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Waxworks, Vol. 12 - A Midsummer Nights Wax

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 02:26:00 +0000

1. Camper Van Beethoven - She Divines Water [Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart Virgin original U.S. pressing]

2. The Beatles - Baby You're A Rich Man [Capitol U.S. Mono single]

3. Art of Noise, featuring Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn [Peter Gunn China/Chrysalis Canadian pressing]

4. Webb Wilder and The Beatnecks - How Long Can She Last (Goin' That Fast) [It Came From Nashville Landslide/Racket U.S. pressing)

5. Elvis Presley - Rip It Up [Elvis (2nd album) Friday Music Mono pressing]

6. Nick Lowe and His Band - (I've Changed My) Wild Mind [Go 'way Hound Dog Yep Roc 45 pressing]

7. Chase - Get It On [Chase Epic U.S. pressing]

8. Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger [Love Is a Stranger RCA UK 12" pressing]

9. Erasure - Too Darn Hot [Red Hot + Blue Chrysalis German pressing]

10. Todd Rundgren - Baby Let's Swing [Runt Ampex Records mis-pressed second pressing]

11. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home) [Major Tom Elektra 12" Canadian pressing]

12. The Tarney/Spencer Band - No Time To Lose [Run For Your Life A&M promo pressing]

13. The Rolling Stones - Stupid Girl [Aftermath London U.S. Stereo pressing]

14. Slade - Gudbuy 'T' Jane [The Best of Polydor German pressing]

15. Ian McCulloch - Proud To Fall [Candleland Sire/Reprise U.S. promo pressing]

16. The Fixx - Red Skies [Shuttered Room MCA U.S. pressing]

17. The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again [The Queen Is Dead Rough Trade/Sire original U.S. pressing]

18. Simply Red - Money's Too Tight [Picture Book Elektra German pressing]

19. Bob Dylan - Watching The River Flow [Columbia single 4-45409]

20. 10cc - The Film of My Love [The Original Soundtrack Universal Japan 200g pressing]

Waxworks, Vol. 11

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 04:45:00 +0000

33-1/3 more reasons to love music (well, almost. . .)

Enjoy!

1. The Beatles - Lovely Rita (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1968 UK mono repress)
2. The Monkees - Tapioca Tundra (Colgems U.S. Mono single)
3. Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt - Different Drum (Linda Ronstadt A Retrospective Captiol U.S. pressing)
4. Serge Gainsbourg - Cha Cha Cha Du Loup (Romantique 60 EP Philips French pressing)
5. The Beach Boys - Do It Again (20/20 Capitol UK Mono pressing)
6. Jefferson Airplane - It's No Secret (The Worst of Jefferson Airplane RCA U.S. first pressing)
7. Kaleidoscope (UK) - Kaleidoscope (Tangerine Dream 5 Hours Back UK 1987 pressing)
8. The Holy Mackerel - Wildflowers (My Mind Goes High: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults Rhino UK vinyl pressing)
9. Lovin' Spoonful - She Is Still A Mystery (Kama Sutra single)
10. Petula Clark - Groovin' (These Are My Songs Warner Bros U.S. pressing)
11. Chad and Jeremy - The Gentle Cold Of Dawn Of Cabbages and Kings Columbia U.S. 360 red label pressing)
12. David Gates - Sail Around The World (First Elektra Italian pressing)
13. Carole King - It's Too Late (Tapestry Ode/A&M original pressing)
14. The Wackers - Country Queen (Wackering Heights Elektra U.S. promo pressing)
15. Paul Simon - Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard (Greatest Hits, Etc. Columbia original U.S. pressing)
16. Blind Melon - No Rain (Blind Melon RSD 2013 Vinyl Reissue)
17. Buffalo Springfield - I Am a Child (Decade WB/Pioneer Japanese pressing)
18. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Dark Star (CSN Atlantic German pressing)
19. Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner (Fog On The Tyne Philips German pressing)
20. The Moody Blues - Voices in the Sky (In Search Of The Lost Chord Deram UK late 70s pressing)
21. Barclay James Harvest - Poor Boy Blues (Everyone Is Everybody Else Polydor UK pressing)
22. Elton John - Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters (Honky Chateau Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab pressing)

New Stuff (Vol. 17) - The "Last of the Summer Wine" mix

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 04:38:00 +0000

This collects most of the newer things I had sitting around the office. Next up, a few more "Waxworks" mixes, to catch up with the recent vinyl additions to the library.

Enjoy!

1. James Skelly & the Intenders - Searching For The Sun (Love Undercover)
2. Kyle Andrews - The Way To Wonder (Single)
3. Alpaca Sports - She'll Come Back For Indian Summer (Single)
4. Dario Persi - I'm In Love With You (Single)
5. Paper Holland - Happy Belated (Happy Belated)
6. Quiet Company - . . . And You Said It Was Pretty Here (A Dead Man On My Back [Shine Honestly Revisited])
7. Mark Mulcahy - Poison Candy Heart (Dear Mark J. Mulcahy, I Love You)
8. Relient K - Don't Blink (Collapsible Lung)
9. Taffy - Dawn Red (Lixiviate)
10. The Beginner's Mynd - Hazy (Single)
11. The Everywheres - Grey Light (Slow Friends)
12. The Sufis - All Of The Time (Inventions)
13. The Unswept - Certain Flowers (Certain Flowers EP)
14. Travel Lanes - Delinquent (Hey, Hey, It's Travel Lanes!)
15. Vegas With Randolph - Salt Water Taffy (Rings Around The Sun)
16. Your Gracious Host - Sight for Sore Eyes (Falling Off the Earth)
17. Gary McClure - Days (Wreaths)
18. The Electric Soft Parade - Brother, You Must Walk Your Path Alone (Idiots)
19. The Bamboo Trading Company - Don't Say It's Over (The Bamboo Trading Company)
20. Wayfarer - Sweet Rivers of Redeeming Love (Single)

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New Stuff (Vol. 16) - The "No clever sub-title" edition . . .

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:18:00 +0000

Enjoy yourself for me. . .

1. Scot Sax - I Am the Summertime (Acoustic version) (500 Gigs and A Hard Drive: Acoustic Hits and Faves)
2. Ruthann Friedman - Windy (Demo) (Windy: A Ruthann Friedman Songbook)
3. The Heavy Blinkers - Perfect Tourists (Health)
4. Fever Fever - Everyday (Native Color)
5. Matt Berry - Medicine (Kill The Wolf)
6. Any Version of Me - Can't You See (Single)
7. Bob Evans - Maps (Familiar Stranger)
8. Sugar Stems - Told You So (Can't Wait)
9. Brendan Benson - Swallow You Whole (BrendanBenson.com)
10. Capital Cities - Love Away (In a Tidal Wave of Mystery)
11. Daren Sweet - Great Big World (Pop's Three Minute Pleasures)
12. Diamond Incarnation - Cloud of Absence (Refreshed Resurrection EP)
13. Editors - A Ton of Love (Acoustic) (The Weight of Your Love Japanese Edition)
14. Green River Ordinance - It Ain't Love (Chasing Down the Wind)
15. Nick Flora - Hard Man to Love (The Reintroduction of Nick Flora)
16. Nick Piunti - Farewell Goodbye (13 In My Head)
17. Smith Westerns - Glossed (Soft Will)
18. Any Kind - Make You See (Other)
19. Daniel Amos - Love, Grace and Mercy (Dig Here Said the Angel)

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New Stuff (Vol. 15) - The Return of the New!

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 01:47:00 +0000

Okay - new(ER.) But still, pretty new!

Enjoy!

1. Shake Some Action! - Wait For The Summer (Single)
2. Adrian Bourgeois - Time Can't Fly A Plane (Single)
3. Beck - I Won't Be Long (Single)
4. Bruce Cockburn - Fool on the Hill (Let Us In Americana - The Music of Paul McCartney - For The Women And Cancer Fund, established in the memory of Linda McCartney)
5. Jars of Clay - After the Fight (Single)
6. Miles Kane - What Condition am I In? (Don't Forget Who You Are)
7. The Lieblings - It's All Gonna Fall (Single)
8. Son of Skooshny - Dizzy (Mid Cent Mod)
9. The New Mendicants - This Time (Australia 2013 EP)
10. The Silver Seas - Alaska (Alaska)
11. Seaweed Meadows - Ruins (Single version)
12. Robert Pollard - Airs (Honey Locust Honky Tonk)
13. Peyton Pinkerton - On the Relay (Peyton Pinkerton)
14. Smash Palace - She (Live at the Auction House)
15. The 88 - I Saw The Light That Day (Fortune Teller)
16. Third of Never - Green Roses (Downrising)
17. Zervas & Pepper - Jerome (Single)
18. London Egg - And Address It to Me (If It Takes Forever)
19. The Blank Tapes - Coast to Coast (Vacation)
20. Coconut Records - West Coast (Nighttiming)

And as a special treat, more Star Wars Karaoke than you could ever need! (with apologies to Jason Schwartzman, though since he's in the video, that's probably moot . . . )

Waxworks, Vol. 10

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 23:16:00 +0000

Meet the new wax. Same as the old wax.

1. Davy Jones - Girl (Friday Music Green vinyl 45)
2. NRBQ- Howard Johnson's Got His Ho-Jo Workin' (Scraps Kama Sutra original U.S. pressing)
3. T Bone Burnett - Quicksand (Truth Decay Takoma Records gold-stamped promo pressing)
4. America - Riverside (America Friday Music 180g pressing)
5. Bruce Johnston - Surfin' 'Round The World (Surfin' 'Round The World Columbia original Stereo pressing)
6. Hall & Oates - When The Morning Comes (Abandoned Luncheonette Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab pressing)
7. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right (Crime of the Century Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab pressing)
8. Cat Stevens - Changes IV (Teaser and the Firecat Island UK pressing)
9. Tom Petty - You Wreck Me (Wildflowers 2-LP pressing)
10. The Early Hours - Christianne (Evolution 2 x 7" EP pressing)
11. Wilson Pickett - Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do) (The Exciting Wilson Pickett 4 Men With Beards U.S. 180g pressing)
12. Elvis Presley - True Love Travels On A Gravel Road (From Elvis In Memphis Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab pressing)
13. Richie Havens - Tight Rope (Portfolio Stormy Forest U.S. pressing)
14. Love - She Comes In Colors (De Capo UK Mono pressing)
15. The Zombies - Hung Up On A Dream (Odyssey & Oracle Date/Columbia U.S. first pressing)
16. Eagles - Train Leaves Here This Morning (Eagles Warner/Rhino UK pressing)
17. Buffalo Tom - Don't Forget Me (Skins U.S. pressing)
18. Clifford T Ward - Give Me One More Chance (Home Thoughts from Abroad Charisma UK pressing)
19. Ambrosia - Biggest Part Of Me (One Eighty Warner Bros. U.S. pressing)
20. Françoise Hardy - Soleil (Sunshine) (Le Double Disque D'or de Françoise Hardy Vogue France pressing)
21. The Who - Getting In Tune (Who's Next Polydor France 1972 pressing)

Pop Till You Drop (almost...)

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 02:05:00 +0000

Here's a quick mix I did for the good folks at the Audities Facebook page, especially those who reached out and helped me solve the riddle of the origin of these tracks, found on an unlabeled CD-R. I'm not sure why I didn't originally base the entire hour on the Pop Till You Drop CD, but, there you go.

Enjoy!

1. Hoodoo Gurus - I Want You Back
2. Let's Active - Every Word Means No
3. Utopia - Crybaby
4. Bangles - Going Down to Liverpool
5. The dB's - Love Is For Lovers
6. Tommy Keene - Places That Are Gone
7. The Smithereens - Behind the Wall of Sleep
8. Bill Lloyd - Lisa Anne
9. The Pursuit Of Happiness - She's So Young
10. The La's - There She Goes
11. The Mayflies USA - Make Me Susan
12. Mitch Easter - Sudden Crown Drop
13. Kenny Howes - Girls With Glasses
14. Superchunk - Cursed Mirror
15. Superdrag - Some Kind of Tragedy
16. Star Collector - Always On My Mind
17. Who Hit John - Stu
18. Gladhands - Magic 8 Ball

New Stuff (Vol. 14) - The "Hey, I can finally see my desktop!" mix

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 06:04:00 +0000

Okay folks - this is it! The bottom of the stack of the new(ish) music that's been accumulating on my desk the past few months. Coming soon - NEW! NEW! NEW! stuff!

Enjoy!

1. The Young Sinclairs - Problems (Engineer Man / Problems single)
2. The Del-Lords - The Wild Boys (Lovers Who Wander)
3. The Wonder Stuff - Blackberry Way (Oh No, It's . . . The Wonder Stuff)
4. The National - I Need My Girl (Trouble Will Find Me)
5. Beady Eye - Second Bite of the Apple (Second Bite of the Apple)
6. Enuff Znuff - One Step Closer To You (Animals With Human Intelligence)
7. George Barnett - Apocolade (17 Days)
8. Electronic - Getting Away with It (Electronic [Special Edition])
9. Dawes - Hey Lover (Stories Don't End)
10. Huey Lews & The News - Heart and Soul (Sports 30th Anniversary Edition)
11. Karl Bartos - Hausmusik (Off the Record)
12. The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes (Give Up 10th Anniversary Edition)
13. (Thommy) Price-(Kasim) Sulton - No T.V. No Phone (Lights On)
14. The House of Love - Christine (The House of Love Deluxe reissue)
15. The Reflections - All Along (Limerence)
16. The Shake Ups - Forget The Future (Extra Pulp)
17. Willy Moon - I Wanna Be Your Man (Here's Willy Moon)
18. The Skywalkers - Creature of the Night (Year One)
19. Hasnah Haron & the Spiritual 70s - Bintang Pujaan (Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970, Vol. 1)
20. The Resonars - It's What They Do (Crummy Desert Sound)
21. Brittany Howard & Ruby Amanfu - I Wonder (I Wonder / When My Man Comes Home single)
22. Brendan Benson - New Words of Wisdom (BrendanBenson.com)
23. Wes Cunningham - Trouble (When We Were Young FREE DOWNLOAD!)
24. Beaulieu Porch - Laminations Are Loaded (Acoustic demo) (BeaulieuPorch.com)

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New Stuff (Vol. 13) - The "Cleaning off my desk" Edition

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 23:12:00 +0000

A quick little mix, with some recent stuff and a few classic goodies as well. Stretching the "pop" definition a tad...

Enjoy!

1. Phoenix - Entertainment
2. The Lears - Make Her Smile
3. Readymade Breakup - Convince Me
4. Blitzen Trapper - Apple Trees
5. Ola Podrida - Some Sweet Relief
6. Daniel and the Scandals - Happy Song
7. Seth Timbs - Shatter
8. The Pastels - Come to the Dance
9. Tribes - Never Heard of Graceland
10. Tom Fuller Band - Take Me Away
11. Devin Shelton - Crumbling
12. Easterly - Happiness II
13. BMX Bandits - Come Clean
14. The Judybats - Daylight (Live)
15. Os Mutantes - Time & Space
16. Luke Brindley - City Of Refuge
17. John Fogerty & Bob Seger - Who'll Stop the Rain
18. Fitz and the Tantrums - Break the Walls
19. Charles Bradley - Heart Of Gold
20. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Radio edit)

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New Stuff (Vol. 12) - "Hey, baby, it's the Fourth of July!" edition

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 20:14:00 +0000

Another set of new(ish) and (gently) used tunes for you. Enjoy!

1. Said the Whale - I Love You
2. The Whims - Pick Me Up
3. Semi-Twang - Nervous Energy
4. Chalk and Numbers - I Really Wanna Work This Out
5. Shplang - Last Match in the Tinderbox
6. Tinted Windows - The Dirt (Japanese bonus track)
7. The Sun Sawed in 1/2 - Life (remixed)
8. Skipping Girl Vinegar - Making Our Way
9. Les Friction - Sunday
10. Rockfour - Foreign Movie
11. Three Green Trees - River
12. Jagwar Ma - Come Save Me
13. Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World
14. Little Boots - Every Night I Say a Prayer
15. The Three O'Clock - In My Own Time (Alternate Version)
16. Slight - Paths
17. Cut Off Your Hands - Nausea
18. Beaulieu Porch - The View From Gainsborough (Extended Summer Remix)
19. Alpine - Too Safe
20. Bryan Ferry & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra - Love Is The Drug
21. Marc Carroll - Sat Neath Her Window
22. Ari Shine - Wear And Tear

New Stuff (Vol. 11) - The Summer Blockbuster Edition!

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 06:54:00 +0000

Okay, I might have stretched the truth a wee bit. But this mix is loaded with lots of cool new tunes and a few older songs that have resurfaced for the first time as digital downloads.

Rock on with your bad selves...

1. Public Service Broadcasting - The Now Generation (Inform - Educate - Entertain)
2. Ozzy Osbourne vs. a-ha - Take Me On The Crazy Train (bootiemashup.com)
3. The Boxer Rebellion - Always (Promises)
4. Toad the Wet Sprocket - New Constellation (New Constellation)
5. American Suitcase - Change (Summerman)
6. The Ocean Hounds - This Hill (Thank God Someone's Making Waves)
7. Mike Viola - Steal Away (Drink a Toast to Innocence - A Tribute to Lite Rock)
8. Dynamo Bliss - Can You Hear The Sound (Poplar Music)
9. Souvenir Stand - Wherever You Go (Bandcamp single)
10. Brendan Benson - Diamond (BrendanBenson.com)
11. Engloria - Out of Love (Drive EP)
12. Natalie Maines - I'd Run Away (Mother)
13. The Greek Theatre- August Streets (Lost Out At Sea)
14. Dutch Uncles - Nometo (Field Music remix)
15. Grandchildren - Rain Down (Golden Age)
16. Vampire Weekend - Unbelievers (Modern Vampires of the City)
17. Phenomenal Cat - Albert Blood (Bandcamp single)
18. The Joy of Painting - Back to Romance (Tender Age)
19. Northcote - Counting Down The Days (Northcote)
20. The Duckworth Lewis Method - It's Just Not Cricket (Sticky Wickets)
21. Local Natives - Ceilings (Hummingbird [Deluxe Edition])
22. The Popdudes - Magnet and Steel (Drink a Toast to Innocence - A Tribute to Lite Rock)

Waxworks, Vol. 9

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:21:00 +0000

At long last, I am back! Taking a quick break from the drudgery that is being (semi) retired; i.e., officially retired from one job, but having to find another!

Still, a guy's got to take a break now and again. And, why not use that time to sift through the stacks for an hour's worth of goodies?

1. Heart - Dreamboat Annie (Dreamboat Annie Mushroom U.S. pressing)
2. Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In the Summertime (Greatest Hits Epic U.S. pressing)
3. NRBQ - Ridin' In My Car (All Hopped Up Red Rooster pressing)
4. David Axelrod - The Poison Tree (Songs of Innocence Capitol U.S. reissue pressing)
5. Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Sundazed 2002 pressing)
6. The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Five Spot Blues (Monk's Dream Impex 200g pressing)
7. The Kinks - Set Me Free (Greatest Hits! Reprise "tri-color" label Mono pressing)
8. The Jelly Bean Bandits - Going Nowhere (The Jelly Bean Bandits Mainstream U.S. pressing)
9. The Byrds - You Ain't Going Nowhere (Sweetheart of the Rodeo CBS Holland orange label first pressing)
10. Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty (The Late Great Townes Van Zandt Poppy U.S. pressing)
11. The Bevis Frond - Hey Mr. Undecided (Inner Marshland UK first pressing)
12. Paul McCartney and Wings - Mamunia (Band On the Run Hear Music 180g pressing)
13. Gordon Lightfoot - Cold On The Shoulder (Cold On The Shoulder Reprise U.S. pressing)
14. America - Old Man Took (Holiday Music On Vinyl 180g pressing)
15. Colin Blunstone - I Can't Live Without You (One Year Epic U.S. promo pressing)
16. Artful Dodger - A Girl (La La La) (Rave On Ariola U.S. pressing)
17. The Left Banke - She May Call You Up Tonight (Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina Smash U.S. original pressing
18. Wilson Pickett - I'm A Midnight Mover (The Midnight Mover Atlantic U.S. pressing)
19. J.J. Cale - After Midnight (Naturally Speaker's Corner 180g pressing)
20. The Allman Brothers Band - Little Martha (Eat a Peach Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab pressing)

New Stuff Couldn't Get Much Higher! (Vol. 10)

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Tue, 28 May 2013 03:10:00 +0000

I'm running out of clichés, but I can't help it!

The MIX
1. The Evening Cast - Heartbeat (Lake)
2. The Market Squares - Afternoon Tide (Single)
3. The Merrylees - For You (Single)
4. The Skywalkers - Rosa (Year One)
5. The Young Sinclairs - Engineer Man (Single)
6. Wolrus - Faraway the Mountain (Chasin' the Light)
7. Heaven's Gateway Drugs - Come Summer (CPF Cassette)
8. Brendan Benson - Purely Automatic (BrendanBenson.com)
9. Phil Angotti - I See Spaceships (Life and Rhymes)
10. The Nature Strip - If You Try (Stars Turn Inside Out)
11. Delphic - Memeo (Collections)
12. The See See - The Rain & The Snow (Sundazed single)
13. The Ashtray Hearts - Sister (The Strangest Light)
14. Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information (Inspiration Information)
15. The Orange Peels - Grey Holiday (Sun Moon)
16. Feel (Featuring Scot Sax) - This Is Our Moment (Steps To Reach a Human)
17. The Silver Seas - As the Crow Flies (Alaska)
18. Apu and the Dentist - No Messages For Rumi (Single)
19. Attic Lights - Gabrielle (Super De Luxe)

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Godzilla Vs. the New Stuff (Vol. 9)

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:34:00 +0000

Annnnnd here we go! The last of the older new stuff. Coming soon - NEWer and stuff and
Brand NEW New Stuff!

The MIX
1. Elephant Stone - Love The Sinner, Hate The Sin (Elephant Stone)
2. The Luxury Liners - How It Should Be (Nonetheless)
3. Be Like Pablo - Spirit of Adventure (The New Adventures)
4. JoDee Purkeypile - I'm Feeling Down (Messenger)
5. Essa Linna - New Address Tonight (This Is Who I Am)
6. Sunday Sun - Sing (III)
7. Edwyn Collins - Too Bad (That's Sad) (Understated)
8. Jamie & Steve - We Two (Imaginary Café)
9. Wes Cunningham - When We Were Young (When We Were Young)
10. Atlas Genius - Centered On You (When It Was Now)
11. The Last Royals - Crystal Vases (Crystal Vases/Backseat Lovers 7")
12. The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year (Extended Versions)
13. Harper Simon - 99 (Division Street)
14. Free Energy - Hangin' (Love Sign)
15. Alex Calder - Lethargic (Time EP)
16. Graham Alexander - World Without You (Graham Alexander)
17. Grahame Steinberg - Abandoned Love (Grahame Steinberg)
18. Andy Zipf - Where The Hand Don't Hold Me Down (Web single)

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Waxworks, Vol. 8

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:55:00 +0000

Tracks on wax, Volume 8. For your listening pleasure!

1. Hoodoo Gurus - Like Wow - Wipeout (Mars Needs Guitars! Elektra U.S. pressing)
2. Colosseum - Walking In The Park (Those Who Are About To Die, Salute You Dunhill U.S. promo pressing)
3. Charlie Feathers - That Certain Female (Kill Bill Vol. 1 OST A Band Apart/Maverick pressing)
4. David Bowie - You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (Bowie 1965! RSD 2013 exclusive pressing)
5. Artful Dodger - Follow Me (Artful Dodger Pilot/Columbia U.S. pressing)
6. Electric Light Orchestra - Shine a Little Love (Discovery CBS MasterSound pressing)
7. Chet Atkins - Boo Boo Stick Beat (alternate version) (Black Jack RSD 2013 exclusive pressing)
8. Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do (Led Zeppelin 1990 box set pressing)
9. Bill Withers - Who Is He (And What Is He To You) (Jackie Brown OST Maverick U.S. pressing)
10. Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie (Shotgun Willie Rhino U.S. 180g reissue pressing)
11. Van Morrison - Come Running (Moondance Warner Bros. U.S. original pressing)
12. Bronco Bullfrog - Del Quant (Bronco Bullfrog Mushroom Pillow Spanish pressing)
13. Genesis - Throwing It All Away (Invisible Touch Atlantic U.S. pressing)
14. Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 (Introducing Shuggie Otis RSD 2013 exclusive pressing)
15. Toto - Rosanna (Toto IV Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab pressing)
16. Love - Orange Skies (The Best Of Love Rhino 1986 pressing)
17. Steely Dan - Razor Boy (Countdown to Ecstasy ABC U.S. original pressing)
18. The Youngbloods - Darkness, Darkness (Elephant Mountain RCA U.S. original pressing)
19. Glen Campbell - Where's The Playground Susie (Galveston Capitol U.S. pressing)
20. Ambrosia - How Much I Feel (Life Beyond L.A. Nautilus SuperDiscs pressing)

New Stuff Resurfaces! (Vol. 8)

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:23:00 +0000

Another set of recent (and maybe not-so-recent) arrivals that have been languishing in a desktop folder for too long!

The MIX
1. Glowfriends - Explain Away (All Things Made New)
2. Luke Potter - Breathe In (One Day: The Bleu Sessions)
3. A Fragile Tomorrow - Long Time To Be Happy (Be Nice Be Careful)
4. The Allrightniks - Nobody Knows But Me (Nothing's What It Seems)
5. Superstar (w/Matthew Sweet) - Barfly (Soundcloud)
6. Linden (Superstar) - If I Had Wings (Bleached Highlights)
7. Scott Brookman - Karen (For Those Who Like POP)
8. LP - Someday (Into the Wild: Live at EastWest Studios)
9. The Maladaptive Solution - The First Single (The Format cover) (Heal)
10. AC Newman - There’s Money In New Wave (Shut Down The Streets)
11. Ted Lukas & The Misled - Catching Up to You (Learn How To Fall)
12. Cayucas - Deep Sea (Bigfoot)
13. Soviet League - Girl (Soviet League)
14. Paperfangs - Avenue of Splendours (Past Perfect)
15. Theme Park - Ghosts (Theme Park)
16. Leagues - She Kissed Me (Bonus Track) (You Belong Here)
17. Hey Marseilles - Looking Back (Lines We Trace)

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Waxworks, Vol. 7

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:59:00 +0000

Another 33 and 1/3 revolutions through the music library, as I spin more of the wax that's recently come my way. (Getcha some HERE)

1. The Cars - Since You're Gone (The Last American Virgin Columbia U.S. soundtrack)

2. The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down (Our Favourite Shop Polydor Germany pressing)

3. The Monkees - You Told Me (Headquarters RCA France pressing)

4. Small Faces - Tin Soldier (Columbia/EMI Stateside German Mono 45)

5. The Leaves - He Was A Friend Of Mine (Hey Joe Mira Records U.S. Mono first pressing)

6. The Clash - Train In Vain (London Calling Epic Japan pressing)

7. Pat Boone - Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (Pat Boone Sings Guess Who? Dot pressing)

8. The Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw (Voices In The Sky: The Best of the Moody Blues Threshold/Deram U.S. pressing)

9. Shoes - Nowhere So Fast (Black Vinyl Shoes PVC pressing)

10. Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (Original Version) (Sire UK 12" 45)
11. Juliana Hatfield - Josie and the Pussycats (Saturday Morning - Cartoons' Greatest Hits MCA U.S. pressing)

12. Buffalo Springfield - Rock 'N' Roll Woman (Buffalo Springfield Atco pressing)

13. ABC - Poison Arrow (The Lexicon of Love Polygram Canada pressing)

14. The Blasters - I'm Shakin' (The Blasters Slash/Warner Bros. Canada pressing)

15. Ian Thomas - Painted Ladies (The Best of Anthem/Capitol Canada pressing)

16. Nick Lowe - You Got the Look I Like (Party of One Reprise U.S. pressing)

17. The Replacements - Achin' To Be (Don't Tell A Soul Sire/Reprise U.S. pressing)

18. Nils Lofgren - Goin' Back (Nil Lofgren A&M Records U.S. pressing)

19. The Zombies - She Does Everything For Me (The World Of The Zombies Decca UK Stereo pressing)

20. Wilco - I'm the Man Who Loves You (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Sundazed U.S. original pressing)

21. Dukes of Stratosphear - What In The World??. . . (25 O'Clock Virgin UK original pressing)

The Son of New Stuff Lives! (Vol. 7)

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:29:00 +0000

More of the new and (I admit) not so new pop (and music in that neighborhood) that's come my way recently.

The MIX
1. Breakup Society - 8th Circle of Hell (So Much Unhappiness, So Little Time . . .)
2. The Hi-Risers - I'm In Love With My Record Collection (Hang Around With You)
3. Jake Bugg - Two Fingers (Jake Bugg)
4. Warm Soda - Jeanie Loves Pop (Someone For You)
5. The Little Ones - Little Souls (The Dawn Sang Along)
6. Beki Hemmingway - Northbound Traffic (I Have Big Plans for the World)
7. fun. - Stitch Me Up (Selections & B-sides from Aim & Ignite)
8. Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks (Writer's Block)
9. The Ice Cream Man - Big Interruption (Change Is Gonna Come)
10. The Condors - Holiday (3 Item Combo)
11. Brooke Waggoner - Ink Slinger (Originator)
12. Gary Ritchie - Blame On Me (Hum, Sing . . . Repeat)
13. Two Hours Traffic - Last Star (Foolish Blood)
14. Mark Crozer & the Rels - Sunshine (Mark Crozer & the Rels)
15. Local Natives - Breakers (Hummingbird)
16. The Jealous Sound - Waiting For Your Arrival (A Gentle Reminder)
17. The Pozers - My Maze (The Sun's Going Down)

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New Stuff INSTA-Mix!

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:40:00 +0000

Hope you took advantage of the Sam Phillips video to go her website and pre-order her new album, Push Any Button.

Annnnd, here we go with an "Insta-Mix." Just a couple hot links and no commentary - simply a bunch of new stuff that's landed in the digital mailbox in the last few days. Be sure to note the THREE tracks (*) from the delightful Drink a Toast to Innocence album. And don't miss the new Feel (Scot Sax, of Queen Electric & Wanderlust) track.

It's Instant!
1. Cliff Hillis - Shake It (*)
2. Sam Phillips - Things I Shouldn't Have Told You
3. Bed Rugs - Blinds
4. Tight Pants Syndrome - Cherry Don't Quit
5. The Raves - What I'm Hearing From You
6. Seth Timbs - Shatter
7. Late Cambrian - The Label Needed A Single
8. The Smoking Trees - Close Your Eyes
9. Erik Voeks - What It Feels Like
10. Feel - Common
11. Popdudes - Magnet And Steel (*)
12. The Postelles - ...And It Shook Me
13. Treetop Flyers - Houses Are Burning
14. The Jayhawks - I'd Run Away (Live, 1995)
15. Big Star - In the Street (Movie Mix, 2012)
16. Bubblegum - You Know I'll Be Back
17. She & Him - Sunday Girl
18. Analog Birds - No-Knock
19. Soft Hearted Scientists - False Lights
20. Hands - Elegant Road
21. Asa Milbankx - Before We Say Goodnight
22. Greg Pope - Crazy Love (*)
23. Beaulieu Porch - Amen

Bandcamp Bundle #2

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Wed, 01 May 2013 09:16:00 +0000

Back to Bandcamp for this mix. This is really just a fraction of my recent downloads, but very representative of the great stuff to be found on Bandcamp.

Just for fun, take a look at my Bandcamp collection . . .

(Download The MIX)
1. Holmes - Mr. Blue Sky (A Cappella) (Covers)
(Holmes is an L.A.-based, producer/writer-for-hire, who occasionally gives us a more overt taste of some of his influences, like this groovy set of covers.)
2. Rhode Island - Articulation (Light the Windows In These Places Let Through)
(Not quite live from Leeds, this self-proclaimed "three man melody machine" continues to impress with its lovely vocal blend and incisive lyrics.)
3. Band Á Part - Contra Toda Previsión (La Adventura Original)
(One of many great Spanish sunshine poppers residing on the amazing Elefant Records label.)
4. Easterly - Find Me Here (Pieces)
(A welcome reappearance from a fine band I had assumed was lost in the mists of time. Still influenced by the likes of Big Star and The Pernice Brothers. Still very good.)
5. Jeff Litman - Outside (Outside)
(Latest in a remarkably consistent line of rootsy power pop offerings.)
6. Nice Man & The Bad Boys - Tambourine (The Art of Hanging Out)
(Frances Macdonald from Teenage Fanclub charms with a tune from an overlooked, decade-old session.)
7. Peachfuzz - Don't Go Near Him (Fall Down Dreaming)
(This glammy band's Catch Your Snap is a by-gone fave. I had no idea this newer one existed until very recently.)
8. Photo Ops - Wanna Feel Good (How to Say Goodbye)
(Breezy indiepop with a slight alternative twist, out of Nashville.)
9. Silver Screen - Change To Fall (When You and I Were Very Young)
(Indiepop jangle from Sweden, via a Peruvian label? Cool.)
10. The Primitives - Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind (Echoes and Rhymes)
(This gift of obscure covers was bestowed on Elefant Records, following the 80s "Crash" makers' reunion to honor the passing of their original bassist. This bit of sike-folk froth was originally recorded for the UK Ember label in the early 70s by American singer Polly Niles.)
11. The Russians - You Know (Crashing The Party)
(Boston-based, multi-instrumentalist Scott Janovitz offers a solid set of Petty-esque classic rock, with just a few of the rough edges polished a bit.)
12. The Secrets - Hold Me Tonight (The Secrets)
(Classic retro jangle from this mysterious Brit pop combo.)
13. The Twin-Sets - Girl (Romance)
(Another wonderful Spanish power pop combo. Curiously, not on Elefant.)
14. The Unswept - Get Away (Surf Song EP)
(British Invasion re-visted, via Chicago's Logan Park.)
15. Tight Pants Syndrome - Get Outta My Haircut (Fully Attractive)
(These shape-shifting power poppers continue to impress, with FOUR gifted vocalists trading lead and harmony chores. A new EP is already on offer, with yet another full-length promised by year's end.)
16. Vinyl Sun - Time's On My Side (Life Inside Lucy)
(And another band of which I'm not quite sure how it came to my attention. But I was definitely intrigued by both the band's name and the album's concept - imagining the life of a grown up "Lucy In the Sky.")

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Bruce's Piles, Pt. 2

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:39:00 +0000

(Please see previous post for details on these piles . . .)

A few of these songs and artists might have already made it into earlier mixes or podcasts (*sigh*) such is the nature of my shoddy record keeping.

And, yes - you are correct - many are not NEW new . . . (Download here ----->) Enjoy!

1. Latvian Radio - Sons & Daughters (Kill the Static)
2. Smash Palace - Human Kind (7)
3. The Bottle Kids - Such A Thrill (Such a Thrill)
4. The Lemon Clocks - The Man Who Lost The Time (Now Is the Time)
5. Tim Lee 3 - You're Not There (Devil's Rope)
6. Maple Mars - New Day (Galaxyland)
7. Stay - All I Know (The Fourth Dimension)
8. Alan Bernhoft - Following Rainbows (Beatlesque Four/Love Everyone)
9. Chris Richard and the Subtractions - I'm No Better Than You (Get Yer La La's Out)
10. The Condors - What's Wrong With That? (3 Item Combo)
11. Bill Schulz - Future Butterfly (Bill Schulz)
12. The Anderson Council - Gardening Man (Looking At The Stars)
13. Baby Scream - Patiently (Secret Place)
14. Fallon Cush - Sleeping Giant (April)
15. Ari Shine - Wear And Tear (Songs of Solomon)
16. The Barlights - The Past And Future (You Cannot Choose the Roads That Take You Home)

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Bruce's Piles, Pt. 1

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:43:00 +0000

Yes, I admit. A somewhat indelicate title. But let me explain.

Many of you know of my blog's close affiliation with Pop Geek Heaven and Power Pop empresario Bruce Brodeen. You will find quite a few of my podcasts, mixtapes, and many more goodies over at the other Bruce's place. Since the two of us are constantly updating one another on pop music happenings, that of course involves trading music. So, every so often, a big box 'o goodies will show up on my porch. I thought I'd share a few mixes with you, based on some of the latest arrivals from out Colorado way. A few of these songs and artists might have already made it into earlier mixes or podcasts (*sigh* such is the nature of my shoddy record keeping.) And, yes - you are correct - many are not NEW new . . . (Download here ----->) Enjoy!

1. Hi Electric - Bicycle Blades (Hi Electric)
2. The Dahlmanns - Dumb Me Down (Dumb Me Down EP)
3. The Wooden Birds - Folly Cub (Two Matchsticks)
4. The Stars Explode - Here And Now (Between The Lines)
5. The Successful Failures - How People Start Sentences (Here I Am!)
6. Mimi Betinis - Love Is Just A Thin Veneer (All That Glitters)
7. Dave Stephens - Time Will Tell (Time Will Tell)
8. The JAC - I Play All the Instruments (Faux Pas)
9. Eric Crugnale - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Carol Was Here)
10. Jennie Willoughby - Don't Give Up On Me (Old Umbrella EP)
11. Edward O'Connell - I Heard It Go (Our Little Secret)
12. Jon Macey - Right In Front Of Your Eyes (Intention)
13. Jeremy - Save Me From Myself (Love Explosion)
14. Airport - The Plan (Go Up)
15. Khalid Hanifi - The Splendor Of Empire (A Brief Respite from Shooting Fish In a Barrel)
16. Secret Powers - Elephant Man (More Songs About Her)

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Waxworks, Vol. 6

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:28:00 +0000

Back to the wheels of steel, for a another recent collection of wax that has come my way . . .

(Download the MIX here)
1. The Smithereens - Time And Time Again (Especially For You Enigma pressing)
2. Utopia - Take It Home (Deface the Music Rhino reissue pressing)
3. Flamin Groovies - You Tore Me Down (Shake Some Action Philips French first vinyl pressing)
4. Waylon Jennings and Old 97s - Iron Road (Iron Road EP (Record Store Day 2013 exclusive)
5. Big Star - When My Baby's Beside Me (Alternate Mix, 1972) (Nothing Can Hurt Me soundtrack Record Store Day 2013 exclusive)
6. R.E.M. - So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) (Live in Greensboro Record Store Day 2013 exclusive)
7. Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way (Frampton Comes Alive! Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab pressing)
8. Moby Grape - Omaha (Moby Grape Columbia Mono pressing)
9. Neil Diamond - Thank the Lord for the Night Time (Classics/The Early Years Columbia pressing)
10. Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band (The Free Electric Band MUMS U.S. pressing)
11. Sir Douglas Quintet - Mendocino (The Mono Singles '68-'72 Sundazed pressing)
12. Jan & Dean - Ride The Wild Surf (Golden Hits, Volume 2 Liberty Mono pressing)
13. Nancy Sinatra - How Does That Grab You, Darlin' (How Does That Grab You? Reprise Mono pressing)
14. Dino Desi & Billy - The Rebel Kind (I'm A Fool Reprise pressing)
15. The Rolling Stones - Down Home Girl (The Rolling Stones No. 2 Decca UK Mono pressing)
16. Southern Culture on the Skids - Fried Chicken And Gasoline (Dirt Track Date Telstar Records pressing)
17. The Traveling Wilburys - Rattled (Vol. 1 Rhino 180g 2007 Remaster pressing)
18. The Fleshtones - Right Side Of A Good Thing (Hexbreaker! I.R.S. Records pressing)
19. Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees (Bare Trees Reprise U.S. first pressing)
20. Game Theory - Erica's Word (The Big Shot Chronicles Enigma pressing)
21. The Doors - Blue Sunday (Morrison Hotel Analogue Productions 2012 pressing)

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Americana music - What the !@#% is THAT?!

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:02:00 +0000

That is a very good question. Did this rock-inflected cousin of country originate with Gram Parsons and the "Cosmic American Music"of the Flying Burrito Brothers? Or perhaps The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo was the first "Americana" album. Did Creedence Clearwater Revival borrow as much from country and bluegrass as blues in its approach, making it the first Americana band? Or was it not until the Eagles' debut that the template was locked in?

As the Internet has spread all styles of music into all corners of the globe, it's almost a fool's errand to continue to pigeon-hole music strictly into any one genre or format. One could even argue that the "Americana" descriptor today remains more of a marketing tool than representative of a musical genre. Indeed, the term was basically coined by radio broadcasters in the 1990s, trying to describe a format that would embrace rootsy, acoustic-oriented, country & bluegrass based music that was too country for modern rock radio and too rock-influenced for country radio. Artists such as Whiskeytown, Uncle Tupelo and Lucinda Williams were linked to Americana early on, though these days, you're also likely to hear names such as Alison Krauss, Dwight Yoakam and even Bonnie Raitt lumped into that category.

Although it ceased print publishing five years ago, No Depression magazine (est. 1995), the journalistic loadstone of Americana music, remains active on the web, while the Americana Music Association (formed in 1999) has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 14 years, as the champion of American Roots music around the world.

Since it remains a close relative of my beloved Power Pop, I've decided I ought to, from time to time, offer some mixes featuring what I would describe as "Americana." As usual, not intended to be comprehensive. Just one guys' opinion on where it came from and where it might be going.

Enjoy! (Download mix HERE)

1. Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (No Depression)
[The grand-daddy of 'em all, some say; at least, one of the forerunners of the last 20+ years of "alt-country." Worthy of owning the Carter family classic and bestowing the name on a great magazine.]
2. Augie March - Farmer's Son (Watch Me Disappear)
[There are, it seems, lots of wide open spaces in Australia. And Augie March is a band whose music evokes the grandeur and loneliness of the Outback, with a poetic heart that sets it apart from the crowd. It seems the band has been dormant for the past three years, while leader Glenn Richards has been doing solo and band dates. But its albums remain available as used CDs and downloads.]
3. Bob Evans - Come to This (Stolen Songbook EP]
[Although Evans is one of my favorite Aussie writers, on this EP he "steals" the tunes of some of his contemporaries and focuses on his gifts as an interpreter.]
5. Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos - Rich Rich Country (Love Your Crooked Neighbour With Your Crooked Heart)
[The ex-leader of Australia's lauded power poppers Icecream Hands seems, like many rockers of "a certain age," to have eased comfortably into a more rustic, alt-country groove. And that musical suit is a fine fit with Jenkins' poignant song-stories.]
4. Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up or Let Me Go (Give It Up)
[After conquering the Grammys and Billboard charts with her career high-water mark, the polished rock of 1989's Nick of Time, Raitt has lately eased back toward the rootsier sound of her early discs, like this gem that opens her second album.]
6. Dave Birk - It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This (Speed Queen Mystery Date)
[Dave calls his music "top-down, summer fun, delicious pop." And, we might add, with the occasional twangy twist.]
7. Et Tu Brucé - Stars Fall (Suburban Sunshine)
[This West London outfit sounds more SoCal than South Bank, with sunny harmonies highlighting its folk-rock hooks.]
8. Honeychurch - Tennessee Valley (Will You Be There With Me)
[Gorgeous, pastoral chamber folk, from a Bucks Co, Pennsylvania group described as "honky-tonk shoegazers." Would that be "boot-gazers?"]
9. Jeremy Porter & The Tucos - Castaways (Partner In Crime)
[From way up thar in MEESH-i-gan comes Porter and his compadres, with just the right blend of power pop and Telecaster twang.]
10. Lewis Wilson & The Beat Makers - Image It (On Sunshine Avenue)
[They DO love their Byrds over in the UK. Not quite as sunny as the album title might suggest, Scotsman Wilson and his boys nonetheless make melancholy quite memorable.]
11. Maplewood - Moonboot Canyon (Yeti Boombox)
[More Laurel Canyon than Nashville, and possessed of the gorgeous harmonies one associates with vintage Byrds and Poco, as well as contemporaries such as Dawes.]
12. Martin Zellar & The Hardways - It Works for Me (Roosters Crow)
Another upper Midwesterner, Zellar has been fronting regionally and nationally known bands for more than 30 years, most notably including the Gear Daddies. No frills roots-rock with simple, heartfelt stories.]
13. Old 97's - Timebomb (Hit By A Train - The Best of Old 97's)
[What's all this rowdydow? Music for sawdust-laden barrooms and punk rock clubs, with the appropriate twang and superior songwriting.]
14. Open Country - I Can See (Out of the Wilderness: A Series of Beginnings)
[One man band Sterling Reed likens his music to that of Arcade Fire and Sufjan Stevens. This single mic and a Macbook Pro bedroom album is worthy of both comparisons.]
15. Owen Thomas - Houdini (Languages)
[Owen formerly fronted the vastly underrated heartland rockers The Elms. You cannot, it appears, take the roots out of the boy.]
16. Ruby Free - Slow Parade (Introducing Ruby Free)
[Rick Hromadka (Double Naught Spies, Maple Mars) and Lisa Cavaliere are the husband/wife duo behind Ruby Free. Those of you who like the Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs projects would do well to investigate!]
17. The Honeymoon Stallions - A Little Love Tonight (Moonlighting)
[Power popper Andy Goldberg (The Goldbergs, The Sun Kings) lets a little twang bleed over into the crisp harmonies and jangly drive of this sweet number.]
18. The Lone Bellow - Button (The Lone Bellow)
[More accessible songwriters than the Civil Wars, and better dressers than Mumford & Sons, but right in the same musical vicinity.]
19. The Trashed Romeos - Leaning On to You (Where Dreamers Never Go)
[The bulk of the band's output is much more in a psych/garage vein. But they dial down the amps a notch for this one.]
20. This Old Ghost - Lasso The Moon (Family Room)
[Often more alt. than alt-country, these New Yorkers mix urban urgency with a chiming pop sensibility.]
21. Gram Parsons - Ooh Las Vegas (The Complete Reprise Sessions)
[If all he'd done was contribute to the musical course correction of The Byrds, that would have been enough. But he helped usher Emmylou Harris into the public consciousness, so he's a hero for that as well. Parsons had such a complete grasp of country music's traditions, it's a damn shame he didn't live long enough to become the next Porter Wagoner or George Jones. If Parsons was still living, he'd be coming up on 67-years-old this Fall, and no doubt packing them into the Grand Ole Opry every Saturday night.]

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Double Double Play Play - Bandcamp Bandcamp

noreply@blogger.com (Fathermosh) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:01:00 +0000

If you've looked at this blog more than once, I don't have to tell you of my great love for Bandcamp. For someone who likes to buy high quality audio files, rather than stream music, it really is the best thing to happen to digital music purchasing since the launch of iTunes. My new music mixes invariably feature several cuts from artists whose work can be found on Bandcamp. But I thought I'd do a couple ALL(*) Bandcamp for your enjoyment.
(Download the first mix here.)

1. The Ocean Blue - Give It A Try (Ultramarine)
[One of the great Sire Records New Wave signings of the late 1980s, the group got lots of love from college radio, but couldn't spin that into a commercial break-though. But led by David Schelzel, the band has persevered - its Smiths and Echo & the Bunnymen badges intact - and is back with its strongest album in 20 years.]

2. Kontiki Suite - Brighter Than You (Bandcamp single, FREE download)
3. Kontiki Suite - Moonlight (On Sunset Lake)
[These guys came my way via The Active Listener blog. If you haven't checked them out, you need to - pronto! Active Listener has some of the best coverage of psych, acid folk, space rock and other "outsider" music on the web. (Even as I'm typing this, I'm finding about six more things on the blog I need to check out!) Kontiki Suite is a perfect example. Hailing from the Lake District of the UK, the band features a brilliant mix of U.S. West Coast psych and pop, owing no small debt to The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, and their progeny, such as Maplewood, Beachwood Sparks and Dawes.]

4. Elephant Stone - Strangers (Elephant Stone) (*HQ digital DL available, but not yet from Bandcamp)
5. Elephant Stone - The Seven Seas (The Seven Seas EP)
[A nod to Active Listener once again for tipping me to this fine band, led by Rishi Dhir, whose sitar playing you may remember from The High Dials debut, A New Devotion. Dhir describes the group's music as "Hindi Rock," with influences from the Stone Roses (whence comes the band name), Kula Shakar and Elliot Smith blending nicely with the jangly bits.]

6. COOPER - 747 (747 EP)
7. COOPER - New Life (Cortometraje single)
[Spain's Elefant Records has given the world of power pop a bazillion artists over the past 24 years, probably none so prolific as Cooper. I know I've bought at least eight titles from Alex Cooper, and I'm sure I've barely scratched the surface of his catalog.]

8. The Wildes - Never Wanted To Fall In Love (The Wildes)
9. The Wildes - She Gave Me Everything (She Gave Me Everything/Damaged Goods single)
[Once you've made several purchases on Bandcamp, you can network with other folks, to view their collections and allow them to see yours. I've made several discoveries that way, and I'm pretty sure The Wildes was one of them - I really must make better notes! The band's self-description works just fine for me - "We are The Wildes and we play Pop songs. Chiming guitars and bouncing drums are our thing."]

10. A Band Called Mithras - Robot Clowns (2)
11. Brickyard Poets - Mister Sun (Shrink Wrap Buddha)
[I first heard A Band Called Mithras on the International Pop Overthrow Vol. 14 sampler. And, great music aside, I figured I would have to check out more from a group with such an awesome name. After hearing a second track on IPO 15, I knew I could drag my feet no longer. Both projects above are helmed by a gentleman named Bob Wilson, with Mithras taking a quirky, Jellyfish-influenced tone, while Brickyard Poets often brings the acoustics higher in the mix, using Revolver as its launch pad.]

12. Randy Forte & The Reconstruction - Wonder Falling Under (Wonder Falling Under)
13. Randy Forte & The Reconstruction - Sleep Calling Me (Eleven Steps From Where You Are)
[Singer-songwriter Forte has been across the length and breadth of North America on his musical journey, and his East Coast (Boston, Jersey) rock roots blend nicely with the Americana-leaning influences of his current Phoenix home. Petty's rowdiness meets Springsteen's introspective lyrics.]

14. The Ocean Blue - Touch Down On Earth (Ultramarine)
[Another great new track to close out this set!]

You can check out my collection of Bandcamp purchases HERE!

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