Internet Radio favs

Listening to internet radio is something I have done a bit over the last couple  of years and at this stage I  would favour two stations.

G-R-O-O-V-E  S-A-L-A-D

Groove salad from soma fm is a “A nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves.” When we listen to this it a great chill down without being too formulaic click on pick to try. There is a long of artists see the iframe below. Get to groove salad from the pic above. There some other nice stations here.

 

R-A-D-I-O    P-A-R-A-D-I-S-E

 

The other radio is the consistlenty devine radio paradise. In some ways this station is nothing special but in others it covers a range of material that covers decades and panders to no one letting the music speak for itself. Expect punk, alternative, rock, pop and blues. The logo pic above will take you to the station I suggest choosing the 64kbs stream unless you are on fibre or cable as the 128 may struggle to keep buffered. Again the frame below is what has been recently heard from radio paradise

Music Server

Hey I like internet radio which works well in conjunction with a squeezebox or any network  music player.This is what my system looks like. Music is from music server in Garage and internet radio etc. I really  to enjoy the ability to store, search organise and listen to sweet sounds. The system is as follows. Next post internet radio. The presence in living room is minimal but the sound is not. The Amp and PC are in the garage.

Car theme

 
The car theme is about to enter the lounge in which the spinners gather. So it is time to choose and I have.
Straight to the pick.

Short skirt/ long jacket – by Cake (mp3 download)
Chosen because it has a cool velvets riff --- oh yeah got it going on --- and the car lyric has slacker style.
”She wants a car with a cupholder armrest” it is this line that sends it to the top of my list. The follow up line is a brilliant throw away “She wants a car that will get her there”

Cake - Short Skirt/Long Jacket (Official Music Video) - Free videos are just a click away

 
Close second
Tom Waits – Diamonds on my windshield (mp3 Download)

Was going to choose this but while I love it dearly it didn’t quite have the freshness of cake.The track starts with an on road sample horns and street noise.Tom tells the story about a weeks wages and looking for the heart of Saturday Night. Makes you feel like your in the car with him.
”Stoppin' on the red
You're goin' on the green
'Cause tonight'll be like nothin'
You've ever seen
And you're barrelin' down the boulevard
Lookin' for the heart of Saturday night”

Otherwise I have been tempted by Bongwater –white car rental blues which i suggested to a group of listeners was a track with a great guitar solo and it is a stunner.

also ran
Buzzcocks – fast cars
Squarepusher my red car

Best video with car

Best Driving Ken Block

Picknmix1

A while back i found some mp3 blogs that had some great (in my mind) mixes. Pop77 is my all time favorite respect to pop77. So what happens is this a bit of a sample from a movie the tv or somewhere add some chilled tunes diverse perhaps slightly eclectic and I am generally left happy. Anyway how hard can it be. Here it is my first mix. Hope you enjoy it.

Kokako have a wonderfully musical song
  This mix is the first of a few attempts to intersperse music with samples that have had something. Note that this is not an attempt to deprive artists of income as I am still a regular purchaser of music blah blah blah.

1 The Raconteurs -Steady as she Goes (saturdays session mix)

2 The Good the bad and the Queen - Northern Whale (album mix)

3 Mussolini – la victori

4 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion (Nick Zimmer mix)

Download The mix here (mp3)

Spinners influence extends up country

Hey some music lovers in Wellington have a monthly meet where music is played to a theme or concept.

This month it is places. I have always assumed that in most selections the quality of the music is of paramount importance as well as its reflection on the theme. Luck would have it that Hamilton or the tron as it is locally known has a great song associated with it.

 
So to the Music Chosen "Fiji Baby" by Goodshirt (mp3)

Why Good Shirt
I love  the pop melody the comedy in the lyric and the killer lyric
"So come on now, it's not a race we'll catch up when the end is near.
Let's fall away and disappear again.
So come on now, it's not a race we'll catch up when the end is near.
Let's fall away and disappear again."
Why Matson Jones
Came across this on a compilation provided by Jamie Lean The Cello sets off this track which has both pinache and attitude nice "New York Fuck Off" by Matson Jones (mp3)
Why LCD Soundsystem
This band have it all dance/punk/pounce. I just like the idea of a song called
"I love you new york but your bringing me down" There is often a love hate with cities and cities sins (citizens) enjoy (mp3)