith” – Substance (5:53)
6. Visage – “Fade to Grey” – Visage (4:01)
7. Duran Duran – “Save a Prayer” – Rio (5:27)
8. Madonna – “Live to Tell” – True Blue (5:50)
9. Erasure – “Ship of Fools” – The Innocents (4:01)
10. Simple Minds – “Big Sleep” – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (4:58)
11. T’Pau – “Heart and Soul” – Bridge of Spies (4:10)
12. The Cars – “Drive” – Heartbeat City (3:56)
13. Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” – Mistaken Identity (3:42)
14. Roxy Music – “More Than This” – Avalon (4:11)
15. Pulp – “Do You Remember the First Time?” – His ‘n’ Hers (4:22)
16. Modern English- “I Melt with You” – After the Snow (3:53)
17. Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” – Substance (3:26)
18. The dB’s – “Black and White” – Stands for Decibels (3:07)
19. Hoodoo Gurus – “I Want You Back” – Stoneage Romeos (3:11)
20. The Clean – “Draw(in)g to a (W)hole” – Vehicle (2:01)
21. Close Lobsters – “I Kiss the Flowers in Bloom” – Foxheads Stalk This Land (3:29)
22. The Bats – “Treason” – Daddy’s Highway (2:52)
23. The Soft Boys – “Queen of Eyes” – Underwater Moonlight (1:59)
24. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – “Perfect Skin” – Rattlesnakes (3:12)
25. Echo & the Bunnymen – “Silver” – Ocean Rain (3:20)
26. Felt – “All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead” – Forever Breathes the Lonely Word (5:08)
27. R.E.M. – “Perfect Circle” – Murmur (3:29)
28. The Chills – “Tied Up in Chain” – Submarine Bells (3:16)
29. The Associates – “Party Fears Two” – Sulk (5:12)
30. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Telegraph” – Dazzle Ships (2:58)
31. Crystal Castles – “Not in Love (feat. Robert Smith)” – (II) (3:46)
32. Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter (You Don’t Give Me Love)” – The Hurting (4:26)
33. The Sundays – “You’re Not the Only One I Know” – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (3:50)
34. The Go-Betweens – “Streets of Your Town” – 16 Lovers Lane (3:37)
35. Destroyer – “Chinatown” – Kaputt (3:47)
36. Prefab Sprout – “Bonny” – Steve McQueen (3:43)
37. U2 – “Love Comes Tumbling” – Wide Awake in America (4:44)
38. The Blue Nile – “Tinseltown in the Rain” – A Walk Across the Rooftops (5:53)
39. Talking Heads – “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” – Speaking in Tongues (4:56)
Total runtime: 2:37:45
gump
No Depression
Since the last DI I’ve been thinking of putting together an Alt-Country/Americana playlist. I’m using these terms pretty loosely, and the list includes some of the founders of alt-country but also indie bands/artists that explored that sound at some point in their careers. There’s no explicit thematic concept behind the playlist other than the common sound and influences, but most songs gravitate towards some of the main themes in the genre: melancholy, heartbreak, departure/travel. The (obvious) image that comes to mind when listening to it is a road trip through the south, and some areas are actually name checked in the songs. Hope you’ll enjoy even you're not normally drawn to this genre.
1. Bright Eyes - “Another Travelin’ Song” - I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning (4:17)
2. Lucinda Williams - “Car Wheels On A Gravel Road” - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (4:45)
3. Wilco - “Passenger Side” - A.M. (3:34)
4. Whiskeytown - “Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight” - Strangers Almanac (3:15)
5. Son Volt - “Windfall” - Trace (2:58)
6. Neko Case - “Maybe Sparrow” - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (2:38)
7. Billy Bragg & Wilco - “Hesitating Beauty” - Mermaid Avenue Vol. I (3:06)
8. Calexico - “Slowness” - Carried To Dust (3:35)
9. Golden Smog - “Radio King” - Down By The Old Mainstream (3:09)
10. My Morning Jacket - “Golden” - It Still Moves (4:39)
11. Ryan Adams - “Come Pick Me Up” - Heartbreaker (5:18)
12. Okkervil River - “Kansas City” - Don’t Fall In Love With Everyone You See (5:46)
13. The Bottle Rockets - “1000 Dollar Car” - The Brooklyn Side (4:50)
14. Old 97’s - “Jagged” - Fight Songs (3:28)
15. Drive-By Truckers - “Tornadoes” - The Dirty South (4:16)
16. Uncle Tupelo - “Anodyne” - Anodyne (4:51)
Total runtime: 64:18
nielsgov
Dream Sequence #1 (AKA The Party & The After Party)
I don't think I need to give a big explanation here. I started off with the second half of the playlist as I wanted to make some sort of weird dream. So that half has dub music, ambient techno, IDM... Making a 90-minute playlist like that would probably bore a lot of people here and maybe even myself so I added the first part, which consists mainly of hiphop but also some other dancy things. So now the loose concept of this album is a guy partying and then falling asleep. And a more accurate concept is that this is a bunch of songs I love. I hope you enjoy it.
1. Arsenal - "Lotuk" - Lotuk (05:05)
2. Magnus - "French Movies" - The Body Gave You Everything (03:57)
3. Bloc Party - "Flux" - A Weekend In the City (03:37)
4. Gorillaz - "Stylo" - Plastic Beach (04:31)
5. The Streets - "Same Old Thing" - Original Pirate Material (03:22)
6. Stromae - "Te Quiero" - Cheese (03:23)
7. Run The Jewels (feat. Big Boi) - "Banana Clipper" - Run The Jewels (02:52)
8. Kanye West - "Can't Tell Me Nothing" - Graduation (04:32)
9. Outkast - "ATLiens" - ATLiens (03:50)
10. Massive Attack - "Risingson" - Mezzanine (04:59)
11. Laurel Halo - "Still/Dromos" - Chance of Rain (03:51)
12. Autechre - "Piezo" - Amber (07:59)
13. Nautilis - "Epatre" - Sketches (04:51)
14. Boards of Canada - "Nothing Is Real" - Tomorrow's Harvest (03:53)
15. Fennesz - "Endless Summer" - Endless Summer (08:33)
16. Huerco S. - "Struck With Deer Lungs" - Colonial Patterns (02:16)
17. Miktek - "False Dawn" - Elsewhere (06:29)
18. Recondite - "Rise" - Hinterland (02:41)
19. Trentemöller - "Miss You" - The Last Resort (04:03)
Total runtime: 84:44
bono_212
With my DI lists, I like to focus on the genres of music I'm currently interested in. Since I've been listening to so much music from the the 90s lately, that's made it a prominent factor in my recent playlist. Unfortunately, this time around, I had a lot of different ideas, a lot of struggles to get those ideas to make sense. At the end, I went with two major musical sections, that includes a nice little break of a bridge in the middle to connect them. While most of the music on this list isn't from the 90s that inspired me, its influences and influence are felt throughout the two pieces of the whole.
Hopefully you have as much fun listening to it as I had headaches in making it work.
1. Vangelis – “Tears in Rain” – Blade Runner (3:00)
2. Blue Sky Black Death – “Sleeping Children Are Still Flying” – Noir (5:59)
3. CunninLynguists – “In the City” – Strange Journey Volume Three (3:40)
4. Air – “All I Need” – Moon Safari (4:27)
5. Outkast – “Aquemini” – Big Boi and Dre Present…Outkast (4:43)
6. Massive Attack – “Protection” – Protection (7:51)
7. Sade – “The Sweetest Taboo” – Promise (4:35)
8. Simply Red – “Fairground” – Life (5:33)
9. Katy Perry – “Walking on Air” – Prism (3:41)
10. Cut Copy – “Hearts on Fire” – In Ghost Colours (4:49)
11. Tycho – “L” – Awake (4:37)
12. Memory Tapes – “Bicycle” – Seek Magic (5:17)
13. RAC – “Let Go (feat. Kele & MNDR)” – Strangers (4:39)
14. Chairlift – “I Belong in Your Arms” – Something (3:27)
15. Stars – “Hold on When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It” – The North (4:37)
16. Tina Turner – “Better Be Good to Me” – Private Dancer (5:10)
17. Big Country – “In a Big Country (Single Edit)” – The Best of Big Country (3:53)
18. The House of Love – “I Don’t Know Why I Love You” – The House of Love (3:28)
19. The Mighty Lemon Drops – “Into the Heart of Love” – Laughter (2:57)
20. The Replacements – “Alex Chilton” – Pleased to Meet Me (3:12)
21. The Undertones – “Teenage Kicks” – The Undertones (2:25)
22. Buzzcocks – “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)” – Love Bites (2:42)
23. Dramarama – “Anything, Anything (I’ll Give You)” - Cinéma Vérité (3:23)
24. AFI – “Days of the Phoenix” – The Art of Drowning (3:27)
25. Japandroids – “The House That Heaven Built” – Celebration Rock (4:49)
26. Against Me! – “I Was a Teenage Anarchist” – White Crosses (3:13)
27. The Pillows – “Blues Drive Monster” – FLCL Original Sound Track NO. 3 (3:25)
28. The Dismemberment Plan – “Following Through” – Change (4:39)
29. Disco Inferno – “Next Year” – D.I. Go Pop (4:03)
30. Butthole Surfers – “Pepper” – Electriclarryland (4:55)
31. Moby – “Southside” – Play (3:48)
32. Primitive Radio Gods – “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand” – Rocket (5:36)
33. Eels – My Descent into Madness (3:53)
34. Pavement – “Grounded” – Wowee Zowee (4:15)
35. Yo La Tengo – “Damage” – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (4:38)
36. Big Star – “Kangaroo” – Third (3:44)
Total runtime: 2:32:30
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