Guest Mix No 19 - The Cunard Yank

Our comrade The Cunard Yank has put together this special mix taking in some of the highlights of 2014. Its an absolute beauty.

Tracklist:
Gulp - I Want To Dance
Jane Weaver - The Electric Mountain
Les Big Byrd - They Worshipped Cats
Chaval Sombre - Couldn’t Do (Justin Robertson’s Deadstock 33s Remix
Pye Corner Audio - Perfect Secrecy Forever
Lay Llamas - We Are You (Tom Furse Remiix)
Al Lover - A Shamans Hand Is Infinite
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Everything Was Very Simple
Clinic - Touch Me
The Soundcarriers - This Is Normal
Sleep Party People - Death Is Th e Future
Grumbling Fur - Lightinsisters
Korallreven - Death Is Not For Us
Seahawks - Rainbow Sun
Yumi Zouma - The Brae (Kaito Remix)
Peaking Lights - Hypnotic Hustle
The Radio Dept - Death To Fascism

Tracks of the Year 2014

Here are the 25 finest tracks that we posted this year, starting with our favourite, an absolute stunner from Tessera Skies...

Tessera Skies - Droplet



Adult Jazz - Spook



Ninetails - Radiant Hex



WEAKKEST - Ride



Favela - Easy Yoke



Blessin - Mono



DNKL - Battles



MiNNETONKA - To Be Just Where You Are



My Heart the Brave - Meditation One



Womans Hour - Conversations



Viscous Liquid - Fun & Games



Easy - Foxholes



The Death of Pop - Whenever



Zola Blood - Grace



Beams - Feeling that the Feelings Right



Joey Fourr - Gold Boy



Horsebeach - Dull



Glue Moon - Stockholm Zone



School '94 -So Long



James Canty - Stranger



American Wrestlers - I Can Do No Wrong



Korallreven - Death Is Not For Us



Communions - So Long Sun



The Joys of Sleeping - Reception



Mirage - Forest Voices

Levitation Room

Faintly sinister narco jangle from LA band Levitation Room.

Acrobat & Marcus Harris

Marcus Harris has produced a mighty fine rumbling remix of Acrobat's 'Invincible', a band we featured earlier in the year .

Sympathetic Frequencies

Los Angeles squadron Sympathetic Frequencies do a nice line in squally pop on 'Wasteland'.

Daydreams & Spazzkid

One LA producer remixes another on this reworking of Spazzkid's 'Getting to Know You'. This is backed up by an narcotic piece of original work from Daydreams below.

doorbells

These gents have evidently been listening to a lot of Real Estate which is an eminently sensible thing to do.

Jason Nolan

A short exhibition of sizeable production flair from 21 year old producer Jason Nolan.

Limited

Alex Craig of Ducktails has weighed in with some skewed electronic pop taken from his debut solo EP as Limited, 'Empire Parasite MP3s' is due out in January.

113 & Eliot Litrowski

Eliot Litrowski of the Cracki stable has produced this edit of French rappers 113.

Tiaras

Extreme dulcetry from San Francisco's Tiaras featuring alumni of Ganglians amongst others.

Cape Cub

Hot on the heels of the stupendous 'Droplet' by Tessera Skies comes this emotive number from another Newcastle based band.

Sea Change

New from Oslo's Sea Change.

Powerdove

Leftfield propulsion taken from Powerdove's Arrest LP.

Surf Rock Is Dead

From the chill of England's early winter this sounds particularly alluring. A blast of hazy sunshine pop.

Leapling

The second single from Leapling's debut album to be released in February by Exploding in Sound Records and Inflated Records.

Au.Ra

Magnificent Aussie outfit Au.Ra are getting an LP released via Felte next March and this will feature on it.

Ethan Silver

George Brooks whose other band A Daydream Waltz we have featured a couple of times recently is also at work with compadre Thom Wilkinson as Ethan Silver.

Palm Beach

Manchester producer Palm Beach has signed with French label Opening Light. This is the first product of their matrimony.

Snowpoet

Meandering spoken word experimentation from London duo Snowpoet. Demands repeat listens.

Gorgeous Bully

The prolifically brilliant Gorgeous Bully have treated us to a new one.

Pet Cemetery

A short and quite brilliant blast of fuzz from Saam Watkins' latest project Pet Cemetery.

Being There

From the last ever release on the Young and Lost Club label, a new one to follow the lustrous 'In The Dark' from last year.

Her Habits

On the second cut from her 'Northerner' EP, Joanie Wolkoff once again produces the goods.

School '94

Having been infatuated with this Gothenburg band all year, we are delighted to welcome the release of their EP. Purchase recommended

Still Parade

Completely under our radar until now. A stunning way to introduce yourself to Still Parade. Download for free here.

Leapling

Hot on the heels of our post of 'Crooked' here's another one from Brooklyn's Leapling which featured on their 'Losing Face' EP from last year.

Schulkid

Virtuoso production from Londoner Schulkid with soaring vocals from young Belgian Valair.

Echo Drama & LANKS

We featured LANKS on Friday and since that this remix of fellow Melbourne residents Echo Drama has come to our attention.

A Daydream Waltz

One more from the new A Daydream Waltz release. Following on from the mournful 'She Was Like You' with more ruminative regret.

Fit Of Body

Atlanta's Fit Of Body from the Harsh Riddims stable have prepared a moreish slab of understated electro

CYMBALS

The second instalment of CYMBALS new 7".

Crepes

Melbourne newcomers Crepes conjure up a languid wonky pop treat on 'Aint Horrible'.