One of the best songs ever by an Irish Band

En esta ocasión os dejo una recopilación que preparé el pasado sábado buceando por todo lo que llevaba en el iPhone mientras disfruaba de un tarta y un café en El Azul. Decidí hacerla mientras escuchaba a Baxter Dury (espero que sea la próxima recopilación que ponga en el blog). A partir del tema Dirty Water, fui enlazando canciones y apuntándolas en un cuaderno para hacer después los ajustes necesarios. Espero que os guste.

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Los cantantes y grupos que he incluido son Baxter Dury, Girls, Yo La Tengo, Eels, Stephen Malkmus, Cornershop, Nick Lowe, The 6ths (Stephin Merritt), Silver Jews, The Wedding Present, The Posies, Steely Dan, Super Furry Animals, The Sea And Cake, Lloyd Cole, Canadian Invasion, The Martinis, The Frank And Walters, Music Go Music, Port O’Brien, Polaris (Mark Mulcahy) y Black Crowes.

Como siempre, haciendo clic en la portada os podéis bajar las canciones y la carátula en pdf, y AQUÍ tenéis el listado de canciones.

P.D.: La foto la hice hace ya unos cuantos años (era el mes de Diciembre) en la playa de Riazor, en La Coruña.

Glasvegas are so hot right now. Still, they’re not to be confused with the TG4 show of the same name. Which was apparently “THE SHOW IRELAND HAS BEEN WAITING FOR…”. That may well be but the Scottish band are not the band I’ve been waiting for. Their self-titled debut album has just been released. NME.com describe the album as “sonically perfect” and rate it at a heady 9/10. They say “there’s not enough hype in the world for Glasvegas”. Now if that doesn’t put you off right away please read on. “They are an important, amazing, real band that won’t let you down”. I beg to differ. I feel let down. They remind me of The Frank & Walters, minus their wit, energy, and mostly their melody.

Not only have NME gotten high on Glasvegas hype, Bryan Boyd, in his Irish Times review, described the album as “very big and very clever”. Worse still in a Ticket article he goes on to say Glasvegas are “not just the best new band in Britain this year but quite possibly the world”. Faint praise indeed. The thing is, I just don’t get it. We all know hacks need hype and hype sells magazines. And it makes them feel part of the whirlwind, especially if they get in on the act early. As NME state “there’s not enough hype in the world”. So why not create some more? Alan McGee’s backing it so it must be good right? Throw in a working class background and a few Oasis anecdotes and you’ve got a cover story. Couldn’t damage circulation figures any more right? And as Jim Carroll, over at On The Record, points out, that the hype is certainly paying off, so much so that their promoters MCDjust don’t know what venue to book them into. And only for Metallica, they would’ve nailed the number one spot in the charts last week.

As Giant Axe, a commenter on the nme.com review page, states… “you’ll love this if your idea of good music is The Proclaimers singing over a watered down Jesus & Mary Chain b-side. A good record for falling asleep to.” You know Giant Axe I think you’ve cracked it.

I could post a Glasvegas track but the backlash begins here so I’m gonna play this instead. After All by The Frank & Walters.

And while I’m at it, another thing I just don’t get is this… the continued success of Dara Ó’Briain. What’s that all about? Am I missing something?

Setlist (PJ Harvey) :

Water

O Stella

Dress

Missed

Hair

Joe

Victory

Sheela-Na-Gig

Man-size

Dry

Me-Jane