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Count To Ten

Apr 18, 7:30pm Adding Machine
The Softies - "Count to Ten" Live at Chickfactor 20
Count to ten - The Softies So this happened last weekend in a place very far away, though oddly proximal to a lot of other things i wish i could have gone to see over the years. Hmmm. The Softies and the Aislers Set are who i wish i could have seen. Nothing would have changed with them. The other bands are enough to remain for me as relics in an unreturnable, unreformed past.
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Artist:The Softies
Title:Count To Ten
Link Text:Count to ten - The Softies
File Name:06-count-to-ten.mp3
Genre:Pop
Year:1996

Watch The Softies' Brooklyn Chickfactor Reunion

Apr 18, 4:00pm The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
The Softies - "Hello Rain" (live at Chickfactor 2012, Brooklyn, NY)
The Softies, possibly the greatest band the North American indie-pop scene has ever produced, played their first show in years last week at one of Chickfactor's 20th anniversary shows in Brooklyn. To call it "epic" might be a little much for a twee duo without a rhythm section, but for what it's worth, I bought tickets to their next show ( in Portland, May 30 ) over Coachella. Here are six (amazing) videos from the set.
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The Softies Play Chickfactor in Brooklyn, First Show In Years

Apr 13, 3:13am The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
Apparently the long-overdue Softies reunion, which mine eyes will witness in Portland next month, was pretty amazing tonight. It was the duo's first show in years. Notes from Brooklyn: @ daverawkblog @ chickfactorzine The Softies did Perfect Dear, Best Days, Charms, Tracks, Count to 10, Loveseat, Lambretta Boy, so many more — rob sheffield (@robsheff) April 13, 2012 I'm guessing Rob means "Perfect Afternoon" - the others would be "Charms Around Your Wrist" and "Tracks and Tunnels." Would love to know [...]
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Writing at One Week One Band This Week

Feb 7, 2:12pm The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
Writing at One Week One Band This Week The Softies' Rose Melberg at a solo show / photo by David Greenwald If you're not familiar with One Week One Band , founded by my friend Hendrik Jasnoch, it's grown from a concept - that old music is worth talking about in the flood of Relevant New MP3s - into a sort of weekly blog version of the 33 1/3 books. I'm proud to be writing about the Softies, my favorite band, for the site all week. Here's what's up so far: * The band's other projects and pre-Softies work [...]
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BRAVE IRENE – No Fun

Jan 28, 2011, 9:20am The Sky Report
BRAVE IRENE – No Fun Brave Irene is the new project from Rose Melberg of The Softies/Tiger Trap. The self-titled ep will be released on Slumberland Records March 15. Check out the wildly infectious girl-group jam "No Fun" below. Brave Irene "No Fun" by Slumberland Records
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Artist:Brave Irene
Title:No Fun
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Pop
Year:2011

BRAVE IRENE "No Fun" STREAM

Jan 27, 2011, 11:56pm TWENTYSEVEN VIEWS
After the long stint in Tiger Trap, Go Sailor, The Softies and her solo project, Rose Melberg is back at it with a full band with Vancouver's Brave Irene. The band contains the same elements that have drawn the indie pop community to her work throughout the years. And till this day, she still garners [...]
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Sleepsongs: Sleep Away Your Troubles

Jan 12, 2011, 1:45pm Star Maker Machine
Sleepsongs: Sleep Away Your Troubles The Softies: Sleep Away Your Troubles [ Purchase ] The Softies are what some might call the definition of the term "twee". Two girls, Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia, of the Pacific Northwest who often wore babydoll dresses and sang sweet, delicate music using only two guitars that harmonized, as did their vocals. They sang of love and friendship and childhood memories all with an innocent beauty, and anything else that could leave you with a warm tingling feeling of nostalgia. This song comes from their album [...]
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Artist:The Softies
Title:Sleep Away Your Troubles
Link Text:The Softies: Sleep Away Your Troubles
File Name:SleepAwayYourTroubles.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2000

I Miss You, Like the Deserts Miss the Rain

Jun 19, 2010, 4:00am The Indie Music Database
I Miss You, Like the Deserts Miss the Rain This isn't an EBTG post, sorry to disappoint, though it was that song that inspired me to make up this week's list. As an alumni of the Long Distance Relationships club, I have compiled many-a-song to my list of tunes to soothe the weary heart. A particular song that was on heavy play was Everything But the Girl's 'Missing' (also because, prior to the LDR club, I was a recovering pining-for-a-lost-love addict). I haven't added a song since, as it's been that long since I've needed one for my longing heart, but with my natural pre-disposition to sappiness [...]
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Artist:Ballboy
Title:I Lost You, But I Found Country Music
Link Text:I lost you, but I found country music
File Name:ilostyou.mp3
Year:2008
Artist:Coconut Records
Title:West Coast
Link Text:West Coast
File Name:westcoast.mp3
Bitrate:183 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:The Muttering Retreats
Title:Awkward Poetry
Link Text:Awkward Poetry
File Name:awkwardpoetry.mp3
Year:2008
Artist:The Softies
Title:Sleep Away Your Troubles
Link Text:Sleep Away Your Troubles
File Name:sleepaway.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2000

Bootleg/Video: Rose Melberg – "My Heaven, My Sky"

Apr 30, 2010, 10:58am The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
In an undated but presumably recent video (circa 2006, 2007, I'd guess), Rose Melberg plays a pretty take on Portola stand-out "My Heaven, My Sky" with frequent collaborator Nick Krgovich of P:ano and Gigi. Videographer Robin Anderson has another pair of performances from the set on Vimeo - I've gone ahead and ripped two of these performances below. If anyone knows what the others are called, please comment away! Rose Melberg - "My Heaven, My Sky" (live): mp3 Rose Melberg - "(Unknown - If You Want [...]
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Artist:Rose Melberg
Title:(Unknown? - ft. Nick Krgovich)
Link Text:mp3
File Name:rose-unknown.mp3
Bitrate:115 kbps
Artist:Rose Melberg
Title:My Heaven, My Sky (live - ft. Nick Krgovich)
Link Text:mp3
File Name:rose-myheaven.mp3
Bitrate:117 kbps

The Canon, Examined: Go Sailor – "Go Sailor"

Mar 29, 2010, 1:00pm The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
The Canon, Examined: Go Sailor – "Go Sailor" Go Sailor aren't the most notorious of Rose Melberg's projects: The Softies, who lasted longer and sounded sweeter, and Tiger Trap, which announced her emergence into the twee scene with a treble-heavy bang, are both better known. But the band, which reunited for an instant classic show at the Echo on Sunday night, deserves the same recognition. The short-lived group, which included Crimpshine's Paul Curran and Amy Linton of Henry's Dress and later, the Aislers Set, produced three EPs and two compilation tracks ultimately gathered on the 1996 Go Sailor compilation. The release's 14 songs benefit from a [...]
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Rose Melberg's Go Sailor Reuniting In L.A., S.F.

Feb 4, 2010, 10:00am The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
Rose Melberg's Go Sailor Reuniting In L.A., S.F. Go Sailor may not have set the indie-pop world on fire the way some of Rose Melberg's other projects (Tiger Trap, Rawkblog favorite-band-ever The Softies) did, but given that Rose has spent approximately an hour performing songs in Los Angeles in the last decade, all news is good news. The short-lived, Rose-fronted band - which obviously rules - is reuniting to play at Slumberland Records' 20th anniversary shows in L.A. on March 28 and San Francisco on March 27. Joining them will be other reuniting '90s luminaries Henry's Dress, Boyracer and The How, as well as modern torch-bearers Pants Yell! [...]
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Artist:Go Sailor
Title:Last Year
Link Text:mp3
File Name:gosailor-lastyear.mp3
Bitrate:241 kbps
Year:1995

I Have a Supercrush on Rose Melberg

Jan 12, 2010, 1:30pm blowin your cover
I Have a Supercrush on Rose Melberg **I LOVE this skirt! I am awesome! I managed to miss posting about the holidays this year, I also managed to not post any year-end lists once again this year. I think 2009 was a wash, I'm glad to see it go for many reasons. The last few months have been difficult for me for a variety of reasons but 2010 is a new year, a new decade and I suppose a new start (again), and thus far things seem to be going pretty darn well. [...]
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Artist:Gaze
Title:Nine Lives To Rigel Five (Game Theory Cover)
Link Text:"Nine Lives To Rigel Five"
File Name:Nine.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1999
Artist:Gaze
Title:Whenever She Holds You (Patty Duke Cover)
Link Text:"Whenever She Holds You"
File Name:Whenever.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Go Sailor
Title:Blue Sky (Nar Cover)
Link Text:"Blue Sky"
File Name:Blue.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Henry's Dress
Title:10 Supercrush (Tiger Trap Cover)
Link Text:"Supercrush"
File Name:Supercrush.mp3
Bitrate:223 kbps
Artist:Rose Melberg
Title:I Love How You Love Me (Barry Mann Cover)
Link Text:"I Love How You Love Me"
File Name:Love.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Rose Melberg
Title:I Will (The Beatles Cover)
Link Text:"I Will"
File Name:Will.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:The Softies
Title:Hey Hey Girl (Rocketship Cover)
Link Text:"Hey, Hey Girl"
File Name:Hey.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Softies
Title:I Can't Get No Satisfaction, Thank God (Talulah Gosh Cover)
Link Text:"I Can't Get No Satisfaction, Thank God"
File Name:Satisfaction.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1995
Artist:The Softies
Title:Together Forever (Rick Astley Cover)
Link Text:"Together Forever"
File Name:Together.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996

Canciones (20)

Nov 26, 2009, 6:10pm lito music
Canciones (20) Para el recopilatorio de hoy nos vamos a centrar en el catálogo de Slumberland Records que este año celebran su vigésimo aniversario. Desde que el año 1989 comenzase su andadura con un 7" llamado What Kind of Heaven Do You Want?, que incluía canciones de Black Tambourine, Powderburns y mis adorados Velocity Girl, el sello norteamericano nos ha regalado joyas irrepetibles. Resulta complicado resumir estos veinte años de historia en unas pocas canciones, así que simplemente me limitaré a poner algunas de las que más me gustan, no obstante, os recomiendo que os déis una vuelta por el [...]
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Artist:Go Sailor
Title:Windy
Link Text:Go Sailor-Windy
File Name:go_sailor-windy.mp3
Bitrate:134 kbps
Year:1995
Artist:Hood
Title:British Radars
Link Text:Hood-British Radars
File Name:hood-british_radars.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1994
Artist:Lilys
Title:February Fourteenth
Link Text:Lilys-February Fourteenth
File Name:lilys-feb_fourteenth.mp3
Bitrate:136 kbps
Artist:Rocketship
Title:Love You Like The Way...
Link Text:Rocketship-I Love You Like The Way I Used To Do
File Name:rocketship-love_you_like_the_w ay.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Aislers Set
Title:Long Division
Link Text:The Aislers Set-Long Division
File Name:the_aislers_set-long_division. mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1998
Artist:The Lodger
Title:My Advice Is On Loan
Link Text:The Lodger-My Advice is on Loan
File Name:the_lodger-my_advice_is_on_loa n.mp3
Bitrate:232 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Title:Everything With You
Link Text:The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart-Everything With You
File Name:pains-everything-with-you.mp3
Bitrate:232 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:The Softies
Title:Count To Ten
Link Text:The Softies-Count to Ten
File Name:softies-count_to_ten.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1996

Postal Blue

Nov 20, 2009, 7:55pm Adding Machine
Postal Blue Postal blue - The Softies Probably the sweetest band i know. And quite often the saddest, most isolating, most gentle, tether-to-this-earth cutting band i know. This is my one band everyone else seems to have many of - mood setting music for those down times, those alone times. I'll listen to the Softies whenever, though, so i'm still not as grown up, distinct in and distributive of my moods and mood setters as i should be.
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Artist:The Softies
Title:Postal Blue
Link Text:Postal blue - The Softies
File Name:07-postal-blue.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1996

Live: Rose Melberg @ Vacation Vinyl / Echo Curio, 10.27.09

Oct 29, 2009, 11:00am The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
Here a SimpleViewer Flash gallery should be displayed. Click here to open the post in your browser to see the gallery. All photos by David Greenwald You always hope your heroes are as you'd imagined them. Mysterious. Charisma to burn. Or, you know, nice. Rose Melberg, one of indie pop's most talented icons, is the closest thing we've got to twee royalty (beyond being, of course, queen of my heart), but she rules with open arms. Watching her play a pair of far too brief sets at Vacation Vinyl and [...]
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ROSE MELBERG: SOFTEN YOUR OWN HEART

Oct 27, 2009, 4:22pm L.A. RECORD
Rose Melberg found fierceness in Tiger Trap and even more fierceness in softness with the Softies before beginning a solo career early in this millennium. Her new album Homemade Ship is out now on K and she speaks on Sunday morning from her mother's house. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
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Artist:Rose Melberg
Title:Old Days
Link Text:Download: Rose Melberg Old Days
File Name:rosemelberg-olddays.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009

Tonight In L.A.: Rose Melberg

Oct 27, 2009, 10:49am The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
Tonight In L.A.: Rose Melberg Intrepid Rawkblog readers will remember the one and only Rose Melberg as my favorite singer still in business. The former frontwoman of Tiger Trap and The Softies (swoon!) comes to Los Angeles tonight for the first time in forever and a day in support of her latest solo release, the lovely Homemade Ship . Given Rose's infrequent touring schedule, this may be your one and only chance to see her (and, er, me, sobbing away). She's playing Vacation Vinyl tonight at 6 PM and then heading over for another gig at the Echo Curio. Rose [...]
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Camera Obscurist: Hello, Rain

Oct 14, 2009, 11:00am The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
Camera Obscurist: Hello, Rain Photo by David Greenwald Dykstra Hall, UCLA, 2004. The Softies - "Hello, Rain" : mp3 More Photography : Camera Obscurist | Concert Photos
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Artist:The Softies
Title:Hello Rain
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies-hellorain.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1995

Best of the 2000s: Top 100 Albums of the Decade, 20-1

Sep 18, 2009, 11:00am The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
Take a deep breath - you've made it to the final day of The Rawking Refuses To Stop! 's countdown of the Top 100 Albums of the Decade. I promise only greatness. To click through the entire list, click below. 100-81 | 80-61 | 60-41 | 40-21 | 20-1 The 20 best albums of the decade, 2000-2009, after the jump. 20. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies [...]
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Artist:Beulah
Title:Popular Mechanics for Lovers
Link Text:mp3
File Name:beulah - 06 - popular mechanics for lovers.mp3
Bitrate:224 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:Broken Social Scene
Title:Cause=Time
Link Text:mp3
File Name:08 Cause=Time.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:Destroyer
Title:Your Blood
Link Text:mp3
File Name:02-destroyer-your_blood.mp3
Bitrate:212 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Elliott Smith
Title:King's Crossing (1st Performance)
Link Text:mp3
File Name:07 Elliott Smith-Kings Crossing (Live, first ever performance).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Hayden
Title:All In One Move
Link Text:mp3
File Name:all in one move.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2002
Artist:Hem
Title:Half Acre
Link Text:mp3
File Name:03 - Half Acre.mp3
Bitrate:203 kbps
Year:2000
Artist:Jim O'Rourke
Title:Therefore I Am
Link Text:mp3
File Name:03 - Therefore I Am.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:Jon Brion
Title:Meaningless
Link Text:mp3
File Name:03 Meaningless.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2000
Artist:Radiohead
Title:Fog
Link Text:mp3
File Name:06Fog.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:Sea Snakes
Title:A Pall Bearer's Calendar
Link Text:mp3
File Name:03 A Pall Bearers Calendar.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2004
Artist:Sufjan Stevens
Title:Holland
Link Text:mp3
File Name:07 Holland.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:The National
Title:All The Wine
Link Text:mp3
File Name:09 All The Wine.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:The Softies
Title:Holiday In Rhode Island
Link Text:mp3
File Name:07 - the softies - holiday in rhode island.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2000
Artist:The Strokes
Title:New York City Cops
Link Text:mp3
File Name:09 New York City Cops.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Weakerthans
Title:Aside
Link Text:mp3
File Name:02 Aside.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2000
Artist:The Wrens
Title:This Boy is Exhausted
Link Text:mp3
File Name:wrens, the - the meadowlands - 04 - this boy is exhausted.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:Yo La Tengo
Title:madeline
Link Text:mp3
File Name:Yo La Tengo - 11 - Madeline.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2000

Bootleg: The Softies – 3.06.96, Neal House, Columbia, Ohio

Aug 25, 2009, 11:00am The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
Bootleg: The Softies – 3.06.96, Neal House, Columbia, Ohio Bootlegs of most of my favorite musicians - Wilco, Ryan Adams, Radiohead, even Elliott Smith - are not in short supply. But the Softies never quite gathered that Grateful Dead-inspired fanbase during their brief career as indie pop's premiere melancholic duo. There is some evidence of their existence in the live music fossil record, though - a crisp 2000 show I posted here , and this, a richly lo-fi recording from the band's 1996 heyday. Cuddle up with this one, gang. 1. Intro : mp3 2. [...]
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Artist:The Softies
Title:About You
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t06.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:Alaska
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t10.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:Charms Around Your Wrist
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t02.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:Could I
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t11.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:Count To Ten
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t12.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:He'll Never Have To Know
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t08.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:Hello Rain
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t05.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:I Love You More
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t04.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:Intro
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t01.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:It's Love
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t13.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:My Heaven, My Sky
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t03.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:Perfect Afternoon
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t14.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:Selfish
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t09.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
Artist:The Softies
Title:Sixteen Months
Link Text:mp3
File Name:softies1996-03-06d1t07.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1996
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