for some reason i had always strayed away from somebody still loves you boris yeltsin and the only reason i can give is that their name turned me off. not sure what i was expecting, but it sure has hell wasnt jangly pop. their new record pershing is simply just a great pop record that if you are fan of fountains of wayne, beulah, apples in stereo, etc will definitely dig these lads.
glue girls off pershing
oregon girl off broom
someone still loves you boris yeltsin site / myspace
if for some reason you the slap in the face sounds of drive like jehu have never graced your ears, here are the two first tracks from their classic yank crime. from the ashes of jehu came the likes of rocket from the crypt and hot snakes, but spawned countless intimidators along the way.
here come the rome plows
do you compute
drive like jehu site
really liking this song, “cherry tulips” from headlights’ some racing, some stopping.
cherry tulips
headlights site
wanna thank the fine folks at the scott ford radio board for hooking me up with these black rider demos. for those who dont know, the black rider is a “musical fable” in the form of a theatre production created by tom waits. in terms of sheer creepiness i would give these demos a pretty solid 7, only slightly less apocalyptic than bone machine.
1. the black rider
2. november
3. the right bullets
4. the briar and the rose
5. george schmid
6. chase the clouds away
7. flash pan hunter
8. instrumental
9. t’aint no sin
10. in the morning
11. gospel train
12. i’ll shoot the moon
13. instrumental
14. the last rose of summer
sup dickweeds? if you have been putting off signing up with amie street, you may want to rethink that because starting today they are offering up the entire beggars group, matador and polyvinyl catalogues - some, actually a lot, of which you can get for free. i downloaded 5 or 6 records, which i already had but wanted on my new computer, before getting cut off. but right now, a few of the pavement, yo la tengo, belle and sebastian, cat power discs are free and some as minimal as 16 cents. the highest a track will go to is 98 cents and if you add 25 bucks to your account you get 25 bucks, free. it’s probably worth your time…prices are rising just to let you know, but still 2 bucks for wowee zowee is a bargain..
i was and actually remain to be a huge drive like jehu/hot snakes/whatever other offshoot fan, and when a band comes a long keeping that torch alive like dragged by horses i cant help but to be a little psyched.
their new record, deep in the woods, is set to be released on 3.12 and can be pre-ordered via their myspace page.
one way ticket to rome
dragged by horses myspace
the last time paul mccartney and john lennon hit the studio it sounded a little something like this, a toot and a snore in 74. for more info check out the wikipedia page
1. bluesy jam session
2. cupid chain gang
3. lucille
4. nightmares
5. stand by me
6. studio talk
