Redeemer - Yard Act

Yard Act take a deliciously darker turn with new track Redeemer, suitably reflective of the state of the world right now. 

Wombie Zombie - Billy Taylor

Another CD pick up from the weekend, Rockabilly From Hell, a 2CD compilation from Not Now Music who put out a seemingly never ending flood of often relatively obscure stuff like this. One for all the rockabilly zombies out there.  

Sunday Girl - Florrie

Amongst the bundle of CDs I picked up over the weekend was a copy of Florrie's bouncy cover of Sunday Girl. As some of the comments on You Tube have noted it's a mystery why she wasn't a bigger hit, but there's nowt as queer as folk eh? Florrie for PM, that's what I say. 

Loose Fit (The Grid Remix) - Happy Mondays

Listened to Happy Mondays Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches last night (on CD of course) and came across this remix today from The Grid which expands one of the album's highlights into a spacier almost 8 minute groove. One for the Bez-heads. 

Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat and Tears

Spinning forward 30 years from the last post here's another recent CD related purchase, Blood, Sweat and Tears seminal (as if there weren't enough bodily fluids flying around) Spinning Wheel, which seems kind of appropriate for the state of the world right now. 

Big Butter and Egg Man - Muggsy Spanier & His Ragtime Band

Picked up a load of old jazz CDs this week including a Muggsy Spanier compilation. Listen to the piano break around a minute in and you can hear the early stirrings of rock n roll and later in the track 'ol Muggsy (I'm assuming it's him) gets particularly excited. And all this waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in 1939. Apparently Muggsy was rather familiar with the mobsters that were around in Chicago at that time, most of whom loved jazz including, presumably, a certain Al Capone, which probably explains why Muggsy's band were so shit hot. Ahem. 

Managing Mula - Springbok Nude Girls

Picked up another great pile of random CDs from our recent Bristol trip includes a brace from Springbok Nude Girls, a South African alt rock band from the '90s who seem to have been a big thing over there for a while. Perhaps uniquely this track fuses jazz trumpet, grunge and a bit of a Red Hot Chili Peppers rap rock vibe.