Russell's Friday Top Tens - 2010

[Russell]

Morning all,

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

1. Bulletproof (Nacey Remix ft. Matt Hemerlein) - Major Lazer & La Roux
2. Machines Can Do The Work - Fatboy Slim & Herve
3. Angel Echoes (Caribou remix) - Four Tet
4. Follow Me Down ft Sleepy Sun (The Golden Filter Remix) - UNKLE
5. The Flood (Jakwob Remix) - Katie Melua (!)
6. Forever And Ever Amen (Saint Etienne Remix) - The Drums
7. Optimistic (Eat More Cake Remix) - Relation
8. Shiver - Dead Town Radio
9. Here Comes the Blackout...! - Stornoway
10. In The Dirt - S. Carey

Track 1 - from the free download album 'Lazerproof' available here http://tinyurl.com/3y9z9am
Track 2 - exclusive new single on http://www.beatport.com
Track 3 - free download from somewhere, I can't remember where but I'm sure you'll find it on t'internet!
Tracks 4, 5 & 6 - free downloads on the NME Remix Re-Up available here http://tinyurl.com/2vuwsvu
Track 7 - the best mix of Relation's current single - available from all good retailers...
Track 8 - free download from http://www.deadtownradio.com
Track 9 - iTunes free Single of the Week
Track 10 - from the new solo album by S. Carey (from Bon Iver), out in August on Jagjaguwar records

Also, as a bonus this week, if you fancy having a synthpop party this week head over to Pop Justice where they've got an excellent download of a set by Rex The Dog, the link and setlist are below.

http://tinyurl.com/39f48yg

Tracklist:
1 Yazoo - Situation
2 Kraftwerk - Home Computer
3 Untitled
4 Giorgio Moroder - I Wanna Rock You
5 Where's Jason's K?
6 Sparks - Beat The Clock
7 Jesper Dahlback - Polyhouse reworked
8 Donna Summer - I Feel Love
9 K.I.D - Don't Stop /Kraftwerk - Boing
10 Taking It Straight
11 New Order - Blue Monday
12 Alex Metric - Head Straight
13 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy/ Tears For Fears - Shout
14 Kim Wilde - Kids In America
15 Depeche Mode - Now This is Fun
16 Human League - Don't You Want Me
17 Ghostbusters - RTD edit
18 Retrograde - Moda



Have a great weekend,

Russell

[Russell]

Hi All,

As the football gets underway, here are this week's Top Ten Tunes:

1. Goal! England - We Are Scientists
2. Riot Rhythm - Sleigh Bells
3. Crossed Wires (Born Ruffians Remix) - The Acorn
4. Morning Light - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
5. Slippery When Wet - The Acorn
6. There's A Storm A Comin' - Richard Hawley
7. Have You Ever Been In Love - The Divine Comedy
8. No Ghost - The Acorn
9. Turn It Up - Grum
10. Run The Heart - Sleigh Bells

Track 1 - free download from http://www.goalengland.co.uk
Tracks 2 & 10 - from the new album 'Treats'
Track 3 - free download (can't remember where from but it was legal!)
Track 4 - free download from http://www.getcapewearcapefly.com/
Tracks 5 & 8 - from this week's recommended new album 'No Ghost'
Track 6 - from the new EP 'False Lights From The Land'
Track 7 - from the new album 'Bang Goes The Knighthood'
Track 9 - iTunes free Single of the Week

Enjoy the weekend, especially if you're at the Isle of Wight festival!

Cheers,

Russell

[Russell]

Hi Everyone,

I completely forgot to do this on Friday, but here's this week's Top Ten:

1. Post Acid - Wavves
2. New Paths to Helicon Pt. 1 - Mogwai
3. Looking Up - Eels
4. Football (In The Goal) - The Bench Warmers
5. Bebebe - Femi Kuti
6. Schoolin’ - Everything Everything
7. Crazy Afrobeat - Tony Allen
8. On Melancholy Hill (She Is Danger Remix) - Gorillaz
9. Who's That Girl (Eurythmics cover) - She Is Danger
10. Je T'aime - Staff Benda Bilili

Track 1 - free download from http://tinyurl.com/39cpokn
Track 2 - free live download from http://www.mogwai.co.uk
Track 3 - free download from http://www.eelstheband.com
Track 4 - free download from http://www.britishseapower.co.uk
Tracks 5, 7 & 10 - from this week's recommended album 'Africa Express Presents...', available now from Rough Trade Shops
Track 6 - new single out now
Tracks 8 & 9 - free downloads from http://tinyurl.com/2vn79ko

Enjoy the rest of the weekend,

Russell

[Russell]

Morning everyone,

I hope you're all enjoying the weekend and haven't had too many fights over the TV remote as you flick between Wimbledon/World Cup/Grand Prix/Glasto viewing. Did you see The Edge playing 'Where The Streets Have No Name' with Muse? The most surreal thing for me so far was seeing Snoop Dogg (who played an excellent set earlier in the day, I'm now really looking forward to seeing him at Wireless) call white Essex boy Damon Albarn 'my nigga'...

Anyway, here's this week's top 10 (heavily influenced by the 2 gigs I saw this week):

1. This Is War - Lone Wolf
2. Rise - Kele
3. Shot In The Back Of The Head (Tiesto Remix) - Moby
4. Yeah, Techno! (Soulwax Mix) - Paul Chambers
5. All The Things I Could Never Say - Kele
6. Chicken Bones - John Grant
7. Keep Your Eyes On The Road - Lone Wolf
8. Vaporize - Broken Bells
9. Drug- The Czars
10. Queen Of Denmark - John Grant

Tracks 1 & 7 - from the Lone Wolf album 'The Devil & I'
Tracks 2 & 5 - from this week's recommended new album 'The Boxer'
Track 3 - from the 'Wait For Me' remixes album
Track 4 - from the 'Yeah, Techno' single
Tracks 6 & 10 - from the album 'Queen of Denmark' - fast becoming one of my albums of the year
Track 8 - from the album 'Broken Bells'
Track 9 - from the album 'The Ugly People Vs The Beautiful People'

Cheers,

Russell

[Russell]

Afternoon all,

Here's this week's Top Ten Tunes:

1. Alice Springs - Mystery Jets
2. To the Brink - I Am Kloot
3. Red White And Blues - Brendan Benson
4. Lonely Soul (Live w/The Heritage Orchestra) - UNKLE
5. Show Me The Light - Mystery Jets
6. Promises - The Morning Benders
7. Fingerprints - I Am Kloot
8. The Robbins Aren't Bobbins - Frank Sidebottom
9. After Dark (feat. Mystery Jets) (CRST Remix) - The Count & Sinden
10. A Fith of Beethoven (Soulwax edit) - Walter Murphy

Tracks 1 & 5- from the new album 'Serotonin'
Tracks 2 & 7 - from this week's recommended new album 'Sky at Night'
Track 3 - free download from Brendon Benson's website
Track 4 - free download from http://www.unkle.com
Track 6 - iTunes free Single of the Week
Track 8 - from the new Frank Sidebottom single 'Who's Been On Match of the Day?' - pay tribute to him by joining the campaign to get him to #1!
Track 9 - free from http://tinyurl.com/35jysx4
Track 10 - from the compilation 'CD Twelve' - a great reminder of last week's Wireless festival

[Russell]

Morning everyone,

Here's this week's list of tunes, featuring lots of free downloads and a couple of great new cover versions:

1. XXXO (Jay-Z Remix) - M.I.A.
2. Natural Selection (Holy Fuck vs Ki Theory Remix) - UNKLE
3. Weird Feelings - Male Bonding
4. Groove is in the Heart / California Girls - Crocodiles
5. Revenge - Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Feat. The Flaming Lips
6. 1000 Years - The Coral
7. Pale Blue Eyes - The Kills
8. By Some Miracle - Philip Selway
9. Everytime I'm With You - Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Feat. Jason Lytle
10. The Shore - Chapel Club

Track 1 - on iTunes now
Track 2 - free download from http://tinyurl.com/2wn2vu4
Track 3 - from the new album 'Nothing Hurts'
Track 4 - from the new album 'Sleep Forever'
Tracks 5 & 9 - from this week's recommended new album 'Dark Night of the Soul'
Track 6 - from the new album 'Butterfly House'
Track 7 - free download from http://tinyurl.com/3xxswgt
Track 8 - free download from http://www.philipselway.com/
Track 10 - free download from http://www.chapelclub.com/

Enjoy the weekend!

Russell

[Russell]

Hi All,

Here's this week's selections of newbies, novelties and nick-nacks for you:

1. Favourite Food - Tokyo Police Club
2. Heavenly - Egyptian Hip Hop
3. Losing Sleep - Edwyn Collins
4. Stranded - The Walkmen
5. Jewel - Bombay Bicycle Club
6. Silver Line - The Bees
7. Even Though (Surfing Leons Afternoon Remix) - Morcheeba
8. Wild Human Child - Egyptian Hip Hop
9. Bambi - Tokyo Police Club
10. Pulsar / Rockit mash-up Bootleg - Retro/Grade

Tracks 1 & 9 - from this week's recommended new album 'Champ'
Tracks 2 & 8 - from the recent double 'A' side single
Track 3 - free download from http://www.edwyncollins.com/
Track 4 - free download from http://www.marcata.net/walkmen/
Track 5 - iTunes free Single of the Week
Tracks 6 & 10 - free downloads from http://tinyurl.com/7atz3t
Track 7 - free download from http://tinyurl.com/39d35zv

Have a great weekend,

Russell

[Russell]

Afternoon everyone,

Here's this week's choice cuts:

1. Baseball Cards - Wavves
2. On Melancholy Hill (Japanese Popstars Remix) - Gorillaz
3. You Wanted A Hit (Soulwax Remix) - LCD Soundsystem
4. Idiot - Ikonika
5. I Can Change (Tiga Remix) - LCD Soundsystem
6. Ruins - O. Children
7. Tiny Circle - Wolf People
8. The Hair Song - Black Mountain
9. When Will You Come? - Wavves
10. Through The Iron Gate - Wild Beasts

Tracks 1 & 9 - from this week's recommended new album 'King of the Beach'
Tack 2 - from the new Gorillaz single
Tracks 3 & 5 - from the new single 'I Can Change'
Track 4 - from the album 'Contact, Love, Want, Have'
Track 6 - iTunes free single of the week
Track 7 - free download from http://tinyurl.com/346fgff
Track 8 - free download from http://tinyurl.com/24j4sb6
Track 10 - free download from http://bit.ly/wild_beasts

Have a great weekend,

Russell

[Russell]

Happy Friday everyone,

Here is my selection of top new tunes for this week:

1. Snow & Taxis - Gold Panda
2. Timeless - PVT
3. Listenin' To The Records On My Wall - Skream
4. Nothing To See - Four Tet
5. Don't Let Me Go - Mala
6. Collapsing Cities - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
7. Window - PVT
8. I'm Leaving You For Solitude - Manic Street Preachers
9. Goodbye Girl (Squeeze cover) - The Shins
10. Thank You For Your Love - Antony & The Johnsons

Track 1 - free download from http://tinyurl.com/3953asw
Tracks 2 & 7 - from this week's recommended new album 'Church With No Magic'
Track 3 - from the new album 'Outside The Box''
Tracks 4 & 5 - from the Four Tet / Mala split single on Soul Jazz Records
Track 6 - new single, available from all good record emporiums
Track 8 - free download from http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com
Track 9 - free download from http://www.levispioneersessions.com/
Track 10 - free download from http://www.swanlights.com/

A special award this week for the best song title goes to Victorian English Gentelemens Club for their song entitled 'A Biting Wind Followed By An Occassional Drift Of Snow (Was No Way To Cure A Hangover) - you can download it here if you want: http://www.thevictorianenglishgentlemensclub.co.uk/

Cheers,

Russell

[Russell]

Hi All,

Whilst it's raining on those at the Green Man Festival (it's in Wales, after all), it's sunny here in Essex and looking good for the V Festival this weekend. Here are this week's Top Ten Tunes:

1. Mercy Street (Peter Gabriel cover) - Fever Ray
2. Shortwave - Matthew Dear
3. Dirt On Your Crown - Jay Bells (Jay-Z vs. Sleigh Bells)
4. Hands (Retro/Grade Remix) - The Ting Tings
5. Always On (Caribou Remix) - Silver Columns
6. USD - Blue Daisy Vs Tokimonsta
7. More Surgery - Matthew Dear
8. Broken Heart - Goodluck Jonathan
9. Heathen Child - Grinderman
10. Kansas City - Damien Jurado

Track 1- free download from http://tinyurl.com/398ko6w
Tracks 2 & 7 - from thus week's recommended album 'Black City'
Track 3 - free download from http://djoface.bandcamp.com
Track 4 - free download from http://tinyurl.com/36tmy9w
Track 5 - free download from http://tinyurl.com/3yb7fs5
Track 6 - new single out now
Track 8 - free download from http://soundcloud.com/cannonball_pr/goo ... ken-heart/
Track 9 - free download from http://tinyurl.com/38y5rfb
Track 10 - from the excellent album 'Saint Bartlett'

Have a great weekend, especially if you're standing in a field somewhere listening to some great bands!

Russell