August Sounds

Holidays followed by the return to real life, the end of Buffy, International Festival and Ed Book Fest events, back to doing a lot of DIY, games nights, and life stresses.

• WW3 DRAFT MIX - Rock x House MOONLGHT Mix Vol. 1 - Moonlight

  Bangin’

• Promotion (Live from Sydney Opera House) - Lawrence

  I love this little series of videos outside (or on) iconic places. Thanks for keeping it going. And, again, well done to the producer for mixing the sound from the little iPhone mics into this. Also loving musical showcase.

• THE INTOXICATION OF POWER - BRUIT ≤

  The album is so intense. I’ve said it before but seeing this live would be life-changing.

• Pathos - Einaudi vs Einaudi

  Dancy. Leo’s take on his dad’s work. Looking forward to the album.

• Run Free - Soulwax

  Can’t wait for the album. The glitchy synth sounds very Chemical Brothers and I’m here for it. Note that As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2. is my favourite mix album and was the definitive listening for several years of my life. The hidden zero track required much holding of the rewind button on the Pret Castle Street CD player to get to Kylie.

• Pickle Rick - Ekoh

  Flow!

• Nude - Radiohead

  I’ve was a huge Radiohead fan as a teenager. As someone who also tried to play and write music I obsessed over this bootleg. Works in progress are sometimes better than final versions. It was probably my most important posession for a brief while. Fun to re-listen. Internet Archive is a goldmine. I also found this gem of a bootleg with a final Nobody Does It Better cover - it’s always weird to think back and see how well Radiohead had nailed the acoustic/semi-acoustic deep cuts with songs like Killer Cars, Thinking Of You, You Never Wash Up After Yourself, True Love Waits, Karma Police, Creep acoustic, etc then moved on entirely. Noting that the rock out version of Killer Cars is off the charts (track 10). I stand by my teenage self and their love of this iteration of Manowar/Big Boots is the best, and the arpeggiator over True Love Waits is how it should always be.

• How to Talkbox - Lorenz Rhode

  I must admit I’d never thought about this… and I was in the misunderstanding category because of that!

• American English - Idlewild

  Classic.

• Take On Me - LEPROUS

  I’m such a fan of genre-crossing covers and behind the scenes… these guys kill it.

• Malibongwe - Abel Selaocoe & Aurora Orchestra

  Fascinating and stunning concert to witness at the Usher Hall. Many thanks to the Young Musician Programme!

• In Seven - Peter Sandberg

  A song that’s embodies wonder.

• porcelain - former champ

  Album coming soon - which is exciting.

• Michelle - Sir Chloe

  Melancholy and beautiful. Official video is heavy as.

• Sleep In The Heat - PUP

  Cathartic. Obligatory TinyDesk. Thinking the props of this video would be great for a stage show too.

• Procession - Jeff Russo

  From Alien Earth. Fantastic, almost throwaway guitar solo that wouldn’t sound out of place from Richie Sambora with effects over the top that sound like they’re straight out of Radiohead’s lab. Still not sure about Alien Earth though.

• Childhood Dream - Wojciech Golczewski

  Found by an algo, seems apt.