The Jubilant And Warped Farewell

A final list, courtesy Drugstore, in the Year of our Lord 1998.



Drugstore - The Funeral (But Most Of All)(mp3)

From White Magic for Lovers

Also, remember this classic featuring Thom Yorke?

The Young Disciples

Another strong addition to the Eccentric Soul collection, from the classic underground funk & soul authorities at Numero Group...The Young Disciples was a group of solo artists and groups formed by St. Louis musical hero Allen Merry through the South End Community Center to keep kids off the streets and in the studio. Essential.

The Young Disciples Co. - Crumbs From The Table (mp3)
The Debonettes - Tears (mp3)

Vanessa Daou: Zipless

This album cover promises something slinky and sophistocated - something adult, thoroughly grown-up, yet at the same time, dangerous. The music, a deft fusion of jazz and electropop, delivers the steam.

Sunday Afternoons (mp3)
Near the Black Forest (mp3)

Buy at iTunes Music Store

Vanessa Daou

We kissed, as though nothing could fall.

I, I can remember
(I remember)
Standing by the wall
(by the wall)
And the guns shot above our heads
(over our heads)
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall
(nothing could fall)
And the shame was on the other side
Oh we can beat them
for ever and ever
Then we could be heroes
just for one day

David Bowie - Milton Keynes Bowl, UK (FM) 5 August 1990 (mp3s):
Heroes
Modern Love

Will Sheff & A.C. Newman - Lost Coastlines

Spanking new, from the Okkervil River and New Pornographers frontmen, in anticipation of Okkervil River's September 9 release of The Stand Ins (preorder from Jagjaguwar).

Deep Water And Quicksand No Swimming

Talking Heads - Live at Cape Cod Coliseum, Yarmouth, MA 8-20-1983 (mp3s):
Once In A Lifetime
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Genius Of Love (Tom Tom Club)

'TIS that peculiar.

George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love, reimaginings of some of his classics, will be out in sooner than a month. In the song below, his 'Gangsters' include Sly Stone and El Debarge. Yes, that El Debarge (is there another?). Other 'Gangsters' include Rza (true), Carlos Santana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and some of the old P-Funk gang.

George Clinton and His Gangsters Of Love - Ain't That Peculiar (mp3)

Bobby Bare, Jr., Live on KEXP, 8-15-2008

Last Friday, Bobby Bare, Jr. played a live in-studio set for KEXP Whatever your tempo, whatever your pace, he wrests them from you, slows you down and makes you listen. Download the show with interview here (mp3) (via KEXP).

Sonic Youth, 1990

A decade and a half before Rock Band and Guitar Hero were conceived....wish I were there...now.

Sonic Youth - Live at the Palladium, Hollywood, CA, 8-17-1990 (mp3s):

Intro/Tuning
Catholic Block
Mary Christ
Kool Thing
Eric's Trip
Dirty Boots
Tunic
Tom Violence
Mote
Flower
Cinderella's Big Score
Schizophrenia
White Cross
Scooter + Jinx (Encore Break)
Titanium Expose
My Friend Goo > Tuning
Mildred Pierce

Andy of The Comas/Electric Owls: 3 Degrees From The Joker.

Batmania is now inescapable. Today, it got me to thinking about Michelle Williams, which got me to thinking about her ex-boyfriend, The Comas' Andy Herod, and their superior sophomore album, Conductor, an exploration of the demise of Andy and Michelle. I watched the video for Moon Rainbow, thought about the intrinsic sadness of them. And of course, I wondered what The Comas were up to now. Turns out that they're on hiatus, but you'll be able to hear Andy's new project, Electric Owls, when their record is released, hopefully this year. Until then, there are four songs up on their Myspace, and don't you dare leave that site until you've listened to all four.

By the way, look at the song titles: Magic Show, Halloween Mask, Cannibal Superstar, Darken Me - is it me, or might those double as chapters in a Dark Knight movie?

Shearwater, 5/5/2008 at Florence Gould

High-quality.


Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.com

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (Live in Rotterdam 7-28-2008)

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings brought pure funk heat to the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam a month ago.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Live at Rotterdam, 7-12-2008 (mp3s):

Make It Good To Me
Fish In My Dish
My Man Is A Mean Man/Little Bit Of My Love
Tell Me
Settling In
100 Days, 100 Nights

(broadcast by Radio 6)

And here's their performance, from the same festival, of Janet Jackson's What Have You Done For Me Lately:

Art Blakey 'Round Midnight

Art Blakey, with, among others, Sonny Stitt on alto and tenor saxophones, Roy Eldridge on trumpet, Thelonious Monk on piano.

100% real.

Art Blakey - 'Round Midnight (Live at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival)(mp3)

From Live at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival.

Bowerbirds (Live on WOXY 8-4-2008)

The Bowerbirds played an .arresting. live in-studio set for WOXY yesterday.

Listen to/download it here (mp3).

Octopus Glory

I would like to take this moment and declare my continuing love for the Octopus Project, who have revealed a new side of themselves in these empyreal layers of electronics, guitar, organ, and theremin.

The Octopus Project - Wet Gold (mp3)

And the fan video:

Gnarls Again

Here's the rest of the Gnarls Barkley set:

Gnarls Barkley (Live on KCRW 7-25-2008)(mp3s):

1 Going On
2 Neighbors
3 A Little Better
4 Transformer
5 Save My Soul
6 Run
7 Surprise
(Now May I Curse)

Still looking for tickets. Anyone?

Now May I Curse.

If you have extra tickets to Gnarls Barkley at the 9:30 club tomorrow, email me, please. I will buy them from you.

Gnarls Barkley (Live on KCRW 7-25-2008)(mp3s):

1 Going On
2 Neighbors
3 A Little Better
4 Transformer
5 Save My Soul
6 Run
7 Surprise
(Now May I Curse)



You buy The Odd Couple now.

The Go! Team on The Current, 7-30-2008

Yesterday, The Go! Team scintillated The Current's studio with 3 live songs - over ten minutes of blissed out electro-cheer.

The Go! Team - Live on Minnesota Public Radio's The Current, 7-30-2008 (mp3s):

Grip Like A Vise
Doing It Right
Keys To The City

The entire performance is here, including an interview in which we learn that none of the band members were or are currently cheerleaders, and that there are, in fact, no cheerleaders in Britain (the horror!!).

Order Proof of Youth.

Dedication To Pete Johnson

...a mighty fine one, by Memphis Slim.

Memphis Slim - Dedication to Pete Johnson (mp3)

...and here's another touching dedication.

Lead Belly - Big Fat Woman (mp3)


Both from Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways.

The Walkmen: You & Me, $5 For 3 Weeks, $5 of Each Sale Goes To Cancer Center

From The Orchard:

The Walkmen released their highly anticipated new album today exclusively on AmieStreet.com as part of the website’s ongoing Download To Make A Difference campaign that launched earlier this month.

You & Me will be sold for a period of three weeks at the special price of $5. For each album purchased AmieStreet.com will donate $5 to a cause of personal significance to The Walkmen.

“All donations go to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in honor of Luca Vasallo, a friend to the band and a current patient who is seven months old and doing a great job fighting a very difficult disease,” said Peter Bauer of The Walkmen. “This is a very good organization that certainly deserves the attention.”

The You & Me exclusive pre-release marks the second major release for AmieStreet.com's Download To Make A Difference campaign, which gives people the chance to support important causes by downloading new music.

The Walkmen’s new album is released by Gigantic Music and marketed and distributed by The Orchard. To download You & Me and give $5 to a great cause go to AmieStreet.com/thewalkmen.

The Walkmen - In The New Year (mp3)