Tours! And tunes for 26 February 2010

Everyone's gearing up for warm weather and spring tours. Maybe not everyone, but Massive Attack and Thom Yorke, who's recently announced that his solo band will now be called Atoms For Peace rather than ????. Personally, I thought the latter was catchier. More info on Dead Air Space.

Anyway, this morning's music:

She's So High, Blur

Roxanne, The Police

Silly Love Songs, Wings

An Awful Lot Of Running, Chameleon Circuit

She Found The Diamonds, Get Shakes

Kiss Of Life, Friendly Fires

Cascade, Deluka

Something Hot In A Cold Country, Echobelly (favorite song title this week)

Time, Pink Floyd

Fools Gold, The Stone Roses

She's Lost Control (BBC session), Joy Division

Stockholm Syndrome, Muse

The Bends, Radiohead

Woebegone Wanderers, Wild Beasts

Leave Them All Behind, Whitey

Virtual Insanity, Jamiroquai

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, Soft Cell

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (cover), David Gray

Hurdy Gurdy Man, Donovan

6 Underground, Sneaker Pimps

19 February 2010

Dimstar, Gay Dad

Dirrtylicious (Christina Aguilara and Beyoncé cover), Keane

Fuck You, Lily Allen

Heavenly Peach Banquet, Monkey: Journey To The West

Tiny Dancer, Elton John

Father Figure, George Michael

Death, White Lies

Vampire In The Sun, Nine Black Alps

Without MSG I Am Nothing, McLusky

She's Attracted To, The Young Knives

Ooh La, The Kooks

Personal Jesus, Depeche Mode

Rio, Duran Duran

Generals And Majors, XTC

Insomniac, Echobelly

Primitive Painters, Felt

Nightclubbing, Iggy Pop and David Bowie

Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who

To Hell With Poverty, Gang Of Four

Homecoming, Kanye West feat. Chris Martin

The Eraser, Thom Yorke

Flowers In The Window, Travis

6 Underground, Sneaker Pimps

You've Got The Love / Dirtee Cash (live), Florence & The Machine and Dizzee Rascal

Tonight's final track is a live mash-up (from the recent Brit Awards) of "You've Got The Love" and "Dirtee Love," appropriately called "You've Got The Dirtee Love."

On a less awesome note, CNN reports that EMI is planning to sell Abbey Road studios, where the album of the same name was recorded, as well as albums by the likes of Blur and Radiohead. So, if you have a few million pounds lying around, why not purchase a part of modern musical history?

Setlist for 12 February 2010

Down In The Tube Station At Midnight, The Jam

My Propeller, Arctic Monkeys

King Midas In Reverse, The Hollies

A Hundred Times In Every Direction, Vessels

Bathroom Gargle, Late Of The Pier

Everybody's Happy Nowadays, The Buzzcocks

Billy Ocean, Super Tennis

The Hill, Bombay Bicycle Club

The Beat, Elvis Costello

Lovers In Japan / Reign Of Love, Coldplay

Patricia The Stripper, The Wombats

I Don't Not Love You, Flashguns

Three Changes, The Good, The Bad, & The Queen

All The Young Dudes, Mott The Hoople

Child Brides, The Auteurs

F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E., Pulp

Something For The Weekend, The Divine Comedy

We Are The Men You'll Grow To Love, Let's Wrestle

Just Like Honey, The Jesus & Mary Chain

In A Room, Dodgy

Stuntman, Kasabian

The One, Cats In Paris

Step Into My World, Hurricane #1

Lovers Rock, Gentle Friendly

Out At The Pictures, Hot Chip

5 February 2010

I love Florence Welch. And I love the fact that she's recently collaborated with David Byrne and Fatboy Slim. The track (and album) are called Here Lies Love, and are about former Philippenes first lady Imelda Marcos.

This morning's tuneage:

You Really Got Me, The Kinks

Here Lies Love, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim feat. Florence Welch

Where In The World, Goldhawks

Cosmic Castaway, Electrasy (request)

Freakin' Out, Graham Coxon

Cat Attack, Dinosaur Pile-Up

The Bones Of You, Elbow

Sonnet, The Verve

Loaded, Primal Scream

Michael, Franz Ferdinand

Sleeping In, Menswear

Mad Dog God Dam, Elastica

Alright, Supergrass

Alright, Cast

Cheat On Me, The Cribs

In For The Kill, La Roux

Gotta Boyfriend, Frankmusik

Sing, Four Tet

Lovely 2 C U, Goldfrapp

Temptation, New Order

Tempted, Squeeze

Sea Within A Sea, The Horrors

I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover), Bat For Lashes

We'll Live And Die In These Towns, The Enemy

Under Pressure, David Bowie and Queen