April 2009
25 posts
Scores 4/28/09
Link Wray — Be What You Want To LP (Polydor, white label promo) Serge Gainsbourg — Melody Nelson LP (Light in the Attic) Isabelle Antena — Fire LP (Les Disques du Crepuscle) Jesse Davis s/t LP (Atco) Flin Flon — Dixie (Version) LP (Teenbeat) I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness — Fear Is On Our Side 2xLP (Secretly Canadian) Jean-Pierre Massiera —...
Apr 28th
Boss Pile 4/22/09
Happy Earth Day, folks. “Rescue Me” s5e3 Sir Doug and the Texas Tornadoes — Texas Rock for Country Rollers LP (Dot/ABC) The Move — The Best of the Move LP (Fly) nice dinner @ Sullivan Diner Reviews return very soon. Promise. I’m starting to farm titles out to other writers, with sexy results.
Apr 22nd
Scores 4/22/09
Depeche Mode — Sounds of the Universe 2xLP (Mute/Capitol/Virgin) Pontiak — Maker LP (Thrill Jockey) The Rats — Intermittent Signals LP (Mississippi) Peter Hammill — In Camera LP (Charisma) Peter Hammill — The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage LP (Charisma) Deep Purple — In Concert (The Unreleased BBC Tapes) 2xLP (Harvest) Bob Seger — Smokin’...
Apr 22nd
Boss Pile 4/21/09
V/A — Not Given Lightly: A Tribute to the Giant Golden Book of New Zealand’s Alternative Music Scene 2xCD (Morr Music) David Blue — Nice Baby and the Angel LP (Asylum) Jeremy Spencer and the Children s/t LP (Columbia) Stone Harbour — Emerges LP (Void) Hurriganes — Hurrigane by the Hurriganes LP (Sonet) Big ol’ mail day today, as follows: Mike Rep —...
Apr 21st
Boss Pile 4/20/09
Clockcleaner/Lamps/Homostupids/Pink Reason live Left Banke — There’s Gonna Be a Storm MP3s Lifter Puller — Fiestas + Fiascos/Soft Rock MP3s Longmont Potion Castle MP3s “Breaking Bad” s2e6 “Party Down” s1e5 “SNL: Best of Amy Poehler” Clockcleaner played their final show on Saturday night at Kung Fu Necktie in Philly. I’d have to say...
Apr 20th
Scores 4/19/09
Bad Company — Straight Shooter LP (Swan Song) The Rolling Stones — Tattoo You LP (Rolling Stone) The Sensational Alex Harvey Band — Live LP (Atlantic) The Sensational Alex Harvey Band — Tomorrow Belongs To Me LP (Vertigo) Steve Hillage — Open LP (Virgin) Movietone — Day and Night LP (Drag City) The Young Rascals — Groovin’ LP (Atlantic) Jackie...
Apr 20th
Boss Pile 4/17/09
Peter Dello and Friends — Into Your Ears LP (See for Miles) Del Shannon — Further Adventures of Charles Westover LP (Liberty) Ride — Twisterella 12” (Creation) Beluga — Pet 7” (self-released) Tyvek — Summer Things 7” (Les Disques Steak) Mayfair Set 7” (Captured Tracks) Brilliant Colors — both 7”s (Make a Mess/Captured Tracks) ...
Apr 17th
Boss Pile 4/16/09
Hole Class s/t LP (Meds) Witch — Lazy Bones!! LP (Shadoks) George-Edwards Group — 38:38 LP (Drag City) “Rescue Me” s5e2 Tim & Eric on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” computer problems (MS Word you are the devil) George-Edwards Group is really nice light psych-folk. Parts of it remind me of one of my favorite records (Alzo s/t on Bell) in that it’s...
Apr 16th
Boss Pile 4/15/09
Eat Skull — Wild and Inside MP3s Sun City Girls — Napoleon & Josephine CD (Abduction) Crystal Antlers — Tentacles MP3s Tim Dog — Penicillin on Wax MP3s Vee Dee — Public Mental Health System 2xLP (Criminal IQ) Cochise — Swallow Tales LP (United Artists) Illuminations — See-Saw LP (All Hands Electric) Intelligence — Fake Surfers MP3s This Eat...
Apr 15th
Boss Pile 4/13/09
Comet Gain/Crystal Stilts live The Sperm — Shh! LP (Destijl) Ersen s/t LP (Finders Keepers) L’ocelle Mare s/t LP (Minority) Gordons s/t LP (Flying Nun Europe) Gordons — Future Shock 12” (Flying Nun) Reports — Bill Wyman Metal Detector 7” (Ride the Snake) Steve Hillage — Live Herald 2xLP (Virgin) Ride — Leave Them All Behind 12”...
Apr 13th
Scores 4/11/09
Circle — Tyrant 2xLP (Latitudes) Kensington Market — Aardvark LP (Warner Bros) Can — Unlimited Edition 2xLP (Caroline) Drunkdriver — Born Pregnant LP (Parts Unknown) Girls Against Boys — Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby LP (Touch & Go) The Heads — Session 02 LP (Rocket) Eddie Boyd — 7936 South Rhodes LP (Epic) Cochise — Swallow Tales LP (UA) Meat Beat...
Apr 12th
Boss Pile 4/10/09
Abner Jay — True Story LP (Mississippi) Jazzfinger — Mole and the Morning Dew LP (Spirit of Orr) Shogun Kunitoki — Vinonaamakasio LP (Fonal; this is great) Kurt Vile — Constant Hitmaker MP3s Michael Hurley — Armchair Boogie LP (Mississippi) The Bats — Smoking Her Wings 7” (Flying Nun) Cherubs — Carjack Fairy 7” (Trance Syndicate) McLusky...
Apr 10th
Boss Pile 4/9/09
NO MUSIC WEDNESDAY. I was shredded after work and had to get on a conference call as soon as I got home. Relaxed with the rest of the enchiladas we made on Sunday and bossed a bunch of recent “Tim & Eric” episodes. I didn’t really remember the Pusswhip Banggang sketch but that was incredible; they sounded like BTO or Brave Belt, any number of fair-to-middling Canadian rock...
Apr 9th
Boss Pile 4/8/09
Gunslingers/Bogan DustCoconuts — live @ Cake Shop Third Door from the Left — Face the Firing Squad LP (Vinyl-on-Demand) Scribbler — My Old Lady 7” (Stumparumper) The House Floor/Convoj split 7” (Sound/Friends Network) Cam Deas — My Guitar is Alive and It’s Singing LP (Blackest Rainbow) American Band — Hot Fiction LP (Hot Releases) Chubby...
Apr 8th
Boss Pile 4/7/09
Kurt Vile — Constant Hitmaker LP (Woodsist) Mas y Mas — Proud Sponsors of Pepsi LP (Sound/Friends Network) Up-Tight — The Beginning of the End LP (8mm) The Beets — Spit in the Face of People Who Don’t Want To Be Cool LP (Captured Tracks) “McDonald’s” dinner from Momofuku Ssam Bar (Chang’s takes on the McRib and McNuggets … pretty...
Apr 7th
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Mas y Mas - Proud Sponsors of Pepsi LP...
Proud, bitter DC residents Mas y Mas plow through this proper debut LP mainlining vinegar and spitting out hard truths to a generation that’s had it too easy. Normally the hometaper w/ drum machine and “This Machine Kills Grad Students” guitar is an easy thing to overlook, but Mas y Mas, a duo, pulls together an unswerving takedown of cocksure youth and the world of capitalism. I put this on...
Apr 7th
Onna s/t 7" (Holy Mountain/Tlon Uqbar)
Surprise rediscovery of a 1983 single by Japanese psych dreamers Onna, finding kindred spirits in such currents acts like Ariel Pink, Gary War, or Blank Dogs, any of which could be reasonably extrapolated from Onna’s languid logic. Two long-ish pieces build up an image of lysergic isolation, with honeydripping guitar dirges, wistful Ghost-like soloing (guitarist Michio Kurihara made his recorded...
Apr 7th
Scores 4/6/09
they just keep on comin’, don’t they. Scribble — My Old Lady 7” (Stumparumper) The House Floor/Convoj split 7” (Sound/Friends Network) Chubby Behemoth s/t 7” (Sound/Friends Network/Infinite Limbs) Mas Y Mas — Proud Sponsors of Pepsi LP (Sound/Friends Network) Michael Hurley — Armchair Boogie LP (Mississippi) Third Door from the Left — Face the...
Apr 7th
Boss Pile 4/6/09
RIBS/Cobretti live Mick Greenwood — Living Game LP London Underground — Cultural Affairs Session LP Zoo s/t LP Kawaguchi Masami’s New Rock Syndicate — Cat vs Frog LP 1990s — Kicks LP The Savages — Black Scorpio LP Gunslingers — No More Invention LP Houston Person — 75 LP Steamhammer — Reflection LP The Pop Group — She Is Beyond...
Apr 6th
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Scores 4/5/09
So nice out today that I couldn’t resist a walk down to Academy. Steamhammer — Reflection LP (Akarma) The Pop Group — She Is Beyond Good and Evil 12” (Radar, not a big fan but I’ve wanted one of these for a while) Neil Merryweather — Merryweather LP (Capitol) Pheromoans — Revamper 7” (Convulsive) Dan Melchior und Das Menace — “Dim Are...
Apr 5th
Scores 4/4/09
Ringo Deathstarr 12” (Fan Death) London Underground — Current Affairs Session LP (On-U Sound) Amanaz — Africa LP (Shadoks) Chris Brokaw — Gracias, Ghost of the Future LP (Capitan) Zoo s/t LP (Mercury) Kurt Vile — God Is Saying This To You… LP (Mexican Summer) V/A — The World’s Lousy With Ideas 12” EP (Almost Ready) Obits — I Blame You LP...
Apr 5th
Boss Pile 4/3/09
Goes Cube — Another Day Has Passed CD (The End) “Real Life” DVD (1979, d. Albert Brooks) “Arrested Development” s1 DVD (disc 3) Stern
Apr 3rd
Scores 4/2/09
Dan Melchior und Das Menace — Thankyou Very Much 2xLP (S-S) Nothing People — Late Night LP (S-S) V/A — Puget Power 5 7” (Regal Select) Leaders — “Candy Pants” b/w “The Descent” 7” (Regal Select) Ghost Hospital — “D+” b/w “Religious Bias in Nursery Rhymes” 7” (Teen Ape, second copy) Onna — Japanese...
Apr 2nd
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Boss Pile 4/2/09
Brian Jonestown Massacre/The Asteroid #4 — live @ Terminal 5 Stern show Took my girlfriend to that show. Asteroid #4 graced us with a cover of the Catherine Wheel’s college radio hit “I Want to Touch You” and reminded me how much better that band was than these late bloomers. This is the Philly band, I’m assuming, some incarnation of their Psychedelphian past. Pretty...
Apr 2nd
Boss Pile 4/1/09
Jeffrey Lee Novak — After the Ball LP (LMN) Company Flow — Funcrusher Plus 2xLP (Rawkus) Stephen Mathieu — The Keys to the Kingdom 10” (Dekorder) Killdozer — Twelve Point Buck LP (Touch & Go) “Eastbound & Down” s1e2 Unimpressed with the Mathieu and the Novak upon first spin (the former: hey, I can play wineglasses too; the latter: sounds like...
Apr 1st