VA – Uncut: The Best of 2015

1. Ryley Walker – Summer Dress

2. Courtney Barnett – Depreston

3. Wilco – The Joke Explained

4. Father John Misty – When You’re Smiling and Astride Me

5. Björk – Quicksand

6. Sufjan Stevens – All of Me Wants All of You

7. New Order – Restless

8. Jason Isbell – If It Takes a Lifetime

9. Mbongwana Star – Nganshe

10. Olivia Chaney – Blessed Instant

11. Gwenno – Chwyldro

12. Robert Foster – I’m So Happy for You

13. J D McPherson – Head Over Heels

14. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Necessary Evil

15. Julia Holter – Feel You

VA – Mojo Presents: Best of 2015

1. Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian at Best

2. Sleater-Kinney – Bury Our Friends

3. New Order – Restless

4. Songhoy Blues – Soubour

5. Gaz Coombes – 20/20

6. Bill Ryder-Jones – Two to Birkenhead

7. Jim O’Rourke – Last Year

8. John Grant – Down Here

9. Matthew E. White – Rock & Roll Is Cold

10. Sufjan Stevens – Should Have Known Better

11. Father John Misty – Bored in the USA

12. Low – What Part of Me

13. Julia Holter – Feel You

14. Joanna Newsom – Leaving the City

15. Jason Isbell – If It Takes a Lifetime

Nothing But Hope And Passion - Nothing But… Nordic Music - 2014

"Nothing But… Nordic Music" is a free compilation by NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION, featuring a broad selection of up and coming acts from the Scandinavian countries.

NOTHING BUT… NORDIC MUSIC- Tracklist

01. SEKUOIA – Can’t Be Loved

02. LOWLY – Daydreaming

03. TEAM ME – Blind As Night

04. SAMARIS – Ég vildi fegin verða

05. CASA MURILO – Drive

06. NERVOUS NELLIE – Skeletons

07. INTERTWINE – So What

08. COSKA – Benjamin

09. SIN COS TAN – Traffic

10. NOAH KIN – See Me

11. RÖKKURRÓ – Killing Time

12. ADNA – The Prettiest

13. THE SCENES – Perpetual Sunburst

14. POOMA – Under The Trees

Only a couple of years back one could come up with plenty of clichés about Scandinavian music. Well, some people might still do. Yes, it’s all quite moody and melancholic; undeniable gloomy. And if not the other extremes are surely metal and charts pop in the finest tradition of ROXETTE and ABBA. But of course you do know better than this. Quite obviously the current music scene of the Nordic countries has far more to offer than outmoded stereotypes. Other than that you can spot a broad range of genres, artists and musical ideas when you focus your view on Europe’s north. And more and more the rest of the world seems to notice what’s going on in this musical microcosm. England might be the home country of pop music in terms of historical relevance but the Scandinavian countries are currently the place to look first when it comes to exciting new artists and a diversified selection of high quality music from various fields. nbhap

VA - Nothing But Hope And Passion - Nothing But... Dreampop - 2014

I find this the appropriate first post since the cover depicts what I was doing the past while. To boot, it's a pretty sweet compilation.

"Nothing But… Dreampop " is a free compilation by NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION, featuring a bright selection of dreamy pop, shoegaze and other easy floating songs.. 

Nothing But Hope And Passion is the music magazine for everyone who thinks a bit more about life, who wants to get a bit more from life and who gives a bit more to live.

Home of NBHAP Magazine

Johnny Cash and Friends - MOJO - 2013

MOJO Magazine

The latest issue of MOJO magazine celebrates the life and times of the great Johnny Cash, ten years after his sad passing. The free CD, Johnny Cash… And Friends, shares the genius of The Man In Black on tracks by Jerry Lee Lewis, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Willie Nelson, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Townes Van Zandt and many more. Also in the issue: Janelle Monae’s sci-fi R&B revolution; Roy Harper on madness, rebellion and cricket; The Smiths Unseen. PLUS! Charles Bradley, Wilko Johnson, an audience with Amy Winehouse’s amazing vintage jukebox and albums from Arctic Monkeys, Bill Callahan, Haim, Manic Street Preachers, Elton John and more.

Johnny Marr - Mojo - 2013

MARR AND FRIENDS CD

Johnny Marr – The Right Thing Right

The Cribs – We Share The Same Skies

Johnny Marr + The Healers – The Last Ride

Edwyn Collins – Come Tomorrow, Come Today

Sandie Shaw – Hand In Glove

Billy Bragg – Walk Away Renee

Modest Mouse – Dramamine

The The – Evening Star

Transit Kings – America Is Unavailable

Kirsty MacColl – Walking Down Madison

Lisa Germano- Into Oblivion

Beth Orton – Call Me The Breeze

Robyn Hitchcock – Ordinary Millionaire

John Frusciante – Central

The Durutti Column – Chant

Uncut Top 15 [2012]

1. Grizzly Bear – Sleeping Ute [04:37]

2. Sharon Van Etten – Give Out [04:18]

3. Ty Segall & White Fence – Scissor People [03:31]

4. Allah-Las – Don’t You Forget It [03:05]

5. Dexys – Nowhere Is Home [04:58]

6. The Liminanas – Salvation [03:20]

7. Dr. John – Revolution [03:27]

8. Bill Fay – The Never Ending Happening [03:42]

9. Goat – Let It Bleed [03:55]

10. Lightships – Two Lines [03:52]

11. Anais Mitchell – Young Man in America [05:29]

12. Pond – When It Explodes [05:24]

13. Field Music – From Hide and Seek to Heartache

14. Go-Kart Mozart – As Long As You Come Home Tonight [03:15]

15. Six Organs of Admittance – Even If You Knew

VA – Mojo Presents: Rumours Revisited [2013]

Tracklist:

1. Yeasayer – Second Hand News

2. Pure Bathing Culture – Dreams

3. Slaraffenland – Never Going Back Again

4. The Phoenix Foundation – Don’t Stop

5. Dutch Uncles – Go Your Own Way

6. The Staves – Songbird

7. Liars – The Chain

8. The Besnard Lakes – You Make Loving Fun

9. Dylan Leblanc – I Don’t Want To Know

10. Mary Epworth – Oh Daddy

11. Julia Holter – Gold Dust Woman

"Up The Bracket" Covered In Full By Your Favourite Bands [2012]

NME.com

The debut album from The Libertines is already 10 years old. When did that happen, eh?! Re-live one of the most exciting releases in the UK ever, read all the funny, intense and blood-stained tales behind the making of this seminal record from the people who were there at the time.

Move On Up – A Modernist Compendium [2012]

The latest free CD from the November, 2012 MOJO Magazine captures the fusion of influences that led to the modern Mod movement and its many offshoots. Includes a rare demo from The Jam, as well as a live version of “The Great Depression” (culled from the Deluxe Edition of The Gift). Not to mention the oft forgotten Bruce Foxton.

THE JAM Just Who Is The Five O’Clock Hero (Demo) (2:20)
THE YARDBIRDS You’re A Better Man Than I (3:15)
LEE DORSEY Ride Your Pony (2:48)
LAUREL AITKEN Bad Minded Woman (2:40)
THE BEAT Twist And Crawl (2:33)
PRINCE FATTIE & HOLLIE COOK And The Beat Goes On Dub (3:03)
ANDY LEWIS (Featuring Keni Burke) (Love Is) Alive In My Heart (3:06)
CURTIS MAYFIELD Move On Up (3:38)
AARON NEVILLE Hercules (4:11)
PAUL WELLER & TERRY CALLIER Brother To Brother (4:12)
THE MOONS Jennifer (Sits Alone) (3:20)
DEXY’S Nowhere Is Home (4:57)
BRUCE FOXTON Number Six (3:14)
WILCO JOHNSON Down By The Waterside (3:15)
THE JAM The Great Depression (Live) (3:17)

UnCut: Into `Your Arms [2012]

1. Sebadoh – Keep the Boy Alive

2. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Bag of Bones

3. Raymond Byron – Whippoorwill

4. Calexico – Splitter

5. Mark Eitzel – I Love You But Your’re Dead

6. Dinosaur Jr. – Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know

7. Dan Stuart – Gonna Change

8. Thee Oh Sees – Lupine Dominus

9. James Yorkston – A Short Blues

10. Patterson Hood – 15 Days (Leaving Time Again)

11. Catherine Irwin – Sinner Saves a Saint

12. Woodpecker Wooliams – Crow

13. Cory Branan – Survivor Blues

14. Ombre – Vistate

15. Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Someday Past the Sunset

Yellow Submarine Resurfaces (2012)

The latest free CD issue from the July, 2012 edition of MOJO Magazine is a tribute to the re-release of the Yellow Submarine DVD and song soundtrack. There are some interesting covers here, especially some of George Harrison’s lost wonders, “It’s All Too Much,” “Only A Northern Song” and “Love You To.” I like Jim White’s “All Together Now,” but only because I already liked his bizarre style. The Cornshed Sisters, who recorded a vocally robust Beach Boys bonus cover for last month’s MOJO, tackle “Nowhere Man” here. Check out the twisted cover of George‘s psych rock epic, “It’s All Too Much,” below. WW

Track List:

BILL WELLS & AIDEN MOFFAT Yellow Submarine

BEVIS FROND Hey Bulldog

HOWE GELB Eleanor Rigby

CORNERSHOP Love You To

JIM WHITE All Together Now

NATALIE DUNCAN Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

PETE SHELLEY Think For Yourself

MICHELE STODART Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH With A Little Help From My Friends

WOODEN WAND Baby, You’re A Rich Man

GRAVENHURST Only A Northern Song

THEA GILMORE All You Need Is Love

BAXTER DURY When I’m Sixty Four

CORNSHED SISTERS Nowhere Man

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE It’s All Too Much

Electricity - A Brief History of Future Sound [2012]

MOJO September 2012

The latest free CD from the September, 2012 edition of MOJO Magazine is a tribute to electronica, entitled Electricity – A Brief History Of Future Sound. I like a few of these bands myself (CAN, Throbbing Gristle) but don’t really listen to this type of music much. It’s why the player hosts what might be the least representative track. Fans of the genre will know if this collection is worthy or not.

FAD GADGET Back To Nature (5:46)

THROBBING GRISTLE Hamburger Lady (4:07)

CAN Oh Yeah (7:20)

PLASTIKMAN Spastick (9:16)

MOBY Honey (3:18)

NITZER EBB Let Your Body Learn (2:48)

CABARET VOLTAIRE No Escape (3:35)

ADD N TO (X) Metal Fingers In My Body (5:11)

RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE Probably A Robbery (3:31)

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Losing My Edge (7:50)

PHOTEK Smoke Rings (6:28)

PAN SONIC Urania (4:32)

DAFT PUNK Rollin & Scratchin (7:27)

DAF Der Mussolini (3:51)

NON Intro Total War (4:59)

Uncut - For the Turnstiles [2012]

UnCut

1. Hot Chip – Flutes (7:06)

2. Donavan Woods – No Time Has Passed (2:41)

3. Delicate Cutters – You Want Her (2:01)

4. The Dreaming Spires – Strength of Strings (6:05)

5. Ty Segll Band – I Bought My Eyes (3:48)

6. Sun Kil Moon – Sunshine in Chicago (2:35)

7. The Barr Brothers – Deacon’s Son (5:49)

8. The Welcome Wagon – I Know That My Redeemer

9. Eamon McGrath – Instrument of My Release

10. Lee Bains III – Choctaw Summer (3:01)

11. Go-Kart Mozart – Retro-Glancing (4:06)

12. Rich Hopkins and Luminarios – Friend of the…

13. Admiral Fallow – Beatle in the Box (3:35)

14. Mission of Burma – Semi-Pseudo-Sort-Of-Plan

15. Six Organs of Admittance – A Thousand Birds

16. Neneh Cherry & the Thing – Dream Baby Dream

Mojo Presents - The Roots of The Rolling Stones [2012]

MoJo

MOJO presents 15 Stones-approved classics with Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Muddy Waters and more!