Playlist 28.05.2011: Arctic Monkeys, Feelies, Phantom Four, Baby Huey

I know, it's been a while since this blog was updated. I have been extremely busy with DJ'ing and fighting off the flu. Makes me feel like an irregular regular on my own site and show. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed a few non-stop reruns the last few weeks.

I brought a few new tunes with me this week; the brand new Arctic Monkeys, which is really, really good. Also new music from The Feelies, Tindersticks, Beastie Boys, The Phantom Four (including a link to a free download) and some classics from Baby Huey and Buck Owens. Quite a mixed bag indeed. Just the way I like it!

01. The Feelies - When You Know
album: Here Before
02. Arctic Monkeys - All My Own Stunts
album: Suck It And See
03. Warpaint - Warpaint
album: The Fool
04. Tindersticks - Opening
album: White Material (part of their rather fabulous Claire Denis Soundtracks boxset)
05. Baby Huey - Hard Times
album: The Baby Huey Story - The Living Legend
06. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Second Life Replay
album: Communion
07. My Morning Jacket - Rocket Man
album: Temptation: Music From Showtime's Californication Elton John-cover
08. Obits - No Fly List
album: Moody, Standard & Poor
09. The Secret Sisters - I've Got A Feeling
album: The Secret Sisters
10. Buck Owens - My Heart Skips A Beat
album: Close Up The Honky Tonks/My Heart Skips A Beat 7"
11. The Phantom Four & The Arguido - A Forest
album: The Obscure EP (The Cure-cover; free download on their website)
12. Beastie Boys - Lee Majors Come Again
album: The Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
13. The Night Marchers - Thar She Blows
album: Thar She Blows 7"

Playlist 16.04.2011: Arctic Monkeys, Night Marchers, J Mascis

Don't know what was going on last night, but there were so many mistakes (record players not working, etc.) that the show sounded like it was our first episode: a bit messy. Fortunately, I brought a bag of cool new records with me. Since it was Record Store Day, I managed to snap up quite a few nice releases and we played a selection of those items including Arctic Monkeys (pretty good stuff, put a soundcloud-link in this post, so you can check it out for yourself), Bruce Springsteen, The Black Angels and Dan Sartain.

01. Arctic Monkeys - Don't Sit Down, 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
album: white label 7"
Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair by arcticmonkeys
02. J Mascis - Not Enough
album: Sub Pop Terminal Sales vol. 4 compilation-cd
03. Obits - I Want Results
album: Moody, Standard & Poor
04. The Night Marchers - All Hits
album: Thar She Blows b/w All Hits 7"
05. Charles Kynard - Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui
album: You Can Count On Me! compilation-cd
06. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Trampled Rose
album: Raising Sand
07. Dan Sartain - It Was Always You Helen / In Death
album: Fuck... 7"
08. The Black Angels - Surf City (Revisited)
album: Another Nice Pair 12"
09. Fucked Up - Neat Parts
album: Couple Tracks
10. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Racing In The Streets ('78) (live)
album: Gotta Get That Feeling/Racing In The Streets ('78) 10"
11. Secret Sisters - My Heart Skips A Beat
album: Secret Sisters

Playlist 02.04.2011: The Night Marchers, Flats, Avengers, James Wilsey, Agent Orange

Seems that everyone's sharing that Soundcloud-page with the new Foo Fighters-record. So I wanted to pass on that and just present the list of tunes I played last night @ Tegentonen. I really wish I could share those new Night Marchers-tunes. They're really good, but only available on vinyl. This new 7" is limited to just 900 copies, so better be fast if you want one. We played a song from that fine piece of vinyl; Thar She Blows, a real classy stomper.

Besides that magnificent piece of music, there were also great new and old songs from Dan Sartain, James Brown, Flats, Obits, Secret Sisters (a great version of Buck Owens' My Heart Skips A Beat), Man Or Astroman, Bad Religion, Agent Orange, Warpaint and James Wilsey. I spent too much time babbling in between songs (a rarity), so I had to skip Non Ho Sonno by Goblin. Will see if I can play that next episode.

01. The Night Marchers - Thar She Blows
album: Thar She Blows b/w All Hits 7"
02. Twilight Singers - Too Tough To Die
album: Too Tough To Die cd-s
03. James Brown - Hell
album: Hell
04. Obits - No Fly List
album: Moody, Standard & Poor
05. Dan Sartain - Telegram Sam (T. Rex-cover)
album: Legacy Of Hospitality
06. Man Or Astroman - The Soundwaves Reversing
album: UFO's & The Men Who Fly Them 7"
07. Flats - Isolation Chamber
album: Never Again 7"
08. Warpaint - Elephants
album: ExquiSite Corpse EP
09. Secret Sisters - My Heart Skips A Beat Buck Owens-cover
album: s/t
10. 13th Floor Elevators - May The Circle Remain Unbroken
album: 7th Heaven: Music Of The Spheres - The Complete Singles Collection
11. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
album: 100 Days, 100 Nights
12. The Computers - Group Identity
album: This Is The Computers
13. Bad Religion - Into The Night
album: How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
14. Agent Orange - Everything Turns Grey
album: Greatest & Latest- This, That & The Other Thing
15. Avengers - Teenage Rebel
album: Died For Your Sins
16. James Wilsey - San Bernardino
album: El Dorado

Playlist 26.03.2011: Dan Sartain, Obits, The Computers

I brought a lot of new records with me to the studio last night. Some of which should be out now (Obits), in april (Dan Sartain) or may (The Computers). I just had to play a track off that new Rival Schools-record. Pedals, as it is called is out now. I remember seeing this band in my hometown somewhere in I guess the early 2000s when they did't even have a record. Time sure does fly.

Furthermore I played some soundtrack-material for you from the late & great John Barry and Giorgio Moroder, whose Midnight Express theme The Chase recently got a nu-disco update courtesy of Martin Brodin. Pretty ok, if you ask me.

01. The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
album: Let There Be Funk-compilation cd
02. Obits - No Fly List
album: Moody, Standard & Poor
03. Secret Sisters - I've Got A Feeling
album: s/t
04. Lemonheads - Ride With Me
album: Lovey
05. Dan Sartain - Perverted Justice
album: Legacy Of Hospitality
06. Jay Reatard - See Saw
album: Matador Singles '08
07. Youth Brigade - Did You Wanna Die?
album: Sink With Kalifornija
08. Twilight Singers - Get Lucky
album: Dynamite Steps
09. John Barry - The Persuaders - Main Titles -
album: The Music Of ITC-compilation
10. Mogwai - San Pedro
album: Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
11. Flats - Never Again
album: Never Again 7"
12. Kyuss - Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop
album: Welcome To Sky Valley
13. Rival Schools - Wring It Out
album: Pedals
14. The Computers - Group Identity
album: We Are The Computers
15. Giorgio Moroder & Martin Brodin - The Chase 2011

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