A Little Bit Sleazy, A Little Bit Sad. My Songs of 2011 (Spotify Playlist)
By Milo | December 14, 2011
Listen/subscribe to my Sleazy, Sad Songs of 2011 Spotify Playlist
As I’ve been “doing other shit instead” I haven’t exactly had my ear to the ground this year in terms of cutting edge new music, so this is resolutely populist for the most part, and the vast majority will be familiar. But hey, it’s what I listened to this year.
A few also might have been overplayed, but I’m not letting that take away from the fact they’re great tracks. However I don’t know many other people who like both Jonnie Common and Britney Spears, so maybe this is quite an unusual playlist?
And I think it all ties together quite nicely in this order and is actually bloody amazing. But then it is my fave songs of 2011 after all.
Also bear in mind that quite a few songs I liked this year are not on Spotify so could not be included (e.g. Conquering Animal Sound & Rob St John).
I’m discovering loads of stuff I missed through everyone else’s playlists of course – and I may well add a few more over the next wee while, so GO ON, SUBSCRIBE. Give it a chance. You never know you might like Drake’s creepy confessional R’n'B/hip hop (or you might be offended by certain words he uses, you have been warned).
Tracklisting:
1. SBTRKT – Never Never (feat. Sampha)
2. The Shivers – Love is in the Air
3. Metronomy – The Look
4. Found – Johnny I Can’t Walk The Line
5. Wild Beasts – Loop The Loop
6. Jonnie Common – Summer is for Going Places
7. PS I Love You – Subtle & Majestic
8. Little Dragon – Ritual Union
9. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Bubble
10. Slow Club – Two Cousins
11. Britney Spears – Inside Out
12. Drake – Marvin’s Room
13. Kurt Vile – Baby’s Arms
14. David Guetta – Little Bad Girl (feat Taio Cruz)
15. Battles – Ice Cream
16. Bill Wells & Aidan John Moffat – The Copper Top
17. St Vincent – Northern Lights
18. Wale – Focused (feat Kid Cudi)
19. Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks
Other lists worth checking out which will no doubt have numerous gems I’ve missed (in no particular order):
The Tidal Wave of Indifference (currently counting down)
Song by Toad reader’s top 5 (he will have more lists soon)
And of course, VICE
(note: my favourite is always Said the Gramophone but their list isn’t up yet)
As you know from my last couple of posts, myself, Colin Kirby and Dylan Matthews are doing a new show on Edinburgh’s student internet radio station (oh the glamour!) called Live From The Latin Quarter.
I forgot to post last week about show no.3 which had Johnny Lynch, aka The Pictish Trail as a guest and Kid Canaveral being hobnobbed. It was a very good laugh on the day and not a bad listen considering how many technical screw ups we managed to squeeze in!
Then last week Posh Oli hobnobbed eagleowl and we had an exclusive jingle from King Creosote. Plus we did an extra 10 minute aftershow recording called ‘the backwash’. So there’s a lot to catch up on before our next show on Saturday morning!
MIXCLOUD OR SOUNDCLOUD OR ITUNES OR..
Now we’ve posted all this up on MixCloud which is a pretty good platform for podcasts as there are no limits on how many you can post up, however it does have limitations, namely that you need to download the iPhone app to listen on iOS and it isn’t quite as nice to access as Soundcloud.
But then Soundcloud isn’t really for music podcasts and is expensive once you start uploading a lot of audio files. We are using it for the most recent episodes if you prefer to listen that way.
Neither link up with iTunes either and at least two people requested a proper podcast feed (you know who you are).
DRUMROLL PLEASE..
Which is why we now have a Tumblr blog which you can follow in a vast variety of ways, listen to all the shows so far on any mobile device (well half-decent smartphones and tablets at any rate), and which also allows for subscribing in iTunes via Feedburner.
The podcast has also been submitted to the iTunes directory so should appear soon.
So if you’re interested please go to www.livefromthelatinquarter.com and follow in whatever way you prefer – you can’t say we haven’t made an effort!
In case you missed it, here’s episode 2. Posh Oli chats to Neil from Meursault, and the Sexy Lady is a certain Mrs McLaughlin, plus Dylan joins us from Anstruther via satellite for a Hott Loggz preview – and even more brilliant new jingles from Found.
Tomorrow’s show (Saturday 12th November, midday to 1pm) features another great Hobnobbing interview, PLUS an extra special guest live in the studio, and a run down of all the gossip from Hott Loggzz last weekend.
What they said:
“Epic. I want to always know when this is on. Will it feature more Posh Oli? We love Posh Oli!”
“it’s not sodding working we can see you but can hear NOTHING!”
“Loving The Shivers! Can’t wait to see them today! We’re all crowded around the wireless here in Anster listening to ur silver tones!!!!”
“when are the proper DJs coming on?”
“It’s like my own personal radio show. Bit incestuous though”
“Yay, Made in Chelsea!”
“Can’t they fix it so these guys are on every day?”
Live From The Latin Quarter Listen Again week 2 by LiveFromTheLatinQuarter
Tracklisting:
1. Captain Beefheart – Gimme Dat Harp Boy
2. Breeders – Cannonball
3. The Shivers – Love Is In The Air
4. Malcolm Middleton – Red Travelling Socks
5. Jonnie Common – Summer Is For Going Places
6. R Dean Taylor – There’s A Ghost In My House
7. The Fall – Edinburgh Man
8. Eric “Monty” Morris – Sammy Dead
9. Meursault – Nothing Broke
10. The Strokes – Someday
To listen on iTunes go to Radio – College/University – Fresh Air, The Alternative
To listen via the Fresh Air website go to the Fresh Air website
Posh Oli & Martin from The Savings & Loan - photo by Dylan Matthews
It was a bit of a shambles as expected, but hopefully the custom made jingles from Found and Posh Oli’s interview with Martin from The Savings & Loan more than made up for the questionable production skills…
Tracklisting:
1. The Only Ones – Another Girl Another Planet
2. FOUND – Anti Climb Paint
3. Connan Mockasin – It’s Choade My Dear
4. Eddie Floyd – Bring It On Home To Me
5. Midlake – Roscoe
6. King Creosote – No Cigarettes (Withered Hand cover)
7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow
8. Beck – Gamma Ray
9. The Savings & Loan – Catholic Boys In The Rain
10. Black Grape – The Reverend Black Grape
Some responses to the first show:
“Bangin’ show”
“I love Posh Oli”
“Enjoying listening to the show and watching squirrels”
“I hope this doesn’t clash with Saturday kitchen”
“That Creosote cover was sooo good it made my eyes hear and my ears see!”
LATLC Listen Again 20111029 by milomclaughlin
We’re back on tomorrow (Saturday) at midday with *even more* awesome jingles from the Found lads, Posh Oli interviews another big name on the local scene (clue: his name is Neil and he is in an Edinburgh band) and we have another Sexy Lady Song. Plus if we have time and can work the equipment we might even play the Savings & Loan’s cover of Steps, inspired by their chat with Posh Oli last week!