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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Chelsea Bridge &#8211; The Morning The recording project of Chicago-based violinist and songwriter Mallory Linehan, Chelsea Bridge is something of a shapeshifting entity. One as likely to entice the listener in with hazy dreamscapes as it is blast them with intense noise, willing to present sensual and detached sensibilities side by side. Perhaps not a shapeshifter, then, but rather something fluid, an amorphous thing able to exist across and between fixed points. It is therefore fitting that new album K, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2024/07/23/weekly-listening-july-2024-4/">Weekly Listening: July 2024 #4</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: center;">Chelsea Bridge &#8211; The Morning</h3>
<p>The recording project of <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/chicago/">Chicago</a>-based violinist and songwriter Mallory Linehan, <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/chelsea-bridge">Chelsea Bridge</a> is something of a shapeshifting entity. One as likely to entice the listener in with hazy dreamscapes as it is blast them with intense noise, willing to present sensual and detached sensibilities side by side. Perhaps not a shapeshifter, then, but rather something fluid, an amorphous thing able to exist across and between fixed points. It is therefore fitting that new album <em>K</em>, coming next month via <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/whited-sepulchre-records/">Whited Sepulchre</a>, could be described as both the most accessible and experimental Chelsea Bridge record to date. A collection of songs which sees Linehan reach for pop sensibilities as naturally as she might classical or avant garde, as though to prove such a distinction is of little consequence to an artist fully embracing an intuitive mode of working. Single &#8216;The Morning&#8217; introduces the result, where plucked violin seems to work hand over hand to tease a lush pop soundscape into life.</p>
<p><center><iframe style="border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=478305813/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/track=836329636/transparent=true/" seamless=""><a href="https://chelseabridge.bandcamp.com/album/k">K by Chelsea Bridge</a></iframe></center><em>K</em> is out on the 23rd August via on Whited Sepulchre Records and you can <a href="https://chelseabridge.bandcamp.com/album/k">pre-order it now</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">cryer mya &#8211; Leylines</h3>
<p>Based in south <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/london/">London</a> by way of <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/bristol/">Bristol</a>, cryer mya is the new recording project of songwriter Rishi Saluja. Having previously played in bands with psychedelic influences, Saluja uses the moniker to combine such sensibilities with more personal tastes in soul and folk, resulting in a richly realised sound sure to grab the ears of fans of Sam Evian and Alice Phoebe Lou. Lead single &#8216;Leylines&#8217; provides the first taste of the cryer mya style, taking a languid summer rhythm and populating it with vocals both heartfelt and searching, the easygoing warmth belying the depth of a track which explores themes of spirituality and mystery.</p>
<p><iframe title="Leylines" width="1170" height="878" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-5j6dqopDWY?list=OLAK5uy_lmgm3fcxUuNwi1UtlmKYFsu1ZO9Qb2JRw" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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<p>&#8216;Leylines&#8217; is out now and available from the usual places.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"> Ead Wood &#8211; Menu</h3>
<p>Ead Wood might hail from Bristol in the UK, but their Americana-inflected sound positions them closer to acts like <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/friendship/">Friendship</a> than any of their British brethren. Following on from last year&#8217;s EP <em>A Sparkling Gift</em>, the outfit have returned with new single &#8216;Menu&#8217; on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/breakfast-records/">Breakfast Records</a>. A song which typifies the balance between sincerity and playfulness which marks the Ead Wood sound, delving into an ostensibly mundane situation to reveal the deeper meanings beneath the surface. “‘Menu’ is a (somewhat) lighthearted song about decision making anxieties,&#8221; as lead Ed Soles explains. &#8220;[That feeling] of being frozen in fear of making the wrong choice, even in those situations where it may not seem to even matter. This is never more apparent than ordering at a restaurant, where I often get the same as whoever I&#8217;m with to avoid having to make my own decision, even if it&#8217;s not something I want.”</p>
<p><iframe title="Ead Wood - Menu (Visualizer)" width="1170" height="658" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/spV5lzygx5M?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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<p>&#8216;Menu&#8217; is out now via Breakfast Records and available from <a href="https://eadwood.bandcamp.com/track/menu">Bandcamp</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Holy Matter &#8211; Prince Gloom</h3>
<p>This autumn, Leanna Kaiser will release her debut album under her <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/holy-matter/">Holy Matter</a> moniker. Titled <em>Beauty Looking Back</em>, the record explores &#8220;the changing seasons of life and the passage of time,&#8221; featuring intimate meditations on the cyclical patterns of past, present and future that attempt to capture the paradox of time and how we experience it. Namely, how things seem at once immutable and ever-changing. “<em>Holy Matter</em> comes from Leonard Cohen’s novel <em>Beautiful Losers</em>,&#8221; Kaiser explains. &#8220;There’s one passage that has stayed with me, since &#8211; a page with the repeated mantra &#8216;I change; I am the same.&#8217; This, I would say, is the best description of what this album is about.” Latest single &#8216;Prince Gloom&#8217; is dreamy and diaphanous, unfurling in a slow, almost tropical swirl.</p>
<p><center><iframe style="border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3326942433/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/track=568469042/transparent=true/" seamless=""><a href="https://holymatter.bandcamp.com/album/beauty-looking-back">Beauty Looking Back by Holy Matter</a></iframe></center><em>Beauty Looking Back</em> will be released on 4th October via Royal Oakie Records. You can order it now from the Holy Matter <a href="https://holymatter.bandcamp.com/album/beauty-looking-back">Bandcamp page</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Japandroids &#8211; Chicago</h3>
<p>Seven years after their last record, <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/vancouver/">Vancouver</a> indie rock legends <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/japandroids/">Japandroids</a> have announced one last album before they lay the project to rest. Billed by duo Brian King and David Prowse as a parting gift to fans, <em>Fate &amp; Alcohol</em> seems intent on going out in a blaze of glory. &#8220;On our last record we wanted to broaden the definition of a Japandroids song,&#8221; King explains, &#8220;and purposely left our demos quite open and malleable so that we had more flexibility to experiment in the studio.&#8221; If lead single &#8216;Chicago&#8217; is anything to go by, this translates to a sound that&#8217;s bolder and more widescreen than anything Japandroids have made to date. Which is saying something for a band who have always been unapologetically maximalist, combining punk rock energy with good-time, fists-in-the-air classic rock.</p>
<p><center><iframe style="border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2473682049/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/track=970620991/transparent=true/" seamless=""><a href="https://japandroids.bandcamp.com/album/fate-alcohol">Fate &amp; Alcohol by Japandroids</a></iframe></center><em>Fate &amp; Alcohol</em> is out on the 24th October via Anti- Records and you can <a href="https://japandroids.bandcamp.com/album/fate-alcohol">pre-order it now</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Kitty Fitz &#8211; Laughing Stock</h3>
<p>Inspired by both 90s power pop and contemporary pop songwriters like Lorde and Caroline Polachek, the work of London&#8217;s Kitty Fitz combines a sometimes chaotic, danceable energy with candid and introspective explorations of turbulent relationships and self-doubt. Less poppy than last year&#8217;s debut EP <a href="https://kittyfitz.bandcamp.com/album/all-my-own-stunts"><em>All My Own Stunts</em></a>, new single &#8216;Laughing Stock&#8217; has been honed on the live circuit for over a year, forgoing the more bombastic synth pop elements in favour of something a little more poignant. What Fitz describes as &#8220;the epitome of me attempting to pass off my own fear of commitment and rejection as character flaw, as being cool and aloof, or once again feeling in a way &#8216;unloveable,'&#8221; the song&#8217;s breezy surface is something of a facade, beneath which squirm anxious thoughts and fears.</p>
<p><center><iframe style="border: 0; width: 350px; height: 442px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=264379377/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/transparent=true/" seamless=""><a href="https://kittyfitz.bandcamp.com/track/laughing-stock">Laughing Stock by Kitty Fitz</a></iframe></center>&#8216;Laughing Stock&#8217; is out now via Sad Club Records. Get it from the Kitty Fitz <a href="https://kittyfitz.bandcamp.com/track/laughing-stock">Bandcamp page</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Maya Ruth &#8211; oblivion</h3>
<p>&#8220;Chapped lips / But nothing like the harshness of smoke / We fall asleep restlessly / Counting the years on our toes.&#8221; So sings Maya Ruth in the opening of new single &#8216;Oblivion&#8217;. A song which began life as a poem before morphing into a grungy rock hit, the track mines the banality of every day life for its inherent absurdity, offering a bittersweet sound of sweet textures and edgy bite. The result is both alluring and slightly unnerving, as though beneath the monotony of our normal experience lies something more exciting, something more dangerous. &#8220;Die with me here / And you&#8217;ll be asking for more,&#8221; as Ruth sings in the chorus. &#8220;Doesn&#8217;t it scare you? / But don&#8217;t you feel good?&#8221;</p>
<p><iframe title="oblivion" width="1170" height="878" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4dcRA-bvL6g?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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<p>&#8216;Oblivion&#8217; is out now and available from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dcRA-bvL6g&amp;ab_channel=MayaRuth-Topic">usual places</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Merce Lemon – Backyard Lover</h3>
<p>Following recent single ‘Will You Do Me a Kindness’, what <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2024/04/18/merce-lemon-will-you-do-me-a-kindness/">we called</a> “a song that ebbs and flows between quiet introspection and a wild, barely-restrained energy,” <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/pittsburgh/">Pittsburgh</a> songwriter <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/merce-lemon/">Merce Lemon</a> has announced a new record, <em>Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild</em>. Released via <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/los-angeles/">LA</a> label <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/darling-records/">Darling Records</a>, the album promises to marry quiet vulnerability with cathartic power, something immediately apparent on lead single ‘Backyard Lover’. What starts as a warm and swaying country song, complete with propulsive percussion and wistful pedal steel, gathers into a sharp point of wailing guitar and emotional release. It&#8217;s a glimpse at a theme that winds throughout the record, and Lemon&#8217;s work in general.  “So many of my songs are touched by and explore death, specifically in relation to the loss I experienced of my best friend when I was fifteen years old,” she explains. “That loss has forever changed me and who I am in my relationships to lovers, friends, family.&#8221;</p>
<p><iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3467786870/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=3634382751/transparent=true/" seamless=""><a href="https://mercelemon.bandcamp.com/album/watch-me-drive-them-dogs-wild">Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild by Merce Lemon</a></iframe></p>
<p><iframe title="Merce Lemon - Backyard Lover (Official Video)" width="1170" height="658" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aDlVy0Db87w?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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<p><em>Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild</em> will be released on 27<sup>th</sup> September via Darling Records. Pre-order a copy now from the Merce Lemon <a href="https://mercelemon.bandcamp.com/album/watch-me-drive-them-dogs-wild">Bandcamp page</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Nuisance &#8211; Holy Basil</h3>
<p>Over recent years, few could have done more to work against the traditional studio-based recording process than William Seidel and Ryan Weber of <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/nuisance/">Nuisance</a>. Whether working as part of <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/eric-magill/">Eric &amp; Magill</a> or <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/rew/">REW&lt;&lt;</a>, Weber has created albums in some of the world&#8217;s remotest areas while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer, while Seidel has worked on music in hotels and mini-cab taxis during his extensive travels. Not to mention their development of the <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2023/02/22/nuisance-sepia/">virtual sounds database Poetic Devices</a> which underpins Nuisance releases. The pair are now back with <em>Squash Blossom Necklace</em>, a new full-length which furthers their exploration of possibilities within this frame of working, bending genre conventions in order to incorporate pop, folk, electronic and classical sensibilities into something unique to them. Listen to single &#8216;Holy Basil&#8217; now:</p>
<p><center><iframe style="border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2443351859/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/track=4142571069/transparent=true/" seamless=""><a href="https://nuisancesongs.bandcamp.com/album/squash-blossom-necklace">Squash Blossom Necklace by Nuisance</a></iframe></center><em>Squash Blossom Necklace</em> is out now and available from <a href="https://nuisancesongs.bandcamp.com/album/squash-blossom-necklace">Bandcamp</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Sylvia &#8211; Found and Lost</h3>
<p>With members hailing from all over <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/australia/">Australia</a>, Sylvia is a <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/melbourne/">Melbourne</a>/<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/naarm/">Naarm</a>-based band which is equally diverse in its points of reference. Gemma (vocals/guitar) is one half of dream pop duo Earache, Murray (drums) used to power Brisbane noise-rock outfit No Sister, Dee (bass) also plays in dystopian industrial band Red Hell while Sean (guitar) spent time in powerviolence as part of Canberra&#8217;s Hygiene. United as Sylvia, the result draws on all of this past experience to create something straddling shoegaze, power pop and indie rock, while maintaining a certain intensity of noise too. New EP <em>II</em> is a good place to jump in, with single &#8216;Found and Lost&#8217; seeing noisy rock and twee pop collide in a short, sharp burst.</p>
<p><center><iframe style="border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3478730878/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/track=1095746140/transparent=true/" seamless=""><a href="https://sssylvia.bandcamp.com/album/ep-ii">EP II by Sylvia</a></iframe></center><em>EP II</em> is out now and available from the Sylvia <a href="https://sssylvia.bandcamp.com/album/ep-ii">Bandcamp page</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">variety &#8211; Plover</h3>
<p>Earlier this year, <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/austin/">Austin</a>-based outfit variety—That&#8217;s Jordan Emmert (Porcelain/Pleasure Venom), Nick Stout (New Strangers), Rhys Woodruff (Borzoi/Leche) and Zach Wood (Borzoi)—released &#8216;Plover&#8217;, the first single of their forthcoming album pencilled for release this autumn. A twitchy rush of anxious energy, the song uses the titular wader and ornithological themes more generally to paint a picture of an ecosystem gripped by a constant tension. As though every environment is a network of individuals with competing desires, be they animal or human, and each organism is set on edge by the presence of everything else. Watch the video directed by Taylor Browne below:</p>
<p><iframe title="Plover - variety" width="1170" height="658" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iNnz5w0Eor4?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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<p>&#8216;Plover&#8217; is out now and the variety album is coming soon.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Wild Pink &#8211; The Fences of Stonehenge</h3>
<p>Following on from 2022&#8217;s hit <em>ILYSM</em> and John Ross&#8217;s successful collaboration with <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/laura-wolf">Laura Wolf</a> under the moniker <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/lilts">lilts</a>, <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/wild-pink/">Wild Pink</a> have signed with the good folks at <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/fire-talk-records/">Fire Talk</a> and announced new full-length album, <em>Dulling The Horns</em>. But if Ross&#8217;s recent output has seen discursions into dreamy and often ornate pop styles, the new record is a recentering of Wild Pink as a rock band. One ready to be more immediate, less polished and finely crafted. “I wanted to make economical songs,” as Ross explains. “Music that is very much at its core three or four people rocking.” First single &#8216;The Fences of Stonehenge&#8217; leads the way, heralding not only a fresh collection of songs but what feels like a new era for the band. One which finds them revitalised and ready to commit wholeheartedly all over again.</p>
<p><iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3775467638/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=1363624428/transparent=true/" seamless=""><a href="https://wildpink.bandcamp.com/album/dulling-the-horns">Dulling The Horns by Wild Pink</a></iframe></p>
<p><iframe title="Wild Pink - The Fences of Stonehenge (Official Visualizer)" width="1170" height="658" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E-bgZS16XvM?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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<p><em>Dulling The Horns</em> is out on the 4th October via Fire Talk and you can <a href="https://wildpink.bandcamp.com/album/dulling-the-horns">pre-order it now</a>.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2024/07/23/weekly-listening-july-2024-4/">Weekly Listening: July 2024 #4</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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		<title>Favourite Songs of 2017</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2017 18:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we mentioned in our favourite albums post, producing end of year lists is a task verging on impossible, given the sheer volume of great music that has passed through our ears in the past twelve months. Still, it&#8217;s a nice way to look back and collect some of the stuff that really stuck with us, not to mention give the briefest mention to the good stuff we didn&#8217;t get a chance to cover, so without further ado here is [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/12/27/favourite-songs-of-2017/">Favourite Songs of 2017</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As we mentioned in our <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/12/22/favourite-albums-2017/">favourite albums post</a>, producing end of year lists is a task verging on impossible, given the sheer volume of great music that has passed through our ears in the past twelve months. Still, it&#8217;s a nice way to look back and collect some of the stuff that really stuck with us, not to mention give the briefest mention to the good stuff we didn&#8217;t get a chance to cover, so without further ado here is a list of our favourite songs of 2017. They&#8217;re in alphabetical order, because trying to mould such a long list into cohesive playlist isn&#8217;t worth the effort, so feel free to dip in and out as you please.</p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Various Small Flames&#8217;</h1>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Songs of 2017</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/11/09/album-premiere-anamon-stubborn-comfort/">Anamon</a> &#8211; Kneel Old<br />
Android Automatic &#8211; Dark Roads*<br />
Angie McMahon &#8211; Slow Mover<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/07/24/basement-revolver-agatha/">Basement Revolver</a> &#8211; Johnny Pt. 2<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/06/28/baxter-roy-long-flower-essence-palms-stone/">Baxter Roy Long</a> &#8211; Paribanou<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/10/12/bea-troxel-way-feels/">Bea Troxel</a> &#8211; Let Them Know<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/11/30/big-thief-capacity/">Big Thief</a> &#8211; Mary<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/10/09/black-belt-eagle-scout-mother-of-my-children/">Black Belt Eagle Scout</a> &#8211; Soft Stud<br />
Bully &#8211; Running<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/cayetana/">Cayetana</a> &#8211; Mesa<br />
Charly Bliss &#8211; Percolator<br />
Chastity Belt &#8211; Different Now<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/08/23/chuck-frankenstein-songs-grocery-store/">CHUCK</a> &#8211; Happy Birthday<br />
The County Liners &#8211; Maria<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/05/22/courtneys-st-ii/">The Courtneys</a> &#8211; Tour<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/05/02/craig-finn-we-all-want-the-same-things/">Craig Finn</a> &#8211; God in Chicago<br />
Crumb &#8211; Locket<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/06/02/crushing-st/">Crushing</a> &#8211; Emery Board<br />
Cut Worms &#8211; Like Going Down Sideways<br />
David Bazan &#8211; Care<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/05/08/distant-reader-home-power/">Distant Reader</a> &#8211; First Try<br />
Emperor X &#8211; God Save Coastal Dorset<br />
Fits &#8211; Ice Cream on a Nice Day<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/01/19/german-error-message-single-2017/">German Error Message</a> &#8211; 2017*<br />
Gleemer &#8211; Soothe Me<strong><br />
</strong>Great Grandpa &#8211; Favorite Show<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/09/20/haley-heynderickx-unveils-debut-album-with-single-oom-sha-la-la/">Haley Heynderickx</a> &#8211; Oom Sha Lala<br />
Hiccup &#8211; Teasin&#8217;<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/07/17/horse-culture-house/">Horse Culture</a> &#8211; Texaco<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/08/09/illuminati-hotties-better-than-ever/">Illuminati Hotties</a> &#8211; ‘(You’re Better) Than Ever’<br />
Japandroids &#8211; No Known Drink or Drug<br />
Jason Isbell &amp; the 400 Unit &#8211; If We Were Vampires<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/02/02/best-rest-things-missed-8/">Jay Som</a> &#8211; The Bus Song<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/05/12/jeremy-squires-collapse/">Jeremy Squires</a> &#8211; Night Cars<br />
Katie Ellen &#8211; Drawing Room<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/07/05/lizzie-no-hard-won/">Lizzie No</a> &#8211; Monuments<br />
Lomelda &#8211; Bam Sha Klam<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/01/31/mike-pace-child-actors-get-soft/">Mike Pace and the Child Actors</a> &#8211; Audits &amp; Surveys<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/03/15/meursault/">Meursault</a> &#8211; The Mill<br />
Mount Eerie &#8211; Crow<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/02/09/nice-legs-strange-family/">Nice Legs</a> &#8211; Mighty Three<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/05/05/oceanator-ep/">Oceanator</a> &#8211; Nowhere Nothing<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/06/09/ohyeahsumi-friends-looking/">Ohyeahsumi</a> &#8211; Daisy<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/09/07/old-earth-two-torches-place-three-roads/">Old Earth</a> &#8211; Pit Dynamics<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/09/11/pastel-absent-just-dust/">PASTEL</a> &#8211; Stammer<br />
Peter Silberman &#8211; New York<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/phoebe-bridgers/">Phoebe Bridgers</a> &#8211; Motion Sickness<br />
Pope &#8211; Talk Me Out of It<strong><br />
</strong><a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/12/19/protomartyr-relatives-descent/">Protomartyr</a> &#8211; Windsor Hum<strong><br />
</strong><a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/11/10/rainwater-place/">Rainwater</a> &#8211; Place<br />
Ratboys &#8211; Elvis is in the Freezer<br />
Rick Rude &#8211; Bald &amp; Fat in Houston, TX<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/06/21/roadkill-ghost-choir-false-youth-etcetera/">Roadkill Ghost Choir</a> &#8211; Classics (Die Young)<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/12/14/rose-dorn-speak-later/">Rose Dorn</a> &#8211; Dirt<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/10/17/see-through-dresses-horse-world/">See Through Dresses</a> &#8211; Lucy&#8217;s Arm<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/01/26/shannen-moser-oh-heart/">Shannen Moser</a> &#8211; A Funeral, A Friend, My Sanity<br />
Sinai Vessel &#8211; Died On My Birthday<br />
Slaughter Beach, Dog &#8211; Phoenix<strong><br />
</strong><a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/10/19/soar-darkgold/">SOAR</a> &#8211; Fort Funston<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/10/30/soft-fangs-fractures/">Soft Fangs</a> &#8211; Jordan // Jackson Elementary<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/spartan-jet-plex/">Spartan Jet-Plex</a> &#8211; We Believe<br />
Strange Ranger &#8211; House Show<br />
Strawberry Runners &#8211; Garden Hose<br />
Timid, The Brave &#8211; Alice<br />
Us and Only Us &#8211; Bored of Black<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/05/09/vagabon-infinite-worlds/">Vagabon</a> &#8211; Cold Apartment<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/05/17/viewfinder-born-ticking/">Viewfinder</a> &#8211; Instant Moonlight<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/the-washboard-abs/">The Washboard Abs</a> &#8211; Veil<br />
Waxahatchee &#8211; Never Been Wrong<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/06/07/wild-pink-st/">Wild Pink</a> &#8211; Albert Ross<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/10/05/william-ryan-fritch-behind-pale/">William Ryan Fritch</a> &#8211; In Our Blood<br />
<a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/07/20/the-wooden-sky-swimming-in-strange-waters/">The Wooden Sky</a> &#8211; Swimming in Strange Waters<br />
Ylayali &#8211; Cherry Tomatoes</p>
<p>*Strictly released in 2016, but barely, and we covered it in Jan. 2017.</p>
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<p>If you missed it, you can see our Favourite Albums of 2017 list <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2017/12/22/favourite-albums-2017/">here</a>. Also, the curious can find such lists from previous years <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/category/lists/">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Garth Risk Hallberg &#8211; City on Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>City on Fire is the début full-length novel of Louisiana-born author Garth Risk Hallberg, which apparently had ten publishers bidding upwards of $1 million for the right to put it out (Knopf won with a sum close to $2 million). Add to that Jonathan Cape&#8217;s six-figure deal here in the UK, the film rights sold to Scott Rudin and the book&#8217;s formidable, 900-page length, and you will understand why the good old &#8220;Great American Novel&#8221; tag was taken off the shelf before [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>City on Fire</em> is the début full-length novel of Louisiana-born author Garth Risk Hallberg, which apparently had <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/business/media/city-on-fire-a-debut-novel-fetches-nearly-2-million.html">ten publishers bidding upwards of $1 million</a> for the right to put it out (Knopf won with a sum close to $2 million). Add to that Jonathan Cape&#8217;s six-figure deal here in the UK, the film rights sold to Scott Rudin and the book&#8217;s formidable, 900-page length, and you will understand why the good old &#8220;Great American Novel&#8221; tag was taken off the shelf before the book was even released to reviewers.</p>
<p>Whether Garth Risk Hallberg lived up to the hype is up for debate. I&#8217;d suggest there is a certain &#8216;hype threshold&#8217; past which people will ensure you get a fair share of criticism regardless of what&#8217;s between the covers. What is not up for discussion is the beauty of the writing on show, nor is the sheer scope of the world it brings to life. Here we find a network of characters linked by blood or love or sheer chance which grows through schizophrenic POV changes and creative interludes. To give you some idea: There&#8217;s Mercer, a man struggling with being gay and black in 1970s New York and his relationship with punk musician/artist William, heir to the Hamilton-Sweeney fortune who&#8217;s music with the now-defunct Ex Post Facto &#8220;seemed to promise complete freedom, on the condition of complete surrender&#8221;. Then there&#8217;s William&#8217;s estranged sister Regan and her troubled relationship with husband Keith, who are themselves caught up in the Hamilton-Sweeney machine, plus loser-loner Charlie and his friendship with punk cool-kid Sam, and their link to the Post-Humanist Phalanx. That&#8217;s not to mention the police detective, the art dealer, the shock jock radio presenter. The investigative journalist, the firework-setter, the transvestite keyboard player. The anarchistic, arsonist cult leader.</p>
<p>So&#8230; yeah, it&#8217;s all too detailed to review properly, though the key plot is strangely simple. Packed with the sort of suspense/drama you might expect from a film or television show, the book is not as challenging (difficult, &#8216;literary&#8217;) as you might expect. What Hallberg does achieve is to conjure New York at a specific time. The web of characters produce a panoramic snapshot of a generation, palpable nostalgia and a good sprinkling of well-used topics (troubled artists, drug addicts, traumatised and/or damaged lovers) creating a view of the seventies perhaps as we&#8217;d like to remember them. The spirit of the book is captured nicely near the beginning, when the clock strikes midnight on New Year&#8217;s Day :</p>
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<h5>&#8220;For a second the city seemed to lean forward and make contact with a future self: ruined, de-peopled, and nearly still. In a sealed hanger, forensic economists move around numbered lots with scales and callipers. Believing themselves to have evolved beyond delusion and loneliness, beyond illness and longing and sex, they hum distractedly and wonder what it all meant&#8221;</h5>
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<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/City-on-Fire-1.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-7312"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7312" data-permalink="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/12/18/lit-links-city-fire-garth-risk-hallberg/city-on-fire-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/City-on-Fire-1.jpg?fit=1014%2C1500&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1014,1500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="City-on-Fire" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/City-on-Fire-1.jpg?fit=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/City-on-Fire-1.jpg?fit=692%2C1024&amp;ssl=1" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7312" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/City-on-Fire-1.jpg?resize=1014%2C1500" alt="City-on-Fire" width="1014" height="1500" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/City-on-Fire-1.jpg?w=1014&amp;ssl=1 1014w, https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/City-on-Fire-1.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w, https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/City-on-Fire-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1136&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/City-on-Fire-1.jpg?resize=692%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 692w" sizes="(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px" /></a><a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/City-on-Fire.jpg?x79831" rel="attachment wp-att-7310"><br />
</a>As books go, <em>City on Fire</em> is pretty easy to soundtrack, so this playlist could have been a hundred songs. But anyway, here are twenty songs which go some way to capturing the time/place/mood Hallberg created. I&#8217;ve included a mix of classics and newer stuff to keep things interesting, and the order isn&#8217;t important.</p>
<p>Tracklisting:</p>
<ol>
<li>Blank Generation &#8211; Richard Hell and the Voidoids</li>
<li>Art is Hard &#8211; Cursive</li>
<li>To Hell With Good Intentions &#8211; Japandroids</li>
<li>Kimberly &#8211; Patti Smith</li>
<li>Chinese Rocks &#8211; The Heartbreakers</li>
<li>Roar of Nothingness &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/08/27/sun-organ-wooden-brain/">Sun Organ</a></li>
<li>Docking Guard &#8211; Northern Primitive</li>
<li>Today, More Than Any Other Day &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2014/11/19/ought-once-more-with-feeling/">Ought</a></li>
<li>Aloha Steve and Danno &#8211; Radio Birdman</li>
<li>The Kids &#8211; Lou Reed</li>
<li>Orphans &#8211; Teenage Jesus and the Jerks</li>
<li>Stevie Nix &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/01/14/through-the-archives-separation-sunday/">The Hold Steady</a></li>
<li>Who Do You Belong To? &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/08/13/the-spirit-of-the-beehive-you-are-arrived-but-youve-been-cheated/">The Spirit of The Beehive</a></li>
<li>You Can&#8217;t Hold The Hand of a Rock and Roll Man &#8211; Okkervil River</li>
<li>Our Lives Would Make a Sad, Boring Movie &#8211; The Hotel Year</li>
<li>Using &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/07/10/sorority-noise-joy-departed/">Sorority Noise</a></li>
<li>Fireworks &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2014/09/16/radiator-hospital-torch-song/">Radiator Hospital</a></li>
<li>Your Own Place To Ruin &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2014/10/06/rivulets-i-remember-everything/">Rivulets</a></li>
<li>New York Hardcore &#8211; <a href="http://www.varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/08/12/talons-new-york-hardcore/">Talons&#8217;</a></li>
<li>This Heart&#8217;s on Fire &#8211; Wolf Parade</li>
</ol>
<p><center><iframe style="border: 0px none;" src="http://8tracks.com/mixes/7395475/player_v3_universal" width="400" height="400"></iframe></center>&nbsp;</p>
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<p><em>City on Fire </em>is out now via Knopf Doubleday (US) and Jonathan Cape and is available from all good book shops. <em>Quiet, Constant Friends</em> is available digitally and on cassette via the <a href="https://wakethedeaf.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-constant-friends">Wake The Deaf Bandcamp page</a>.</p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2015/12/18/lit-links-city-fire-garth-risk-hallberg/">Garth Risk Hallberg &#8211; City on Fire</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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		<title>EH? &#8211; A Canadian Mixtape Complied By Wake The Deaf &#038; HI54LOFI</title>
		<link>https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2013/07/01/eh-a-canadian-mixtape-complied-by-wake-the-deaf/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>To celebrate Canada Day, we have joined forces with the excellent HI54LOFI to make a mixtape of pine-scented artists. We each picked 20 of our favourite songs from Canadian authors to make the double-sided mixtape you can see below. We had originally planned for 15 songs each but found it was too difficult to fit in all the artists we felt needed to be included and decided to go with 20 each. Luckily, HI54LOFI included some of our favourites and [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To celebrate Canada Day, we have joined forces with the excellent <a href="http://hi54lofi.com/" target="_blank">HI54LOFI</a> to make a mixtape of pine-scented artists. We each picked 20 of our favourite songs from Canadian authors to make the double-sided mixtape you can see below.</p>
<p>We had originally planned for 15 songs each but found it was too difficult to fit in all the artists we felt needed to be included and decided to go with 20 each. Luckily, HI54LOFI included some of our favourites and I think we had some of his on ours, so we helped each other out a bit.</p>
<p>Granted, there are far more than 40 noteworthy Canadian artists out there and there were some hard decisions. Any disappointed acts crying into their maple syrup or taking out frustrations on their teamates on the ice, please don’t despair, there is always next year.<!-- more --></p>
<p>We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making them. These songs certainly haven’t helped banish our romantic view of Canada.</p>
<p>Wake The Deaf side:</p>
<p>1.Docking Guard &#8211; Northern Primitive<br />
2. Drop It &#8211; NEEDLES//PINS<br />
3. Flyingshot Lake &#8211; The Flaming Moes<br />
4. Ask Me Something &#8211; Wind &amp; the Wild<br />
5. Left and Leaving &#8211; The Weakerthans<br />
6. Snow Ghosts &#8211; Paul Stewart<br />
7. Voyageur &#8211; Doug MacNearney<br />
8. The Future Of Tradition &#8211; Frederick Squire<br />
9. Bruises &#8211; Dusted<br />
10. Ben &#8211; Tyler Butler<br />
11. Warning &#8211; Postdata<br />
12. Margaret Downe &#8211; Aidan Knight<br />
13. Coming Back Home &#8211; Zachary Lucky<br />
14. Sask &#8211; Donovan Woods<br />
15. Young Glass &#8211; Hey Rosetta!<br />
16. Lightshow &#8211; Plants &amp; Animals<br />
17. And I Thank You &#8211; Pink Mountaintops<br />
18. Cloud Of Evil &#8211; Blackout Beach<br />
19. Sing! Captain &#8211; Handsome Furs<br />
20. Continuous Thunder &#8211; Japandroids</p>
<p>HI54LOFI side:</p>
<p>1. Welcome To The Heart &#8211; Eamon McGrath<br />
2. Broken Knees. &#8211; Different Skeletons<br />
3. Sunset &#8211; Two Bicycles<br />
4. Brook and Branch &#8211; The Weather Station (featuring Baby Eagle)<br />
5. Skinny Ghost &#8211; HAPPY TRENDY<br />
6. Deny, Deny, Deny &#8211; Joel Plaskett<br />
7. You’re Cool &#8211; The Joe<br />
8. Oh My God (It Still Means A Lot To Me) &#8211; The Wooden Sky<br />
9. Necromancy &#8211; Jessica Jalbert<br />
10. Scared &#8211; The Tragically Hip<br />
11. Family Tree &#8211; Evening Hymns<br />
12. Wind Driving Dogs &#8211; Chad VanGaalen<br />
13. Were You In Love With Me &#8211; Andy Shauf<br />
14. Big Bird In A Small Cage &#8211; Patrick Watson<br />
15. I Need You Closer &#8211; LadyFace<br />
16. Where are you? &#8211; nick everett<br />
17. The Very Best &#8211; Mike Tod<br />
18. Vapours &#8211; Islands<br />
19. Sugar Mama &#8211; The Deep Dark Woods<br />
20. Road Regrets &#8211; Dan Mangan</p>
<p>You can find both mixes <a href="http://8tracks.com/hi54lofi/collections/eh-a-canadian-mix-tape-compiled-by-wake-the-deaf-hi54lofi" target="_blank">here as a collection</a>.</p>
<p><iframe style="border: 0px none;" src="http://8tracks.com/mixes/1909548/player_v3_universal" width="400" height="400"></iframe></p>
<p class="_8t_embed_p" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;"><a href="http://8tracks.com/wake-the-deaf/eh-a-canadian-mixtape-wake-the-deaf-side?utm_medium=trax_embed">EH? &#8211; A Canadian Mixtape (Wake The Deaf Side)</a> from <a href="http://8tracks.com/wake-the-deaf?utm_medium=trax_embed">Wake The Deaf</a> on <a href="http://8tracks.com?utm_medium=trax_embed">8tracks Radio</a>.</p>
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<p class="_8t_embed_p" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;"><a href="http://8tracks.com/hi54lofi/eh-a-canadian-mix-tape-hi54lofi-side?utm_medium=trax_embed">EH? &#8211; A Canadian Mix Tape (HI54LOFI Side)</a> from <a href="http://8tracks.com/hi54lofi?utm_medium=trax_embed">HI54LOFI</a> on <a href="http://8tracks.com?utm_medium=trax_embed">8tracks Radio</a>.</p>
<p>If anyone can think of any more Canada-themed cliches or stereotypes then please don’t hesitate to let us know for next year’s mix. Going by this collection of songs, being insanely talented might just be one more.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2013/07/01/eh-a-canadian-mixtape-complied-by-wake-the-deaf/">EH? &#8211; A Canadian Mixtape Complied By Wake The Deaf &amp; HI54LOFI</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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		<title>Wake the Deaf&#8217;s Top Tracks of 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Top albums? Check. Top EPs? Done. Now it’s time for our favourite tracks of the year. Each of us has picked the one song that hit us hardest this year. Dirty Projectors &#8211; Gun Has No Trigger “As a self-confessed Dirty Projectors fanboy, I’ve always admired their musicianship, instrumentation and ability to surprise, and all these things shine through on this track, but there was something new at play too. I would call it structure but that seems somehow unfair (and [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Top albums? <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/post/38859112075/wake-the-deafs-top-15-albums-of-2012" target="_blank">Check</a>. Top EPs? <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/post/38942099780/wake-the-deafs-top-15-eps-of-2012" target="_blank">Done</a>. Now it’s time for our favourite tracks of the year. Each of us has picked the one song that hit us hardest this year.</p>
<p><strong>Dirty Projectors</strong> &#8211; <em>Gun Has No Trigger</em></p>
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<p>“As a self-confessed Dirty Projectors fanboy, I’ve always admired their musicianship, instrumentation and ability to surprise, and all these things shine through on this track, but there was something new at play too. I would call it structure but that seems somehow unfair (and entirely subjective to the context of a back catalogue that is at times so cerebral that it verges on impenetrable). There’s a directness and simplicity to this track – perhaps not in technical terms, but certainly in terms of ideas – that feels like a picture coming in to focus. Where in the past, Dirty Projectors songs have sometimes felt like an argument between a room full of incredibly clever music students, Gun Has No Trigger (and the album as a whole) feels like it finds freedom in a structure that, whilst formulaic, forces the more surprising and expressive ideas to play together rather than fight each other to be heard.” <em>Dave</em></p>
<p><strong>Japandroids</strong> &#8211; <em>The House That Heaven Built</em></p>
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<p>“A difficult decision but this is the song that I have continually returned to over the past year. It’s positive, carefree, from an album called ‘Celebration Rock’, and I happened to see them play it on the Thursday before a <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Didier_Drogba_Manuel_Neuer_last_penalty_kick_Champions_League_Final_2012.jpg" target="_blank">certain night in Munich</a>. It was a sign!” <em>Jon</em></p>
<p><strong>Evening Hymns</strong> &#8211; <em>Asleep in the Pews</em></p>
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<p>“Spectral Dusk, my undoubted favourite album of the year, isn’t the sort of record that has a standout track or a couple of killer singles &#8211; it works best as a cohesive whole. I ended up going for Asleep In The Pews which nicely sums up the overarching themes of family and loss and the confusing and strange process that follows losing someone you love. It’s a song about trying to be okay that should resonate with most. It certainly does with me.” <em>Liam</em></p>
<p><strong>Lone</strong> &#8211; <em>Crystal Caverns 1991</em></p>
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<p>“Immaculately produced, incredibly detailed and yet still brimming with furious energy, this is what dance music should aspire to. I’m a little too young to appreciate the nostalgic element of the recent 90s rave revivalism, but I’ve always found a guilty pleasure in the staccato vocal hits and synth stabs, and this track has plenty.” <em>Matt</em></p>
<p><strong>TNGHT<em> &#8211; </em></strong><em>Higher Ground</em></p>
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</em>“HudMo’s always been a bit of a character and his collaboration with Lunice as TNGHT helped to reaffirm my belief in music as just pure, unadulterated fun. Higher Ground’s the highlight on our EP of the year. Led by a tuba, with a bit of everything else chucked in for good measure, it’s flat out fucking monstrous.” <em>Will</em></p>
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		<title>The Covers Mix: Volume #3</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Volume three of our Covers Mix series is a go. Tracklisting: 1. Heroes (David Bowie Cover) &#8211; TV On The Radio 2. Shame (PJ Harvey Cover) &#8211; Japandroids 3. Close To Me (The Cure Cover) &#8211; WHY? 4. Float On (Modest Mouse Cover) &#8211; Blackbird Blackbird 5. The House That Heaven Built (Japandroids Cover) &#8211; Beat Radio 6. Going To Georgia (Mountain Goats Cover) &#8211; Sledding With Tigers 7. Still Life Blues (Elephant Micah Cover) &#8211; Small Sur 8. Runaway [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Volume three of our Covers Mix series is a go.</p>
<p>Tracklisting:</p>
<p>1. Heroes (David Bowie Cover) &#8211; TV On The Radio<br />
2. Shame (PJ Harvey Cover) &#8211; Japandroids<br />
3. Close To Me (The Cure Cover) &#8211; WHY?<br />
4. Float On (Modest Mouse Cover) &#8211; Blackbird Blackbird<br />
5. The House That Heaven Built (Japandroids Cover) &#8211; Beat Radio<br />
6. Going To Georgia (Mountain Goats Cover) &#8211; Sledding With Tigers<br />
7. Still Life Blues (Elephant Micah Cover) &#8211; Small Sur<br />
8. Runaway (Kanye West Cover) &#8211; Parts &amp; Labor<br />
9. Flume (Bon Iver Cover) &#8211; Emily Sprague<br />
10. Lovely Allen (Holy Fuck Cover) &#8211; Shugo Tokumaru<br />
11. Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ (The Velvet Underground Cover) &#8211; Bry Webb &amp; Casey Mecija (of Ohbijou)<br />
12. Whirring (Arms Cover) &#8211; Windmill<br />
13. Wonderful (The Way I Feel) (My Morning Jacket Cover) &#8211; Trampled By Turtles<br />
14. End Of The Line (Travelling Wilburys Cover) &#8211; GSJF<br />
15. Constructive Summer (The Hold Steady Cover) &#8211; Kelly Hogan<br />
16. Texas In A Drawer (Heidi Spencer Cover) &#8211; Conrad Plymouth (Now Field Report)<br />
17. Red Candle Bulb (Withered Hand Cover) &#8211; Meursault<br />
18. Yulia (Wolf Parade Cover) &#8211; Dan Griffin<br />
19. Kettering (The Antlers Cover) &#8211; Sean Atkins<br />
20. Golden Age (Beck Cover) &#8211; Strand Of Oaks</p>
<p>As usual if you like what you hear then go out to shows and buy stuff.</p>
<p>(P.S. Be sure to check out Volumes <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/post/25654923024/the-covers-mix-volume-1" target="_blank">I</a> and <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/post/27194632390/the-covers-mix-volume-2" target="_blank">II</a> if you haven’t already)<br />
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<p class="_8t_embed_p" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;"><a href="http://8tracks.com/wake-the-deaf/the-covers-mix-volume-3?utm_medium=trax_embed">The Covers Mix: Volume #3</a> from <a href="http://8tracks.com/wake-the-deaf?utm_medium=trax_embed">Wake The Deaf</a> on <a href="http://8tracks.com?utm_medium=trax_embed">8tracks Radio</a>.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2012/08/14/the-covers-mix-volume-3/">The Covers Mix: Volume #3</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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		<title>Japandroids &#8211; Celebration Rock</title>
		<link>https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2012/05/28/japandroids-celebration-rock/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Doyle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 14:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When I heard that Japandroids were releasing a new album I was unsure as to which direction the Vancouver band would take. In hindsight it was incredibly stupid of me. It’s called ’Celebration Rock’ for Christ’s sake! It picks up where Post-Nothing left off &#8211; there’s no revolution in sound, no synths or string sections, just good honest rock music with shout-along choruses. While not as narrative in their style, Japandroids remind me of a noise rock version of The [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2012/05/28/japandroids-celebration-rock/">Japandroids &#8211; Celebration Rock</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I heard that Japandroids were releasing a new album <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/post/20002754989/vancouver-punk-rock-outfit-japandroids-are-back" target="_blank">I was unsure as to which direction the Vancouver band would take</a>. In hindsight it was incredibly stupid of me. It’s called ’<em>Celebration Rock</em>’ for Christ’s sake! It picks up where <em>Post-Nothing</em> left off &#8211; there’s no revolution in sound, no synths or string sections, just good honest rock music with shout-along choruses. While not as narrative in their style, Japandroids remind me of a noise rock version of The Hold Steady; songs which rely on energy and goodwill while retaining an intelligence and depth, celebratory songs. Hence why <em>Celebration Rock</em> could not be more aptly named. They sing of glorious nights and chances missed, bringing to mind that awfully human phenomenon of waiting for the golden days, even as we live through them. An inability to live for the moment (at least without self-destruction). Again I find myself thinking of the wisdom of David Foster Wallace: The idea that all of the way through life we are looking for a door, a door we must reach and pass through in order to be happy. What happens when we finally get there? It opens inwards and we discovered we have been inside what we desired all along. Japandroids seem to urge you to do otherwise.</p>
<p>Exactly how Brian King and David Prowse manage to make as much noise as they do was a bit of mystery before I saw them live myself. I was lucky enough to catch them in Cardiff on the first date of their current UK tour. Firstly, seeing them live allows you to appreciate that they really are just two men with a guitar and a drum kit and the relative simplicity of what they do becomes apparent. Secondly, these guys give it everything. King declared that they give ‘every fucking drop’ and they dutifully obliged, alternating between new songs and old to keep things fresh (also including Darkness on the Edge of Gastown, a personal favourite and a killer live). Just brilliant. Don’t take my word for it though &#8211; if you find yourself in London tonight (28th May) drag yourself along to the <a href="http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/diy-presents...-our-super-special-headliners-revealed/" target="_blank">Old Blue Last for a free show</a>.</p>
<p><em>Celebration Rock</em> is available to buy from <a href="http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/store/index.php?id=1808" target="_blank">Polyvinyl Records</a>. Order it now for an instant MP3 download of the album to enjoy.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2012/05/28/japandroids-celebration-rock/">Japandroids &#8211; Celebration Rock</a> appeared first on <a href="https://varioussmallflames.co.uk">Various Small Flames</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Vancouver punk rock outfit Japandroids are back with another album. Fresh off the back of what sounded like a few very impressive SXSW appearances, the duo announced ‘Celebration Rock’ will be released on Polyvinyl Records on 5th June. You can pre-order it here. You can stream the single from the new record, &#8216;The House That Heaven Built’, above. It sounds like a continuation of Post-Nothing’s noisy but jubilant sound rather than some of the heavier songs they released on their [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>Vancouver punk rock outfit Japandroids are back with another album. Fresh off the back of what sounded like a few very impressive SXSW appearances, the duo announced ‘Celebration Rock’ will be released on <em>Polyvinyl Records</em> on 5th June. <a href="http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/store/index.php?listID=181" target="_blank">You can pre-order it here.</a></p>
<p>You can stream the single from the new record, &#8216;The House That Heaven Built’, above. It sounds like a continuation of <em>Post-Nothing</em>’s noisy but jubilant sound rather than some of the heavier songs they released on their collection of singles (<em>No Singles</em>). I must say I like both sounds so hopefully there is room on the album for both.</p>
<p>Japandroids are touring in support of the new album (according to <a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/" target="_blank">Consequence of Sound</a>):<br />
05/17 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach<br />
05/18 – Brighton, UK @ The Green Door Store<br />
05/19 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso<br />
05/21 – Bristol, UK @ Cooler<br />
05/22 – London, UK @ Camp Basement<br />
05/23 – Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen<br />
05/24 – Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts<br />
05/25 – Leeds, UK @ Cockpit 2<br />
05/26 – Nottingham, UK 2 The Bodega<br />
05/31 – Barcelona, ES @ <a href="http://festival-outlook.consequenceofsound.net/fests/view/669/primavera-sound" target="_blank">Primavera Sound</a><br />
06/11 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s<br />
06/12 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge<br />
06/14 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent<br />
06/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex<br />
06/16 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah<br />
06/19 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge<br />
06/21 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall<br />
06/22 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop<br />
06/23 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern<br />
06/25 – Montreal, ON @ La Salla Rossa<br />
06/26 – Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall<br />
06/27 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom<br />
06/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s<br />
06/30 – Washington, DC @ The Rock and Roll Hotel<br />
07/03 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry<br />
07/07 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret</p>
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