By way of introducing this set, and her take on “The Shock of the Then,” Delphine Blue says, “‘Then,’ for me, being 2010, and the degree of difficulty engendered by most of 2010 is equaled in brilliance by the music of this past year. A silver lining to the black cloud that was 2010.”
The playlist of her weekly East Village Radio show, The Rest Is Noise, from January 29, 2010:
| Primal Scream, If They Move Kill Em, Vanishing Point Sade, Soldier of Love, Soldier of Love Tom Jones, Burning Hell, Praise and Blame Tricky, Everyday, Mixed Race Pantha du Prince, Asha, Black Noise LCD Soundsystem, All I Want, This Is Happening Paul Weller, No Tears to Cry, Wake Up the Nation Bryan Ferry, You Can Dance, Olympia The Black Angels, Telephone, Phosphene Dream The Fall, O.F.Y.C. Showcase, Your Future Our Clutter Dean and Britta, Not A Young Man Anymore, 13 Most Beautiful Songs Gorillaz, Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach, Plastic Beach Grinderman, Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man, Grinderman 2 Cate Le Bön, Shoeing the Bones, Me Oh My Clinic, Evelyn, Bubblegum Grasscut, Muppet, 1 Inch/1/2 mile Fyfe Dangerfield, Faster Than the Setting Sun, Fly Yellow Moon Massive Attack, Paradise Circus, Heligoland Unkle (w/The Black Angels), Natural Selection, Where Did the Night Fall Dark Night of the Soul, Dark Night of the Soul, Dark Night of the Soul Gray, I Know, Shades of … Sleigh Bells, Riot Rhythm, Treats Crocodiles, Groove Is in the Heart/California Girls, 7″ Best Coast, This Is Real, Crazy for You Lindstrom & Christabelle, Lovesick, Real Life Is No Cool Charlotte Gainsbourg, La Collectionneuse, Irm Anika, Yang Yang, Anika Avi Buffalo, What’s In It For, Avi Buffalo Caribou, Odessa, Swim Four Tet, Angel Echoes, There Is Love In You |