The wonder that is Basia Bulat

Like I said in my Best Of 2010 post before Blogger took it down, Basia Bulat made the by far best album of last year with Heart of My Own. It hit me right in the heart and knocked me on my ass like no folk-y album had since Fleet Foxes' debut album two years prior.

Marry me and have my children, Basia.

This is a genuine offer. Basia, if you read this, think it over. Take your time with it, and leave a comment with your response.

(mp3) Basia Bulat - Go on (Baeble session)

(mp3) Basia Bulat - Gold rush (live for Wire Video Series)

(mp3) Basia Bulat - The shore (HibOO d'live)

16 Horsepower galore

I just found this brilliant documentary on David Eugene Edwards (16 Horsepower/Wovenhand) on YouTube and I had to share it.

It was made for Dutch television in 2000 and not only contains some very interesting chats with the guy, we also get to meet his son, his wife and his grandfather and see some absolutely stunning live performances, including the best version of Strawfoot (off of Secret South) I've ever heard.

(mp3) 16 Horsepower - Prison shoe romp
Available on Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (1996)

(mp3) 16 Horsepower - Ditch digger
Available on Low Estate (1997)

(mp3) 16 Horsepower - Nobody 'cept you (Bob Dylan cover)
Available on Secret South (2000)

(mp3) 16 Horsepower - Bad moon risin' (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
Available on Hoarse (2000)

(mp3) 16 Horsepower - Sinnerman (trad.)
Available on Folklore (2002)

(mp3) 16 Horsepower - American wheeze (Kerry Macy session)
Available on Olden (2003)

Songs (by nick cave and the bad seeds) That Get My Juices Flowing #56

Every time I hear Hiding All Away I become a bit more convinced it's the single greatest thing Nick Cave has ever recorded.

(mp3) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Hiding all away
Available on Abattoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus (2004)

(mp3) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Oh my lord
Available on No More Shall We Part (2001)

(mp3) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Saint Huck
Available on From Her To Eternity (1984)

(mp3) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Grief came riding
Available on B-Sides & Rarities (2005)

(mp3) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Loom of the land
Available on Henry's Dream (1992)

Great Songs Of The 00s (Part 66)

Why aren't Cherry Ghost superstars? Why aren't they as big as Coldplay, or even bigger? Why did they never get an Arctic Monkeys/Glasvegas/Arcade Fire hype? Because the world ain't fucking fair, that's probably why.

I saw Requiem For A Dream for the first and only time in the fall of 2003. It was the lowest point of my life so far (for reasons which shall remain untold) and watching Requiem For A Dream at that point was not a good idea.

As a result, hearing Clint Mansell's score gave me an uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach for the following seven years. Thank you, Pavlov.

It's only in the last few months I've been able to distance myself from that part of my life and appreciate the soundtrack for the meisterwerk it truly is.

(mp3) Clint Mansell - Summer: Summer overture
Available on Requiem For A Dream Soundtrack (2000)

(mp3) Cherry Ghost - Mountain bird
Available on Thirst For Romance (2008)

(mp3) The Gaslight Anthem - Wooderson
Available on Sink Or Swim (2007)

(mp3) Cypress Hill - Cuban necktie
Available on Skull & Bones (2000)

(mp3) The Rapture - Killing
Available on Echoes (2003)

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #55

Failure by Skinny has been a favourite mine for a good 11-12 years, ever since I saw it on MTV Europe's Alternative Nation.

A fantastic song. Hopefully it'll become a favourite of yours for the next 11-12 years.

(mp3) Britta Persson - Cliffhanger
Available on Kill Hollywood Me (2008)

(mp3) Comus - Drip drip
Available on First Utterance (1971)

(mp3) Skinny - Failure
Available on The Weekend (1998)

(mp3) Lee Hazlewood - Vem kan segla
Available on Cowboy In Sweden (1970)

(mp3) Buck Owens - Act naturally
Released in 1963. Available on Act Naturally 1953-64

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #54

I'm still getting accustomed to Kings Of Leon's current sound.

I first got to know them eight years ago and still see them as The Strokes' inbred cousins from the bayou. That Coldplay-ish/Arcade Fire-esque arena rock shit they got going now remains a bit of a shock. I'm sure I'll warm up to it though. In a decade or two.

PS. Roy Bailey ftw.

(mp3) Ed Harcourt - I've become misguided
Available on Maplewood (2000)

(mp3) Roy Bailey - Poverty knock
Available on S/t (1971)

(mp3) Bob Dylan & The Band - You angel you
Available on Planet Waves (1974)

(mp3) Kings of Leon - Dusty
Available on Youth & Young Manhood (2003)

(mp3) Jenny And Johnny - Scissor runner
Available on I'm Having Fun Now (2010)

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #53

(mp3) Andy Bey - Celestial blues
Available on Experience And Judgement (1970)

(mp3) Bran Van 3000 - Astounded (feat. Curtis Mayfield)
Available on Discosis (2001)

(mp3) Suicide - Ghost rider
Available on S/t (1977)

(mp3) T-Rex - Rock on
Available on The Slider (1972)

(mp3) Eyes Adrift - What I said
Available on S/t (2002)

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #52

(mp3) The White Stripes - One more cup of coffee (Bob Dylan cover)
Available on S/t (1999)

(mp3) Five Man Electrical Band - Half-past midnight
Available on S/t (1969)

(mp3) Goran Kajfeš & The Subtronic Arkestra - Sand boogie
Available on X/Y (2011)

(mp3) A Certain Ratio - Strain
Available on The Graveyard & The Ballroom (1980)

(mp3) Tim Hecker - Studio suicide
Available on Ravedeath, 1972 (2011)

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #51

(mp3) Thelonious Monk - Think of one
Available on Criss-Cross (1962)

(mp3) James Chance & The Contortions - Roving eye
Available on Buy (1979)

(mp3) Kraftwerk - Antenna
Available on Radio-Activity (1975)

(mp3) Suede - Black or blue
Available on Dog Man Star (1994)

(mp3) Wanda Jackson - Thunder on the mountain (Bob Dylan cover)
Available on Party Ain't Over (2011)