Friday Night Vids: 2/20/09

I am setting this up for a ROBOPOST. Enjoy your Friday Evening!

Streamable: "Tunnelvision" (p4k) by Here We Go Magic



Streamable: "What A Drag" (youtube) by Bear Hands



Streamable: "jewel of dew" (youtube) by Sore Eros and Gary War



Streamable: "Murder" (youtube) by The Big Sleep



Streamable: "Dancing In The Dark" (youtube) covered by Ted Leo



Streamable: "Cable TV" (p4k) by Fol Chen

Congressional Dubcision By Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

Today I have a classic Ted Leo + The Pharmacists track for you.

Downloadable: "Congressional Dubcision" (box.net mp3)

As you listen to it, you should really be purchasing their new Rapid Response Digital EP. You choose how much to pay ($4-$20). The money goes to Democracy Now! and Food Not Bombs to help help out those arrested during the RNC protests. Listen to Breaking with Convention (Part II): Highlights from the RNC, from the Suites to the Streets to the Convention Floor, it's a little half through this show... "Democracy Now! Sept 9, 2008" (mp3).

Buy/Donate... here.

DO IT!

The EP looks like this:


The Tracklisting:
"Paranoia (Never Enough)"
"Mourning in America"
"I Got Your Number (Cock Sparrer Cover)"
"Nobody's Driving (Amebix Cover)"

And for all you cheapos who do not want to donate, you can get the EP over at eMusic... here.

Also, read Marissa Moss's interview with Ted @ Huffington Post... here.

Myspace page is here.
Touch & Go page is here.
Lookout Records page is here.
Acefu page is here.
eMusic page is here.

WFMU Bonus: "The World Is In The Terlet" (box.net)

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- Jay Reatard has a triple batch of live recordings for download (Live Reggies:Beerland:VPRO) over at his blawg... here.

- Also, straight from my inbox to you... a new mp3 from indie poppers N** Y*** T****: "You Won't Dance With Me" (box.net mp3)

Teenage Lust (JAMC Cover) By Oliver North Boy Choir

I hope you enjoyed the indie NorgePop yesterday. Today, it's all about indie DanskePop. The good folks of Oliver North Boy Choir sent along a Jesus And Mary Chain cover that they put together for The Jesus and Mary Chain Covers Project. Enjoy.

Downloadable: "Teenage Lust (JAMC Cover)" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Crunchy Frog is here.
Old 3hive post is here.

Downloadable BONUS: "Nest Of Terror" (mp3)
Streamable BONUS: "Adrenaline" (youtube vid)

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- Ted Leo put together the Rapid Response EP to "raise awareness and funds for specially selected organizations Minneapolis Food Not Bombs and Democracy Now! to help out those arrested during the [RNC] protests." You can get the digital download for a $4-20 donation... here. Let me tell you the lead track, "Paranoia (Never Enough)" finds Ted in his punk rock mode and when he sings "Don't get too comfortable" at the end of the chorus I felt chills (but it could be I left the window open). I should note that I did feel a similar chill when I heard him cover "Suspect Device (Stiff Little Fingers Cover)" (box.net mp3) a few years ago at the ERMP.

- Speaking of covers, S'gum posts one of the covers from the new French Kicks Covers EP... here.

- Ra Ra Riot's Daytrotter encore is available... here.

- Sixeyes thinks The Gorgeous Colours sound "old" but that's a good thing... here.

- If you didn't get Smithsonian Folkways' A Sound Legacy: 60 Years of Folkways Records and 20 Years of Smithsonian Folkways for free from eMusic a while back, you can get it from Amazon for $0, right now... here. If you do nothing else, get the free Leadbelly track, mmmkay?

Africa Just Wants To Have Fun By Volcano!

The first I time I heard Volcano! I reflexively thought "sounds like a more experimental Ted Leo." Then I said, "Shut up, Brain" and got into it.

Downloadable: "Africa Just Wants To Have Fun" (box.net mp3)

Any thoughts on the cheeky song title?

Myspace page is here.
The Leaf Label is here.
eMusic page is here.
Order some Volcano! from Midheaven here.

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- Listen to some more fast/fun/noisy tracks off Escapers 2 from Parts & Labor @ Raven Sings The Blues... here. You may remember Escapers 2 from this post.

- Pitchfork's Forkcast has posted a cover (not a remix, a cover) of Feist's "1234" (p'fork mp3) by Bikini... here.

- $125 for a whole lotta Madvillainy?? Some of the deets (+ one mp3) are here.

GfC by Albert Hammond, Jr.

I'm not quite sure why Albert Hammond, Jr. signed to the home of American Idol recordings (feh). Maybe he just wants my sister to like him? Anyway, it hasn't affected his songcraft.

Downloadable: "GfC" (box.net mp3)

¿Cómo Te Llama? is coming out on a major RCA and RED in early July. And there's a new Strokes album is the works. More about that... here.

Myspace page is here.
Rough Trade is here.
New Line Records are here.
Scratchie page is here.

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- Friction NYC discusses Ambient Not Not Ambient, a comp from Audiodregs... here.

- I'm waiting for Times New Viking Kittens, but really... WTF?

- How's about a little 90's indie rock?? From Silkworm: "Couldn't You Wait" (comedy minus one mp3)

- Check out CAPTAIN’S DEAD GUIDE TO RECORDS FOR THE SUMMER OF 08, PART ONE. It's got The Avalanches, The Cool Kids, Ted Leo, and other... here.

- 3hive posts some tracks from Tommy Boy magician Steinski... here.

- Damnit! I missed The Forms, again (also Free Blood). More about that... here.

NOTE: Albert is the one in the middle.

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)

The 47 Best Downloadables Of 2007

I know, I know you've been waiting. You want to download the some of the best songs of 2007 and simply don't know where to turn. The massiveness of the internets is overwhelming. Fear not. I have complied the best downloadable songs from GT this past year.

And yes, some of these songs were not officially released in 2007. So what? As for ranking, these songs are arranged using the power of the alphabet! Oh, don't be so obsessed with ranking things and just enjoy.

A

"Aly Walk With Me" (mp3 with a plug at the end of it) by The Raveonettes
Comment: Atmospheric + Wall Of Noise + Big Beats = Quite Kickass. Check out the Ruby Isle cover... here.

"Attitude (Misfits Cover)" (box.net mp3) by Mika Miko
Comment: My favorite Misfits cover since Bratmobile did "Where Eagles Dare" (ysi mp3)

B

"Babies" (mp3) by Jana Hunter
Comment: When is Jracula putting a proper album out? Wait have they? Fuck! Huh?

"Black Mirror" (mp3) by Arcade Fire
Comment: Why does this song always make me think of Lost Highway?

"Bomb.Repeat.Bomb." (box.net mp3) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists
Comment: Wins the GT 2007 Award for Best Political Song. Watch the video... here.

C

"Capricornations" (mp3) by Mika Miko
Comment: You never forget your first Mika Miko song.

"Chromes On It" (mp3) by Telepathe
Comment: Looking forward to a full length.

"Cold Hands" (mp3) by Black Lips
Comment: The Black Lips doin' what they do.

"Crimewave" (mp3) by Health
Comment: Uberblogged band Health rip it up.

D

"Dead Sound" (mp3) by The Raveonettes
Comment: When will JAMC stop influencing bands? Not bloody soon, I'll tell you that.

"Don't Touch My Shit" (mp3) by The Coathangers
Comment: Don't Touch My Shit. Awesome.

"Drippy Eye" (box.net mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow
Comment: This is my cat's theme song. Is this your cat's theme song too?

"Dumb Luck (Remix)" (mp3) performed by DNTEL remixed by Low Scores
Comment: I like this more than the original.

E

"Evergreen" (mp3) by Celebration
Comment: Soundtrack for the end of the world.

F

"Flying To You" (mp3) by Unlove
Comment: Booming and anthemic, but not released this year. Fuck it.

"Fractured Skies" (mp3) by Parts & Labor
Comment: The postmodern postpunk anthem. Wins the GT 2007 award for Best Use Of A Dot Matrix Printer In A Song.

G

"Get Hurt" (mp3) by NO AGE
Comment: Sounds just like Wives... [snicker].

H

"Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse" (mp3) by Of Montreal
Comment: C'mon Chemicals... annoying and wonderful, at the same time.

I

"(I'm A) Donkey For Your Love" (mp3) by BOAT
Comment: Catchy as all... well you know.

"It Fit When I Was A Kid (Remix)" (mp3) performed by Liars and remixed by Crystal Castles
Comment: This song is like... ok, what if... Liars were cyborgs?? huh?

J

"Just As The Day Was Dawning" (mp3) by Big Business
Comment: You could say their sound is as "Big As A Mountain" (ysi mp3)

K

"Knowledge In Hand" (mp3) (source: myspace) by The Forms
Comment: Runner up for Song Of The Year.

M

"Mr. Prison Shanks" (mp3) by Made Out Of Babies
Comment: Fuck. Heavy. Fucking Heavy!

"(My Head)/R.I.P. Allegory" (mp3) by Times New Viking
Comment: Ohio Rocks! Warning... this is LOUD.

N

"Nobody" (mp3) by The Willowz
Comment: Sounds like a contradiction, but The Willowz total filter 70's arena rock through punk, and it works.

"No One Does It Like You (Demo)" (mp3) by Department Of Eagles
Comment: Best Grizzly Bear-related song this year. The Girl Talk wamp-wamping "Knife (Remix)" was a close second.

"North American Scum (Dunproofin's Not From England Either Mix)" (mp3) performed by LCD Soundsystem remixed by Dunproofin
Comment: Almost makes me proud to be a North American.

"Not A Problem (Live)" (mp3) by The Black Lips
Comment: The Black Lips put out what may not be the best live album ever, but it's realllly close. Maybe it is the best live album ever. I don't know.

"Now I've Got A Sword" (mp3) by The Muggabears
Comment: Love that Bayside shout out.

P

"Pace Or The Patience" (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams
Comment: I can't believe I'm not sick of this song. I love it. I listen to all the time.

"Pinkies" (mp3) by The Big Sleep
Comment: What was it I heard someone call The Big Sleep? Bedroom Metal. That's it.

R

"Rafaga!" (mp3) by Apostle Of Hustle
Comment: Wins the GT 2007 Award for Spanish Song Sung By A Canadian Band!

"Run To The Facts" (mp3) by Yea Big + Kid Static
Comment: Wins the GT 2007 Award for Best Use Of Samples From An Unreleased Album.

"Run To Your Grave" (mp3) by The Mae Shi
Comment: Run!

S

"See A Penny (Pick It Up)" (mp3) by YACHT
Comment: Awhh... come on. Who cares if it's "Miss You" in Jona clothing? Not me.

"Screendoor" (mp3) by Illinois
Comment: Don't forget to check out their Daytrotter Session... here.

"Sharpshooter" (mp3) by The Mary Timony Band
Comment: Mary's still got it.

"So Post All 'Em (Instumental)" (mp3) by YACHT
Comment: I've had it up to here with all those words. Bahh.

T

"The Pyramid" (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams
Comment: Slightly slower awesomeness.

"The Underdog" (mp3) by Spoon
Comment: The Song Of The Year.

"They Might Follow You (Demo)" (mp3) by Tiny Vipers
Comment: Haunting.

"To Fix The Gash In Your Head" (mp3) by A Place To Bury Strangers
Comment: Uhhh... When will JAMC stop influencing bands? Not bloody soon, I'll tell you that (again).

"Too Cute To Puke" (box.net mp3) by Mika Miko
Comment: If you didn't hear me say it on The Contrast Podcast Festive 50, this track is pure energy.

"Truck" (mp3) by The Octopus Project
Comment: Theremins are punk.

U

"Underwater (You And Me)" (mp3) by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Comment: Ok, I admit it. This is not my favorite Some Loud Thunder song. This is: "Yankee Go Home" (ysi mp3)

V

"Veni Vedi Veci (Remix)" performed by The Black Lips remixed by Diplo
Comment: Black Lips + Mad Decent beats = This.

W

"We Are Gods! We Are Wolves!" (mp3) by Le Loup
Comment: My eyes rolled the first time I saw the name of this track... then I heard it. My eyes later issued a rolling retraction.

"Witches Vs. Wolves" (mp3) by S-S-S-Spectres
Comment: The name says it all.

The End. More next year. And don't forget my previously look backs at 2007... here and here.

My post entitled Top 11 Downloadables That Were Not Freakin' Everywhere in 2007 is coming soon. It will be anagramed thusly... t11mp3twnfe2007.

Preview: "Luxury Condos For The Poor" (mp3) by Double Dagger
Comment: [you have to wait for that]

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.

The Serpentic Devourment Of The Tenderized Lamb By Ancient Wound

Seems Jimmylegs has been diggin' the prog-metal of late. He mentions seeing three bands the other night.

The first is, shall we say, VERY METAL... Ancient Wound! Have a listen...

Downloadables:
"The Serpentic Devourment Of The Tenderized Lamb" (mp3)
"Glacial Infinity" (mp3)

The other two are: DYSRHYTHMIA and Behold... The Arctopus. Word.

Unrelated BONUS links:
- I mentioned I was listening to "It's All The Same Price" by YACHT (here), now you can too thanks to the blog Can you see the sunset from the southside?... here.
- Ted Leo answers emusic downloaders' questions... here.
- Mars Needs Guitars has a "Song" based mix... here.
- mmmmmm "Taco Wagon" (by Man...Or Astroman?) at Gentle Tyrants... here.

The Willowz On WOXY

Hells Yeah! GT favs The Willowz were on WOXY the other day!

Download: "The Willowz on WOXY" (mp3)

Watch the vid for "Evil Son" by way of Videostatic... here.

Myspace page is here.
Dim Mak page is here.
Sympathy For The Record Industry is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
Emusic page is here.

Unrelated BONUS links:
-Ted Leo (who just had a site makeover, oooh) on KEXP... here (Thanks to The Smudge Of Ashen Fluff).
- Hey Weirdo! check out Death Sentence: Panda! over at 20 Jazz Funk Greats... here.
- 7" blog, you shall know our discography has got some rips of Unrest... here and here and here.
- Stream new QOTSA, "Sick Sick Sick" at... QOTSA dot com. Dig the broken lightbulb narration!

Bomb.Repeat.Bomb.1954 By Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

The blog *sixeyes has posted a HUGE chunk of Ted Leo + The Pharmacists... here.

NOTE: The Retro Music Snob has pointed this out long before me... here.

Downloadable: "Bomb.Repeat.Bomb.1954" (touch & go mp3)

Dang... that is quite possibly the most rockin' thing Ted + Rx have done (with the exception of that Stiff Little Fingers cover).

Myspace page is here.
Touch & Go page is here.
Lookout Records page is here.
Acefu page is here.
Emusic page is here.

BONUS Link: Check out Ted's re-working of The Jam's "That's Entertainment"... here (Thanks, thepunkguy).

Ted Leo On WOXY

Hey Hey... Ted Leo in The Lounge... here.

Download: "Ted Leo on WOXY" (mp3)

Set List:
"Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?"
"The 'Nice People' Argument"
"A Bottle Of Buckie"
"- interview -"
"The Living Kind"
"Me And Mia"

Get individual tracks from The Smudge... here.

Myspace page is here.
Touch & Go page is here.
Lookout Records page is here.
Acefu page is here.
Emusic page is here.