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2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 2nd February was as
follows ...
DJANGO DJANGO "Hail Bop" (Because)
AIR "Cosmic Trip" (Aircheology/Virgin)
WOODEN SHJIPS "Crossing" [ANDREW WEATHERALL Remix] (Thrill Jockey)
THE HORRORS "Suffragette City" [Live] (XL/Remote Control)
CLOUD NOTHINGS "Fall In" (Carpark/Stop Start)
WOOLLEN KITS "For You" (RIP Society)
DZ DEATHRAYS "No Sleep" (I Oh You)
PEAR SHAPE "Righteousness" (Major Label)
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS "I Lost You" (Dead Oceans)
GIRLS "Lawrence" (Fantasy Trashcan)
EXPENSIVE LOOKS "Your Dreams Our Week" (Group Tightener/Siberia)
AIR featuring AU REVOIR SIMONE "Who Am I Now?" (Aircheology/Virgin)
WILD NOTHING featuring TWIN SISTER "Nowhere" (Captured Tracks)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 26th January, as guest-programmed by Andrew Weatherall was as follows ...
GRINDERMAN "Heathen Child" [ANDREW WEATHERALL Remix] (Mute)
THE MONKS "I Hate You" (International Polydor Production)
AMON DÜÜL II "Archangels Thunderbird" (Liberty)
SOFT ROCKS "We Hunt Buffalo Now" [ANDREW WEATHERALL Remix] (ESP Institute)
A.R. KANE "A Love From Outer Space" (Rough Trade/Remote Control)
WIZZARD "See My Baby Jive" (Harvest)
T. REX "Solid Gold Easy Action" (EMI)
THE HORRORS "Wild Eyed" [ANDREW WEATHERALL Remix] (XL/Remote Control)
BRIAN ENO "Baby's On Fire" (Island)
MAX WALL "England's Glory" (Stiff)
BILL DRUMMOND "I Believe In Rock & Roll" (Creation)
THE TRIFFIDS "Wide Open Road" (White Hot)
CUT COPY "Sun God" [ANDREW WEATHERALL Remix] (Modular)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 19th January was as
follows ...
SLEIGH BELLS "Comeback Kid" (NEET/Mom + Pop)
CLOUD NOTHINGS "Cut You" (Carpark/Stop Start)
CHAIRLIFT "I Belong In Your Arms" (Kanine/Columbia)
THE RAPTURE "Sail Away" [CUT COPY Remix] (DFA/Modular)
GUIDED BY VOICES "Chocolate Boy" (GBV Inc/Matador)
JONTI "By This Shore" (Stones Throw)
BEAR IN HEAVEN "Reflection Of You" (Dead Oceans/Hometapes)
DJANGO DJANGO "Default" (Because)
PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND "Following" (Tummy Touch)
WOOLLEN KITS "Out Of Whack" (RIP Society)
GEOFFREY O'CONNOR "So Sorry" [THE TOWNHOUSES Remix] (Chapter Music)
LEILA "Boudica" (Warp)
CLOUD NOTHINGS "Our Plans" (Carpark/Stop Start)
MATTHEW DEAR featuring JONATHAN PIERCE "In The Middle (I Met You There)" (Ghostly International)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 12th January was as
follows ...
HOWLER "Beach Sluts" (Rough Trade/Remote Control)
GUIDED BY VOICES "Spiderfighter" (GBV Inc/Matador)
THE BIG PINK "Rubbernecking" (4AD/Remote Control)
AZARI & III "Reckless (With Your Love)" [PSYCHEMAGIK Remix] (Loose Lips/Modular)
XIU XIU "Hi" (Polyvinyl)
BLOOD ORANGE "Champagne Coast" [CLOCK OPERA Remix] (Domino)
METRONOMY "Everything Goes My Way" [EWAN PEARSON Remix] (Because)
EXPENSIVE LOOKS "Moving Visions" (Group Tightener/Siberia)
DESTROYER "Leave Me Alone" (Mojo Magazine)
ZOLA JESUS "In Your Nature" [DAVID LYNCH Remix] (Sacred Bones/Pod)
MILDLIFE "Arriving Soon" (www.mildlife.com.au)
SURES "Poseidon" (www.sures.bandcamp.com)
GUIDED BY VOICES "We Won't Apologize For The Human Race" (GBV Inc/Matador)
THE SHINS "Simple Song" (Aural Apothecary/Columbia)
On 2SER-FM's "Static" this week (Thursday 22nd December) we powered through Part Two of our roll-out of songs off our Favourite Albums of 2011, concluding with our listeners' Top Ten!
The playlist was as follows ...
SMITH WESTERNS "Weekend"
[From Dye It Blonde] (Fat Possum/Spunk!)
CUT OFF YOUR HANDS "Hollowed Out"
[From Hollow] (Speak N Spell)
MOON DUO "Scars"
[From Mazes] (Sacred Bones)
WILD BEASTS "Albatross"
[From Smother] (Domino)
THE DEATH SET "Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap"
[From Michel Poiccard] (Counter/Ninja Tune)
JAMES BLAKE "Unlock"
[From James Blake] (Atlas/A&M)
JOHN MAUS "Matter Of Fact"
[From We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves] (Ribbon Music/Upset The Rhythm)
BLACK LIPS "Go Out and Get It"
[From Arabia Mountain] (Vice/Co-Op)
METRONOMY "Everything Goes My Way"
[From The English Riviera] (Because)
DEATH IN VEGAS "Coum"
[From Trans-Love Energies] (Portobello)
GEOFFREY O'CONNOR "Proud"
[From Vanity Is Forever] (Chapter Music)
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER "Sleep Dealer"
[From Replica] (Software/Mexican Summer)
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART "My Terrible Friend"
[From Belong] (Slumberland/Pod)
WASHED OUT "Far Away"
[From Within and Without] (Sub Pop/Pod)
STEP-PANTHER "Paranoia"
[From Step-Panther] (Speak N Spell)
< 9 > ATLAS SOUND "Praying Man"
[From Parallax] (4AD/Remote Control)
< 8 > KURT VILE "Jesus Fever"
[From Smoke Ring For My Halo] (Matador/Remote Control)
< 7 > MOGWAI "San Pedro"
[From Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will] (Rock Action/Spunk!)
< 6 > GIRLS "Honey Bunny"
[From Father, Son, Holy Ghost] (Fantasy Trashcan/Pod)
- This was both Berko's and Mick's Favourite Album of 2011 -
< 5 > FLEET FOXES "Someone You'd Admire"
[From Helplessness Blues] (Sub Pop)
< 4 > JACK LADDER and THE DREAMLANDERS "Beautiful Sound"
[From Hurtsville] (Spunk!)
< 3 > THE HORRORS "Still Life"
[From Skying] (XL/Remote Control)
< 2 > RADIOHEAD "Little By Little"
[From The King Of Limbs] (XL/Remote Control)
< 1 > PJ HARVEY "The Last Living Rose"
[From Let England Shake] (Island)
The playlist was as follows ...
SMITH WESTERNS "Weekend"
[From Dye It Blonde] (Fat Possum/Spunk!)
CUT OFF YOUR HANDS "Hollowed Out"
[From Hollow] (Speak N Spell)
MOON DUO "Scars"
[From Mazes] (Sacred Bones)
WILD BEASTS "Albatross"
[From Smother] (Domino)
THE DEATH SET "Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap"
[From Michel Poiccard] (Counter/Ninja Tune)
JAMES BLAKE "Unlock"
[From James Blake] (Atlas/A&M)
JOHN MAUS "Matter Of Fact"
[From We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves] (Ribbon Music/Upset The Rhythm)
BLACK LIPS "Go Out and Get It"
[From Arabia Mountain] (Vice/Co-Op)
METRONOMY "Everything Goes My Way"
[From The English Riviera] (Because)
DEATH IN VEGAS "Coum"
[From Trans-Love Energies] (Portobello)
GEOFFREY O'CONNOR "Proud"
[From Vanity Is Forever] (Chapter Music)
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER "Sleep Dealer"
[From Replica] (Software/Mexican Summer)
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART "My Terrible Friend"
[From Belong] (Slumberland/Pod)
WASHED OUT "Far Away"
[From Within and Without] (Sub Pop/Pod)
STEP-PANTHER "Paranoia"
[From Step-Panther] (Speak N Spell)
"Static" Listeners' Top Ten was then as follows ...
< 10 > SEEKAE "Yodal"
[From +Dome] (Rice Is Nice/Popfrenzy)
< 9 > ATLAS SOUND "Praying Man"
[From Parallax] (4AD/Remote Control)
< 8 > KURT VILE "Jesus Fever"
[From Smoke Ring For My Halo] (Matador/Remote Control)
< 7 > MOGWAI "San Pedro"
[From Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will] (Rock Action/Spunk!)
< 6 > GIRLS "Honey Bunny"
[From Father, Son, Holy Ghost] (Fantasy Trashcan/Pod)
- This was both Berko's and Mick's Favourite Album of 2011 -
< 5 > FLEET FOXES "Someone You'd Admire"
[From Helplessness Blues] (Sub Pop)
< 4 > JACK LADDER and THE DREAMLANDERS "Beautiful Sound"
[From Hurtsville] (Spunk!)
< 3 > THE HORRORS "Still Life"
[From Skying] (XL/Remote Control)
< 2 > RADIOHEAD "Little By Little"
[From The King Of Limbs] (XL/Remote Control)
< 1 > PJ HARVEY "The Last Living Rose"
[From Let England Shake] (Island)
A huge thanks to all those who voted ... and congratulations to the winners!
On 2SER-FM's "Static" this week (Thursday 15th December) we powered through Part One of our roll-out of songs off our Favourite Albums of 2011!
The playlist was as follows ...
YUCK "Get Away"
[From Yuck] (Fat Possum)
REAL ESTATE "It's Real"
[From Days] (Domino)
THE FIELD "Burned Out"
[From Looping State Of Mind] (Kompakt)
CASS McCOMBS "Love Thine Enemy"
[From Humor Risk] (Domino)
ICEAGE "White Rune"
[From New Brigade] (Dais/Remote Control)
COLLARBONES "Berlioz"
[From Iconography] (Two Bright Lakes/Remote Control)
DESTROYER "Chinatown"
[From Kaputt] (Merge/Pod)
TY SEGALL "My Head Explodes"
[From Goodbye Bread] (Drag City/Popfrenzy)
CUT COPY "Blink and You'll Miss A Revolution"
[From Zonoscope] (Modular)
PURE X "Stuck Livin"
[From Pleasure] (Acéphale)
BLOOD ORANGE "S'cooled"
[From Coastal Grooves] (Domino)
HTRK "Eat Yr Heart"
[From Work (work, work)] (Blast First Petite/Mistletone)
THE KILLS "Nail In My Coffin"
[From Blood Pressures] (Domino)
AZARI & III "Tunnel Vision"
[From Azari & III] (Loose Lips/Modular)
DUM DUM GIRLS "Just A Creep"
[From Only In Dreams] (Sub Pop)
S.C.U.M "Whitechapel"
[From Again Into Eyes] (Mute)
GEM CLUB "Breakers"
[From Breakers] (Hardly Art)
TORO Y MOI "Got Blinded"
[From Underneath The Pine] (Carpark/Mistletone)
YOUTH LAGOON "Cannons"
[From The Year Of Hibernation] (Fat Possum/Spunk!)
tUnE-yArDs "Gangsta"
[From w h o k i l l] (4AD/Remote Control)
M83 "Soon, My Friend"
[From Hurry Up, We're Dreaming] (Naïve/Pod)
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA "Little Blu House"
[From Unknown Mortal Orchestra] (Fat Possum/Spunk!)
THE WAR ON DRUGS "Baby Missiles"
[From Slave Ambient] (Secretly Canadian)
LOW "Something's Turning Over"
[From C'mon] (Sub Pop)
THE RAPTURE "Blue Bird"
[From In The Grace Of Your Love] (DFA/Modular)
The playlist was as follows ...
YUCK "Get Away"
[From Yuck] (Fat Possum)
REAL ESTATE "It's Real"
[From Days] (Domino)
THE FIELD "Burned Out"
[From Looping State Of Mind] (Kompakt)
CASS McCOMBS "Love Thine Enemy"
[From Humor Risk] (Domino)
ICEAGE "White Rune"
[From New Brigade] (Dais/Remote Control)
COLLARBONES "Berlioz"
[From Iconography] (Two Bright Lakes/Remote Control)
DESTROYER "Chinatown"
[From Kaputt] (Merge/Pod)
TY SEGALL "My Head Explodes"
[From Goodbye Bread] (Drag City/Popfrenzy)
CUT COPY "Blink and You'll Miss A Revolution"
[From Zonoscope] (Modular)
PURE X "Stuck Livin"
[From Pleasure] (Acéphale)
BLOOD ORANGE "S'cooled"
[From Coastal Grooves] (Domino)
HTRK "Eat Yr Heart"
[From Work (work, work)] (Blast First Petite/Mistletone)
THE KILLS "Nail In My Coffin"
[From Blood Pressures] (Domino)
AZARI & III "Tunnel Vision"
[From Azari & III] (Loose Lips/Modular)
DUM DUM GIRLS "Just A Creep"
[From Only In Dreams] (Sub Pop)
S.C.U.M "Whitechapel"
[From Again Into Eyes] (Mute)
GEM CLUB "Breakers"
[From Breakers] (Hardly Art)
TORO Y MOI "Got Blinded"
[From Underneath The Pine] (Carpark/Mistletone)
YOUTH LAGOON "Cannons"
[From The Year Of Hibernation] (Fat Possum/Spunk!)
tUnE-yArDs "Gangsta"
[From w h o k i l l] (4AD/Remote Control)
M83 "Soon, My Friend"
[From Hurry Up, We're Dreaming] (Naïve/Pod)
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA "Little Blu House"
[From Unknown Mortal Orchestra] (Fat Possum/Spunk!)
THE WAR ON DRUGS "Baby Missiles"
[From Slave Ambient] (Secretly Canadian)
LOW "Something's Turning Over"
[From C'mon] (Sub Pop)
THE RAPTURE "Blue Bird"
[From In The Grace Of Your Love] (DFA/Modular)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 8th December was as
follows ...
HUNX "Always Forever" (Hardly Art)
FAKER "Hearts To Break" (Capitol)
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS "The Night" (Vagrant)
TWIN SISTER "Bad Street" [LINDSTRØM and PRINS THOMAS Remix] (Domino)
THE FALL "Taking Off" (Cherry Red)
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA "Ffunny Friends" [THE NAKED & FAMOUS Remix] (Fat Possum/Spunk!)
PERFUME GENIUS "All Waters" (Matador/Remote Control)
CASS McCOMBS "Bradley Manning" (Domino)
ISLANDS "This Is Not A Song" (Anti-)
SONS & DAUGHTERS "Silver Spell" [JD TWITCH OPTIMO Remix] (Domino)
STEP-PANTHER "Young and Dumb" (Speak N Spell)
FORCES "Delight" (Siberia)
FAKER "How We Survive" (Capitol)
AIR featuring VICTORIA LEGRAND "Seven Stars" (Virgin)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 1st December was as
follows ...
THE BLACK BELLES "Leave You With A Letter" (Third Man)
THE FALL "Laptop Dog" (Cherry Red)
CHAIRLIFT "Met Before" (Columbia)
LEILA "disappointed cloud (anyway)" (Warp)
THEE OH SEES "Crack In Your Eye" (In The Red)
CANYONS featuring PAUL ROBERTS "When I See You Again" (Modular)
OKKERVIL RIVER "One Soul Less On Your Fiery List" (Jagjaguwar)
ATLAS SOUND "Praying Man" (4AD/Remote Control)
HIGH HIGHS "Ivy" (www.highhighs.com)
FRIENDLY FIRES "Blue Cassette" [TIGA Remix] (XL/Remote Control)
WIM "Something For You" [MEMORY TAPES Remix] (Modular)
KNIGHTLIFE "Serves You Right" (Cutters)
GONJASUFI "Nickels and Dimes" (Warp)
THE FALL "Happi Song" (Cherry Red)
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG featuring BECK "Paradisco" (Because)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 24th November was as
follows ...
HOWLER "Back Of Your Neck" (Rough Trade/Remote Control)
THEE OH SEES "Crushed Grass" (In The Red)
THE BIG PINK "Hit The Ground (Superman)" (4AD/Remote Control)
JUNIOR BOYS "You'll Improve Me" [CARIBOU Remix] (Domino)
120 DAYS "Sleepless Nights #4" (Smalltown Supersound)
HTRK "Slo Glo" (Blast First Petite/Mistletone)
S.C.U.M "Faith Unfolds" [DEPTFORD GOTH Remix] (Mute)
SHARON JONES and THE DAP-KINGS "New Shoes" (Daptone)
MALE BONDING "Aneurysm" (Sub Pop)
SEPALCURE "See Me Feel Me" (Hotflush)
GUINEAFOWL "The Lie Is" (Dew Process)
OTHER PLACES "In Flux" (www.otherplaces.co)
THEE OH SEES "Robber Barons" (In The Red)
JAMES BLAKE "Curbside" (R&S)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 17th November was as
follows ...
CRYSTAL STILTS "Radiant Door" (Slumberland)
120 DAYS "Spacedoubt" (Smalltown Supersound)
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS "So Far Away" (Dead Oceans)
HOLY GHOST! featuring NANCY WHANG and THE JUAN MACLEAN "I Wanted To Tell Her" (Green Label Sound)
LOS CAMPESINOS! "Light Leaves, Dark Sees Pt. II" (Wichita)
DEATH IN VEGAS "Moe Tucker" (Portobello)
SEAPONY "Sailing" (Hardly Art)
MEEM "Funky Custard" (Non Label/Creative Vibes)
THE DRUMS "How It Ended" [JEREMY SUMMER CAMP Remix] (Moshi Moshi)
PLANNINGTOROCK "Living It Out" [WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE Remix] (DFA)
LAURA "Glint" (www.lauratheband.com)
DOMEYKO/GONZALEZ "Sunshower" (Death Strobe)
120 DAYS "Sunkissed" (Smalltown Supersound)
JÓNSI "Gathering Stories" (Columbia)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 10th November was as
follows ...
TENNIS "Origins" (Fat Possum)
LOS CAMPESINOS! "Songs About Your Girlfriend" (Wichita)
THE SOFT MOON "Repetition" (Captured Tracks)
FACTORY FLOOR "Two Different Ways" (DFA)
CASS McCOMBS "The Living Word" (Domino)
ZOLA JESUS "In Your Nature" (Sacred Bones/Pod)
WASHED OUT "Amor Fati" [AU REVOIR SIMONE Remix] (Sub Pop/Pod)
YOUTH LAGOON "Cannons" (Fat Possum/Spunk!)
CLOUD NOTHINGS "No Future / No Past" (Carpark)
LINDSTRØM "De Javu" (Smalltown Supersound)
THE HARPOONS "Keep You Around" (Two Bright Lakes/Remote Control)
MILLIONS "Guru" (www.millionsmusic.bandcamp.com)
LOS CAMPESINOS! "To Tundra" (Wichita)
GIRLS "Lawrence" (Turnstile)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 3rd November was as
follows ...
FIELD MUSIC "(I Keep Thinking About) A New Thing" (Memphis Industries)
CASS McCOMBS "Love Thine Enemy" (Domino)
TY SEGALL "Spiders" (Drag City)
GLASS CANDY "Halloween" (Italians Do It Better)
ATLAS SOUND "Doldrums" (4AD/Remote Control)
M83 "OK Pal" (Naïve/Pod)
BLOUSE "They Always Fly Away" (Captured Tracks)
TOM WAITS "Get Lost" (Anti-)
SUMMER CAMP "Last American Virgin" (Apricot/Moshi Moshi)
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER "Up" (Software/Mexican Summer)
LOST ANIMAL "Cold Cut Nature" (Sensory Projects)
TELAFONICA "Unravelling Man" [SOUNDS LIKE SUNSET Version] (4-4-2 Music)
STEP-PANTHER "Rock and Roll Alone" (Speak N Spell)
CASS McCOMBS "To Every Man His Chimera" (Domino)
KURT VILE "Life's A Beach" (Matador/Remote Control)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 27th October was as
follows ...
FUTURE OF THE LEFT "New Adventures" (Remote Control)

