tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68672442011-10-11T02:48:19.866-07:00nevercamehomeAn Mp3 blog with other ramblings thrown inZ*noreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-20344717037180933442008-12-09T17:31:00.000-08:002008-12-09T18:48:07.133-08:00Back from the deadIt's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you, but I had my reasons. Wow! There's such a shitload of Mp3 blogs now isn't there!?There's much work that needs to be done here, a total revamp and clean up and I will be doing that in the next couple of weeks but here's a bit of music to be going on with...Telepathe-MichaelFrom the forthcoming album 'Dance Mother' which I'm likingZ*noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1093492126382755882004-08-25T19:35:00.000-07:002004-08-25T21:07:38.283-07:00Michael J. Sheehy-Love Me Growing up and going to school in Camden, London in the 90's nights were often spent in dingy smoky clubs and pubs pretending to be aloof and perfecting silly indie dance moves. It was after all the centre of the "Britpop" explosion (well in the media's eyes anyway) we would frequent gigs at the Bull & Gate in Kentish Town and watch elder sister's bands aspiring to be Z*noreply@blogger.com201tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1093313854322717482004-08-23T19:14:00.000-07:002004-08-25T11:38:29.760-07:00Today's Post in Two Parts Part 1 Unrelated music Cathy Davey-Clean and Neat As there are so many Mp3 blogs out there now, I'm really not sure if this might have been posted by someone else, obviously I had a look but didn't see her crop up anywhere-but you know I can miss these things so apologies if I'm lapsing. Cathy Davey is an Irish singer songwriter.....no......wait.........come back......Z*noreply@blogger.com81tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1092981616743025912004-08-19T21:52:00.000-07:002004-08-19T23:07:04.600-07:00Wanda Jackson-Funnel Of Love Carl Perkins-Daddy Sang Bass I'm in a rockabilly mood today and I rock a quiff frequently so it makes sense to post some tracks in this vain. Wanda Jackson dubbed the 'first lady of rockabilly' is still making music and is now apparently 'a grand lady of country'. This classic is from 1962 and as with yesterdays post it's all about Wanda's great distinctive voice. Z*noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1092893913583410002004-08-18T19:52:00.000-07:002004-08-18T22:55:30.206-07:00Tough when you're out of the loop Ouch it hurts, I had to take a break from posting because I got so hectic and lots of things came at me at once, including some sun and then once I'd stopped I felt a bit lost and now...it's hard I feel like I've just fallen out of the loop (my own one that is) but it's ok I'll get on that again like Vinnie the hamster. I promise myself (and anyone else that Z*noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1090286974356107852004-07-19T17:03:00.000-07:002004-07-22T19:25:05.046-07:00Selfish Cunt in good song shocker Selfish Cunt-Authority Confrontation Following the Pete Doherty-Selfish Cunt debacle it comes as no surprise that they, the cunt (as they shall from herein be called), have released a new single. It's abrasive, loud and cocky but at least its listenable this time, yeah 'Britain is Shit' got lots of old saggy journalists salivating over how wonderfully shouty andZ*noreply@blogger.com73tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1090208709641058932004-07-18T19:47:00.000-07:002004-07-18T21:14:21.260-07:00Crayola crayon colour cd project So I don't know what kind of response I'll get to this but I'll keep it open and running a while. Basically the idea is that I send a CDRW to someone it will have one song and a custom cover with a drawing in my favourite crayola crayon colour. The person it is sent to then adds a track to the CD and their own drawing on the cover in their favorite crayola crayon Z*noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1090010411047345672004-07-16T11:57:00.000-07:002004-07-18T14:07:59.180-07:00Host-Mean Streak This was originally released as a 3 track in 2003 and it's now on Host's forthcoming album Minimum Listening Guaranteed out in September. Poppy punky poppy jerk stuff that I like, I don't know if they'll do much but hopefully they'll get a bit of press. They have a site here and a Live Journal blog here. They are on a little record label called hitBACK. Har Mar Superstar-As Z*noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1089852057302245462004-07-14T17:40:00.000-07:002004-07-15T07:21:27.943-07:00Anyone still out there? So I had an unexpected holiday, a sort of mini jaunt around the country and I didn't get time to update before I left, but I'm back now and ready to go... Geezers of Nazareth-Gold Rush I hardly know anything about this odd lot. This track is a poppy number that floats along very nicely indeed, edging on the cheesy Gold Rush reaches the heady heights of Scissor Sisters Z*noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1088539004573084612004-06-29T12:26:00.000-07:002004-06-29T14:04:58.820-07:00Mud glorious mud....yeah right Alright so I can't be bothered to talk much about Glastonbury, highlights include The Golden Virgins, wonderful performance from Scissor Sisters, The Concretes, a crazed 80's Matchbox, an anthemic Franz Ferdinand and the man Toots did not fail to deliver. He's almost Sixty and he was so full of energy, truly one of the best performances I've seen in a long time Z*noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1088045295880420562004-06-23T16:22:00.001-07:002004-06-28T12:05:50.203-07:00I Know I've missed some out but we'll come back to them I promise...Sweden Looptroop-The Struggle Continues I bumped into Hives lead singer Pele today in a supermarket, they're over here doing some promo for the new stuff, a very nice gentleman he was too. It just so happens that Looptroop are label mates of the Hives, both are on Burning Heart in Sweden. I first heard of Looptroop around 98-99Z*noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1087961151642831702004-06-22T19:21:00.000-07:002004-06-22T21:03:06.106-07:00Just some link action today as no time for the music.... I'm cheap at Blogshares, fantasy shares of nevercamehome are $2.30 each, but set up a portfolio and you can buy into other blogs far more worthy of your Monoply cash. Music activism at Downhill Battle. Comics and animation are two of my favorite things check out Fawk, a blog on both. It also includes work by the guys who write it. Z*noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1087857506138672442004-06-21T15:38:00.000-07:002004-06-22T17:35:31.390-07:00Extra chunk...... The Observer Music Monthly, written by a bunch of people who think they care about music but really just think they're cool for writing about it and spend their whole time making definitive lists, like living inside 'High Fidelity' world is the only way to appreciate music but hey! I still read it-oh well. Plus I like my own little lists but they do not a magazine make. So Z*noreply@blogger.com91tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1087584864733694332004-06-18T11:52:00.000-07:002004-06-18T11:54:24.733-07:00We'll have to play catch up with England, Croatia and France posts over the weekend... Z*noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1087489533561728172004-06-17T09:07:00.000-07:002004-06-17T09:26:55.223-07:00Yesterdays Portugal post The No Counts-We've Got Cake It's certainly not clever but hell it's big. Rock in the dirty sense (so I should really be calling it rawk) The No Counts sound more like they hail from the deep south than Portugal. They have a 'doctrine of mayhem' and are on the appropriately named Sleazey Records where you can find a couple more tracks to download. Hopefully I'll be Z*noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1087450338315924982004-06-16T22:30:00.000-07:002004-06-16T22:39:27.373-07:00Due to my geekiness I've decided to coincide the blog with Euro 2004, so every day when matches are played I will post songs from artists or labels of the winning country or countries. I intended to start yesterday so today we play catch up with some now and more later when all matches are played. Yesterday the Czech Republic beat Latvia 2-1 and Holland drew with Germany 1-1. In the case of a Z*noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1086934966981866032004-06-10T19:53:00.000-07:002004-06-21T15:48:12.403-07:00Laurie Anderson-O Superman Removed You will probably have come across Laurie Anderson at some point and one of her many creative outputs. This 1981 release got to number 2 in the UK, which was a bit of a shock to most of the industry, still us Brits seem to like a bit of doom and grit in music. The backing track is as minimal as they get; Anderson's voice saying 'ah' looped over and little elseZ*noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1086845011258559502004-06-09T18:55:00.002-07:002004-06-21T15:46:50.580-07:00The Jamaicans-Ba Ba Boom (also known as 'Ba Ba Boom Time') Removed This glorious piece of rocksteady is from 1967 on Duke Reid's now infamous Treasure Isle record label. Duke Reid was right there at the beginning when Jamaican music was developing and he was a huge influence for many years on the Jamaican scene. Starting out from his wife's corner shop Reid began a sound system which due to the Z*noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1086666689999244902004-06-07T18:48:00.000-07:002004-06-16T22:47:26.233-07:00Why is it that I find myself interested in these human guinea pigs every year? Even more frightening however is the prospect that a few more weeks into this Orwellian nightmare I might begin to like one or more of the players and start sympathising with them. Will they all find out that Nadia's a transsexual? Will Stuart and Michelle have sex? Who cares? Sadly-me, I am a geek, but you already Z*noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1086372234125174262004-06-04T08:47:00.000-07:002004-06-16T22:45:26.583-07:00Right I'm back, a little worse for wear but here. Quite a few bits to catch up on now I've dragged my crispy body back on miserable British soil. There's a distinct lack of Summer feeling going on around here and in no small part due to the stinking weather. In order to get myself ready for the coming months and intended frivolities I have turned to music. No other genre of music makes me feel Z*noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1085708024127140712004-05-27T18:26:00.000-07:002004-05-27T18:33:44.126-07:00I had totally intended to update before I went away this weekend but I just haven't had time, so my musings on various subjects will have to wait until I return from that isle beloved of the Venga Boys, please help..........Arrrrrrgggggghhhh. Anyway for those in the UK have a good bank holiday weekend and everyone else enjoy.Z*noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1085441754888453422004-05-24T14:38:00.000-07:002004-06-16T18:45:18.176-07:00All three offerings today coincidentally ended up having a link to the Scissor Sisters; Loose Cannons supported them on their recent UK tour, Hot Chip have remixed 'Take Your Mama' and the Pink Grease track has a similar sound. The Loose Cannons-I Like It When Ya (Jungle Brothers Remix) Removed The Loose Cannons look like they could be the next Basement Jaxx, they're already being touted as Z*noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1085287547375185672004-05-22T20:52:00.001-07:002004-05-24T08:12:09.450-07:00Kid Alex-Young Love For me this has the same appeal as Phoenix's If I Ever Feel Better, a song that you and your messy friends can dance joyously around and forget yourselves to. Kid Alex is from Germany and has a deal with Universal, he has a German language website which has some videos you can watch here. Admittedly when this first came through my letterbox about a year and a bit ago, I have Z*noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1084826373845651632004-05-17T11:53:00.000-07:002004-06-07T18:45:42.426-07:00Ando Drom-Sza Tele Zsav Removed I've been listening to a lot of traditional folk music recently and particularly Eastern European. The lyrics don't matter that much when I'm listening to it, mostly because I can't understand them but partly because the music is emotive enough, and the vocals themselves stand alone. Layers of voices and instruments create a beautiful sound, do you notice me Z*noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1084578612568279792004-05-14T16:08:00.000-07:002004-06-07T18:44:18.946-07:00Durrty Doogz-Can't Hold Me Down Removed Seems like this lot are going to be the next ones to bolt from the underground eski/grime stable into the mainstream, they were one of the acts on the bill at the Urban Music Festival and according to reports went down pretty well with the crowd. You can watch a video here and you should check out the whole of One Xtra if you enjoy this. This track has Z*noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1084469740732676552004-05-13T10:20:00.000-07:002004-06-07T18:42:59.970-07:00 Back on.... The Futureheads-Meantime The Futureheads-Dalms Removed I got the bandwidth issue resolved quicker than I expected so, all is back on, please remember to help my bandwidth out by only clicking one at a time-thanks. Lets get down to it then.... i must be quick today though as I've already spent enough time trying to sort this damn thing out. As promised two tracks from the new Z*noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1084378710227288672004-05-12T09:16:00.000-07:002004-05-12T17:55:56.886-07:00Well, my bandwidth has been exceeded and they've shut my site down so there won't be any more Mp3s until I can get this thing sorted out, I had planned a extra large chunk of goodness today but alas technology has failed me. Anyone got any tips on how to keep it down? Sorry, I will try and sort this as soon as possible but as you may have noticed I'm not good at the technical stuff. Whilst I Z*noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1084240001662368022004-05-10T18:16:00.000-07:002004-05-24T16:50:43.936-07:00It's Immaterial-Driving Away From Home Removed In a car on a motorway on a grey rainy day, I listen to this song and curse that I live on an Island. This is It's Immaterial's biggest hit and was released in 1985, it's the kind of synth-rock that was popular back then and is currently influencing many current bands. It's Immaterial didn't ever really break out of the underground and stopped Z*noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1084157588908580462004-05-09T18:29:00.000-07:002004-05-20T11:00:45.186-07:00 Time to make a switch Ok, a nice new look, much cleaner than the last, so please don't be scared of change.... Timi Yuro-It'll Never Be Over For Me Removed My heart just breaks when I hear this song, dramatic orchestral backing and Timi's deep aching voice sends me to another, sadder place. Yuro had a number of health problems throughout her life, including many to do with her throat but sheZ*noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1084025937124203132004-05-08T04:26:00.000-07:002004-05-17T13:41:00.853-07:00Please be gentle with me I'm hungover today, my heartbroken friends and I went to see Franz Ferdinand last night at the Coronet. It was very very good apart from having the worst bar staff in the world at the venue. Short and sweet then........... Demolished Man-Crodle Freak Removed I know very little about this track other than its been around for a few years I think it came out around 2002.Z*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1083892659515648822004-05-06T17:16:00.000-07:002004-05-14T18:04:42.046-07:00Anyone for a late dinner? Stuff yourself No post yesterday, so extra chunky today. Elephant Man-Dat Can't Gwaan (Ching Chong Riddim) Removed At the request of the lovely people at zero-g there's a triple bill of Dancehall goodness today. This track is just irresistible, I can't stop listening to it. I love the combination of rough beats, sneaky melodies, raw vocals and the socio-political Z*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1083686926857396642004-05-04T08:35:00.000-07:002004-05-13T09:57:41.303-07:00Removed This is one of those records that whenever I would play it at a club night I used to do, someone without fail would always ask what it was. It's hypnotic and is an example of how a sample should be used. Givin up' is pop for the dreamy and sophisticated. Released in 2000 on the now defunct PPQ/Gusto, it was made by the people who used to put on a club night called Happiness Stan's, Z*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1083604387400956422004-05-03T10:12:00.000-07:002004-05-13T09:57:03.473-07:00 At the end of the rainbow there's a pot of gold The Pleased-Orange Peter Removed If you like The Walkmen and Ima Robot you'll probably take to this. This first appeared on a demo the band recorded in April 2002, it was also on their self released 'One Piece from the Middle' double EP later that year and finally became a track on Don't Make Things released in November 2003. They gradually Z*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1083530997932194262004-05-02T10:57:00.001-07:002004-05-13T09:55:50.630-07:00Continuing on from yesterday.....here come Green and Purple, the rainbow will be complete tomorrow. The Ventures-Green Onions Removed The surf rock version of the classic. This isn't as funk filled as Booker T's, but then it isn't meant to be. Its the kind of music I imagine being played in a 60's bar full of men with floppy hair and skinny trousers. The Ventures were particularly famous for 'Z*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1083438414470510612004-05-01T10:23:00.000-07:002004-05-13T09:55:16.373-07:00Today starts a collection of songs with the colours of the rainbow in the title so we start with Red, Yellow and Pink. Devendra Banhart-The Red Lagoon Removed Devendra Banhart has a very distinctive voice, this is from his 2002 album Oh Me Oh My . Frankly I think he is quite quite mad, but then that is often so close to brilliance and yes he certainly comes close. This is what he said about Z*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1083346630127381562004-04-30T10:23:00.000-07:002004-05-03T17:26:13.356-07:00Please check out my updated Mp3 blog links, there are the old favourites there, that you all should know by now like fluxblog, Tofu Hut, Said the Gramophone and Cocaine Blunts. Some new discoveries for me and current most clicks include The Suburbs Are Killing Us lovely content and looks good too and Soul Sides pretty complete. Have an explore of the links there's varied content and quality but Z*noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1083336888691328152004-04-30T07:27:00.000-07:002004-05-13T09:15:16.990-07:00Chino XL-Kreep Removed I've decided today is underated hip hop day. So to start off, this is taken from Chino XL's 1996 album 'Here to Save You All', which has now been deleted but you can it pick up on some second hand websites such as this one. When I first heard this song on a tape someone made for me I was drawn in by Chino's clever lyrics and use of Radiohead. The rest of the album is good Z*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1083296715869823382004-04-29T20:21:00.000-07:002004-05-08T07:47:32.170-07:00I will be writing slightly more helpful and comprehensive stuff on the MP3s in the near future, and adding many more links. In the meantime here's two more for way up... Lyn Christopher-Take Me With You Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss sang backing vocals on this track, although I would never have guessed. I'm not a Kiss fan, but this is a soul gem and the bassline is just so perfect.ThisZ*noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867244.post-1083293666248784932004-04-29T19:39:00.001-07:002004-05-08T07:46:08.733-07:00Here I will attempt to post music that some people might not have come across, if you find something you like I do encourage you to seek out and purchase more of the same where possible. I'll also probably put some comments in about other things along the way....hope you enjoy. And for my first post, two quite different selections here. I'm not usually a fan of mash-ups/bootlegs, although when Z*noreply@blogger.com0