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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it came from the youtubes: early sunday morning edition

Posted by doubter on Sunday, April 21st, 2013


jay :(

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deadstring brothers “like a california wildfire”

Posted by doubter on Friday, April 19th, 2013

dead

time to take a break from all this madness. here we have a song off deadstring brothers recently released bloodshot record, cannery row. i have had this record on my harddrive for the past couple weeks, and as per usual, i am just getting around to listening to it. few songs in, i am absolutely loving it. this appears to be maybe their 4th record. if youre a fan of early ryan adams, more bluesy stones stuff, etc you should absolutely dig this. anyone around these parts a fan, and is his other stuff as good? at this point definitely one of the best things i have heard in 2013.

buy cannery row via amazon for a measly 7 bucks.

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aly tadros w/ ben balmer “whim”

Posted by doubter on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Aly-photo

i dont know much about aly tadros and her song featuring ben balmer, “whim,” but apparently it was inspired by streaking and alcohol. if you knew me way back when, i was known to streak through parties on a whim – no pun intended. in fact i wouldnt run through a house, or a backyard party, no, i would be naked, beer in hand and act like nothing was amiss. so, this is a song i could get behind just by the description alone. as it turns out, i like it a lot. ben has a great voice, but really aly’s voice is quite something else. i love those smoky, whiskey inflicted voices like that of aly. she’s got a new record out, her second, entitled the fits which was released earlier this year.

buy the fits via bandcamp

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john michael rouchell “holler”

Posted by doubter on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

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new orleans artist john michael rouchell, who you may know better as the main man behind my name is john michael, has a new ep coming out on april 27 entitled the seperation ep. i loved his work with his previous band, and i dont see that love stopping with this solo work. oh, and he’s releasing two more ep’s this year under his full name – all of which i am sure i will be talking about. first listen to this song was a bit taken aback, cause its quite different than his my name is… stuff. a little back information about myself, i grew up on r&b and bands like the eagles, creedence, etc. admittedly, i am still a closet fan of some r&b stuff, i cant help it. anyway, after speaking to john, briefly, he stated he wanted to create something resembling a cross tween prince, bill withers, dj premier and the zombies. cant recommend this enough, dig it!

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wooden wand “southern colorado song” live video

Posted by doubter on Sunday, April 14th, 2013

PREVIEW: Wooden Wand – “Southern Colorado Song” from We Have Signal on Vimeo.

i had written about mr james jackson toth’s recent wooden wand record blood oaths of the new blues, but then i lost 7 months worth of posts. so its gone, forever… oh maybe google cache has it, but its not the same. still i wanted to make mention of it again, to you dear visitors, cause it is quite amazing. i have been a fan for quite a while now, and looking through my archives it looks like my first take on him/his music was back in 08. his previous two records, 2011′s briarwood and 2010′s death seat both made my favorite records list of said years. i cannot recommend any of these records enough, in fact i would go as far to say they are must hears.

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little tybee “for distant viewing”

Posted by doubter on Sunday, April 14th, 2013

little

i have been hearing of atlanta’s little tybee for at least a couple years now, and like a lot of bands, never listened to em. well, its been a lazy sunday morning, and i figured what the hell? firstly, they have a new record cout on paper garden records entitled for distant viewing – i believe it came out last week. secondly, now just going by what i hear in this song, they kind of remind me of beachwood sparks if they had been raised on graceland era paul simon instead of the byrds, zombies, etc. i may be completely off, and i bet i am, but that was my initial thought. there’s definitely a “world” music vibe going on, which the video only strengthens. either way, definitely going to check this record out, sounds like a perfect summer soundtrack. you can stream it via paste, but due to my misguided dislike for said site i wont be linking.

buy it via amazon or paper garden, itunes, or maybe your local shop.

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will oldham “gypsy he-witch” off weary engine blues: a tribute to jason molina

Posted by doubter on Friday, April 12th, 2013

GRAVE101

happy friday! i am not gonna muddy this up with a bunch of words and stuff. so here is the info on this molina cover compilation/tribue being put out by graveface records, which i believe is due out on 4.23.

we’re calling this collection weary engine blues, named after a piece of artwork by molina that serves as the cover of this cd release. confirmed contributions so far from: john vanderslice, mark kozelek, hospital ships, lucas oswald, jonathan meiburg, damien jurado, dreamend, brown bird, haunt the house, tw walsh, phil elverum, alisdair roberts, scout niblett, jeffrey lewis, will johnson, the wave pictures, allo darlin, darren hayman, will oldham, herman dune and many more amazing musicians. huge thanks to hugh noble and william schaff for helping get this together so quickly. know that 100% of the profits are going directly (and immediately) to jason molina’s incredible family.

i took the liberty of taking out the info about the screenprint that accompanied the cd cause its sold out… either way, its a double cd made up of a shit ton of of awesome artists, and all proceeds going to jason’s family. i believe you may be able to purchase it, already, via their bandcamp page.

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ronnie fauss “i dont see you”

Posted by doubter on Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

ronnie

top of the day, jerkballs! i hate being late to the game when it comes to some artists, but i cant know about everything no matter how hard i try. this time im talking about dallas based artist ronnie fauss and his record i am the man you know im not – great title. granted, i have not heard said record, but this song, see below, i am totally digging. the record came out last year, but has been recently re-released via new west records’ imprint normaltown. a bunch of people who’s opinion i respect have talked about it including my girl sloane at country fried rock – which if you never visited/listened/read i cant recommend her enough, no depression, etc… if you dig the likes of isbell, dbt, steve earle, etc you will definitely dig mr fauss. cant wait to hear the entire thing.

buy the record via amazon

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the mites “slightly removed” & “strike of the mind”

Posted by doubter on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

mites

if there is a band that can harken me back to my favorite era of music, late 80′s to mid 90′s, i will be a fan for life. for life, i tell ya! hailing from the great state of texas, dont fuck with it, and the lovely city of san antonio are the mites. they bring me back to when my life when i didnt give a shit about nothing, except lil old me. i wasnt a dick, but shit i was like 20, what do you expect? if you dig the likes of yo la tengo, my bloody valentine, eleventh dream day, ride, swervedriver, etc you should fancy these young peoples. music such as this is a perfect soundtrack for so many occasions, but since most of my fondest memories resolve around drinking beer, this would be a perfect summer sunday night, sun going down, drinking a beer somewhere, anywhere, put this on, and just let it settle in. definitely recommended. oh, and the name of the record/ep is spur of the summer. you can stream the entire thing via their soundcloud page.

buy it via their bandcamp page for a measly 3 bucks, but you can also purchase via itunes, etc.

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