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http://grooveshark.com/playlist/October+2013/92039647 October 2013 by jim_bomb on Grooveshark 1 The Vaselines - I hate the '80s Some Indie tunes from a band who were popular in the, erm, 80s. You have to agree with the sentiments of this song though. 2 Primal Scream - (I'm gonna) Cry myself blind Not the most popular track on not the most popular album by Primal Scream, but they got so many plays this month because this song was going around in my head for some reason. 3 Bibio - Take off your shirt Some nice chilled out and interesting tunes from the West Midlands IDM geezer have had a fair few plays this month. This one is a bit more upbeat and poppie than most of his stuff though. 4 Kraftwerk - Boing boom tschak Kraftwerk have probably been one of the most influential electronic bands over the years. I also listened to them a lot this month, mainly when I had to work at home due to the storm and no trains running. 5 Nirvana - Lithium I was at university dur...

September 2013 by jim_bomb on Grooveshark Here's the bands that I listened to the most in September and what weird mix of bands I had on. http://grooveshark.com/playlist/September+2013/91053665 1 Reinhard Voigt – In aller Freundschaft A bit of German techno always goes down well especially from the Kompact label 2 Бумбокс – Хвилюватися немає причин More Ukrainian and strangely more reggae than the tune that made the play list last month. 3 Рубль – Я хуярю на гитаре I didn't even realise I'd listened to these Russian punk rockers that much over the month, but it would appear that I had. 4 The Orwells - Mallrats It sounds a bit like 60s US Garage meets 90s Subpop, they are American, but they are far too young for any of that. 5 Inspiral Carpets - Saturn 5 Were part of the Madchester scene, but looking back they sound quite different from the rest of the set, although a lot of bands around that time copied the Hammond organ sound. 6 ESG - Six Pack Som...

http://grooveshark.com/playlist/July+2013/89019666 July 2013 by jim_bomb on Grooveshark Here are the most played bands of July, some of them will need little introduction, so where that happens I won't bother. 1 The Stone Roses - Breaking into Heaven 2 The Courteeners - You overdid it doll 3 Tokyo Police Club - Wait up This is Tokyo Police Club's first appearance on a monthly playlist and the Canadian band are one of my alltime favourites 4 New Order - The Perfect Kiss 5 Blood Red Shoes - It's Getting Boring By the Sea. A great track from the Brighton based indie duo. 6 The Twang - Took the Fun As they are Brummies and Villa fans I was always going to like this band. It's just unusual that they haven't appeared previously on one of these playlists. 7 A Guy Called Gerald - Hot Lemonade A fun track from Manchester's pioneering junglist. 8 Flunk -Kebab Shop 3AM A not particularly Norweigian sounding song from this Norwegian band. 9 Mona...

June 2013 by jim_bomb on Grooveshark http://grooveshark.com/playlist/June+2013/88140765 1 The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored After waiting 23 years to see them they were always going to be the most played band of this month. This was the song that they opened the set with at Finsbury Park. 2 The Courteeners - Sycophant One of the support bands at Finsbury Park. I wasn't too impressed with their first album , or third album to be honest, but they weren't bad on the day and some of the songs from those albums have started to grow on me and I actually quite like Falcon - the second album which this track is taken from. 3 Tequilajazzz - Кроме звезд These Russian rockers have been a staple of playlists over the last few months. I saw them live in Kyiv, but they packed up in 2010. 4 Воплі Відоплясова - Були на селі Now it's time to look forward to my holiday in August and who better to get you in the mood than Kyiv's finest, Воплі Відоплясова! 5 The James ...

May 2013 by jim_bomb on Grooveshark Plenty of familiar bands got a play over the month of May and with the Stone Roses concert coming up and tickets for Happy Mondays in November in the bag there was a decidedly retro feel to what I have been playing recently. 1 The Stone Roses - This is the one The version that appears on Garage Flower. 2 Рубль – Люовь - это... More plays over the month for St.Petersburg foul-mouths 'Rouble'. The missing word in the title seems to be their favourite word. If you know Russian you can probably guess what it is. 3 Happy Mondays - W.F.L. If you have a blast of the Roses you should probably have a blast of the Mondays too. Told you it had been a nostalgic month. 4 Kraftwerk - Tour de France My favourite track by the grandads of techno. 5 Swervedriver - Rain Down They were never my favourites from that scene, but I have grown to quite like them over the last month. 6 Curve - Chinese Burn From the same era as Swervedriver, one o...

If the jukebox below doesn't work the songs can be found here:http://grooveshark.com/playlist/April+2013/86095488 April 2013 by jim_bomb on Grooveshark 1 Рубль – Время водка Rubl were a new find for me this month. A band fronted by Leningrad's Sergei Shurov making rude but witty songs about drinking that have got them banned from performing in several places in Moscow. To give you a flavour this one is called Vodka Time. 2 Wax Tailor – Where My Heart's At A bit of French trip hop that has helped me keep my sanity at work recently 3 Ляпис Трубецкой – В платье белом A band from Belarus who were popular, and who I saw live in Moscow when I lived there. This band really helped me to learn Russian. This is one of their songs from that time with quite simple lyrics. This one translates as In A White Dress. 4 Orbital - Stringy Acid I got back into these techno pioneers from back in the day when they release their latest album, Wonky, last year. The single with the...

It's been a funny month for music. I listened to a lot of old faves, a few bands that I would never have thought of listening to normally and not as much non-English language stuff as I have been for the last year or so. Here is the play list for March 2013. http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/March+2013/84894088 March 2013 by jim_bomb on Grooveshark 1 Kasabian - Fire There was a period in the middle of the last decade when I gave this band quite a few plays. I think that I have been hankering for those bands that were a bit like the early 90s British bands and that is why they got so many plays. 2 De la Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturday' I sometimes like a bit of hip hop, but not usually as soft as this lot, but anyway I enjoyed giving them a blast this month. 3 The Lines - Blisstability There are a few bands called The Lines. This one is the post-rock band from the 80s. I think that a trip to Leyton Orient made me think of this type of music. 4 T...

http://grooveshark.com/playlist/February+2013/83692282 February 2013 by jim_bomb on Grooveshark 1 Сплин – Пил-курил Last month I was on a bit of a Russian language blitz, so not surprisingly Сплин, my favourite Russian band were the most played. In this song they talk about drinking and smoking, which is also a good antidote to all of the nonsense the government are sponsoring on the tell lately. 2 Ундервуд – Гагарин, я вас любила A couple of Ukrainian lads making songs that are evocative of the Soviet Union and this one is about Yuri Gagarin and has ice hockey in the video. What more could you want? 3 µ-Ziq – Brace Yourself Jason A nice bit of techno to break up all the Russian language stuff I had on. This is probably my favourite track from this artist. 4 Мумий Тролль – Дельфины I've been playing this song a lot over the last few months by this Vladivostok Brit Pop kind of band. 5 Дети Picasso – Иное вещество Everything that I have read about this Mo...

January 2013 tunes by jim_bomb on Grooveshark Nothing to with football but here is what I have been listening to this month. 1 I am Kloot - Over my shoulder I haven't listened to this band for a while, but for some reason I had a run on them this month. I think that they have a new album out, but this is taken from 'Gods and Monsters' 2 Charles De Goal - Synchro Track from the French post rock band who are still going strong after 33 years. 3 The Bodines - Synchro C86 band who made some nice tunes, but never got much commercial success even by C86 standards 4 Metro Luminal - Ainult Rottidele An Estonian punk rock ditty that translates as 'Only Rats' 5 Aphex Twin - Didgeridoo A bit of what they call IDM nowadays from back in the day 6 Tequilajazzz - Воздушный шар A song called 'Hot air balloon' by one of my favourite Russian indie rock bands 7 Mixel Pixel - You're the kind of girl Poppy track from New York weirdos 8 We are Scien...