Though released earlier this year, I just stumbled over this track this week. Feels a bit like Adam is back in the house…. awesome!
…and another terrific one:
…ha, feel the Cure-keys? Infectious!
ROX 2016 – our first year, 13 great releases. But which one is ROX album of the year 2016?
Let our hosts decide:
| Rank | R | pts. | O | pts. |
| 1st | Lionlimb – Shoo (ROX 005) | 10 | Whitney – Light Upon the Lake (ROX 008) | 10 |
| 2nd | Hiss Golden Messenger – Heart Like A Levee (ROX 012) | 6 | Horsebeach – II (ROX 001) | 6 |
| 3rd | Horsebeach – II (ROX 001) | 4 | Hiss Golden Messenger – Heart Like A Levee (ROX 012) | 4 |
| 4th | Whitney – Light Upon the Lake (ROX 008) | 2 | Julia Jacklin – Don’t Let The Kids Win (ROX 013) | 2 |
| 5th | Julia Jacklin – Don’t Let The Kids Win (ROX 013) | 1 | New Order – Singles (ROX 011) | 1 |
End Result:
1. Whitney – Light Upon The Lake (ROX 008) – 12 pts. – ROX ALBUM OF THE YEAR
2. Horsebeach – II (ROX 001)
Lionlimb – Shoo (ROX 005)
Hiss Golden Messenger (ROX 012) – all 10 pts.
O with Julia Jacklin, Oct 3, 2016
| 1 | Plainsong | Disintegration |
| 2 | Push | The Head On The Door |
| 3 | Open | Wish |
| 4 | High | Wish |
| 5 | Pictures Of You | Disintegration |
| 6 | Doing The Unstuck | Wish |
| 7 | Just Like Heaven | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
| 8 | Shake Dog Shake | The Top |
| 9 | Let’s Go To Bed | Staring At The Sea: The Singles 1979-1985 |
| 10 | Love Song | Disintegration |
| 11 | Fascination Street | Disintegration |
| 12 | Catch | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
| 13 | The Love Cats | Staring At The Sea: The Singles 1979-1985 |
| 14 | Charlotte Sometimes | Faith |
| 15 | Friday I’m In Love | Wish |
| 16 | If Only Tonight We Could Sleep | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
| 17 | How Beautiful You Are… | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
| 18 | In-Between Days | The Head On The Door |
| 19 | Primary | Faith |
| 20 | Disintegration | Disintegration |
| 21 | Close To Me | The Head On The Door |
| 22 | Play For Today | Seventeen Seconds |
| 23 | Out Of This World | Bloodflowers |
| 24 | The End Of The World | The Cure |
| 25 | A Letter To Elise | Wish |
| 26 | The Kiss | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
| 27 | From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea | Wish |
| 28 | A Night Like This | The Head On The Door |
| 29 | Prayers For Rain | Disintegration |
| 30 | Lullaby | Disintegration |
| 31 | Caterpillar | The Top |
| 32 | Boys Don’t Cry | Three Imaginary Boys |
| 33 | Jumping Someone Else’s Train | Three Imaginary Boys |
| 34 | Burn | The Crow |
| 35 | Underneath the Stars | 4:13 Dream |
| 36 | Only One | 4:13 Dream |
| 37 | One Hundred Years | Pornography |
| 38 | Trust | Wish |
| 39 | The Baby Screams | The Head On The Door |
| 40 | All Cats Are Grey | Faith |
| 41 | A Strange Day | Pornography |
| 42 | Hot Hot Hot!!! | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
| 43 | All I Want | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
| 44 | The Walk | Staring At The Sea: The Singles 1979-1985 |
| 45 | Killing An Arab | Boys Don’t Cry |
| 46 | The Blood | The Head On The Door |
| 47 | Never Enough [Big Mix] | Mixed Up |
| 48 | The Perfect Girl | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
| 49 | The Perfect Boy | 4:13 Dream |
| 50 | Closedown | Disintegration |
| 51 | Kyoto Song | The Head On The Door |
| 52 | The Hanging Garden | Pornography |
| 53 | 10.15 Saturday Night | Three Imaginary Boys |
| 54 | The Figurehead | Pornography |
| 55 | M | Seventeen Seconds |
| 56 | Why Can’t I Be You? | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
| 57 | Apart | Wish |
| 58 | The Snakepit | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
| 59 | Mint Car | Wild Mood Swings |
| 60 | Strange Attraction | Wild Mood Swings |
| 61 | Hungry Ghost | 4:13 Dream |
| 62 | A Forest | Seventeen Seconds |
| 63 | Want | Wild Mood Swings |
| 64 | Untitled | Disintegration |
The utterly gorgeous voice of Hope Sandoval is back. Awesome pairing with Kurt Vile on “Let me get there”.
A wonderful take on classic Americana by Hiss Golden Messenger. Really looking forward to the new album, Heart Like a Levee, out October 7, 2016 on Merge Records.
btw: Remember Hiss Golden Messenger’s “Saturday Song” from Primavera 15 – THAT song we saw also at least twice 🙂
Yes, we really saw this song 3 times at this year’s Primavera… But it’s a nice one, right?
Cass McCombs – “Opposite House” (formerly known to insiders as “Why?”….)
Radiohead writes history by surprising the Primavera crowd with set closer ‘Creep’, a song they have not played live for many years.
Here’s the exclusive first-hand footage of the epic event.
Other highlights of the day included a great late night performance of Sheer Mag.
Sheer Mag in Action
But the real day’s highlight was LCD Soundsystem, awesome to have you guys back!
Air and Tame Impala were rightly put on the same stage, as R commented: “Shame impala sounds like Cherry Blossom Girl”.
ROX Vinyl Club 