John K Samson is a musician, poet, publisher, and one of the finest songwriters in Canada. His band, The Weakerthans, make some of the most fierce and caring rock music I've ever had the fortune to hear: charges of guitar, batteries of drums, lines of longing that shine, shine, shine. In Edinburgh I've of course talked with people about Canadian music but the band that most seems to fire peoples' eyes is The Weakerthans. The punks and poets both, and of course the millions of us who fall in between. Listen to mp3s of some of their songs here and [...]
"All the Time in Airports" by the Handsome Family from Last Days of Wonder. Also: "Tesla's Hotel Room". Great moody, creepy stuff by a consistently great, moody, creepy band....
Episode 52 in the podcasts section Live Jambands in Holland : Live Jambands in Holland #52: Handsome Family Paradiso, Amsterdam , The Netherlands 2001-11-24 (part #02) (click to download) Running time: 36:10 -- 128 kbit Taped and transferred by Michiel Oudendijk. Intro The House Carpenter The Sad Milkman All The Tv's In Town The Woman Downstairs So Long [...]
Image: Ace Records Condition Red - The Goodees Even among the many weird and wonderful nooks and corners of the girl group era, "Condition Red" is an oddity. A late entry (1968) in a subgenre that thematically fused tragic opera librettos and simple teenage rock n' roll rebellion, the song is close kin to The Shangri-Las "Leader of the Pack." Kim Cooper locates it in this tradition and highlights some of its stranger elements--the narrator's friendless status, the snotty way [...]
YOUR BELGIAN THINGS The Mountain Goats We Shall All Be Healed 4AD : 2004 [Buy It] MOVING FURNITURE AROUND The Handsome Family Odessa Carrot Top : 1995 [Buy It] WORK ALL WEEK The Mekons Punk Rock Quarterstick : 2004 [Buy It] BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER Bob Dylan The Times They Are a-Changin' [...]
Entertainment Weekly recommends "four cool new songs" (along with free and legal downloads). Be sure to listen to the Handsome Family track, "Tesla's Hotel Room." The finalists have been announced for Canada's Polaris Music Prize : Broken Social Scene for Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts/EMI) Cadence Weapon for Breaking Kayfabe (Upper Class/EMI) The Deadly Snakes for Porcella (Paper Bag/Universal) Final Fantasy for He Poos Clouds (Blocks Recording Club/Sonic Unyon) Sarah Harmer for I’m A Mountain [...]
Said the Gramophone
Glorious Noise
Here Comes The Flood
Shake Your Fist
Moistworks
largehearted boy
The Corner Laughers “Poppy Seeds”
Eating the Animal Kingdom : Enchanted Pork Fist
