Camper Van Beethoven : 2007-10-19, Eugene [mp3,ogg,flac] "Seven Languages" [mp3] other Camper Van Beethoven music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Cassettes Won't Listen : "Lunch for Breakfast" [mp3] other Cassettes Won't Listen music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Drive-By Truckers : 2007-10-22, Chicago [mp3,ogg,flac] "I'm Your Puppet (Marvin Gaye cover, Kelly Hogan vocals)" [...]
Camper Van Beethoven : 2006-01-18, Cleveland [mp3,ogg,flac] "Life Is Grand" [mp3] Camper Van Beethoven : 2004-10-31, Cleveland [mp3,ogg,flac] "O Death" [mp3] Camper Van Beethoven : 2004-10-21, Toronto [mp3,ogg,flac] "All Her Favorite Fruit" [mp3] other Camper Van Beethoven music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Jesu : "You Wear Their Masks" [mp3] from [...]
. . . Continuing where we left off, with the 70s, including the greatest rock double album in history. "Let it Bleed" (1969) Featuring one of the greatest songs ever written, "Gimme Shelter." Gimme Shelter-Back Forty Gimme Shelter-Local H Gimme Shelter-Phil Lesh and Friends Let It Bleed-Mumbouli You Can't Always Get What You Want-The Radiators "Sticky Fingers" (1971) [...]
7 Means of Movement: Flying Ray and Bob, Air Travel. Eddie Floyd, Big Bird. Frank Sinatra, Come Fly With Me. Away and away the aeroplane shot, till it was nothing but a bright spark; an aspiration; a concentration; a symbol (so it seemed to Mr. Bentley, vigorously rolling his strip of turf at Greenwich) of man's soul; of his determination, thought Mr. Bentley, sweeping round the cedar tree,
In the same week, I received the resisue of the Syd Barrett/Floyd classic, "The Piper At The Gates of Dawn (Special Edition)," an EMI Records release that's worth every penny it will cost you, and Jagjaguwar's latest Sunset Rubdown album, "Random Spirit Lover." "Piper" features not only Syd but also Roger Waters and, so it includes the creative core of both of the Band's essential iterations. (David Gilmour, while a great guitarist, did not in my view shape or form the direction of Pink Floyd.) The release marks the group's 40th anniversary, and it's a double disc—one [...]
The A-Sides : "Cinematic" [mp3] from Silver Storms (out September 18th) The A-Sides : "Diamonds" [mp3] from Silver Storms (out September 18th) The A-Sides : "We're the Trees" [mp3] from Silver Storms (out September 18th) other A-Sides music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Camper Van Beethoven [...]
Download: Camper Van Beethoven - Live in Santa Cruz, 2007 We don't normally do this, but I thought that since I tried out my new M-Audio Microtrack recorder last week at the CVB show, I'd go ahead and post what I got. It's about 30 minutes or so of the show they put on at the Attic in Santa Cruz. It was fucking great! It's strange to realize that one of your favorite bands, no matter what, happens to be from your home town and you saw them at house parties and [...]
The rare opportunity of actual paying work has delayed today's Finally Friday, and it looks like if I don't go ahead and publish it "as is," it will end up being Finally Saturday. If I get a chance, maybe I will just catch up tomorrow. These cover songs go way, way back to my high school days! Yikes! Foo Fighters: I Feel Free The first track on Cream's debut album Fresh Cream (1966). Yes, I have this on vinyl. Joan Jett: Bits and Pieces [...]
Well, my guilt at disappearing for so long came to a head today and I'm back! I was inexplicably social and busy job hunting for a couple of weeks there and then took a week to decompress. One of the things I did in the weeks I was absent was attend the first night of the Pitchfork Music Festival with my best pals Ryan and Lisa. Good times, if you ignore the fact that the sound was way too quiet for a Sonic Youth show. Or any other show for that matter, really. Whatevs. [...]
B esides giving rise to punk and new-wave bands, the era of 1977-1987 also birthed the bands that formed the foundation of "alternative" rock like Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Husker Du, and many more. There was so much innovation and change during this time period that just wasn't accepted by the mainstream media of the day. This era also spans a time period large enough that includes my uncle's college years and my first exposure to the music that would eventually change my life. I find it interesting that this is the music that made most [...]
I had a hard weekend. But notably, there were some new releases and musical gems that made me happy, and I also (frickin finally ) finished Bill Bryson's dry and uproarious book about Britain, Notes From A Small Island . I enjoyed it so much that it almost feels wrong . I'm talking 'bout laughing (really, kinda chortling) out loud on every other page, plus really enjoying reading about places I'd visited in the UK that I hadn't thought about in 5 years; places like this little gem , or here [...]
I spent most of the morning and early afternoon trying to complete my list of Saturday chores, an endeavor made much more difficult by atmospheric conditions I can only describe as gross . I don't know what the heck has been going on with the weather these past few days. The temperature hasn't been too oppressive, but the levels of humidity in the air have been obscene. Even the smallest physical exertions have become exercises in stickiness (and stinkiness), and it has conspired with the record high pollen levels to maintain a steady, low level sinus headache pulsing behind [...]
With my 2-week vacation to the east coast a mere 12 hours away, I'm beginning to realize the logistics of dragging my external hard drive out with me are a little bit on the impossible side. Because of that, I have decided to turn this whole Instru'Mental thing into an ongoing series. Besides, how could I devote a mere handful of posts to my favorite instrumental tracks? I'm almost positive I'll still be able to throw up a post or two while I'm away, so keep checking back. If you haven't already learned it, if you check [...]
Everybody knows The Clash, and everybody smart loves The Clash. Smart punk. Power chords and attitude, complete with a fully realized ethos. The closest comparison in the modern generation is probably Pearl Jam. And I do love Pearl Jam, but I just don't think they compare. PJ's songs are great, but I can't imagine them being performed by anyone other than Pearl Jam. The Clash, on the other hand, were great songwriters. Case(s) in point to follow . . . A is for Arcade Fire-Guns of Brixton (live) [...]
Exactly 40 years ago Pink Floyd recorded Interstellar Overdrive , the instrumental monster on their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn . Today it is still a popular live track in the jam band scene. No wonder, it is one of the best things written by Syd Barrett . The opening hook of the piece is a distorted, descending guitar riff played in unison by the band. This riff eventually turns into improvisation, including modal noodlings, percussive flourishes on the Farfisa organ, and quiet interludes. The song gradually becomes [...]
Photography by Rose & Olive I've only won something once. A bicycle. About 15 years ago, my mom had entered my name in a local convenience store (I think it was a Circle K). What was weird was that we were having a nasty storm the day I won. It rained hard, thunder and lightening knocked at the electricty. In the middle of this, we get a call that I've won. It was birthed to me in a storm, I should've known it would be an evil bike. Poorly [...]
This is a post I've been wanting to do for a while. A few months back as I was listening to "Beer for Breakfast" by the Replacements, I realized that there are a lot of wonderfully stupid songs out there ¬– songs whose subject matter is so crass, juvenile, and/or moronic that they induce guffaws and/or grins. Below are some that I found. If any one of you can think of others, let me know and I'll try to post 'em. STUPID SONG INSIGHT!!! Note that [...]
Less Than A Minute (not really), Footnote 2 Oh, what the hell... here's another version of "Wasted". This time it's Camper Van Beethoven . And this version comes in at almost TWO Minutes! That's almost twice the "Wasted" in one download. Download: "Wasted" (mp3) Myspace page is here . Pitch-A-Tent is here . Emusic page is here .
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Berkeley Place
Locust St.
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Swedelife: mp3 blog
speed of dark
Copy, Right?
Can You See the Sunset
I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS
Armagideon Time
Pimps of Gore
Here Comes The Flood
T S U R U R A D I O
Dividing By Zero Will Get You Nowhere
Water All Around
GIMME TINNITUS
Sound of Summer (v. 3.1)
Another All-Star In The Studio With Daft Punk
J-Ax Meglio Live Tour 2012: la scaletta della data zero a Rovereto con l'omaggio ai Beastie Boys
The National - The Rains Of Castamere [Game of Thrones Soundtrack]
