"Good Thing"

This song was on an album, yes - a 12" wide slab of vinyl, I bought when I was about 11 or 12. This scratched, and no doubt gouged, piece of plastic is sitting in a milk crate about two hours drive from where I sit - with the best songs underlined in pen on the back cover and on the disc itself.

Just get a look at the cover shot, the hair, the ruffles - maybe it was groovy back in '66 when this album came out. Possibly it isn't cracking me up as it should, for I spent many happy hours, years ago, listening and looking at this album. Perhaps this accounts for the way I am today. Hey, NO wisecracks.

+ Good Thing - Paul Revere and the Raiders


photo courtesy of allmusic guide

MP3|Revolver - MP3 players, technology, industry, music

If you are into digital music and getting the dish on the latest hardware and software available, check out MP3Revolver.

SLEEPER - Pie In The Sky

I stumbled across this artist, Sleeper, while searching for the band 'Big Star'. Interesting and at times childlike music by a fella called Woody James. After some internet searching I know next to nothing about Mr. James, but perhaps his music is all you need to know. Low key tunes with acoustic guitar and two voices that to me at times seem to be trying to weave a bit of the 'California' sound into their harmonies contrasting with some more upbeat stuff in the same vein.

from the afterthecomet.com website:

Woody James - whose likeness, strangely enough, can not be reproduced with conventional photography, has been writing songs since well before the invention of the blanket. His work here with Reverend John "Yonko" Baltic evolved... read the rest

big star mp3
big table mp3

*Going back Ten years for Ten bucks*

Australian indie imprint Summershine Records released ,"Just A Taste", a sampler of artists on it's roster in 1994. It boasts 18 tracks of indie pop of various genres. The album can be snapped up for a ten-spot (US) at Slumberland Records.

Of the five mp3s, available at the above Slumberland link, this is my favourite...

The Rainyards + hell bent suicidal over you baby mp3

20 Track Mix/ Old & New

Here is a mix of old and new, great and greater, for Friday night and even into Saturday morning. Everything from Cash and Zappa to Dirtbombs and The Wrens. Enjoy.

wilco + a shot in the arm
the magnetic fields + all the umbrellas
joni mitchell + don juan's reckless daughter
johnny cash + the mercy seat
frank zappa + what's the ugliest?
t rex + ride a white swan
of montreal + fun loving nun
the wrens + bus dance
five mod four + your climax
the eskimos + a list i could write
the national + cold girl fever
the wrens + i guess we're done
of montreal + disconnect the dots
the dirtbombs + possession
lou reed + sweet jane
the race + not riding a bike
pinback + fortress
stephen malkmus + church on white
wolfie + what i want from
harvey danger + flagpole sitta

Ted Leo/ Pharmacists - Come Baby Come

Ted Leo's new disc 'Shakin' The Sheets' will hit the streets on October 19 on Lookout Records. The pounding 'The Angels Share' is on the album - now one of my favourite driving songs. Another fave from Leo is Come Baby Come off of 'Treble in Trouble'.

Wake Up Call

I have to thank Kingblind for the link to this German tv commercial, after watching, remember I watched this at 4:30 am... you'll understand the 'Wake Up Call' title... if you can stop laughing.

Rolling Stone Reviews Medulla

Anxious to pick up the new Bjork album? Set for general release on August 3oth, Rolling Stone has their review of Medulla up online - to read it go here.

undertones - the best of new and local music in guelph

Here and there on the 'net you will come across something that makes you smile. I know, I know, that covers a lot of ground. What made me smile was finding the website for CFRU Radio's Undertones radio show broadcast out of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, which is about 20 minutes from where I sit. Who knew? It's on the University of Guelph's campus radio station and Undertones audio page has some interesting stuff: interviews, live on air performances, a nice little selection of Canadian indie artists: the arcade fire, mathew barber, barzin, blood shot bill, mayor mcCa, nathan lawr, wax mannequin, and more.

+ Matthew Barber - unknown title

Movimenta

I have just come across an interesting music site called Movimenta, which translated from Italian literally means (according to google) 'it enlivens'. The only downside for me is I can't read Italian, but there are many indie bands and artists mp3s to download, surely worth a visit.

for example...
+ mp3 - tables turn by Decibully

Bjork Medulla Commentary

Tune in to X-Posure Part 2 from 11pm CET (5:00 pm EST)
on xfm.co.uk tonight to hear Björk's track by
track commentary of Medúlla!

The Wind-Up Birds

If describing a band was like a recipe, the basic ingredients would possibly be like this... "Take a piece of Belle & Sebastian, mix them with The Pixies and Dexy's Midnight Runners and sprinkle liberally with the Sex Pistols" You'd then end up with a rather fine band from Leeds called The Wind-Up Birds.

+ GLOW
+ STAY CLOSE TO THE DRIVER

+ band website

THE VEILS: Lavinia

There is a timeless quality to The Veils music. A quality enhanced , no doubt, by producer Bernard Butler (formerly of Suede) and the songs arrangements - but, a quality achieved by the songs lyrics. The best songs on 'The Runaway Found' are those that concern relationships, good and bad - 200 years ago and 200 years from now, relationships will be the same - they are timeless.
Finn Andrews is the group's singer and songwriter and he has a distinctive voice - kind of a soft rasp - but, rasp isn't right - more of a rustling, especially on the slower tracks - like barefeet brushing through long grass. And when he uses it on tracks like 'Lavinia' it is to great effect.

+ Lavinia

JOHN VANDERSLICE FALL TOUR

John Vanderslice hits the road this fall (september + october). Backing up JV will be:
Dave Douglas: Drums
Jared Hankins: Sound, Samples
Scott Solter: Wurlitzer, Samples, Guitar
JV: Vocals, Guitar
Joshua Zarbo (Spoon): Bass, Vocals

Here are the September and early October dates:
September 22 Portland OR
Berbati’s Pan w/ Robbers on High Street, Will Johnson 21+
September 23 Portland OR
Rusty Nail Lewis and Clark College w/ Robbers on High Street, Will Johnson all ages
September 24 Seattle, WA
Crocodile Cafe w/ Robbers on High Street, Will Johnson 21+
September 25 Anacortes, WA
Department of Safety w/ Robbers on High Street, Will Johnson all ages
September 27 Salt Lake City UT
Kilby Court w/ Robbers on High Street, Will Johnson all ages
September 28 Denver CO
Larimer Lounge w/ Robbers on High Street, Will Johnson all ages
September 30 Ames, IA
M-Shop w/ Robbers on High Street, Will Johnson all ages
October 1 Minneapolis, MN
Triple Rock w/ Robbers on High Street, Will Johnson 21+
October 2 Chicago IL
Open End Gallery w/ The Mountain Goats all ages
October 3 Chicago IL
Empty Bottle w/ The Mountain Goats 21+
October 4 Detroit, MI
Magic Stick w/ The Mountain Goats all ages
October 6 Philadelphia PA
First Unitarian w/ The Mountain Goats all ages
October 7 Brooklyn NY
Southpaw w/ The Mountain Goats 18+
October 8 New York NY
Knitting Factory w/ The Mountain Goats all ages

go here for full tour details.

mp3s
+ the mansion
+ gruesome details
+ i miss the war

*touring with JV :
*Robbers On High Street mp3 - a night at star castle

SL Records *Mix*

SL Records is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. There are currently nine bands on their roster, here's an idea of what they offer:


the 55's + texas
desc + go to church
the starlets + hypercool
ballboy + avant garde music

website

free+legal=downloads

The Like + (so i'll sit here) waiting
Carolyn Mark + after bar party
Metric + succexy
Black Sun Ensemble + starlight
The Beatles + revolution 9
The Like Young + tighten my tie
Tangiers + ro-ro-roland
The Contrail + prime ideals
Trackstar + the way we play

Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub began playing together in early 1989 and a couple of months later began recording their debut, 'A Catholic Education'. Now, fifteen years later they are set to release their latest album by late this year. As yet untitled, the Scotsman recorded this effort in Chicago.

<< teenage fanclub

mp3s
star sign
what you do to me
dumb dumb dumb
heavy metal 1

The High Dials

The High Dials are a great power pop band from Montreal. Currently on tour in support of their 'Fields in Glass' six track ep, they just may be in your neck of the woods, check here.



listen to The High Dials: mp3s
+ fields in glass
+ diamonds in the dark
+ can you hear the bells?
+ the dead hand
+ desiderata

marianne faithfull

Marianne Faithfull has released over twenty albums, starting in 1965 when Rolling Stones manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, convinced her to give it a go. Hitting the charts a number of times in her native UK she rose fast and fell hard. After ending a relationship with Mick Jagger, in the early 70's, she nurtured a serious addiction problem, but in 1979, after getting her habit under control, she made a startling comeback with her album 'Broken English' (mp3 download of title track). Startling not only in it's representation of a strong, sexual woman, (why'd ya do it' - mp3) but also in the beautifully ravaged voice that the formerly girlish sounding Faithfull now commanded.

'broken english'

+ mp3s
+ guilt - from 'Broken English'
+ sister morphine - (21 minute version)

*Free+Legal Downloads*

rogue wave + every moment
the constantines + arizona
wesley willis + my mother smokes crack rocks
zolar x + silver shapes
michael gira + where does your body begin?
los infernos + start
elephone + persona
vetiver + amerilie
ben davis + blue hearted sleeve

new this week @ betterPropaganda

It was around 25 years ago that Tuxedomoon came barrelling out of the electronic music lab of San Francisco City College and began making flirtatious, whimsical, provocative, idiosyncratic music. Music which shapeshifted with beguiling ease yet brimmed with an almost underworld magick and mystical hypnotism.
Controversial but never egregious, their brand of .... read the rest

+ chinese mike mp3 courtesy betterPropaganda

Tee Pee Records - A Record Label

There are a helluva lotta things in NYC and Tee Pee Records is one of them... uh, one of the good things.
They don't restrict themselves to just one genre. For example: Garage, Pop, Psychedelic, Rhythm & Blues, Rock-1970's, and that's FIVE genres! Check them out.

all night + a little better
the high strung + wretched boy
sleep + dopesmoker
gonga + stratofortress

Bjork defines 'Medulla'

Bjork explains how the much anticipated album MEDULLA came about:


"I was going to call the album ‘Ink’, because I wanted it to be like that black, 5,000 year-old blood that’s inside us all; an ancient spirit that’s passionate and dark, a spirit that survives. Something in me wanted to leave out civilisation, to rewind to before it all happened and work out, ‘Where is the human soul? What if we do without civilisation and religion and patriotism, without the stuff that has gone wrong?’ When I first moved to New York there was room for immigrants and eccentrics and whoever, then suddenly it became the most scarily patriotic place on earth. “Then”, Björk continues, “I got drunk – surprise!- with my artist friend Gabriella and she came up with the title Medúlla. It basically means ‘marrow’ in medical language, in Latin. Not just you’re bone marrow, but marrow in the kidneys and marrow in your hair, too. It’s about getting to the essence of something. And with this album being all vocals, that made sense."
"I used to write lots of lyrics that were like: ‘I am HERE, and I’m walking down THIS street”, she says, “but on this album there are no rules with the words. If you want to sing about a candle-flame, then go for it, and if you want to sing about existentialism or a celibate nurse from Boston, then go for that, too. Some of the time, I’m just following a train of thought. There are no flashing neon signs.”
“Sometimes there’s a kind of weave or blend where nobody is more important than anybody else; other times I wanted each singer to have a sort of solo.”
“It wasn’t working”, she says, “and I was trying to figure out why; wondering, ‘Where are the songs in all this mess?’ Then I sat down at the mixing-desk and started muting the instruments, and it was like, ‘Oh! There they are.’”
“The only other rule”, she says smiling “was for it not to sound like Manhattan Transfer or Bobby McFerrin. After that, it became a very spontaneous, kind of carefree album to make. I didn’t want to spend another two years making it just a tiny bit better - fuck that.”
“I liked all of us to make any special noises we could on the new album”, she says. “Sometimes there’s a kind of weave or blend where nobody is more important than anybody else; other times I wanted each singer to have a sort of solo.”
“There are lot of little things about this record that seem to fit together”, concluded Björk, “and it feels good to trust nature and my subconscious. You start some kind of universe, and because you’re doing it from the right place, it completes itself. I definitely feel that I’m getting better at what I do, too. Not that it’s good, necessarily; just that there is an improvement. The best thing, maybe, is that I’m enjoying all those little nuances with people, all those micro-moments that I used to think were just pauses between real life.”


>>click on above graphic for more Bjork.

BJORK's Medúlla Preview :: thanks to Swen

Swen's Weblog gives a heads up as to where you can get a pre-listen of Bjorks's Medulla.


Well worth the visit, you can preview tracks, host a Bjork audio player on you own site, or pre-order the CD.


Visit Swen through the above link or go here for a Bjork 'Medulla' party.

DESTROYER / DAN BEJAR

Here is an interesting interview introduction and interview with Destroyer's Dan Bejar - courtesy of Delusions of Adequacy.

Destroyer
+ the music lovers mp3 from Talitres Records
+ sublimation hour mp3 from Misra Records
+ the very modern dance mp3

here you can stream 6 Destroyer tracks from Merge Records

go here for a CBC (canadian broadcasting corporation) Radio piece on Dan Bejar of Destroyer. There is an article to read and six live songs to stream with Frog Eyes as the backing band.

Thanks to Catbirdseat for the tip.

Stuff We're Listening To These Days...

Self-Starter Foundation is a New York based record label. A very generous group of people who share mp3s of their artists on the label site. BUT... they also share mp3s of bands they like, of stuff they are enjoying themselves.

They call it Stuff We're Listening To These Days. Go and you will find Hidden Cameras, Rogue Wave, Sea Snakes, Sufjan Stevens, Golden Virgins, and many more - and that's just the most recent list!

Scroll down their page and you will find links to previous song lists for download.

Devil in the Woods :: Records

Mike Cloward began his small indie label the way so many small indie labels begin - by needing a way to get his bands music out, so people could hear it. Beginning in 1983, the fledgling imprint had it's up and downs, but has survived and is healthy and vital in Modesto, California, with a group of artists it obviously cares about.

... here is a sampling of Devil in the Woods artists:
>>Frank Jordan
looked around
>>Minmae
the unfettered idealist
>>Meow Meow
known to man
>>Fiver
buildings and homes

<< go here to buy Devil in the Woods product.

Portastatic/Superchunk

Portastatic is the solo project of Mac McCaughan, who is also known for his work in Superchunk and ... READ THE REST

Download Autumn Got Dark from betterPropaganda.com

a footnote: totally fuzzy's herr k. and I have crossed paths with our posts on Portastatic, but he offers more in the way of links. go here and see.

Saddle Creek Videos

ifilm.com is currently hosting the following videos. Check them out:

Azure Ray: New Resolution
Azure Ray: We Are Mice
Bright Eyes: Lover I Don't Have to Love
Bright Eyes: Bowl of Oranges
Cursive: Art is Hard
The Faint: Agenda Suicide

Mystical and 'Magical'

Devendra Banhart has something that can't truly be identified, labeled, categorized, or pigeonholed. Something magical - you can feel it as you listen to him. Magic is what he has and magic cannot be identified, labeled, categor... you see what I mean.

Now hear what I mean.

devendra banhart
+ this beard is for siobhan
+ will is my friend
+ this is the way
+ a sight to behold live
+ michigan state
+ at the hop - (new album 'nino rojo') from said the gramaphone

Today is a Good Day...

... for solo Ben Gibbard and Death Cab for Cutie, his band.


Ben Gibbard + a lack of color (kexp radio)
+ recycled air
+ they don't know
Death Cab
+ styrofoam plates

The Lashes :: The Stupid Stupid

The Lashes are Seattle... but this is the new Seattle and this band will kick the last flaking bits of 'grunge' off of many peoples idea of Seattle music.


death by mixtape +
pop song +

xiu xiu

xiu xiu are experimental... this means they like to play with sounds. They also make music with these sounds. WAIT! This is music. Don't be put off by the word experimental it covers a large area... from Wilco, to Kraftwerk, to Sonic Youth.

+ broke up
+ sad pony guerilla girl
+ clowne towne

white stripes on the screen

+ dead leaves and the dirty ground SNL 2002
+ the hardest button to button Conan O'Brien
+ Jolene Conan O'Brien

Andrew Bird

Andrew Bird is fascinating to hear through his recordings, but seeing him live is worth much more than the few dollars that indie artists of Bird's calibre sadly go for in our society.
The man has a more than adequate command of guitar, violin, various keyboards, his singing voice, and he's a mean whistler to boot.
artist website


mp3s
lull+
sovay +
skin +

Step away from the Medulla!

Alright - everyone and their dog is hopping around looking for the new Bjork. I thought I would take a step back and offer some 'Vespertine', Ms. Bjork's last album.

aurora +
sun in my mouth +
pagan poetry +
it's not up to you +

this link will take you to a page of Bjork re-mixes

Medulla :: track no.8

Desired Constellation is listed as the 8th track on the upcoming and much anticipated instrument-less album, MEDULLA. Her website says the song is 3:23 in length, but this download is 4:52, so this may be a demo, nonetheless, it is an interesting song.


desired constellation :: bjork mp3

sao bento music::a record label

Sao Bento is a small indie focused label with five artists currently on it's roster. To find them you gotta go to Boise, Idaho or easier still, go here.

...for an idea of what Sao Bento has to offer - here is a sampling:

the very hush hush (website) :: ex-adult mp3
coehn burns:: family home evening mp3
fusaine:: periodic chair mp3 (radio performance)

*a miX for Sunday*

gillian welch & david rawlings + cold snow and rain
david essex + stardust
ghosty + little dreams count (demo)
dressy bessy + this may hurt a little
constantines + see line woman
the bellrays + fire on the moon

Post-Parlo Records / Austin, TX

Down south in the musical city of Austin, Texas, lives Post-Parlo Records. With a bakers dozen of indie acts - quality is assured at this imprint.

...here are some Post-Parlo artists to sate your appetite:

actionslacks + iron anchor
eskimo kisses + elevator
the fall on deaf ears + your reflection
zykos + moviehome


label site

::new this week:: @ Better Propaganda

Just out of the oven and setting all your senses aswirling is the latest song available on Better Propaganda:: Ted Leo's 'Me and Mia', from the soon to be released album, Shake the Sheets.

"shake the sheets"

Better Propaganda has 3 more Ted Leo songs available, free+legal, that you can download and enjoy.

BJORK's Medúlla Preview

this was posted a week ago, but since things have changed - here is an update. new link at bottom.

Here you can download mp3s from Bjork's unreleased album, Medúlla, the tracks are DO DO DO, THE PLEASURE IS ALL MINE, and MOUTH'S CRADLE.

*the link has been removed, unfortunately, but... you can get what you need HERE.

25 Records:: a UK Label

25 Records is an indie label that calls Poole, England home. Their mission: To discover new and exciting bands and bring them to the worlds attention.
Also, they are always willing to listen to demos from up and comers - they even have a demos page on their website.
There are close to 100 bands on the label, here is a sampling of 25 Records artists:

red ash + short happy song
famous sons + emma louise
blaze + step in
tantrum + the girl with two faces
shiver slinky + sourdine

Björk & Medúlla / 'Oceania' & Olympics

Bjork will perform at tonight's Olympic opening ceremonies in Athens. This is what she said about the opportunity: "I am incredibly honoured to have been asked to write a song and sing it at the Olympics. The song is written from the point of view of the ocean that surrounds all the land and watches over the humans to see how they are doing after millions of years of evolution. It sees no borders, different races or religion which has always been at the core of these games."

Everyone's favourite pixie will perform 'Oceania'.

friday *seVen pack*

parchman farm + chosen child
bluebottle kiss + father's hands / gangsterland +
david conway + brain
the fiery furnaces + chris michael
pinback + fortress
spoon + i summon you (demo)

A Cute Monkey

I read this and then this and so you get this!


thanks Moe Rex.

Do we really need 'Labels'? Yes!

FIRST FLIGHT RECORDS

First Flight is a record label based out of St. Louis, Missouri USA which began releasing music in 2002 in an attempt to further evolve their own conceptions of independence and independent music.

::a first flight records sampling::
Anamude + urban comfort #2 mp3

The Potomac Accord + a quiet white mp3

KITTRIDGE RECORDS

This LA based label concerns itself with the sounds we like to call indie: rock, pop, twee, power, sweet & sour, uh... you get the idea. Good stuff. Visit them.

::a kittridge records sampling::
The National Splits + the audio account mp3

The Like Young + bad excuse mp3

ABATTOIR BLUES / THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS

With Nick Cave releasing his new album, ABATTOIR BLUES / THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS, come September 6th, tour dates are sure to follow... right?


Following are the announced tour dates for Nick and the Bad Seeds, along with some early solo shows:

SOLO SHOWS IN SEPTEMBER
Nick Cave has announced two solo shows in Oslo in September. Nick will be performing with Warren Ellis, Martyn P Casey and Jim Sclavunos.



Sun 19th September - Istanbul - Cemil Topuzlu (open air theatre)
Tue 21st September -St Petersburg Oktyarskaya Theatre
Thur 23rd September - Moscow Operetta Theatre
Fri 24th September - Moscow Operetta Theatre
Sun 26th September - Oslo Konzerthaus
Mon 27th September - Oslo Konzerthaus

LIVE DATES IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will be touring the UK and Europe in November and December. UK tickets are priced at £25 in advance (subject to booking fee) and are on sale now.

Sat 6th November - Glasgow Academy - 0870 903 3444, 0870 771 2000
Sun 7th November - Wolverhampton Civic - 01902 552 121
Mon 8th November - Manchester Apollo - 0161 832 1111
Wed 10th November - London Brixton Academy - 0870 771 2000, 020 7734 8932, 020 7403 3331, 020 7344 4040
Thur 11th November - London Brixton Academy - 0870 771 2000, 020 7734 8932, 020 7403 3331, 020 7344 4040

Mon 15th November - Paris Mutualite
Thu 18th November - Dusseldorf Philipshalle
Fri 19th November - Copenhagen Falconer Theatre
Sun 21st November - Hamburg CCH3
Mon 22nd November - Leipzig Mars Auensee
Tue 23rd November - Amsterdam Music Hall
Wed 24th November - Brussels Forest National
Fri 26th November - Munich Zenith
Sat 27th November - Lausanne Metropol
Mon 29th November - Milan Alcatraz
Tue 30th November - Florence Saschall
Thu 2nd December - Vienna Gasometer

independence is a blessing + a curse :: A MIX

TRACK STAR
+ the end
+ the one we play
ThE MAG SEVEN
+ put the lotion in the basket
CLUMSY
+ calling you up
THE APARTMENT
+ the moon is full

Stream *Sixeyes

To stream *SIXEYES music files in this window click here.
It's not perfect and doesn't play everything, but then again, what is?

TED LEO::balls out

Ted Leo will unveil his new cd in the very near, but not close enough, future. Word is that the new stuff has leaked onto filesharing services and yet, on his own website, are what I have heard some say are demos from the new album. Whatever they are, the track The Angels Share kicks some ass - I can imagine them bouncing off the studio walls - if this is the demo? Ted and the boys sound like they're having a blast - when I listen I can see Ted himself bounding up and down, over and over, like a twenty two year old Pete Townsend. They've all got their balls out on this one, let's hope no one got hurt... and I pray no one put an eye out - that would be a tough one to explain.

(sounding more than humbled) 'Well, ya see, uh... first we, uh... we... got our balls out...'

go here to listen to The Angels Share - after entering site go to media then audio.

Shelflife Records

Shelflife Records gets around. Beginning in what their website label history calls a "small southern California suburb" - they packed up and moved east to NYC two years later in 1997. It didn't end there, the cross-continental jaunts I mean, for close to 4 years later the three principal players upped and moved again... all the way back west, landing in San Francisco this time.

The artists who call Shelflife home are from the indie rock camp, bands such as: The Maybellines, The Shermans, Call and Response, The Radio Dept, Postal Blue, etc.
With close to 5o solo artists and bands, you may just have heard a Shelflife recording without realizing it.

here is a sound sampling of the label:
pololeo::malvern road
the shermans::lousy judge of character
the arrogants::the moments gone
brittle stars::someplace but not this place
phoebe quest::minutes and seconds


to visit shelflife records click graphic>

betterPropaganda - 'the pink mountaintops'

The Pink Mountaintops
"Can You Do That Dance?"

Stephen McBean is a mountain man... not only in his musical endeavors - Black Mountain and The Pink Mountaintops - but in his origins and look... read the rest
stephen mcbean

She Moved Through the Fair

Through the useful blogger tool, technorati, I came across the new mp3 blog She Moved Through The Fair - Folk, Wyrdfolk, Dark Folk, Neo-Folk, Brit-Folk, Celtic Folk. Folk Music, links, opinion.
Much of the music is unfamiliar, but discovering music seems to be an ingrain desire for me - so I will be making regular stops at Jaeger's blog from now on. Pay these folks a visit. ;)

Which Bjork song are you? :: thanks to Mr. loki

your song is "Hyperballad" :: brought to you by Quizilla.


The mp3 blog, An Idiot's Guide to Dreaming, always well worth a visit, clued me into this little quiz you can take to determine "Which Bjork Song Are You?" When I began the test I hoped it was a Björk song I had heard before and not one of quite a few I hadn't yet had the pleasure. Turns out I do know this song and like it.

You really should check out 'An Idiot's Guide to Dreaming' for the music and the weirdness: MUSIC - Dead can Dance, Tallulah Gosh, Butthole Surfers, The Slits, The Chicken Hawks. WEIRDNESS - Transdimensional Abduction and the transdimensionally modified.

visit Björk <<

::Endearing Records::

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada is where you will find the good folk of Endearing Records. It's also where you will find the famous intersection, Portage and Main, also known as Windy Corner,that has recorded some very brutal winter wind chills.

From the Endearing Records website, this is how the label came to be:

"Endearing was formed in 1995. Why? Our friends were putting out music we liked and we thought it deserved to be heard. This remains our guiding principle to this day. There is no defining genre or pattern. If there is a mandate, it is to release music we like from people we love. We have diverse tastes and find a variety of music stimulating and challenging so this has resulted in a diverse catalogue over our 8 years. We hope you enjoy what you hear."

There are about thirty artists on the Canadian label and about as many MP3s to sample. Here are a few to give you an idea.

>>Hot little Rocket - five by five
>>The Pets - vika
>>Paper Moon - mercury is clearly opposing venus
>>The Vancouver Nights - all the right moves
>>The Heavy Blinkers - the night and i are still so young

visit endearing records to listen to more or to buy.

::Saturday Mega miX:: 20 tracks

John Vanderslice + they won't let me run
warren zevon + keep me in your heart
varnaline + song
fiona apple + extraordinary machine
jason lowenstein + circles
American Football + honestly
Fuck + heaven is a truck
The Czars + lullaby 6000
The Salteens + thoughts from sound
Lifter Puller + lonely in a limousine
A Girl Named Eddy + golden
Brokeback + names winston
Blue Goblins + black snake moan
The Needles + dither pop
Maritime + adios
Belltone Suicide + just like i said it would
John Vanderslice + pale horse
Sennen + all the time
MK Ultra + what i live for
The Natural History + dance steps

weezer

Here is some Weezer for my friend Jamie - i hope everything is going well for you and your girl.

rivers cuomo

+ blastoff

go here for more Weezer.

the power of pop

We Are Scientists are a great power pop band. They will be releasing, in the near future, Ask Your Doctor About We Are Scientists, a three-song e.p. with bonus materials.





Their first release was the six song album In Action, with these two tracks:
+ selective memory
+ that one pop gem


band website

starflyer 59

Starflyer 59 is pretty much Jason Martin, who recruits players when he's going on the road to fill out the big sound of the recordings.

Currently working on the next recording slated for early 2005 release, Martin has been at the business of Starflyer 59 since 1994.

The music has a metallic sheen - as do the album covers of the bands early releases.

the self-titled debut - 1994 - Tooth and Nail Records

gold - 1995 - Tooth and Nail Records


i am the portuguese blues - 2004 - Tooth and Nail Records
+ wake up early mp3
band site

Struttin'

I like some good funk every now and again and the blog, Sounds Like Funday, has a favourite: The Meters - Cissy Strut. These guys are one of the best funk bands... ever.

Go give it a listen.

nick cave and the bad seeds

The new Nick Cave double album will be released on September 6th. You can listen to excerpts of two songs here.


ABATTOIR BLUES / THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS
The tracklisting for the new release is confirmed as follows:

Abattoir Blues
1. Get Ready For Love
2. Cannibal's Hymn
3. Hiding All Away
4. Messiah Ward
5. There She Goes, My Beautiful World
6 . Nature Boy
7 . Abattoir Blues
8 . Let The Bells Ring
9 . Fable Of The Brown Ape
The Lyre Of Orpheus
1. The Lyre Of Orpheus
2. Breathless
3. Babe, You Turn Me On
4. Easy Money
5. Supernaturally
6. Spell
7. Carry Me
8. O Children

Read a selection of lyrics here...

Flameshovel Records

I was thinking... why let *HIP/STER/EO have all the fun exposing visitors to great little indie record labels and the free songs they offer. Here's a list of the great bands who make Flameshovel Records home.

Ancient Greeks
Che Arthur
The Duddley Corporation
Joan of Arse
The Joggers
Judah Johnson
Low Skies
Lying In States
Make Believe
The Narrator
The Natural History
The Race
Viza-Noir

I believe there are mp3s available for each band on this list. Enjoy.


click on graphic...

The Crutch

I try to keep all the songs here on *SIXEYES free+legal, but I do slip now and again. This link is where you can find many songs that are current but NOT free+legal - it's up to you what you do when you get there...The Crutch.

better late than never

The Six Parts Seven - where are the timpani heartbeats?
The Monolith - ruby dear
Ill Lit - freeway
Volcano the Bear - uh-omm
The Beat Up - what you say
The Lashes - pop song

happy birthday! :: *HIP/STER/EO

There are now 46 labels profiled, along with mp3's, band and label links, and a short description of the label, on *HIP/STER/EO. That's over 190 songs that can be downloaded FREE+LEGAL!

Today marks the first full month, so I thought I would wish my other blog a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

(plus, remind new and faithful visitors of it's existence)

*i thought i would add a list of the labels on *HIP/STER/EO, so here it is, starting with the most recent:
RAINBOW QUARTZ RECORDS/Animal World Recordings/555 Recordings/homesleep records/ Bella Union/Kill Rock Stars/Times Beach Records/ Saddle Creek Records/OHEV Records/Tomlab/in music we trust/wiiija records/amBiguous city records/Celestial Bison Records/Big Scary Monsters Records/K Records/Talitres Records/Rock Indiana/Boompa/Matador/French Kiss/Anti Jackpine Social Club/thrill jockey records/Off Records/The Self-Starter Foundation/Tract Records/desoto records/Temporary Residence Ltd./Lovitt Records/Secretly Canadian Records/Hush/City Slang/Vagrant Records/alternative tentacles/Absolutely Kosher Records/Barsuk/Hinah/Perishable Records/Three Gut Records/asthmatic kitty/2024 Records/CRANK!/velvet blue music/Better Looking Records/Slowdance Records/slumberland records/Domino Records

New This Week On::BETTER PROPAGANDA

Octet are French. Octet are a duo. Octet are electronica. Sound familiar.... thinking Air are we? Then you haven't listened...

OCTET + Hey Bonus

Read what Better Propaganda editor Ted Terbolizard says about Octet.

::download courtesy of better propaganda