Playlist 08.08.11

The tenth anniversary of 'O Brother Where Are Thou' has been marked by a two CD collection. It reprises the great parts of the original soundtrack but adds some unheard stuff. Of these, more than half are variations of the songs we already know but there is bonus value also. Producer T Bone Burnette certainly deserved that Grammy, effectively schooling a generation in the great wealth of American blues, gospel, bluegrass and mountain music. But on a freshly released version of 'Big Rock Candy Mountain' the legendary Van Dyke Parks is having unique fun. It's a sweet adventure on a Mississippi steamboat, informed by the downhome sentiments of Stephen Foster and psychedelic in a way that is hard to explain. Beezer.

The Specials - Enjoy Yourself (Two Tone)

The Horrible Crowes - Behold The Hurricane (Side One Dummy)

Howler - This One's Different (Rough Trade)

The Vals - Look To The One (white)

The Who - Substitute (Polydor)

The Jayhawks - She Walks In So Many Ways (Decca)

Slow Club - Beginners (Moshi Moshi)

Alex Turner - Piledriver Waltz (Domino)

Matrimony - Obey Your Guns (white)

Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros - Home (Rough Trade)

Rufus - Tell Me Something Good (MCA)

Fruit Bats - You're Too Weird (Sub Pop)

Anna Calvi - Suzanne And I (Domino)

Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs - Stay (Future Noise)

Wilco - I Might (Nonesuch)

Emmy The Great - Paper Forest (Close Harbour)

Southern - People Said (white)

Paul Simon - Questions For The Angels (Decca)

Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Atlas Hands (Dirty Hit)

The Fairfield Four - The Lord Will Make A Way (Universal)

Ry Cooder - John Lee Hooker For President (Nonesuch)

Slow Club - Never Look Back (Moshi Moshi)

Steve Earle - I Am A Wanderer (New West)

Van Dyke Parks - Big Rock Candy Mountain (Universal)

The Middle East - Blood (Chess Club)

Ciaran Lavery - O Martha (white)

Cold Cave - Confetti (Matador)