A Career Open to Talent By Motico

Two more Motico H4 recordings have appeared on the interweb. If you don't know the duo's brand of SKINNG GRRR postpunk, then you need to listen to the mp3s below.

Downloadables:
"A Career Open to Talent" (box.net mp3)
"Floss Picks Dix" (box.net mp3)

Editor's Note: I went with the Big Black reference above. But now I (kinda) think that I should have said... "I refer to Motico as Motico Of North America when I am feeling pompous." If you got the Big Black reference and not what I am talking about here, shame on you.

Myspace page is here.
Not I Records has no web presence (that I know of).

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- I 'member pointing out the new SALEM ep the other day. I finally received the promomp3... "whenusleep" (holy man mp3)

- Best Of 2008: Cromewaves' favorite albums... here.

- Best Of 2008: The 18 Most Awesomest Tsururific Albums of 2008 with Accompanying Mixtape @ TSURURADIO... here.

- Best Of 2008: Pop Tarts Suck Toasted albums 31-34... here.

- Best Of 2008: Quick Before It Melts Songs2008... here.

- [Dramatic Pause] NOOOOOOO!... here.

- MOKB posts the electronic goodness of Nosaj Thing... here.

- Garry Shandling, Garry Shandling, Garry Shandling... here.

- '84 'Mats boot @ CBGB w/ a nice amount of tape hiss @ captain's dead... 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.

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- 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.

I Believe In Fate (Sebadoh Cover) By Superchunk

There is an excellent new SCORE freebie I noticed the other day. It is a cover. It is a cover that totally changes the feel of the original. I share it with you now.

Downloadable: "I Believe In Fate (Sebadoh Cover)" (box.net mp3) by Superchunk

You can get the FLAC (if you swing that way)... here.

Listen to the original: "I Believe In Fate" (box.net mp3) by Sebadoh

This is what Mac had to say about the cover:
"We recorded three Sebadoh songs for our "Freed Seed" 7" EP (with Seed Toss as the A-Side) back in 1991, but chose not to include all three on the Tossing Seeds singles comp, leaving off I Believe in Fate which was the least successful of the three...Superchunk always operates most effectively at mid- or high- but not top-speed and this came out sounding a bit like someone's high school hardcore band doing the two-step, and doesn't convey any of the darkness of the original Barlow version. But here it is digitally at last, good for a laugh at least.... Then go break out your Weed Forestin' tape!"

Myspace page is here.
Merge is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
eMusic page is here.

Previously Posted BONUS: "Mower" (mp3)

MORE Merge: Get their free 2008 Digital Sampler... here.

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- Who should Daytrotter record next??... here.

- Salem and Telepathe's remixes of Reckoner are @ Gorilla Vs. Bear... here.

- Best Of 2008: G vs B's Albums Of The Year... here.

- Free Vice comp Vice Gives You The Gift Of Good Music is available at Amazon... here.

Palmitos Park (El Guincho Cover) By Ruby Suns

Yes yes yes... this was available earlier this week on the Forkcast. But I am hoping that your rss feed for Pitchfork has been down.

Download: "Palmitos Park (El Guincho Cover)" (box.net mp3) as performed by The Ruby Suns

Can't say it is as good as the original, but you can understand the lyrics, sorta... well more than the original anyway: "Palmitos Park" (beggars mp3)

Watch the El Guincho video for "Palmitos Park":


Sub Pop page is here.
Lil' Chief page is here.
Memphis Industries is here.
eMusic page is here.

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- RSTB sings the 'I got the Black Moth Super Rainbow blues' (with an mp3 for "Milk Skates")... here.

- Also on p'fork this week was the new Salem "jam" entitled "Dirt" (p'fork mp3). Full post (with the vid posted about earlier this week) is here.

Die Allman Bruder By Ponytail

I thought I would do a little public service today. So I am going to post some "energy-based music" to help you get going and do that thing you are supposed to be doing right now instead of reading this. So listen to this...

Downloadable (CORRECTED!): "Die Allman Bruder" (box.net mp3) by Ponytail

If you also require visual stimulation, watch this...

Downloadable: "Die Allman Bruder" (now we are free mov)

"Official" site is here.
Now We Are Free is here.
Creative Capitalism page is here.
eMusic page is here.
ptw guest edit is here.

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- Some light reading concerning myths about this date seven years ago... here.

- Ohboyohboyohboy... The Black Kids, Titus Andronicus, The Ruby Suns, The Royal Bangs, and Aesop Rock all have Daytrotter sessions coming up.

- A Different Stripe posts about Right To Write... here. It's a new project "whose mission is to provide a repository of information and support for individuals needing to learn more about their intellectual property rights in the face of legal intimidation."

- Two (more) vids for your optical enjoyment today. The first is the new El Guincho vid for "Palmitos Park" @ Gorilla Vs. Bear (here) and the second is the creepy new Salem vid @ Big Stereo (here).

- I Rock Cleveland gets h-e-a-v-y with Fucked Up... here.

- Some Velvet Blog ponders what it would be like to be "dropped into the inside a game of Mario Super Brothers" (with Adventure)... here.

- Music Slut reports that The French Kicks are readying a remix covers EP... here.

The Evens Ahimsa House Bootleg

Mining Archive Dot Org, Part 1

I know I said I would start mining 2008.sxsw.com, but this comes first damnit! The Evens have made it on to archive.org... here. The concert is a about a year old (February 25, 2007) and was a benefit for Ahimsa House in Brisbane, Australia. Occasionally the guitar drops out a bit, but that's just "the joy of the bootleg". Thanks to the taper (audiowhore). Enjoy.

Track Listing:
"Shelter Two"
"If It's Water"
"Dinner With The President"
"Cache Is Empty"
"You Won't Feel a Thing"
"Crude Bomb"
"Cut From The Cloth"
"Mt Pleasant Isn't" (mp3)
"Eventually"
"No Money"
"All These Governors" (mp3)
"All You Find You Keep"
"Everybody Knows" (mp3)

Download the whole show... "The Evens Ahimsa House Bootleg" (zip)

Unofficial myspace page is here.
Dischord page is here.
Emusic page is here.
Purchase Evens records... here and here.

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- Hypeful has a weird cover you should check out... Lightspeed Champion americana-tinged version of "Thriller" (youtube)... here. Props to YANP for pointing it out.

- NEVVER has a The Bats mp3 for you... here. Also check out Die Big, it's NEVVER set on random.

- WTF!!!

- WTF (Part 2)!!

- Yeasayer Video Action... here and here and here.

- PTW is having a "listening party" (full album stream, track by track analysis) for HLLLYH by The Mae Shi... here.

- Gorilla Vs. Bear BFFs Salem... here.

- Sub Poppers' Blitzen Trapper trot by Daytrotter... here. Check out "Woof & Warp of the Quiet Giant's Hem". Quoteth: "It’s a blend of prog and noize that serves as the point of no return[.]"

- If for some reason you don't have "Dead Sound" (adult swim mp3) by The Raveonettes, you can download it from Amazon for free... here. If you likely, you may also want "Aly Walk With Me" (mp3) and maybe even "Dead Sound (Peter Homstrom And Jeremy Sherrer Remix)" (mp3). There is also a remote chance that will like this cover by Digital Leather... "Dead Sound (Raveonettes Cover)" (mp3). You can buy Lust Lust Lust... here.

Sideways Here We Come By Die! Die! Die!

I remember posting about Die! Die! Die! during last year's SXSW mining expedition (ooooh can't wait for this year's). I have to admit that their new effort, Promises, Promises is really growing on me. They have been much blogged about of late, but fuck it I'm posting 'em.

New:
"Sideways Here We Come" (mp3)
"A.T.T.I.T.U.D." (mp3)
"Whitehorses" (mp3)

Slightly Older:
"Auckland Is Burning" (mp3)
"Year Nine, Yeah!" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
SAF Records page is here.
Speak N Spell Records is here.
Emusic page is here.

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- SUCKA PANTS posts a track by Japanther side project Plastik Caskit... here.

- The 1900s (not The 1990s) hit Daytrotter... here.

- Captain's Dead posts about (1) Dead Confederate, (2) The Doers, and (3) some classic rock band, maybe you've heard of them, The Beatles... here.

- XXJFG posts some weirdness by Boris and Salem... here.