2011 Favourites - Part 1

For the seventh year running...
Here's ten favourites from twenty eleven.

'2011 Favs - Pt.1' mixed by Adam Askew (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
Christmas - 'Namiot' (K Records)
PJ Harvey - 'The Guns Called Me Back Again' (Island)
Recloose - 'Electric Sunshine' (Rush Hour Recordings)
SBTRKT - 'Pharaohs' (Young Turks)
Widowspeak - 'Gun Shy' (Captured Tracks)
Braille - 'Riverbed' (Hotflush Recordings)
Alton Miller - 'Music Institute 3' (NDATL Muzik)
Greg Paulus - 'Suchashame (Soul Clap rmx)' (Double Standard)
Peven Everett - 'Help Me' (Studio Confessions)
Lowtide - 'Underneath Tonight' (Departed Sounds)

Check out previous years -> HERE

Weather(all) Report: Sun God Shining

As unabashed fans of Andrew Weatherall, we are pleased to see a late entry into his 2011 output. A remix of Cut Copy's 'Sun God' track from their Grammy(!)-nominated Zonoscope set. One wise wag described it as "trancey Pete Shelley". That's a good thing, yeah? And the band have seen fit to make the mix available as a free download.

Cut Copy - Sun God (Andrew Weatherall Remix) by modularpeople

Neighbourhood Watch - Bell Towers

Melbourne's Bell Towers is the latest artist to appear on the roster of Canyons' Hole In The Sky label. The 'Scavengers' 12" is a jackin' Chi house homage that is coupled with the acid flashback 'Private Time Dub'. With YMO also cited as influence, what more do you want? A tab?

Private Time Dub by Hole In The Sky Records

The Peelies Deal Good Medication

Canadian all-femme band The Peelies have been pushing out tunes for a while but have recently had their profile heightened in Australia due to a deal with gaga digi. An old Peelies track, 'Does And Hoes', turned up on a recent gaga showcase compilation (with The Peelies confusingly credited as Pelie) and stole the show with their tear-down-the-walls-of-the-garage-to-make-way-for-a-carport buzz roll. A bit of digging turned out more recent output - a split eight-track album with Jesuslesfilles. Head to their Bandcamp page and purchase or sign up for a free download of 'Medication'. It'll be the best meds-related email you get since your spam program started filtering out those C1aL1s msgs.

2011 - The Story Some More

Blessed Be The Orbweavers

THE ORBWEAVERS @ ST MICHAELS 

Having fallen for Melbourne "folk noir" outfit The Orbweavers' Graphite And Diamonds album back in 2009, it took another two years to get to see them live. Thanks to Melbourne Music Week, popping my Orbweavers cherry was a tasteful and gentle experience. And, in a church. Armed with new material from their recent Loom album, they nestled perfectly into a night curated by Mistletone. Later in the evening the church quivered in feedback from the always raucous Beaches and grew cathedral-of-sound size for Htrk's mesmerising headline slot. So to celebrate churches being the new nightclub, some Orbweavers.

Adam Askew - Death Mix

Recorded (a)live. All vinyl.

Eyes to the north, hands to the south.
Free for all in freefall.

'Death Mix' by Adam Askew (direct link)

TRACK LIST:
Mo-Dettes - 'Milord' (Decca)
Calvinist - 'Yo-Yo' (DFA Records)
Infinity & Grandmixer D.ST - 'Grandmixer Cuts It Up' (Celluloid)
The Dismasters - 'You Must Be Crazy (inst)' (Urban Rock Records)
Joy Of Sound - 'Image Fades Away (R&B mix)' (Mahogani)
Sound Patrol - 'Rising & Falling (Naive mix)' (Organico)
Kurt Vile - 'Farfisas In Falltime' (Matador)
Joaquin Claussell - 'My Beloved Where Are You?' (Sacred Rhythm)