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Song Of The Day – 20L07 by John & Jehn

Posted on 08/01/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album ‘John & Jehn’ (2008)

Posted in Song Of The Day | Tagged 20 L 07, Cute wee song for a sing along, Electro pop done properly, Indieish, John & Jehn, Roses and Daffodils, Song Of The Day | Leave a comment

Song Of The Day – Hop The Railings by Hey Colossus

Posted on 05/01/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album ‘Radio Static High’ (2015)

Posted in Song Of The Day | Tagged 2015, Forgot to include this in my songs of 2015 - a shocking oversight!, Hey Colossus, Hop The Railings, Proggie Psychedelia, Radio Static High, Song Of The Day | Leave a comment

Essential Listening: The Best Songs Of 2015

Posted on 28/12/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Well pilgrims, we arrive at the best songs of 2015. Many of these choices come from the albums I selected on my best albums/EP’s/Mixes/Reissues of 2015 post last week. The reason for this? I know it sounds snobbish, but there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Essential Listening | Tagged Alexandria, All Safe All Well, Alright, Antony Hegarty, Art Angels, Atom Dance, Bad, Bad Guynaecology, Bad Guys, Bem Inventory, Best Songs of 2015, Bjork, Black Zone Myth Chant, Blown, Blur, Calling Card, Calling Card / Mezzanine, Carina Sayles, Carmine, CC Not, Chorus, Crisis, Crotocosm, Culture Of Volume, D.K., Dark Energy, Dream A Garden, East India Youth, Eating Glue, Elaenia, Erotic Heat, Essential Listening, Even Temper, Fanatic, Fanatic 2, Fit Siegel, FKA Twigs, Flesh Without Blood, Floating Points, Galcher Lustwerk, Geo Fi, Gnod, Grimes, Holly Herndon, I Neva Seen, If God Is Not Here, In Quiet Streets, In Time, Infinity Machines, iTunes, Jam City, Jessy Lanza, Jlin, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, Key Markets, Levon Vincent, Licence To Dream, Loca, Love On Delivery, M3LL155X, Mane Thecel Phares, Mercury In Retrograde, Mutado Pintado, My Terracotta Heart, Palmbomen, Palmbomen II, Paranoid London, Patricia, Platform, Projections, Prostitutes, Rainbow, Re Run Home, Romare, Shutdown, Silhouettes I II & III, Skepta, Sleaford Mods, Summertime 06, The Beginning, The Epic, The Galleria, The Magic Whip, To Pimp a Butterfly, Too many tags again, Turn Away, Vince Staples, Vtro V 2.0, Vulnicura, White Privileged Wank, Worriedaboutsatan | 1 Comment

Essential Listening: The Best Albums, EPs, Reissues and Mixes of 2015

Posted on 24/12/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

With each passing year the better music websites (and no, this doesn’t include the Kanye West fellating, hypster centric, Pitchfork) are publishing their end of year lists well before the year ends, in some cases right at the start of … Continue reading →

Posted in Essential Listening | Tagged 31st March Mix for Rinse FM, 38 Metal Guitar, 54 Synth Brass, 65 Cathedral, A Love Supreme, A Tribe Called Quest, Alexandria, Ami Shavit, Another Side, Anthony Child, Aphex Twin, Art Angels, Bad, Bad Guynaecology, Bad Guys, Best of 2015, Bjork, Black Zone Myth Chant, Blur, Brand new, CC Not, Demdike Stare, Dream A Garden, Elaenia, Electronic Recordings From Maui Jungle Volume 1, EP, Fingers Inc., FKA Twigs, Floating Points, Galcher Lustwerk, Geo Fi, Gnod, Grimes, High Drama (Blowing Up The Workshop 41), Holly Herndon, I Was Crossing a Bridge – Music From Memory, In Alpha Mood, In Situ, Infinity Machines, Jam City, John Coltrane, Kamasi Washington, Key Markets, Laurel Halo, Leif, Lil-Ugly Mane, Lone & Ross From Friends, M Ashworth, M3LL155X, Mane Thecel Phares, Mixes, NTS Mix 5th November, Palmbomen, Palmbomen II, Paranoid London, People’s Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm, Peru Bravo: Funk, Platform, Reissue, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Secret Thirteen Mix 149, Shinchi Atobe, Ship-Scope, Shit And Shine, Sleaford Mods, Soul & Psych From Peru's Radical Decade, Sticky Fingers, Summertime 06, Taraxacum, Testpressing 007 (EP), The Epic, The Magic Whip, The Rolling Stones, Third Side of The Tape, Too many tags, user48736353001, Vince Staples, Vito Ricci, Vulnicura | 1 Comment

Song Of The Day – Jingle Bells by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

Posted on 23/12/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

From the album ‘Christmas Album’ (1968)

Posted in Song Of The Day | Tagged 60's, Christmas Album, Happy Christmas everyone, Herp Albert, Jingle Bells, Merry Christmas everyone, Song Of The Day, Tijuana Brass, X-mas | Leave a comment