Head is probably best-known for his time as bassist in Swell Maps where he wrote two of the band's catchiest songs, "Harmony in Your Bathroom" and the great "Cake Shop Girl" which did indeed inspire the name of the Ludlow St. indie rock venue (where he's played before). In 1984 he began a ten-year stint with Television Personalities. Since the early '80s, Head has also released solo records with various backing bands, most recently last year's Diabolical Liberties as Jowe Head & the Demi-Monde. He's also an accomplished artist. -[ BV, 2011 ] Onetime Swell Maps/Television Personalities member [...]
Fuck you #Sandy the #frankenstorm . To hell with everybody who keeps ignoring global warming issues in politics and not trying to reduce your global footprint somehow. We're all guilty of this in many ways. I hope we survive this natural disaster and it does not become some apocalyptic scene. Anyway here's a playlist of a bunch of songs about inclement weather, rain, sleet, floods and snow to help you brave this situation. Playlist for badweather: 01. Smells Like Rain MP3 by Unsane from Occupational Hazard (1998) When [...]
I don't know shit about this band called CRYMNL HYGNE but they have enough variety in their songs to satisfy most pavement fans, brit punk and the Swell Maps with one firm kick to the balls. I don't know how I do it but somehow this stuff finds me this way. Which is really is the soul purpose of this blog to make me turn on my bar stool. There have been dry spells at times then suddenly a few random hits and I'm in cheap beer heaven. Mangod I hope there is such a thing? I would [...]
The University Of London Union February 1st, 1980
Swell Maps on Gary Glitter
Zammuto - "Too Late to Topologize" MP3/download The Books are no more - which is OK; Lost and Safe wasn't good, and this new material seems fresh - and the indie legions are asking WHY? WHY? WHYYYYYYYYY? It doesn't matter. ... Continue reading
Can Can Heads - "Short Face Man" MP3/download I still don't know what to think of this track. Does it need vocals? Hell, does it need to exist? Yes; YES, I fear, for sometimes it takes tunes like this to ... Continue reading
by Bill Pearis Former Swell Maps and Television Personalities member Jowe Head , who you may have heard guest DJing recently on WFMU , is in NYC this week for three shows: Wednesday (4/20) at Rock Shop , then Friday (4/21) at Cake Shop , and Saturday (4/22) at Bruar Falls . Head is probably best-known for his time [...]
Last night's lunar beauty suddenly made me think of the Swell Maps. Nearly 35 years after their do-it-yourself debut, we still get on like a house on fire. Swell Maps - Full Moon In My Pocket MP3
[Audio] STR Mixtape -Party Pooper (Right Click + Save as to Download) Title Artist Starting Time Check My Machine Paul McCartney Blue Takeshi Inomata 05:44 Right Now Salena Jones and Keith Mansfied Orchestra 10:10 Theme From 'Medical Center' Lalo Schifrin 12:56 Celeste The Soundcarriers 15:31 Rose Fifty Foot Hose 19:08 As The World Rises And Falls The West Coast Pop Art Exp. Band 23:48 I Giorni Del'Ir #5 Riz Ortolani 28:29 Back To Marseilles John Martyn 30:09 [...]
SET 1: The Guest MC is Rick Sanchez and I am right there in the front row drinking beers and peeing in-between the bands, sometimes maybe in a cup. Thankfully the live stream exists so I can check the scene over the weekend. Catching some great performances and then sleeping it off during the day For Matador's 21st Birthday bash , Liz Phair is sitting next to me drinking fancy drinks next to the pool as Lester Bangs compares the 60's to 90's and how Nirvana Fucked it all up for us. We were our inflateed market [...]
I don't have much to talk about tonight. I'm feeling kind of out of it. And by that I mean I'm a little depressed. Not in a "I'm going to down a bottle of painkillers!" way, but in more of a, "Jesus I need to figure my shit out!" kind of way. Though I probably wouldn't mind the painkillers. Anyway, I have a busy week ahead of me. I guess it's good to clear my mind of stupid thoughts and, well, focus on sports and getting drunk: there's the Red Sox game on Tuesday night against the Angels [...]
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. Old Swell Maps - Midget Submarines Swell Maps was a Birmingham experimental rock band formed in the 702s, which is believed to have marked the birth of post-punk . This song is taken from their first album "A Trip To Marineville", released in 1979. New kisses- People Can Do The Most Amazing Things I [...]
![STR Mixtape : It Conquered The World [3/7/2010]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2663273_lg.jpg)
Download (right click) 1. Total Slacker - Crystal Necklace 2. Sunglasses - Stand Fast (4:14) 3. TV-Resistori - Voi Ei Ei Voi Olla Totta (07:41) 4. Amo Joy! - The Sane Design (10:52) 5. Secret Cities - Vamos A La Playa (13:52) 6. Swell Maps - Read About Seymour (17:25) 7. Robyn Hitchcock - Propellor Time (18:49) 8. My Morning Jacket - Rocket Man (23:55) 9. Kathy Smith - Seven Virgins (28:44) 10. Roy Buchanan - Hey, Good Lookin' (32:27) 11. [...]
![The Screamers – “Punish Or Be Damned” – self-released /500 [Lucky 7-inch #33]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2356799_lg.jpg)
[ Before you read my post, check out this devastatingly pure-punk write-up ... it's much better than what I have to say ... - gum ] [...]
![“Smokescreen” b/w “Handlebars,” by Desperate Bicycles [Daily MP3 #24 / Lucky 7-inch #32]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2356076_lg.jpg)
Desperate Bicycles - "Smokescreen" / "Handlebars" 7-inch " Desperate Bicycles - "Smokescreen" MP3/download Desperate Bicycles - "Handlebars" MP3/download Perverse as it is, it's taken me this long to hear both Screamers and Desperate Bicycles out [...]
![Abe Vigoda – “Skeleton” cassette tape – Not Not Fun [Cassette Tape Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2307460_lg.jpg)
Abe Vigoda - "Dead City / Waste Wilderness" (MP3/download from Skeleton cassette tape ; FANTASTIC) Abe Vigoda - "Lantern Lights" (MP3, also from Skeleton ) If Abe Vigoda were a shotgun, [...]
For a solo artist, Kurt Vile sure is in a lot of bands. Rating: 5.0/ 5 (2 votes cast)
My New Orleans Public School kindergarten report card. Same as it ever was. This has been a nutty year, filled with lots of sorrow which I worried I might never get over. But I did. Or at least, I'm out of the tunnel, and I amazed by my own resilience or whatever it is. Of course, music is the panacea, and I've found a lot of music to dig this year. So I'd like to share this mix with my readers. Including but not limited to: Cher covering The Kinks. Young Michael Jackson tackling the complexities [...]
INTERNATIONAL WEREWOLF CONSPIRACY “Hip Revolutionaries have the power to strike FEAR!” We are the ultimate Horror Show…Hideous Hair and Dangerous Drugs…Armed Love striking terror into the vacant hearts of the plastic Mother and pig-faced Father. The future of our struggle is the future of fear, FEAR!! The fear of free love, fear of not working, fear of YOUTH …We drink the magic potion and become the spectre that haunts Amerika. We are WEREWOLVES baying at [...]
BrooklynVegan
Review Stalker
The Cargo Culte
The Gumshoe Grove
For The Sake Of The Song
Small Town Romance
Swan Fungus
COCO'S OCD
owl and bear
The Gentlebear
Boards of Canada – Reach For The Dead
Macklemore + Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us (Major Lazer Remix)
