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vic chesnutt live at cats cradle, 11.29.95

Posted by doubter on Saturday, May 25th, 2013

chesnutt

happy memorial day weekend, americans! to everyone else, hey its still the weekend, right? either way, i have been so damn busy with work the past few weeks, i have nary the time/energy to put forth here. kind of sad, but i guess it beats having too much time aka not having a fucking job. although, one hilarious thing i did learn yesterday was that my health insurance, that my company “provides” is going to cost me 1k a month. are you fucking kidding me? keep in mind i am going on 3 years w/o a raise, and couple that with that fact that i can in no way afford that, i am going to have to seek other insurance. anyone around here pay for their own? any advice/tips?

yesterday, after learning that news i found it necessary, not sure exactly why, to listen to mr chesnutt. so here he is at cats cradle in carborro, nc on 11.29.95. thanks mucho to the original taper.

1. isadora duncan
2. flying
3. gepetto
4. smiley punk rocker
5. stupid preoccupations

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centro-matic live at mercy lounge, nashville

Posted by doubter on Monday, May 13th, 2013

cent
photo by me

top of the monday evening! trying to get back into this blogging thing, but admittedly its been tough. then again, for the past year or so i have been going in spurts, which i guess is better than nothing esp after almost 8 years of doing this. anyway, so my boys centro-matic are in the studio recording a new record which has a working title of take pride in your long odds. seems mildly fitting for the band, who i think is one of, if not the best bands playing today. i celebrate and love their entire catalogue, and there is no reason you shouldnt too. this here show is from 8.24.07 at the mercury lounge in nashville opening up for jason isbell. who, btw, sits in with the centro-matic for the entire set. much love to the original taper….

you can purhase/download their stuff here via amazon

1. love you just the same
2. in such crooked times
3. fountains of fire
4. to unleash the horses now

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red red meat live at the hideout

Posted by doubter on Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Red Red Meat
photo by noah w. bailey for dallas observer

happy, monday folks! so here is a lovely recording of one of my favorite chicago bands ever, red red meat, and here they are playing like the title suggests at the hideout in chicago. its a soundboard, and thanks to the original taper!

you can buy red red meat stuff via subpop and cant recommend em enough particularly jimmywine majestic.

1. red red meat by thax douglas
2. chinese balls
3. all tied
4. stained and lit
5. braindead
6. theres a star above the manager tonight

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magnolia electric co. live in citrus heights, ca, 5.17.09

Posted by doubter on Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

i posted this show originally in october of 2011, and i asked where was jason molina. i then read a post on the magnolia site that had confirmed what i had been hearing. at that point, i just assumed jason would come back to us. he would get over his sickness, and the world would be a better place for it. never in a million years did i think, or probably any one think it would end like this. honestly, im still very much upset over this, as i am sure a lot of folks are. his music meant the world to me, and spoke to me on levels that 99 percent of artists do not. heartbreaking, people. truly…

buy some of his stuff, all of which i cannot recommend enough.

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superchunk live at the whisky, 2.11.92

Posted by doubter on Sunday, March 17th, 2013


flyer stolen from vintage richmond

top of the day! it is st patty’s day after all, but then again i say top of whatever pretty much every day. anyway, now that couch by couchwest is over i can sort of get back into this here joint. although i may take a few days off cause that was pretty damn tiring. think probably ended up with more than 500 submissions, but i dont know that for sure. next year, its intern time! going to repost this super chunk show from the whisky that took place back in 92 when they were opening for hole. the flyer is not the actual show flyer, just time period. buy superchunk stuff via merge.

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white mystery

Posted by matt on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Recently came across Chicago’s White Mystery, who rumor has it put on a hell of a show. They’re playing Brother’s Lounge in Omaha tonight, if that happens to be convenient for you. Here are a few of their tracks on a bandcamp ep and video of a show they played at Subterranean.

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dean wareham plays galaxie 500 at primavera

Posted by matt on Monday, December 5th, 2011

One of my college roommates introduced me to Luna. Our copy of Bewitched was worn out in a matter of months. From there it was on to Penthouse and eventually I went all the way back to Galaxie 500. This was the start of a beautiful friendship with the music of Dean Wareham.

Been trying to get my hands on a decent live Luna show to share here, preferably one which includes “23 Minutes in Brussels” (video link) – which I consider to be one of the ten best songs ever put on tape – but nothing has sounded decent enough to offer up. In the meantime, here’s a show from 2011 of Dean playing Galaxie 500 songs at the Primavera Festival in Spain. There’s some gems here, with “Blue Thunder” and “Strange” being the highlights, in my opinion.

Enjoy.

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stream: great lake swimmers live at schuba's 9/8/05

Posted by matt on Friday, December 2nd, 2011

As promised, here’s a Great Lake Swimmers show from Schuba’s in 2005. Oddly enough, I’ve managed to see just about every GLS show at Schuba’s except this one.

There are some of my most listened to GLS songs in this set and the seasonally-appropriate (and beautiful, even if the chorus is just a sequential listing of Toronto train stops) “I Will Never See The Sun”. The Tom Waits cover, “Innocent When You Dream” is a unique interpretation, unreleased on any albums and without a doubt one of my favorites. This band and show is worth your time.

This particular show had some limited commercial release (you can, and should, buy it here), so we’re just streaming it.

Enjoy.

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jeff tweedy live at harper college 3/5/99 part 2

Posted by matt on Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Part two of the Jeff Tweedy solo show from Harper College in 1999. Part one is here.

Some great stuff. “Hoodoo Voodoo” as played here is as good as any other version I’ve ever heard. The “Red Eyed Blue/I Got You” is another highlight.

Enjoy.

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interpol live at the 40 watt athens, ga 3/1/03

Posted by matt on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Here’s a nice Turn on the Bright Lights era Interpol show from the 40 Watt in Athens, GA. These guys never sounded quite as good as they did on Turn on the Bright Lights, in my opinion. That being said, this album remains in some made up list of albums I listened to a lot in the 2000′s.

The record has a strange quality about it, it’s one of those albums that was the soundtrack for about six months somewhere in ’02-’03. “NYC” and “Obstacle 2″ were the highlights back then, though I still enjoy the entire record. Other records define other times, but this one will always remind me of my place on Clybourn Ave and lots of bad decisions.

Enjoy.

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    • vic chesnutt live at cats cradle, 11.29.95

      happy memorial day weekend, americans! to everyone else, hey its still the weekend, right? either way, i have been so damn busy with work the past few weeks, i have nary the time/energy to put forth here. kind of sad, but i guess it beats having too much time aka not having a fucking job. [...]

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