All the Playlists

Truman Sleeps – Philip Glass

23 January 2018

Here we go again with a super famous track.

This is a short one, less then 2 minutes… So simple in the chord progression, but at the same time so powerful, this is the perfect representation of the feeling you’d feel while watching a baby sleeping…

Haunted – Beyoncé

23 January 2018

Cast your mind back to my earliest posts, when we built the foundations for what this playlist is about: people, achieving super-humans feats of existence on a daily basis. 

Lyrically, Haunted hits this nail on the head: 9-5 / to stay alive. Ambition takes a back seat to the more pressing reality of surviving. And that takes serious strength to push through every single day, especially if it feels like the embers of a dream are dying in the process…

I Am Woman – Helen Reddy

23 January 2018

I Am Woman is not exactly a radical feminist protest song, but it did help to crystallise the self-belief of groups of American women in the 1970s to throw off the shackles of centuries of conditioning and assert their own political, economic and sexual potency. Whilst today the song sounds a little kitsch, in 1972 it became a huge No.1 US hit single that represented an irreversible new wave of feminist thinking in the developed nations of the world.

Time Is A Runaway – The Alternate Routes

22 January 2018

The Alternate Routes es un grupo de Rock Alternativo de Bridgeport, Connecticut, Estados Unidos, cuando los escuché, enseguida capté esa chispa y energía de algunos grupos como Switchfoot, The Damnwells, Augustana, pero no de la misma forma, este grupo tiene un sonido peculiar, y es que la manera en como como juegan con los sonidos, te hacen imaginar momentos como estar en la playa bajo un cielo azul, con amigos o simplemente disfrutando de un ocaso, “Time Is a Runaway” es una de sus canciones que te dejará inspirado por vivir el momento, y por supuesto seguir tus sueños…

Cement 4’s feat Conway – Your Old Droog

22 January 2018

Listeners who still love the vintage New York Hip Hop sound should appreciate this one. Your Old Droog connected with fellow traditionalist Conway for a new single titled “Cement 4’s.”

Lowrider – Yussef Kamaal

22 January 2018

Drum and bass are the focus of this instrumental funk track from London duo Yussef Kamaal. Both members of the group,  Yussef Dayes and Kamaal Williams (aka Henry Wu), are drummers, so the emphasis on groove comes as no surprise.

Part 8 – Given Circumstances

22 January 2018

It’s the middle of term at Bishop Tennant’s Teacher Training College. I’m twenty years old.

I’ve been invited by Bungalow Bill, one of my English group, to join with some friends for drinks. ‘Cool guys,’ he says. ‘One’s just back from a trip on the magic bus.’ And winks at me. ‘I think you’ll like them.’

I’ve always admired Bungalow Bill, seeing him as the most witty and intelligent of our group. ‘I’ve been reading some Hunter Thompson. Pretty cool.’ He lives in a house rather than Halls. Very cool. And I’d like to be that. Cool. Whatever that is…

Mother of Earth – The Gun Club

22 January 2018

We’re driving head on into the darkness with The Gun Club this week.

Emerging in the late 70’s out of Los Angeles, they played a part reinventing the Punk scene – with Country, Blues and Rockabilly flavours…

Kapanis Konusmasi – Kafabindünya

17 January 2018

Kafabindünya alternatif müzik dinleyicisinin mutlaka haberdar olması gereken bir topluluk. Yıllar önce ilk kez canlı olarak Eskişehir’de ve daha sonra birkaç kere de Ankara’da dinlediğim grubun tarzını psychedelic-post rock olarak tanımlamak mümkün. Daha şarkılarının isminden, dinleme isteği uyandıran Obi adında harika bir albümleri var. 

Black Star – Radiohead

17 January 2018

It’s interesting to see the main themes that come out from this music to grieve to playlist – certainly there’s death and loss, there’s depression and mental illness, there’s the whole relationship breakup genre and there’s family and friend trauma, although strangely enough, not many songs about moving house (which often makes the top 5 lists of “most stressful things that can happen to you!”)

Part 7 – Given Circumstances

16 January 2018

Next morning I wake late, gulp water and hunt out some aspirin, before spending the afternoon finding my feet. Trying to think ahead. There’s a sports shop where I splash out on a new tracksuit to supplement my college gear. Royal blue. Three white stripes. The biz.

At practically every turn there are signs in the familiar blue and silver; imposing buildings. “Faraday Science Labs.” Every time anyone passes I wonder whether they work in the place.

At five o’ clock, I walk back into The Crown having changed. What exactly does “formal” mean? I don’t have any of that penguin suit stuff…

Codeine Dreaming – Kodak Black Feat. Lil Wayne

16 January 2018

Dieuson Octave, better known by his stage name Kodak Black, is most known for his hit singles “No Flockin” and “Tunnel Vision” as well as being one of the new artist from the south to some what challenge the “OGs” of southern hip hop.