Peaking Lights- Imaginary Falcons

I picked up my copy of Imaginary Falcons at Exiled a few weeks ago, after reading Scott's review on the record that declared it one of his favorites of 2009. I asked Lindsay at the counter what it was all about, and she said it was a homemade noise record kind of like Blues Control, but without guitars. As I was feeling adventurous that day, I picked it up without listening first. I am happy to report that it did not disappoint. All in all, its a fairly reflective sort of "noise", with an often perpetual but understated rhythmic pace that I've found is great for working around my kitchen.
Check out this great VBS.tv feature about Peaking Lights:


Mediafire Download Link: Peaking Lights- Imaginary Falcons

The Monochrome Set- Love Zombies

My brother Zack first introduced me to The Monochrome Set when he put He's Frank (Slight Return) on somebody's mix cd way back when. I didn't like much more than than the first 4 songs from the hits collection he had at the time, but I liked them well enough to start looking for more. Well, that's how I came across Love Zombies. Its a good record. Recommended.



Mediafire Download Link: The Monochrome Set- Love Zombies
Tracklist:
1 Love Zombies
2 Adeste Fideles
3 405 Lines
4 B-I-D Spells
5 R.S.V.P. Bid,
6 Apocalypso
7 Karma Sutra
8 The Man With the Black Moustache
9 Weird, Wild and Wonderful World of Tony Potts
10 In Love, Cancer?

Sic Alps

Sic Alps are pretty darn decent.

"Bells":

"L. Mansion":

F-U, Pay Me!

This guy had a bad day at the office. I'm guessing he was knocked out before his creditors gave him his message. I wonder if he knew it was there when he got the mugshot.

Oidupaa Vladimir Oiun- Divine Music From a Jail

After watching Genghis Blues, I thought that I had heard all the Tuvan throat-singing that I'd ever need to hear. I was wrong- OV Ouin is something else entirely-- mournful, heartsick folk ballads, underscored by a wonderfully ethereal accordian (or concertina?), rather than the fast-plucked string staccatos of Tuvan song that I'd become accustomed to expect. One of my favorite albums ever. Just you listen here:

*Many thanks to Mr. Matthew Wells for supplying me with this haunting little album a few years back.


Oidupaa Vladimir Oiun- Divine Music From a Jail  *Re-upped 7/20/12

TRACKLIST:
1. How the Shadow Is Clear
2. It Is Echoing All Over the World
3. Khaian
4. Have You Seen Kodergen?
5. To My Mother
6. It Is Windy in Ovur
7. While There Is Still Taiga
8. There My Wealthy Taiga
9. I Am Sitting on a Steep Slope
10. Recollecting My All, My Homeland
11. Only You A Thin Mountain Ash
12. There Are Many Tears Here Gained
13. I Will Herd My Nightingale
14. The Girl of the Tes-Khem
15. Kaldak-Khamar
16. Ah, You Sweetie

Ngozi Family- 45,000 Volts

Just digitized my copy of this amazing Zamrock classic, recently reissued on vinyl by No Smoke Records. Check the crucial Sabbath riffs by way of 70s Zambia. A must!



Mediafire download link: Ngozi Family- 45,000 Volts

Sybille Baier- The End

I made this video years ago. Its just some fog, my finger and a mirror effect. I think it fits well with this doleful and seductive recording by Sybille Baier.

Dave Cloud & The Gospel of Power!

This guy might be my new favorite maniac. Think R. Stevie Moore crossed with Jesco White. Does anyone out there know of a download link for some Dave Cloud records?

Bowerbirds- Mississippi Studios, PDX 8/2/09

I took Lex to see Bowerbirds last week. We had a fantastic time. She even wrote a great little piece about it for her blog, Girl In The Holocene...

Bowerbirds- August 2nd, 2009

Last night Nick & I saw the Bowerbirds at Mississippi Studios, which is quite near my new place. It is not the first show I’ve seen since the Little One was born, but it was the very best show. Their new record, Upper Air, has been in frequent rotation since it came out.

There’s a lot to love about their music, but the most compelling thing to me is the constant connection to nature in the lyrics. There’s a real romance with the natural world in their songs (and their lives, it seems, read their blog Olive Hearts). Working on my book, I often felt like I was geeking out with the references to glaciers and whales and moss and birds, like others would find this maudlin. But I wanted the natural world to be a character with whom the heroine has a profound and complicated relationship. When I listen to Bowerbirds I feel a kinship, in this way.

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My Mind- Path Masher

I found a special message from Mr. Tim Westberg of Philadelphia's most excellent spazz-pop wizards, My Mind, waiting in my inbox just the other day. So rad! If you don't already know, you need to dig this awesomeness-

OUR RECORD IS FINALLY DONE!!
My Mind has finally finished our first record! "Path Masher" is eleven songs on a 7" with a lovely front-artwork by Margaret Rolicki (click here or see attached file for a scan of the art and inserts).

If you'd like a copy of the record, please reply to whosemindisitanyway@gmail.com with your current mailing address and I'd be delighted to send you one.

If you don't have a turntable/record player, here are the mp3s.
A few of the songs have been posted to our myspace page, so please have a listen.

Couple other things:

• In mid-August (probably Friday, Aug. 14th at 4500 Kingsessing) Hot Guts and we will do a "proper" release show for this record and the new Hot Guts 7" (also on Badmaster).
• "U.S. Out of My Mind/Stay Out of the Territories" -- a 60 minute cassette tape of improvised "jamz" and a couple of remixes from the same source material, featuring vocal and bass guitar contributions from Drums Like Machine Guns' Brian Morsberger. Soon available from Linear B Tapes.
• I've begun posting music at http://whosemindisitanyway.blogspot.com/, so please have a look/listen.

Eddy Current Suppression Ring- Demon's Demands 7"

I'm loving this single by Eddy Current Suppression Ring. Demon's Demands has been on repeat here for these past few days. It has a gritty psych-punk feel akin to early Wire or The Fall, in one of their more accessible moments. Their latest full-length, Primary Colours, is available now at eMusic. If in Portland, you can also get it at Exiled Records. That's where I picked up my copy of this 7". Then, I went and scored my digital copy from the Street Anger blog. Now, I'm going to spread the love and repost. Dig It!

Mediafire Download link: Eddy Current Suppression Ring- Demon's Demands(refreshed 1/31/10)

Puddleflash Helicopter

This is the first little video that I've made in about two years. Its the product of three hours time at the computer this morning. The soundtrack is "Ashes" by Deaf Center. Thanks to Mr. Jason Fellows for his latest musical hook-up.