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Stagger Lee selects: All My Friends (London Sessions version) – LCD Soundsystem

Apr 18th, 2011

Here’s the fifth from the Top Ten current faves of guest selector Stagger Lee (click on the title):

LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends (London Sessions Version) (EMI)
They played their last gig a few weekends ago and I miss them already. Underneath the hipster signifiers is a songwriter with amazing heart and a pretty much perfect set of influences he parlayed into music which sounded totally original.

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Stagger Lee selects: You & Me by Penny & The Quarters

Apr 7th, 2011

You can trust in Stagger Lee Fisher; he’s a man of great musical wealth + taste.

I’ve asked him to select the 10 top tracks currently buzzing around his brain.

First up (click on the title to download):

Penny & The Quarters – You & Me (Numero Group)
“This sweet soul number cropped up on the soundtrack of the movie Blue Valentine (the romance movie equivalent of Cannibal Holocaust), and is from the vaults of Prix Records, a rough rehearsal demo found in a box. Nobody knows who they were, but this is one of the loveliest things I’ve heard in a very long time.”

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