FEATURE:
The January Playlist
Vol. 4: Thee Who Cares, Wins
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THE Trump suitcases have been unpacked in The White House and…
IN THIS PHOTO: Julie Byrne
former President Obama is headed home. What he does next is anyone’s guess but I am sure he will continue to provide goodwill and humanity to the wider world. In terms of Trump; there is a lot of fear and uncertainty: just what will the first one-hundred days produce? As we come to terms with a four-year (at the earliest) reality; music has a vital role. In this edition of The January Playlist, I have collected new, politically-motivated songs from Gorillaz, Arcade Fire and others: uplifting and hopeful songs and some great new album tracks/singles from the best of music. In addition, and celebrating sixty years of The Cavern Club, I collect songs from some of the legends who have performed there – Stevie Wonder, The Hollies and The Rolling Stones among them. The Beatles defined the venue so I include a collection of their best songs. ALSO, as D.J. Steve Lamacq focuses on the importance and glory of our small venues; I include five live performances from the venues he features (on his ‘6 Music show) next week. Another full and spirited collection of songs to get your teeth into!
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Gorillaz (ft. Benjamin Clementine) – Hallelujah Money
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDUrpPvU1_4&w=560&h=315]
Spoon – Hot Thoughts
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6KFBFg5q1Y&w=560&h=315]
Biffy Clyro – Flammable
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r-WbSan6D0&w=560&h=315]
LIFE – Euromillions
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbqxNJ2W6G0&w=560&h=315]
The Amazons – Little Something
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3nBVV2WSYI&w=560&h=315]
PHOTO CREDIT: Bryon Chambers
Vinyl Staircase – German Wings
[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/302989174" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]
Cage the Elephant – Cold Cold Cold
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n95eekfFZZg&w=560&h=315]
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Sleep Drifter
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XW8yofuGao&w=560&h=315]
Venture Lows – Brenda
[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/302951129" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]
Checkmate – Dessert
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpA2J15j-mw&w=560&h=315]
Middle Kids – Never Start
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUC7OFUbn6A&w=560&h=315]
Diet Cig – Tummy Ache
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbXE_MmsZvU&w=560&h=315]
THEY – U-Rite
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs4C1ZMZyd8&w=560&h=315]
Harlea – You Don’t Get It
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVzNNw5rFeI&w=560&h=315]
Ten Fé – Twist Your Arm
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4awKqbekmcI&w=560&h=315]
Dead Pretties – Social Experiment
[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/301220628" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]
JP Cooper - September Song
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ORWF5RkdO0&w=560&h=315]
of Montreal – Stag to the Table
https://play.spotify.com/track/63qH8N4uWE7lESyIFa0GtQ
Women’s March Chant (ft. Fiona Apple) – Tiny Hands
[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/303184466" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]
MUNA - Crying on the Bathroom Floor
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUmk2Hr6sZw&w=560&h=315]
Arizona – Oceans Away
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MoAdVyuEuU&w=560&h=315]
Kacey Chambers – Ain’t No Little Girl
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp2j579fglI&w=560&h=315]
Holly Throsby - Areoplane
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOWUlTzB9K4&w=560&h=315]
PHOTO CREDIT: Savvy Creative
The Creases - Everybody Knows
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNtgHa3NDMo&w=560&h=315]
James Maslow (ft. City Fidelia) - Cry
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfSzaC1uxgg&w=560&h=315]
John Mayer - Moving On and Getting Over
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0wBrJHd9-A&w=560&h=315]
PHOTO: Klaus Carson
KLP – Back in the Room
[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/284358626" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]
Lady Antebellum – You Look Good
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yxmCqikFss&w=560&h=315]
Cocorosie (ft. Anohni) – Smoke ‘em Out
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMb4TGFEVYw&w=560&h=315]
Louis Berry – She Wants Me
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ATpIICVzA&w=560&h=315]
Snakehips (ft. MØ) – Don’t Leave
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6lzFl2XUeM&w=560&h=315]
Magnus Bechmann - Second Chance
[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/293774394" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]
Los Campesinos! – 5 Flucloxacillin
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWpNsnunsU&w=560&h=315]
Jesca Hoop – Memories Are Now
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fZUZUnAcc4&w=560&h=315]
William Onyeabor – Fantastic Man
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyL4c_LDCl0&w=560&h=315]
Troye Sivan (ft. Betty Who) - HEAVEN
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VNV__mV38s&w=560&h=315]
Maggie Rogers – On + Off
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWt5ywbLhO8&w=560&h=315]
Tinie Tempah (ft. Tinashe) – Text from Your Ex
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57XGVrDF4FI&w=560&h=315]
Maximo Park - Risk to Exist
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdkFHkfYFAs&w=560&h=315]
BANKS – Trainwreck
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSNqIerZBFs&w=560&h=315]
Arcade Fire (ft. Mavis Staples) – I Give You Power
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6jma9VQEls&w=560&h=315]
Dutch Uncles – Big Balloon
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_TQwB4f6Hk&w=560&h=315]
Bonobo (ft. Mick Murphy) – No Reason
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebzEEEdjHj0&w=560&h=315]
Grandaddy – Evermore
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX34Qhmto0Y&w=560&h=315]
PHOTO CREDIT: Phil Knott
SOHN – Conrad
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf9M5AET4ac&w=560&h=315]
The Proper Ornaments – Bridge by a Tunnel
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNcW7AZYR6o&w=560&h=315]
Breaking Benjamin - Never Again
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEUG3_Zh-rw&w=560&h=315]
Menace Beach – Suck It Out
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD4J6byG5Aw&w=560&h=315]
Loyle Carner – Stars & Shards
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csWw2giloDQ&w=560&h=315]
FEMME – Light Me Up
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVJvRojiDQs&w=560&h=315]
Club Drive - Overthrown
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I84HYy1UOA0&w=560&h=315]
Ronika - Principle
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCp7mjV5yV0&w=560&h=315]
Cloud Nothings - Internal World
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQUcpNi8T_8&w=560&h=315]
Courtney Marie Andrews - Irene
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJIFP1jQcs&w=560&h=315]
Toothless - Sisyphus
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8b2mekAWWI&w=560&h=315]
Mallory Knox - Better Off Without You
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAmSdsv5C7Q&w=560&h=315]
Chloe Martini (feat. Chiara Hunter) - Change of Heart
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdLPtSTu_1Q&w=560&h=315]
Rationale – Reciprocate
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKttcxlzw5o&w=560&h=315]
Cherry Glazerr - Nurse Ratched
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7_VbRksShc&w=560&h=315]
Gulp – Search for Your Love
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr3Ib8vomG0&w=560&h=315]
As Lions - Aftermath
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQX_wAi8TuU&w=560&h=315]
Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes - Neon Rust
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLtlcaffJCs&w=560&h=315]
Julie Byrne – Natural Blue
[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/287304168" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]
Migos - T-Shirt
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VUa99-tJqs&w=560&h=315]
P.O.S. - Lanes
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcVU0Pup8Qk&w=560&h=315]
Pulled Apart By Horses - The Haze
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhd2QN_JHJw&w=560&h=315]
Train – Play That Song
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm3fOyO5UIo&w=560&h=315]
Sleater-Kinney - Surface Envy
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7C5w3zna8A&w=560&h=315]
Lauren Alaina - Next Boyfriend
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3zhOoDKVvs&w=560&h=315]
WSTR - Featherweight
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5FNO5qorbw&w=560&h=315]
PHOTO CREDIT: Matsu Photography @ Johnny Ma Studios - Good Kid Productions
Tired Lions – I Don’t Think You Like Me
[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/303663450" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]
The Cavern Club opened on 16th January, 1957; it closed in 1973 before being resurrected in 1984. It has housed some wonderful artists; none bigger than The Beatles - who would perform regular gigs there at the start of their career
The Beatles – Penny Lane
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-rB0pHI9fU&w=560&h=315]
The Beatles – We Can Work It Out
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyclqo_AV2M&w=560&h=315]
The Beatles – A Day in the Life
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM&w=560&h=315]
The Beatles – Revolution
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLGzRXY5Bw&w=560&h=315]
The Beatles - Twist & Shout (Performed Live on The Ed Sullivan Show)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-VAxGJdJeQ&w=560&h=315]
The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby (From Yellow Submarine)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuS5NuXRb5Y&w=560&h=315]
The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJDJs9dumZI&w=560&h=315]
The Yardbirds – For Your Love
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU5zqidlxMQ&w=560&h=315]
The Hollies – Carrie Anne
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgA4-bLcoN8&w=560&h=315]
Elton John – I’m Still Standing
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwVBirqD2s&w=560&h=315]
John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom Boom
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ULhXSB-20&w=560&h=315]
The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg&w=560&h=315]
The Who – Who Are You?
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLIerfXuZ4&w=560&h=315]
The Kinks – Lola
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LemG0cvc4oU&w=560&h=315]
Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wZ3ZG_Wams&w=560&h=315]
Queen – Who Wants to Live Forever
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtpf8N5IDE&w=560&h=315]
Suzi Quatro – Can the Can
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYoogY-UGio&w=560&h=315]
Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine?
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQH8ZTgna3Q&w=560&h=315]
Steve Lamacq dedicates his show to independent venues (from Monday 23 to Friday 27 January, 2017). Over the week he visits Essex, Leeds; Oxford, Birmingham and Brighton; he’ll be finding out what makes some of the smallest music venues in the country the most important - whilst raising awareness of the grassroots music scene.
Citizen - The Night I Drove Alone (Live at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nhzI0zJKNY&w=560&h=315]
Dua Lipa - Be the One (Live at Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWw19BWmOS0&w=560&h=315]
31hours - Royal Box (Live at The Jericho Tavern, Oxford)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsmikPfUHCs&w=560&h=315]
Yur Mum - (Live at The Bassment, Chelmsford)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW3EU0zGuPA&w=560&h=315]
Muncie Girls - Respect / Kasper and Rainbow (Live at Sticky Mike's Frog Bar)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SherTXbbxyk&w=560&h=315]
It has been an emotional and life-changing week for so many people. The world has changed and there is a lot of anger and protest. Things are unfolding, the likes of which we have never seen – let’s hope we never see it again. Regardless of what is happening in America; music continues to inspire and comfort – in addition to addressing political dissatisfaction and corruption. As we put on a brave face, there is a world of great music that is unconcerned with personal agendas and ignoring the pleas of the majority. It brings everyone in and encourages love and unity. In that spirit; immerse yourself in this week’s finest songs and embrace something pure and dependable.