Week 12: Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You

 

It's been 57 years and yet this track still sounds as electrifying as ever. One of my all-time favourites and an absolute all round classic. Imagine hearing this in 1956!? Must have blown minds and crept into nightmares. I mean, just look at him! So turn it up and let Mr Hawkins put a spell on you.

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You

Week 11: Django Django - Default

Not much time. Very busy. Must catch flight. Need a song to propel me there. Ah, this will do very nicely.

This album got a lot of spins in the summer time (usually while making tacos) and has crept back into my regular rotation recently. The whole album is solid start to finish, but this one is a particularly shinny gem.

Django Django - Default

Taken from their hot self-titled debut album.

Week Ten: The Foals - Inhaler

Waterloo is shut down due to this "huge" snow storm. There are usually 40,000 people or so on campus, but today I am one of very few. I had to use all my restrain to stop myself from simply tucking in and watching a film in the huge lecture hall I was supposed to have a class in this morning, but I couldn't hold back from blasting THE SONG OF THE WEEK and boogieing down.

I am very excited this week musically. Got the new Eels, the PEACE EP (which is great), Passwords album and Melody's Echo Chamber (very closely tied to Tame Impala) - but these are all mere pebbles in a sea compared to the boulder that will be dropped from heaven come Monday.

I'm talking FOALS motha' uckers.

Now, there is a rumour that the album, Holy Fire, has leaked online. I don't support stealing from artists. Especially hard-working, visionary, great artists like the Foals. But sometimes I can't resist and I might consider downloading the album in advance and then buying it on the release day. I'm not saying I've done this, but I might have. I might also say that Holy Fire is aptly named as it surely must be divine as it is far too hot for any human to have made. I might go as far as to say that it's an early front-runner for album of the year! I might say that it is a absolute blinder from start to finish. This is probably annoying, but lastly, I might even say it's somehow better than Total Life Forever. I'm not sure about the last one, but the fact that I'm even considering it shows you the respect I might show to this album.

But since it only drops on us Monday, I will toe the line and supply you with just one ditty that was released weeks back. Many people have already heard it and loved it. But now even more of you can. I suggest listening to it repeatedly at steadily increasing volumes. It is just so good. I won't even say any more. Here it is (and there will be more to come),

The Foals - Inhaler