I Have Retired...

...from blogging indefinitely.

I might need to clear server space and delete some of the old downloads, so if you'd like something that' isn't available, just email me.

EODM - I Want You So Hard

Yes.

new video for Eagles Of Death Metal track I Want You So Hard featuring cameos by Jack Black and Dave Grohl (sweet wig). Track sounds like the normative level of awesome from EODM and the video is funny enough to keep up with the pace of the song. i love that he's wailing on guitar with gloves on. nice choice.

video streams available at prefixmag.com

The Fever - New Album In Stores Now!

The Fever - Redhead

In The City Of Sleep - In Stores Today

thefeveronline.com

I've never heard a record from The Fever I didn't like, so go buy this bad boy - it sounds like they're still just as hot as ever.

been waiting on this record for a long time. i'm excited to hear what these genera busters are up to. not only their sound, but the bands image is fascinating to me - Jeremy (vocals) also does (or at least DID) most of the artwork. His imagery is a great angle on retro-futurist stuff (kind of like Jules Verne - antiquated future-tech)

i have no interest in spell checking this, so tough luck. It's only fair that you struggle with my english. small price to pay...

Sunset Rubdown @ The Echo (Feat. Spencer Krug of W.P.)

Sunset Rubdown - A Day In The Graveyard II
Sunset Rubdown - Snake's Got A Leg II

For those of you that don't speak initials: W.P. = Wolf Parade.

Spencer may be the closest thing to a Jeff Mangum revival i've heard - an eerie cacophony of never ending lyrics. Krug also has close tyies to CA's Frog Eyes. the Absolutely Kosher site lists him as a band member - i believe he played drums with FE for a bit... might have been keys.

Tapes & Tapes, Figurines Play Echo Gig

June 16 @ The Echo

Just announced

word.

It does, doesn't it...

Gram Parsons - Love Hurts

sometimes i just like to post stuff that you should have in your bag in case you don't already. Gram Parsons solo work is hardly my favorite, but you can't sneer at a guy who lead the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers before diving headlong into the country sound... and yes, that's Emmylou Harris singing in duet on this classic. Not only did Emmylou have amazing phrasing and a crystalline voice, but she was her high school class valedictorian ON TOP of being wicked hot.

Vitalic - Birds (Video)

Vitalic - Birds (video)


Vitalic is excellent as electro goes and in full demonstration of amazing taste is this video to Birds. Flying dogs and a neon lazer "V". Brilliance.

The Charms

The Charms - Life In Movies

This track is from the bands most recent full-length Pussycat (Red Car Records - 2005), but some recent and very exciting news is that Jim Diamond is signed up to produce the bands next LP. You like Jim Diamond because he has produced crackling records by Electric Six and White Stripes. We'll see just how much crunch and punch he can pack into the next charms record.

Carla Bozulich, Part III : The Preaching Is Over, The Lessons Begun

Carla Bozulich - Time Of The Preacher
Carla Bozulich - I Couldn't Believe It Was True
Carla Bozulich - Hands On The Wheel

Scarnella was the last i heard of Carla for a long time. On occasion my friend Scott and i would wonder what had happened to one of our favorite artists. This long period of what i can only assume was inactivity came to an end one day when i heard rumor that there was a singer/songwriter performing regularly at a local venue. The singer/songwriter was Carla and She was performing from tip to tail Willie Nelson's landmark Red Headed Stranger.

If you're not familiar, the original 15-track concept album is the story of a preacher who is on the run after killing his wife over upon discovering her infidelity. themse of rage, sex, emotional scars and substance abuse have been prevalent in Bozulich's lyrics, so hearing that Bozulich was performing again, and performing a piece like Red Headed Stranger, seemed like a natural fit.

Eventually Bozulich would record her 13 track rendition of RHS on May 7th and 8th 2002 in los angeles. Finishing touches would be applied in october of that year. two tracks on the recording featuring Willi Nelson singing in duet, as well as contributing guitar parts on three tracks. to the best of my knowledge, this was the firlst recording by Bozulich in 4 years - dating back to 1998's Scarnella album - and marked a return to more traditional (sort of) song structure. This version of RHS is a spatial recording with many elements of "sound track" to it. you might call it an asymmetrical sound. Nels Cline is very present on steel and slide guitar but within the framework of Willie Nelsons powerfully spare lyrical content, his flourishes are well fit and meaningful.

Bozulich would follow RHS up with another solo record I'm Gonna Stop Killing in 2004 which includes a 13 minute version of Geraldine Fibbers' Outside Of Town. She had essentially remade herself as an Art/Country solor act with the blessing of Willie Nelson himself.

...but then again, we're talking about a man who endorsed Taco Bell (fire in the!)