captains dead

afternoon, denizens of the internets. now, i am not a huge college football fan, but i do like to partake in my fair share of viewing and the opening saturday is always a bit exciting. so, it was to my amazement that the georgia/georgia southern game wasnt being broadcasted in freakin georgia! very strange.

admittedly, i got in the gourds pretty late, well within the past 4 years, but have grown to celebrate their entire catalogue. sadly, i have yet to hear last years noble creatures, for some reason. a man’s only got so much money. anyway, here they are at the river city roots fest in missoula, mt on 9.15.07. you can also find this in glorious flac on archive dot org. much love to swampy pat!

1. into

2. declinometer

3. do 4 u

4. cranky mullato

5. all in the pack

6. o-rings

7. hellhounds

8. my name is jorge

9. burn the honeysuckle

10. dr. spivey

11. cracklins

12. pine island bayou

13. ants on the mellon

14. mr. betty

15. pill bug blues

16. my name is john johanah

17. lower 48

18. gin and juice

19. plaid coat

used to love d&d. everyone have a glorious weekend. i gots a four day! yipee!

here is the remainder of the cure show.

disc one = zip

disc two = rar

14. from the edge of the deep green sea

15. never enough

16. cut

17. end

18. love song

19. charlotte sometimes

20. primary

21. boys dont cry

22. close to me

23. why cant i be you

24. three imaginary boys

25. a strange day

26. a forest

hola, amigos. i was a “big” cure fan for about 2 days back in, well whenever disintegration came out which i think was 88 or 89. sadly, our relationship was not meant to last, much like my date’s dress on prom night. i digress, but for those 2 days, i was way into the shit that robert smith and crew was shoveling. i was a sour fuck, he was/is a sour fuck so it should have been a match made in some weird version of heaven.  we probably would have lasted a bit longer, but someone broke into my 86 ford taurus and snatched whatever tapes were in there. actually they didnt break in per se, i left the windows down during a grueling 4 hour shift at my area mall’s kroch’s and brentanos and away they went.

here is part one of the cure live in maryland heights, mo on 7.11.92. part two along with the accompanying zips will be up later today.

1. open

2. high

3. pictures of you

4. lullaby

5. just like heaven

6. fascination street

7. a night like this

8. trust

9. doing the unstuck

10. the walk

11. let’s go to bed

12. friday i’m in love

13. in between days

chad vangaalen is a cool cat. he’s like a young bob pollard. actually he’s really nothing like uncle bob except that they both have a penchant for recording on 4 tracks or other random analog equipment and crafting strangely hummable pop songs. case in point, chad’s new record, soft airplane, was recorded primarily on an old tape machine and a jvc ghetto blaster or at least thats what subpop would lead you to believe. either way, he’s kinda all over the map not so much in styles but in instrumentation and is very reminiscent of the early elephant 6 days of elf power, olivia tremor control, nmh, the music tapes, etc. i have really really dug his past records, infiniheart and skelliconnection and judging by the first single off soft airplane i am sure my fanboy status will keep on, keepin on. 

willow tree off soft airplane

echo train off infiniheart

clinically dead

flower gardens off skelliconnection

graveyard

btw, sub pop and flemish eye are also offering a bonus limited edition cd-r featuring three songs, including a new track and two 1-man-band versions of songs from soft airplane to anyone who pre-orders the album by september 9th.

molten light

wazzzzzzzzzzzz up? here is a great audience recording of neil young and crazy horse performing @ the horde fest in cincinnati on 7.29.97. is horde fest still around?

1. buffalo springfield again

2. on the way home

3. this note’s for you

4. homefires

5. everybody knows this is nowhere

6. rockin in the free world

7. crime in the city

8. hippie dream

9. big time

10. from hank to hendrix

11. the needle and the damage done

12. ohio

13. down by the river

14. tonight’s the night

15. sedan delivery

16. piece of crap

top of the evening. oklahoma city’s the uglysuit’s debut is truly the feel good record of the ‘08. they pull mostly from the laid back, sun drenched and pill poppin greats of the 70’s, but there are hints of everything from shoegazer, to mathrock to plain ol pop sprinkled throughout. i like scenarios and their respective soundtracks. therefore, this record would be perfect for driving down the coast in an old international scout, high as hell, with nary a care for the world that is dangerously passing you by. highly recommended.

riyl: midlake, fleetwood mac, david vandervelde, a more focused, less wankery beachwood sparks, etc

chicago

the uglysuit myspace

this had me rolling..