Every week TOW is lucky enough to pick two songs for Tom Robinson’s brilliant BBC 6 Music show, the spot goes out every Monday morning at around 2:30am. Here are our picks for the this week:
Pick 1 – Tifa – Rock Me So (Fyah Wyah Riddim 2010)
Tifa hails from Kingston, Jamaica and is part of the ever-expanding, ever-impressive Ward 21 crew. They are a label and collective of musicians, producers and general hip ‘n happening dancehall types who are most definitely in charge. Influenced by all the right kinds of artists including Earth, Wind & Fire, Patti Labelle and Aretha Franklin – Tifa now spits, sings, huffs and puffs and TOW loves the way she pants her way through the ‘fyah, fyah, fyah’ riff in this tune. All power to Tifa, the latest in a long list of dancehall talent, see our earlier entry about Timberlee.
Pick 2 – Picastro – Twilight Parting
Picastro call themselves a ‘sleep rock’ band, whatever that is we love it. They’re from Toronto and have been around for over ten years now. The perfect antithesis to loud, abrassive rock music – this band, led by vocalist Liz Hysen, have released a gorgeous album in 2010, Become Secret, and we can’t get enough of it. Mr Arcade Fire, Owen Pallett, himself has been a previous member of the band – but it all hangs together around Liz’s sad, sad vocals. Not to make it sound too depressing or anything, but a great record for a red wine-soaked rainy afternoon of navel-gazing.