December 24, 2009

Nick's looking, listening... Lots...

I BOUGHT two CDs only in 2009, a signed copy of the Rowland Howard CD, he has got liver cancer so…, and a two CD/one DVD of the Flaming Lips, which came in a hair/fur covered box.
Otherwise I downloaded lots of music by individual songs and by albums. One site I use sells albums for about 50c…
Here is some of the music that caught my ear in 2009 not all released though in 2009…)


Takk by Sigur Ros 2009
Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow 2009
The Liberty Of Norton Folgate by Madness  2009
Embryonic by The Flaming Lips  2009
Album by  Girls  2009
Microcastle by Deerhunter 2008
Rainwater Cassette Exchange (EP) by Deerhunter   2009
Popular Songs by  Yo La Tengo  2009
Y by The Pop Group  1979  (will be another 30 years before I listen to this from beginning to end again)
Kingdom of Rust by Doves  2009
In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy 2008 (you could think you’re listening to Depeche Mode from the 80s)
Tentacles by Crystal Antlers 2009
No One’s First and You’re Next (EP) by Modest Mouse 2009
Got Nuffin (EP) by Spoon 2009
Bury Me A Lion by Bury Me A Lion 2009
Pop Crimes by Rowland S Howard 2009
In The Light And On This Evening by Editors 2009 (has got a caning from the critics, but I quite like it)
Sun Gangs by The Veils 2009
Santagold by Santogold 2008
Hercules and Love Affair by Hercules and Love Affair 2008
Horchata by Vampire Weekend (single) 2009
Down To The Cemetery by Kid Sam (single) 2009
Hospice by The Antlers 2009
Two Dancers by Wild Beasts 2009
Untiled #23 by The Church 2009
Message From The Law (single) by Sic Alps 2008
You Can Have What You Want by Papercuts 2009  (part of the new San Francisco psychedelic movement, see link below*)
New Denver by Motel Motel 2009
Embrace by Sleepy Sun 2009
Two Suns by Bat For Lashes 2009
Fantasies by Metric 2009
Painkiller by Steve Kilbey 2008
Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective 2009
The One EP by The Brian Jonestown Massacre 2009
Wall Of Arms by The Maccabees  2009
New Moon Rising (Yacht Remix)  (Single) by Wolfmother 2009
2020 by The Orange Peels  2009
Julian Plenti is… Skyscraper by Julian Plenti 2009 (nom de plume of Paul Banks from Interpol )
Conditions by The Temper Trap  2009
Bitte Orca by The Dirty Projectors 2009 (does that mean please killer whale?)
A Brief History Of Love by The Big Pink 2009
The Sunspot Letters by Leader Cheetah  2009
The Second Annual Report of Throbbing Gristle by Throbbing Gristle  1977
Metal Box by Public Image Limited 1979 (took me 30 years to get around to this, it’s actually very good)

* http://tinyurl.com/ycrdkbu

Live Music.
Steve Kilbey at the Fly By Night; brilliant. The Blackeyed Susans at the Fly By Night, also brilliant. I saw Black Mountain as part of the Perth Festival but as I  had a morphine shot in the bum that morning but was still in a great deal of pain, I can’t remember much of it.

Movies
Because I’m not flying much these days I see fewer movies. I can recall seeing three movies at the cinema – The Baader Meinhof Complex, One Fast Move or I'm Gone – Kerouac's Big Sur, and Bronson – don’t take gentle souls to the latter. On DVD I saw a film I had wanted to see in 2008 but which didn’t, as far as I could tell, play at the cinemas in WA, The Thrilla in Manila. At last Joe gets a bit of recognition and dignity and Ali’s PR bubble is deflated a tad.

Best Twitter ‘writer’
Dr Samuel Johnson.
For Slugabeds & Foreigners who shall not buy the GUARDIAN News-paper, herewith my Review of the Year http://sn.im/trbpz

A novel worth reading
The Death Of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave. Don’t lend it to the gentle souls that you didn’t take to see Bronson.

Local (WA) disappointment of the year
Labor and its antediluvian approach to extended trading hours

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