Category Archives: PLAYLISTS

The order of every song played on every episode of radio slipstream is archived here. 99% of the episodes have links to mp3s of recordings. The episodes also all have generally random but potentially interesting titles created by myself with maximum wordplay and varying levels of applicability.

Up until summer 2007, the recordings are in 32 kbps (which means quite low quality, but still quite listenable unless you are a major audiophile, and depending on your speakers) and for the early part of 2005 there was somehow a lot of static on the webstream. Post summer 2007 (and summer 2006) the recordings are all straight from my hard-drive and should be totally free of glitches.

THE BURNING MEANS IT’S WORKING

June 20, 2009 – 18:39
 
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Episode 114. mp3. cue. Released June 20, 2009.

It’s time to rock. A lot of the time on deh sleepstreeeaaammm you’re hearing all this whispy melodic minimal ambient stuff, or funky grooves, or whatever. This time it’s all about the dirty guitars, pounding drums and err… machismo? (though not much screaming, not really my bag). After some of the last 5 years rockingest offerings, I have a sex change (ah modern technology) and travel back to the 90s and get to know some of the mainstays of the riot grrrl movement. I’ll explore my feminine side even deeper by travelling back to the end of the 70s for some original woman-at-the-helm proto-punk, punk and post-punk etc. Remember like 3 or 4 episodes when I said I should play more non-current music? This is where I finally take my own advice. Hope you like it! (Note: This episode has some cussin’ so you might not want to blast it at work. or by that same token, you might!)

Manic Street Preachers / Marlon J.D. / Journal For Plague Lovers (2009)
Boris / Pink / Pink (2005)
Future Of The Left / Arming Eritrea / Travels With Myself And Another (2009)

Art Brut / The Passenger / Art Brut Vs. Satan (2009)
Dinosaur Jr / Pieces / Farm (2009)
The Drones / Baby² / Wait Long By the River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005)

PJ Harvey / Rid Of Me / Rid Of Me (1993)
Sleater-Kinney / Words And Guitar / Dig Me Out (1997)
The Gits / Another Shot Of Whiskey / Frenching The Bully (1992)
Bikini Kill / Rebel Girl / Pussy Whipped (1993)

Patti Smith Group / Rock n Roll Nigger / Easter (1978)
The Slits / Typical Girls / Cut (1979)
Au Pairs / Headache for Michelle / Playing With a Different Sex (1981)
Pylon / Cool / Pylon!! (1980)
Black Tambourine / For Ex-Lovers Only / Throw Aggi Off the Bridge (1992)
Siouxsie and the Banshees / Happy House / Kaleidoscope (1980)

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OUT OF AARDVARK HEARTS

June 3, 2009 – 2:00
 
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Episode 113. mp3. cue. Released June 3, 2009.

Witness! The fastest turnaround since going off the air of CFMU on 10/27/07. Some stranger sounds kicking things off. Dense, odd and awesome, then some slightly experimental folky sort of things, moving toward some general pop rocking. A bit of an eclectic beast for you this time, but if you keep it fed it will give you years of joy.

Sunset Rubdown / Nightingale / December Song / Dragonslayer (2009)
Dirty Projectors / Stillness is the Move / Bitte Orca (2009)

Passion Pit / Sleepyhead / Manners (2009)
Gang Gang Dance / Blue Nile / Saint Dymphna (2008)
Yppah / Gumball Machine Weekend / They Know What Ghost Know (2009)
J Dilla / Mythsysizer / Jay Stay Paid (2009)
Flying Lotus / Camel / Los Angeles (2008)

Juana Molina / Un Día / Un Dia (2008)
Lhasa / Rising / Lhasa (2009)
Bill Callahan / The Wind and the Dove / Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle (2009)
Grizzly Bear / Foreground / Veckatimest (2009)
St. Vincent / The Strangers / Actor (2009)

Camille / Home Is Where It Hurts / Music Hole (2008)
Plaid / Eyen / Double Figure (2001)
Phoenix / 1901 / Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)
Handsome Furs / I’m Confused / Face Control (2009)

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SIPPING SMOOTHWELLS

May 22, 2009 – 16:24
 
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Episode 112. mp3. cue. Released May 22, 2009.

We’ve been mostly steering away from the synthesizers for a while, so this time I’m going to unbridle a whole mess of smooth/tasty/euro/banging/sexy beats on you fools. The music starts off like a celebration of the edge between cool and hot on a sultry summer night perfect for top down cruising. Then it explores the territory and comes back with some pounding classics, noodly newness and generally steady beatings. I apologize I am definitely getting behind on the show. So so many awesome tracks lounging around in the queue waiting to be heard. I will try to get these gems out to you at a better rate. The slipstream is supposed to be new and great and it’s struggling with the former (but at least the great bit is what’ll count in the long run and it’s looking tip top in that respect).

Moloko / Pure Pleasure Seeker / Things To Make And Do (2000)
DJ Paleface / Do You Mind (Crazy Cousins Mix) (feat. Kayla) / Do You Mind (2008)
Crystal Castles / Untrust Us / Crystal Castles (2008)

Annie / Anthonio (Fred Falke Remix) / Anthonio (2009)
Junior Boys / Work / Begone Dull Care (2009)
Fever Ray / Triangle Walks / Fever Ray (2009)

The Field / The More That I Do / Yesterday and Today (2009)
Dan Deacon / Snookered / Bromst (2009)

Underworld / Rez/Cowgirl / Everything, Everything (2000)
Zazen Boys / Asobi / Zazen Boys 4 (2008)

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LEAPFROG DAZE.

May 4, 2009 – 13:06
 
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Episode 111. mp3. cue. Released May 4, 2009.

Thought we missed it, but Spring is in the air. Chartreuse is gradually taking over the palette outside my window. So today the sounds are light (as in lumens) and wispy and/or buoyant. Some great glittering oldies, a few delicate shimmery numbers in the vein of folk, and then some positive, gleeful hip hop (not two words normally associated with the genre, huh). So do please grab a hammock, a pencil and a book of blank pages, and an earful of blooming… Radio Slipstream style.

The Free Design / Kites Are Fun / Kites Are Fun (1967)
The Kinks / The Village Green Preservation Society / The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
Disco Inferno / The Last Dance / The Last Dance (1993)

Erik Enocksson / The Joy of D.H. Lawrence / Farväl Falkenberg (2006)
1900 / Den Minsta Av Segrar (1900 (2008)
Pram / Mother Of Pearl / The Museum of Imaginary Animals (2000)

Andrew Bird / Not A Robot, But A Ghost / Noble Beast (2009)
Patrick Watson / Big Bird In A Small Cage / Wooden Arms (2009)
Emiliana Torrini / Birds / Me And Armini (2008)

CunninLynguists / Thugged Out Since Cubscouts (feat. Jugga the Bully & Mr Raw) / Will Rap for Food (2001)
Brother Ali / The Believers (feat. Slug) / The Truth Is Here (2009)
P.O.S. / Goodbye / Never Better (2009)
Mr. Lif / The Sun / I Heard It Today (2009)

Röyksopp / True To Life (feat. Anneli Drecker) / Junior (2009)

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THE OAK LEAF HUSTLE.

March 29, 2009 – 23:00
 
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Episode 110. mp3. cue. Released March 29, 2009.

On today’s show, we mainly look at another side of folk music; a side that is defined as such only for having minimal distortion on its guitars. That, of course, is indie-folk. Since genres mean little, there are a variety of tinges here; from country, to psych, to avant and… beyond?

Bat For Lashes / Glass / Two Suns (2009)
Yeasayer / Tightrope / Dark Was The Night (2009)

Silver Jews / Smith & Jones Forever / American Water (1998)
Walkabouts / Forever Gone / Nighttown (1997)
Willard Grant Conspiracy / The Trials Of Harrison Hayes / Regard The End (2003)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy / Beware Your Only Friend / Beware (2009)

Midlake / Young Bride / The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006)
Akron/Family / River / Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free (2009)
Mirah / Country Of The Future / (A)Spera (2008)
Plants and Animals / Good Friend / Parc Avenue (2008)

Bon Iver / Blood Bank / Blood Bank (2009)
Sam Phillips / Don’t Do Anything / Don’t Do Anything (2008)
Mount Eerie / I Hold Nothing / No Flashlight (2005)
Califone / Pink & Sour / Roots & Crowns (2006)

Here We Go Magic / Fangela / Here We Go Magic (2009)

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FOLK IS NOT A DIRTY WORD.

March 6, 2009 – 1:41
 
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Episode 109. mp3. cue. Released March 6, 2009.

So maybe ‘world’ music would be more descriptive, but what comparably lame puns could be made with that? … I rest my case. And anyway, why would the traditional music of British and Americans be called folk and that of Nicaraguans be called worldbeat? That’s not exactly fair. That may all be beside the point, though, because while all the music this episode is infused with the musical traditions of cultures all around the world, it’s not necessarily the traditional sort of stuff. Some of it with the modern production and arrangement. Call it worldly folk. And give it a listen, because there are some real gems here.

A. R. Rahman / Mausam & Escape / Slumdog Millionaire OST (2008) / India
Les Negresses Vertes / Face à la mer (Massive Attack Remix) / 10 Remixes (1993) / France

Lô Borges / Não Se Apague Esta Noite / Lô Borges (1972) / Brazil
Jorge Ben / O Plebeu / África Brasil (1976) / Brazil
Femi Kuti / Tension Grip Africa / Day by Day (2008) / Nigeria
Umalali / Anaha Ya (Here I Am) / The Garifuna Womens Project (2008) / Belize

Tinariwen / Matadjem yinmixan / Aman Iman: Water Is Life (2006) / Mali
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara / Yo Lay Lay / Soul Science (2007) / The Gambia
The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit) / Get It Up (feat. M.I.A.) / ‘The Very Best’ Mixtape (2008) / Malawi

Taraf de Haidouks / Carolina / Band of Gypsies (2001) / Romania
Astor Piazzolla / Michelangelo / Tango: Zero Hour (1986) / Argentina
Crucible / Three Maidens / Love & Money (2008) / UK

Lúnasa / The Miller of Drohan / Otherworld (1999) / Ireland
Yat-Kha / Oy Adym (My Gray Horse) / Aldyn Dashka (2000) / Tuva (Russia)

Oumou Sangare / Saa Magni (Death Is Terrible) / Oumou (2004) / Mali
Mari Boine / Gula Gula / Gula Gula (1989) / Sámi (Norway)

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THE CITRUS ADVANTAGE.

January 17, 2009 – 17:04
 
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Episode 108. mp3. cue. Released January 17, 2009.

Continuing right where we left off, 80s tinged synthpop gives way to strangely catchy psychedelic folkpop, and it all caps off with an opulent synthesizer soundtrack finish.

Cut Copy / Lights And Music / In Ghost Colours (2008)
The Source / You Got The Love (feat. Candi Staton) / You Got The Love (1996)

Luomo / Have You Ever (feat. Cassy) / Convivial (2008)
Thomas Brinkmann / It’s Just / When Horses Die (2008)
Knife / Heartbeats / Deep Cuts (2004)

Of Montreal / Rapture Rapes The Muses / Satanic Panic In The Attic (2004)
Shugo Tokumaru / Parachute / Exit (2008)
Fredrik / Alinas Place / Na Na Ni (2008)
Lykke Li / Breaking It Up / Youth Novels (2008)
Animal Collective / Bluish / Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009)

Vangelis / Blush Response / Blade Runner (1982)
Lindstrøm / Where You Go I Go Too (Part 2) (Edit by Prins Thomas) / Where You Go I Go Too (2008)

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STICK IT OUT THE CLOSET FOR THE DRUMS.

January 1, 2009 – 16:10
 
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Episode 107. mp3. cue. Released January 01, 2009.

The first episode of 2009 and the first episode featuring brand new fractionized length! Content-wise wes is tying up some loose ends of 2008. And you know when the last episode is all dancing and electronics that you’re soon due for some REAL pounding drums and some scratchy guitars and bellowed vocals. So today it gets down pretty gritty at first but it does mellow out to the middle and eventually even betrays faint whiffs of synth-pop, chamber-pop and doo-wop.

Fuck Buttons / Sweet Love for Planet Earth / Street Horrrsing (2008)
Grails / Predestination Blues / Doomsdayer’s Holiday (2008)
Snowman / We Are The Plague / The Horse, The Rat And The Swan (2008)
Holy Fuck / Royal Gregory / LP (2007)

Fucked Up / Son the Father / The Chemistry of Common Life (2008)
Love Is All / New Beginnings / A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night (2008)
Thomas Function / Snake In The Grass / Thomas Function (2008)

The Gaslight Anthem / Great Expectations / The ‘59 Sound (2008)
The Rural Alberta Advantage / Don’t Haunt This Place / Hometowns (2008)

Okkervil River / Lost Coastlines / The Stand-Ins (2008)
The Week That Was / The Airport Line / The Week That Was (2008)
Department Of Eagles / No One Does It Like You / In Ear Park (2008)
Brian Eno & David Byrne / Strange Overtones / Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (2008)

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2-BIT SUNSHINE AND 256 BITS OF SNOW.

December 19, 2008 – 20:35
 
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Episode 106. mp3. cue. Released December 19, 2008

So a new computer and the semi-annual end of term procrastinator-punishment-derby may have contributed to this most unprecedented of podcast interims. But fuck that. Cause now it’s up! This guy is my sham summer within this dullest of seasons… you will find blissed out psychedelia, hard-hitting dub grooves, hip hop chills and flows, club beats (not as dangerous as it sounds), and quirky catchy experimental chamber pop. All for the price of 2 hours in the background of whatever vastly important business you’re involved with on the internet/your ipod today.

Brian Eno + David Byrne / Mountain Of Needles / My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (1981)
Disco Inferno / Starbound: All Burnt Out & Nowhere To Go / D.I. Go Pop (1994)
Koushik / Be With / Out My Window (2008)
Caribou / Pelican Narrows / The Milk Of Human Kindness (2005)

Diplo / Summer’s Gonna Hurt You / Florida (2004)
Air France / Collapsing At Your Doorstep / No Way Down (2008)

Quest, Team Shadetek / Mirage, Brooklyn Anthem / Uproot (2008)
The Bug / Poison Dart (feat. Warrior Queen) / London Zoo (2008)
Ghislain Poirier / No More Blood feat. Zulu / No Ground Under (2007)
Tanya Stephens / Put It On You / Rebelution (2006)
Lady Saw / Chat To Mi Back / Walk Out (2007)

Santogold / Anne / Santogold (2008)
Rihanna / Don’t Stop the Music / Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit) / Wena / ‘The Very Best’ Mixtape (2008)
Outkast / Return of the “G” / Aquemini (1998)

Binary Star / Honest Expression / Masters Of The Universe (2000)
One Be Lo / Axis / s.o.n.o.g.r.a.m. (2005)
Zion I / One / Mind over Matter (2000)
Atmosphere / You / When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (2008)
k-the-i??? / Before The Session / Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (2008)

The Chap / Fun and Interesting / Mega Breakfast (2008)
Sparks / (Baby Baby) Can I Invade Your Country / Hello Young Lovers (2006)
Pop Levi / Blue Honey / The Return To Form Black Magick Party (2007)
Max Tundra / Will Get Fooled Again / Parallax Error Beheads You (2008)

Amadou & Mariam / Sabali / Welcome To Mali (2008)
Parov Stelar / Fleur De Lille / The Flame Of Fame (2008)
Noze / Albert / How To Dance (2006)

ESG / Dance / Come Away With ESG (1983)

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THE WORD SENT INSTEAD.

October 29, 2008 – 13:53
 
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Episode 105. mp3. cue. Released October 29, 2008

Starts sparse and wisftul with acoustic and electronic turns, then it hip hops, then it gets down and dirty out in the countryside and town. I would say this episode can generally be described as gritty but still captures a wide array of different sounds. I would also say that it’s a pretty killer selection of tunes and you’d do well to be listening in! … Please?

The Neighbourhood Council / Liver and Tan / Set Pieces EP (2008)
Sparklehorse / Maxine / Gold Day EP (2001)
Azeda Booth / Big Fists / In Flesh Tones (2008)
Bark Psychosis / Rose / Codename: Dustsucker (2004)

Boards of Canada / In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country / In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (2000)
Air / La Femme d’Argent / Moon Safari (1998)
Gang Gang Dance / House Jam / Saint Dymphna (2008)

Erykah Badu / The Healer / New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008)
Outkast / Ms. Jackson / Stankonia (2000)
Elzhi / Motown 25 (feat. Royce Da 5′9″) / The Preface (2008)
Count Bass D / Seven Years (feat. Dionne Farris) / Dwight Spitz (2002)

Saul Williams / Tao of Now / Amethyst Rock Star (2001)
Barry Adamson / The Beaten Side Of Town / Back To The Cat (2008)
Alejandro Escovedo / Nuns Song / Real Animal (2008)
John Vanderslice / White Dove / Emerald City (2007)

Augie March / Tulip / Sunset Studies (2000)
Tindersticks / Here (Donkey’s Version) / Working For The Man (2004)
Love / Alone Again Or / Forever Changes (1968)
Mount Eerie With Julie Doiron And Fred Squire / You Swan Go On / Lost Wisdom (2008)
The Black Keys / Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be / Attack & Release (2008)

The Drones / Nail It Down / Havilah (2008)
The Kills / No Wow / No Wow (2005)
This Heat / The Fall of Saigon / Made Available (1997)
Deerhunter / Nothing Ever Happened / Microcastle (2008)

The Walkmen / I Lost You / You & Me (2008)

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