captains dead

damn you lucero, damn you straight to somewhere that is not very pleasant. i will be honest, i was a little bit late to the lucero game. i got into them last year, long after a friend had raved about them a mere 2 or 3 years earlier. she lived in memphis, they are from memphis and were rippin up the local scene and from the way my friend spoke of mr nichols and co., they were also in the heart breakin business. nobody’s darlings was my favorite record of the 05, followed closely by seperation sunday and the unforgettable arm. this year we find the boys set to release rebels, rogues and sworn brothers. a record that if i didnt know any better sounds like it could be a lost springsteen record from the 70’s. i will go more in depth on rogues.. in the coming weeks. its a phenomenal record, but i dont think it will be winning over any new fans, in fact i think it may alienate those looking for another futher west or tennessee. ok, i dont want to get ahead of myself. look for a full fledged review in the next week.

in the meantime, here is part one of a show from 04 in knoxville, tn. it’s a soundboard recording i believe
1. intro

2. that much further west

3. kiss the bottle

4. fell around the world

5. wandering starr

6. nights like these

7. old sad songs

8. tonight aint gonna be good

9. raising hell

the rest of the show may be up later tonight, depending on my mood.

remember you can still pre-order rogues, rebels & sworn brothers by clicking here. i think its a great idea that they are sending everyone who pre-orders a link to the download the record within two days of ordering.

i realize i am a one trick pony.? i believe dave schramm is playing pedal steel.
1 jewelbomb

2 settled down

3 raze

4 lil wallet picture

5 song of 27

6 gauzy dress in the sun

one of my favorite knob fiddlers is mr brian deck. i have been a huge fan of his work for what seems like an eternity. there has been only one brian deck produced/engineered record that i didnt like, and that was oak lawn, illinois’ boom hank’s sophmore record ish ly ghost your e & y. their debut, nuisance, was a brilliant piece of poppy punk, but their second record sounded like a bad red red meat record. i am sure it was not brian’s fault, but i have to blame someone. so, when i got an email about brian working on pittsburgh based the you’s debut record, for the masses, it of course piqued my interest. from what i have heard thus far from the you, they are definitely a bunch of chaps i can get behind, not literally of course. sitting at work today i tried to come up with my best “sounds like” or “if you dig…” comparisons, but i could not. maybe its because i had to bullshit my way through a 6 page paper about software and office automation today - turned out pretty well, though. check out the you, if you like good music, plain and simple.

i’m going to kill myself

they got a bunch of songs streaming on their myspace page which you can get to by clicking on the you link above.

random mp3 of the day

one of my absolute favorite artists is chris whitley. chris passed away suddenly last year, which broke this already fragile heart o’ mine. so, here is a very haunting version of dirt floor performed in the spring of 05 in australia.
dirt floor

i have been a huge fan of domino records for quite a while now.? mainly because they used to release a lot of cool pavement ep’s.? plus they just re-released the classic sebadoh III record, which i wrote about a week or so ago.? so in my eyes, domino are good people. anyway, the archie bronson outfit was “discovered” by domino owner laurence bell at one of his local hang outs over across the pond.? now, i dont claim to know much about the british music scene, but apparently these lads are way out of step with such scene.? be that as it may, they definitely have an american influenced sound, at least to these ears.? they remind me of the hold steady meets tom waits meets the wilderness. thats the best i can come up with after hearing only this track.? they recorded their debut in nashville with jacquire king who has worked with mr waits and modest mouse.

dart for my sweetheart

a band that i dont talk about really ever, but are quietly in my top 5 favorite bands, is canada’s the tragically hip. one thing i love about the hip is that there is little to no ego in their music, but its still cool as hell. as great as musicians as they are, lead singer gordon downie really makes the the hip, well the hip. he’s reminds me of a crazy history teacher that has some crackpot theories on shit and that has smoked way to much weed or still does. no tragically hip record sounds like the one before it, they dont stray far from their formula but there always seems to be a distinct and differnt vibe to each record.

i actually won a contest back in 2000 to film and hang with the hip when they played in chicago. unfortunately, my video is no longer up but you can read my drunken rambling, here.

this is show from 12.??.1989. no one seems to know exactly when this show took place except that it was close to christmas, that it was in 89 and in toronto. the usually reliable hip base doesnt even have a clue.

1. she didnt know

2. highway girl

3. small town bringdown

4. opiated

5. everytime you go

6. last american exit

7. boots or hearts

8. 38 years old

9. blow at high dough

10. new orleans is sinking

11. when the weight comes down

unfortunately amazon doesnt have my favorite hip record available, and that would be phantom power.

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