7 Albums From 2007 That Rocked In 2008

Just because a year ends doesn't mean you have to stop listening to albums from the past year (right?). I wanted to give some props to the following albums from 2007 that had some real staying power, well, on my ipod at least. Check 'em (and if you like buy 'em).



7 Albums From 2007 That Rocked In 2008:


The Forms by The Forms
Comment: This whole album is awesome. Every single track. Do you realize how hard it was to choose one track to post?
Listen: "Bones" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.


Mosaic by Love Of Diagrams
Comment: I don't know why this track was not included on the original release. Hopefully, the demos that were on the internet this year will make for another great album in 2009.
Listen: "Big Chord Champion" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here (without bonus tracks).
eMusic page is here (with bonus tracks).


The National Anthem Of Nowhere by Apostle Of Hustle
Comment: Andrew Whiteman (of Broken Social Scene) does it again. He should get his own "Broken Social Scene Presents..." album next, yo.
Listen: "My Sword Hand's Anger" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.


Ragged Rubble by Double Dagger
Comment: While I (unfortunately) missed every opportunity to see Double Dagger live this year, I am certain this will be rectified in the coming year. Plus, they should have a new LP out soon on Thrill Jockey. I mean, come on... look at them, how can you not love this?

Listen: "The Psychic" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.


Security by Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Comment: This track really helped me get through the last year of the Bush regime.
Listen: "Filibuster XXX" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here (older material).


Weirdo Rippers of No Age
Comment: I had to listen to something while waiting and waiting for Nouns to leak, err, I mean get officially released by the nice people at Sub Pop.
Listen: "Boy Void" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.


You Are Beautiful At All Times by Yppah
Comment: Great music for walking around the city in a daze. Try it sometime.
Listen: "I'll Hit The Breaks" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.
NOTE: This album was originally released in 2006, but when I first came up with this post I did not know that. I have decided to include it anyway.

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- Three. Count 'em. Three new Le Loup tracks have been recorded and are available @ Daytrotter... here. Awesome.

- FYI: Frisk Frugt is Anders from Kirsten Ketsjer. Indie encoding phenom PUKEKOS recommends you take a listen... here.

- Social Registry BONUS: "Hibernation/Ditch (Live @ SXSW 2008)" By Blood On The Wall

- Best Of 2008: BIGSTEREO's big best of post... here.

- Best Of 2008: Not your usual best of list. Clouds In The Head has four end of year mixes... here.

- Best Of 2008: Transmissions From Wintermute' Years Best New (for me) Music... here.

- Best Of 2008: Wow, that's it no more. Here are the rest of the Pop Tart Suck Toasted best ofs (unless there is like a best PTST videos post or something like that in the works)... Albums #1-2 (here) #3-4 (here) #5-6 (here) and Singles #1-10 (here) #11-20 (here) #21-30 (here).

- Best Of 2008: Tullycraft's Top Ten Songs... #5 (here) #6 (here) #7 (here).

- Best Of 2008: Surviving The Golden Age's Top Songs Part 1... here.

Top 15 Albums Of 2008

Out of the all the albums that came out this year, these here... these are the tops. This list was put together with a little help from last.fm. Also, I don't apply any number ranks to my year end lists. I use the power of the alphabet, but if you really want a #1 album of 2008, let's just say it's... HLLLYH. Ok, let's go...



Top 15 Albums Of 2008:
Alegranza by El Guincho

Comment: A trance enducing world trip
Listen: "Cuando Maavilla Fui" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Palmitos Park" (beggars mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles

Comment: The glitch masterpiece of the year
Listen: "Magic Spells" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Curses by Future Of The Left

Comment: Runner up for Album Of The Year... out of all these records, this is the one I listened to the most.
Listen: "Fingers Become Thumbs" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Manchasm" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Feed The Animals by Girl Talk

Comment: Mr. Gillis makes me want to wrap my iMac in Saran Wrap. If you haven't yet, take a look at the Wikipedia dissection of Feed The Animals... here. Kind of like The Soup but with music.
Listen: "What It's All About" (box.net mp3)
Pay-What-You-Want is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

HEALTH//DISCO by Health

Comment: This will blow your mind. The best remix album of the year (maybe ever?)
Listen: "Heaven (Narctrax Remix)" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Lost Time (Pictureplane Remix)" (box.net mp3)
Listen Even More: "Tabloid Sores (Nosaj Thing Remix)" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

HLLLYH by The Mae Shi

Comment: Album of the year (for now).
Listen: "PWND"
Listen More: "The Melody" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Liferz by Blood On The Wall

Comment: Like the 90's all rolled up into one album. The Pixies and Sonic Youth influences shine through, but you know what there's nothing wrong with that. This rocks.
Listen: "Rize" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Hibernation" (box.net mp3)
eMusic page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.

The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In by Thee Oh Sees

Comment: R-O-C-K
Listen: "Ghost In The Trees" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "The Coconut" (box.net mp3)
eMusic page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.

Nouns by No Age

Comment: Amazing.
Listen: "Teen Creeps" (sub pop mp3)
Listen More: "Eraser" (sub pop mp3)
Sub Pop page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.

On Two Sides by Blank Dogs

Comment: distorted vocals with instrumentals that sound like The Cure if they had been Birmingham and not West Sussex.
Listen: "Meltdown Cloud" (box.net mp3)
Sacred Bones Records page is here.
(Free) download is here.

Out My Window by Koushik

Comment: downbeat bliss
Listen: "Be With" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Nothing's The Same" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Third by Portishead

Comment: a remarkable return (and the only major label artist on the list, sorry Beck)
Listen/Watch: "Machine Gun" (youtube)
Amazon MP3 page is here.

We Breed Champions by Royal Bangs

Comment: These guys crafted one of the best indie rock albums of the year even if my best friend can never remember their name. A good way to remember their name: it's a euphemism for sex with a monarch.
Listen: "Let's Get Even" (box.net mp3)
Audio Eagle page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.

Welcome by James Pants

Comment: The space funk album of the year
Listen: "Finger On The Knife" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "We're Through" (stones throw mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

WOMEN by Women

Comment: Canadian indie rock drenched in droney lofi goodness. SEE THEM LIVE. That is all.
Listen: "Lawncare" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Group Transport Hall" (jagjaguwar mp3)
Jagjaguwar page is here.
eMusic page is here

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- Panther covering The Silos... here. Listen: "justthismorning" (krs mp3)

- Best Of 2008: Captain's Dead's Top Ten Records... here.

- Best Of 2008: The Tape's 25 favorite songs... here.

- Best Of 2008: The Daily Growl's Top 20 albums... here.

- Best Of 2008: So Much Silence's Favorite albums... here.

- Vice Gives You The Gift Of Good Music... here.

Had Enough By Gun Outfit

I was checking out the new website of Dean Spunt's (1/2 of No Age) Post Present Medium label and the new Gun Outfit 7" caught my eye. Their band page lists the influences of the Olympia Washington, uhh, outfit as (1) Meat Puppets and (2) Dinosaur Jr. Sounding good. It also says: "GUN OUTFIT create their own sound that is equal parts melody, jangle, punk and pop." Sounding real good. After a little clicking, I found their demo. Listen.

Downloadable: "Had Enough" (box.net mp3)

Get the whole 6 song demo... here.
Order the 7"... here.

Post Present Medium page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- Fuck You On Friday posts a track off the new Water EP from Salem... here.

- Best Of 2008: PTST goes into detail describing the albums of the year... here (47-50), and here (43-46).

- Preorder The Oranges Band Are Invisible... here. Do it.

- Listen to cheeky cheesy sounds of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele... "Meet Me In The Garden" (paw tracks mp3)

- I always sucked ass at Out Run. Stones Throw-ers Dam-Funk is actually quite good at it. Dig the SoCal space funk... here.

Some Are Lakes By Land Of Talk

I must admit all the buzz and hype surrounding Land Of Talk has whizzed right past me. When I saw Broken Social Scene earlier this year, Land Of Talk opened. While I missed Land Of Talk's set I was impressed by Lizzie Powell's performance with BSS. So I checked out the promomp3s from Saddle Creek. I bring them to you below. Enjoy.

Downloadables:
"Some Are Lakes" (saddle creek mp3)
"Corner Phone" (saddle creek mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Facebook page is here.
Saddle Creek is here.
One Little Indian is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

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- Panther have a new covers project thing going on at their blog Rhinestone Neckbrace. Listen to the first not so disco-ish cover: "To Love Somebody (Bee Gees Cover)" (krs mp3)

- Experience some pre-Pere Ubu rawk with Rocket From The Tombs @ A Million Miles Away... here.

- Gorilla Vs. Bear and Raven Sings The Blues both write about the new No Age 7"... here and here, respectively. Note: RSTB posts an mp3, GvsB not so much.

- The Smudge Of Ashen Fluff writes up the new Blue Giant supergroup... here.

Draped Up, Oxed Out By Smart Growth

Smart Growth is Dennis Bowen of Double Dagger. I was perusing the ol' myspace and saw that he has some links posted to a host of goodies.

Listen: "Draped Up, Oxed Out" (box.net mp3)

Downloadable Album: Surrey (mediafire)

More Downloads (reg. req.): the sixty one

Maryland/DCers... Smarth Growth is playing TONIGHT at the Talking Head @ Sonar w/ Health, Videohippos, and Ed Schrader

Hey Smart Growth... Come To NYC!!

Old GT post is here.

Consider CLICKing
- Wire perform two song from A Bell Is A Cup…Until It Is Struck for their Daytrotter Session. Get 'em... here.

- Grab a Team B mp3 at BVegan, then find out if the trolls would "hit that"... here.

- BRKLYN/NYCers... No Age and Titus Andronicus are playing tonight @ Market Hotel. Here are the deets from Todd P:

====> MONDAY 11/10 @ SCHMARKET SCHMOTEL <====
:: NO AGE [listen: "Teen Creeps" (sub pop mp3)]
:::: Titus Andronicus [listen: "Joset Of Nazareth's Blues" (box.net mp3)]
:::::: Soft Circle
:::::::: Sisters

1142 Myrtle Ave @ Bdwy | Bushwick, Brooklyn
JMZ-Mrytle, L-Jefferson, G-Myrtle/Willoughby | 8pm | $9 | all ages | no phone
NOTE: for the above show, tickets'll be sold at GOODBYE BLUE MONDAY
1087 Broadway, Bklyn, on sale starting 7pm, nite of show -only-
WE WILL NOT TAKE MONEY AT THE DOOR FOR THIS SHOW
you must walk to GOODBYE BLUE MONDAY & buy a ticket!!!! thanks!

No Tempo By Boo And Boo Too

Lawrence KS indieartrockers Boo And Boo Too's new album (entitled No Tempo) comes out next week. It looks like this:



Their free mp3 from Iron Paw Records builds and builds and has this whole wall of noise thing going on, check it out...

Listen: "No Tempo" (iron paw mp3)

Preorder No Tempo here.

NYC/CMJers -- Boo And Boo Too have three CMJish shows coming up @ Death By Audio and Knitting Factory and Less Artists More Condos.

Myspace page is here.
Iron Paw is here.
Chop Womp is here.
Boo And Boo Too blogspot is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
Old ptw 'single file' posts are here and here.

"Oldie" BONUS: "Every Day I Saw You In Egypt" (iron paw mp3)

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- Royals Bangs banged out a Lounge Act for WOXY. Dig it:

Listen: "Royal Bangs On WOXY" (woxy mp3)

Tracklisting:
"Who Am Kong"
"Maniverse"
"Broke Calculator"
"Brother"

A Picture from the WOXY flickr:



- Speaking of WOXY, Takka Takka's Lounge Act has been cut up into individual mp3s @ The Futurist... here.

- This week in Forkcast!
(No Age on Late Late)... here.
(Dept Of Eagles perform "Herring Bone")... here.
(Fuck Buttons Live from Juan's Basement)... here and here.
(New Atlas Sound, "Coffin Trick")... here.
(Cadence Weapon sells some video "Real Estate")... here.

Idiotheque (Radiohead Cover) By We Versus The Shark

Today, I have for you the latest We Versus The Shark cover. The song covered was originally played by a band from Oxfordshire. The cover is a slowed down thrashy recreation. And yes, there is a superfluous "h" in the title of the cover.

Downloadable: "Idiotheque (Radiohead Cover)" (quoteunquote mp3)

Streamable Original: "Idioteque (Live At APW)" (youtube)

FYI: We Versus The Shark is a posthardcore band from Athens. Radiohead is, well, Radiohead. There is quite a lot written about them -- 38,900,000 hits worth.

Myspace page is here.
Hello Sir Records is here.
Quote Unquote is here.
Free Covers Project, Murmurmur is here.
eMusic page is here.

We Versus The Shark tourdate info is here (as of 10/8/08).

Consider CLICKing
- Speaking of Radiohead covers, check out Muzak For Cybernetics. They have El Ten Eleven's instrumental cover of "Paranoid Android" (youtubed original)... here.

- Have you picked up those two free Volcano Suns mp3s from the upcoming Merge reissues? "Jak" (merge mp3) from Bright Orange Years (Remastered) and "White Elephant" (merge mp3) from All Night Lotus Party (Remastered). Merge will be releasing both albums available on CD for the first time on January 27, 2009. More info... here.

- Tunde Adebimpe + Mike Patton + Doseone = this

- CBS says "No Obama tshirt on the Late Late Show" to No Age due to some bullshit notion that the Equal Time Rule applied. Dumbasses. Oh wait, is Randy from No Age actually running for President? No? Nevermind. Deets are here.

- RCRDLBL has a new new new song by indiepoppers Frances ('member them?)... here.

- Are you gonna buy the new Brian Eno iTunes app, Bloom... here.

- Prolific ATL indie droner Atlas Sound has yet another virtual 7"... here.

Teen Creeps By No Age

I just want to remind you (with a little help from the good folks at Sub Pop) that No Age put out one of the best albums of the year (so far).

Listen: "Teen Creeps" (sub pop mp3)

Get Nouns (CD/LP/MP3) here.
Preorder Teen Creeps 7" here.

Also... the duo have an NYC tourdate a la Todd P next month!!

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Monday November 10th @ SCHMARKET SCHMOTEL

:: NO AGE
:::: Soft Circle
:::::: Hidden Power
:::::::: Sisters

[ SCHMARKET SCHMOTEL ]
1142 Myrtle Ave @ Bdwy | Bushwick, Brooklyn
JMZ-Mrytle, L-Jefferson, G-Myrtle/Willoughby | 8pm | $9 | all ages | no phone

Sub Pop page is here.
PPM page is here.
Upset The Rhythm page is here.
FatCat page is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

BONUS: "Get Hurt" (box.net mp3)

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- Here is a new track from Casiotone For The Painfully Alone's Toxic Town EP: "Ice Cream Truck" (tomlab mp3). Get the Toxic Town EP here.

- Jay Reatard rocks out corporate style at AOL's Spinner... here.

- Get "Pulled Up" (youtube) by the Talking Heads @ Art Decade... here.

- Wye Oak have a new Daytrotter session with 2 unreleased tracks... here.

August 2007 Mix

Let's look back at August 2007.

One year ago.

Damn, it was pretty awesome (and HEALTH-y).

The zip: "August 2007 Mix" (sendspace zip)

The playlist:


The band links and mp3s:
1. Health - "Crimewave" (fanatic mp3)
2. Health - "Triceratops" (box.net mp3)
3. Health - "Triceratops (CFCF Remix)" (fanatic mp3)
4. A Frames - "Galena" (sub pop mp3)
5. Shepherdess - "Green Seat" (box.net mp3)
6. PORA! PORA! - "So Cinematic" (box.net mp3)
7. Architecture In Helsinki - "Debbie" (box.net mp3)
8. Shooting Spires - "Right" (shooting spires mp3)
9. Celebration - "Evergreen" (beggars mp3)
10. The Mary Timony Band - "Sharpshooter" (krs mp3)
11. Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" (vampire weekend mp3)
12. The Deadly Syndrome - "Eucalyptus" (dim mak mp3)
13. The Black Lips - "Cold Hands" (vice mp3)
14. The Coathangers - "Don't Touch My Shit" (fanatic mp3)
15. Clockcleaner - "Vomiting Mirrors" (box.net mp3)
16. TheDeathSet - "Distressed" (morphius mp3)
17. Realistic - "The Camera Track" (fanatic mp3)
18. Yea Big + Kid Static - "Duck, Mother Fuckers!" (yea big mp3)
19. Aesop Rock - "Coffee (Feat. John Darnielle)" (aol mp3)

Consider CLICKing
- The blog skatterbrain posts a subjective best of slumberland records: 1990-95... here.

- Live from the internets... "Goat Hurt" (youtube vid) by No Age, AND "BEAD" (youtube vid) by Dinowalrus

- I almost forgot... some news-o-tainment and some advice.

Ghost In The Trees By Thee Oh Sees

I still can't believe that I have not posted (before this Wednesday, that is) anything from one of my favorite albums of the year so far . The album, The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In, performed by John Dwyer's Thee Oh Sees. It contains 15 slabs of "half-evil blooz explosions". Dig it.



Listen:
"Ghost In The Trees" (box.net mp3)
"Graveyard Drug Party" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Tomlab is here.
eMusic page is here.

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- The New New New No Age vid for "Eraser" is over at s'gum... here.

- [not music or walrus related] Bucket Power!

- Does anyone have $100,000 to give me so I can register gimme.tinnitus as a domain name??

- Listen to the whole of The Ruiner by Made Out Of Babies with track by track analysis @ ptw... here.

[UPDATED with mp3s] Take the NPR's Best CDs of the Year (So Far) Poll

Take the NPR's Best CDs of the Year (So Far) Poll...

It's right here.

And in no particular order, here are some albums that are missing from the poll (maybe write a few of them in??):
Nouns By No Age
Listen: "Cappo" (box.net mp3)

HLLLYH by The Mae Shi
Listen: "The Melody" (box.net mp3)

Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles
Listen: "Magic Spells" (box.net mp3)

HEALTH//DISCO by Health
Listen: "Lost Time (Pictureplane Remix)" (box.net mp3)

Liferz by Blood On The Wall
Listen: "Hibernation" (box.net mp3)

The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In by Thee Oh Sees
Listen: "Graveyard Drug Party" (box.net mp3)

Triptych by Shooting At Unarmed Men
Listen: "Boredom Is The Feeling That Everything Is A Waste Of Time" (box.net mp3)

We Breed Champions by Royal Bangs
Listen: "Cat Swallow" (mp3)

Win by Susu
Listen: "Hands Up (The Race)" (box.net mp3)

Ice Cream Spiritual by Ponytail
Listen: "Celebrate The Body Electric (It Came From An Angel)" (now we are free mp3)

The Ruiner By Made Out Of Babies
Listen: "Cooker" (moob mp3)

Oh, and be sure to vote for We Versus The Shark.
Listen: "Hello Blood" (team clermont mp3)

June 2007 Mix

Time to look back again to the year 2007. Let's listen to the music of June 2007.

Download the zipped mp3: "June 2007" (box.net zip) (mirror: sendspace)

The Artists Featured
Beat Happening
BOAT
Bumps
The Cave Singers
Experimental Dental School
Justice
Kevin Drew
Mika Miko
No Age
Oxford Collapse
Paper
Parts & Labor
Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Silver Daggers
Spoon
S-S-S-Spectres
Tiny Vipers
YACHT

I want some mp3s right now. I don't have any time for compression programs.
"Boy" (states rights mp3) by Paper
"Capricornations" (deletedart mp3) by Mika Miko
"Don't Tell I'm The King Of The Sea" (mp3) by S-S-S-Spectres
"Get Hurt" (upset mp3) by No Age
"Joy" (load mp3) by Silver Daggers
"Poison Reverb" (deletedart mp3) by Experimental Dental School
"Seeds Of Night" (matador mp3) by The Cave Singers
"tbtf" (arts and crafts mp3) by Kevin Drew

The Playlist


And if you have not already, check out the May 2007 Mix, because it will be taken down soon.

Consider CLICKing
- I just noticed that Spoon posted a new bonus to their website... "Was It You (Demo)" (spoontheband mp3)

- Amuse yourself or annoy your significant other/co-workers/people near your computer with Experimental Dental School's Virtual Theremin... here.

- Watch "Super Collider (Live)" (youtube), the latest from the Radiohead. Gorilla Vs. Bear has the mp3... here.

- Why am I reposting "Nude With Boots" (dailyrind mp3)? 'Cuz I am.

- Maron + (politics * floppy cats) = this. Watch Seder Vs. Maron... here.

2008 (so far)

If you have not listened to the Contrast Podcast this year, you have to check out this week's episode.

Listen: "2008 (so far)" (mp3)

I chose "Cat Swallow" (pirate mp3) by Royal Bangs after not being able to decide between "Eraser" (sub pop mp3) by No Age and "The Melody" (box.net mp3) by The Mae Shi. Since my choice, I realized that there was another song that blew me away this year, and it turns out that no one else picked it for the podacst. I really thought someone else would pick something from this recording. Guess not.

The song: "Machine Gun" (ysi) or (youtube) by Portishead

I also seriously consider tracks by Motico and Jaguar Love, oh and Crystal Castles. Listen to some more killer tracks from 2008... here.

The Playlist:
(00:00) Flight of the Conchords - All the ladies of the world
Tim from The face of today

(03:05) Royal Bangs - Cat swallow
Bob from this blog you are reading right now

(07:45) These Modern Socks - Where I came from
Linda from Speed of dark

(14:14) Japandroids - No Allegiance to the Queen
FiL from Pogoagogo

(21:47) The Cure - The only one
Adam

(26:24) DeVotchKa - The clockwise witness
Marcy from Lost in your inbox

(31:14) The Weepies - Old coyote
Natalie from Mini-obs

(35:41) KaiserCartel - Okay
Duke of Straw from The Late Greats

(39:31) The Wedding Present - Spider-man on Hollywood
Jim from Quick Before it Melts

(42:48) Be Your Own Pet - Becky
Dirk from Sexy Loser

But then a quick jaunt into mid/late 90's nostalgia crappiness (sorry)...

(46:45) Blind Melon - Wishing Well
Chip from Atomic Ned

(51:17) Counting Crows - Cowboys
James from Appetite For Distraction

(57:29) At the Stars - Forget
Andy from Circles of Concrete

(01:01:49) Stars - Take me to the riot
Miss Wired

(01:06:10) Religious Knives - The sun
ZB from So the wind won't blow it all away

(01:12:27) Sun Kil Moon - Unlit hallway
Greer from A Sweet Unrest

Consider CLICKing
- Matablog posts this youtube vid with clips of Jaguar Love and "Georgia Take Me to the Sea" playing... here.

- Sweden's Air France is a band not an airline. Gorilla Vs. Bear really really likes them... 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 McLaughlin Group By Andrew WK

Did you listen to "Andrew WK on Fair Game" (box.net mp3) when I posted about it... here? If not, you missed some best the 50 some odd seconds of "over-the-top rockulism" this year.

Listen: "The McLaughlin Group" (box.net mp3)

This is the lyrical core of the song:

If it happens Pat
May he rest in piece peace
Death comes in the night
On little cat's feet
The next man on the moon will be Chinese

Listen to the whole Fair Game clip (above) to find out what it means. As to getting it out of your head, that's your problem.

Andrew WK's official site is here.
Myspace page is here.
Load Records page is here.
Read about Andrew's possible hairpiece and some other weird shit at his wiki.

Load BONUS: "Big Party" (mp3)

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- So, Low Scores (formerly Bulk Buttons) failed to be chosen for the Jamie Lidell remix contest. Wanna hear what was prolly a little too weird for Jaime? "a little bit of feel good (ls remix)" (mp3)

- New New New * No Age + Religious Knives = XXJFG... here. Speaking of No Age, the Cloak/Dagger album is entitled No Age. Does this album sound like No Age? Find out @ CYSTSFTSS... here.

- More No Age. Watch them play Juan's Basement @ p'fork tv... here. Speaking of p'fork, did you see them profiled in Businessweek... here. Sellouts! (I kid, I kid). Also new at p'fork, they posted by Sinkane led Sudanese immigrant Ahmed Gallab... here. Listen: "Autobahn" (p'fork mp3).

- Vice Records has two free mp3 you might want to check out. Both are from their new "gigantic band" division:
"Three Eyes Open" (vice mp3) by Dark Meat
"Torture" (vice mp3) by King Khan & The Shrines

- Captain's Dead has a kickass boot of Ugly Casanova (one Isac/Isaac Brock). Make sure you listen to bluegrassed-up version of "Styrofoam Boots"... here. Listen: "Things I Don't Remember" (sub pop mp3)

- Instrumental Analysis has a review of Double Dagger's live show... here. Listen: "Rearranging the Digital Deck Chairs (Live on WFMU)" (mp3)

- NEVVER posts "Shake Shake" by The Coathangers... here. Want more Coathangers?? Watch "Tonya Harding" (vimeo)

- New New New Grizzly Bear @ EAR FARM... here.

- White Demin "mess you hair up" @ spinner... here.

- Hey UK, The Black Lips (through BoobySands) have posted a sing along version of "Bad Kids" (youtube).

- Whoa! ATP + MBV in NY

- More free NIN... here. Remix it... here.

- Bushwick Is Beautiful makes the case for the electrofolk stylings of Goldfrapp on vinyl... here.