Mog's Playlist

New Releases

The Black Keys - El Camino

Eleven tracks of rock & roll with a hint of soul and blues. This album is a party for your ears but for The Black Keys this is lightweight and somewhat disappointing.

Lonely Boy || Dead And Gone || Gold On The Ceiling || Little Black Submarines || Money Maker || Run Right Back || Sister || Hell Of A Season || Stop Stop || Nova Baby || Mind Eraser.

Death In Vegas - Trans-Love Energies

Death In Vegas never fail to produce outstanding music but I was still knocked sideways, in fact everyways by this. It's like the disturbed offspring of an unholy alliance between Hawkwind, Goldfrapp, Human League & Tangerine Dream.

Silver Time Machine || Black Hole || Your Loft My Acid || Medication || Coum || Withcdance || Scissors || Drone Reich || Lightning Bolt || Savage Love ||| Your Loft My Acid || Medication || I.W.Y.L.A. || Fur 74 || Heroes || Coum || Lightning Bolt || Come Ride With Me || Enforced Peace || Moe Tucker.

DJ Shadow - The Less You Know, The Better

Five years after the heavily rap-based "The Outsider" this new album sounds closer to the classic debut "Endtroducing", it has got to be one of the finest albums of the year.

Back To Front (Circular Logic)|| Border Crossing || Stay The Course || I've Been Trying || Sad And Lonely || Warning Call || Tedium || Enemy Lines || Going Nowhere || Redeemed || Run For Your Life || Give Me Back The Nights || I Gotta Rokk || Scale It Back || Circular Logic (Front To Back) || (Not So) Sad And Lonely.

Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire

An exquisite melancholic album. A fine return after a three year hiatus.

Dirty Rain || Ashes & Fire || Come Home || Rocks || Do I Wait || Chains Of Love || Invisible Riverside || Save Me || Kindness || Lucky Now || I Love You But Don't Know What To Say.

Ozric Tentacles - Paper Monkeys

Space rock meets jazz fusion in a beautifully flowing album. This could well be their finest hour with musicianship that is the height of professionalism.

Attack Of The Vapours || Lemon Kush || Flying Machines || Knurl || Lost In The Sky || Paper Monkeys || Plown || The Will Of The Wisps || Air City.

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

Finally a Coldplay album that shows some progression. Eno's production shines throughout and the musicians are given some space to perform.

Mylo Xyloto || Hurts Like Heaven || Paradise || Charlie Brown || Us Against The World || M.M.I.X. || Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall || Major Minus || U.F.O. || Princess Of China || Up In Flames || A Hopeful Transmission || Don't Let It Break Your Heart || Up With The Birds.

Noel Gallagher - High Flying Birds

Noel Gallagher sounds at ease on this album and so he should as most of this is the familar ground covered by Oasis with the odd jazzy interlude. Still well worth a listen.

Everybody's On The Run || Dream On || If I Had A Gun... || The Death Of You And Me || (I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine || AKA... What A Life! || Soldier Boys And Jesus Freaks || AKA... Broken Arrow || (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach || Stop The Clocks.

Gomez - Whatever's On Your Mind

Yet another beautifully crafted album from a very consistent band. Subtle experimentation can be heard throughout. Highly recommended.

Options || I Will Take You There || Whatever's On Your Mind || Just As Lost As You || The Place And The People || Our Goodbye || Song In My Heart || Equalize || That Wolf || X-Rays.

The Jayhawks - Mockingbird Time

Their first album in over eight years contains material written following their successful 2009 reunion festival dates in Spain. Let's hope there's more to follow from this massively underrated band.

Hide Your Colors || Closer To Your Side || Tiny Arrows || She Walks In So Many Ways || High Water Blues || Mockingbird Time || Stand Out In The Rain || Cinnamon Love || Guilder Annie || Black-Eyed Susan || Pouring Rain At Dawn || Hey Mr, Man.

dEUS - Keep You Close

Belgium is not famous for its musical exports but they make up for it with dEUS. Their seventh studio album is another fine example of experimental indie-rock that is well worth spending time getting to know.

Keep You Close || The Final Blast || Dark Sets In || Twice (We Survive) || Ghost || Constant Now || The End Of Romance || Second Nature || Easy.

Mog's Playlist (The last thirty albums played by Mog)

Can - Tago Mago || Aphrodite's Child - 666 || Elvis Costello - This Year's Model || Fleetwood Mac - Mirage || Midlake - The Courage Of Others || Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath || The Verve - A Northern Soul || Amon Duul II - Tanz Der Lemminge || The Plastic Avengers - Space Graffiti || The Black Crowes - Lions || Colosseum - Daughter Of Time || Phil Manzanera - Vozero || The Jayhawks - Sound Of Lies || Captain Beefheart - The Spotlight Kid + Clear Spot || The Black Keys - Brothers || Alice Cooper - Killer || Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion || Pink Floyd - The Wall || Joe Satriani - Strange Beautiful Music || America - Homecoming || America - America || The White Stripes - De Stijl || Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift || Fila Brazillia - Old Codes New Chaos || Jethro Tull - This Was || Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care || Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch || Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan || Bonobo - Black Sands || The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion.

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