SPUDD!

Here's a couple tracks from our old high school band, Spudd. The extra D is for debutante. The first one, "Mall Wenches", is short and sweet, just like them. The "Get the Bait Medley" starts out fine, but then proceeds down 10 Mile Creek, and finally empties out into the Maumee river. Enjoy.

MTV's 120 minutes archive

serious timewaster. MTV's 120 minutes archive

HEALTH announces their Australia tour....

After seeing this tour promo, I'm sold

Axel F, lasers, soccer ball

...that is all.

Fancy spinning top from Mark Frauenfelder on Vimeo.

Minutemen

Their prolific double album, "Double Nickels on the Dime" turns 25 this month. This record was my anthem in high school. I never saw them live; I did see "fIREHOSE", the band Mike Watt formed after D. Boon died, at the Southgate house in 1989. Here is a huge thread from BoingBoing:

LINK to Double Nickels on the Dime by the Minutemen turns 25


I also stumbled upon this user on youtube, who is uploading all SST stuff. SST was the label that Greg Ginn (Black Flag) founded, and my youth was spent listening to Hüsker Dü, Black Flag, and the Minutemen. I learned to play bass by figuring out the bass lines on these albums. Also, I am old.

LINK to Our Band could be Your Life

Black Moth Super Rainbow

I'm way into them for the same reason I like Boards of Canada...kind of beautiful darkness to their sound. I saw them last night and took some video of their wacky visuals...



This is the video for "Sun Lips", which is bittersweet and maybe has subtle Buddhist undertones? (death is a part of life...discuss)




They also showed this clip, taken from a movie called "Street Trash", which has no redeemable properties whatsoever, and was part of my High-School-crap-horror-movie-education program. Seriously...watch at yer own risk.

Very, very bad demo songs

This guy runs an indie record label and has a backlog of terrible submissions by eager musicians. Click on the link below...

Mind-Melting Demo Disasters

Vacation Part 1 - Deerhoof

First up was a whirlwind trip to Chicago on May 7 to see my favorite band Deerhoof play at the Bottom Lounge. They have a childlike joy to their music, even when they're rocking heavy duty. The show was great, even if the guy in front of me thought he was at a Arsenio Hall taping. By the way, their drummer, Greg, is totally insane on a two piece kit. 

Here's some crappy short videos, with a link to some equally crappy photos.











LINK to slideshow

The Imperial Theme...

...arranged for ukulele and tuba.

Plenty more where that came from VIA aprilwinchell.com.

the BEST LP cover art

Add yer caption in the comments...I'll get you started:

1) "God I hate long division..."

2) "Did you take your shoes off? Because something smells."

3) "Hmmm...what rhymes with 'rim-job'?"

LINK to lpcoverlover

Erin Gray

I don't know how it happened but two of my boyhood fantasies have collided. Sheena Easton sings to a montage of Erin Gray (from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century). This guy won't let me embed...click the link.





LINK

From Ludacris to Suicidal

Little Dragon

gets with some chocolate company for a sweet spot. 




Here's the music video for the song "Fortune".

Elis Regina + Dosh = Cibelle

Elis Regina...pure Braizilan soul.



Dosh's "Calling the Kettle Black"...electronic looping auteur.



Cibelle. Sounds like she's got one mic for singing and one for looping and effects. Plus she's got a great set of pins.

Thanks for the link, Rich!

Don Caballero

I saw them last night at Northside Tavern. This clip isn't from that show, but it's one the best sounding ones I could find on youtube. What's weird is the drummer's snare is down by his ankles!

Drummer nerd break

Terry Bozzio and Chad Wackerman were both drummers in Frank Zappa's band...and they're both insane. I saw Chad play in Detroit with Zappa in '87...I don't remember much about that show due to some chemicals, but the drum solo was somethin else. Terry was in "Missing Persons" with his sister Dale, and after that he did some solo stuff. I've never seen anyone play like him.

HOLY FUCK

...is playing at the Gypsy Hut tonight. I should get off my ass and see them, even though my acid days are over.

I've been on a music kick lately and here's where I have been hittin paydirt:
Aurgasm... a great new music blog
Stange Music Videos... via Grüpthink
Robosexual... a music blog.
NPR all songs considered...this is the stuff they play between segments.
Soma FM... been listening to Flaresound and Clip-hop a bit.
Pitchfork...music reviews.

Flexible potato salad

Circus freaks sing about potato salad.




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Andrew W.K. quote

I really hate Andrew W.K., but I have remembered, then forgotten, then re-remembered this awesome quote describing his upcoming tour:

"We're gonna just throw down and throw out and throw up. We're gonna cross up and lace it out and take a solid stance from which we can form the foundation of an iron cube with a platinum core and diamond edges that can cut anything in our way, yet maintain a certain amount of strength to hold us steady."

(Ozzfest 2002 , interview with EW)