The newly refurbished National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh – easily on par with any natural history museum I went to in the United States.

Listen: Patti Smith – Babelogue/Rock N Roll Nigger ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks – Tigers ←♥♥♥
Listen: Tiny Ruins – Priest With Balloons ←♥♥♥♥

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For more info on this Hendrix-inspired stonker, see here.

Listen: Chubby Checker – Gypsy ←♥♥♥♥ (1973)

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Add some funk to your Sunday.

Listen: Act 1 – Tom The Peeper ←♥♥♥♥♥ (1974)
Listen: Commodores – Superman ←♥♥♥♥ (1974)
Listen: Yvonne Fair – You Can’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover ←♥♥♥♥ (1975)

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It finally happened…. and a day early to boot! Not given it a proper listen through yet but I do like ‘Lotus Flower’ and the accompanying video. Also in my news, long-time friend of the blog Hostage sent over his new track and it kicks and bumps in all the right places…. then decides to slap you in the face with its huge clubby balls. Dope! Finally, just finished watching Spaced again and this Lemon Jelly song rounds off what is probably one of my favourite TV programs ever. DANCE COLIN! DANCE FOR ME!

Radiohead – Lotus Flower ←♥♥♥
Hostage – The Way You Move ←♥♥♥
Lemon Jelly – The Staunton Lick ←♥♥♥♥♥

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RANT ALERT! Don’t you find it annoying when bands blatantly rip off other bands? I’ve been noticing it a lot lately when listening to 6music. Now I don’t mean “taking inspiration from and going their own way” – I mean slap-you-in-the-chops rip-off. Can’t remember what the band were called but if they’d sounded any more like Animal Collective I’d have phoned up to make sure they hadn’t got the track name wrong. RANT OO’ER!

There’s only 1 Panda Bear thankfuck, and his new track is such a grower I could swear I’ve been singing it in my sleep. Also NEW RADIOHEAD THIS SATURDAY I CAN’T FUCKING WAIT I’VE ALREADY PRE-ORDERED MINE HAVE YOU? Finally, a choice cut from Siriusmo‘s new album ‘Mosaik’. This song bangs and bangs and bangs and just keeps giving. Holla.

Listen: Panda Bear – Last Night At The Jetty ←♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Radiohead – Everything In Its Right Place ←♥♥♥♥♥
Siriusmo – Goldene Kugel by Scottish Friction ←♥♥♥♥♥

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p.s. I took that photo. Guess where…

Hot off the press. Get ‘em while they’re hot. They’re selling like hotcakes. HOT.

Listen: The Strokes – Under Cover Of Darkness ←♥♥♥
Listen: James Blake – A Case Of You (Joni Mitchell Cover) ←♥♥
Listen: Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

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Been listening to a lot of radio recently. Obviously where I sourced these two gems from eh.

Bibio – Excuses (Radio Rip) by Scottish Friction ←♥♥♥

Listen: The Monkees – She ←♥♥♥♥♥

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Listen: Andy Williams – It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

Listen: Kay Starr – (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

Listen: Atlas Sound – Artificial Snow (Bedroom Take) ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

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Tracks currently rocking my world.

Next post will probably be my Top Tracks Of 2010  (here are my lists from 2009 if you want to waste 10mins) so keep your eyes peeled for it. You respect my musical opinion…….right?

Listen: L-Vis 1990 – Into The Stars ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

Listen: L-Vis 1990 – Forever You (Feat. Shadz) ←♥♥♥

Listen: Death In Vegas – Dirge ←♥♥♥♥

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What a season to be beautiful without a reason.

Just reignited my love for all things White Stripes after being tagged in a long-forgotten photo on Facebook. Believe it or not, in high school, me (as Meg) and Niccolo (the Italian exchange student – as Jack) performed ‘Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground‘ as The White Stripes for our school’s annual ‘Stars In Your Eyes’ competition. HERE is the evidence. We didn’t win (obvs) but we were the only act to play completely live with no backing track. I ROCKED THE FUCK OUT OF THOSE DRUMS, DALE!

Listen ♫: The White Stripes – Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine ←♥♥♥♥
Listen ♫: The White Stripes – Broken Bricks ←♥♥♥♥
Listen ♫: The White Stripes – Now Mary ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

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p.s. i took that photo