A bit like our favourite Secret Pleasures, the concept of a long lost Buried Treasure hidden deep amongst the flotsam and jetsam of modern music culture means different things to different people. To an obscurist nut most will be old news. To others, for who the latest Adele or Harry Styles sensation provides an anaesthetising soundtrack to their ‘busy’ lives, they will be completely unknown.
In effect, the tracks here are our sonic flowers in the dustbin. At one time or another they were contenders for our other featured playlists, but after failing to make the cut, had to be returned to our metaphorical dump. They are the misfits, the ugly ducklings tucked away on unloved albums, B sides, bonus tracks, disc two track four of that long lost triple pack CD single recently resurrected on Spotify or just an old chart hit no-one remembers.
Buried Treasures is all about digging them up, wiping off the dust and letting them shine. And shine they most certainly do. But don’t take our word for it. You can make your own mind up right now!
01. ELASTICA FEAT. MARK E. SMITH ‘How He Wrote Elastic Man’ (The Menace LP April 2000)
02. KING BISCUIT TIME ‘I Walk The Earth’ (No Style EP June 2000)
03. AUGIE MARCH ‘There Is No Such Place’ (Sunset Studies LP June 2000)
04. LADYTRON ‘Paco!’ (604 LP February 2001)
05. LUKE HAINES ‘I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass’ (Christie Malry’s Own Double Entry LP June 2001)
06. BJORK ‘Unison’ (Vespertine LP August 2001)
07. ROYKSOPP ‘Remind Me’ (Melody AM LP September 2001)
08. JURGEN PAAPE ‘So Weit Wie Noch Nie’ (A Side July 2002)
09. SAINT ETIENNE ‘Finisterre’ (Finisterre EP September 2002)
10. SUPERGRASS ‘Seen The Light’ (Life On Other Planets LP September 2002)
11. THE POSTAL SERVICE ‘Brand New Colony’ (Give Up LP February 2003)
12. BROADCAST ‘Pendulum’ (Pendulum EP May 2003)
13. RADIOHEAD ‘I Am A Wicked Child’ (B Side August 2003)
14. THE RAVEONETTES ‘Remember’ (Chain Gang Of Love LP August 2003)
15. BELLE & SEBASTIAN ‘Desperation Made A Fool Of Me’ (B Side November 2003)
16. HOT CHIP ‘Down With Prince’ (Coming On Strong LP May 2004)
17. JUNIOR BOYS ‘Bellona’ (Last Exit LP June 2004)
18. SOULWAX ‘NY Excuse’ (Any Minute Now LP August 2004)
19. STARS ‘Your Ex-Lover Is Dead’ (Set Yourself On Fire LP September 2004)
20. MANIC STREET PREACHERS ‘Solitude Sometimes Is’ (Lifeblood November 2004)
21. BRIGHT EYES ‘At The Bottom Of Everything’ (I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning LP January 2005)
22. LCD Soundsystem ‘Jump Into The Fire’ (B Side February 2005)
23. FOUR TET ‘Smile Around The Face’ (A Side April 2005)
24. THE JUAN MACLEAN ‘Crush The Liberation’ (Less Than Human LP August 2005)
25. DEVENDRA BANHART ‘Now That I Know’ (Cripple Crow LP September 2005)
26. SCRITTI POLITTI ‘Cooking’ (White Bread Black Beer LP May 2006)
27. SLOUCH ‘They Say You Can Always Forget’ (Viva LP August 2006)
28. THE NOISETTES ‘Sister Rosetta (Capture The Spirit)’ (What’s The Time Mr Wolf LP February 2007)
29. BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB ‘Berlin’ (Baby 81 LP April 2007)
30. CUT COPY ‘Hearts On Fire’ (A Side May 2007)
31. DAN DEACON ‘The Crystal Cat’ (Spiderman Of The Rings LP May 2007)
32. THE ICARUS LINE ‘Get Paid’ (Black Lives At The Golden Coast LP June 2007)
33. SANTIGOLD ‘Say Aha’ (Santigold LP April 2008)
34. THESE NEW PURITANS ‘Swords Of Truth’ (Swords Of Truth EP April 2008)
35. AIR FRANCE ‘Collapsing Outside Your Doorstep’ (No Way Down EP June 2008)
36. REX THE DOG ‘I Look Into Mid Air’ (The Rex The Dog Show LP August 2008)
37. THE WAVE PICTURES ‘Leave The Scene Behind’ (Instant Coffee Baby LP November 2008)
38. JARVIS COCKER ‘I Never Said I Was Deep’ (Further Complications LP May 2009)
39. KASABIAN ‘Where Did All The Love Go?’ (West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum May 2009)
40. DIRTY PROJECTORS ‘Stillness Is The Move’ (Bitte Orca LP June 2009)