September 24, 2010 Playlist

"When I Was Born For The 7th Time" by Cornershop (1997)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Cornershop  "When I Was Born For The 7th Time"  1997 (UK)
I've been playing a lot of new releases on the show this year, so for the CAOTW this week let's look into the not too distant past.  Cornershop is a "British Asian" pop/rock combo led by Tjinder Singh, and has been one of my favorite UK groups ever since I saw them open for Stereolab on their Emperor Tomato Ketchup tour.  Cornershop's set climaxed with a trance-inducing acoustic two chord sitar rock chant in Punjabi that seemed to last forever and was also one of the catchiest tunes I'd ever heard!  ("Juliander Shere" from their 1995 album Woman's Gotta Have It.)  Their next album to come out was this one, which caused a minor sensation in "indie rock" circles and was chosen by Spin magazine as the Best Album of 1997.  Whereas their earlier material was mostly simplistic guitar rock with Indian flourishes, on When I Was Born they became much more eclectic and caught a case of the funk.  Only two more albums have followed to date, both solid collections of guitar rock mixed with dance beats, sitars and bilingual lyrics (with the fun titles Handcream For A Generation and Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast.)
Cornershop scored their biggest hit in their home country with Fatboy Slim's sped-up remix of "Brimful Of Asha" from this album.  The band's original guitar-oriented political indie punk style can be seen in this 1994 video for "England's Burning".  The 2002 album Handcream For A Generation includes a classic rocker with the unlikely title "Lessons Learned From Rocky I to Rocky III".  Next here's a lovely tune in Punjabi from their most recent album: "Free Love", and finally since they were once linked to the 1990's "Britpop" movement, here's their cover of a classic by the founders of the Britpop style: "Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks.
 
(N) = New Release
   
Artist Song Album Year (label) Country
Faust C'est Com...Com...Compliqué C'est Com...Com...Compliqué (N) 2009 (Bureau B) Germany
Faust I Don't Buy Your Shit No More
   / Babylon		 Faust Is Last (N) 2010 (Klangbad) Germany
Liars A Visit From Drum Drum's Not Dead 2006 USA
 
 
Cornershop Sleep On The Left Side When I Was Born For The 7th Time
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		 1997 UK
Cornershop It's Indian Tobacco My Friend When I Was Born For The 7th Time
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		 1997 UK
Cornershop We're In Yr Corner When I Was Born For The 7th Time
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		 1997 UK
Cornershop 6 A.M. Juliander Shere Woman's Gotta Have It 1995 UK
 
 
Gonjasufi
 Klowds A Sufi And A Killer (N) 2010 (Warp) USA
Dungen Högdalstoppen Skit I Allt (N) 2010 (Mexican Summer) Sweden
Cloudland Canyon
 No One Else Around Fin Eaves (N) 2010 (Holy Mountain) USA
Vampire Hands
 Shine On Skull Judge (N - split album with Daughters Of The Sun) 2010 (Modern Radio) USA
The Vaselines I Hate The 80's Sex With An X (N) 2010 (Subpop) UK (Scotland)
Black Mountain The Way To Gone Wilderness Heart (N) 2010 (Jagjaguwar) Canada
 
 
Les Savy Fav
 Poltergeist Root For Ruin (N) 2010 (Frenchkiss) USA
Georgia Ann Muldrow as "Jyoti" Ocotea Ocotea (N) 2010 (SomeOthaShip
/ E1 Entertainment)		 USA
Four Tet  (Caribou remix) Angel Echoes Angel Echoes + Remixes (N - CD single) 2010 (Domino) UK (Canada)
PVT
 Crimson Swan Church With No Magic (N) 2010 (Warp) Australia
Mahjongg Whoop The Long Shadow Of The Paper Tiger (N) 2010 (K Records) USA
   
 
Sleepy Sun Sandstorm Woman Fever (N) 2010 (All Tomorrow's Parties) USA
Daughters Of The Sun Dry Ice Skull Judge (N - split album with Vampire Hands) 2010 (Modern Radio) USA
   
 
Gerry Gibbs & The Electric Thrasher Orchestra
 In Concert (Part III) (M. Davis)
   / Right Off (M. Davis)
   / Bass & Percussion Improv #2		 Play The Music Of Miles Davis 1967-1975 (N) 2010 (Whaling City Sound) USA
Miles Davis Yaphet Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (studio outtake) rec. 1969 USA
             
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