Too late: The best songs of 2013

[slipjig]

I meant to post this way back in January-back when it'd have been, y'know, appropriate-but I wasn't posting anything back then, really, except screeds about how I wish I posted things. So this really is way too late, but at the moment I'm trying to switch off some brain cells, so it seems the time has come. Besides, I can use the excuse that the

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[intuition_ist]

i'm listening to Hugh Laurie's song right now.

you might also like this, but it's from a wicked long time ago...

[slipjig]

Oooh, I do like!

[rubian77]

Yeah, I was totally hooked on #1 after one listen. Really engrossing melody!

If you've been playing these on your show, I've heard them. A lot of them sound familiar (Fish, for example -- LOVE THAT ONE TOO) and I keep meaning to just ask you to email me single tracks but my music collection is already too big for its gigabritches.....

[slipjig]

No such thing as too big! And thank you so much for listening; I often wonder if my stuff is just drifting out into the ether and vanishing unheard. Let me know if there's anything I can send your way!

[rubian77]

Oh, good lord no. I check back every 2-3 weeks, load up the recent shows onto a USB stick, and listen to and from work until I have new episodes to download.

You really need to post tracklistings. But in the meantime, the Tracy Grammer/Dave Carter songs you've played -- OMFG. So, so, so beautiful. I think I may be hooked.

And that Fish song totally rocked like a rocking thing.

Oh, and! If you haven't already snagged a copy and want the rest of the Imelda May album, I can happily email that to you. It's awesome.

And also look up "Drinking Squad" on YouTube if you like punk. They're like a German version of Flogging Molly.

[rubian77]

Also also wik: sending you some stuff I found, that you may or may not already have, for your approval.

[daev]

Wow, there's some great stuff on the list. I admit sheepishly that I have not been keeping up with your podcasts for a couple of months, so much is new to me.

One thing I have been getting into for a couple of months is Tuareg blues rock! Great to hear Bombino here. Tinariwen and Tamikrest, also awesome.

(It's interesting to hear how that style has progressed through cultural interchange. The pioneers claimed not to have heard American blues at all; in the first generation to get electric guitars, they just were doing what seemed to come naturally with their native music. By the time you got to Bombino, he clearly draws on Anglo-American electric blues rock.)

[slipjig]

I'm glad you like! And thank you thank you thank you for the recommendations; I just played Tamikrest this past week thanks to you. Awesome, amazing stuff. (Anything else I should be listening to?)