Album of the Month ~ January 2015

Top Reads of 2014

 
 
 



1: Inside the Dream Palace: The Life & Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel (Sherill Tippins)
2: Chapter & Verse (Bernard Sumner)
3: Frank (Jon Ronson)
4: Autobiography (Morrissey)
5: Ten Years in an Open Neck Shirt (John Cooper Clarke)
6: Waging Heavy Peace (NeilYoung)
7: Mod: A Very British Style (Richard Weight)
8: Going to Sea in a Sieve (Danny Baker)
9: That Close (Suggs)
10: KLF Chaos, Magic & the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds (John Higgs)

Rocket Science 100 albums of 2014

1:  Elbow – the Take Off and Landing of Everything

2:  Bear Hands – Distraction
3:  War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
4:  Johnny Cash – Out Among the Stars
5:  Pixies – Indy Cindy
6:  Hamilton Leithuaser – Black Hours
7:  Morrissey – World Peace is none of your Business
8:  Hurry for Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes
9:  Manic Street Preachers – Futurology

10:First Aid Kit – Stay Gold

 

11: Bear’s Den - Islands

12: Olivia Jean - Bathtub Love Killings
13: Interpol – El Pintor
14: Raveonettes – Pe’ahi
15: Eagulls – Eagulls
16: East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
17: Tom Petty – Hypnotic Eye
18: Joan as Police Woman – The Classic
19: Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
20: Walter Martin – We’re all Young Together

21: Wilko Johnson & Rodger Daltrey – Going Back Home

22: Conor Oberst – Upside Down Mountain

23: Johnny Marr – Playland
24: Half Man Half Biscuit – Urge for Offal
25: Eels – The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
26: The Jimi Goodwin – Odludek
27: Teleman – Breakfast
28: The Black Keys – Turn Blue
29: Roddy Frame – Seven Dials
30: Warpaint – Warpaint

31: Natalie Merchant  – Natalie Merchant
32: Mary J Blige – The London Sessions
33: Snowbird – Moon / Luna
34: St. Vincent – St. Vincent
35: Maxïmo Park - Too Much Information
36: Drums - Encyclopedia
37: Tinariwen – Emmaar
38: Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
39: Jenny Lewis – The Voyager
40: U2 – Songs of Innocence

41: Lament -Einstuerzende Neubauten
42: Lucius - Wildewoman
43: Gardens & Villa – Dunes
44: Augustines – Augustines
45: The Horrors - Luminous
46: James – la Petit Mort
47: Neil Young – A Letter Home
48: Metronomy – Love Letters
49: Dan Croll – Sweet Disarray
50: Tune-Yards – Nikki Nak

51: Painted Palms – Forever
52: She & Him - Classics

53: Leonard Cohen – Popular Songs

54: Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
55: The Hosts – softly softly
56: Foster the People – Supermodel
57: Beck – Morning Phase
58: Broken Bells – After the Disco
59: Rifles – None the Wiser
60: Jack White – Lazatetto

61: Fanfarlo – Let’s Go Extinct
62: Breton - War Room Stories
63: Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum
64: The New Basement Tapes – Lost Down the River
65: Gruff Rhys –  American Exterior
66: Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Anmials
67: Spoon – they Want My Soul
68: Bombay Bicycyle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
69: Lykke Li – I Never Learn
70: Paul Smith + Peter Brewis - Frozen By Sight

71: Clean Bandit – New Eyes
72: Imogen Heap – Sparks

73: Shovels + Rope – Swimmin’ Time

74: Jamie T – Carry on the Grudge
75: Hiss Golden Messenger – Lateness of Dancers
76: Perfume Genius – Too Bright
77: Juan Maclean – In A Dream
78: Ex Hex - Rips
79: Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
80: Marianne Faithfull – Give My Love to London

81: The Both – The Both
82: The Bug – Angels & Devils
83: Honeyblood – Honeyblood
84: Thurston Moore – The Best Day
85: Superfood – Don’t Say That
86: Ought – More Than Any Other Day
87: Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
88: Young fathers - Dead
89: The Coral – The Curse of Love
90: Real Estate – Atlas

91: Karen o – Crush Songs
92: The Flaming Lips – With A Little Help From My Fwends
93: Neil Young - Storytone
94: The Hold Steady – Teeth Dreams
95: James Vincent McMorrow - Post Tropical
96: John Fruscuiante - Enclosure
97: Eno+Hyde – High LIfe
98: Fat White Family – Champagne Holocaust
99: King Creosote – From Scotland With Love
100: Alvvays – Alvvays

 

Rocket Science #6:10

1: Staircase at the University - Morrissey
2: She Used to Love Me a Lot (JC/EC Version) - Johnny Cash
3: Forgotten Man - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
4: Rockaway Beach - The Ramones

5: Is It Raining In Your Mouth? - Fat White Family
6: 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
7: Temporary Secretary - Paul McCartney
8: Have You Ever Seen the Rain? - Creedence Clearwater Revival
9: Far From Any Road - The Handsome Family
10: Forty Days of Rain - Roddy Frame

11: September Song - The Hosts
12: Nerve Endings - Eagulls
13: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window - Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey

14: Fool For You - Wild Smiles
15: Red Eyes - The War On Drugs
16: Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
17: Turn It Around - Lucius
18: Jerk Ribs - Kelis
19: Pleasure - Baxter Dury
20: What Love - Jagwar Ma
21: Indie Medley - Frank Sidebottom
22: Bizarre Love Triangle - Frente!

Rocket Science #6:09

1: Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers

2: Eardrum Buzz - Wire
3: Give It Up - Public Enemy
4: Envy - Breton
5: Dibby Dibby Sound - DJ Fresh
6: It's Gonna Be Alright - The Dirtbombs
7: Porcelain - Snowbird
8: Blue Moon - Beck
9: Everyday Robots - Damon Albarn
10: Yesterday Man - Robert Wyatt






















11: S.O.S. in Bel Air - Phoenix
12: Many Moons - Chris Eckman
13: Catch Her In The Rye - The Rifles
14: Roscoe - Midlake















15: Hi-Five - Angel Olsen
16: Peter - Glenn Tilbrook
17: I've Got Freedom - Lily & Madeleine
18: Are You My Love - Kelley Stoltz
19: Bloodsports - Drenge
20: The Only One - To Be Frank
21: Digital Witness - St. Vincent

Rocket Science #6:08

They're forming in a straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
The Blitzkrieg Bop

1: Coin-Operated Boy - The Dresden Dolls
(from 'Dresden Dolls' 2004)
2: Nothing To Lose But Your Head - Augustines
(from 'Augustines' 2014)

3: Mahlalela - Letta Mbulu, Hugh Masekela & Studio ensemble
(from ' Golden Afrique, Vol. 3: Highlights of African Pop Music (1939-1988)' 2013)
4: Legal Man - Belle & Sebastian
(single from 2000)
5: Harmony In My Head - The Buzzcocks
(single from 1979)
6: Farewell - Bob Dylan
(from 'Inside Llewyn Davis' soundtrack 2014)
7: Don't Be Scared - John Lennon
(from ' Milk & Honey' 1984)
8: Angels - The xx
(from ' Coexist' 2012)



9: The Death of Queen Jane - Oscar Isaac
(from 'Inside Llewyn Davis' soundtrack 2014)
10: Out Of The Woodwork - Courtney Barnett
(from 'the Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas' 2013)
11: Leave This Island - Maxïmo Park
(from 'Too Much Information' 2014)

12: Lost Boys And Girls Club - Dum Dum Girls
(from 'Too True' 2014)
13: Spinning Signs - Painted Palms
(from 'Forever' 2014)
14: Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA) - David Bowie
(from 'The Next Day Extra EP' 2013)

15: Dripping Down - East India Youth
(from 'Total Strife Forever' 2014)
16: Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub
(from 'Grand Prix' 1995)
17: Holding On For Life - Broken Bells
(from 'After the Disco' 2014)
18: Dance Yrself Clean - LCD Soundsystem
(from 'This is Happening' 2010)

Rocket Science #6:07

1: Sound of da Police - KRS-One
2: What More Can I Say - Jay-Z

3: Fly Boy Blue / Lunette - Elbow
4: Judy Don't Dance - Helen Love
5: Shelter Song - Temples
6: Just Like The Rain - Richard Hawley
7: Elusive Dreams - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
8: For the World - Ed Askew With Sharon Van Etten
9: Disco/Very - Warpaint

10: Take It With Me - Tom Waits
11: Blue Eyed Hexe - Pixies
12: Anti-Parent Cowboy Killers - Joanna Gruesome
13: Let's Dance - Ibibio Sound Machine
14: Mean Streets - Tennis
15: A Lizard State - King Krule
16: Cish Cash - Basement Jaxx & Siouxsie Sioux
17: Out of Control - U2
18: Winterlude - Bob Dylan
19: Antitaxi - La Femme
20: Transmission - Joy Division
21: D'Ye Ken Ted Moult? - Half Man Half Biscuit

Rocket Science #6:06

1: Cough Cough - Everything Everything
2: Deanna - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3: Here Again - Factory Floor

4: Anyone Who Had A Heart - Cilla Black
5: I Don't Mind If You Forget Me - Morrissey
6: Q.U.E.E.N. (Feat. Erykah Badu) - Janelle Monae
7: Intergalactic - The Beastie Boys
8: Like a Rocket Man - David Bowie
9: Vortexas - Howe Gleb
10: Is The Black At The End Good - The Flaming Lips

11: Brilliant Mistake - Elvis Costello
12: The Old and the Young - Midlake
13: No Church In the Wild
(feat. Frank Ocean & The-Dream)
- JAY Z & Kanye West
14: Out In The Streets
- The Shangri-Las

15: Who Needs You- The Orwells
16: Annabel - Goldfrapp
17: Matangi - M.I.A.
18: Let's Dance - M. Ward