MP3 blog 2010/09/29

blog 2010/09/29 - a web cam is like a periscope for perverts.

Alex Winston - Pull My Heart Away (Jack Penate cover):  Super magically cute voices... AND HANDCLAPS?  Oh yes yes.  They should get together with Coco Rosie, and make out.

Celebration - I Will Not Fall
Celebration - Open Your Heart
Celebration - What's This Magical:  From the new album Hello Paradise, there is something so indescribable about these songs.   Everything seems familiar, but nothing feels cliched nor expected.  Recommended for fans of Bat For Lashes, Janis Joplin and Arcade Fire.  Somehow.

Datadebt - California Special (Eumig & Chinon Remix)
Datadebt - Moderator:  There's never a bad day for well done bouncey electro pop, all sliced up and ready to serve.  Total sunshine happiness, for fans of Rex The Dog.

Dub Kweli - Country Of Loving
Dub Kweli - Your Gospel:  After the "success" of Mos Dub, Kweli's vox get the treatment to some generally muted applause.  The whole project doesn't all work, but like it's predecessor, a few tracks really shine through.

Flight - When You Wake Up Feeling Old:  For the most part it's full of lame ducks, but I really liked this track off the album "Wisco: A Wisconsin Tribute To Wilco's Summerteeth".

Gunjack - Bring The Change:  THERE'S A FUCKING LOON IN MY JUNGLE TRACK!  Man, if only we could get some dog barks in there too.
A fabulous new track, mixing new school production aesthetics with that old school pads and sample set that we grew up loving.

Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You (MiM0SA Remix):  The second you hear the strings come in, you just know this is going to be huge.   And it joyfully delivers.

Passion Pit - Tonight, Tonight (Smashing Pumpkins cover):  It is pretty appropriate that this pitch-perfect band of energetic glee should do such justice to one of the Smashing Pumpkin's high water mark tracks like this.  It doesn't sound like the fretted on it too much and spent too long redoing and overdubbing, but it does have a perfect blend of enthusiasm and fresh energy.

Rusko - Got Da Groove ft Gucci Mane:  That shout-out of "Gucci!!!" has been ALL OVER THE DAMN PLACE, but this is probably my favourite --and arguably the most perfect-- home for it.  Rusko's LP is called OMG, and really, like all albums of this type, pick it up, rip the singles, and sell it.  Plenty of goodness, but it's still a producer album, tride and true.

Sufjan Stevens - I Walked:  We dropped a track of the EP, but here is something from the new full length LP "The Age of Adz".  I'm loving it so far.

The Chap - Nevertheless, The Chap:  This song is kind of the perfect theme song a band of this name.  As quirky as ever, the new LP "Well Done Europe" isn't quite what I wanted, but if you are a fan, def check it out.  This song still makes me smile, though.

The Society of Rockets - Lost in Dreams:  From the 2010 EP "The World Inside", this has an epic sea shanty feel.  Right before we all get eaten by a whale.  But we don't care, pass the grog, rummy.

Thomas Fehlmann - Berliner Luftikus
Thomas Fehlmann - Speeding:  There's no halfway about it, if you're in to "electronic music" you really need to check out this new album "Gute Luft".  It's kind of all over the place, it's kind of great, and it will probably appeal to most sensibilities out there.
The main target is the dub techno fans, but there's something here for the classical IDM fans, the vintage Kraftwerk fetishisists, the washed out Morr Music pop fans, the ambient heads, and even the minimal tech club people will be bumping this at the end of a hard evening.
I am not sure yet if it will have staying power, but do yourself a favour and look it up.

Yaaard - I Lit A Candle:  A little gem off their split with C Powers, a super sweet lullaby to say goodnight.


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Alex Winston - Pull My Heart Away (Jack Penate cover)
Celebration - I Will Not Fall
Celebration - Open Your Heart
Celebration - What's This Magical
Datadebt - California Special (Eumig & Chinon Remix)
Datadebt - Moderator
Dub Kweli - Country Of Loving
Dub Kweli - Your Gospel
Flight - When You Wake Up Feeling Old
Gunjack - Bring The Change
Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You (MiM0SA Remix)
Passion Pit - Tonight, Tonight (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
Rusko - Got Da Groove ft Gucci Mane
Sufjan Stevens - I Walked
The Chap - Nevertheless, The Chap
The Society of Rockets - Lost in Dreams
Thomas Fehlmann - Berliner Luftikus
Thomas Fehlmann - Speeding
Yaaard - I Lit A Candle


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MP3 blog 2010/09/23

blog 2010/09/23 - one last hurrah, come on, just one!

It's been a while since you've felt the one-two punch of updates so close together, but alas I am falling behind and needed to toss another one out there.
Good luck!


Antony and the Johnsons - Fletta ft Bjork
Antony and the Johnsons - The Great White Ocean:  the new album is Swanlights and it is as gorgeous as you'd expect.  It's filled with more rapturous emotion than the existential despair of the last LP.
It also seems a bit more muted and tender.  I still have to listen to it a few more times, but I'm already in love.

Baby Huey - Hard Times:  Baby Huey hits us with a funky soul rework.  Pretty great.

Barn Owl - Light From The Mesa:  From the new album Ancestral Star, Bawn Owl plug another entry in to the sludge/doom/drone/fuzz wall that is the last 2 years.
Soothing.

Buke & Gass - Your Face Left Before You:  Sure, it's pop, but there's something so quirky about it's structure that I'm still mulling it over.

Cee-Lo Green - I Like It
Cee-Lo Green & Soko - I'll Kill Her:  OK, Stray Bullets kind of sucks.  The single is terrible.  But I had to highlight these two tracks.  First, I love the "I Like It" sample, as it harkens back to De La on the HBMS album.
And I thought that Soko track was super great when my old roomie Adam introduced me to it, and so I think Cee-Lo's response on top of it is kind of hilariously sleazy.  but oh Soko's cute cute cute accent!

Cheating Sons - The Last Queen:  Just some more adorable pop/rock/folk goodness.

Dems - Jarndyce vs Jarndyce:  You kind of expect it to be a totally chopped remix at first, but it surprises you by being a totally straightforward pop song, kind of reminding me of Lemonade.
  
Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! - Test Crowd:  The garage-rockeyness kind of reminds me of the Japanese band Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her, which is always a good thing.  I haven't heard the full album yet, but Sea Priest is the name, and Sleater-Kinney is the game.

Like Pioneers - Gift from a Holiday:  Taken from the new album "Piecemeal", here we have that group sing-a-long power pop that I can't help but describe as "anthemic".  but shit, anthemic verses?  I thought that was just for choruses.  Obviously, I'm wrong.  Oh so horribley wrong.

Mimicking Birds - Home and Somewhere Else
Mimicking Birds - The Loop:  The self-titled new album is fricking gorgeous, and incredibley addictive.  It is meditative and tender.
Highly recommended for fans of Iron & Wine, Jose Gonzalez and Liz Durrett.

Monarchy - Love Get Out Of My Way (Treasure Fingers Remix):  Hey Treasure Fingers!  *HIGH-FIVE*  Keep being awesome.

Mr. Dibbs - The Warpigs Routinev:  The routine is an oldie-but-goodie, but it has shown up as a vignette on the new Inducing Panic EP, so it's a perfect time to introduce it the uninitiated.

NeonFlash - Free Tranlation (Alex Casanova Remix):  Electro-ecstatic should be a new genre name.   Seriously.  It's even punny.

Parades - Past Lives:  Remember when I said I loved pop songs with male and female duets?  Yeah.  That.  From the new album "Foreign Tapes".

Parov Stelar - The Phantom (1930 Version):  If you know me, you know I love love love 1930s party music, and so am easily in love with any truck that uses it well.

The Naked & Famous - Young Blood:  There is a huge Passion Pit influence going on here, but hell, we always need more.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Antony and the Johnsons - Fletta ft Bjork
Antony and the Johnsons - The Great White Ocean
Baby Huey - Hard Times
Barn Owl - Light From The Mesa
Buke & Gass - Your Face Left Before You
Cee-Lo Green - I Like It
Cee-Lo Green & Soko - I'll Kill Her
Cheating Sons - The Last Queen
Dems - Jarndyce vs Jarndyce
Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! - Test Crowd
Like Pioneers - Gift from a Holiday
Mimicking Birds - Home and Somewhere Else
Mimicking Birds - The Loop
Monarchy - Love Get Out Of My Way (Treasure Fingers Remix)
Mr. Dibbs - The Warpigs Routine
NeonFlash - Free Tranlation (Alex Casanova Remix)
Parades - Past Lives
Parov Stelar - The Phantom (1930 Version)
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood


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MP3 blog 2010/09/21

blog 2010/09/21 - once more before the intensity hits


So if you are an Ottawa person, best be known that I will be performing this Friday, from 10pm-1am, at Raw Sugar Cafe.  It'll be totally rad and you should really be there.
If you're not in Ottawa, you're going to just have to hire me yourself.  Suckers.

Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs:  I think I just assumed I had already posted it here...  but nope.  I missed talking about the new Arcade Fire album "The Suburbs".  It's pretty wonderful, not as amazing as their first, but will still resolve all of your major cravings.  Highly recommended.

Bonobo ft Andreya Triana - Stay The Same (Live):  Downtempo maven has a sexy sexy live band.  No fucking around here, ALL GOOD.

Cloud Cult - Today We Give Ourselves to the Fire:  It's like dorm-room hipsters took a break from their Wii to make a funny hair-metal tribute video.

Dan Mangan - Robots:  Oh I just needed to post one more thing from last year's "Nice, Nice, Very Nice".

Eternia And Moss - Any Man
Eternia And Moss - Day In The Life ft Tona And Maestro Fresh Wes:  To the shock of hiphop audiences everywhere, 2010 brings us a good Canadian hiphop album, and a good hiphop album by a female.  The intersection hasn't really been breached before, but here we are with Eternia's new album "At Last".  Highly recommended.

Fresh - Signal:  There's a lot of happiness going on here.  the muffled, processed vocal samples.  The synth pads that evoke the chintzy classics without sucking, the crazy snare runs, the killer bass, the Squarepusher sample nods, it's, once again,  ALL GOOD.

Gobble Gobble - End of Days
Gobble Gobble - Lawn Knives:  More from this genius!  I seriously can't get enough of this guy.  Taken from the Secret 7" and the Lawn Knives 7"s respectively, someone please give this man a kiss. 
Please?

Hans Zimmer - Radical Notion (Inception OST)
Hans Zimmer - Waiting For A Train (Inception OST):  OK, so I was expecting a lot more complexity out of Inception, but bah, I should have never had faith in Nolan after Dark Knight was just a James Bond flick with some noir paint slapped on it.  Ah well.
As an action sci-fi flick, Inception was OK.  For those of us that wanted something involving a bit more brain straining, we were dissapointed.  Luckily the music was kind of awesome, and here are 2 great examples from the soundtrack.

Lia Ices - Grown Unknown:  The pulsing guitar really adds an intensity here that never quite delivers, but the precious folk whimsy is more than satisfying enough.

Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics - Electricone:  a smooth piece of organic and fluttering jazz, from the brand new self-titled album.

Menomena - TAOS:    New Menomena!  The album is Mines and I haven't heard it, but I love this band I really like this single.

RD - Half A Decade:  I dropped some RD remixes back in edition blog20100426, but here's another blissful bit of IDM beats from the new album "Love Up's".  So good.

Robyn - Criminal Intent
Robyn - Indestructible (Acoustic Version):  Body Talk Pt. 2 is out and rocking shit!  Not as good as the first one, it's still amazing.  I can't wait for #3.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Bonobo ft Andreya Triana - Stay The Same (Live)
Cloud Cult - Today We Give Ourselves to the Fire
Dan Mangan - Robots
Eternia And Moss - Any Man
Eternia And Moss - Day In The Life ft Tona And Maestro Fresh Wes
Fresh - Signal
Gobble Gobble - End of Days
Gobble Gobble - Lawn Knives
Hans Zimmer - Radical Notion (Inception OST)
Hans Zimmer - Waiting For A Train (Inception OST)
Lia Ices - Grown Unknown
Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics - Electricone
Menomena - TAOS
RD - Half A Decade
Robyn - Criminal Intent
Robyn - Indestructible (Acoustic Version)



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MP3 blog 2010/09/16

blog 2010/09/16 - the weekend creeps in silently like a thief

Carter Burwell - A Serious Man:  A Serious Man was an incredible movie with only a single weak point.  Fabulous acting, lighting, direction, editing cinematography... and fabulous music!  Too bad the story was a pointless retelling of the book of Job.  Hey, at least they music is still here, and quite lovely.

Doña María - Plantita de alelí (Lulacruza Remix):  Totally ridiculously seductive.  Crank that bass up.  oh so good.

El-P - Meanstreak (In 3 Parts):  A little bit of love from our favourite curmudgeon's Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3, out now.

Forest City Lovers - If I Were A Tree:   Stop it.  You had me at "dendrophiliac".  Let's make out.

Fox In The Henhouse - Fears:  Fun rock pop with a zippy synth!  From the self-titled new album.

Frightened Rabbit - Son C:  OMG NEW FRIGHTENED RABBIT ON THE WAY!  I am vibrating in anticipation.

Funeral Party - Finale:  Is that Supertramp?   NO!  It's Funeral Party!  rock.

Gyptian - Hold Yuh (Chrome Edit):  Feel-good summer jam?  Yeah ok, just close your blinds and go for it.

I Am Robot And Proud - 401 Circuit (Shugo Tokumaru Remix):  Eeee Shugo Tokumaru makes me squeal a bit.  I heart his organic rework.  He's like a robot made of trees.

Jaguar Love - Evaline:  "Hologram Jams" is an amazing title for an album, and perfectly suited to this powerhouse pop.

Natural Snow Buildings - ... I Came Down Here
Natural Snow Buildings - Stuttering Probe:  First track is from "Ghost Folks", which is probably the most beautiful Natural Snow Buildings album I've heard.
I love this band, at least I love the 13 CDs/tapes that I have, which is oddly only 4 releases...
Anyways, the 2nd piece is far more droney and comes from the "The Centauri Agent" double album, which is also good in its own ways.  unh.

Sub Swara - Koli Stance (David Starfire Remix):  A great example of a killer bass that is restrained by a master.  Killer sub sounds without that bullshit gunfire intensity of poorly constructed dubstep.

The Books - Group Autogenics I
The Books - I Am Who I Am:  I am so damn excited to see The Books on their tour this year!  SO EXCITED!  They have put out some of my most cherished albums.
This album still has to grow on me, but there are many many delights tucket in to "The Way Out".  You should of course know their earlier albums, and thus you should really check this one.

The Extra Lens - Only Existing Footage:  HOLY SHIT, JOHN DARNIELLE???  Yes, yes it is!  Oh sweet nectar of the heavens!  I would have this man's (deeply disturbed) child, if I could.

The Infesticons - Plane Anthem:  Mike Ladd has been kind of awesomely kicking shit around in the underground for a long long long time.  He immediately gets immediate respect for me, even if I don't like all of his stuff.  DUDE WORKS HARD.    New album is Bedford Park and this is my favourite track.

Tokyo Police Club - Big Difference
Tokyo Police Club - Gone
Tokyo Police Club - Wait Up (Boots of Danger):  "Champ" is like the hot lovechild of The Weakerthans and Phoenix.
It's incredibly fun rock pop and really HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Carter Burwell - A Serious Man
Doña María - Plantita de alelí (Lulacruza Remix)
El-P - Meanstreak (In 3 Parts)
Forest City Lovers - If I Were A Tree
Fox In The Henhouse - Fears
Frightened Rabbit - Son C
Funeral Party - Finale
Gyptian - Hold Yuh (Chrome Edit)
I Am Robot And Proud - 401 Circuit (Shugo Tokumaru Remix)
Jaguar Love - Evaline
Natural Snow Buildings - ... I Came Down Here
Natural Snow Buildings - Stuttering Probe
Sub Swara - Koli Stance (David Starfire Remix)
The Books - Group Autogenics I
The Books - I Am Who I Am
The Extra Lens - Only Existing Footage
The Infesticons - Plane Anthem
Tokyo Police Club - Big Difference
Tokyo Police Club - Gone
Tokyo Police Club - Wait Up (Boots of Danger)


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CPI - Moonchild (in memoriam)

 CPI - Moonchild (in memoriam)

01) The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
02) Fever Ray - Triangle Walks (Tiga Remix)
03) Les Mes - Mess-E
04) Mondkopf - Aria
05) Grand National - By The Time (Mondkopf Remix)
06) Mount Kimbie - Maybes
07) Bus - Westen (Ag Penthouse Rmx)
08) The Notwist - Consequence
09) Ra Cailum - Existence
10) Born Ruffians - I Need a Life (Four Tet Remx)
11) The Acorn - Restoration (Four Tet Remix)
12) The Acorn - Restoration
13) Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Pollyn's Re-Edit Remix)
14) Talking Heads - Seen and Not Seen (Extended Version)
15) Claude VonStroke - Bay Area
16) The Knife - You Make Me Like Charity
17) Violent Femmes - Machine
18) Telepathe - Chrome's On It (DJA Remix)
19) John Cale - Paris 1919

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MP3 blog 2010/09/11

blog 2010/09/11 - congratulations school people!  You're done your first week!  NOW REPEAT!

Only a million more to go!

Black Mountain - Hair Song:  AWw yeah Black Mountain is back with some great bluesy rock that borrows liberally from 60s Zeppelin, but yet maintains it's own distinct sound, thanks in part to the female vocal parts with their joyous warbles.  The new album is Wilderness Heart, and I haven't heard it yet, but this track gets me excited.

Blaqstarr - Get Off (Jack Beats Remix) (Micro Genius Dubstep Edit):  Blaqstarr is taken slow and low, with the vocals pitched out just right.  A total banger.

Christina Martin - I Can Too:  From the new album of the same name!  OK, why would you name an album that?  But ah well, it's pretty fabulous singer-songwriter folk.

David Starfire - Shakti (Jef Stott Remix):  Love the vocal action, and I love the super sexy bass that isn't just pounding you on the head.  It's dancing with you, grabbing you at the hips.

Deekline - Party Party ft Top Cat (Jfb Mix):  Oh dear, we're all about the bass on this update, aren't we?  Deekline was rocking the house/breaks mix for a while, but like all producers, he eventually touches in on some steppy territory.  Or was that just the JFB touch?  I don't remember the original, but yay for a slamming bit of Top Cat that isn't just total cringe-worthy.

Deerhunter - Revival:  New single out from Deerhunter!  This comes from the 7".

Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice (2010 Lazy Rich radio edit):  I was a bit shocked to find something so bouncey on the new Fatboy releases, truly. 

Fol Chen - In Ruins:  This new single is so ridiculously poppy and fun.  It's reminds me of the best of Architecture In Helsinki and the cleanest fun that Yeasayer can dish out.

Gramatik - A Bright Day
Gramatik - Indigo Child:  Street Bangerz Volume 2 continued where the first left off, but didn't go anywhere new.  It's all about tightly produced big-sound snappiness that just keeps on going and going.  If you love simple beats to play with, but want the top-drawer of beat production, definitely give Gramatik a spin.  Solid break beats for days.

Horse Feathers - The Widower:  They're back!  The new album "Thistled Spring" wasn't rubbing me entirely the right way, but OMG this song came out and it was crushingly beautiful.

Konono No.1 - Wumbanzanga:  The new releases are ceaseless!  The new record is "Assume Crash Position" and if you liked the first, it's pretty much just as good.  Some fab overdriven complex percussion freakout jams.

Sean Carey - In The Stream:  aaaaaaaaand we take things back to the mellow.  From the brand new "All We Grow" album, I just can't resist these precious little numbers.

Sleigh Bells - Riot Rhythm:  There's so much goodness in their album Treats, I'll just have to leave you with another banger.

The Tallest Man on Earth - Like the Wheel:  A new single?  Didn't he already release one of the best albums of 2010 with The Wild Hunt?  Fuck, who cares, if he wants to put out more genius music, by all means let him!  From the new release "Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird".

The Walkmen - Stranded:  new album is called "Lisbon" and OMG how come there is so much beautiful new stuff around?

Zero 7 - Futures
Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line:  Not a new album, but "Record" is a decent best-of comp that collects a rather mediocre downtempo group.  But wait!  There are gems to be had!  gobble gobble gobble.  Ooo I even got some Gonzalez in that bite.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Black Mountain - Hair Song
Blaqstarr - Get Off (Jack Beats Remix) (Micro Genius Dubstep Edit)
Christina Martin - I Can Too
David Starfire - Shakti (Jef Stott Remix)
Deekline - Party Party ft Top Cat (Jfb Mix)
Deerhunter - Revival
Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice (2010 Lazy Rich radio edit)
Fol Chen - In Ruins
Gramatik - A Bright Day
Gramatik - Indigo Child
Horse Feathers - The Widower
Konono No.1 - Wumbanzanga
Sean Carey - In The Stream
Sleigh Bells - Riot Rhythm
The Tallest Man on Earth - Like the Wheel
The Walkmen - Stranded
Zero 7 - Futures
Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line


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MP3 blog 2010/09/05

blog 2010/09/05 - back to school mp3 fiesta!

Balmorhea - Bowsprit
Balmorhea - NightSquall:  So is this like post-rock meets folk?  Or folk meets post-rock?  Anyways, 2 tracks from the album "Constellations" feature all the emotion, banjo and floor stompin' you'd ever want.

Gobble Gobble - Becoming Legion
Gobble Gobble - Cat Eggs
Gobble Gobble - Wrinklecarver:  What what what is this?  This is SO GOOD.  It totally reminds me of MUSCLES in it's balls-to-the-walls-fuck-you-I'm-awesome-ness. 
SO FRICKIN GOOD.

Guanaco - Sky Burial:  First off, sky burials are just an awesome idea.  It's when a body is placed out on a mountain to let the birds have at it, and spreads the love.  And there's not much folky plucking here, this comes in that standard post-rock slow build formula, and actually becomes really interesting when it DOESN'T climax in to wailing guitars.  Instead, it maintains itself like a long drone, and before you know it, it's gone.
Just like the dead.

Hannah Georgas - Chit Chat:  Great girlpop ala Kate Nash.

Kings of Convenience - I Don't Know What I Can Save You From (Royksopp Remix):  KOC are pretty much always allright by me, but yay for Royksopp fleshing out the minimal folk for even more palatable grooving.

Lissie - Bully:  Great endearing singer-songwriter folk from the new album "Catching a Tiger".

Los Rakas - Abrazame (Uproot Andy Mix):  I don't know any of the peeps involved here, I don't speak the language, either.  But I love the understated groove of it and the sexy sway.

Marnie Stern - For Ash:  New single from Marnie Stern leaked!  Always raw and always distinctive, I'm very much looking forward to a new album.  Her last song had a number of standouts on it.   Check out old blog entry blog20090108 for those.

Pinch - Get Up (Guido Mix):  Beat producers inevitabley go vocal after making a name for their productions in the underground world.  Sometimes it's totally embarassing, but this track doesn't skimp on the soul nor production values.

Savoir Adore - Bodies:  At first I was all about that background click-clack beat, but who am I kidding?  While the synth can go without being missed, I am a sucker for boy/girl back-and-forth songs.

Taylor Deupree - Shoals:  From the album of the same name, Deupree is back in strong form!  The new EP is called "Snow (Dusk, Dawn)" and ogther they are BY FAR some of the bestest ambient and experimental records of the year.  The textures are luscious and fascinating and I just get sucked in to the works.   HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

The Acorn - Kindling To Cremation:  I finally bought the new CD!  "No Ghost" is pretty rocking, and in the Canadian tradition, written and recorded in an isolated cabin in Quebec.  But of course!
I dropped the big single Restoration in the blog20100528 entry, but I just had to drop one other.  This is a beautiful way to close a beautiful album.  Be sure to catch this band live if you ever get a chance.

The Hold Steady - Rock Problems
The Hold Steady - The Sweet Part Of The City:  "Heaven Is Whenever" came and went, and I put off picking it up because I heard poor reviews.  You know what?  fuck the haters.  It's still a pretty damn good album.
Sure, it's not Separation Sunday, but it's still rising above the froth of other bar rock releases out there.

The Melvins - Electric Flower (MRK 1 Remix):  Ha!  And we'll close things off with 2 heavy hitters involved:  The Melvins kick a lot of butt, and MRK 1 programs a lot of robots to kick a lot of butt.  A good combo, and totally slamming.


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Balmorhea - Bowsprit
Balmorhea - NightSquall
Gobble Gobble - Becoming Legion
Gobble Gobble - Cat Eggs
Gobble Gobble - Wrinklecarver
Guanaco - Sky Burial
Hannah Georgas - Chit Chat
Kings of Convenience - I Don't Know What I Can Save You From (Royksopp Remix)
Lissie - Bully
Los Rakas - Abrazame (Uproot Andy Mix)
Marnie Stern - For Ash
Pinch - Get Up (Guido Mix)
Savoir Adore - Bodies
Taylor Deupree - Shoals
The Acorn - Kindling To Cremation
The Hold Steady - Rock Problems
The Hold Steady - The Sweet Part Of The City
The Melvins - Electric Flower (MRK 1 Remix)

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