Russell's Friday Top Tens - 2010

[Russell]

A new page for a New Year!

I'll try to provide extra info about the tracks, especially if I've downloaded them for free, so that you can check them out for yourselves.

To start the year off with a retro vibe, and mainly because he's been all over the TV lately, here's my selection of 10 of the best Elvis songs. They're not in any particular order, but if I had to choose a favourite it would definitely be 'If I Can Dream':

1. Jailhouse Rock
2. Can't Help Falling In Love
3. Heartbreak Hotel
4. Don't
5. Always On My Mind
6. I Just Can't Help Believin'
7. Suspicious Minds
8. In The Ghetto
9. If I Can Dream
10. An American Trilogy

All track are available on 'Elvis 75' which was released this week. And you can find them on my Spotify playlist here: http://open.spotify.com/user/bartman200 ... 5BfTQGjJ9V

[Russell]

Happy New Year to you All!

Lots of new music around this week as it's the start of the year (and a lot of it is free - even better!). Here's this week's Top 10:

1. La Foule - Martha Wainwright (from Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record)
2. Will You Return? - Avett Brothers (free from http://www.nme.com/blog/index.phpblog=15&p=7769&more=1)
3. Wish I Stayed (demo) - Ellie Goulding (free from http://www.nme.com/blog/index.phpblog=15&p=7769&more=1)
4. Constellations - Darwin Deez (free from http://www.nme.com/blog/index.phpblog=15&p=7769&more=1)
5. Swinging Party - Kindness (free from http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=15&p=7769&more=1)
6. Obsessions - Marina & The Diamonds (free from http://www.nme.com/blog/index.phpblog=15&p=7769&more=1)
7. Alterstate - Delphic (free from http://delphic.cc/signup/)
8. Heavy Drug (Future Beat Alliance Remix) - UNKLE (new single available from iTunes)
9. Counterpoint - Delphic (free from http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=15&p=7769&more=1)
10. Xtatic Truth (Xtra Loud Mix) - Crystal Fighters (iTunes Free Single of the week)

(I've provided extra info on where you can get hold of the tracks if you want them)

As an extra bonus to keep you warm in the snow, here's an hour of some of the best dubstep tracks and remixes that were around towards the end of last year. All of these are available for free by following the links at http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog= ... 783&more=1

Twelve Steps to Dubstep

1. Moth 9:02 Burial & Four Tet
2. Digidesign 4:13 Joker
3. Midnight Request Line 4:00 Skream
4. Trapped In A Dark Bubble 5:02 Skream & Benga
5. Calous 5:05 Skream
6. Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix) 4:12 Simian Mobile Disco
7. Warrior's Dance (Benga Remix) 4:46 The Prodigy
8. Black And Blue (Caspa Remix) 5:36 Miike Snow
9. Purple City 4:24 Joker and Ginz
10. Lion's Roar 3:27 Caspa
11. Everything Up (Zizou) (Joker & Ginz remix) 4:37 Zero 7
12. Rebel (Skream Mix) 6:50 Toddla T

As usual I've added the tracks that are available to a Spotify playlist here: http://open.spotify.com/user/bartman200 ... 5BfTQGjJ9V

Have a great weekend,

Russell

[Russell]

Hi All,

A bit late, but here's this week's Top Ten:

1. Little Bird - Eels
2. Easy Pert Mom - Memory Tapes
3. Riverside (Let's Go!) Lil Silva Remix - Sidney Samson Feat. Wizard Sleeve
4. Scars (Engine-EarZ Experiment Remix) - Basement Jaxx
5. Honeytrap (Them Jeans Remix) - We Have Band
6. We Want War - These New Puritans
7. Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space / I Can't Help Falling In Love - Spiritualized
8. Acts of Man - Midlake
9. Rulers, Ruling All Things - Midlake
10. In My Younger Days - Eels

Track 1 available free from http://www.eelstheband.com/
Tracks 2-5 available free from http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=122
Track 6 - new single, available now!
Track 7 from the 2009 re-issue of LAGWAFIS
Tracks 8 & 9 - Ltd. edition 12" available from Rough Trade - if the rest of the album's as good as this we're in for a treat!
Track 10 from the new Eels album 'End Times' released 18/1/10

Have a great week,

Russell

[Russell]

Afternoon everyone,

There's been some great new music out this week, and next week promises even more with new releases from Four Tet, Lightspeed Champion, Beach House and more. Here's this week's Top 10:

1. Emblem Of The World 4:02 Dirty Projectors
2. When You Walk In the Room 3:27 Fyfe Dangerfield
3. Trouble In Mind 4:11 Erland And The Carnival
4. Arabian Sea 3:29 Erland And The Carnival
5. Norway 4:04 Beach House
6. Audience of One 3:02 Cold War Kids
7. Fences (Delphic Remix) 7:13 Phoenix
8. Girl I Love You (feat. Horace Andy) (She Is Danger Remix) 5:01 Massive Attack
9. Undercover Martyn (Jupiter Remix) 3:45 Two Door Cinema Club
10. Drum Courts-Where Corals Lie 6:14 These New Puritans

Track 1 - free from http://www.dirtyprojectors.net
Track 2 - free iTunes Single of the week
Tracks 3 & 4 - from the Trouble in Mind EP
Track 5 - new single out now!
Track 6 - from the Behave Yourself EP
Track 7 - free from http://delphic.cc/signup/
Track 8 - free from www.rcrdlbl.com
Track 9 - free from http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=122
Track 10 - from the new album 'Hidden'

I've updated the Spotify playlist so you can listen to a lot of the tracks here: http://open.spotify.com/user/bartman200 ... 5BfTQGjJ9V

Have a great weekend,

Russell

[Russell]

Hi All,

I'm still recovering from the brilliance of Midlake's show on Tuesday. Unfortunately their album isn't out until Monday, so in the meantime here's this week's Top 10:

1. Zebra 4:49 Beach House
2. Hollywood (Gonzales version) 3:46 Marina and The Diamonds
3. VCR (Matthew Dear Remix) 4:50 The xx
4. Angel Echoes 4:01 Four Tet
5. Slick 4:37 Chew Lips
6. Never Be Your Woman (Hervé Re-work) 3:41 Wiley
7. Sing 6:49 Four Tet
8. O.N.E 5:24 Yeasayer
9. Better Times 4:23 Beach House
10. She Just Likes To Fight 4:34 Four Tet

Tracks 1 & 9 - from the new album 'Teen Dream'
Tracks 2 & 6 - free from http://tinyurl.com/7atz3t
Track 3 - free from http://tinyurl.com/yk3y7nq
Tracks 4, 7 & 10 - from the new album 'There Is Love In You'
Track 5 - iTunes free Single of the Week
Track 8 - free from http://awe.sm/47BIX

I'll update the Spotify playlist so you can listen to a lot of the tracks here: http://tinyurl.com/yhg479r

Have a great weekend,


Russell

[Russell]

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the radio silence over the past couple of weeks - as some of you know my Dad sadly died on the 2nd Feb so things have been a bit all over the place.

Anyway, here's a bumper double selection of top tunes to cover the last 2 weeks.

5/2/10

1. Catacombs - Fionn Regan
2. Winter Dies - Midlake
3. Flume - Peter Gabriel
4. Instrumental III - Noah And The Whale
5. All Come Down - Steve Mason
6. Nightcycles (shells remix) - Seams
7. When You Give Your Heart - Laura Veirs
8. Yellow Sign - Sam Carter
9. Small Mountain - Midlake
10. Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix) - Massive Attack

12/2/10

1. O.N.E. (XXXchange Mix) - Yeasayer
2. Trouble (Drop The Lime Remix) - Fabio Lendrum
3. Doubt (Blind Mix) - Delphic
4. It Starts (Primary 1 Remix) - Alex Metric
5. A Glorious Dawn - Carl Sagan
6. Saturday Come Slow - Massive Attack
7. Halo - Major Lazer
8. Natural Selection - UNKLE
9. Me And The Devil - Gil Scott-Heron
10. Atlas Air - Massive Attack


Normal service will be resumed next week, with details of where you can get hold of the tracks etc.

Cheers,

Russell

[Russell]

Afternoon everyone,

Here's this week's choice of tunes:

1. U Can Dance - DJ Hell
2. Thieves In The Night - Hot Chip
3. Resistance (Tiësto Remix) - Muse
4. Dog Days Are Over (Breakage Remix) - Florence & The Machine
5. Love Cry (Joy Orbison Remix) - Four Tet
6. Stillness Is The Move - Dirty Projectors
7. Rootless - Marina and the Diamonds
8. Lewis Takes Action - Owen Pallett
9. Dreams-Come-True-Girl - Cass McCombs
10. The Shadow Of An Empire - Fionn Regan

Tracks 1-3 available from all good download stores...
Track 4 - free download from http://tinyurl.com/yct45o2
Tracks 5, 6, 8 & 9 - available on The Golden Soundz of Domino, free with this week's NME
Track 7 - iTunes free single of the week
Track 10 - from the new album of the same name by Fionn Regan

Have a great weekend,

Cheers,

Russell

[Russell]

Happy Friday!

Here is today's Top Ten:

1. Never Be Your Woman - Wiley Feat. Emeli Sandé
2. Shark's Tooth - Archie Bronson Outfit
3. Eat That Up, It's Good For You - Two Door Cinema Club
4. Untitled - Mumford & Sons
5. Unloveable - Babybird
6. Slow Light - Ikons
7. Carbon People - The Frequency
8. Dead Horses - Crystal Antlers
9. Love Is One (Full) - The Frequency
10. Failed Suicide Club - Babybird

Tracks1 & 4 - available on iTunes (other download services are available...)
Track 2 - free from 7digital.com
Track 3 - iTunes free singles of the week
Tracks 5 & 10 - from the excellent new BabyBird album 'Ex-Maniac'
Tracks 6-9 - available free from the NME http://tinyurl.com/7atz3t

Have a great weekend!

Russell

[Russell]

Evening Everyone,

Hope you all had a good week, here are this week's Top Ten Tunes:

1. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Parts 1 & 2 - The Besnard Lakes
2. I Put a Spell On You (feat. Johnny Depp, Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie, Glen Matlock, Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones, Paloma Faith & Eliza Doolittle) - Shane MacGowan
3. Little Girl (featuring Julian Casablancas) - Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse
4. The High Road - Broken Bells
5. Superfast Jellyfish (Featuring Gruff Rhys and De La Soul) - Gorillaz
6. We Could Forever - Bonobo
7. White Flag (Featuring Bashy, Kano and The National Orchestra For Arabic Music) - Gorillaz
8. Flash Delirium - MGMT
9. Light Up the Night - The Besnard Lakes
10. The Mall & Misery - Broken Bells


Tracks 1 & 9 - from the fantastic new album 'The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night'
Track 2 - in aid of Haiti - available from download sites now
Tracks 3, 6 & 8 - free from http://tinyurl.com/7atz3t
Track 4 - iTunes free Single of the Week
Tracks 5 & 7 - from the new Gorillaz album 'Plastic Beach'
Track 10 - from the new Broken Bells album



Have a great weekend,



Russell

[Russell]

Morning,

Here's this week's Friday (Sunday!) Top Ten:

1. Sing (Floating Points Remix) - Four Tet
2. Get Better - Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
3. Two Weeks feat. Intuition - Grizzly Bear / Intuition
4. Sink or Swim (Reeders Rettungsring Remix) - Bad Lieutenant
5. Disconnected - Shy Child
6. Telephone (Alphabeat Remix) - Lady GaGa
7. Why Don't We Do It In The Road Tonovi Bootleg -The Beatles
8. Wake Up The Nation (Zinc Remix) - Paul Weller
9. Last Train Home - Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
10. Oh You (Christmas Blues) - LCD Soundsystem

Track 1 - New single from Four Tet
Tracks 2 & 9 - from the new album 'The Logic of Chance'
Tracks 3, 6, 7 & 8 - available free from the NME Daily Download http://tinyurl.com/7atz3t
Track 4 - available of the 'Sink or Swim' remix bundle
Track 5 - free Single of the week from iTunes
Track 10 - from the o.s.t for the film 'Greenberg'

Cheers,

Russell