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Welcome to our last Listening Post of 2012 – Team Freshnet’s way of helping artists try out new tunes on sympathetic strangers. We get sent a lot of great songs – and these are the 31 that Team Freshnet loved most this week. The ones that YOU like best will become our final Fresh Faves of the year next Monday, December 17th.
Becoming a Fresh Fave here doesn’t change an artist’s chances of airplay on my radio shows – which feature personal picks from a wide variety of sources. This is simply a community page where our readers can hear a bunch of great tunes, tell us their 5 favourites, and share their thoughts with the artists. Tips:
Dip into tracks at random, like channel hopping on TV.
Be as biased as you like: trust your own personal taste
If you hate what you hear, move on.
The only question is: do I like this – yes or no?
If you copy and paste from this list when posting your 5 faves it’s easier for us to count up afterwards…
THE LUNAR PILOTS – Hurry Up And Live
BODY IN THE THAMES – Panno Impregnato (Instrumental Version)
JOE INNES & THE CAVALCADE – Sweetheart Revolution
ANTON FRANK – Open Circuit
BENJAMIN SHAW & FIGHTING KITES – This Christmas (I Just Want To Be Left Alone)
THE HALF LIGHT – If You Come To Clapham
ECHO PARK – Hailey
SEAN KEEFE – We are all very concerned about you
MIDDLETON HALL – No Way Home
HIVA OA – Badger
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
RANDOLPH SWAIN AND THE RED LIGHTS – Little House
THE BIG SUN – Messed Up Friend
JONNY REGAN – End Of The World
SNIPPET – Come To My Party
THE CUT THROAT RAZORS – Mr Bond
LE PARODY (EXPERIMENTS) – Love Me (La Necesidad)
WILD COMBINATION – Great Expectations
MY GREY HORSE – Need Wood
BERT SUSANKA & THE ASTRONAUT LOVE TRIANGLE – There Won’t Be Any Christmas…
JESS HARWOOD – Every Little Thing
ANiMAL – Keep The Fire Burning
ANDREW MONTGOMERY – Making Up For Lost Time
MAIA – Where Else But Earth
KATHRYN SAWERS – The Good
EMMA GARRETT – Dose Me Up
TOM HICKOX – The Pretty Pride of Russia
APOLLO JUNCTION – Born For Now
SI SEÑOR/YES SIR – Polo Heart
FALLINGHAM FAIR – Think of it as Christmas
ARTISTS: Obviously you’ll be tempted to tell all your fans & friends about being on this week’s Listening Post, but please don’t do that. This vote is about quality of music, not how many Facebook friends you have. After recent problems, we now instantly remove any artists who get their friends to come and vote for them, or any artist who gets more than one vote from the same household.
But hey – your music’s in this list because we loved it – chances are that other people will love it too. So why not spread the love around and tell us your own five favourite tracks by the other people here?
Tom Robinson
Tracks 1 and 12 appear to be the same.
14:22 Friday 14th Dec
Thanks Steve – operator error on my part – have now removed the duplicate track!
Tom
YoHoHo…
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
RANDOLPH SWAIN AND THE RED LIGHTS – Little House
THE BIG SUN – Messed Up Friend
SNIPPET – Come To My Party
JONNY REGAN – End Of The World
And a very merry Christmas to you all.
THE HALF LIGHT – If You Come To Clapham – I will be doing in a few weeks and I hope it is as good as this song.
THE BIG SUN – Messed Up Friend – Im really starting to like this band – the singer is lovely! Need to hear even more than the two on here in previous weeks.
BERT SUSANKA & THE ASTRONAUT LOVE TRIANGLE –There Won’t Be Any Christmas… – Unseasonal greatings I like
APOLLO JUNCTION – Born For Now – my daughter liked this (radio 1 friendly..)Not my cup of tea but she says it’s an ‘anthem’ – it is catchy.
SI SEÑOR/YES SIR – Polo Heart – my favourite… my daughter wasnt as keen..
Bonus as it has christmas in it as well as sounds great..
FALLINGHAM FAIR – Think of it as Christmas
Oi oi.
HIVA OA – Badger
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
FALLINGHAM FAIR – Think of it as Christmas
LE PARODY (EXPERIMENTS) – Love Me (La Necesidad)
WILD COMBINATION – Great Expectations
TOM HICKOX – The Pretty Pride of Russia – Straight out of the top drawer. Great voice.
THE BIG SUN – Messed Up Friend
WILD COMBINATION – Great Expectations
BERT SUSANKA & THE ASTRONAUT LOVE TRIANGLE – There Won’t Be Any Christmas…
JONNY REGAN – End Of The World
LE PARODY (EXPERIMENTS) – Love Me (La Necesidad)
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
WILD COMBINATION – Great Expectations
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
SNIPPET – Come To My Party
Have to say Le Parody’S is one of the best tracks I’ve heard it all year…happy xmas from us
TBS
Andrew Montgomery? As in “him that was in Geneva” Andrew Montgomery? Awesome sauce.
I’ll have my 5 choices up at the weekend.
Hey.
I enjoyed all the Christmas songs but didnt want 3 of the 5 to be xmas songs and could not decide which of the 3 I enjoyed the most. I liked them all. And they all could and nearly made my top 5. But in the end didnt include any.
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
SNIPPET – Come To My Party
JOE INNES & THE CAVALCADE – Sweetheart Revolution
KATHRYN SAWERS – The Good
LE PARODY (EXPERIMENTS) – Love Me (La Necesidad)
HIVA OA – Badger
I like the atmospheric reverse looping Structure
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
I like the hypnotic bleeping
THE CUT THROAT RAZORS – Mr Bond
Somewhere in the middle the change to Polkabond! Yes very tight and varied arrangements keeps me listening.
LE PARODY (EXPERIMENTS) – Love Me (La Necesidad)
I love the quirky voices, exotic hawaiian ukelele sound
BERT SUSANKA & THE ASTRONAUT LOVE TRIANGLE – There Won’t Be Any Christmas…
Lovely joyous playing does the trick, finally found my tree
Happy snowy holidays!
Great stuff once again…loads of space tings going on…is it a sign ?
here’s my selection
SNIPPET – Come To My Party
THE CUT THROAT RAZORS – Mr Bond
MY GREY HORSE – Need Wood
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
JESS HARWOOD – Every Little Thing
A strong week to end the year, but these are my 5:
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
ANiMAL – Keep The Fire Burning
TOM HICKOX – The Pretty Pride of Russia
APOLLO JUNCTION – Born For Now
SI SEÑOR/YES SIR – Polo Heart
Also deserving of a mention… THE HALF LIGHT, SNIPPET, ECHO PARK, and LE PARODY.
The standout track from the above for me is the Tom Hickox one. Without doubt one of the finest songs I’ve heard this year.
My 5 to close 2012 are,in order of appearance;
HIVA OA – Badger
hypnotic & tranquil intro with lovely harmonies encircling a root loop,the build up & crescendo so riddled with sadness-great contrast.
RANDOLPH SWAIN AND THE RED LIGHTS – Little House
love the synth & FX in the intro.Vocals so full of angst amongst a backdrop of wicked guitar-space rock is back with a vengence.
ANiMAL – Keep The Fire Burning
here’s something to shake off the ghost of xmas.A stomping track,arrangement & production-splendid track indeed.
ANDREW MONTGOMERY – Making Up For Lost Time
those vocals are something else.so laid back.
ace song structure,arrangement & production.
EMMA GARRETT – Dose Me Up
What AMAZING vocals-what an amazing song-what an amazing production-am I overusing ‘amazing’-ok let’s try WOW.
special mentions to;
The Lunar Pilots–would love to see them live.
K- Rodd–love the vibe
Snippet–an unique genre that goes beyond the norm with a breath of fresh air normally reserved for country dwellers.
There is one honourable mention for 2012 that I’d like to make to a certain Tom Robinson.Without him,none of this would have been possible and many voices would have been left unheard.I would like to take this opportunity to thank him on behalf of us all.
Thank you Tom.
Wishing you all a Merry xmas and a successful musical 2013.
THE LUNAR PILOTS – Hurry Up And Live
ECHO PARK – Hailey
JONNY REGAN – End Of The World
SNIPPET – Come To My Party
ANDREW MONTGOMERY – Making Up For Lost Time
I cut it down to 10 this week and then was stuck and had to go back and back and back to mull it over but here are my Faves for this week.
THE HALF LIGHT – If You Come To Clapham
JONNY REGAN – End Of The World
ANDREW MONTGOMERY – Making Up For Lost Time
EMMA GARRETT – Dose Me Up
TOM HICKOX – The Pretty Pride of Russia
What really grasped my attention were some truly amazing vocals this week, particularly Andrew and Tom.
I’d like to salute both Lunar Pilots and Anton Frank too as they both submitted great tunes this week.
Merry Christmas to one and all…
I only like 3 of those. 🙁
Favourite of the lot though:
BODY IN THE THAMES – Panno Impregnato (Instrumental Version) Really lovely nu-disco with a really nice slink to it, this deserves much more attention and I’d like to hear more. Reminds me of Gavin Russom’s more restrained synth stuff, which is a definite good thing. I’m genuinely interested in what the vocal (not instrumental) version sounds like.
KID GLOVES – Aloosh I like the interplay between the restrained vocals and jesus lizardy backing. I’m interested in hearing what else they can do.
BERT SUSANKA & THE ASTRONAUT LOVE TRIANGLE – There Won’t Be Any Christmas… Paul Anka covers Tom Waits, how can you not like this.
There was a top 8 for me, which really stood out, and it was pretty tough to get it down to 5. However:
THE LUNAR PILOTS – Hurry Up And Live
ANTON FRANK – Open Circuit
ECHO PARK – Hailey
MY GREY HORSE – Need Wood
ANiMAL – Keep The Fire Burning
@BrianReddie – thanks so much for your kind comments. Generous feedback like yours is always really appreciated by artists.
But for various good reasons, we only count votes from people who’ve picked a full five tracks. Would you mind giving us two more tunes that you, erm, dislike less than the others? That way Body In The Thames, Kid Gloves and Bert Susanka will get the benefit of your support when we count up next week’s Fresh Faves…
Cheers!
And my 5 choices this week are:
THE LUNAR PILOTS – Hurry Up And Live
ECHO PARK – Hailey
TOM HICKOX – The Pretty Pride of Russia
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
WILD COMBINATION – Great Expectations
And in the “I like but…” section this week we have:
The Big Sun – wonderful pop songs but alas, I have blogged about this artist in the past. Did you know that two of the members used to be in Ride, and another in the Candyskins?
Andrew Montgomery – probably the absolute highlight of this week’s list. However, as his previous band’s “Weather Underground” is one of my favourite ever albums, it probably isn’t in the spirit of things to give him my vote.
Afternoon folks…..and what a mighty bunch of tracks!
In order of appearance (sorry not had time this week to put individual comments on peoples tracks):
JONNY REGAN – End Of The World – aaaah Mr Regan 😉
ANDREW MONTGOMERY – Making Up For Lost Time – the vocals melted me…yes…I am liquid…but can still type – vocals reminded me a bit of James Walsh (Starsailor)
KATHRYN SAWERS – The Good – stunning – reminded me of Martha Wainwright
EMMA GARRETT – Dose Me Up – bloody epic!
FALLINGHAM FAIR – Think of it as Christmas – beautiful, pretty & enchanting – a lovely last song to finish off the listening post 😉
Soooo many others I loved- too many to list – hats off to you all!!
I wouldn’t usually post an advert for stuff on the listening post BUT I’d really like to draw your attention to this:
I’ve set up a Just Giving page to try to raise money for the homeless charity Shelter over the Christmas period. I’m selling off my much loved Tanglewood electro-concert classical guitar (with new strings fitted) to raise money.
I’m also giving away all my music for FREE on Bandcamp over the Christmas period to try to raise some money for Shelter – so thats x2 albums, x2 EP’s & a Christmas track about homelessness at Christmas in exchange for a donation to Shelter via my Just Giving page.
Here’s the link:
http://www.justgiving.com/debsmccoy
The link to my Bandcamp page is on there & photos & info about the guitar.
I’ll try to sell/auction off a framed photographic print of mine too that was exhibited at The Baltic, Centre for Contemporary Art in Newcastle in 2008 alongside Yoko Ono & Fluxus Exhibitions. I’ll be posting stuff on Twitter.
Thanks in advance folks – and a MASSIVE thank you for all the blinding tracks.
Have a great Christmas all of you
Peace, love and musical festivities 😉
Debs x
HIVA OA – Badger
THE CUT THROAT RAZORS – Mr Bond
LE PARODY (EXPERIMENTS) – Love Me (La Necesidad)
ANDREW MONTGOMERY – Making Up For Lost Time
TOM HICKOX – The Pretty Pride of Russia
HIVA OA – Badger
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
SNIPPET – Come To My Party
ANDREW MONTGOMERY – Making Up For Lost Time
MAIA – Where Else But Earth
TOM HICKOX – The Pretty Pride of Russia
ANTON FRANK – Open Circuit
SNIPPET – Come To My Party
SI SEÑOR/YES SIR – Polo Heart
FALLINGHAM FAIR – Think of it as Christmas
Merry Xmas from Auntie Evil
Well then:
JOE INNES & THE CAVALCADE – Sweetheart Revolution
WILD COMBINATION – Great Expectations
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
TOM HICKOX – The Pretty Pride of Russia
BENJAMIN SHAW & FIGHTING KITES – This Christmas (I Just Want To Be Left Alone)
Peace and goodwill to all x
Sorry Tom, of course. Apologies for not fulfilling the vote requirements. :/
I’ve relistened, and my initial three stand as is with the inclusion of the following
MAIA – Where Else But Earth quite quite lovely, it reminds me of a number of things, but its more tone and production rather than an obvious influence. that’s not much help, but it is lovely. (some Rachel’s, bit hidden cameras, etc) Don’t know why i missed this the first time.
SNIPPET – Come To My Party I like the slight baroque influence in the composition, it also reminds me of Plugs. Good to hear different instrumentation being used. I hope they get the chance to put more stuff out.
It probably wouldn’t be right for me to vote for Benjamin Shaw & Fighting Kites!
So…
SNIPPET – Come To My Party
MY GREY HORSE – Need Wood (my favourite, I think?)
BIG SUN – Messed Up Friend
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
HIVA OA – Badger
Looking forward to 2013’s selections, Tom and co.
Merry Christmas.
x
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
JONNY REGAN – End Of The World
LE PARODY (EXPERIMENTS) – Love Me (La Necesidad)
BODY IN THE THAMES – Panno Impregnato (Instrumental Version)
ANDREW MONTGOMERY – Making Up For Lost Time
Thanks to everyone who voted for Snippet.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone
Johnno
JESS HARWOOD – Every Little Thing
(Great lyrics, great phrasing, great…EVERYTHING!)
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
HIVA OA – Badger
JOE INNES & THE CAVALCADE – Sweetheart Revolution
ANDREW MONTGOMERY – Making Up For Lost Time
Looking forward to the next listening post (which is when, exactly?).
Merry Christmas & a happy New Year!
APOLLO JUNCTION – born for now – fantastic track – got massive massive potential. Production quality is awesome. Definitely my favourite. The rest follow in this order:
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
HIVA OA – Badger
JOE INNES & THE CAVALCADE – Sweetheart Revolution
xx
5 highlights from the tracks of listened to:
JONNY REGAN – End Of The World
THE HALF LIGHT – If You Come To Clapham
APOLLO JUNCTION – Born For Now
ANTON FRANK – Open Circuit
THE LUNAR PILOTS – Hurry Up And Live
cheers
BENJAMIN SHAW & FIGHTING KITES – This Christmas (I Just Want To Be Left Alone): My sentiments exactly
HIVA OA – Badger: Weird but cool
SNIPPET – Come To My Party: Like this one a lot, reminds me of Madness (in a good way)
EMMA GARRETT – Dose Me Up: Beautiful song, great vocals
SI SEÑOR/YES SIR – Polo Heart: Great production
here’s my favourites this week…
MIDDLETON HALL – No Way Home
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
MY GREY HORSE – Need Wood
TOM HICKOX – The Pretty Pride of Russia
APOLLO JUNCTION – Born For Now
And happy Christmas to you all!
Oor last 5 of the year
KATHRYN SAWERS – The Good
MY GREY HORSE – Need Wood
LE PARODY (EXPERIMENTS) – Love Me (La Necesidad)
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
SI SEÑOR/YES SIR – Polo Heart
Thanks tae Tom an the team fir includin’ us in the listenin’ posts this year, an cheers tae everyone who gave us a listen as a result. Much appreciated. We’ve discovered some great music through this an look forward to much more next year. We’re off tae consult the Christmas crackers fir some new jokes. Hope everyone has a great Christmas an New Year. A’ the best everyone, Steve an Rich Mule. X
Well done all……
Here’s my faves for this week
HIVA OA – Badger
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
JONNY REGAN – End Of The World
BERT SUSANKA & THE ASTRONAUT LOVE TRIANGLE – There Won’t Be Any Christmas…
SI SEÑOR/YES SIR – Polo Heart
Big Christmas best wishes winging their way to all involved with FOTN and till the New Year be safe, be creative and spread the love xxx
Hi 🙂 my 5
JOE INNES & THE CAVALCADE – Sweetheart Revolution
HIVA OA – Badger
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
K-RODD – Daffodil Girl
SI SEÑOR/YES SIR – Polo Heart
Kid Gloves is the name of the track by Aloosh band. I saw this on friday but people was voting already, so I didn’t edited their name. It is hard for us sometimes to see these things when tracks are not submitted as “BAND NAME” – “Track Name”. In any case, Aloosh is a great band and I love their track.
K-RODD: I have your “robotic” sound in my head for 3 days now. I can’t stop singing it!!!
Spetial mention for Snippet and their wonderful track. I always like their fancy style.
And other bands I want to mention as well: The Lunar Pilots (I did their review some weeks ago, very nice album). BENJAMIN SHAW & FIGHTING KITES, oooh I know where this track is coming! THE HALF LIGHT, JONNY REGAN. Liked their work very much.
Have a nice sunday (rest of the day).
Cheers!
Mar
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
THE BIG SUN – Messed Up Friend
SNIPPET – Come To My Party
TOM HICKOX – The Pretty Pride of Russia
BODY IN THE THAMES – Panno Impregnato
My 5 in alphabetical order
JOE INNES & THE CAVALCADE – Sweetheart Revolution
KID GLOVES – Aloosh
LE PARODY (EXPERIMENTS) – Love Me (La Necesidad)
SI SEÑOR/YES SIR – Polo Heart
TOM HICKOX – The Pretty Pride of Russia
I would honestly have voted for SNIPPET and MY GREY HORSE except for the fact that I’m mates with the people involved. Damn fine tunes though.
5 faves are
BERT SUSANKA & THE ASTRONAUT LOVE TRIANGLE – There Won’t Be Any Christmas…
EMMA GARRETT – Dose Me Up
WILD COMBINATION – Great Expectations
ANDREW MONTGOMERY – Making Up For Lost Time
MY GREY HORSE – Need Wood
Thanks for giving The Cut Throat Razors a listen…