under the influence... part 2...

candy hearts - ripped up jeans + silly dreams (2010)

2010-06-17T07:31:00.006-04:00

try
listen
myspace
bandsite

review / plea i sent them:

hello.

so i always stop by the lo-fi high to make my rounds... and what do i find...

i was gonna stop by and tell you this whole spiel about how there was something really special going on here and that somehow i felt like i came across that one album that i missed out on in 1995 that i felt would've benn one of the key experiences that would've changed and saved my life... and well, basically made feel a little better about life because though the words pouring out felt like what my response would've been to that life and what i needed to say in response... so i see your influences... and it said it and i grinned hard as hell... right there and right on... 1995... so basically i was that day where you're between curling up and giving up and trying to stay strong... you may take time to see what i do or not but i put all others first and suffer hard to barely stay alive... i try and try until at about the eight year point i find myself "hiding from friends"... that's where i go and don't have the friends anymore for the pull-out... they've been lost to drugs and death or society and the ones in 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008... well after 2008... no one was there anymore to pull me out... they'd gone where i was or the ones i'd needed and thought were always the best of friends... showed true face so i could see they really didn't care... and were lost from the dreams and reality i thought was always shared and prominent for survival of what made us us and made that ok.... we'll finding this album felt like i found that lost treasure that saved my life two years and a couple decades to late... but what molded this album into existence feels like we came from the same factory of life and it's about time i felt this good about and from an album again... let me know if i can promote it for you and release it on vinyl and cd and i will cover all costs and you have all creative control and get all profit... i just want one in my record collection and i feel there are so many the way things are today... that need one too.

seriously, thanks for the good influences.
it means a lot... thanks for sharing.

later.
-drk
p.s. at least i would really like to put "hiding from friends" on the summer sampler (i've been mixing it this week and it would be track 2, on the a side... on the mental record i have laid out and the cd version also. and another song you thing would fit in good with a bunch of everything you've ever stumbled by in your life and found really special and needed to share with friends uncontrollably... since that is all i really do... if it is unbearable and something i would automatically have to go out and buy (like it was still 1995 and people still bought music) and went to the store and found it never existed and was all a figment of some digital imagination like how music is released and leaked now... i'm at the age and point in my life where i'm the grown kid now who can put it in that store so it's there for people like me who really need it and is important to their future and to keep something special a reality that most have lost... friends, connections, reality, emotions, connections through actual personal meeting and contact, sharing music by hand and word of mouth, friends like family... a thing called community, and well basically when some people who said they gave a fuck about you and your life actually showed it in person instead of thinking a tiny text that says "get well soon, miss you. TTYL" cures loss of basically everythang that makes your world tick... that digital clock don't tick and time and reality and love and the future is lost... i'd hate to lose this record in the digital shuffle and anyone who knows me truly will tell you how serious i really am even though mentally and creatively and social skill wise out of the loop and off the walll.. but i do strongly care and feel making this happen is essential to the future only if 100- 200 copies found good homes... it would mean the world to me and probably you too... it's nice to find those that really care.

stump / the lOST sANITY dEVICE / drkuntitled lp#1(09.21.10)

2010-06-02T04:11:00.000-04:00

hello.

i'm releasing my first actual personally released vinyl on september 21, 2010... which is a tuesday (a record release day)... and i'm going to be 33 like my favorite record speed (well, if i wanted to be technical i'd wait four more months 'til i'm 33 1/3 to do this)... so i'm taking this as a sign that it's about time i start making real records instead of just cassettes, cds, and free digital downloads.

so hopefully this doesn't just become another one of my little projects nobody ever really notices or even cares about in the long run... so what am i gonna do about it?

i'm doing a short run of vinyl before my birthday and painting all the covers or collaging them the way people envision their design or just tell me to do what i want on them... plus the first people who pre-order them can choose a song they would like to go on the vinyl too... they're only 12 dollars for the u.s. with shipping included and 2 more for over seas... you can donate a little more if you'd like to help me out since it's really costly and a lot of work but you don't have to... i really just want to make some art and vinyl finally that'll get out in the world.

it's a ltd. ed. of 150 for the painted ones and 100 will have inner sleeves with little pictures of the scans from the 150 different designs printed on them... i'm sure they'll be worth maybe 15 dollars after i'm dead... but if they do sell... maybe we'll see untitled lp#2... and then a little triple 7" album in a square deluxe box set edition for untitled lp#3 with a book with all the paintings from before in it... that's what i imagined today but i doubt it will get past the first set... please buy one if you can and make my birthday wish come true... the present for me is the present i'll make for you.

thanks all you who visit my lousy blog.

later.
-drk

<a href="http://stump.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-lp-1">03.28.10 by stump</a>
12" lp in hand painted shells (pre-order)
free download / listen / myspace

stump / the lOST sANITY dEVICE - untitled ep#4 (2010)

2010-05-22T12:39:00.001-04:00

hello.

untitled ep#4 is up for stream and download and vinyl pre-order.
let me know if you want a free download code and i'll give you one...

listen with an open mind.
enjoy.

later.
-drk

untitled ep#4
stump / the lOST sANITY dEVICE

download or pre-order vinyl ($4) / share

jeff klein - death to the fox (2010)

2010-05-20T01:36:00.003-04:00

<a href="http://downloads.thejeffklein.com/album/death-of-the-fox">Like Leads To Lonely by Jeff Klein</a>
ep: listen (dig-$6) / myspace / bandsite

download this ep to help jeff on his uk tour by the end of the month and i'll give you a $2 off coupon for any porkrecords.bandcamp.com order good for a year.

i knew i forgot something... my fucked up dreams & free album ... - pork records of n.e. ohio's MySpace Blog |

2010-05-18T01:22:00.000-04:00

i knew i forgot something... my fucked up dreams & free album ... - pork records of n.e. ohio's MySpace Blog |

first four lps for 20 dollars... collectors and indie stores s... - pork records of n.e. ohio's MySpace Blog |

2010-05-17T05:32:00.001-04:00

first four lps for 20 dollars... collectors and indie stores s... - pork records of n.e. ohio's MySpace Blog |

<a href="http://poorkidsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/four-lps-at-cost-starter-box">the beggars and the bread by poor kids' records</a>

please invest in our future and help us get off to a good start...
four 12" lps at cost starter box only $20
perfect for independent record stores and collectors
(click to order)

mfrench - digital tapehiss ep volume 1 (2010)

2010-05-10T17:30:00.002-04:00

free digital download or pre-order vinyl at cost:
<a href="http://porkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/digital-tapehiss-vol-2">ghost copilot by pork records of n.e. ohio</a>
free download / listen / pre-order 12" one-sided ep + cd / myspace

"i think if elliott smith were still alive and you threw him in a room with anton newcombe and locked them in there with some basic instruments, a malfunctioning four-track tascam cassette mini-studio, and a crappy computer for a mixdown deck then told them they couldn't have their next fix until they came up with something nice that everyone could enjoy... this would be the little masterpiece they'd come up with before the withdrawl symptoms kicked in."

listen with an open mind.
enjoy.

later.
-drk

p.s. 12" vinyl+bonus cd is on pre-sale for $4 plus there will another ep on the b-side after the pre-sale is over and when that's announced the price goes up to $6 dollars.
get one while they're at cost... the presale's only for the first 100 copies of a limited 250 press... thanks anyone who orders... bonus cd has digital tapehiss vol.2 and 1 and also two other eps and all orders also come with a free sampler cd too...

donate to the autism society and get a new boyracer song at the same time...

2010-05-09T05:17:00.002-04:00

hello.

jen turrell and stewart anderson of boyracer/555 recordings of flagstaff, az are raising some money for autism... please show your support and toss a buck in the jar and get a free song while yr at it too... they've been having it hard running the ranch and keeping their d.i.y. label up and running over the past few, and recently found out.... well i'll use their words.

quote from the boyracer webpage:

April is Autism Awareness month, we thought we would share this song with you. As some of you may know, our daughter Tallulah, nearly 3, was recently diagnosed as autistic. Any monies from the download of this song will go to the Austism Society Of America.

Let Me Hear Your Voice
Boyracer

donate and download / share

thanks anyone who donates.

later.
-drk

(click me) boyracer.bandcamp.com (ASA benefit page)

out of order... and back in business.

2010-05-06T05:52:00.003-04:00

i won't be making any posts for a long time... too busy making cds and promo records for people... porkrecords.bandcamp.com - www.myspace.com/porkrecords or my personal stuff... stump.bandcamp.com - www.myspace.com/stumpdrk

things i really got into lately were the film 'visioneers'... which is a really good film starring zach galifianakis and judy greer about an alternate reality where people explode when they get stressed out too much... and not blow up emotionally... i mean explode as in kaboom... it's a great movie and in comedic by being completely serious... you have to see it to understand... it's such a good movie... music? there's this duo of girls, one of which used to be in/still in? (the) giants of gender improv group, which make really interesting indie folk tunes... after owl... look'em up on myspace they're good... there's this band called, dead cinema which i really liked their new album anlong with their releated projects for aio records, which are: susurrus station, pikara, and nigh chaparral... i got a bunch of 555 stuff i've been spinning the hell out of along with a dead c double vinyl i stumbled across at the exchange for 5 bucks and it was still new (sells for 65 on discogs!?)

breaking bad kicked ass as always... started watching the a simple man film but fell asleep from exhaustion during it... hte film was good so far but i was way too pooped to make it through... been overplaying the new nick sundman ep which i can't get enough of and which i'm also trying to help get pressed on vinyl (pre-orders are $4 at nicksundman.bandcamp.com - that's the pre-sale price and it'll have another ep by another band on the b-side and when that's set the price goes up to six... so get the split 12" double ep for four dollars while you still can!) same with the new mimes of wine album and a bunch more.

i've been listening to a lot of new albums i can't leak yet either.

but visit the myspace and the bandcamps... i need all the support i can get in making the record company grow strong.

so this blog is out of order until further notice.
visit magiska.tk and bolachas.com for some new stuff or flip through my blog subscriptions on the bottom of the sidebar for good places to go for music.

later.
-drk

555 shared files removed from the file pile.

2010-05-04T19:28:00.000-04:00

out of personal respect for all the wonderful and amazing work done by 555 recordings of flagstaff, az/boyracer in the past... i've removed all their files and the boyracer ones from the file pile at put them back in my private collection... i'll still be posting up some audio streamers of stuff they've put on the web in place... but all links are removed and the files are blocked from download... most of their releases are wonderfully hand screened small runs... so get'em while you can.

later.
-drk

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://boyracer.bandcamp.com/album/555-free-sampler"&amp;amp;gt;MYTTY ARCHER the life you wanna live by Boyracer&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

spring 2010 sampler ep1.

2010-05-03T21:06:00.000-04:00

free sampler download or 12"+cd at cost:

<a href="http://porkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-2010-sampler-vinyl-series">spring 2010 sampler ep1 by pork records of n.e. ohio</a>
free digital download / $5 for 12"+cd of choice

boyracer /que possum - boyracer que possum (2k8)

2010-05-01T12:10:00.007-04:00

split 7" ep

buy
myspace (br)
website

boyracer <a href="http://boyracer.bandcamp.com/track/faith-seeds">faith seeds by Boyracer</a> <a href="http://boyracer.bandcamp.com/track/final-day">final day by Boyracer</a> <a href="http://boyracer.bandcamp.com/track/dark-wave">dark wave by Boyracer</a>
que possum "unrested" <a href="http://boyracer.bandcamp.com/track/que-possum-unrested">QUE POSSUM unrested by Boyracer</a>

if you're not into the projects that are going on over at 555 recordings of flagstaff, az... now is an excellent time to check them out... they just recently added some more excellent 7" eps to their catalog... a lot of the older ones are sold out now but there are still plenty and they have a get any five 7" eps for 15 dollars special... which is well worth it and some of the best little eps i've added to my collection in a long time - i have all the ones they have for sale and a lot more and i'd add them to the file pile but i think i'm gonna pass on the vinyl rips and leave it up to a few streamers of some of the songs i found... maybe i'll upload if they all sell out but they're not expensive and a lot of hand assembling and screening love went into them (some even glow in the dark - the coolest is the glowing cat on the kristen mess ep) so no file pile files... so buy some and show yr support - they make really great lps and eps and are worth double of every penny spent or more... to me - they're priceless gems - you can have the diamonds, i just want the beautifully hand-packaged vinyl collection.

thee oh sees - warm slime (2010)

2010-04-30T22:27:00.003-04:00

buy
myspace
(in the file pile)

bye bye slsk...

2010-04-30T20:19:00.002-04:00

i've said bye bye to the leechers at slsk who don't share anything good in return most of the time anyways or chat back when i send'em file pile links... grab and run and no thanks... bunch of suckers killing my speeds... but, if you're on dial-up and want something because your speeds are too slow to handle a .rar download from the file pile... let me know what you want and i'll flick it on for you to get something... sorry to those that come here due to when i used to leave it on 24 hours a day but almost everything is in the file pile here too... plus i'm doing a cleaning of the hard drive tomorrow to make room for the new releases and promo stuff for the record company so everything'll be pretty vacant in my music collection and convert files folder anyways... but if you are on dial-up i'll set up a folder for you and throw whatever you want to borrow in it and turn on slsk if you ask me to because i know what it's like to be stuck in the slow slow lane and be a music addict at the same time... just e-mail me or message me on myspace and let me know and i'll pull it from my massively overwhelming pile of cdrs and dvdrs filled with music.

later.
-drk

sparklehorse - distorted ghost (2k)

2010-04-30T20:03:00.002-04:00

ep

buy
myspace
bandsite

the title to this amazing ep is kind of creepy now that mark has passed on his own terms... hearing him sing out, "all i wanted was to be a happy man" holds a lot more meaning when you're gone... but now it's too late to help and there's nothing anyone can do about it but enjoy all the legacy of great compositions left behind... and be assholes and up the price of an ep to 20 bucks or so minimum on amazon when they used to sell for around seven before he killed himself... the music is priceless... that's why it's... (in the file pile)

[d-66].

2010-04-30T14:14:00.004-04:00

listen
myspace

suzuka + fer mercadal - simple: "you the next / busca" (2k9)

2010-04-29T21:47:00.003-04:00

try
myspace (fm/sz)
bandsite (fm/sz)

beatnik filmstars + boyracer - "hospital song"

2010-04-29T21:13:00.002-04:00

<a href="http://boyracer.bandcamp.com/track/hospital-song-beatnik-filmstars-boyracer">hospital song (Beatnik Filmstars + Boyracer) by Boyracer</a>

two of my favorite bands on the same track equals one really good song... click the play triangle to listen or the 'i' for more info.

white stripes - de stijl (2k)

2010-04-29T17:06:00.003-04:00

buy
listen
myspace
bandsite

i'm sure you all own or know this album by now... but if you don't, maybe you should.

(in the file pile)

extraordinary measures (2010)

2010-04-29T14:19:00.007-04:00

imdb / moviesite / buy / torrentz

you ever get it when you can't remember the names of an actor or an actress?

situation: loud guy from the other side of the breakroom is having a conversation with an older lady who pretends she's interested in what he's saying... but you can tell she really doesn't care.

"so encino man's grown up and something fucked up in his prehistoric d.n.a. causes his kids to have a degenerative muscle disease when he mates with felicity (that girl from eight days a week with the nipples) so he goes in the future to find han solo who's now this mad cap doctor with some mad theories who can't keep his inner indiana jones under control and almost screws everything up... but they work together to get get a bunch of business yuppies and scientist dudes to pay for their secret lab to make special medicine but they're gonna get shut down so then they go to the other drug dealers enterprise and then they get that guy that trained the pretender, you know, who you always hear saying, "jared", in his weird accent that was that blind guy in the carnivale show with that backwards dancing midget-dwarf dude from twin peaks with the funky jazz music... you know who i'm talkin'bout? but anyways, then that mummy guy thinks it's a good idea to steal the drugs after they're only giving it to babies and not the big kids and then well... it was really sad and happy and if i tell you anymore i'll probably spoil the ending... better go my break's over..."

loud guy leaves the break room and goes back to work. older lady rubs her temples like she was just fed a migraine through her ears and thinks about how she should move all the extra chairs away from her before she sits down for her break. the two straight guys on the opposite side of the room that everyone in the factory thinks are homosexuals because they spend all their free time together stop sipping their coffee mugs and strike up a conversation.

"did he just say there's a new indiana jones flick with a midget sidekick?"

"all i heard is keri russel's nipples and brendan fraser's making acid with harrison ford and selling it to kids."

"sounds good... wanna go see it before we hit the bar after we get paid friday?"

"sure. why not."

tricia yates fanclub - tricia yates fanclub (2k9)

2010-04-29T06:38:00.005-04:00

buy
myspace

i always love getting packages from 555 recordings of flagataff, az... you can feel the love and heart that goes into the product and even the packing, which is one of my biggest influences when it comes to my beliefs in the d.i.y. system and the way i care for things when sending them out.

you should've seen the shit eating grin on my face while i examined the d.i.y. assembly, stamping and screening of the albums while getting ready to slap them on the turntable... the extra 1/2 inch or so of blank smooth leader at the beginning instead of the end was great too on the tricia yates record so i could adjust the skating on my table, which was way off, so my grin spread even further than i thought possible... then the treble kicked along with the bass only the way that vinyl and analog can do... and the grin on my face almost split my head in half... if it happens next time and my face cracks open from over joy or my head explodes, as long as they pay me back with the promise of more amazing records in the future to come, i'll gladly pay for the hospital bill and the cleanup crew from the mess my head made... this album is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good. you should get one while you can... only 100 press.

nick sundman - simple songs simple words (2010)

2010-04-28T19:35:00.000-04:00

<a href="http://nicksundman.bandcamp.com/album/simple-songs-simple-words">Dancing of the Leaves by Nick Sundman</a>
ep: try / listen / myspace

trimming off the lean meat...

2010-04-28T05:08:00.006-04:00

i realized when i went to go make a list of all the things i listened to and watched to post up as an "as is" upload to catch up with the way i post things usually i realized that most of it wasn't that special and just background music in the elevator of my mind... maybe i whistled along while waiting for my floor, but i didn't sing along and feel like moving to the music... if my body moves to the groove or i start singing along involuntarily i know it's having a big effect on me as a person... so from now on i'm trimming off the lean meat and the veggies and only posting up the fat that sticks with me and has that staying power that gives me something to burn my creativity and motivation for promoting music off of. every once in a while i may post a cup of coffee or two or a quick smoke but those'll be just a little energy boost that aren't that good for me.

i have the player at the top of the page i may throw a song in or two for things i don't post if there's something i really liked on one of the albums i listened to and didn't post... but that's about it... i started this and the old blog as a diary to be able to make time relevant to me... most of my memories of days have music tied to them and when i hear something that triggers a day's memories i can go back and see when that actually was if i want since i really hold no concept of time in my reality... most times i don't even know what day of the week it is or if it's day or night when i wake up if it's light out or dark... i know the difference between sunrise and sunset but my alarm clock always flashes the time in relation to when the power last went out... it's only right if the power comes back on at 12.

so from now on only the good sticky stuff and a few quickies.

my best memories from yesterday were:

chris stamey experience (with yo la tengo) - a question of temperature (2k5)
which i'm listening to again right now... and is uploading to the file pile.

twin sister - color your life (2010)
already posted before... ordering a few vinyls for the local shops which has an extra track on it so it's actually a full album and not a mini and well worth the 12 dollars (order it from them and the actual record company direct since they don't get paid more than pocket change from the distro company).

low - secret name (1999)
such slowly powerful stuff... i don't know how they do it... also uploading.

east river pipe - helmet on (1993) 7" ep
i always love me a little sewage water dumping in the east river... uploading.

there's one more that was a creative commons release i forget the name of but it'll get a proper post... there are seven or ten others but they were just elevator music and without looking in my music collection or my mp3 player... i really have no clue what they were so they must've not been that important.

i watched part of avatar again while eating dinner but my laptop over heated from running an outline to the tv, doing uploads, and spinning a dvd at the same time for over two hours so when my computer crashed i just quit the movie... i also watched nurse jackie, which is a good little dramedy and after chris stamey's done again i'll watch united states of tara.

ok. that's all.

listen with an open mind.
enjoy.

later.
-drk

vel.

2010-04-28T04:42:00.004-04:00

buy
myspace

vel's new song is hilarious, i wish i had the connections to get all of his songs made into videos with the storylines and the real people as the actors like little short films... i love imagining the scenarios in my mind and those are what i love about his music the most... some yuppie can go on about the imagery some music makes him feel and tell you of the beautiful picture it's painting for him but in my opinion vel's a multi-talented solo artist who not only plays catchy little riffs and flowing bass lines but he's drawing animated films, putting out comic strips, directing romantic comedies, and piloting off-the-wall dark comedy series for hbo and showtime with his music and their little short story situations. some may find his music corny, but i think it's pure genius... give him a listen on the player below or give that cat a meow over on myspace.

on vacation.

2010-04-27T15:18:00.003-04:00

i'm on a vacation from my vacation for the next few days... there may be one big "as is" post to catch up the three days and three times i cleared out all the albums on my mp3 player but a lot of the things i'm not going to leak here for personal reasons since i'm trying to bring them to a vinyl pressing pre-order first... so i'll be gone from here for a few. if you want to see what's new visit magiska.tk or bolachas.org they usually compile the best of the leaks and the best of the creative commons.

here's what i'm up to:
poorkidsrecords.bandcamp.com
here's some free samplers from before:
porkrecords.bandcamp.com

later.
-drk

zach galifianakis: live at the purple onion (2k6)

2010-04-26T11:29:00.003-04:00

imdb / buy / myspace / website / torrentz

i don't don't care what anyone thinks... zach is a comedic genius... plays with anxiety like it's an instrument and he's making the best experimental album that's like nothing else you've ever experienced... he's so fucking funny.

chloe (2k9)

2010-04-26T08:00:00.003-04:00

imdb / moviesite / buy / torrentz

when they started putting amanda seyfried in the articles and pictures of who they guessed would be the next "it girls" i thought it was silly and thought her career wouldn't go much further than her character on big love, but after watching dear john and her seductively crooked yet in a way sweet and caring portrayal of a hooker in chloe, i'm actually looking forward to seeing letters to juliet and have to admit she's become one hell of an actress and it looks like she'll have a promising future in many roles for the rest of her life.

breaking bad - s03e06 (2010)

2010-04-26T07:51:00.002-04:00

sunset: imdb / showsite / buy / torrentz

this is such a good show.

additions to the "as is" pile...

2010-04-25T21:25:00.004-04:00

the list of things i've been listening to today is getting too long to convert and re-tag and make sure all's dandy, so again i'm going to throw some things in the "as is" pile and they'll get there when they get there... if you don't like the tags... fix 'em with music brainz or do them individually because i'm beat and need to get my breaking bad on.

(in the file pile)

here's the list for new things slowly uploading to the "as is" folder... they usually go in alphabetically and they'll get there when they get there.

album leaf - there is a wind (2010) 12" ep
thermals / cribs - separate / so hot now (2010) split 7"
tall dwarfs - hello cruel world (1988)
low - the curtain hits the cast (1996)
mount eerie - daytrotter session 02.15.10
scott matthew - there is an ocean that divides (2k9)
tobacco - maniac meat (2010)
white stripes - under great white northern lights (2010) cd

ok. they'll be up when they're up.

thanks for buying my new and used records on discogs.

2010-04-25T19:56:00.003-04:00

if anyone's been going to discogs and buying my stuff that stops here... thanks.

if you didn't know... i'm trying to sell off some things to raise some extra funds towards some vinyl pressings in a few months... here's a link to the stuff i have left if you're interested.

http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?seller=stumpdrk

if you'd be interested in donating towards some pressings and getting releases at cost let me know too... you can see what i'm into here and if you want to know more just ask.

later.
-drk

p.s. i may be busy the rest of the day/night and just do an "as is" post later while i'm watching breaking bad... have a good sunday eve.

requests...

2010-04-25T19:47:00.002-04:00

whoever it was who e-mailed me and asked me if i had maniac meat yet...
the answer is yes... but i don't upload leaks until i listen to them and see if i like them and all is kosher with the files... any other already released albums i'll send links out to if i know where they are and i'll upload it if i personally own it and you want to borrow something... but my new policy for leaks is that i'll put them up when i do or you can check my convert folder on slsk if you're one of the leechers on there to see if i have something yet... requests are mainly for stuff that's been out already.

ok... i just needed to vent that since it was the third request for something that isn't even out yet this week.

later.
-drk

sweet apple - love & desperation (2010)

2010-04-25T18:59:00.006-04:00

buy
listen
myspace
bandsite

what happens when you take a guy from cobra verde, a different guy from witch, some other guy i don't know and throw them in a room with j.mascis? i don't know and that's up to them, but there is this sweet apple record with a roxy music lookin' cover. i'd try to describe all the things that the music reminds me of but it keeps changing every song and i'm having a hard time focusing because my mind and eyes keep drifting to the beautiful dark haired girl on the right side of the cover... it may be a good marketing strategy and make the music better because it keeps me from focusing on the songs too much so i won't notice the things i may actually dislike about it...

buried the image and pulled it from the song tags so it's not on my player for a second go and this album's pretty good... a couple things made me think of foos fighting, trees screaming, whites striping and blues grooving... you can tell j's in the house as always. not my favorite but a really good rock album if that's what they're still called. ok... i guess the genre's post-90s pre-grunge yet recorded later than that reunion rock record from a band that didn't exist before but should've... there's been a lot of bands in that genre lately... i just call it old guys getting together and rockin' out... i hope those aren't their daughters on the cover.

(in the file pile)

quint baker - psychic cat'z golden fleece (2010)

2010-04-25T13:39:00.007-04:00

ep

try
listen
myspace

i'm really liking this ep after the first track... i wasn't in the mood for the first song (it's still good though - sounds like the '80s) but after "hand" came on i couldn't stop listening or keep from moving to the following groove... the rest is mostly simple basic and lo-fi tunes with some beat and tape-play but those are the music stylings that i love the most from people... check it out... his new project (the myspace link) is robo distaste which sounds promising and a positive improvement and addition to these earlier recordings... can't wait to hear their finished results.

alan madej.

2010-04-25T11:24:00.002-04:00

listen
myspace

ever since the first day i met this guy in kent i've been really into his music... everyone should give the player below a little listen and give him a visit on the ol' myspace... don't have his new album quietly yet but all sounds amazing from the player... hopefully i'll get one real soon.

the forest & the trees - the forest & the trees (2010)

2010-04-24T23:17:00.002-04:00

<a href="http://theforestandthetrees.se/album/the-forest-the-trees">Mother by The Forest & The Trees</a>
buy / listen / myspace

i you think this next paragraph is actually about this album you better just skip to the one after it if you want the point of all this text... pretend it's a choose your own adventure book... just skip to the best choice...

you've chosen misadventure number one i see... anyways... so, i came across this on a bandcamp player on someone who friended the pork records' myspace page who has since become my pre-coffee and cigarette venting post of the day... usually i do a little venting on a public rep firm trying to sell me on terrible band's music or a a random piece of spam when to their surprise actually gets a mouthful of mindless rambling about how they shouldn't rip off poor defenseless idiots looking for a way out after i pretend i'm actually interestied in their marketing scheme... or sometimes a good friend will be having a little b.s. session with me get a large text spill but today i feel bad and good at the same time because it was a complete stranger who has no clue how i am and was just hunting for good music like i do... it was nice to chat, but see what happens now is that i spill a bunch of text on here too instead of just getting to the point and my coffee and cigarette... thanks myspace girl who's odd text display name i didn't understand for this find... i had to go hunt for it as soon as possible and post it up... on track 8 now going for the home stretch and i can already tell the rest third of this album is going to be just as great as the first run... too bad it's not pre-selling for vinyl... i have this new anti-cd mentality since digital media has become cheapened and more advanced - both destroying and strengthening the music industry at the same time... anyways, listen to the streamer above... this is a really good debut for this guy/gal pairup... one of my favorite things yet today, which is actually saying a lot, because if you think i post a lot... that's only what i like enough to listen to from beginning to end... my garbage can is equally full and somedays even more full than what goes in my keepers pile... agggghhhh... mindless rambling again! focus.

ok.
coffee.
cigarette.
listen to the sound the forest and the trees make.
it's good.
real good...
enough that i'm going to listen to it twice in a row.

later.
-drk

(in the file pile)

p.s. don't read this... listen to the album. sheesh.

earth program - invade! (2010)

2010-04-24T22:44:00.006-04:00

buy
try
listen
myspace
bandsite

i am the dot (feat. boneless) - winter ep (2k9)

2010-04-24T22:29:00.002-04:00

<a href="http://iamthedot.bandcamp.com/album/winter-ep">Glacial Age feat. Boneless by I Am The Dot</a>
try / listen / myspace

another "as is" upload...

2010-04-24T20:31:00.004-04:00

been really busy today getting a lot of things in order and doing a lot of personal stuff and housework so i haven't had much time to make any posts or convert music and up it like i normally do for what i've been listening to so i'm just going to upload everything into the "as is" folder in the file pile and tag it as they finish uploading since i'm still busy doing things... i shut down slsk and vuze to make sure it gets there good while i'm away so here is what'll be new in that folder shortly and will be there when it gets there... they're uploading in alphabetically...

bedhead - bedside table (1994) 7"
cerberus shoal - crash my moon yacht (2k)
contortions - buy (1979)
crippled black phoenix - 8 songs (2k9)
damien jurado - trampoline 7" ep

(in the file pile)

balmorhea - all is wild, all is silent (2k9)

2010-04-24T07:00:00.003-04:00

buy
listen
myspace
bandsite

(in the file pile)

jaydashkay - where we're going, we don't need roads. (2k7)

2010-04-24T03:47:00.002-04:00

try
myspace
bandsite

i recommend this album to all... if you need something to make your day... just click that little try link up there.

kammerflimmer kollektief - mäander (1999)

2010-04-23T20:58:00.006-04:00

buy
listen
myspace
bandsite

i have no clue how to describe the kammerflimmer kollektief... maybe german post-krautrock semi-electro acid-jazz groove... completely original and amazing... this one's from their beginnings before all the yokonoish incoherent warble-woman started appearing all the time... one of my favorites... wish i could come across a good copy on vinyl... always wanted one since i first heard this.

(in the file pile)

shugo tokumaru - port entropy (2010)

2010-04-23T17:34:00.004-04:00

buy
myspace
bandsite
(in the file pile)

i've always liked everything shugo's done even though i have no clue what he's singing... all i know is he likes to sing the words "ka ka" too.

will oldham - we all, us three, will ride (2k2)

2010-04-23T17:08:00.003-04:00

7"

buy
myspace
bandsite
(in the file pile)

sean atkins.

2010-04-23T14:57:00.002-04:00

try
listen
myspace

a pile of tracks are free for download on the player or visit the links above... they're all very good and well worth the listen.

leap year (2010)

2010-04-23T13:18:00.004-04:00

imdb / moviesite / buy / torrentz

yeah. i'm a sucker for romantic comedies. this one's really good with a lot of mishap bad luck comedy and sexual tension to bring the two constantly together and closer to apart.

wild child (2k8)

2010-04-23T08:01:00.005-04:00

imdb / moviesite / buy / torrentz

sometimes i have nothing to watch and just pick a random axxo torrent i haven't watched yet that isn't some shitty action drugs 'n' guns flick... why i didn't shut this off right away confuses me... the first bit is just plain annoying and is mainly the intended point to emphasize the plot, but for some reason i decided to finish the film and may have actually liked it by the end... or maybe i'm just an old perv who finds some females in school girl costumes and foreign accents to be extremely cute.

quick but long-winded summary: annoying rich stuck-up self-centered and conceited spoiled-little-bitch stubborn pain-in-the-ass#1 goes to boarding school for being an annoying rich stuck-up self-centered and conceited spoiled-little-bitch stubborn pain-in-the-ass. annoying rich stuck-up self-centered and conceited spoiled-little-bitch stubborn pain-in-the-ass#1 instantly has arch enemy status with annoying rich stuck-up self-centered and conceited spoiled-little-bitch stubborn pain-in-the-ass#2... annoying rich stuck-up self-centered and conceited spoiled-little-bitch stubborn pain-in-the-ass#1 becomes a decent human being that her dead mother would be proud of and annoying rich stuck-up self-centered and conceited spoiled-little-bitch stubborn pain-in-the-ass#2 remains in the role of annoying rich stuck-up self-centered and conceited spoiled-little-bitch stubborn pain-in-the-ass#2 learning nothing from how she loses in life by being the new annoying rich stuck-up self-centered and conceited spoiled-little-bitch stubborn pain-in-the-ass#1. there's a little love story and female bonding and a cheesy dress up montage... that's about it. this movie is perfect to show an annoying stuck-up self-centered and conceited spoiled-little-bitch stubborn-pain-in-the-ass if you have one for a daughter, sister or neice and feel they should learn to be human... just tell them, "i picked this especially for you" and if they don't get the point after watching it... there's always boarding school.

oto - sketch #1 (2k6)

2010-04-22T22:33:00.004-04:00

ep

try
listen
myspace
bandsite

ghost bees - tasseomancy (2k9)

2010-04-22T21:44:00.005-04:00

buy
listen
myspace
bandsite

mini-review: did you hear that someone cloned joanna newsom into a dueling set of twins and taught them to play mandolin and guitar?

(in the file pile)

soto - soto e.p. (2k7)

2010-04-22T21:21:00.005-04:00

ep

try
listen
myspace
bandsite

this is really, really good... it's an ep by some other people and oto so they put it out as soto. i'll probably put up an oto ep in a bit... there're some really beautiful songs sung in a foreign tongue other than my own (may be japanese or cantonese or something similar) which may be a good thing if i don't know the words because the only thing i think i heard that registered in my mental-vocabulary was when he sang "ka ka"... if it's a song about baby poop, it's better i didn't know.

kite flying society - the aviary (2010)

2010-04-22T18:10:00.005-04:00

<a href="http://kiteflyingsociety.bandcamp.com/album/the-aviary">The New Alchemy by Kite Flying Society</a>
buy / listen / myspace / bandsite

i don't waste money on digital downloads if i don't get a physical product with it... if the little book in the picture came with the download and a vinyl or a cd-r or even a cassette tape, i'd definitely buy one... i don't like doing web rips so just stream on the little player or go to their bandcamp if you want a little listen... nothing in the file pile... they do offer a five dollar screened t-shirt for 29 dollars with an album download or two for a limited time... but if i ever buy a 29 dollar t-shirt it better have twenty-four dollars sewn to it or at least two lps and not some easily deletable files. boo guys, boo! the album's fucking great though. props.

i think i have an old ep from a while ago i may throw up later if i find out where it is.

stump - latenight daydreamer (2k6)

2010-04-22T10:16:00.002-04:00

<a href="http://stump.bandcamp.com/album/latenight-daydreamer">the past sucks by stump</a>
buy / try / listen / myspace / bandsite

black atlantic - reverence for fallen trees (2k9)

2010-04-22T08:40:00.002-04:00

<a href="http://blackatlantic.bandcamp.com/album/reverence-for-fallen-trees">Baiulus by The Black Atlantic</a>
buy / try / listen / myspace / bandsite

pan astral - pan astral (2010)

2010-04-22T06:57:00.002-04:00

<a href="http://panastral.bandcamp.com/album/pan-astral">Goodbye True Love by Pan Astral</a>
try / listen / myspace

mini-review: i didn't know peter gabriel had a new album out... it sounds good.

nick sundman - simple songs simple words (2010)

2010-04-22T05:26:00.004-04:00

try
listen
myspace

i really like this guy's songwriting style and simple and sensible honesty and always have ever since i heard the first few lines broadcasting from his first jaydashkay album... it just feels good. i hate comparisons but like blenders sometimes... let's throw daniel johnston, bright eyes, jeff tweedy and the andrew jackson jihad on tranquilizers in and see what we get. you should definitely listen to "cigarettes and vodka"... woah-aw-oh... it's probably my favorite... i love the girl that sounds like she's singing through a telephone in the chorus... a future classic in my book.

(in the file pile)

eat skull - sick to death (2k8)

2010-04-21T20:08:00.003-04:00

buy (cd /lp)
listen
myspace

(in the file pile)

stump - half full/half empty ep (2k6)

2010-04-21T18:29:00.001-04:00

<a href="http://stump.bandcamp.com/album/half-full-half-empty-ep">half full, half empty by stump</a>
ep: try / listen / myspace / bandsite

cerberus shoal - cerberus shoal (1995)

2010-04-21T17:55:00.002-04:00

lp version

buy (lp /cd)
myspace
bandsite
(in the file pile)

white fence - white fence (2010)

2010-04-21T16:52:00.004-04:00

buy (lp /cd)
myspace
bandsite
(in the file pile)

elaska week - elaska week (2k9)

2010-04-21T16:08:00.003-04:00

try
listen
myspace

(in the file pile)

new pornographers - together (2010)

2010-04-21T16:03:00.002-04:00

buy
myspace
bandsite
(in the file pile)

meneguar - the in hour (2k8)

2010-04-21T13:56:00.003-04:00

buy
listen
myspace

(in the file pile)

john mcentire - reach the rock (1998)

2010-04-21T13:36:00.005-04:00

soundtrack

buy (cd /lp)
(in the file pile)

also contains tracks by: tortoise, polvo, bundy k. brown, sea and cake, dianogah

little gold - on the knife (2k9)

2010-04-21T10:14:00.006-04:00

buy (lp /cd)
listen
myspace
bandsite

another side-project from the woods camp. "silver clouds" may just be my new theme song as the rest of this album and the rest of the woods camp collection play the soundtrack to my life. i'm not sure if it's a depressing film or one with a heartfelt and positive ending... all i know is people were still crying when the credits started rolling but the one thing they'll remember the most was all the good music that played throughout.

(in the file pile)

meneguar - bury a flower / freshman thoughts (2k6)

2010-04-21T09:54:00.004-04:00

7"

buy
listen
myspace

a little side project from the woods camp... i'll but up a whole album later.

(in the file pile)

low - things we lost in the fire (2k1)

2010-04-21T08:21:00.002-04:00

buy (cd /2xlp)
listen
myspace
bandsite

such beautiful and softly powerful music... this may be my favorite album by them.

(in the file pile)

melody a day... 04.20.10

2010-04-20T23:40:00.001-04:00

<a href="http://stump.bandcamp.com/track/042010">04.20.10 by stump</a>

bon chat, bon rat - bon chat, bon rat (2010)

2010-04-20T21:55:00.004-04:00

ep

try
myspace

sure you may have no clue what the hell this is... that's why you should definitely try it... it's very good.

"as is" part two...

2010-04-20T18:36:00.004-04:00

ok... the lawn is huge... "as is" part one is all upped and ready to go labeled and all.

round 2... same as before - it'll be up when it's up.

super furry animals - mwng (2k) bonus disc only
i don't know what they're grumble singing in their furry animal tongue but i love it.

v.a. - 1st borrowdeer records compilation (2k8)
most of it sounds like a jad fair electro-manipulation side project

tom waits - goin' out west (1992) ep
tom's a fucking genius... some great rarities on this one.

sonny and the sunsets - the hypnotist (2010) 7" ep
if you haven't gotten the lp from before you should get one... the new 7" ep in really good... maybe better than the album.

v.a. - a momentary collapse of reason (2010)you can get this here... records.sostanze.it/public... some really good electro 'n' d&b tweek work and what i'm on right now.

a setting sun - flower garden of doom (2010) ep
sugar - beaster (1993) ep
royal trux - cats and dogs (1993)
kammerflimmer kollektief - incommunicado (1999)
low - things we lost in the fire (2k1)

they're uploading in alphabetical order starting with the kammer...
gotta mow... later. -drk

as is and whenever it gets there....

2010-04-20T13:59:00.004-04:00

today's been a long day of busrides and hiking and soon to be mowing... so instead of doing a bunch of individual posts... i'm throwing a folder in the file pile (www.mediafire.com/sharingisnotacrime - for those who don't know about it yet) called "as is"... and it'll be slowly getting filled up with all the great music i listened to on my adventures today... if you've noticed i usually file things with all the first letters from the post titles minus all the small words usually and an e for ep or a 7e and so on... so since i won't have time to label everything in the "as is" folder for a while, i am going to leave the uploader running while i mow the lawn... look in the "as is" folder for these files in you want'em... i'm doing no tagging or converting until later so they'll mostly be vo, 320s or whatever i got them as... but they'll be there soon and when they get there and that is about it.

the "as is" files
hood - the year of occasional lull (1998) ep
white stripes - white stripes (1999) ...the first one.
bonnie prince billy - black dissimulation (2k) 7"
evan miller - s/t ep
nick sundman - simple songs simple words (2010) free download at myspace.com/jaydashkay
v.a. - stars kill rock ....an awesome kill rock stars sampler
klimek - movies is magic (2k9)
dean and britta - sonic souveneirs (2k3) ep
will oldham - subpop singles club (1999) june '99 7"
coco rosie - lemonade (2010) 7"
tom waits - hold on (2k) ep
june of 44 - in the fishtank
black keys - brothers (2010)... i'll set this one to upload first since many are impatiently leeching it off my slsk which i'm about to crash with my vuze and all other programs to keep this upload strong... so sorry if i cut you off... that's why i sent out a notice to give you another option if needed... i'm not sure why anyone that is not on dial-up uses slsk... it's nice for rarities but for common stuff - people need to get with the program and learn to google.

long anxiety filled day with a lot of good music is about to be longer... the mowing of the massive lawn always calms me down though and fucks with my vision, making me hallucinate from the vibrations or fumes or something... should be fun. listen with an open mind. enjoy.

later.
-drk

united states of tara - s02e05 (2010)

2010-04-20T08:33:00.001-04:00

doin' time: imdb / showsite / torrentz

nurse jackie - s02e05 (2010)

2010-04-20T08:28:00.002-04:00

caregiver: imdb / showsite / torrentz

least carpet - least carpet (2010)

2010-04-19T18:10:00.002-04:00

<a href="http://leastcarpet.bandcamp.com/album/least-carpet">The Goat Horn by Least Carpet</a>
ep: try / listen / myspace

setting sun - children of the remix (2k8)

2010-04-19T17:41:00.002-04:00

<a href="http://settingsun.bandcamp.com/album/children-of-the-remix">They're Calling by Setting Sun</a>
ep: try / listen / myspace / bandsite

v.a. - cold cure the common (2k6)

2010-04-19T17:16:00.004-04:00

<a href="http://porkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cold-cure-the-common-freewinter2k6-7sampler-disc-one">call of the mild by pork records of n.e. ohio</a>
pork records free winter 2k6/7 sampler 2cd set:
disc one: try / listen / myspace / bandsite

artists: gian enzo saja, bella sylva, collina, christian suburbanites, michael yatsu, mike christopher, king tut, marvin the robot, richie the rishi, 4040_error, matt french, coloring books, derek deprator, kid sister, skin graft sksk, wiggins, chew toy, no target audience

dear john (2010)

2010-04-19T17:04:00.004-04:00

imdb / moviesite / buy / torrentz

tortoise - a digest compendium of the tortoise's world (1996)

2010-04-19T16:11:00.003-04:00

import

buy
myspace
bandsite
(in the file pile)

marvin the robot.

2010-04-19T09:36:00.005-04:00

try
listen
myspace

i just heard that some asshole stabbed my old friend miles from columbus (marvin the robot) in the chest... i guess he's gonna make it and is recovering in the hospital... here's some free songs from the internet from a while ago and there's a copy of midwesters (which two of these songs are from) in the file pile if you're interested... he's a great guy and a great musician who writes some really clever lo-fi indie pop tunes. give him a listen... and if you know him, you'd know he's the last person in the world that deserves to be stabbed for any reason... a great guy with an intoxicating laugh and a big heart.

my summer as a salvation soldier - nýtt ep (2k9)

2010-04-19T09:16:00.002-04:00

<a href="http://mysummerasasalvationsoldier.bandcamp.com/album/nytt-ep">All the way home by My Summer as a Salvation Soldier</a>
ep: buy / listen / myspace / bandsite

(in the file pile)

v.a. - cold cure the common (2k6)

2010-04-19T06:16:00.008-04:00

<a href="http://porkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cold-cure-the-common-freewinter2k6-7sampler-disc-2">i hate the rain by pork records of n.e. ohio</a>
pork records free winter 2k6/7 sampler 2cd set:
disc two: try / listen / myspace / website

artists: silent matt, they the down low, kong sauce, humphrey clinker, kung-fu grip, disaster march, examples, chelsea ryan, alan madej, viola, goose, blue book phonics, ashley brooke toussant, stump

breaking bad - s03e05 (2010)

2010-04-19T05:52:00.003-04:00

mas: imdb / showsite / torrentz

mytty archer - if i had a shovel (2k9)

2010-04-18T14:08:00.004-04:00

buy
listen
myspace

(in the file pile)

jen turrell and stewart anderson never cease to amaze me with any of the projects they get themselves into... this is one hell of a good album and may be one of my favorites this year, and sorry stu, you know i'm faithful on the boyracer front but when it comes to a fight between this and the tricia yates fanclub projects... your wife's almost got you beat... since you're doing the drumming, we'll have to call it a tie... in my honest opinion, these are the two best albums you've made yet... even though boyracer is said to be over... always looking forward to many more from you and your camp... great job.

butter 08 - butter 08 (1996)

2010-04-18T13:17:00.004-04:00

buy
listen
myspace

(in the file pile)

russell simins, yuka honda, miho hatori, rick lee, mike mills, and other special guests...

tricia yates fanclub - tricia yates fanclub (2k9)

2010-04-18T11:41:00.006-04:00

buy
myspace
(not in the file pile - 100 press)
buy one while you still can

this album is fucking great... probably my favorite that's ever come out of the 555/boyracer camp... the only thing it could go without is the "tricia yates" clips that are in-between all the songs for about ten or fifteen seconds... i haven't gotten my vinyl yet in the mail to know if they're on it but i think the next time through this cd-rip i'm gonna tak'em out just so i can get my ass non-stop kicked without taking a breath in-between.

international tall dwarfs - stumpy (1996)

2010-04-18T11:33:00.003-04:00

buy (cd /2xlp)
myspace
bandsite (ck)
(in the file pile)

simplifying things a little for easy loading.

2010-04-18T10:12:00.004-04:00

i've noticed there are a lot of people still on dial-up in the world since i started leaving my soulseek running all the time... now since i said that doesn't mean that you should all leech from my computer by using their service... please, if you have the high speed connection, do me and those still on dial-up a favor and get your fill from the file pile or the "try" links if they are available.

so to make my page more easily loadable for those on dial-up i'm going to start hiding the audio players... so if you want to stream the album a little or read a line or two of some usually off subject and off the wall bullshit i felt the need to type for some reason... click on the "read more/show audio player >>" links that've started showing up today or on any post title.

the only players that'll be visible on the main post pages will be the bandcamp ones that load up nice and the movie trailers... at the top of the main page'll be a player that i'll flop a tune if available on myspace from the last album i listened to so people can play that if they want... it also has a link to the file pile next to it since most of those are hidden beside the players on the posts now... i guess it's ok to post amazon and discog album cover pics so those'll start being on posts again. if i get take down notices due to it though, i'll stop it since i don't want to get another blog deleted and i'm trying my best to take advantage of all the legal loopholes when it comes to sharing things with friends and people who i have no clue who they are... if you do like what i do... feel free to chat a little or give a little thanks... it's always appreciated and comments are open to all.

so in summary...
(in the file pile)
^^go there^^ to get your files instead of slsk if your computer's on speed.

click these guys or the "listen" links:
read more/show audio player >> if you want to jump in the stream.

if none of this makes sense to you, always feel free to ask... i'll always be happy to respond.

ok... time to get my coffee on. gotta go.

later.
-drk

dump - superpowerless (1993)

2010-04-18T09:18:00.005-04:00

buy / myspace

(in the file pile)

dreadful yawns - rest (2k7)

2010-04-18T06:37:00.004-04:00

buy / listen / myspace

(in the file pile)

kate nash - made of bricks (2k7)

2010-04-18T03:40:00.006-04:00

buy / listen / myspace / bandsite

(in the file pile)

if you read my silly post a few down you may've gotten the impression that i hate kate nash's music... exact opposite... it's just hard to take sleepy-eyed when you're about to go to sleep and the fight she's putting up isn't in the right time or place... my first goal today was to get up in the middle of the night like i always do, put my coffee on, have a smoke and give the new one another go at the right time and place... but then i thought i should go back to why i was so excited to get the leak of the new album and give made of bricks another go first... this is a really good album everyone should give a spin... it's what i was expecting from the new one and maybe after i listen to the one i love, i'll be able to handle the manic fit that engulfs the first half of the new one.

natalie merchant - leave your sleep (2010)

2010-04-17T15:17:00.004-04:00

2cd: buy / listen / myspace / bandsite

(in the file pile)

been a long time since i really listened to anything that natalie merchant has put out... maybe since tigerlilly... i listened to parts of ophelia when it came out but i don't think i went back and really listened to it and i never got a copy of motherhood either or the one she independently released that followed it... this new one is sounding really good at times, especially when there's a lot of orchestration and different things going on or when she brings on the blues... i may just have to go dig up my copy of ophelia, dust it off and have a look into motherhood and the carpenter's daughter one. there are some songs that aren't settling too well, which i expected since that's how it goes with me and natalie... there are a lot of goofy sounding songs that i don't know how to describe... like they're old folktale tunes or jigs she tried to mock up... not really my style... but in between those are a lot of really good songs... i may just have to go through this slightly overwhelming a little over an hour and a half double cd and turn it into one 40 minute or so lp that i'll really like a lot.

kate nash - my best friend is you (2010)

2010-04-17T14:25:00.008-04:00

cd+dvd+scrapbook: buy
reg. cd: buy / myspace / bandsite

(in the file pile)

everyones been sucking this off my computer like crazy through slsk for the last week... i don't know if it's because i'm really tired and relaxed, but this album is really annoying the shit out of me... there are some good points to it but as a whole... it's really fucking annoying... "and i need to get away"... sing it sister... no! the annoyance is back... just when i start liking it... i get attacked... soft and sweet... then she attacks me... i wish she'd make up her mind.

she's scaring the shit out of me but i can't stop listening... i'm afraid i may actually like this... this music sounds like the crazy bitches i tend to fall for put to music during the worst of fights and the best of hard core pound fucking.

i just really need a cuddle though...

now that it's nearing the end she's calmed down, still potty mouthed but soothing... i think i just might like it... yeah, i do. damn... she's gonna break my heart.

beach house - zebra (2010)

2010-04-17T13:08:00.002-04:00

12" ep: myspace / bandsite

(in the file pile)

this is another of the record store day releases... i wish every day was record store day.

black keys - tighten up / howlin' for you (2010)

2010-04-17T12:36:00.003-04:00

12" 45: myspace / bandsite

(in the file pile)

the songs are great but i'm trying to understand why they wasted the extra five inches of vinyl?... these'll also be on the new album brothers in a month... record store day or not it's still a big waste of space... i wish they would've flopped four tracks on it that weren't going to be released in a month... that would've been a treat instead of what i find to be a ridiculous waste of good vinyl... why this? why 5000 copies? i just don't get it.

stump - forgotten favors and discarded handouts (2k5)

2010-04-17T03:16:00.004-04:00

<a href="http://stump.bandcamp.com/album/forgotten-favors-and-discarded-handouts">fear was just a part of indecision by stump</a>
ep: try / listen / myspace / bandsite

i plan on re-releasing this ep within the next year as part of a 12" double ep... i just don't know who'll be on the other side yet... if you'd like to make a donation towards getting a copy when it's pressed... suggested donation is $5 for minimum of 1 copy... if you're an artist interested on being on the other side and want to raise half the costs... let me know.

thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra & tra-la-la band - horses in the sky (2k5)

2010-04-17T00:08:00.003-04:00

lp+1-sided 12" (other side etched): buy / listen / myspace / bandsite

(in the file pile)

mini-review: so good. so beautiful.

declining winter - goodbye minnesota (2k8)

2010-04-16T23:42:00.007-04:00

cd version: buy (cd /lp) / listen / myspace / bandsite

(in the file pile)

so this was just re-released on vinyl today with a bonus track... haven't gotten one yet but decided to give the old cd version a whirl again... i always remembered the levels being a little and peaked and high but it still is a really good cd... i'm just worried with a release that's already 43 minutes adding a bonus track and cramming itself on a single platter was the best idea, 180g or not, it's still a tight fit and'll thin the grooves a lot... and this is an album that has a lot of full and relaxing deep grooves... i'm sure i'll still like it just the same... hopefully i get one before the 250 press is gone.

avatar (2k9)

2010-04-16T13:58:00.003-04:00

imdb / moviesite / buy / torrentz

v.a. - fall into this. (2k6)

2010-04-16T12:05:00.003-04:00

<a href="http://porkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fall-into-this-freefall2k6sampler">saving autumn by pork records of n.e. ohio</a>
pork records free fall 2k6 sampler cd:
try / listen / myspace / website

artists: stump, ashley brooke toussant, no target audience, christian suburbanites, subrosa, jimmie luckey, king tut, advances in, subterraneans, stand alone burner, machine go boom, collina, every gentle air, chelsea ryan, richie the rishi, pull, jamison lee, robert english, baby mice, silent matt, alan madej, tripolar faction

broken bells - the myspace transmissions (2010)

2010-04-16T11:22:00.004-04:00

ep: try / listen / watch / myspace / bandsite

jamison lee - compulsively and without joy (2k8)

2010-04-16T08:34:00.003-04:00

listen / myspace

i don't have a copy of this yet... just been listening to all the songs on the player... everyone should take a little time to listen, jamison's a really good songwriter with a lot of unique creativity when it comes to the recordings... hopefully i can get a real copy soon.

stand alone burner - feel it and see... (2k7)

2010-04-16T06:26:00.005-04:00

try / listen / myspace / bandsite

(in the file pile)

if you're into the royal trux and some good ol' down home laid back grungy rock... you're gonna love these guys.