Archive for August, 2005

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

DOWNLOAD:MP3: Josh Rouse – For The Turnstiles (Neil Young cover) *MP3: Josh Rouse – Miserable South **MP3: Josh Rouse – Straight To Hell (Clash cover) ***————* Nashville album sessions** Bedroom Classics e.p.*** Uncut magazine Clash tribute

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

New Orleans native Life Goes Off has a good informational section on his blog about where to get non-cable-news disaster information, as well as links to relief efforts, etc.

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Two from Workbook. Two from Sugar. None from his electronica album.DOWNLOAD:MP3: Bob Mould – Sunspots MP3: Bob Mould – Poison Years MP3: Sugar – Judas CradleMP3: Sugar – Changes

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

The first track off Bob Mould’s new Body of Song album Vs. the first track off Hüsker Dü’s classic New Day Rising…
DOWNLOAD:MP3: Bob Mould – CirclesMP3: Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising
*Check out Bob’s prolific blog: Boblog, for the latest news, etc. etc.

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Two tracks off the upcoming Ryan Adams & The Cardinals’ album Jacksonville City Nights. Very honky-tonk. Album release date: September 27, 2005DOWNLOAD:MP3: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – A Kiss Before I GoWAV: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – The Hardest Part (iTunes track))

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Wow. This past week I bought the Castanets debut album Cathedral and it is outright spooky. I’m not entirely sure if there is a even genre for this yet…Avant-Country? Apparently this was recorded in a secluded cabin in the far reaches of Northern California. It sounds like it too. I would liken this (and recommend) [...]

Monday, August 29th, 2005

As a rule I am not one for covering The Beatles. 9 out of 10 times it’s just a really bad idea — that’s not the case here though. George Benson released “The Other Side of Abbey Road” shortly after The Beatles 1969 release as a tribute completely reinterpreting album. The first MP3 posted here [...]

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

Greetings from Georgia, my home state. This is the kickoff post for my ongoing “state’s project.” Combining my love for old U.S. travel postcards and MP3’s, I will be posting native tunes from all 50 states. Sufjan Stevens eat your heart out. Look for old standbys as well as (hopefully) some artists that you haven’t [...]

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

It’s a pretty mellow affair over at the radio to the right, but that’s the way I’m rollin’, playa. New tunes added for your (my) listening pleasure. I may be the only one who listens to this thing anyway. If you like/hate what you’re hearing, don’t be shy, post a comment. I like recc’s too, [...]

Friday, August 26th, 2005

“Call it Americana, alt-country, roots music, what-have-you: The musical genre without a bin card has been defined for a decade by No Depression magazine. “
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Thursday, August 25th, 2005

As a longtime bona fide Steely Dan freak, I was thrilled to see this unreleased, alternate version of the Gaucho album appear online (and up for download.) And free at that. This is Fagan and Becker in all their coke-rock sicko glory.

Dig this:
“As to why so many songs were dropped from the final lineup of [...]

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

Posting from my hotel room…here are some low-key cuts to go with your morning’s coffee.

Download:
MP3: Kings of Convenience – Winning A Battle, Losing The War
MP3: Paul Simon – April Come She Will (original non-Garfunkel version)
MP3: John Vanderslice: Trance Manual
MP3: Spaceman 3 – Feel So Good
MP3: Magic Numbers – This Love