Archive for August, 2009

silk lung's random thoughts, plus free ep

Posted by doubter on Monday, August 31st, 2009

silklung

jim orso is silk lung, and he lives in brooklyn. he’s got a 4 song ep, just a thread, up on his site that for a limited time you can download for free. of course i still stand by the fact that just cause its free doesnt make it awesome or even remotely listenable or worthy of wasting your precious bandwidth. in mr orso’s case, he’s definitely worth the 2 minute download, and then the 11+ minute listen of said ep. he recently got a very nice write up on npr’s all songs considered, and i like him too. good stuff, recommended….

download just a thread, here.

random thoughts

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the mountain goats' genesis 3:23

Posted by doubter on Monday, August 31st, 2009

tmg

if i were to had come up with a top 50 of the decade list, i know for damn sure the mountain goats would have had at least 3 records taking up some space, most notably heretic pride, tallahassee and the sunset tree. i am still questioning my reasoning for leaving at least tallahassee out of the top 30. what is done is done, i suppose? anyway, mr darnielle and company have a new record coming out on 10.6 on 4ad called the life of the world to come. the record is religious in nature, but not a getting up on a soap box and damning us all hell, but more dealing with biblical imagery and themes of the like.

you can stream the record here

genesis 3:23

tour dates:

November
4 – Ladies Literary Club (Calvin College), Grand Rapids, MI
5 – the Metro, Chicago, IL
6 – High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
7 – Cedar Cultural Centre, Minneapolis, MN
10 – the Showbox, Seattle, WA
11 – Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
14 – the Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
15 – Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA
18 – Antones, Austin, TX
19 – Granada Theater, Dallas TX
20 – Mercy Lounge, Nashville TN
21 – the Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
23 – the Social, Orlando, FL
24 – Café 11, St. Augustine, FL
27 – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
28 – Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
29 – Wilbur Theatre, Boston MA
December
1 – Webster Hall, New York, NY
2 – Bell House, Brooklyn, NY

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music to the price is right

Posted by doubter on Monday, August 31st, 2009

Bob Barker

im not a smart man, this has already been established, but what i lack in what one could call general intellect i make up for it in general bullshit knowledge. you know the kind smarts that wont make me any money, ever. sure, out at a bar i can impress some 22 year old co-ed with my knowledge of saved by the bell, the latest and juiciest celebrity gossip, really lame bar tricks and a host of other useless knowledge, but again all that nonsense doesnt do me any good. i do hold one particular bit of knowledge that could do me some good, but first i would have to travel to los angeles, then get tickets to the price is right and then get chosen to “come on down” cause i do have an uncanny ability to randomly know how much stuff costs or at least have an idea. im not gonna say that a 15 piece all-clad stainless steel set costs $500 bucks when its closer to $1500 like some of these fools that get chosen. this has been a gift that has graced/burdened me since i was a wee lad. we all have our crosses we must bare, i know. why am i mentioning all of this? well i happened to stumble upon a fairly comprehensive collection of price is right music/sound effects. my favorite of which, and it has been cracking me up for a few days, is the “losing horns.” taking the music out of the context of the show is slightly strange and unnerving.

1. amen brother herbert
2. bhen
3. brioche
4. car music (’72)
5. car music (current)
6. come on down (’75)
7. deja vu
8. dig we must
9. eric
10. jive walk
11. losing horns
12. main theme
13. phaser
14. ralph
15. robert
16. rye bread 2
17. sam
18. second thoughts
19. showcase 1
20. showcase 2
21. splendido
22. spring waltz
23. starcrossed
24. tachlen
25. the bean stalker
26. the big banana
27. the cats

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heavy feather's would you

Posted by doubter on Saturday, August 29th, 2009

heavyfeathers

i dont know much about the ladies of heavy feather, other than they used to be known as jackpot city, they hail from athens, ga and they released a self titled record earlier this year. actually, the more i read (yay reading!) about the ladies of heavy feather, the more i am impressed with the company they keep. long list short, they’ve worked with michael stipe, mike mills, dave barbe, john neff of dbt, widespread’s bassist dave schools and ben mize formerly of the counting crowes, amongst others. now granted, not all of these folks worked on this record, but if they were able to convince these folks to work with em in the past, thats saying something. check em out, pretty cool stuff.

would you

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the woodlands' summerland

Posted by doubter on Friday, August 28th, 2009

woodlands
photo by james wilson

about a year and a half ago, i was fumbling blindly through a seemingly endless number of myspace band profiles in search of something. that something i was looking for, i havent the slightest? i never really do that sort of thing, so maybe i was really bored or something? i did happen across a band that day that i immediately dug. dug so much that i bookmarked em on delicious, see here, another thing i try to utilize but dont really use that often. i had meant to contact em, but never got around to it for one lame reason or another. then a couple days ago, i got an email from samuel, who makes up half of the husband and wife duo that is the woodlands – his wife hannah, makes up the other half, by the way. i knew the name sounded familiar but im slow and it wasnt until i checked out their myspace page that i recognized their stuff and pics. crazy how life works sometimes. they have a newly released self titled record, that i have yet to listen to, but is sitting on my harddrive, and i hear great things about it. i will say that “summerland” is really quite lovely and the first time i heard it brought back memories of being young and running around with my friends in the summer nights trying to catch fireflies. i always love when songs can bring back a rush of feelings/memories.

the woodlands on facebook / cdbaby

summerland

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captains dead’s top 30 records of the decade, 21-30

Posted by doubter on Friday, August 28th, 2009

well, hey here is the remainder of my top 30 records of the 00′s. is it odd that the truckers take up 4 spots out of said 30? that either says to me that i need to expand my horizons a wee bit more, or they happen to put out stuff that i love, a lot. im leaning towards its more of the latter. im sure i have missed a few, but if i have missed em then could they truly be considered a favorite?

decoration
21. drive by truckers.decoration day

outfit
when the pin hits the shell

thefitzgerald
22. richmond fontaine.the fitzgerald

welhorn yards
incident at conklin creek

thegreatest
23. cat power.the greatest

lived in bars

glossary-better-angels
24. glossary.better angels of our nature – you can still download it for free

little caney
blood on the knobs

album-separation-sunday
25. the hold steady.separation sunday

cattle and the creeping things
stevie nix

brighter
26. drive by truckers.brighter than creations dark

two daughters and a beautiful wife
ghost to most

Spoon
27. spoon.girls can tell

fitted shirt

jf-okemah-cd_lg
28. son volt.okemah and the melody of riot

bandages and scars
jet pilot

8418-songs-in-a-northern-key
29. varnaline.songs in a northern key

still dream
indian summer takedown

3599-half-smiles-of-the-decomposed
30. guided by voices.half smiles of the decomposed

girls of wild strawberries
huffman prairie flying field

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times new viking's move to california

Posted by doubter on Thursday, August 27th, 2009

ole-860 times new viking-born again revisted

hey-o! oh man its slow going today. the bride and i went out for our 9 year anniversary last night, and ripped the town apart as only two 30somethings with kids can do it. speaking of ripping shit apart, times new viking have a new record coming out on 9.22 which they have chose to title, born again revisited. they also have a 4 song 7″ out on 9.8 featuring the song below, which is also on the record. read more about that here.

riyl: gbv, magoo, beatnik filmstars, early pavement

move to california

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captains dead’s top 30 records of the decade, 11-20

Posted by doubter on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

as the title suggests, here’s 11-20 of my top 30 of the 00′s. interestingly enough the middle of the pack was much more difficult to compile than my top ten. 21-30 will be up tomorrow….

coke-machine-glow
11. gordon downie.coke machine glow

starpainters
chancellor

wrens-the_meadowlands-cover
12. the wrens.meadowlands

the house that guilt built
this boy is exhausted

southern-rock-opera
13. drive by truckers.southern rock opera

wallace
road cases

eits
14. explosions in the sky.the earth is not a cold dead place

first breath after a coma

1200-everything-all-the-time
15. band of horses.everything all the time

the funeral
the great salt lake

shinealight
16. constantines.shine a light

nighttime anytime (it’s alright)
young lions

aesop_labordays_LRG
17. aesop rock.labor days

daylight
labor

allhands
18. sleater kinney.all hands on the bad one

#1 must have
was it a lie

fort
19. centro-matic.fort recovery


calling thermatico
triggers and trash heaps

41QJCGHWNBL._SL290_
20. ted leo and the pharmacists.the tyranny of distance

timorous me

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the felice brothers live at the luminaire

Posted by doubter on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

felice

UPDATE: well, people we’ve had a good run. 4 years into this and other than that douche asking me to take down his lousy, albeit cool westerberg show and kristian aka tallest man on earth asking very kindly that i take down a track, i had never been asked by an artist, or their “people” for that matter to take down a show i have posted. that all ends today, actually last night, but just got around to doing it today. as you may have guessed the felice bros and they’re people/person have asked me to take down this show. initially i was super pissed, because of all the shit i have posted, not to mention felice brothers related stuff, over the past 4 years and i get busted for posting a show by the felice brothers?! really? the felice brothers? never would have seen this one coming. its their bat their ball their music, and im not gonna fight it. really? the felice brothers? damn….

sadly i forgot all my stuff at home today, so part 11-30 will have to wait til tomorrow. i know its gonna be hard on you all to wait but please try and do what you can do contain your sadness. in its place i have a lovely soundboard recording of the felice brothers at the luminaire in swingin london, england on 11.30.07. thanks to taper, youandmeboth for the recording!

1. im saved
2. hey hey revolver
3. where’d you get liquor
4. ruby may
5. helen fry
6. mercy
7. frankies gun
8. saint stevens end
9. radio song
10. damn you jim
11. cheese and brown
12. ballad of lou
13. white limousine
14. two hands
15. t for texas
16. roll on arte
17. the devil is real
18. glory

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a.a. bondy's i can see the pines are dancing, plays new orleans 11.11

Posted by doubter on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

top of the morning! here’s a new track off of a.a. bondy’s when the devils loose, which comes out next tuesday, 9.1 on fat possum. still stand by my statement that this is the best ryan adams record since heartbreaker. thats not to take away anything from mr bondy at all, but the similarities tween the two artists are hard to ignore.

he plays at the parish on 11.11 w/ elvis perkins. im assuming this is going to be an awesome show.

i can see the pines are dancing
when the devils loose

A.A. Bondy September headlining dates:

SEPT. 8 BOSTON, MA GREAT SCOTT
SEPT. 9 NEW YORK, NY MERCURY LOUNGE
SEPT. 10 WASHINGTON, ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL
SEPT. 11 PHILADELPHIA, PA KUNG FU NECKTIE
SEPT. 12 PITTSBURGH, PA BRILLOBOX
SEPT. 14 KNOXVILLE, TN PILOT LIGHT
SEPT. 15 CHAPEL HILL, NC LOCAL 506
SEPT. 16 ATHENS, GA TASTY WORLD

A.A. Bondy October European tour with The Felice Brothers:
OCT. 12 BERLIN, DE LIDO
OCT. 13 HAMBURG, DE UBEL UND GEFAHRLICH
OCT. 14 KOLN, DE KULTURKIRCHE
OCT. 15 MUNICH, DE ATOMIC
OCT. 17 LEEDS, UK BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB
OCT. 18 DUBLIN, IE WHELANS
OCT. 19 BIRMINGHAM, UK GLEE CLUB
OCT. 20 MANCHESTER, UK ACADEMY 3
OCT.21 LONDON, UK THE SOCIAL*
OCT. 22 LONDON, UK SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
OCT. 24 AMSTERDAM, NL PARADISO (upstairs)
OCT. 26 UTRECHT, NL TIVOLI
OCT. 27 FRANKFURT, DE BATSCHKAPP

* Bondy solo

A.A. Bondy November U.S. tour with Elvis Perkins in Dearland:
NOV. 3 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA THE SOUTHERN
NOV. 4 ASHEVILLE, NC GREY EAGLE
NOV. 5 ATLANTA, GA THE EARL
NOV. 6 ST. AUGUSTINE, FL CAFÉ 11
NOV. 7 ORLANDO, FL THE SOCIAL
NOV. 9 TALLAHASSEE, FL CLUB DOWNUNDER
NOV. 10 BIRMINGHAM, AL BOTTLETREE
NOV. 11 NEW ORLEANS, LA THE PARISH
NOV. 12 HOUSTON, TX WALTERS ON WASHINGTON
NOV. 13 AUSTIN, TX THE PARISH
NOV. 14 DALLAS, TX CAMBRIDGE ROOM
NOV. 16 LITTLE ROCK, AR STICKY FINGERZ
NOV. 18 LOUISVILLE, KY ZANZABAR
NOV. 20 ST. LOUIS, MO GARGOYLE CLUB
NOV. 21 CHICAGO, IL TBA

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