Pretty weird mix this week, as I look down this list, not all of it fantastic. If I can break the usual protocols here, though, the Johnny Cash remix is really awful, and I speak as a Snoop Dogg fan. Given that “I Walk The Line” looked like the most interesting thing on the Cash remix album that turned up the other day, I suspect we might have found the worst record of 2009 already – though I must confess I don’t have the moral courage to check and make sure. 1 Peter Walker – Long Lost Tapes 1970 (Tompkins Square) 2 Little Boots – New In Town (679) 3 God Help The Girl – God Help The Girl (Rough Trade) 4 Sonic Youth – The Eternal (Matador) 5 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Honest Jon’s) 6 White Denim – Fits (Full Time Hobby) 7 Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line (QDT Remix Featuring Snoop Dogg) (Compadre) 8 Double Dagger – More (Thrill Jockey) 9 We Are Wolves – Total Magique (Dare To Care) 10 Sparrow And The Workshop – Sleight Of Hand (Distiller) 11 Mamer – Eagle (Real World) 12 Rusted Shut – Dead (Load) 13 Jandek live in Houston (Youtube) 14 Music For Your Heart – Embrace The Change (http://www.myspace.com/music4yourheart) 15 Tony Allen – Secret Agent (World Circuit) 16 The XX – Crystallised (Young Turks) 17 The Derek Trucks Band – Already Free (Victor) 18 A Mountain Of One – Institute Of Joy (Ten Worlds) 19 Spinnerette – Spinnerette (Hassle) 20 The Field – Yesterday And Today (Kompakt) 21 Buffy Sainte-Marie – Running For The Drum (Cooking Vinyl)
Pretty weird mix this week, as I look down this list, not all of it fantastic. If I can break the usual protocols here, though, the Johnny Cash remix is really awful, and I speak as a Snoop Dogg fan. Given that “I Walk The Line” looked like the most interesting thing on the Cash remix album that turned up the other day, I suspect we might have found the worst record of 2009 already – though I must confess I don’t have the moral courage to check and make sure.
1 Peter Walker – Long Lost Tapes 1970 (Tompkins Square)
2 Little Boots – New In Town (679)
3 God Help The Girl – God Help The Girl (Rough Trade)
4 Sonic Youth – The Eternal (Matador)
5 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Honest Jon’s)
6 White Denim – Fits (Full Time Hobby)
7 Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line (QDT Remix Featuring Snoop Dogg) (Compadre)
8 Double Dagger – More (Thrill Jockey)
9 We Are Wolves – Total Magique (Dare To Care)
10 Sparrow And The Workshop – Sleight Of Hand (Distiller)
11 Mamer – Eagle (Real World)
12 Rusted Shut – Dead (Load)
13 Jandek live in Houston (Youtube)
14 Music For Your Heart – Embrace The Change (http://www.myspace.com/music4yourheart)
15 Tony Allen – Secret Agent (World Circuit)
16 The XX – Crystallised (Young Turks)
17 The Derek Trucks Band – Already Free (Victor)
18 A Mountain Of One – Institute Of Joy (Ten Worlds)
19 Spinnerette – Spinnerette (Hassle)
20 The Field – Yesterday And Today (Kompakt)
21 Buffy Sainte-Marie – Running For The Drum (Cooking Vinyl)