Listen to Dan Sartain's Record Store Day 7" here!

Record Store Day 2011 is less than a month away and the list of limited releases is already piling up. A nice piece of vinyl that is up for grabs, is Dan Sartain's Fuck Friday 7". It's an appetizer for a new cd/dvd-set which will be out on One Little Indian at the end of april. Legacy Of Hospitality, as this set is called, collects - rare- recordings by our favorite 'rock'n'roll cadaver' (as John Reis called him onstage during the last European tour) from 1999 through 2009. A dvd with a documentary is also included. The good folks at One Little Indian have placed the three tracks from that special 7" on Soundcloud. You can listen to them below. Enjoy!

Dan Sartain - Fuck Friday. Fuck Saturday. Fuck Sunday by One Little Indian Records

Yes We Can Can

So, I played this song called Yes We Can Can on the show last saturday. The version you heard on Tegentonen was by a group called The Discoettes. I took it from a compilation called Strange Breaks & Mr. Thing. Great compilation with some really obscure and strange songs by groups you've never heard of. Indeed, I had never heard of The Discoettes before, but I like the song, so I thought about diggin' up some info. That proved to be quite a tough search. The only thing I know is that The Discoettes were from Australia and released an lp called Disco Dance Party back in 1976. Yes We Can Can wasn’t the only coversong on this record as it featured a lot of classic tunes reworked. I found their rendition of Pick Up The Pieces on YouTube, but would love to hear what these folks did with Day Tripper or Kung Fu Fighting.



Meanwhile, Yes We Can Can, the song we played, was originally written by Allen Toussaint and recorded by Lee Dorsey. It was orginally called Yes We Can and released on his 1970 album with the same title. The Meters were his backing band on that one. It sounds like this:



I bought a nice compilation today called Let There Be Funk! (Brown Sugar / BSR 1003-2) on which I found this song I played you all last saturday. This version however, was by The Pointer Sisters. Theirs is the most successful version to date. Love this live performance from '74:

Playlist 13.03.2011: funk & soul extravaganza!

Somewhat inspired by a few tweets and facebook-postings Tegentonen kinda got inspired last night. We played a lot of funk & soul. Vintage, new, black, white... It's all good. Classics/rarities from the likes of Timothy McNealy, Bola Johnson, The Meters, Tom Scott and David Axelrod mixed up with modern artists like Mayer Hawthorne, Lefties Soul Connection, The Roots and Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings.

Man, we really had a blast. We had to ditch some stuff we had planned to play for you, because we were running short on time. So, no Lee Fields, Miles Davis, Booker T. & The MG's and a few others, but since we had so much fun doing this, I'll guess these will pop up in a future episode. We'll do this again soon...

01. Tom Scott - Today
album: The Honeysuckle Breeze
02. David Axelrod - The Mental Traveler
album: The Edge: David Axelrod At Capitol Records 1966 - 1970
03. Lefties Soul Connection - Sling Shot
album: Hutspot
04. Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No
album: A Strange Arrangement
05. Aloe Blacc - Take Me Back
album: Good Things
06. The Meters - Ain't No Use
album: Rejuvenation
07. Bola Johnson - Lagos Special
album: Vampisoul Goes To Africa: Afrobeat Nirvana promo sampler-cd
08. The Discoettes - Yes We Can Can
album: Strange Breaks & Mr. Thing compilation-cd
09. The Roots & John Legend - Hard Times (Baby Huey & The Babysitters-cover)
album: Wake Up!
10. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I'll Still Be True
album: I Learned The Hard Way
11. Timothy McNealy - Sagittarius Black
album: Texas Funk 1968 - 1975

Playlist 26.02.2011

This week's show had a few fantastic live jams by the likes of Neurosis and Miles Davis. The latter has a new live-album out which was recorded in 1969 and 1970, while Neurosis' live record was recorded at the Roadburn festival in Tilburg, Holland in 2007.

Furthermore we played a few beautifull tracks from Timesbold, Charles Bradley, Twilight Singers and Johnny Cash. Check out the full playlist below...

01. Timesbold - Bone Song
album: Eye Eye
02. Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave
album: American VI: Ain't No Grave
03. Twilight Singers - Get Lucky
album: Dynamite Steps
04. Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band - This World (Is Going Up In Flames)
album: Daptone Gold
05. Aloe Blacc - Femme Fatale Velvet Underground-cover
album: Good Things
06. Miles Davis - Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
album: Bitches Brew Live
07. Aereogramme - The Question Is Complete
album: A Story In White
08. The Black Angels - You On The Run
album: Directions To See A Ghost
09. Neurosis - Burn
album: Live At Roadburn 2007
10. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Running Man's Bible
album: Mojo

La Femme - Sur La Planche-video!

One of our favorite recent tracks on the show has to be La Femme's Sur La Planche. Drenched in reverb, this up-tempo, catchy and wavey track has been one of the highligts from last year and a mainstay on our playlist. The band recently made a nice video to accompany the song which w would love to share.

If you're interested in La Femme, check out their bandcamp-page. You can buy their debut EP there. Unfortunately, the 10"-vinyl seems to be sold out, so you can only buy a digital version. Anyway, enjoy:

Playlist 05.02.2011

Man, did we have some great new records to play this week! The new Mogwai and Twilight Singers-albums are pretty good, so we played a couple of tracks off those. And a new Obits-song too. Can't wait to hear their new record, which should be out at the end of march.

If that wasn't enough, there were some classics thrown in from the likes of John Barry (RIP), Chet Baker and Holland's own Shocking Blue.

01. How To Destroy Angels - The Space In Between
album: S/T (you can get this one for free at the official site)
02. Mogwai - San Pedro
album: Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
03. A Place To Bury Strangers - Suffragette City (David Bowie-cover)
album: We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie
04. Damien Done - Let Me Solve The Problems In Your Dress
album: Stay Black (you can find this record here)
05. Paramount Styles - Amsterdam Again
album: Heaven's Alright
06. Twilight Singers - Get Lucky
album: Dynamite Steps
07. Murder City Devils - Idle Hands
album: In Name And Blood
08. La Femme - Sur La Planche
album: Le Podium #1 EP (listen to it/order here)
09. My Morning Jacket - Rocket Man (Elton John-cover)
album: Californication: Music From The Showtime Series
10. Obits - You Gotta Lose
album: Moody, Standard & Poor (get this track for free over @ Pitchfork)
11. The Ponys - The Walk
album: Deathbed +4 12"
12. John Barry - Beat Girl (main title)
album: The Best Of The EMI Years
13. Chet Baker - Almost Blue (Elvis Costello-cover)
album: ...Sings And Plays From The Album Let's Get Lost
14. Shocking Blue - Daemon Lover
album: Scorpio's Dance

Playlist 11.12.2010

New tunes from the likes of Warpaint, La Femme (great new band for the new year!!), Grinderman and Aloe Blacc. Some older songs from The Gun Club, Mike Watt and The Devil's Blood. So many tracks, so little time. Anyway, we crammed 'em in that hour we have at our disposal every saturdaynight.

Next week will be a non-stop show and after that Tegentonen will take a short holidaybreak. We will return in the new year that is 2011. Happy holidays, etc.

01. The Devil's Blood - Voodoo Dust
album: Come Reap
02. Warpaint - Warpaint
album: The Fool
03. Crippled Black Phoenix - Bells On The River
album: We Are Only Riders: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project
04. The Gun Glub - Come Back Jim
album: Death Party
05. La Femme - Sur La Planche
A free & legal download is available here.
06. M.I.A. - Born Free
album: MAYA
07. Grinderman - Bellringer Blues
album: Grinderman 2
08. Roky Erickson w/Okkervil River - Goodbye Sweet Dreams
album: True Love Cast Out All Evil
09. Bruce Springsteen - Because The Night
album: The Promise
10. Aloe Blacc - Miss Fortune
album: Good Things
11. Mike Watt - Against The 70s
album: Ball-Hog Or Tugboat?
12. James Wilsey - City Of Broken Dolls
album: El Dorado