SHARON VAN ETTEN myspace wikipedia the facebook last.fm Serpents [mp3] Don't Do It [mp3] For You [mp3] I Couldn't Save You [mp3] Love More [mp3] Sharon Van Etten's new album is Tramp . And it features a guest appearance by Wye Oak's Jenn [...]
The Coathangers released a split single with Davila 666. Their track is called "Smother".
This year's Wham City mix of holiday songs: Baltimas 7 . Baltimas 7 [.zip] 27 tracks featuring: Dan Deacon, Ed Schrader, Connor Kizer, Brian Durel, Devlin Rice, Blitzen Donner Overdrive, Alan Resnick, Caroline Marcantoni, Chuck Green, Devlin Rice, Rachel Monroe, Sam Herring, The Booty Christmas King's Choir, Jordan Casey, Chester Gwazda, Drew Swinburne, Cricket Arrisson, Dina Kelberman, Joshua Kelbermand and Hisselves, Jordan Card, Stefani Levin, Benny Boeldt, Lola Pierson, Keith Lea, Mason Ross, The Present, Ginevra Shay And Box, Jamosa. Baltimas!!!!!!! [...]
REESA & THE ROOTERS UltraMan In Surf Villa [wav] TMI [wav] The lineup on this single: Reesa - vocals, farfisa organ, guitar Cherie Rumbol - vocals, hofner bass Larry - guitars Bob Z. - percussion This single came out in 1980 on Music For Moderns. Reesa and the Rooters are a Philadelphia-area new wave band who started playin back in the early 1980s. Although there have been [...]
EDITH MASSEY Punks, Get Off The Grass [wav] This single is from 1982 and it came out on Egg Records. Edie is better known for her version of"Big Girls Don't Cry", but this b-side is every bit as good, if not better. Featuring: Frank Glicken - guitar Steve Longo - bass Nick Longo - bass David Crockett - drums Susan Lauer - keyboards Pat Hodges - background vocals Gloria Scott - background vocals
PINKY I'm On The Inside [mp3] Sewn Together [mp3] Coconut Creme [mp3] Pinky was an early-90s Baltimore-area band that was sort of performance arty. These tracks are from a 1992 single on Hariette Records . Members Nancy Andrews - violin, vocals, bass Jonathan Gorrie - drums, guitar Linda Smith - guitar, vocals, percussion Lisa Leaverton - violin
IVAN & THE EXECUTIONERS I Wanna Kill James Tailor [.wav] (aka I Wanna Kill James Taylor) Biafran Boy [.wav] This single came out in 1978 on Fine Taste Records. Ivan & The Executioners were a New York punk band from the late-70s. M. Bruno Trombetta - guitars Ivan - lead vocals, auto harp, axe Hoppy Hopkins - drums Steve Randall - bass, vocals, .44
SUBURBAN WIVES CLUB Casual Cat In A Laundromat [mp3] Guru Eye [mp3] These songs are from a 1982 single out on Music For Moderns Records. Reesa - guitar, organ, lead vocals Cherie Rumbol - bass, vocals Ann Frances - drums, vocals Suburban Wives Club were a no-frills 1980s New Wave act out of Philadelphia.
TRU FAX & THE INSANIACS myspace the facebook In 1978, Tru Fax & The Insaniacs became part of Washington DC's budding punk scene. In 1980, Washington Magazine selected them as the "worst band". It should be know that the magazine evidently bestowed this honor on the band without ever hearing them, and, as you could predict, it helped to solidify their popularity in the early DC punk scene. [...]
THE SELDON PLAN the facebook last.fm twitter Fractionation [mp3] From the album Coalizione del Volere . "... They play solid, mature songs that straddle the line between pop-rock and indie-pop; just enough cohesive song structures and production values for the former, just enough wistful moods and slow-building melodies to appropriate the former. ... The Seldon [...]
DIVINE In 1980, Divine got cheap! This single (with a b side containing "The Name Game") has a more rocking edge than some of her later, more disco-y stuff. The result is a rock anthem for trash culture. The Wax Trax Records 45 came in a nice fold out of Divine in action, on stage. Born To Be Cheap [mp3]
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS myspace last.fm the facebook Zombified [soundcloud] From the new album, ZOMBIFIED . Music Emissions rating 8/10. "Horror music served with extra reverb is what's on tap here. 13 eerie songs about the terrors lurking deep within the swamps are the perfect soundtrack if you dare to [...]
BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY myspace last.fm Quail & Dumplings (remix) [mp3] From the new album Wolfroy Goes to Town . "...there isn't much surprising about the sparse, hushed Wolfroy Goes To Town; most of the tracks employ Oldham's fragile vocals and gentle acoustic strumming, and not much else. This time around, he also gets help from Chicago songwriter Angel Olsen, whose soft harmonies are a bewitching contribution. [...]
NEWERMIND: SPIN TRIBUTE TO NIRVANA'S NEVERMIND Requires email to download. Track listing: 1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Meat Puppets 2. In Bloom - Butch Walker & The Black Widows 3. Come As You Are - Midnight Juggernauts 4. Breed - Titus Andronicus 5. Lithium - The Vaselines 6. Polly - Amanda Palmer 7. Territorial Pissings - Surfer Blood 8. Drain You - Foxy Shazam 9. Lounge Act - Jessica Lea Mayfield 10. Stay Away - Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band 11. On A Pain - Telekinesis 12. Something [...]
JEFFREY LEWIS myspace last.fm Cult Boyfriend [mp3] From the new A Turn In The Dream-Songs . "Jeffrey Lewis is a far more otherworldly songwriter than he's given credit for. ... Effortlessly brilliant lines that would tangle the larynx of mere mortals tumble from his mouth, and all in that croaky underdog patter. Things aren't much different here; he's on brilliant form." - Chris [...]
IT'S NOT A DAY FOR WORK - v/a This release is a track-by-track reworking of Ace of Base's "The Sign". Download [.zip] Track listing: 1. She Don't Lead A Lonely Life - Milch of Source feat. EeL 2. Earth Spin Begin - Candy Claws 3. Young And Prout - Thiaz Itch 4. Under The Pale Moon - Freja Bluegrass Band 5. Eyes Of A Stranger - Society of Imaginary Friends 6. Daydreamin' - 100 dBs & Ryan-O'Neil 7. Wheel Of Forts - Pikelet 8. Sleeping In [...]
DUM DUM GIRLS myspace last.fm twitter the facebook Bedroom Eyes [mp3] Coming Down [mp3] From the new album, Only in Dreams . Spin rating: 8 of 10 "Much as the Smiths cobbled together glam, Motown, and kitchen-sink drama into a [...]
THE WAR ON DRUGS myspace Snake Tongues [mp3] Come to the City [mp3] Pitchfork rating: 8.3 "... The really amazing thing about the album is how anthemic and affirming it feels despite the near total absence of proper sing-along choruses. ..." -Stuart Berman
FUTURE ISLANDS myspace last.fm the facebook tumblr Balance [mp3] From the upcoming album On the Water . "Baltimore's Future Islands have an uncommon touch with injecting grit and claustrophobic stains on otherwise melodic new wave. Calling the first single from their new LP "Balance" has certain poetry to it, then. [...]
ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS last.fm I Sell Soul [mp3] From the upcoming record Barfly. Yes, this is new material. Subba-Cultcha rating 9 out of 10. "...Thomas, always an outstanding frontman and lyricist, is in scintillating form here, and the band provide a backing bourne of their considerable collective experience which never fails to impress. It's a combination which works even better on record than you [...]
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