regular posting will return tomorrow. in the mean time, here is two gallants at studio 104, maison de radio France on 12.17.07 a.k.a. black sessions.
7. despite what you’ve been told
10. las cruces jail
11. unknown
Best New Music
Archive for December, 2007
you want me to produce your war?
Posted by doubter on Friday, December 28th, 2007
sup peoples? not much going on today except this lovely broadcast of the band performing live @ the palladium on 9.18.76. it was originally broadcasted on wbcn. this copy doesnt include the actual track 12 “forbidden fruit” because it was officially released.
2. mc intro
3. ophelia
6. the weight
7. king harvest
8. the twilight
9. the night they drove all dixie down
11. stage fright
14. chest fever
16. dont do it
17. dj announcement
18. dj announcement
21. dj announcement
22. the ws wallcott’s medicine show
23. dj announcement
i fell for her like a blind roofer
Posted by doubter on Thursday, December 27th, 2007
sup? for you futurama fans, like myself, out there, adult swim is airing nothing but until 11.30 pm, new years eve.
i’m curious did you guys/gals get anything from your respective companies for xmas? its gotten to the point that i would rather get nothing than what they try and shovel on us. i dont want to sound ungrateful, but did i really need a 20 buck gift card to carrabba’s? really, i didnt; but, thanks anyway, i suppose. since i am no fan of the joint i will be losing money on a meal that i didnt care to have in the first place. here’s an idea spend the extra 30 cents or whatever and get everyone visa gift cards or something similiar. maybe i am just becoming too disenchanted with the ways of corporate america.
so, i went through the entire pfork list last night and listened to whomever i was not familiar with. i was hoping that i would come away with at least a few new bands worth investigating further. the sad truth is that 90 percent of the tracks that make up their list are pure shite. ok, maybe not 90 but at least 70. still a sad state of affairs on what they consider to be the best of the best. lcd soundsystem? two tracks int the top ten? are you fuckin kidding me? the only two i can agree with are panda bear’s “bro,” which should be single of the year, and interestingly enough, “umbrella” – i liked it the first time i heard it. the only band that made an impression on me was the funky stones/springsteen/marah inspired sounds king khan & his shrines. check em out.
king khan and his shrines site
back in my early twenties i went through a mildly big roxy music phase which just so happened to coincide with my own personal british invasion. then like a lot of musical awakenings, see obsessions, it ended up abruptly. the only record i listen to with any regularity from that era of my life is blur’s parklife and pulp’s this is hardcore – which i still contend is one of the best records ever recorded. as of late i have found a new appreciation for roxy music’s siren and country life. i dont know what made me pull them back out, but its always a testament to the strength of a record when it sounds as good as the first time you heard it.
here they are playing in 75 on the siren tour. as a note, she sells might actually be the second track and it is tagged as such. the first actual track is missing but it may be just crowd noise.
1. she sells
6. whirlwind
10. song for europe
11. virginia plain
12. for your pleasure
sons of bitches! bumpuses!
Posted by doubter on Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
merry christmas, everyone!
here is the zep reunion show on 12.10.07. thanks to the original taper.
1. intro
3. ramble on
4. black dog
9. no quarter
10. since i have been loving you
15. kashmir
16. whole lotta love
17. rock and roll
good night, santa. good night, mrs. santa's sister.
Posted by doubter on Monday, December 24th, 2007
merry christmas from us, well me, at captains dead! be safe and godspeed!
here are the top 100 singles from 07 according to pfork. thanks to the cat that wrangled up these tracks!
100: ost & kjex – milano mugolian (a thrilling mungophony in two parts)
99. broken social scene presents: kevin drew – backed out on the…
98. old time relijun – indestructible life!
97. sir richard bishop – ecstasies in the open air
96. times new vking – teenage lust
95. groove armada [ft. mutya buena] – song 4 mutya (out of control)
94. mgmt – time to pretend
93. antibalas – beaten metal
92. air – mer du japon (kris menace remix)
91. menomena – the pelican
90: Miranda Lambert – gunpowder & lead
89: air france – beach party
88. the new pornographers – myriad harbour
87. sophie ellis-bextor – me and my imagination
86. rekid – next stop chicago
85. barr – the song is the single
84. 50 cent – i get money
83. sonic youth – i’m not there
82. tinariwen – matadjem yinmixan
81. modest mouse – dashboard
80: grizzly bear – little brother (electric)
79. magik markers – taste
78. amy winehouse – tears dry on their own
77. the national – mistaken for strangers
76. klaxons – golden skans
75. escort – all through the night
74. black lips – katrina
73. the twilight sad – cold days from the birdhouse
72. ted leo & the pharmacists – la costa brava
71. the shins – turn on me
70. cassie – is it you?
69. roisin Murphy – overpowered
68. black kids – i’m not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance with you
67. devin the dude [ft. andre 3000 and snoop dogg] – what a job
66. king khan & the shrines – welfare bread
65. dj khaled [ft. t.i., akon, rick ross, fat joe, birdman & lil wayne] – we takin’ over
64. no age – neck escaper
63. sharon jones & the dap-kings – i’m not gonna cry
62. cool kids – i rock
61. !!! – hearts of hearts
60. the white stripes – rag and bone
59. lil wayne – upgrade
58. shellac – the end of radio
57. electrelane – to the east
56. aesop rock – none shall pass
55. studio – no comply
54. joanna newsom – colleen
53. bat for lashes – whats a girl to do?
52. the clientele – bookshop casanova
51. kanye west [ft. t-pain] – good life
50. dude ‘n nem – watch my feet
49. yeasayer – 2080
48. liars – plaster casts of everything
47. t2 – heartbroken
46. Deerhunter – wash off
45. the honeydrips – fall from a height
44. pantha du prince – saturn strobe
43. deerhoof – the perfect me
42. spoon – black like me
41. los campesinos! – you! me! dancing!
40. beirut – elephant gun
39. sally shapiro – he keeps me alive
38. matthew dear – deserter
37. blonde redhead – 23
36. okkervil river – our life is not a movie or maybe
35. dirty projectors – rise above
34. the tough alliance – silly crimes
33. dinosaur dr. – almost ready
32. r. kelly [ft. t.i. and t-pain] – i’m a flirt (remix)
31. cortney tidwell – don’t let stars keep us tangled up (ewan’s objects in space remix)
30. dan deacon – wham city
29. arcade fire – keep the car runnin
28. dizzee rascal – pussy’ole (old skool)
27: lil mama – lip gloss
26. jay-z – roc boys (and the winner is…)
25. kanye west – can’t tell me nothing
24. gui boratto – beautiful life
23. simian mobile disco – i believe
22. animal collective – peacebone
21. m.i.a. – boyz
20. radiohead – all i need
19. the field – a paw in my face
18. chromatics – in the city
17. burial – archangel
16. feist – 1 2 3 4
15. jens lekman – a postcard to nina
14. caribou – melody day
13. of montreal – the past is a grotesque animal
12. spoon – you got yr. cherry bomb
11. grinderman – no pussy blues
10. jay-z [ft. beanie sigel] – ignorant shit
9. animal collective – fireworks
8. justice – d.a.n.c.e.
7. lcd soundsystem – someone great
6. ugk [ft. outkast] – int’l players anthem (i choose you)
5. rihanna [ft. jay-z] – umbrella
4. m.i.a. [ft. bun b and rich boy] – paper planes (remix)
3. panda bear – bros
2. battles – atlas
1. lcd soundsystem – all my friends
its good to be alive
Posted by doubter on Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
top of the sunday afternoon. so, i got my grubby lil paws on the new truckers record, brighter than creation’s dark, and i am so psyched to report that its fuckin killer. for those, like myself, that were a bit underwhelmed by a blessing and a curse will find that creation’s dark is classic dbt. 19 tracks and 75 minutes later you really dont even miss jason so much as shonna’s songs are pretty awesome and a nice compliment to patterson and cooley.
you can preorder creations dark, here. they got a shirt/cd combo deal for 30 bucks that i am definitely going to be ordering.
for the uninitiated here are a few songs to get ya started. they also have tracks from creation streamin on their myspace page.
here they are playing in brooklyn on 10.27.07. thanks to jonicont for this very nice audience recording!
3. heathens
4. marry me
11. goods field road
12. daddys cup
13. the deeper in
15. gg allin
17. im sorry houston
18. the living bubba
19. encore
20. the tough sell
21. zip city
22. opening act
23. shut up and get on the plane
24. buttholeville/state trooper
25. people who died
never gonna change
i think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it
Posted by doubter on Friday, December 21st, 2007
to say i was a little estatic when this tweedy and bennett show from ’99 showed up on dime yesterday is a major understatement. i was at this show and it is still one of the best tweedy shows i have been witnessed to. the only thing that could have possibly pissed in my cheerios is if it were a shitty recording. all worries were quickly vanquished, thankfully, cause this is a pristine recording of their performance during the old town school of folk music festival on 7.25.99. much love to the original taper.
1. intro
3. shes a jar
4. new madrid
10. via chicago
11. sugar baby
12. i got you
15. the lonely 1
16. summerteeth
17. pecan pie
18. true love will find you in the end
19. casino queen
20. encore break
21. california stars
22. hoodoo voodoo
i miss jay…
i love you more than my after-show monster bong hit…
Posted by doubter on Thursday, December 20th, 2007
photo by stacy sandstrom
sup peoples? after listening to jens for the past few days, i have finally come to a realization on who he sounds like. barry manilow! or atleast a “i write the songs,” and “mandy” era manilow. this is no apparent than on “a postcard to nina” where the horns come in. am i the only one that hears this? it may be my massive exposure to manilow as a child kicking in.
for those interested, i reposted a cool grant lee buffalo show from germany over here.
this real life simpsons house is super freakin creepy. it has “bad things go on in here” written all over it.
im always amazed at the shit that passes under my radar. the latest, in a depressingly long list, is william eilliot whitmore and jenny hoysten’s collaboration, the hallways of always. yeah, it came out in november of 06. they got a cool cash/carter vibe goin on a few of the tracks, and is a nice departure from whitmore’s usual type of stuff. check it!
whitmore daytrotter sessions
jenny hoyston myspace william elliot whitmore site
i am kinda diggin this track by the choir practice. they are fronted by coco culbertson who in her past was part of the gay, the ac newman band and briefly in the tennessee twin. as their name implies they really bring the choir, but not in a polyphonic kinda way. more subdued and not all up in your face with it.
the choir practice myspace
here we have a very nice ted leo and the pharmacists soundboard from the picador in iowa city on 4.27.07. thanks to the original taper, tim, for makin this available.
1. intro
2. sons of cain
3. dail up
4. mia and mia
5. army bound
6. where have all the rude boys gone
9. colleen
10. the high party
11. annunciation day/born on christmas day
13. little dawn
14. the angels share
15. bottle of buckie
16. heart problems
17. crying over you
18. the lost brigade
19. biomusicology
20. dirty old town
21. timorous me
22. rappaports testament: i never gave up
buy ted leo records here
santa wanna cracka?
Posted by doubter on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
the men in cracker want to wish you a merry christmas…
this is from a 2001 promo for their record forever
cracker site