Saturday, September 30
Cash Machine By Two Ton Boa
Here's what one of the installations look like:
Look inside:
Here's something else I came across the other day...
Download: "Cash Machine" by Sherry Fraser's Two Ton Boa.
Myspace page is here.
Kill Rock Stars factsheet is here.
Emusic page is here.
LIVE: Lowdown (Wire Cover) By Spoon
The mp3s from Spoon that are located on The Oranges Band website were recorded on June 2, 2000 in the State of Texas.
Download: "Lowdown (Wire Cover)" (mp3)
TRIVIA: Oranges Band frontman Roman Kuebler used to play bass for Spoon.
In other Spoon news...
Gorilla Vs. Bear reports that Britt Daniel did a set for AOL's (ick) The Interface podcast... here. The think tank blog (WARNING: Popup Ads) has cut the podcast up and posted the indvidual tracks... here.
Downloadables:
"Metal Detektor"
"Chips and Dip"
"They Never Got You"
Myspace page is here.
Merge Records page is here.
Emusic page is here.
Friday, September 29
New Radio By Bikini Kill
You gots to check it out... here.
Downloadables:
"The Witch" by The Sonics
"Rebel Girl" by Bikini Kill
"Gutterball" by Part Time Christians
"Scream" by Michael Jackson
"Fight/American Justice" by Scream
"I Put A Spell On" by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
BONUS: "New Radio" by Bikini Kill (mp3)
Thursday, September 28
Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) By Beirut
Downloadable:
"Elephant Gun" from the Lon Gisland EP
Also posted:
"Djuna!" by Frida Hyvonen
Myspace page is here.
4AD page is here.
Emusic page is here.
BONUS: "Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)" (mp3)
I Summon You By Spoon
Download: "I Summon You (Demo)" (mp3)
Myspace page is here.
Merge Records page is here.
Emusic page is here.
Dry Drunk Emperor By TV On The Radio
Downloadables:
"Blues From Down Here"
"Wolf Like Me"
"Hours"
"Province"
"Wash The Day"
Myspace page is here.
Blog is here.
4AD page is here.
Emusic page is here.
BONUS: "Dry Drunk Emperor" (mp3)
Wednesday, September 27
The Sound Of Failure/It's Dark... Is It Always This Dark?? By The Flaming Lips
More about the re-release of Mystics... here.
Download some mind expanding digital audio: "The Sound Of Failure/It's Dark... Is It Always This Dark??" (mp3)
Myspace page is here.
Got To Get By Archie Bronson Outfit
BUT WAIT there's more, you also get two additional reviews by other Domino Records artists: So This is Goodbye by Junior Boys (who have a free iTunes download this week) and the Dig Your Own Grave E.P. by the now defunct Test Icicles... WHAT A BARGIN.
Downloadables:
"Dead Funny"
"Cuckoo"
Myspace page is here.
Domino page is here.
Emusic is here (NO U.S. downloads yet, DOH!).
BONUS:
Violent Femmes
Tracks posted:
"I Here The Rain"
"Never Tell"
Myspace page is here.
Emusic page is here.
The Meters
It's The Meters... the blog Booty Traps has 'em here.
Downloadable:
"Tippi-Toes"
Also posted:
"A Dime Away From a Hotdog" by Oscar Brown, Jr.
Emusic page is here.
Jenny I'm Sneaking Out By The Oranges Band
Ex-cell-on-tay!
Download: "Jenny I'm Sneaking Out" (mp3)
Myspace page is here.
Lookout Records page is here.
Emusic page is here.
UPDATE: Check out Instrumental Analysis for some info on those background vocals... here.
Tuesday, September 26
Vena Cava By 50 Foot Wave
Download a song: "Vena Cava" (mp3) (via MIT mirror)
Watch a video:
Clara Bow
Myspace page is here.
Emusic page is here.
José González
Downloadables:
"Crosses"
"Heartbeats"
"Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover)"
Myspace page is here.
Emusic page is here.
Reversal Of A Red Bird By My Teenage Stride
Here's Brooklyn's own My Teenage Stride.
Download: "Reversal Of A Red Bird" (mp3)
Myspace page is here.
Emusic page is here.
Monday, September 25
Conan Thorogood's NES Rendition Of Inside Outside By The Grates
Downloadables:
"Feels Like Pain"
"Howl"
Watch some The Grates:
19 20 20
Myspace page is here
BONUS: "Inside Outside (Conan Thorogood's NES Rendition)" (mp3)
Sunday, September 24
The Boredoms On The New Yorker's Podcast
Sasha Frere-Jones was talking up The Boredoms on the New Yorker's
podcast... here.
Margot & The Nuclear So And So's
Tracks posted:
"Skeleton Key"
"Quiet As A Mouse"
Myspace page is here.
Emusic page is here.
Beck
PRE-ORDER: here or here or here.
Myspace page is here.
Emusic page is here.
BONUS: "Halo of Gold" (insound mp3)
UPDATE: the blog get down has posted some more leakage... here.
One/Take 5 By Rodrigo Y Gabriela
PRE-ORDER here.
Download: "One/Take 5 (Metallica/Paul Desmond Medley) (Live)" from Live Manchester and Dublin (mp3)
If you haven't been entering Culture Bully's Choose Your Own Album Giveaway, there's only a few more days to pick the album you want to win.
Myspace page is here.
Rubyworks page is here.
Our Last Quarterstance
Dig that tasty Pavement reference.
UPDATE: Here's the weblinks to the other contributors on OLQ...
Alex – A Great Body of Water
Conor – One Part Team Extreme
Digsy – Quick, Before It Melts
Ekko – Berkeley Place
Matt – Still Kisses with Saliva
Mr. Curiosity – Covert Curiosity
Samantha – So…Where Is Helsinki?
Saturday, September 23
For Guys Eyes Only By Hockey Night
A: HOCKEY NIGHT!
Download: "For Guys Eyes Only" (lookout mp3)
Myspace page is here.
Lookout Records page is here.
Emusic page is here.
Friday, September 22
Flower By Soundgarden
Unofficial Soundgarden page is here.
BONUS: "Flower" (mpg) (WARNING: LOOOOW bitrate!)
HYTS OF SUMMER By Knyfe Hyts
A: Well, sort of... KNYFE HYTS!!!
Knyfe Hyts features the not-so-smooth metal-ass stylings of Shahryar P. Shahryar, Zagrilon... Biter of Planets, and Shahin TreeTalker (who may or may not be inter-dimensional beings that inhabit the bodies of the EX MODELS).
Oy Vey: HYTS OF SUMMER (mp3)
Brah Records is here.
Thursday, September 21
City Of The Dead By Throwing Muses
From Throwing Muses
"Speed and Sleep"
"Mercury"
"Portia"
"Shimmer (Live)"
"Hazing (Live)"
Sample: "City of the Dead (Works in Progress version)" (mp3)
From The Grotto by Kristin Hersh
"Snake Oil"
"SnoCat"
"Deep Wilson"
From KDD
"Lonesome"
Throwing Muses myspace page is here.
Throwing Muses emusic page is here.
Copper By Shellac
Get "The End Of Radio"... here.
Touch & Go Page is here.
Myspace fan page is here.
BONUS: "Copper" (mp3) from Terraform
LIVE: Cut From The Cloth By The Evens
Check out a new song: "Cut From The Cloth (Live)" (mp3)
Their new album, The Evens Get Evens, will be released on November 6.
Unofficial myspace page is here.
Dischord page is here.
Emusic page is here.
The Format
A #1: Hate Something Beautiful has posted "The Compromise" and "She Doesn't Get It"... here.
A #2: The Late Greats has posted "Inches and Failing"... here.
Myspace page is here.
Pure Volume page is here.
Emusic page is here.
Bang The Ball By Dan The Automator
It's Dan The Automator featuring Rhymefest. (NOTE: Today, it's Sparklehorse)
Download: "Bang The Ball (Featuring Rhymefest)" (mp3) off 2K7 The Tracks
Atlantic Record's Handsome Boy Modeling School page is here.
Decon Media is here.
Rhymefest myspace page is here.
Rhymefest emusic page is here.
Bound Stems On WOXY
They're everywhere. I blame Daytrotter. I also blame the Bound Stems. I also blame WOXY.
Download: "Bound Stems On WOXY" (mp3)
More Bound Stems...
Berkley Place
The Pop View
Noise For Toaster
The Yellow Stereo
*sixeyes
Metro Distortion
Chromewaves
i am daylights
s k a t t e r b r a i n
thus spake drake
Stereogum
Can you see the sunset from the southside?
Myspace page is here.
Daytrotter Sessions are here.
Emusic page is here.
Wednesday, September 20
The Decline Of Western Civilization
Track posted:
"Manimal" by The Germs
"I Just Want Some Skank" by Circle Jerks
"Depression" by Black Flag
"I Don't Care About You" by Fear
"Johny Hit and Run Paulene" by X
imdb page is here.
On The Face Of It By The Evens
Unofficial myspace page is here.
Dischord page is here.
Emusic page is here.
BONUS: "On The Face Of It" (mp3)
The Grates
Downloadables:
The Grates “Sukkafish”
The Grates “Feels Like Pain”
Myspace page is here
Chin Up, Cheer Up By Ryan Adams
Listen to the story here. There's also an extended interview clips for all you adams-heads.
Myspace page is here.
BONUS: "Chin Up, Cheer Up" (mp3)
Tuesday, September 19
One Reporter's Opinion By Watt/Hurley
Download: "One Reporter's Opinion" (mp3)
Mike Watt's myspace page is here.
Watt's Hoot page is here.
Cannery Hours By The Occasion
Downloadables:
"A Dulcimer’s Fancy"
"Register My Complaints"
Myspace page is here.
Say Hey Records page is here.
BONUS: "Cannery Hours" (mp3)
Beck
Tracks posted:
"I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow (Hank Williams Cover)"
"We Live Again"
"Go Easy (John Martyn Cover)"
"Some Things Las A Long Time (Daniel Johnston Cover)"
"Nobody’s Fault But My Own"
Myspace page is here.
Emusic page is here.
We've Got Boxes By Les Savy Fav
Downloadables:
"Tragic Monsters"
"Reprobate's Resume"
"Crawling Can Be Beautiful"
BONUS: "We've Got Boxes" (mp3)
Monday, September 18
Scrawl
TRIVIA, Part 1: Scrawl got their start opening for the Meat Puppets.
TRIVIA, Part 2: Scrawl's original name was... Skull.
Downloadables:
"Good Under Pressure"
"Enough"
"Gutterball"
Emusic page is here.
GIMME TINNITUS Is Ad Free
To quote the Minutemen:
"Let the products sell themselves
fuck advertising, commercial psychology
psychological methods to sell should be destroyed"