An MP3/Music blog that has really grabbed my attention lately is Swedes Please. Brought to us by the same folks (Craig) who also manages the excellent Songs: Illinois blog, SP focuses on new and up-coming regional artists. Self described as: "Mp3's from Swedish bands. Mostly singing in . . .
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When it comes to the post-Beatles output I am a Lennon/Harrison kinda guy. But that is not to say Paul did not have some great things to say as well, in particular his first solo album simply entitled McCartney. It was recorded before the Beatles disbanded while on holiday on a 4-track in his living room with wife Linda. The first track below . . .
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Here are two tracks that have been circulating in my iTunes the past couple of weeks. I don't know the remainder of the tracks on the Street Hassle lp, but the New York album is classic Lou Reed-styled romanticism. Dirty . . .
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Fall Records is hot right now. Between Page France and now The White Foliage they are getting quite a bit of airplay in and around the Drunkard's L.A. home office. Mrs. Satisfied and I like this one quite a bit, & would deem it a morning/night album, best enjoyed with nothing much going on . . .
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I am very much taken with Sun Kil Moon's latest covers album Tiny Cities (even more so than when I posted about it earlier this month). Kozelek creates such unique interpretations that I have had to go back and dig out my Modest Mouse records -- it's been fascinating to compare/contrast the two. That being said, here are a couple of the original MM tracks on . . .
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Check out these initial VU demos off their Peel Slowly and See box set. All rough and stripped down early takes. I'm Waiting For The Man has a particularly interesting arrangement...almost rock-a-billy.DOWNLOAD:MP3: The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs (demo)MP3:
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Brothers Santo & Johnny Farina, recorded this sleepy, pedal-steel soaked classic in 1959. You may not recognize their names, but the music is immediately recognizable from the song's first notes. There is something wonderfully sad and beautiful within the tune's instrumental framework. It's no suprise this song peaked at #1 in it's day. Check it out below.DOWNLOAD:MP3:
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DOWNLOAD:MP3: Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming DownMP3: Johnny Cash - If I Was A Carpenter------------Amazon: Johnny Cash - Legend
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The David Lynch post earlier this week fed my Roy Orbison jones, but it is by no means sated. Several months ago I featured a post on Richard Hawley's latest record -- mentioned he is one of the only folks in popular music today doing it in an Orbison-esque (sic) style. I highly recommend Hawley, but first ease . . .
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If you're any kind of fan of The Replacements, be sure to stop by Not Jack Kerouac's blog this morning. He wraps up a nice little "what happened to" piece concerning the band members professional careers after the All Shook Down . . .
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Blind Pig - February 3, 2001DOWNLOAD:1. Embrace the Crimson Tide 2. Skeleton 3. All Your Experiments4. become a member or log in.
Bloodshot Records puts out a solid label/roster compilation every few years, and For A Decade of Sin is no exception. I got this My Morning Jacket track off eMusic and plan on downloading the rest of the two discs asap. In the meantime, check out these for a taste.DOWNLOAD:MP3:
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David Lynch: auteur/soundtrack enthusiast/hypnosis pundit. Lynch absolutely transforms the songs he uses in his films into his own. Can anyone really hear "Blue Velvet" without feeling the voyeuristic vibe of the film of the same name? He is expert in juxtaposing a song with a scene of a dissimliar theme. Often copied, never trumped, here are some tracks I have enjoyed over the years used in some of his latter films.
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Prompted by an Amoeba Records clerk, my initial foray into Brendan Benson was 2005's The Alternative To Love album. Like any album worth it's salt, it piqued my curiosity to dealve into Benson's back-catalog. Glad I did, as his previous 2002 album Lapalco is great as well. Also of . . .
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Several months ago I highlighted Castanets debut, Cathedral -- high praise abound, and still a favorite night-time listen. Dig how Ashmatic Kitty describes their new album: "With First Light's Freeze, Castanets return with a dark mutant-country sound infused with strands of free-jazz, new wave and a late-seventies Nashville big-radio strut hijacked by post-punk unravelers. The result is a beautiful mix of somber reflection, destination-unknown travelogue, and subversive anti-war boogie. Castanets' unrelenting creative pioneering delightfully befuddles, as they simultaneously flirt . . .
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