Mix #34

As ever, I'm behind - nearly everything in this playlist was added last year. Soz, added Charli to make up for it.

Mix #34

New bits: MJ Lenderman, King Creosote, The Linda Lindas, Beth Gibbons, Moin, Sheer Mag, Amaarae, Celina Sharma, Marina Herlop, Glasser, Kneecap, John Glacier, Tirzah, Mica Levi, L'Rain, Delilah Holiday, CMAT, Bill Ryder-Jones, English Teacher, Mary Lattimore, ØXN, Clarissa Connelly, Mount Kimbie, Fontaines, Armand Hammer, AntsLive and more

Old bits: Mark Kozelek, Molly Drake, Connie Constance, Richard Thompson, Portishead, Royal Trux, Patrice Rushen, Ready For The World, PJ Harvey, Wilco, Al Green, Luke Kelly, Townes Van Zandt, Donovan, Peaches, The Chiffons, Nico, Broadcast, Curtis Mayfield, Gil Scott-Heron, Leonard Cohen, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Richard Hell, Steely Dan and more. 

 

Cai Guo-Qiang

 

Since last post, I've been to Texas for the first time, visited the 5000 year old Newgrange outside of Dublin, went to Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice, backpack walked 3 day of the Pembrokeshire Coast, made my first pair of trousers & then shorts, had a fantastic two weeks in Japan, watched Stewart Lee, Harry Hill, Nish Kumar, Fern Brady, Kim Gordon, Erika de Casier, Sam Lee, BETH GIBBONS, Bill Ryder-Jones twice, Fat Dog maybe 17 times, Sorry, Waxahatchee, Villagers, Tirzah, Chanel Beads, Fat White Family, Julia Holter, Lime Garden, Joe Goddard, Cat Power, Armand Hammer + all the peeps at Glastonbury, Laura Lomas' The House Party, The Hills of California, Spirited Away, This is Memorial Device, John Travulva and attended my first spelling bee.

Mix #33

We have 

Mix #33

New: Lankum, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, caroline, Hand Habits, Grian Chatten, Fatoumata Diawara, kwes, Julio Bashmore, Laurel Halo, Decisive Milk, This Is The Kit, Kara Jackson, Blur, Sorry, Blondshell, TSHA, Erika de Casier, NewJeans, Amaarae, The Tubs, Little Simz, Sampha, CMAT, Tinariwen

Old: New Order,  Butthole Surfers, T.Rex, Sonic Youth, The Wicker Man OST, Laurie Andersen, Frank Ocean, Shuggie Otis, Stevie Wonder, Country Teasers, David Keenan, Philip Glass, Folk Implosion, The Nips, Quasi, PJ Harvey, Bruce Springsteen, Jill Scott

                         Alekos Fassianos

Mix #32

Another mix for you, I think it's great : )

Old: John Cale, Gal Costa, Chris Farlowe, Guided By Voices, Yo La Tengo, Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, The Chantells, Alice Coltrane, Elliot Smith, of Montreal Buffy Sainte-Marie, Holger Czukay, Nico, Gülden Karaböcek, Karen Dalton...

RIP Sinead O'Connor

New: Golden Dregs, Panic Shack, Home Front, Be Your Own Pet, Sluice, Shana Cleveland, Roisin Murphy, Everything But The Girl, Stormzy, cumgirl8, Tiberius b (obsessed), Laurel Halo & Coby Sey, Squid, Richard Dawson...

Mix #32

Suleika Mueller: Shaheen & Bari

                      

Activities: Went down to Combe Martin to hunt the Earl of Rone, saw Jeremy Deller in conversation with Emma Warren (joined by Boss Morris), held a glow-worm in my hand, swam in Bude sea pool, watched Pulp twice, Harry Styles twice, Arctic Monkeys twice, Wet Leg three times, Le Tigre, Pavement, The Pictish Trail, Tinariwen, Sorry, Lisa O'Neill, experienced Abba Voyage, explored the Llyn peninsula of Wales, finished my sign language course, went to my annual family BBQ in Wexford (on pause since 2019), saw A Strange Loop, The Motive & The Cue, laughed at Ben Schwartz & Friends and did Barbieheimer in one day.

Mix #31

Here is a chunky playlist mostly made last year again but slowly catching up. 

Mix #31

Featuring new: Plains, U.S. Girls, Naima Bock, Shygirl, Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, Weyes Blood, Mary Lattimore, Kelela, Ice Spice, First Aid Kit, Lisa O'Neill and some men.

Featuring old: Van Morrison, Hot Chip, Dorothy Ashby, Pharaoah Sanders, David McCallum, Minnie Riperton, Arthur Russell, Jimmy Scott, Bob Dylan, Captain Beefhart, Lulu and more.

 

Thérèse Dreaming - Balthus 

Since last words, I have seen John Cale at The Palladium, Caroline Polachek, Young Fathers, Melody's Echo Chamber, Wet Leg at the Royal Albert Hall, Alex G, Lankum, Channel Tres, Mozart Estate, The Hidden Cameras with Owen Pallett, Georgia, Anna Calvi doing Aladdine Sane (weird event), Bill Ryder-Jones, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, La Priest, Richard Dawson, Minor Conflict, Sorry, ESG, Mdou Moctar and Shirley Collins. In particular Young Fathers were incredible but Lankum definitely best show I've seen this year, even seen them again since! I'm now very glad the gigs will calm down a bit though! 

Other activities: spent May Day in Padstow following Obby Osses around, went to my first Banya (Russian spa) but sadly did not get hit by branches, slept overnight in a church (champing), celebrated Sammy's 40th in Vienna, Valencia (for Las Fallas) and Rowans bowling alley and saw 2:22 which was good fun.

Mix #30

 

Further tunes Mix #30

Mix #29

Another playlist mostly created in 2021 

Mix #29

We got Duke Ellington, Dolly Parton, Angel Olsen, Mitski, Syd, Braxe + Falcon, Nico, Minor Conflict, Pink Floyd, Paris Texas, CAN, Betty Davis, Melody's Echo Chamber, Lido Pimienta, CMAT, Alastair DePlume, Batu, Shabaka and Link Wray amongst others. 

Credit: Vivek Vadoliya

Just back from a holiday in Grenada, my first to the Caribbean Islands if we're not counting Cuba, but apparently we should be. Big up Tim's on Anse La Roche. 

Saw Lara Ricote at Soho Theatre last night, otherwise, saw Aftersun before Christmas and now planning some further 2023 travels whilst sorting out a new boiler. 

Mix #28

The majority of this playlist was made about 13 months ago but what you gonna do. 

Mix #28

At the time of been added, new things: Kendrick, Arooj Aftab, Remi Wolf, Tony Njoku, Tanya Tagaq, Dave/Stormzy, Charlotte Day Wilson, MILYMA, Bachelor, Amen Dunes, Hildegard, Katy B, serpentwithfeet, Glowie, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Fauness, Gabriels, Cat Power, SASAMI, Viagra Boys, Paris Texas,  Alex G, Richard Dawson & Circle, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Karen Black with Cass, Silk Sonic, Wu-Lu, Tirzah, Anz

Old things: Prince, Cluster, Total Control, Art Feynman, LFO, Eryka Badu, Xenoula, Jonathan Richman, The Staple Singers, Johnny Hallyday, Smog, Actress, Buck Owens, Karen Dalton, The Mamas & The Papas, The Paradise, APRIL

Hew Locke's The Procession

It has been a busy summer with Wales (visited fforest coast), Glastonbury (Kendrick was the best but a wonderful weekend all round), Sardinia, France, Scotland (first foray into the Fringe + saw The Burryman too), Cornwall (visited Jonathan Michael Ray's exhibition at Tate St Ives), Green Man Festival and New Orleans. Last weekend I visited Hew Locke's The Procession at Tate Britain (I loved). Haven't watched many new films other than Nope (I very much liked).