February 27, 2012
Keith Canisius: Free Music, Now!
February 23, 2012
Art For Sale: Untitled
Painting: 8x10, Acrylic on Flat Canvas
Price: 25.00 PPD, North America
Painted: 21.2.12
If interested, please send a email to: mundanesounds @ gmail dot com
February 22, 2012
February 21, 2012
A Brief Conversation Ending In Discourse: On Harold and Maude
Afternoon conversation, related to the film Harold and Maude. It's a film from 1971, directed by Hal Ashby. It's a divisive film, and yours truly had some complaints about the experience. Read on after the jump
February 20, 2012
Mark Kozelek FTW! Sun Kil Moon announce new album with totes awesome titles!
Was utterly elated to see that Sun Kil Moon will release a new record! While there's no samples available yet, the description that was released today makes it sound like this is gonna be a really fun record. Yeah, I know, "fun" is never a word you use for the work of Mark Kozelek. Here's what that press release says:
Release Date May 29 - Caldo Verde Records Among The Leaves is the 5th full length album by Mark Kozelek under the Sun Kil Moon moniker. Played almost entirely on nylon string guitar, this 17-song all original album was recorded between October 2011 and January 2012 in San Francisco. Among The Leaves - words which caught Mark’s attention from a John Connolly novel - finds Mark relaxed, singing playfully about his life as a musician while retaining the melancholic spirit of his 20 year catalog. Mark’s love for San Francisco and Northern California are at the heart of this new album. “My first album (Down Colorful Hill) was released in 1992” says Kozelek, “but creatively, I feel like I’m just beginning. The new album was written and recorded impulsively, without second guessing. I didn’t have that kind of confidence in the past.” Unlike Red House Painters’ epic Rollercoaster, described by Rolling Stone as “the slowest and mopiest self revelations ever put to tape” or Sun Kil Moon’s Ghosts of the Great Highway, which Billboard Magazine called “heartbreaking,” Among The Leaves displays a more raw and humorous side of Mark’s songwriting. Aaron Prellwitz, recording engineer of Red House Painters and all 5 Sun Kil Moon albums describes the latest effort as “wonderfully direct." Kozelek curiously ties together legends Joe Frazier, Bobby Fischer and Ed Gein in ‘The Winery’, ‘‘Song for Richard Collopy’ is a touching tribute to the late San Francisco guitar repairman, and ‘Sunshine In Chicago’ – written just before taking the stage at a Chicago venue last year – is a funny, self deprecating poke at life on the road. Though Among The Leaves is mostly in the solo, nylon string style of Admiral Fell Promises, a new ensemble of players joined Mark for a portion of the record, recalling the same spirit as April and Tiny Cities, but with a fresh, new sound.
But here's the best part. Check out those song titles!
1. I Know It’s Pathetic But That Was The Greatest Night Of My Life
2. Sunshine In Chicago
3. The Moderately Talented Yet Attractive Young Woman vs. The Exceptionally Talented Yet Not So Attractive Middle Aged Man
4. That Bird Has A Broken Wing
5. Elaine
6. The Winery
7. Young Love
8. Song For Richard Collopy
9. Among The Leaves
10. Red Poison
11. Track Number 8
12. Not Much Rhymes With Everything’s Awesome At All Times
13. King Fish
14. Lonely Mountain
15. UK Blues
16. UK Blues 2
17. Black Kite
Happy President's Day!
Fun fact: the above image, a tour poster for the wonderful TAD, so offended their record label that they were promptly dropped when executives learned of it.
It's that time of year again, wherein we honor those valiant souls who served--and some who died in the service of--as the Commander-in-Chief of the United States of America. You may not like whoever is in office, but the office itself is worthy of respect. Here are some musical tributes I think you will enjoy:
Gene Marshall-"Jimmy Carter Says 'Yes'":
They Might Be Giants-"James K. Polk""
Vaughan Meader as JFK:
The Simpsons "Rappin' Ronnie"
Rappin' Ron Reagan:
<B>George Clinton "Paint the White House Black:
February 19, 2012
February 18, 2012
Wow, what a song! THEESatisfaction "QueenS"
Got this record from the crack Sub Pop staff...and it's mind-blowingly wonderful. Out in March, please take a moment and dig this out-of-the-world sound. You won't be disappointed.
February 17, 2012
Reviews Elsewhere: Dirty Three Toward the Low Sun
Some guy's review of the new Dirty Three record, Toward the Low Sun, out on 2/28 via Drag City:
"... one thinks…'did they ever sound this dirty?'"
Read the rest of the review at Big Takeover
7 AM Wake-Up Call: Andy Partridge "Prince of Orange"
Good Friday morning! This is your wake-up call....
February 16, 2012
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A Thought Occurs
I wonder how many hesh dudes will wind up at the fIREHOSE reunion tour and will leave disappointed they didn't hear this song?
Hopefully, they'll dig this one. It's hard not to dig it, even if MTV got the name wrong, too.
Here are them dates:
04/05 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
04/06 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
04/07 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
04/09 – Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo House of Music
04/10 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
04/11 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
04/12 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Historic Coconut Grove Ballroom *
04/13 – Fresno, CA @ Fulton 55
04/17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
04/18 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre *
04/19 – Tucson, AZ @ Plush
Hopefully, they'll dig this one. It's hard not to dig it, even if MTV got the name wrong, too.
Here are them dates:
04/05 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
04/06 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
04/07 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
04/09 – Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo House of Music
04/10 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
04/11 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
04/12 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Historic Coconut Grove Ballroom *
04/13 – Fresno, CA @ Fulton 55
04/17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
04/18 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre *
04/19 – Tucson, AZ @ Plush
New Release: Release the Sunbird Imaginary SummerEP
A surprise, this morning--a new EP by Release the Sunbird, the "don't call it a side" project by Zach Rogue. The EP, entitled Imaginary Summer, will be released digitally next Tuesday via Brushfire Records. According to the exciting press release, this EP contains six tracks, five originals and a Talking Heads cover.
If you aren't familiar with this new band, you might want to read this profile. Ignore any similarities to yours truly.
Listen to the opening track, "I Will Walk," courtesy of (ewwww) Rolling Stone:
Welcome back, Dandy Warhols!
From the interwebs:
The Dandy Warhols will release their tenth Long Playing Maxigroove®, entitled THIS MACHINE, on April 24, 2012 through The End Records. The release, produced by The Dandy Warhols and Jeremy Sherrer, is made up of eleven songs written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Brent DeBoer, Zia McCabe, and guests David J (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus) and Miles Zuniga (Fastball). The album’s cover was painted by artist Hickory Mertsching. THIS MACHINE will be available on compact disc, long playing vinyl record album (like they had in the past), and digital download, you know, for walkin’ around.
Here is "The Wow Signal," which may or may not be on THIS MACHINE:
Listen: Sophia Knapp "Into the Waves"
The lovely and talented Sophia Knapp will release her solo debut, Into the Waves, on February 28th, via Drag City. As a fan of her band Cliffie Swan, I can tell you I am eagerly awaiting this record.
As a treat, here's the title song from that album:
Watch her video "Nothing to Lose"
February 15, 2012
Colourbox "Shotgun"
That post earlier about Colourbox led me to pulling out my old Colourbox records...this song, opening their self-titled EP from 1983, still sounds like nothing else....
The Polyphonic Spree: Touring, New Video!
Our good friends in The Polyphonic Spree have announced the second phase of their touring schedule. After a hiatus, they recently returned with a slew of singles on their revamped Good Records Recordings label, including this wonderful little song. That's the tour dates up above in that fancy lookin' retro poster, if they come to your town or berg, go see 'em!
Additionally, today they announced the winner in their fan-made video contest for latest single, "What Would You Do?" Congrats to Ben Rowe, it's a lovely video!
What would you do? from Ben Rowe on Vimeo.
4AD to reissue complete works of Colourbox
I was chuffed to learn this morning that 4AD would be releasing a 4-CD box set of the complete recorded works of Colourbox. This duo released some interesting records in the early 1980s, and went on to become part of M/A/R/R/S, a one-off collaboration with AR Kane that resulted in the seminal 80s hit, "Pump Up The Volume."
Here is their song, "Tarantula," and below, the track listing:
Tracklisting
CD 1 - Contains their album Colourbox, released in 1985, as well as the free bonus album that came with the first pressing
1. Sleepwalker
2. Just Give 'em Whiskey
3. Say You
4. The Moon Is Blue
5. Inside Informer
6. Punch
7. Suspicion
8. Manic
9. You Keep Me Hanging On
10. Arena
11. Edit The Dragon
12. Hipnition
13. We Walk Around The Streets
14. Arena II
15. Manic II
16. Fast Dump
17. Sex Gun
CD 2 -- Contains all their seven inch singles
1. Baby I Love You So 7"
2. The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme 7"
3. Hot Doggie
4. The Moon Is Blue 7"
5. Breakdown (Version 1) 7 "
6. Tarantula (Version 1) 7"
7. Philip Glass
8. Looks Like We're Shy One Horse 7"
9. Say You 7"
10. Fast Dump 7"
11. Keep On Pushing
12. You Keep Me Hanging On 7 "
13. Breakdown (Version 2) 7"
14. Tarantula (Version 2) 7"
15. Shadows In The Room
16. Punch 7"
CD 3 -- Contains all their twelve inch singles
1. Looks Like We're Shy One Horse / Shoot Out 12"
2. Baby I Love You So 12"
3. The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme 12"
4. Breakdown (Version 1) 12 "
5. Tarantula (Version 1) 12"
6. Say You 12"
7. Fast Dump 12"
8. The Moon Is Blue 12"
9. You Keep Me Hanging On 12"
10. Breakdown (Version 2) 12"
11. Tarantula (Version 2) 12"
12. Punch 12"
CD 4 -- Contains their 1983 mini-lp Colourbox, as well as their BBC sessions
1. Shotgun
2. Keep On Pushing
3. Nation
4. Justice
5. Arena (Extended Version)
6. Punch (BBC Session)
7. Kill It (BBC Session)
8. Bleach (BBC Session)
9. Water Up The Tap (BBC Session)
10. The Look Of Love (BBC Session)
11. You Keep Me Hanging On (BBC Session)
12. The Wanderer (BBC Session)
13. Low Rider (BBC Session)
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