Silence By Takka Takka

Tonight I miss Takka Takka, but fuck man to paraphrase thepunkguy this was a longass short week. But hey, just because I didn't feel like going to le poisson rouge tonight does NOT mean I can't share my favorite track from the new album.

Right?

Downloadable: "Silence" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Ernest Jennings is here.
WOXY Lounge Act is here.
eMusic page is here.
Old GT post with "Everybody Say" is here.

Takka Takka BONUS: "Takers" (mp3)

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- High Places new new new album (which leaked a while ago) is going come out soon (9/23). Listen: "From Stardust To Sentience" (thrill jockey mp3)

- Kudos to GvsB for making me re-watch this... "Epic" (youtube vid) by Faith No More. We are not ready for full on 90sretroinvasion, are we?

- Raven Sings The Blues sez "There's no doubt that Vivian Girls have captured the attention of quite a few this year." More + mp3... here.

- File under Bad Luck City for NYC: "NYC Craft Beer Week"

- Looks like the East Village Radio Music Festival might be moved to Sunday. Click here at 6am Saturday to find out.

LIVE: Territorial Pissing (Nirvana Cover) By Liars

Damn! There are so many awesome free shows happening this weekend, and I will be out of the city. Fuck!

So I post some live music... Liars! I found these on ye ol' Archive Dot Org... here.

I'm not quite sure what I think of this... I kind of like it, buuut it's pretty anoying: "Territorial Pissing (Nirvana Cover)" (archive.org mp3)

This one is "drum-tastic": "Drum and the Uncomfortable Can" (archive.org mp3)

Get the whole show: "Liars Live at Cabaret on 2006-06-22" (archive.org zip)

Myspace page is here.
(formerly indie) Mute is here.
eMusic page is here (one split EP with Oneida).

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- Check out Pop Tart Suck Toasted Top 20 Sub Pop albums... here.

- Pitchfork New Music! High Places! Allez-Allez! "Head Spins (Allez-Allez Remix)" (p'fork mp3)! More info... here!

One Less Blues By Karate

Geoff Farina, Jeff Goddard and Gavin McCarthy are no longer Karate. I think it was Mike Conklin who said the guitar tone they achieve is straight out the best you have ever heard (or something to that effect). Perhaps, "So Fresh, So Clean" is secretly about guitar tone. Prolly not.

So, chill out with the jazzy indieness of Karate.

Downloadables:
"One Less Blues" (box.net mp3) from unsolved
"Ice Or Ground" (box.net mp3) from Some Boots
"The Roots And The Ruins" (box.net mp3) from 595

Southern page is here.

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- "In Ear Park" is the new track by Department Of Eagles. Get it at P'fork... here.

- WTF??

- At PTST, check out the Leaky Faucet (here) and today's recommended release (here).

- Listen to twee-dubbers High Places playing in Stuy Town as taped from the soundboard by nyctaper... here.

- Listen to "River Card" by Atlas Sound @ Audible Vitamins... here. Listen to a different Atlas Sound track: "Activation" (box.net mp3). Are you excited for Microcastle yet?

- Fair AND Balanced. Totally.

- Kaki King trots over to daytrotter... here.

- Finally, there is a new single from the re-broken-up-still-going-ahead Gang Of Four over at eMusic (here) AND get the free two disc Pitchfork Festival 2008 Sampler (here).

In 'N' Out Of Grace By Mudhoney

As previously reported, Sub Pop is putting out a superdooper deluxe edition of Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney on May 20th. Now Sub Pop has posted a treat to get you all excited for the release.

Listen to a classic: "In 'N' Out Of Grace" (sub pop mp3)

NOTE: This song would have made a great addition to the "Songs With Spoken Bits In Them" (mp3) Contrast Podcast... here.

Preorder here.



Here's something that sounds surprising like Mudhoney ('cuz it is): "I'm Now" (sub pop mp3)

It's from their new album The Lucky Ones. Get it here.

Myspace page is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.

One so-so vid from last night:

"Eraser (Live)" (m4v) (mirror: sendspace) by No Age

Some crappy ass pics from last night:

No Age


High Places


Fiasco


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- captain's dead posts a kickin' Shellac boot... here.

- Reunited Gang Of Four re-breaks up... here.
Listen: "Second Life (Version 2)" (pamplemoose mp3)

- Atlas Sound has a new free EP entitled Things I'll Miss. Get it over @ Mr. Cox's blog... here.

- Two Daytrotter sessions for your consideration: Hip Hop artists Gray Skul... here and postrockers Holy Fuck (and yes I did have to fight the urge to start with section with a big big HOLY FUCK!!!)... here.

- Arctic Monkey (Alex Turner) and Rascal (Miles Kane) a/k/a The Last Shadow Puppets have an mp3 floating around the internets: "The Age Of The Understatement (Acoustic)" (ysi mp3)

- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth have a sloooooow (we're talking Melvins slow) 'single file' @ ptw... here.

- YANP posted up a boot of Duke Spirit performing on Record Store Day... here.

TONIGHT: No Age/High Places/Fiasco

TONIGHT at Bowery Ballroom.

No Age
Listen: "Cappo" (box.net mp3)
Photoblog is here.

High Places
Listen: "Shared Islands" (box.net mp3)
Photoblog is here.

and Fiasco
Listen: "Wild Goose Chase Rag" (box.net mp3)
Sorry, no photoblog.



Consider Clicking
- She may have been embraced by the indie community, but THIS is not "indie", OR insert some new term that actual means "independent" (as indie's indie credibility is waning). Why not shorten the word to simply, "ind"? Or take all the vowels out of the word independent, "ndpndnt". I like that one, but how to pronounce it?

- Detailed Twang brings out an ART THUMP muxtape... here.

- Do I even need to link here? Prolly not.

- Nothing But Green Lights checks out the dreamy indie or "ndpndnt" pop of It Hugs Back... here.

- Broken Social Scene Presents... more solo work from Broken Social members. This time it's Brendan Canning. Listen: "Hit The Wall" (mp3). More about the track @ p'fork... here. Oh, and drinkin' tea and watchin' football is not as funny as eatin' cereal and and watchin' porn.

The L Magazine's 8 NYC Bands You Need To Hear (In 2008)

I finally got around to skimming the The L Magazine's 8 NYC Bands You Need To Hear issue. Here is a quick review of the bands featured (with links and when available, mp3s).

High Places have been buzzed and blogged about for awhile now (47 posts here). I am really liking them, although as I was listen to them the other day I was told by a fellow listener "I don't think I could listen to too much of this. It is too cute." AND this from someone who likes Psapp. I digress. Drrrr.
Listen to some experimental tweedub: "Golden" (box.net mp3)

Representing the grittier Todd P/SUCKAPANTS-y contingent of NYC bands is Team Robespierre.
Listen to their electropunk: "88th Precinct" (mp3)

The one band that was selected that I had not heard but am now pretty excited about is The Lisps. Dig their indie folkrock chops.
Listen: "Pepper Spray" (mp3)

I was also interested to read about Violens, who sprang from the corpse of Lansing-Dreiden. They are definitely are coming at it from the poppier-less-proggy side of things this time.
Listen to something "Sunnier": "Violent Sensation Descends" (mp3)

If you are going to use a cookie name for a band, I personally would go with Hydrox, and not Famous Amos. Anywhoo... you can stream some of their songs @ their Myspace. Listen to "Everywhere", then if you like, pick up their album @ Sound Fix.

Just the band name, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, sounded so very very twee I could taste the cute in my mouth. But hey, they pull it off.
Listen: "Doing All The Things That Wouldn't Make Your Parents Proud" (box.net mp3)

Then there is the catchy indie pop of This Is Ivy League. Not for me... maybe for you??
Listen: "London Bridges" (mp3)

And lastly, La Strada who are often compared to a certain band named after a certain Middle Eastern city and I ain't talking about Yazd. Listen to them at the Myspace.

AND HEY The L Magazine, what about these bands??

Indie rockers, Susu.
Listen: "Hands Up (The Race)" (box.net mp3)

Pyschpop'ers, Flying.
Listen: "Minors" (mp3)

Postpunkers, Motico (who need to start playing some shows damnit).
Listen: "The Wandering Jew" (mp3)
(If you're worried about the title, don't. They're like 80% Jewish).

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- ROCK MATH! Postpunk + New Wave = Cut Off Your Hands/Split Endz. Listen: "Shark Attack (Split Endz Cover)" (mp3)

- Let the 90's Nostalgia Begin!! I'm gonna bust out my decaying Pavement tshirt and listen to some (not all, ughhh don't think I could) of captain's dead 90's mixes. Part 1... here. Part 2... here. Two more parts to come.

- Where do I go from my Lips And Ribs? Why XXJFG, of course... here. Also with Deathsquad and Hour Of Worship

- Former Test Icicle, Lightspeed Champion does Daytrotter... here.

- Here's a "Free Sampler of new Asthmatic Kitty Artists" (zip). More about that... here. I can't stop listening to Ermasse track: "Courez Courez" (mp3)

- There is a vid of my favorite White Williams song "New Violence" @ Stereogum... here.

- FSRN has a "May Day Special" (mp3) about workers around the world.

Rat Is Dead (Rage) By CSS

First, not a lolcat:

This cat lives at Webster Hall. His name is Coco. He was photographed by someone in CSS. I think... I mean it's from their website, so I think it's a good assumption, no?



And now "The Post":

Do you know these hands?



They belong to CSS. This image associated with their new song from their new album, Donkey (which comes out this summer).

Listen:
"Rat Is Dead (Rage)" (sub pop mp3)
or
"Rat Is Dead (Rage)" (csshurts mp3)

Provided you haven't downloaded the song from here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here yet.

Myspace page is here.
Sub Pop page is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.

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- Watch "Courtship Dating" by Crystal Castles @ Stereogum... here.

- The Rawking Refuses To Stop does not like High Places... here. Does this mean they have truly made now? They are experiencing blog backlash. Stop The Hate! with "New Grace" (box.net mp3)

- New New New Boris (w/ Merzbow), and I didn't even read about it on ptw first! "Flower, Sun, Rain" (mp3).

- There's a Bradford Cox themed post over @ music is art... here.

- The latest Contrast Podcast is all about "Sloth" (mp3)... here.

- Quasi is a band I had totally forgot about (sorry, Quasi). Luckily, they have a new Daytrotter session to help me (and possibly you) get reacquainted... here.

- EAR FARM made a mix for Brooklyn Based. You can listen to the "mux"... here, or download the whole thing in a zip... here.

The mix:


- Weiland + Albini = [shoulder shrug]

- WTF... Cigarette shapped tea?

- Did you get it this past weekend? If not, don't worry you can get... Free Free Kitten! "Seasick" (mp3)

- "Broken Calculator" (mp3) is a song by Royal Bangs. I think you should download it.

- Got an old pc? Put Xfce on it... here.

- Math + Rock = Polvo. More @ captain's dead... here.

- "Three Women" (p'fork mp3) is a new song by Stereolab. Dig the french electronic pop weirdness @ the Forkcast... here.

- NEVVER commits "harakiri" with The Ponys... here.

Record Store Day

So yesterday was Record Store Day. I wanted to participate, but I was also feeling lazy. After a little clicking I found the closest "participating" store to my abode. This turned out to be Record Express.



It was open (barely). They happen to be liquidating their stock. No freebies here. No Merge 7"s. Boo. They did have just-about-free-bies. I walked up to a bin and started digging.



There was a lot of CRAP (plus CRAPS by Big Dipper anyway).



I did find me some... I don't want to say gold. I'll go with silver. I found me some silver. What did I find at Record Express? One recording I had had on cassette and never replaced, Gobblehoof, which features ex-Deep Wound-ers J Mascis on drums and singer Charlie Nakajima. Listen to some Amherst post-hardcore circa 1989:

"Torch" (box.net mp3)
"Upside Down" (box.net mp3)

I also picked up a totally out of print Rhino compilation DIY: Starry Eyes - UK Pop II (1978-79). For a limited time, you can download The Records track that inspired the title of the comp:

"Starry Eyes" (ysi mp3)

Would I have made these purchases for a total of $1.08 at Sound Fix or Other Music?? I am thinking, no, prolly not.

Read more Record Store Day posts here and here and here and here and here.

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- Street date for HEALTH//DISCO is May 13th, 2008. The one track I have been listening to over and over on this one is "Lost Time (Pictureplane Remix)" (box.net mp3). Percussive!

- Spinner vid of the other day: "LES Artistes" by Santogold... here.

- The Turn Ons are giving away their new album, Curse (zip). Of course if you likey, you can pay what you want Radiohead-style.

- New Hanway Troof remix of High Places @ GvsB... here.

- Motel De Moka posted a mix entitled La Radiolina featuring some kickass African artists... here.

- Brooklyn powerpop-ers Bridges And Powerlines have a new one. Listen: "Uncalibrated" (mp3)

- Bluegrass + Beats = Rench @ 3hive... here. Download "Gangstagrass" (zip)

- Funeral Pudding has posted a boot of Polvo playing Merge Records Fifth Anniversary Party, and they do a Hüsker Dü cover and a Steve Miller cover, plus more!... here.

TONIGHT: Health / Genghis Tron / High Places / Telepathe

Tonight!

"Triceratops" (mp3) by Health
"Chapels" (mp3) by Genghis Tron
"Head Spins" (ysi) by High Places
"The March" (mp3) by Telepathe
and Hard Bop DJs

@ Knitting Factory

March 2007 Mix

Today I have something new (and old) for you. Sometimes we are a bit too focused on the NOW... right?

Let's take some time and reflect. Let's look back and see what stands up and what falls down. Let's listen to a mix that looks back one year to March 2007.

Downloadable: "March 2007 Mix" (zip) (mirror: sendspace)

This mix features:
Ted Leo + The Pharmacists
My Teenage Stride
El Jesus De Magico
The Mae Shi
Night Of Pleasure
El Perro Del Mar
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Jana Hunter
The National
Low
Jesu
The Manhattan Love Suicides
Los Abandoned
YACHT
Aesop Rock
Motico
Rocket From The Crypt
50 Foot Wave
These Arms Are Snakes
Antibalas

The track listing:


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- lamestain has another installment of the history of TAD (including a short unfruitful interview with Steve Albini)... here.

- Gorilla Vs. Bear has a mix that El Guincho made for The FADER... here.

- Bushwick Is Beautiful interviews High Places (the singers of "[e]very national anthem going off at the same time in a bucket of water")... here.

- There's new eMusic Selects selections today featuring SUSU and Hands On Heads... here.

- There's two 'single files' for your consideration at ptw... one new new new track by The Sword (here) and another by Witch (here).

- There's is a new Brenmar remix of These Are Powers floating about on the internets. Here it is: "Little Sisters Of Beijing (Brenmar Remix)" (mp3). Here is the original track: "Little Sisters Of Beijing" (mp3)

- Also available now is another track from pacificUV's new longplayer... "Tremelo" (mp3)

Taste By Magik Markers

File Under Stuff I Should Have Posted Last Year

It's The Magik Markers! While they have released many many hardcore/nowave-inspired CD-Rs over the years, these tracks come from their only release to come out on CD and LP, Boss.

Downloadables:
"Taste" (box.net mp3)
"Body Rot" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Not Not Fun is here.
Apostasy Recordings is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
Emusic page is here.

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- There's a new(old) mp3 of The Muggabears over at RCRDLBL... here.

- S'gum has posted the results of team9 remixing Arcade Fire... here.

- New Live Unknown Oranges Band Mp3!! "Ride The Nuclear Wave" Live At Sound Of Indie!... here.

- High Places are on Emusic Selects, sounds better than Chicken Selects... here.

- Remember A Passing Feeling? Does this jog yer memory? "Red Gold" (box.net mp3)? Anyway, We Might Not Sleep At All This Year is getting a re-release today. Here is another taste: "Broken Bones" (box.net mp3). Buy it here.

- musicisart has a mix entitled the past is gone... here.

- The matablog has the deets on Mission Of Burma: The Definitive Editions I, II and III... here. Plus mp3s: "Max Ernst" (matador mp3) + "Weatherbox (Live)" (matador mp3)

I'd Rather Be Clogging By Karp

Have you checked out that lamestain post about Karp yet? If not, what are you waiting for? When listening to Karp (which stands for "Kill All Redneck Pricks") you can really hear the future Big Business sound (thanks to Jared Warren) in there, but Karp is messier and more screamy. Kickass.

Listen: "I'd Rather Be Clogging" (mp3)



Punk In My Vitamins is here.
KRS page is here.
Southern page is here.
Up Records page is here.
K Recs (store) page is here.

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- Continuing the "Best Of Oh Seven" coverage.... (1) BOAWS's best albums of the year are... here, (2) metal fans (closeted or otherwise) should definitely check out Crust Cake's best of's... here and here, (3) Who Killed The Mixtape's best songs of '07 are... here, and (4) PTST's best songs of '07 are... here.
- Make yer own beats with Hydrogen... here (linux).
- Get "Spitfire" by O'Death over at RCRDLBL... here.
- Stereogum watches High Places... here.
- The Papercuts have a bran' spankin' new Daytrotter session... here.
- There's a soundboard recording of Ted Leo way over in Iowa City at captain's dead... here.
- The Cops play KEXP's song of the day... here.

UPDATE:
- Ruby Isle's elbo.ws project continues with... "Gila (Beach House Cover)" (mp3)... here.

Lovely Weather By The Vandelles

This popped in the ol' inbox the other day. It's The Vandelles. The are filled with surfy JAMC goodness.

Downloadables:
"Lovely Weather" (mp3)
"Swell To Heaven" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Safranin Sound page is here.

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- Low Scores remixes Rick Ro$$. Listen: "Hustlin' (Low Scores Remix)" (mp3)
- High Places hit p'fork with free mp3... here. Download it: "New Grace" (mp3)
- Muzak For Cybernetics posts about that new Pixies tribute... here.
- Where's my Martini?
- EARFARM has three (mp3s) for free. What are they? Click... here.
- Quick Question: Are you in the mood for some "epic" psychrock? Look no further. Black Mountain - "Tyrants" (mp3)
- Spacemen 3 demo craziness at An Aquarium Drunkard... here.
- Have you heard about this thing that Ruby Isle are doing? Well, the next installment is here. Listen: "Aly, Walk With Me (Raveonettes Cover)" (mp3)
- XXJFg commemorates Black Dice, Flipper and others... here.

Don’t Touch My Shit By The Coathangers

Perhaps you saw this post about The Coathangers over at Buscate Un Novio last week? Perhaps, not... but the songs I wanted to post last month is now available. Alright!

Downloadables:
"Don’t Touch My Shit" (mp3)
"Shut The Fuck Up" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Rob's House is here.

Consider Clicking: What I Clicked On My Summer Vacation Edition
- Three from Stereogum... New non-grandma related Fiery Furnaces... here. New Goes Cube mathrock... here, and Thunderant... here.
- Do you love books and music? Well, NYRB Classics has a last.fm group. More about that over at A Different Stripe... here.
- Two p'fork downloads to consider:
"Montagem Do Cabra" (mp3) by Bonde Do Role
"Vomiting Mirrors" (mp3) by Clockcleaner
- Two kick-ass Contrast Podcasts: "Shapes" (mp3)... here, and "Stuck In My Head" (mp3)... here.
- GvsB posts Portland supergroup Pseudosix... here, and in a Black Lips inspired flashback, The Seeds... here.
- The internet blog I Rock Cleveland posts the youtube vid to "The Gold We're Digging" by Parts & Labor... here.
- 20 Jazz Funk Greats has a lovely post featuring These Are Powers, High Places, and Soft Circle... here.
- BANANA!
- NEVVER goes Blonde Redhead... here.
- The Smudge posts about Mr. Kim Gordon... here.
- 17 Dots' Fall Preview is... here.
- Dan Deacon freebies over at Free Indie... here.
- YANP does a freakfolk post about Magic Weapon... here.
- New pop from The Sharp Things... "Cruel Thing" (mp3)
- s k a t t e r b r a i n's second shoegaze mix is over... here.
- Pop Tarts Suck Toasted's band of the week was BOAT (oh yea)... here.
- MOKB discusses the full length effort by Prinzhorn Dance School... here.
- Nothing But Green Lights enjoys the instruprogelectronica of Blues States... here.
- KEXP posts Spoon's "Black Like Me"... here.
- EAR FARM discusses PJ Harvey's new turn... here.
- Get the Menomena Daytrotter session... here.
- More Health? Get some remixes over at BIGSTEREO... here.
- The Black Kites get some attention at Milk Milk Lemonade... here.
- BOAWS! Electro Group! Fuzz Fuzz! Hiss Hiss!... here.
- BklynVegan has a large mass of Melvins for you... here.
- The Go! Team make Red Blondehead want to double dutch... here.
- Quick Before It Melts has got Girl Nobody... here.
- Captain's Dead posts some Chin Up Chin Up... here.
- And finally these are not, I repeat, NOT music related (though they would make good song titles)... Pork Popsicles and How To Make A Mini Dry Erase Board.