Sunday Songs.

Sundays are weird. You can never quite get settled, there's loads of shit to do, but you also just want to sit and do nothing for as long as you think you can get away with it. Unfortunately, we've got the decorators in this week, so today has been a bit stressful, with moving furniture around and things. So, here is this Sunday's playlist, a little bit fraught and entirely melancholy.

My Dark Star is one of the amazing Suede bees that makes Sci-Fi Lullabies the most important Suede release you can own (aside from dog man star). It could easily have been a single. The pretty piano and fuzzy guitar stabs underpin a tempered, yet still anthemic chorus. Simply brilliant.

Monkey Swallows The Universe have a brilliant name that gives nothing away. I like that about them. Sheffield Shanty is the lead track from The Bright Carvings, a bold statement given its wholly understated nature. Sheffield Shanty is blissful and beguiling, even as it tips its hat to Paul Simon's You Can Call Me Al.

Everyone loses their shit over Burial. I enjoyed Untrue, but found it pretty repetitive, 'though naggingly addictive. Weird thing. Bloc Party are the band I would lose my shit over if I were fifteen again, but I detest Flux. The Burial remix of Where Is Home, available on the Flux 12", and probably iTunes or something, is a jaw-dropping track. It perfectly captures that ethereal, Ghost in the Machine vibe that everyone attributes to Burial. For my money, it's better realised than anything on Untrue.

Think Tank was a horribly patchy affair, one which I think killed Blur dead. Ambulance was such a fuckin' tease though. The stuttering percussion and rubbery bass are a perfect intro, the honking sax and Damon's sweetest vocals all made it an outstanding addition to the Blur cannon. I almost believed Think Tank wouldn't totally suck. Still, top tune, perfect Sunday music.

Finally, Genio is a crazy man who has been playing People Are People at open mics in London for at least five years. I was thrilled to get a recorded version from Bedsprings a week ago. It's a creaky, hoary thing, but fantastic for it. Just listen to it. 'Kay?

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I'm still finding out what this blog is for. My intention is to blog original music and keep records of my DJing gigs. However, strife at the the Fly is hampering my DJing exploits and I keep accidentally writing music for We'll Write. Which is cool, obviously, but the idea of Tincanphone is to record more basic, noisy things, mostly for my own amusement.

In the meantime, I'm going to blog about music I'm listening to, because I enjoy that sort of thing, and I'm doing fuck all else.

Today, I have been seduced by new hipster NME-cool-list-fodder Foals. Let's be honest here. If you see the song title Tron (Is a Great Film) of course you're going to want to check it, regardless of your wariness for anything bearing the NME Stamp Of Utter Cuntwittery. Fortunately, it's as good as its title. Kinetic, slightly clever guitar-and-keys pop is so dangerously fashionable right now, and I'm sure there's a wanky "post-" genre tag on it, but I'm getting too old to let preconceptions stand in the way of my enjoyment of quality tunes.

Likewise, MGMT are so overblogged already I wonder if my even mentioning them is redundant. However, Electric Feel is some funky shit, and almost certainly 2008's D.A.N.C.E. Check it.

Finally, Subtle are a genuine phenomenon and one band I'd recommend to every living soul (except for the Tom). Unlikely Rock Shock is the first track to emerge from the forthcoming Exiting ARM, and it makes every inch of my brain very happy.

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