Posted by doubter on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
sup, peoples? i had a request for a repost on this whigs show which like the title suggests was in milan and took place at the zimba escape club on 1.30.94. enjoy…
1. if i were going
2. debonair
3. turn on the water
4. gentlemen
5. be sweet
6. my world is empty without you
Posted by doubter on Monday, April 29th, 2013
i dont talk too much about punk bands, mostly due to the fact that i never get sent anything from said genre nor do i ever really seek it out. during my late teens – late 20′s i listened to quite a bit of punk. so its in my bloodstream, just as is 90′s r&b, and oddly enough barry manilow, but thats whole other story for another time. hailing from portland, maine is dead trend who are releasing their first full length record on may 7 entitled false positive. the record is made up of 21 songs and in classic punk fashion clocks in at a whopping 28 minutes. i have only heard a couple songs, but from i have heard, i dig. any song, see below, that mentions alex p. keaton is awesome in my book. one of the members, mike fournier, of dead trend wrote a 33 1/3 book on one of my favorite records, minutemen’s double nickels on the dime back in 07. may have to read that.
Posted by doubter on Sunday, April 28th, 2013
couple weeks ago, bj barhman, american aquarium, mentioned on facebook a guy by the name of john moreland- he’s from tulsa, ok, btw. having never heard of him, i made a mental not to check him out, and of course over the next few days leading up to checking him out, i saw his name popping up seemingly everywhere. seeing that as a sign, i made it a priority. after listening to two of his records, everything the hardway and earthbound blues, i can now see why a ton of folks are talking about him. as it turns out, he did a couch by couchwest song this year! again, how the fuck did i miss this? either way, yeah, his stuff is great. kind of reminds me still feel gone era uncle tupelo with a little social distortion thrown in, but of course both of these influences are necessarily indicative of all his songs. he’s got a new coming out entitled in the throes on last chance records on june 11, cant wait to hear it. this song, “ancient youth” is actually off earthbound blues not everything the hardway which is the cover used above.
Posted by doubter on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
howdy, hi! not much today, other than this gbv comp which i posted a couple years back, but had a couple of requests for a repost. if i have something, i am always happy to oblige. its lily’s, my daughter, birthday today – she’s 5. so going to be getting into some serious birthday shit. well, as much shit as you can with a 5 year old. i originally got this from the gbv database, which is an unbelievable resource for hardcore or even passing gbv fans. this is just a snippet of the broadcaster house compilation compiled by robert gray and its entitled bug house. i dont think its still available there, or at least i didnt see it.
the entire she bangs – in case you dont get it, you can download the entire thing by clicking that link
1. cheesy promo
2. watch me jumpstart – p3 live broadcast from gota kallare – stockholm, sweden – september 3rd, 2002
3. bulldog skin – vpro acoustic session – amsterdam, holland – the netherlands – march or april 1997
4. steeple of knives – fwruw studio-a-rama simulcast from mather courtyard at case western reserve university – cleveland, oh – august 3rd, 2002
5. tractor rape chain – hbo reverb – recorded at the trocadero in philadelphia, pa – may 20th, 2001
Posted by doubter on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
if i have one running theme its the “oh shit, i didnt realize (insert whatever here.) this has been happening for the 7.5 years this site has been in existence. i have a hard time keeping track and putting two and two together. such is the case with north carolina musician jeremy squires. i have followed him on twitter for a while, and he was also a part of couch by couchwest, but i am just now listening to his stuff. he’s got a new record/ep out entitled central nervous station, which i am going to listen to as soon as i am done with this. this song, “ghostlike” is really fucking good. this song reminds me of a time the wife and i were walking down in the bayou on louisiana, it was early morning, fog was surrounding and couldnt see more than 5 feet in front of us. when songs can bring back memories, you know they’re keepers. very very recommended.
“ghostlike” is not on the ep, but you can purchase both via his bandcamp page
Posted by doubter on Monday, April 22nd, 2013
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
Posted by doubter on Sunday, April 21st, 2013
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Posted by doubter on Friday, April 19th, 2013
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
Posted by doubter on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
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
Posted by doubter on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
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!
