Wire - Bad Worn Thing

The new Wire record Red Barked Tree is beautiful. It's out next month. 'Bad Worn Thing' is below, more from the record is here.

06 Bad Worn Thing by Popfrenzy

Life With Patrick - Nothing In Your Heart / Favour

I found this on the Captured Tracks blog, a 12" from 1990 from this British band who seem invisible on the internet. Both the A-side and B-side are great.

Have a look at CT's blog, this month they posted a lot of old, obscure singles from the 80's that they're thinking of reissuing. I found some very cool stuff there.

Life With Patrick - Nothing In Your Heart 12" (1990) by youandmeintheecho

McLusky - Falco Vs. The Young Canoeist

A track from McLusky's final record The Difference Between You And Me Is That I'm Not On Fire. I wish they were still together making records.

Mclusky- Falco vs. the young canoeist by peesmith

Aafje Heynis - Go To Sleep

Aafje Heynis is a Dutch singer that got compared with Kathleen Ferrier. She recorded five British folksongs in 1960 and released it on 7". She won the Harriet Cohen International Music Award with these recordings in 1961. I think this song is really sweet, sometimes I cannot listen to it.

Image by Nikos Doulos.

Aafjeheynis Go To Sleep by youandmeintheecho

Fujiya & Miyagi - Spilt Milk

Another track from Fujiya & Miyagi's new LP Ventriloquizzing. It's out at the end of next month. I will go to a record shop to buy it. It's that good.

Photo by Das Banale Ding.

Track removed by request.

End of the Year List

I'm not a fan of making end of the year lists of my favourite records. There are always records I'd like to add after two months. So in this post just some tracks from records I loved this year.

The one that went straight to my heart is Forest Swords' Dagger Paths. With time this record proved to be the most heartbreaking and addictive. Also Women's second LP Public Strain got a lot of spins here, as well as These New Puritans' second LP. I like Halcyon Digest from Deerhunter a lot but I'm more a fan of Microcastle.

Some of the best tracks this year were singles and free downloads. Especially The Neat, Electricity In Our Homes, The Victorian English Gentlemens Club and Prinzhorn Dance School came up with the smartest and most original songs. And then there is this beautiful Crystal Stilts 7" that promises a great record in 2011.

Forest Swords 'If Your Girl' from Dagger Paths:

Women 'Heat Distraction' from Public Strain:

These New Puritans 'Attack Music' from Hidden:

Wild Nothing 'Chinatown' from Gemini:

The Neat 'In Youth Is Pleasure':

Electricity In Our Homes 'You're Doing So Well':

The Victorian English Gentlemens Club - A Biting Wind Followed By An Occasional Drift Of Snow (Was No Way To Cure A Hangover):

Crystal Stilts 'Shake The Shackles':

Prinzhorn Dance School 'Seed, Crop, Harvest':

Weekend 'End Times' from Sports:

Deerhunter 'Coronado' from Halcyon Digest:

Hatcham Social 'New York Girl':

Frankie Rose & The Outs 'Candy':

Stereolab - Silver Sands (Emperor Machine Mix) from Not Music:

Lonelady - 'Early The Haste Comes' from Nerve Up:

Young Henry - Paint Fumes

'Paint Fumes' is the best track from Young Henry's EP U/N. It's available from bandcamp.

Photo by Adrian Brun from Das Banale Ding.

Young Henry - Paint Fumes by youandmeintheecho

Tools You Can Trust - Messy Body Thrust

Throwing Muses - Film

Throwing Muses are currently in the studio recording a new record. It's completely funded by fans, there's no record company involved. Kristin Hersh released a new demo every month of 2010. With subscriptions through her CASH Music website, the band came alive after a 7 year hiatus

I've been a subcriber now for 2 years. It's the best bill I have to pay, I actually know the money is going somewhere good, somewhere where my heart is. It's very cool to be involved and see such a talented singer-songwriter go her own path.

Below the stream of the last demo in this series, 'Film'. For the mp3, an essay about the song and more information on how you can support Throwing Muses go to throwingmuses.cashmusic.org/.

Throwing Muses are also releasing free sessions every season with songs from older records getting a 2010 approach. The 'Winter' 6 track session is here. It includes 'Colder' from House Tornado, the great 'Hook In Her Head' and a sharp version of 'Soap & Water' (also streaming below).

Throwing Muses - Film (Demo) by youandmeintheecho
Throwing Muses - Soap & Water (Season Session) by youandmeintheecho

Atlas Sound - Artificial Snow

Atlas Sound released this single on his blog today, 5 different versions of the same song. Download from Deerhunter's blog.

There's also a beautiful Atlas Sound session streaming on Pitchfork.

Atlas Sound - Artificial Snow (Notown Version) by youandmeintheecho