From the monthly archives:

June 2008

‘Cause I Need You, Baby

June 30, 2008

Discovered this one via the Late Night Tales that Belle & Sebastian did. I’m a huge fan of the Late Night Tales (formerly Another Late Night) series, where artists make CD-length mixes meant for late-night listening (but suitable for any old time).
I’m a big fan of the mixes by B&S, Air, and Zero 7. I’ve [...]

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Like We Used To

June 27, 2008

After yesterday’s world-weariness, here’s a burst of handclaps.
The Seascape is from Connecticut and they are 17 years old. I’ve never been to Connecticut, but if it’s anything like where I was 17 (and where most people are 17), there’s not many places for their band to play, and when most of their favorite bands come [...]

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They Tell Me Of A Place On Earth, But I Ain’t Found It Yet

June 26, 2008

There’s a particular sort of sorrow that’s expressed so perfectly in this song. One of my very favorite Bad Livers tunes, and that’s saying something.
Those within reach of San Francisco and Oregon will get a chance to see the newly reunited Livers (the Bob Grant version — sorry, fellow Ralph White fanatics) at Hardly Strictly [...]

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How Did This Hay Get In My Socks

June 25, 2008

I like this guy. He knows what an album is for. Voice Of The Seven Woods’ primarily instrumental debut takes you on a well-paced journey — mostly on the back of an acoustic-folk hay wagon, but sometimes you get dragged through the middle of a freakout vortex or along the ocean floor.
That’s life.
Voice Of The [...]

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Daddy’s Little Fatty

June 24, 2008

This delightful number is a staple around the Vegetables household, owing to our cat Merle (who turns his nose up at corn and taters but remains roly-poly nonetheless).
Written by songwriting legend Fred Rose, who wrote I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (with Hank Williams) and Blue Eyes Crying In The Mother-Slapping Rain (with [...]

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They Didn’t Bring No Change Of Clothes

June 23, 2008

Last week I was fortunate enough to spend an evening in the audience of American treasure, crackpot idol, and should-be MacArthur grant recipient Jonathan Richman.
Billions of words have been written on his influence on rock and songwriting, (as well as on his eccentricities), so I’ll just tell you that if you aren’t tuned in to [...]

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I Need Somebody To Help Me Say It One Time!

June 20, 2008

I’ve been lamenting how I haven’t been able to come up with a good Summertime Jam right when it’s needed most.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>GIRL TALK TO THE RESCUE!<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

This could be the driving-or-bicycling-around album of the summer.
Girl Talk – What It’s All About from Feed The Animals, which is available on a pay-what-you-like-for-mp3s system (lossless FLACs available for $5+, [...]

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Bonus Viddendum

June 19, 2008

If you liked that cluster bomb by edIT that happened last October (gone but not forgotten), or if you’ve been enjoying Monday’s remix by edIT and his fellow Glitch Mobsters, you might have been wondering what planet this music comes from.
Thankfully, there’s a TV show that helps explain it. The Craft is a new show [...]

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Fellows And Friends:

June 19, 2008

Soooo hey yeah three years ago this guy Joe Tangari (whom you LOVE) wrote a piece for Pitchfork about Afrobeat that mentioned 100 songs. Then (and this is why you LOVE) he slapped together a torrent of 99 of the songs, plus liner notes (the text of his article). It’s called Africa 100, and if [...]

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Easy Living Killed The Young Dudes In The High Boots

June 18, 2008

You’re gonna love me in the morning.

Alphabeat – Fascination from This Is Alphabeat (available on import through amazon)
http://www.thisisalphabeat.com
http://www.myspace.com/thisisalphabeat
[allprops once again to Tim Sendra at the allmusic blog for the turnon]

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