FACT Magazine Mixes on Mix Cloud

The wonderful FACT Magazine have archived a large number of their older mixes over at Mixcloud

The FACT mix archive is here Fact Mix Cloud.

The mixes include great selections from:

Andrew Weatherall - Fact Mix

XX - Fact Mix

Rustie - Fact Mix

Its well worth taking the time to explore the mixes and have a good listen to them.

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Free Music Podcast - From A Hilltop

I have final started my podcasts. Its something I have been meaning to do for an age but have never found the time to do it. I have set up a new website for the free music podast.

This is my first attempt so be gentle with me!

The From a Hilltop podcast has the following track listing:

Smiletron – Vestige

MartyParty-TheXX-Infinity-Remix

Ko-cha –Forget Pressure

Braids - Lemonade

Why Do The Stars Twinkle - Hy Zaret

Nic Bommarito - Better Than Way Too Post-Rock

Focus Group we are coming to dance with you

Phosphorescent – Mermaid Parade

Dum dum girls –Jail la la

His Name is Alive – One Year (Minotaur Shock remix)

Kristen Hersh – Missippi Kite (demo)

Lambchop Daytrotter Session

The wonderful Daytrotter have just uploaded a session from the peerless Lambchop. Kurt Wagner and Co deliver a beautiful set of songs played with their usual soulful restraint. It's unforgivable but I had forgotten what a wonder lyricist Kurt is and how amazingly expressive his vocals are. His voice in both senses of the word is a unique and precious gift that I am thankful that he shares with us.

The tracks are:

• Buttons - Lambchop
• Please Rise - Lambchop
• Six O'Clock News - Lambchop
• The Daily Growl - Lambchop

Lambchop - Daytrotter Session

Free Billy Bragg Tracks

Billy Bragg seems to have everywhere lately. All over Twitter, Facebook, the radio and TV fighting the BNP in Barking and winning! Well done Mr Bragg.

He has also been working on Pressure Drop and he is giving away four free tracks from the play on his website. You just need to sign up to the site to get the link to download the tracks.

The four tracks are:

• There Will Be a Reckoning - Billy Bragg
• Tomorrow's Going To Be a Better Day - Billy Bragg
• Same Again - Billy Bragg
• Home - Billy Bragg

Visit his website to sign up and get the free tracks - Billy Bragg

Electric Ghost Music E Journal

I wanted to highlight the wonderful Electric Ghost Music Journal. Its always a joy to read with some cool writers, great art work and good links that take you away to extra content. Fans of Americana, alt.country and roots rock will find it a treasure trove.

They are currently carrying articles on Sparklehorse, Daisy Chapman and The Duke and The King

Electric Ghost

New Reviews Jonsi, Magentic Fields, Los Campesions

New Reviews online of Jonsi, Magnetic Fields and Los Campesions!

I have a some new reviews up online. Go and have a read if you have time.

Jonsi - Go @ Kev Chino

"You can hear the ghosts of The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev’s fractured take on the cosmic American music flittered through Beck’s faulty laptop all over the songs, the spliced edits and soaring string sections all too commonplace. The songs aim for epic grandeur, but more often than not come off sounding bombastic......"

Magnetic Fields - Realism @ Music OMH

"Realism is his conscious, folky retort to Distortion's blistered speaker excess. The records were conceived as a pair, companion pieces, sharing artwork and Merritt's arch wit and elan. And Realism is no limp watercolour acoustic guitar record. The rules that governed the recording sessions where simple; nothing that need to be plugged in was allowed."

Los Campesinos - Romance Is Boring @ Music OMH

"The record is crammed full of their trademark bleakly humorous lyrics; lyrics that pick at love like it's a scab that needs a trip to the clinic to sort out. The lyrical obsessions are imparted over a template that has expanded on their trademark indie rumble...."

Weird Electronca Mix (Simon Reynold)

Over on the ever wonderful Bliss Blog Simon Reynolds has pasted up a link to his great mix of Eldritchtronica and Wyrd Bliss Mixtape on Ponetone. Well worth a visit for a listen.

The track listing includes:

Belbury Poly
Mordant Music
Moon Wiring Club
Ariel Pink

The National Live in Poland

The National Live in Poland off Festival 2009

Myslowice, Poland (8 Aug 2009)

This is a cool live set from last summer with a great cover of Pretty in Pink and a wonderful take on Abel.

Track Listing

• Start A War
• Brainy
• Secret Meeting
• Baby, We’ll Be Fine
• Slow Show
• Squalor Victoria
• Abel
• All the Wine
• Racing Like a Pro
• Pretty in Pink
• Apartment Story
• Available
• Fake Empire
• Encore
• Blood Buzz Ohio

The National Live Myslowice August 2009 Download

Terrible Love Live - The National

The National performing Terrible Love on the Jimmy Fallon show. The band are looking lean and focussed and the guitars are wired and I love the brass.

The National New LP - High Violet

More details have been released about the new National LP High Violet which is released in the UK on the 11th May via 4AD records. I can't wait!

I have heard live versions of Bloodbuzz Ohio and Terrible Love and they both sound like classic brooding National masterpieces.

The track listing below:

High Violet

1. Terrible Love
2. Sorrow
3. Anyone’s Ghost
4. Little Faith
5. Afraid of Everyone
6. Bloodbuzz Ohio
7. Lemonworld
8. Runaway
9. Conversation 16
10. England
11. Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks