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Greetings pop-pickers and welcome to the final Music Shuffle of the winter, a winter that for me began on 1st September 2024. Anyway, enough seasons chat and on to the music.
As per usual, here my music device selects 10 random songs from my collection and I tell you what it’s chosen. The real fun begins when you click on the song title and listen to the music.
I hope you find something you like.
- Squaz by Ross From Friends. Some brilliant electronica by Ross from Friends, who isn’t really Ross From Friends, but Felix Clary Weatherall from Colchester, and the song comes from the excellent Brainfeeder label album Brainfeeder X from 2018.
- Madrugada by Mutual Benefit. Lush wee instrumental track from 2016’s Skip A Sinking Stone.
- Papa Gene’s Blues by The Monkees. Back to 1966 for a banger from The Monkees debut album, written and performed mainly by Michael Nesmith.
- Comodón by Los Amigos Invisibles. The excellent Venezuelan band with a joint from 2003’s The Venezuelan Zinga Son Vol. 1.
- Chartreuse by ZZ Top. Top dollar bluesy rock and roll from 2012’s excellent La Futura.
- Mamaloi by The Doobie Brothers. And now we return to 1972 for this lush tune from the essential Toulouse Street LP.
- Cello Song by Nick Drake. Truly beautiful from Nick’s 1969 album Five Leaves Left.
- Superfucker by Los Amigos Invisibles. This may be the first time ever the shuffle has produced two tracks from the same album. See song four for details.
- Dead Air by Albert Hammond Jr. The Strokes man has made a series of terrific solo albums. 2023’s Melodies On Hiatus was one of them and this joint hopefully explains why.
- Guaranteed Nightlite by Polyphonic Spree. Finally, we end with some ‘choral rock’ from the band’s 2007 LP The Fragile Army. Check out on this wiki link just how big the army of musicians who have played on their albums actually is. it’s wonderful.
This week’s Desert Island Disc is Cello Song by Nick Drake. Of course it is.
Have a good week till next week.
