This band is a rare one that I discovered not in Canadian campus radio, but at KEXP in Seattle. I tend to listen to KEXP when work is slow, or I have nothing to do at home but clean up the house or play video games. Every time this band came on, I had to stop what I was doing and see what the heck the song was that was playing. Idles, from the UK, are a hybrid of post-punk precision, punk-rock bravado and working class British values. Their second album has a cocky swagger to it that rivals the best of UK 77 punk, and the teary vulnerability of mid 80s UK pop, backed with a wall of sound musicality that would make David Gedge or Mark E. Smith twist up their face a little. Political, raw, loud, unapologetic, unrelenting. They released a thunderous live album in 2019 and are set with a follow up in 2020, which is bound to be in consideration for my albums of the year for 2020.
Best of 2019 is coming next week!
Monday, December 30, 2019
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
DNTTA Playlist for December 13, 2019
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
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Righteous Rainbows of Togetherness - Cloud Sea Moonrise* - Astrobiology (Independent)
Cassius - Feeling for You - 1999 (Matador)
Trentemoller - In the Garden - Obverse (In My Room)
Fejka - Olson - Reunion (Ki)
yuutsu - Haze* - Lost (Independent)
JPOD - On the Cusp* - Circadian Rhythms (Addictech)
DJN - Super Nova* - Gartija (Independent)
Cares - Our Problems Are Your Problems* - Control Isn't Real (Communion)
Jakob Rehlinger - Homeward Voyage* - Powehi (Arachnidiscs)
E1sbar - The Replicas* - The Legend Of (Independent)
S.P.O.C.K. - Never Trust a Klingon - Never Trust a Klingon (Energy)
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Righteous Rainbows of Togetherness - Cloud Sea Moonrise* - Astrobiology (Independent)
Cassius - Feeling for You - 1999 (Matador)
Trentemoller - In the Garden - Obverse (In My Room)
Fejka - Olson - Reunion (Ki)
yuutsu - Haze* - Lost (Independent)
JPOD - On the Cusp* - Circadian Rhythms (Addictech)
DJN - Super Nova* - Gartija (Independent)
Cares - Our Problems Are Your Problems* - Control Isn't Real (Communion)
Jakob Rehlinger - Homeward Voyage* - Powehi (Arachnidiscs)
E1sbar - The Replicas* - The Legend Of (Independent)
S.P.O.C.K. - Never Trust a Klingon - Never Trust a Klingon (Energy)
DNTTA Playlist for December 6, 2019 - Outsider Music
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
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Bloo Boi - Mudbogging* - All Mod Leprechauns (Independent)
Jack Mudurian - Song Medley - Downloading the Repetoire (Arf! Arf!)
Bretton Lee John - Hospital Coffee* - Find Yourself Missing (Independent)
Langley Schools Music Project - Calling Occupants* - Innocence and Despair (Bar/None)
Daniel Johnston - The Spook - Rejected Unknown (Gammon)
Hasil Adkins - The Banana Boat Song - Peanut Butter Rock and Roll (Norton)
Partch Ensemble - Twelve Intrustions (1-2) - Sonata Dementia (Bridge)
Jad Fair and R. Stevie Moore - Evil Eyes - FairMoore (Old Gold)
Half Japanese - Possum Head - Fire in the Sky (Safe House)
Jad Fair and Phono Comb - The Beast Within* - Monsters, Lullabies and the Occassional Flying Saucer (Shake the Record Label)
The Shaggs - My Pal Foot Foot - Philosophy of the World (Light in the Attic)
David Ivan Neil - I Feel it All* - What is Love (Independent)
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Bloo Boi - Mudbogging* - All Mod Leprechauns (Independent)
Jack Mudurian - Song Medley - Downloading the Repetoire (Arf! Arf!)
Bretton Lee John - Hospital Coffee* - Find Yourself Missing (Independent)
Langley Schools Music Project - Calling Occupants* - Innocence and Despair (Bar/None)
Daniel Johnston - The Spook - Rejected Unknown (Gammon)
Hasil Adkins - The Banana Boat Song - Peanut Butter Rock and Roll (Norton)
Partch Ensemble - Twelve Intrustions (1-2) - Sonata Dementia (Bridge)
Jad Fair and R. Stevie Moore - Evil Eyes - FairMoore (Old Gold)
Half Japanese - Possum Head - Fire in the Sky (Safe House)
Jad Fair and Phono Comb - The Beast Within* - Monsters, Lullabies and the Occassional Flying Saucer (Shake the Record Label)
The Shaggs - My Pal Foot Foot - Philosophy of the World (Light in the Attic)
David Ivan Neil - I Feel it All* - What is Love (Independent)
DNTTA Playlist for November 29, 2019
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Debate Club - Understanding Protocols* - Phosphorescent (Michel)
Actors - Face Meets Glass* - It Will Come to You (Artoffact)
Bombnivores - Watching the Heat Curve* - Metamorphonic (Independent)
Joey Chaos and the Ghosts - Distortion* - Elegy (Bad/Good)
Chunder Buffet - Crash* - Lemon Sleazy (Independent)
Counterfeit Jeans - Osiris* - Good Morning (Kingfisher Bluez)
nehiyawak - Secret* - nipiy (Arts and Crafts)
Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand - Psychocandy (Warner)
Sandveiss - Dead Inside* - Saboteur (Sexy Sloth)
Bridal Party - Nectarine* - Too Much (Kingfisher Bluez)
The High Dials - Primitve Feelings* - Primitive Feelings (Hook and Prayer)
Corbo - One 4 Dirac - Quatro Treses (Chewing Foil)
Pigface - Little Sisters - Gub (Invisible)
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Debate Club - Understanding Protocols* - Phosphorescent (Michel)
Actors - Face Meets Glass* - It Will Come to You (Artoffact)
Bombnivores - Watching the Heat Curve* - Metamorphonic (Independent)
Joey Chaos and the Ghosts - Distortion* - Elegy (Bad/Good)
Chunder Buffet - Crash* - Lemon Sleazy (Independent)
Counterfeit Jeans - Osiris* - Good Morning (Kingfisher Bluez)
nehiyawak - Secret* - nipiy (Arts and Crafts)
Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand - Psychocandy (Warner)
Sandveiss - Dead Inside* - Saboteur (Sexy Sloth)
Bridal Party - Nectarine* - Too Much (Kingfisher Bluez)
The High Dials - Primitve Feelings* - Primitive Feelings (Hook and Prayer)
Corbo - One 4 Dirac - Quatro Treses (Chewing Foil)
Pigface - Little Sisters - Gub (Invisible)
DNTTA Playlist for November 22, 2019
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
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Frihavn - Diesel Fumes* - Demo (Independent)
Guadalcanal Diary - Trail of Tears - Standing in the Shadow of the Big Man (Elektra)
Guadalcanal Diary - Watusi Rodeo - Standing in the Shadow of the Big Man (Elektra)
The Safes - Make or Break - Winning Combination (Independent)
Lisel - Hollowmaker - Angels of the Slope (Luminelle)
Sandro Perri - Floriana* - Soft Landing (Constellation)
Babe Rainbow - The Wedge - Today (30th Century)
Sarah Page - Stasis* - Dose Curves (Backwards)
Bob Mould - See a Little Light - Workbook (Warner)
Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock - Sunshine Rock (Merge)
Walrus - Marcel* - Cool to Who (Outside)
Paragon Cause - Drop Me In* - Lies Between Us (Independent)
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Frihavn - Diesel Fumes* - Demo (Independent)
Guadalcanal Diary - Trail of Tears - Standing in the Shadow of the Big Man (Elektra)
Guadalcanal Diary - Watusi Rodeo - Standing in the Shadow of the Big Man (Elektra)
The Safes - Make or Break - Winning Combination (Independent)
Lisel - Hollowmaker - Angels of the Slope (Luminelle)
Sandro Perri - Floriana* - Soft Landing (Constellation)
Babe Rainbow - The Wedge - Today (30th Century)
Sarah Page - Stasis* - Dose Curves (Backwards)
Bob Mould - See a Little Light - Workbook (Warner)
Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock - Sunshine Rock (Merge)
Walrus - Marcel* - Cool to Who (Outside)
Paragon Cause - Drop Me In* - Lies Between Us (Independent)
DNTTA Playlist for November 15, 2019
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
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METZ - Lump Sums* - Automat (Sub Pop)
Heavy Moon - Wasteland Sunset* - Heavy Moon 14 (Arachnidiscs)
Meltt - Wash Over Me* - Swim Slowly (Wave Phase)
Cup - Soon Will Be Flood - Spinning Creature (Northern Spy)
Sleater-Kinney - Ruins - The Center Won't Hold (Mom and Pop)
Wild Flag - Romance - Wild Flag (Merge)
Ex Hex - Diamond Drive - It's Real (Merge)
Filthy Friends - Windmill - Invitation (Kill Rock Stars)
Jeremy Stewart - New Moon* - II: Immemoriam (Independent)
D.O.A. - Nazi Training Camp* - 1978 (Sudden Death)
D.O.A. - America the Beautiful* - 1978 (Sudden Death)
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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METZ - Lump Sums* - Automat (Sub Pop)
Heavy Moon - Wasteland Sunset* - Heavy Moon 14 (Arachnidiscs)
Meltt - Wash Over Me* - Swim Slowly (Wave Phase)
Cup - Soon Will Be Flood - Spinning Creature (Northern Spy)
Sleater-Kinney - Ruins - The Center Won't Hold (Mom and Pop)
Wild Flag - Romance - Wild Flag (Merge)
Ex Hex - Diamond Drive - It's Real (Merge)
Filthy Friends - Windmill - Invitation (Kill Rock Stars)
Jeremy Stewart - New Moon* - II: Immemoriam (Independent)
D.O.A. - Nazi Training Camp* - 1978 (Sudden Death)
D.O.A. - America the Beautiful* - 1978 (Sudden Death)
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Best of 2018 #2: Actors - It Will Come to You (Artoffact Records)
When this album came out in March, I knew it was going to be one of my favourite albums of the year. Actors have the retro precision of classic post punk, but also have a modern post punk sound. It's a modern sound, but not a brutal sound. That isn't to say it's not driving and difficult in places (it is), but it's more melodic, more instrumental and more electronic laced than a lot of modern post punk and noise rock. "Hit to the Head" and "Bury Me" are more the driving style, pummelling, insistent and draining. "Face Meets Glass" is brooding, electronic and dark. This is their debut album, so they brought their best to the table. Their second album will be the test. This is an amazing album that deserves multiple, active listenings.
Monday, December 2, 2019
DNTTA Playlist for November 8, 2019
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Seoul - Real June* - I Became a Shade (Last Gang)
Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (Virgin)
Plains Apparition - Decade’s Trace* - Encrypt (Independent)
A Pact Between Strangers - White Rabbits* - Psalms for Swine (Independent)
Poly Dactic - Money* - Half Nermal (Independent)
Carol C - Looking For - Seven (Si/Se)
Factory Floor - Relay - 25 25 (DFA)
Flying Lotus - More (feat Anderson, Paak) - Flamagra (Warp)
Plaid - Drowned Sea - Plaid (Warp)
4LF - Damn Horses - Cave Paintings (Independent)
Bodywash - Sunspots* - Comforter (Luminelle)
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Seoul - Real June* - I Became a Shade (Last Gang)
Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (Virgin)
Plains Apparition - Decade’s Trace* - Encrypt (Independent)
A Pact Between Strangers - White Rabbits* - Psalms for Swine (Independent)
Poly Dactic - Money* - Half Nermal (Independent)
Carol C - Looking For - Seven (Si/Se)
Factory Floor - Relay - 25 25 (DFA)
Flying Lotus - More (feat Anderson, Paak) - Flamagra (Warp)
Plaid - Drowned Sea - Plaid (Warp)
4LF - Damn Horses - Cave Paintings (Independent)
Bodywash - Sunspots* - Comforter (Luminelle)
DNTTA Playlist for November 1, 2019 - Hallowe'en Edition
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Cygnets - Sick Device* - Isolator (Negative Gain)
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween - Twelve Inch Singles (Wax Trax)
Heiki - Hoaxxx* - Tower of Acid (Paper and Sound)
VNV Nation - Electronaut - Futureperfect (Metropolis)
Imperative Reaction - Faded Into One - Ruined (Metropolis)
Penal Colony - Halidified - Scavengers in the Matrix (If It Moves)
The Cramps - I’m Contaminated - Flamejob (Enigma)
Sisters of Mercy - No Time to Cry - A Slight Case of Overbombing (Beggar's Banquet)
Thobbe Englund - Hell Bent for Leather - Hail to the Priest (Spinefarm)
Malhavoc - Cruciform* - The Release (Epidemic)
Skinny Puppy - Tormentor* - Too Dark Park (Nettwerk)
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Cygnets - Sick Device* - Isolator (Negative Gain)
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween - Twelve Inch Singles (Wax Trax)
Heiki - Hoaxxx* - Tower of Acid (Paper and Sound)
VNV Nation - Electronaut - Futureperfect (Metropolis)
Imperative Reaction - Faded Into One - Ruined (Metropolis)
Penal Colony - Halidified - Scavengers in the Matrix (If It Moves)
The Cramps - I’m Contaminated - Flamejob (Enigma)
Sisters of Mercy - No Time to Cry - A Slight Case of Overbombing (Beggar's Banquet)
Fiuran - The Breakers* - Faoinsgeulan (Independent)
Sophist - A Captive of Saturn’s Scythe* - Betrothal to the Stone (Independent)Thobbe Englund - Hell Bent for Leather - Hail to the Priest (Spinefarm)
Malhavoc - Cruciform* - The Release (Epidemic)
Skinny Puppy - Tormentor* - Too Dark Park (Nettwerk)
DNTTA Playlist for October 25, 2019
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Pizzarrhea! - Throat Kick to Go* - Laser Bacon Eye Surgery (Independent)
Nihilist Spasm Band - Mature Consideration* - No Borders (Independent)
Yoko Ono - Yangyang - Walking on Thin Ice (Ryko)
Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal and Jesse Paris Smith - Dividing Line - Songs from the Bardo (Smithsonian Folkways)
Fly Pan Am - Distance Dealer* - C'est Ca (Constellation)
Ornette Coleman - Hearing the Feeling - Virgin Beauty (CBS)
Fond of Tigers - Soheb* - Continent and Western (Drip Audio)
Excellent Jacket - Lost Wife* - You'll Do Better Next Time (Independent)
Venetian Snares - Cobra Commander* - Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits (Mu)
Touching God - Vacant* - Profane (And an Earth)
Partch Ensemble - The Street (12 Intrusions) - Sonata Dementia (Bridge)
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Pizzarrhea! - Throat Kick to Go* - Laser Bacon Eye Surgery (Independent)
Nihilist Spasm Band - Mature Consideration* - No Borders (Independent)
Yoko Ono - Yangyang - Walking on Thin Ice (Ryko)
Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal and Jesse Paris Smith - Dividing Line - Songs from the Bardo (Smithsonian Folkways)
Fly Pan Am - Distance Dealer* - C'est Ca (Constellation)
Ornette Coleman - Hearing the Feeling - Virgin Beauty (CBS)
Fond of Tigers - Soheb* - Continent and Western (Drip Audio)
Excellent Jacket - Lost Wife* - You'll Do Better Next Time (Independent)
Venetian Snares - Cobra Commander* - Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits (Mu)
Touching God - Vacant* - Profane (And an Earth)
Partch Ensemble - The Street (12 Intrusions) - Sonata Dementia (Bridge)
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