Three solo acoustic shows by Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy are the gems in today's Bittorent Brunch. One of my favorite live recordings, Tweedy at Harper College in 1999, starts things off.
Jeff Tweedy: 1999-03-05, Harper College [flac]*
Jeff Tweedy: 1999-06-15, Chicago [flac]*
Jeff Tweedy: 1997-11-25, Cambridge [flac]*
Uncle Tupelo: 1994-05-01, St. Louis [flac]*
Decemberists: 2004-09-22, Champaign [shn]*
The Music: 2004-12-11, Los Angeles [flac]*
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-12-20, Colorado Springs [flac]*
Kings of Leon: 2004-06-25, Glastonbury [flac]*
The Darkness: 2004-03-03, Cologne [flac]*
Neil Young: 1971-02-27, London [shn]*
Flaming Lips: 2004-11-18, Late Night with Conan O'Brien [dvd]*
*registration required
Scott at Stereogum names his favorite 14 discs of 2004.
Sin City Sounds offers offbeat holiday tunes on their outdated Advent calendar.
The Morning News lists their top ten 2004 albums, along with mp3 selections.
Sunsquashed has the tracklisting for the upcoming Yo La Tengo compilation.
Make your own Christmas carol.
John Peel's most played songs of 2004.
Boomkat lists their top 50 albums of 2004.
Allmusic's editors list their best albums of 2004.
Pulse of the Twin Cities looks back on their local music scene in 2004.
Looking for a last-minute gift for a sports fan? Here are five recommended books.
The New York Times listens to records with jazzman Wayne Shorter.
Writers of yuletide hits share their experiences with the Independent.
All-star humanitarian Cd's are back in vogue.
NPR's Morning Edition chronicles an immigrant's first American Christmas.
Camper Van Bethoven: 2004-12-07, Hamburg [mp3,ogg,flac]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-11-22, London [mp3,ogg,flac]
Decemberists: several tracks [mp3]
Keane: audio & video [mp3,mov,midi]
Audio Is a War: two tracks [mp3]
Yage: several tracks [mp3]
Chromelodeon: several tracks [mp3]
Dead Girls Ruin Everything: two tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Lilac Sky records [mp3]
Various Artists: Cactus Island recordings compilation [zipped mp3]
Various Superheroes: Exciting Christmas Stories [mp3]
A show by the new version of Son Volt headlines today's Bittorrent Brunch.
Son Volt: 2004-12-11, St. Louis [flac]*
Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-12-20, Colorado Springs [flac]
Radiohead: 2003-10-06, Atlanta [flac]*
The Walkmen: 2004-08-10, Belle Vernon [flac]*
Steve Earle: 1996-01-17, San Francisco [flac]*
Built to Spill: 2001-09-25, Atlanta [dvd]*
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: 2004-11-08, Manchester [flac]*
The Melvins & Mudhoney: 2004-03-07, Seattle [flac]*
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: 2003-10-11, Livid Festival [flac]*
The Smiths: 1985-10-25, Glasgow [flac]*
*registration required
New West Records is offering a preview of the forthcoming Drive-By Truckers live dvd as well as an e-card from the band (warning: sound).
A Whole Lotta Nothing lists his "best of the net music for 2004."
Reason interviews FCC chairman Michael Powell.
Pitchfork lists their top 50 albums of 2004. How many have you heard? (Indie nerd that I am, I had heard 36 of these in their entirety)
Andy Cirzan offers Santa Soundscapes 2004!
Slate's Fred Kaplan lists the year's best jazz records.
Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot lists 2004's memorable live shows.
LA Weekly lists 5 2004 list-obsessed books. Also in LAW, 13 2004 CD reissues you may not have heard of.
The Broward New Times lists their top ten albums of 2004.
A St. Louis Post reporter is suspended for extracurricular Internet activities (his blog).
Washington's Metro Weekly lists the best and worst music of 2004.
Rex at Fimoculous lists his best albums of 2004.
The Boston Herald writes a puff piece on podcasting.
Virgin Mobile gets viral with Chrismahanukwanzakah.
Kate Bush is working on a new album.
The Hershey Chronicle names their top ten albums of 2004.
The Washington Post reviews John Waters' appearance Tuesday night.
Zumpano: 1987-04-08, Detroit plus b-sides & rarities [mp3]
Sufjan Stevens: unreleased holiday songs [mp3]
Mary Kate O'Neil: several tracks [mp3]
Sorayas: several tracks [mp3]
Early Day Miners: several tracks [mp3]
Stationary Odyssey: downloadable ep [mp3]
Various Artists: Suburban Sprawl's annualHoliday compilation [mp3] (via)
Drekka und Vollmar: two holiday tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from BlueSanct Recording Corporation [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Trailer Records [mp3,real]
Various Artists: tracks and samples from Zeal Records [mp3]
In honor of his birthday yesterday, a 1974 Frank Zappa show highlights today's Bittorrent Brunch.
Frank Zappa: 1974-09-08, Bologna [flac]*
The Shins: 2004-12-11, Los Angeles [flac]*
Green Day: 2001-04-26, New York [flac]*
The Cure: 2004-10-15, Black session [flac]*
Brian Wilson: 2004-02-20, London [flac]*
Neil Young: 1999-10-30, Bridge School Benefit [flac]*
Van Morrison: 1971-09-11, Marin [shn]*
Paul McCartney & Wings: 1976-05-03, Fort Worth [shn]*
Bob Dylan and others: 1975-12-08, New York [dvd]*
Beck: 2003-04-28, London [dvd]*
*registration required
Bloc Party: Peel session [mp3]
Extreme Elvis: holiday songs [mp3]
Señor Tonto: holiday songs [mp3]
Teenage Harlets: audio & video [mp3,mov]
Panty Lions: several tracks [mp3]
The Softies: several tracks [mp3]
Tullycraft: several tracks [mp3]
James Yorkston & the Athletes: two tracks and several samples [mp3]
My Teenage Stride: several demos [mp3]
Vatious Artists: "Lest We Forget" Berkeley compilation tape [mp3]
Recent shows by the Drive-By Truckers, Polyphonic Spree, Guided By Voices and Patty Griffin highlight today's Bittorrent Brunch.
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-12-16, Towson [shn]
Polyphonic Spree: 2004-12-18, Grand Prairie [shn]
Guided By Voices: 2004-11-03, Athens [flac]*
Patty Griffin: 2004-12-03, KGSR [flac]*
Tori Amos: 1998-09-11, KNDD [flac]*
The Clash: 1982-01-24, Tokyo [flac]*
White Stripes: 2002-07-12, Chicago [flac]*
Radiohead: 2000-07-04, Berlin [shn]
Bob Dylan: 1978-11-10, Seattle [flac]*
Thom Yorke: 1996-04-10, Rockville [shn]*
*registration required
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: 2001-06-01, Norwegian Wood [mp3,ogg,shn]
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: 2001-10-13, Hamburg [mp3,ogg,shn]
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [mp3,ogg,shn]
The Books: several tracks [mp3]
King of Woolworths: several tracks [mp3,real]
The Animators: several tracks [mp3]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!: several tracks [mp3]
Bonny Prince Billy & Matt Sweeney: "My Home Is the Sea (live)" [mp3]
Six Organs of Admittance: "Home" [mp3] from School of the Flower
Magnolia Electric Co.: "The Dark Don't Hide Here" [mp3] from Trials and Errors
A vintage Kinks holiday show and two KROQ Acoustic Xmas performances lead off today's Bittorrent Brunch.
The Kinks: 1977-12-24, Kristmas Koncert [shn]*
Keane: 2004-12-11, KROQ Acoustic XMAS [flac]*
Modest Mouse: 2004-12-11, KROQ Acoustic XMAS [flac]*
Modest Mouse: 2003-07-22, Atlanta [flac]*
Death Cab for Cutie: 2004-10-30, Austin [flac]*
Bjork: 2003-07-26, Fuji Rock Festival [dvd]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-12-15, Greenville [flac]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-12-18, Richmond [flac]*
Drivin' 'n' Cryin': 2004-11-26, Atlanta [flac]*
Radiohead: 1996-10-03, Providence [flac]
*registration required
No Love For Ned offers his annual holiday music show, with additional links to his 2002 and 2003 shows. That's six hours of holiday jingles, brought to you by the man who makes internet radio listenable, No Love For Ned.
Also recommended: SomaFM's Xmas in Frisco.
With the end of year approaching and hardly any music being released, I'll be passing on the one interesting CD release this week, The Adored's debut ep.
The Simpsons' 5th season and Napoleon Dynamite will be in my shopping bag at the end of the day, though, both will make excellent holiday gifts for family and friends, and the Simpsons discs will be a great addition to our DVD library. Is there anything I'm missing?
The Adored: EP [cd]
The 4400 - The Complete First Season [dvd]
De-Lovely [dvd]
Drawing the Line - Portrait of Keith Haring [dvd]
King Arthur (Unrated Widescreen Director's Cut) [dvd]
The Manchurian Candidate (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
Napoleon Dynamite [dvd]
Shaun of the Dead [dvd]
The Simpsons - The Complete Fifth Season [dvd]
The Simpsons - The Complete First Five Seasons [dvd]
Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Seasons 1-7 [dvd]
Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Seventh Season [dvd]
Surviving Christmas [dvd]
Thunderbirds (Full Screen Edition) [dvd]
Vincent Van Gogh - A Dutchman [dvd]
Arcade Fire: 2004-10-02, CBC Radio 3 [mp3]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: 2004-07-24, New York [mp3]
Slint: 1989-08-19, Chicago [mp3]
The Get Up Kids: 1999-10-09, Seattle [mp3]
Venetian Snares: several live shows [mp3]
Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn: Peel tribute songs [mp3]
Bob Dylan: "Rough Cuts" (Power Station, 1983) [mp3]
Brittlestar: two tracks [mp3]
The Aluminum Group: several tracks [mp3]
Morning Spy: several tracks [mp3]
Billy Bragg: 2004-03-29, London [mp3,ogg,flac]*
Camper Van Beethoven: 2002-07-19, New York [mp3,ogg,flac]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2002-07-18, New York [mp3,ogg,flac]
Los Lonely Boys: 2004-10-14, Phoenix [flac]
Bad Livers: 1981-08-12, Austin [shn]
Gavin DeGraw: 2004-12-11, Pittston [flac]
Mary Karlzen: several tracks [mp3]
The Slats: several tracks [mp3]
Brian Franklin: several tracks [mp3]
Paul Roub: several tracks [mp3]
MacGregor: 2001-05-18, Edgewater [mp3]
Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers: several tracks [mp3]
Peelander-Z: two tracks [mp3]
David Mead: two outtakes, several live tracks [mp3]
Dawn Landes: several tracks [mp3]
Tim Bluhm: several tracks [mp3]
American Drag: several tracks [mp3]
Antony and the Johnsons: one track and several samples [mp3]
The Heavenly States: two videos [mov]
The Honorary Title: "Bridge and Tunnel" [mp3]
RIP Kevin Coyne... Enjoy the two Kershaw sessions in today's Bittorrent Brunch.
Kevin Coyne: two Kershaw sessions [flac]*
R. Crumb & The Cheap Suit Serenaders: 1984-09-05, Cotati [flac]*
Various Artists: 2004-12-13, 40 Watt Xmas party [flac]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-12-11, Charlotte [flac]
The Handsome Family: 2004-1-12, New York [flac]*
Magnetic Fields: 2001-07-01, Roskilde Festival [flac]*
Pixies: 2004-12-04, Camden [flac]*
16 Horsepower: 2000-03-20, Nijmegen [flac]*
PJ Harvey: 1995-10-01, Modern Rock Live [flac]*
Kid Creole & The Coconuts: 1982-10-16, Essen [flac]*
*registration required
Local H: 2004-12-10, Q101 [mp3,ogg,flac]
Rainer: 1983-12-05, KXCI [mp3,ogg,flac]
The Fashion: one track and several clips [mp3]
Oxford Collapse: several tracks [mp3]
The Dudley Corporation: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from The Social Registry Records [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Lovitt Records [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from File-13 Records [mp3]
Loxsly: "Dramatador" live on KVRX [mp3]
Pokett: "Train" [mp3]
The stripped-down demo recordings you can find online are some of my favorite downloads. Today's Bittorrent Brunch features two sets of REM demos and an amazing Jonathan Richman demo recording from 1973. Recent shows by Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand and The Delgados are also featured.
REM: Green demos [flac]*
REM: Life's Rich pageant demos (and more) [flac]*
Jonathan Richman: 1973 Living Room Demos [shn]*
Green Day: 2004-12-12, Los Angeles [flac]*
Franz Ferdinand: 2004-12-11, Los Angeles [flac]*
Pearl Jam: 2004-10-01, Reading [flac]
Delgados: 2004-12-13, Paris [flac]*
Snow Patrol: 2004-09-22, Minneapolis [flac]*
Chris Whitley: 1999-05-20, Philadelphia [flac]*
Golden Smog, Minus 5, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco: videos [dvd]*
*registration required
Lotus: 2004-03-06, Richmond [mp3]
Old Crow Medicine Show: several tracks [mp3,wma,real]
minipop: several tracks [mp3]
The Bright Black Morning Light: several tracks [mp3]
Phenomenauts: audio & video [mp3,ogg,mpg]
Queen: rarities [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Oh! Map Records [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Turn Records [mp3]
Wilco: "Don't Fear the Reaper" (Blue Oyster Cult Cover) [mp3]*
Dead Ghosts: "Make Me" [mp3] from Exfoliation
*registration required
Two Pavement shows start today's Bittorrent Brunch, with recent shows by the Drive-By Truckers, the Darkness, and a television appearance by the Pixies rounding things out.
Pavement: 1994-04-21, Missoula [shn]*
Pavement: 1994-04-07, Atlanta [shn]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-12-10, Charlotte [flac]*
Death Cab for Cutie: 2004-11-09, Seattle [flac]*
Led Zeppelin: 1980-07-07 [flac]*
Doug Martsch: 2002-03-24, Portland [shn]*
PiL: 1979-06-18, Manchester [shn]*
Sex Pistols: 1978-01-10, Dallas [flac]*
The Darkness: 2004-12-10, London [flac]*
Cat Power: 1999-09-06, Seattle [flac]*
Pixies: 2004-12-14, live on Letterman [mpg]*
*registration required
Radiohead: live & demo tracks [mp3]
Jori Hulkkonen: two live sets [mp3]
50 Foot Wave: several tracks [mp3,wma]
Die Romantik: several tracks [mp3,real]
Magneta Lane: "Cheap Linguistics" [mp3] from their forthcoming 2005 7"
Uncut: "Understanding the New Violence" [mp3] from Those Who Were Hung Hang Here
controller.controller: "History" [mp3] from History
Memphis: "The Second Summer" [mp3] from I Dreamed We Fell Apart
Jake Fairley: "Mosquito" [mp3] from Touch Not the Cat
Hanalei: "Action Drum" & "John Hughes Endings" [mp3] from We Are All Natural Disasters
Grab a couple of Radiohead videos that are the first courses on today's Bittorrent Brunch.
Radiohead: 2003-06-05, New York [dvd]*
Radiohead: 1997-06-28, Glastonbury Festival [mpg]*
Broken Social Scene: 2004-02-12, Rome [flac]*
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: 2004-11-24, Brussels [shn]*
Pedro The Lion: 2004-12-09, Fullerton [shn]*
Guided By Voices: 2004-11-16, Portland [shn]*
Calexico: 2004-11-20, Tempe [shn]*
Jeff Tweedy & Jay Bennett: 1999-07-25, Chicago [shn]*
Cat Power: 1998-11-26, Berne [flac]*
Led Zeppelin: 1973-01-14, Liverpool [flac]
*registration required
Mike Watt: 2004-12-10, Echo Park [mp3,ogg,flac]
Local H: 2004-12-10, Q101 [mp3,ogg,flac]
Ani DiFranco: two live shows and other tracks [mp3]
Morning Theft: several tracks [mp3]
Wckr Spgt: Everybody's Dead (Oh My) [mp3]
Mathematicians: two tracks [mp3]
King Black Acid: two tracks [mp3]
The Drive: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Duna Records [mp3]
Various Artists: Austin City Limits tribute to Townes Van Zandt [mp3]*
*registration required
Indietorrents is a great resource for live shows served in mp3 format. Here's a small sample of the shows available:
Ben Gibbard: 2002-07-13, Seattle [mp3]*
The Postal Service: 2003-05-06, KCRW [mp3]*
James Mercer (of The Shins): 2004-01-07, KBOO [mp3]*
James Mercer (of The Shins): 2004-10-10, Moonshine Festival [mp3]*
The Shins: 2004-02-08, Mission Beach [mp3]*
The Shins: 2002-07-13, Austin [mp3]*
The Decemberists: 2004-09-22, Champaign [mp3]*
The Arcade Fire: 2004-11-27, Minneapolis [mp3]*
Neutral Milk Hotel: 1998-03-04, Carrboro [mp3]*
Desaparecidos: 2001, Omaha [mp3]*
Devendra Banhart: 2004-05-05, KCRW [mp3]*
Pavement: 1999 BBC Evening Session and three Glastonbury tracks [mp3]*
*registration required
Import singles by Morrissey (x2), the Black Keys, the Zutons, the Twilight Singers, and Damien Rice are the gems in this week's record releases, as well as a domestic single by Bonnie Prince Billy. I'll probably put off picking up any of these, though, and concentrate on my holiday shopping tomorrow. Is there anything worth making an extra trip to the record store?
On the DVD front, I'll probably pick up The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition Collector's Gift Set), the first two seasons of Everybody Loves Raymond, and possibly a couple of other presents for friends and family.
This week's interesting releases:
Anouk: Girl [cd]
The Black Keys: Till I Get My Way/Girl Is on My Mind (import single) [cd]
Bonnie Prince Billy: No More Workhorse Blues (single) [cd]
Damien Rice: Blower's Daughter (import single) [cd]
Flunk: Morning Star [cd]
Marah: Let's Cut the Crap & Hook Up Later on Tonight [cd]
Merle Haggard: Unforgettable [cd]
Morrissey: I Have Forgiven Jesus Pt.1 (import single) [cd]
Morrissey: I Have Forgiven Jesus Pt.1 (2 track import single) [cd]
Twilight Singers: Too Tough to Die (import single) [cd]
Various Artists: ABBAlicious [cd]
Zutons: Confusion (import single) [cd]
24 - Seasons 1-3 [dvd]
American Icon (Johnny Cash) [dvd]
Collateral (Widescreen Two-Disc Edition) [dvd]
Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First And Second Seasons [dvd]
Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete Second Season [dvd]
Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox [dvd]
Family Guy - The Freakin' Sweet Collection [dvd]
Futurama Volumes 1-4 [dvd]
Godzilla Box Set [dvd]
I, Robot (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul Sessions [dvd]
Julia Child! America's Favorite Chef [dvd]
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition) [dvd]
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition Collector's Gift Set) [dvd]
The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Special Extended DVD Edition) [dvd]
Lost in Space Seasons 1-2 [dvd]
Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition) [dvd]
M*A*S*H Seasons 1-7 [dvd]
Meet the Parents (Widescreen Special Edition) [dvd]
Newlyweds - Nick & Jessica - The First Season [dvd]
Paris, Texas [dvd]
Piaf [dvd]
The Princess Diaries 2 - Royal Engagement (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
Rocky Anthology [dvd]
Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete Seasons 1-3 [dvd]
Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete Third Season [dvd]
Modest Mouse: 2001-09-08, Portland [mp3] (thanks)
The Besties: several tracks [mp3]
Gameboyzz Orchestra Project: several tracks [mp3]
The Chap: several tracks [mp3]
Pipas: several tracks [mp3,mp4,real]
Nixon: Cigarettes & Rainy Days ep [mp3]
Year Future: two live tracks [mp3]
Send For Help: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks courtesy of Blue Ghost Publicity [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks courtesy of ArtRocker [mp3]
With the unfortunate demise of Sharing the Groove, several sites have stepped forward to try and fill its shoes. The most promising new site is Purelivegigs, a forum-based bittorrent community that has already seeded many interesting shows in its short life. The first four shows of today's Bittorrent Brunch come from this excellent resource.
The Hives: 2004-12-10, Los Angeles [flac]*
Neil Young: 1999-10-30, Bridge School Benefit (acoustic) [flac]*
PJ Harvey: 2001-09-04, New York [flac]*
The Who: 1989-06-27, New York [flac]*
Pearl Jam: 1992-05-05, Boulder [flac]
Kevin Coyne: 2003-09-13, Germany [flac]*
Stan Ridgway: 2004-12-08, San Francisco [flac]*
Kings of Leon: 2004-06-25, Glastonbury Festival [shn]*
Modest Mouse: 1997-04-27, California [flac]*
Wilco: 2004-07-10, Chicago [flac]*
*registration required
Billy Bragg: 2004-03-28, Southampton [mp3,ogg,flac]
Tracy Chapman: 2000-05-16, Hamburg [mp3]
Converge: several tracks [mp3]
Fancey: two tracks [mp3]
Crimson Spectre: several tracks [mp3]
Dave Douglas: two tracks [mp3]
A Light in the Attic: several tracks [mp3]
Saviours: two tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Council Records [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Purepainsugar Records [mp3]
I am constantly amazed that shows are taped, transferred, encoded and seeded so quickly. Today, Thursday evening shows by the Drive-By Truckers and Muse are available in the Bittorrent Brunch.
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-12-09, Wilmington [shn]
Muse: 2004-12-09, Los Angeles [flac]*
Kings of Leon: 2004-12-10, Friday Night with Jonathon Ross [mpg]*
Flaming Lips: 2000-04-14, Baltimore [shn]
Uncle Tupelo: 1992-12-02, Munich [shn]*
Neil Young: early demos & outtakes, 1965-1967 [shn]*
Public Image Ltd: 1988, Estonia [flac]*
The Black Keys: 2004-10-12, Late Night with Conan O'Brien [mpg]*
Devo: television appearances 1978-1981 [dvd]*
Morrissey: "The Importance of Being Morrissey" documentary [mpg]*
Bad Livers: 1996-10-23, Camp Mather [shn]
Dälek: several tracks [mp3]
Empress: several tracks [mp3]
The Cloud Room: two tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: 365 Days Project (direct download) [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Lucid Records [mp3]
Turing Machine: "Don't Mind if I Don't" [mp3] from Zwei
Mocket: "Spot-For-Best-Vision" [mp3] from Pro Forma
Kissing Tigers: "I Died in a Mall" [mp3] frpm Trebuchet
Devin the Dude: "Anything" [wma] from To Tha X-treme
In honor of Dimebag Darrell, today's Bittorrent Brunch begins with two Pantera shows.
Pantera: 1998-06-09, Buenos Aires [flac]*
Pantera: 1994-05-05, San Antonio [shn]*
Loose Fur: 2000-05-14, Chicago [flac]*
Bloc Party: 2004-11-07, Paris [shn]*
Radiohead: 1995-02-27, 2 Meter sessions [shn]
Wilco: 2004-11-06, Denver [flac]
Paul McCartney: 2004-10-24, Bridge School Benefit [flac]*
Morrissey: 2000-03-28, Santiago [flac]*
Eagles of Death Metal: 2004-12-07, Detroit [flac]*
Red House Painters: 1997-06-14, Hulstfreds Festival [flac]*
*registration required
The Butchies: audio & video [mp3,mp4]
Thirdimension: audio & video [mp3,mov]
Efterklang: several tracks [mp3]
Jetplane Landing: several tracks [mp3,real]
Swervedriver: live compilations of all four albums [mp3]
Smash-Up Derby: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks fromWichita Recordings [mp3,real]
Various Artists: tracks from Parasol Records [mp3]
Various Authors: alphabetical list of downloadable audiobooks [mp3]
Bittorrent downloads of live shows are not always just audio, as the first two offerings of today's Bittorrent Brunch show. With DVD burners and high speed internet becoming even more commonplace, expect more live show videos to be available in the future.
Sonic Youth: 2004-07-15, Portland [dvd]*
Miles Davis: two shows [dvd]*
Miles Davis: 1983-04-25, Brussels [shn]*
North Mississippi Allstars: 2004-10-16, Philadelphia [flac]
Be Good Tanyas: 2002-11-04 [flac]*
GWAR: 1985, Richmond (first show) [flac]
They Might Be Giants: 1999-10-23, New York [flac]
Radiohead: 2003-11-27, London [shn
David Byrne: 2004-06-13, Bonnaroo [flac]]
Los Lonely Boys: 2004-11-19, Madison [mp3,ogg,flac]
Mutual Admiration Society: 2004-08-09, Chicago [shn]
Patti Smith: 2004-10-22, Paris (White session) [mp3]
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: two shows [mp3]
Emma McGlynn & the Monorails: several tracks [mp3]
The Irises: two tracks and several samples [mp3]
Jason Mitchell: two tracks [mp3]
Celesteville: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Radio Vulva [mp3]
The Fiery Furnaces: "Single Again" [mp3] from EP
I am a huge fan of songwriters, and especially love to hear their songs stripped bare and performed acoustically. Today's Bittorrent Brunch offers acoustic performances by Rufus Wainwright, John Lennon and George Harrison, along with several other interesting shows.
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-07-30, Winston-Salem [flac]
Rufus Wainwright: 2004-12-01, KCRW acoustic [flac]*
Gillian Welch: 1999 UK radio session [flac]*
Smog: 2001-12-04, Malmö [wav]*
The Feelies: 1986-03-14, Cambridge [flac]*
REM: 2004-09-15, London [flac]*
John Lennon: Acoustic Masterpieces [flac]*
George Harrison: Acoustic Masterpieces [flac]*
Various Artists: 1999 Bridge School Benefit [shn]*
Bob Dylan: 1990-08-27, Merrillville [shn]*
Los Lobos: 2004-07-25, Grassroots Festival [mp3,ogg,flac]
American Analog Set: two tracks [mp3]
b. fleischmann: audio & video [mp3,mov]
Nina Gordon: audio & video [mp3,wmv,mpeg]
Nina Gordon & Veruca Salt: several tracks [mp3,real,wav]
Mellow Drunk: several tracks [mp3]
The Moaners: "Heart Attack" [mp3] from Dark Snack
Joseph Arthur: "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" (Smiths cover) [mp3] (via)
Depistado: "A Stirstick's Prediction" [mp3] from The Emergency Response
Boxcar Saints: "I Think I'm Done" [mp3]
There are plenty of download-worthy shows in today's Bittorrent Brunch, but I am always partial to Jeff Tweedy solo shows. This performance from January of 2003 is remarkable (as are most of his solo shows).
Jeff Tweedy: 2003-01-08, Chicago [flac]
Wilco: 2003-09-04, Eugene [shn]*
Yo La Tengo: 2004-10-10, Carrboro [flac]
Paul McCartney: 2004-10-24, Bridge School Benefit [shn]*
Beatles: White album sessions [shn]*
Vic Chesnutt: 2002-02-15, Atlanta [flac]*
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: 1994-05-19, Nashville [shn]
Interpol: 2003-09-17, Toronto [flac]*
The Feelies: 1991-05-02, Chicago [flac]*
Pixies: 2004-12-05, Camden [flac]*
Bauhaus: 1979, live in the studio [shn]*
*registration required
The New York Times reviews Sunday night's Guided By Voices Irving Plaza show.
Keith (of TTIKTDA) waxes poetic about the upcoming Fiery Furnaces singles and b-sides compilation (as well as posting a couple of tracks). After one listen, this EP (titled "EP," of course) ranks with Low's The Great Destroyer as an early 2005 personal favorite.
Our kitten Neko wants the Coconut Palm Cat Tree for Christmas.
Rough Trade lists their top ten 2004 compilations, top ten 2004 reissues and collections, and top 100 2004 albums.
Store a list of wifi hotspots on your iPod with wiPod.
Sloan is offering their tourdates as an RSS feed.
iPodlounge offers its "iPod Year in Review."
Donutmuse lists their top 25 albums of 2004.
Stripwax is "the world's only comic strip record review."
Salon names their top ten books of the year.
Popmatters' Zeth Lundy lists his best music of 2004.
TV shows are tuning out theme songs.
USA Today lists recent and upcoming music DVD's, as well as 2004's best-selling music DVD's.
The Globe and Mail covers Marqui Inc.'s paid blogger marketing scheme.
Wired News previews videocasting, the inevitable followup to podcasting.
Investor's Business Daily has an iPod, a Blackberry and a mini PC on it's Christmas wish list.
The Philadelphia Daily News offers music gift suggestions.
Mozilla releases Thunderbird 1.0PR, its e-mail client.
Has the internet caused the extinction of plagiarism?
Devendra Banhart: 2004-10-15, Copenhagen [mp3]
Cracker: 2003-05-23, Indianapolis (late show) [mp3,ogg,shn]
Silverbullit: 2001, Goteborg [mp3]
Silverbullit: several tracks [mp3]
Amandine: several tracks [mp3]
Diskettes and related bands: several tracks [mp3]
Lederhosen Lucil: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: WFMU's December "On The Download" [mp3]
Various Artists: Blocks Recording Club artists [mp3]
Mark E. Smith: Deeply Vale documentary excerpt [mpg]
Magneta Lane: "The Constant Lover" [mp3] from The Constant Lover ep
A Very Southern Christmas is not your typical collection of holiday yarns. All ten of the short stories are well-written and thought-provoking, but there is not one happy elf or Tiny Tim to be found. The holiday theme is portrayed with all its frazzled edges, and this makes the book welcome when the holidays have become so sanitized and sugared. I'm immensely thankful to my sister for giving me this autographed copy.
iPod Fan Book, by Yasukuni Notomi, is my next book. This book is almost too cute to read, I'd give it an A+ for design without even cracking the spine.
Today's Bittorrent Brunch is filled with singer/songwriters. from Patterson Hood to Rufus Wainwright to Ray Charles. Enjoy.
Patterson Hood: 2004-12-02, Chicago (2 shows) [flac]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2002-03-02, Atlanta [flac]*
Rufus Wainwright: 2004-05-30, Manchester [flac]*
Damien Rice: 2004-12-04, Los Angeles [flac]*
Hope Sandoval: 2002-08-11, Portland [shn]*
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks: 2001-02-05, Paris [shn]*
Bob Dylan: 1998-02-14, Cleveland [flac]*
Echo And The Bunnymen: 1984-08-28, New Orleans [flac]*
Ray Charles: 1995-09-09, New York [flac]*
The Cure: 2000-02-04, The Hotel Konrad Sessions [flac]*
*registration required
This week's album releases are a slim crop, with Morrissey's repackaged You Are the Quarry easily the highlight for me. This new issue includes b-sides from the singles as well as a DVD including live video.
The DVD releases are far more promising. I'll be picking up season two of the Gilmore Girls, The White Stripes - Under Blackpool Lights, and Neil Gaiman's A Short Film About John Bolton.
Anything I'm missing?
This week's interesting CD & DVD relations:
Devendra Banhart: At the Hop (import single) [cd]
Lindsay Lohan: Speak [cd]
Ludacris: Red Light District [cd]
Morrissey: You Are the Quarry (Bonus Dvd) [cd]
Simon & Garfunkel: Old Friends Live on Stage (Deluxe Edition) (2 CD/1 DVD) [cd]
Various Artists: Do They Know It's Xmas (import single) [cd]
Various Artists: Do They Know It's Christmas (two track import single) [cd]
24 - Season Three [dvd]
Abba - Super Troopers [dvd]
The Bourne Supremacy (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
Buster Keaton Collection [dvd]
Carnivale - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Elephant [dvd]
Eminem - AKA [dvd]
Erasure - The Tank, The Swan, and The Balloon Live [dvd]
The Flintstones - The Complete First and Second Seasons [dvd]
The Flintstones - The Complete Second Season [dvd]
Gilmore Girls - The Complete Second Season [dvd]
Gilmore Girls - The Complete First & Second Seasons [dvd]
The King of Kings - Criterion Collection [dvd]
M - Criterion Collection [dvd]
M*A*S*H - Season Seven (Collector's Edition) [dvd]
Neil Gaiman's A Short Film About John Bolton [dvd]
Rodney Dangerfield - The Ultimate No Respect Collection [dvd]
Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Sixth Season [dvd]
The Ultimate Matrix Collection (The Matrix / Reloaded / Revolutions / Revisited / The Animatrix) [dvd]
The Ultimate Matrix Collection Limited Edition Collector's Set (The Matrix / Reloaded / Revolutions / Revisited / The Animatrix) [dvd]
The White Stripes - Under Blackpool Lights [dvd]
Acid Mothers Temple: 2004-06-18, Philadelphia [mp3,ogg,flac]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-11-12, Atlanta [flac]
Cracker: 2003-05-22, Indianapolis [mp3,ogg,shn]
Black Moth Super Rainbow: several tracks [mp3]*
Ugress: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Rednetic Records [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Carbon Records [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from The Agriculture Records [mp3]
Various Artists: "Bootmixed" [mp3]
Khavi Collective Audio Sculptors: Khavi Audio Release 63 [ogg]
*updated since last post
From the Beatles to Interpol, you're sure to find an interesting download in today's Bittorrent Brunch.
Guided By Voices: 1999-03-20, Austin [flac]*
Pearl Jam: 1998-06-23, Englewood [flac]
Gillian Welch: 1997-09-27, Hickory [flac]*
Gilian Welch: 2001-08-19, Lyons [flac]*
Interpol: 2004-12-09, Lyon [flac]*
Beatles: Revolver outtakes [flac]*
Jeff Tweedy: 2003-01-09, Chicago [flac]*
Warren Zevon: two shows, March 1978 [shn]*
The Clash: two 1978 shows [shn]*
Super Furry Animals: 2004-02-04, San Francisco [flac]*
*registration required
Interpol: 2004-11-24, Lille [mp3]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2003-01-19, Madison [mp3,ogg,flac]
Joseph Arthur: 2004-07-20, New York [mp3]
Delays: radio sessions [mp3] (updated since last post)
Neutral Milk Hotel: several shows and rarities [mp3] (updated since last post)
Brazzaville: several tracks [mp3]
Cash Nexus: Melonballer album [mp3]
Von Iva: two tracks [mp3]
The Thermals: several tracks [mp3]
Enon: "Starcastic" [mp3] from Hocus Pocus
Two shows by the Shins headline today's Bittorrent Brunch...
Shins: 2004-11-13, Minneapolis [shn]*
Shins: 2004-02-08, Mission Beach [shn]*
Wilco: 2002-09-02, Seattle [shn]
Rufus Wainwright: 2004-02-13, New York [shn]*
Neil Finn: 2004-03-11, Los Angeles [shn]*
Sahara Hotnights: 2004-07-03, Skellefteå [flac]*
Squarepusher: 2003-08-06, New York [flac]*
The Pogues & Joe Strummer: 1991-11-07, Cologne [flac]*
The Jam: 1981-05-26, New York [shn]*
Miles Davis Septet: three 1973 performances [dvd]*
*registration required
Tishamingo: 2004-11-26, Birmingham [flac]
Local H: 2004-11-26, Lemont [mp3,ogg,flac]
Camper Van Beethoven: 1989-10-27, Philadelphia [mp3,ogg,flac]
Kevn Kinney's Sun Tangled Angel Revival: 2004-03-28, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,flac]
Kevn Kinney's Sun Tangled Angel Revival: 2004-03-21, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,flac]
Hole: 1999 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas [mp3]
Hole: several live shows [mp3]
Creeper Lagoon, Death Cab for Cutie, Unwound, Crooked Fingers shows [mp3]
Various Artists: excellent "Crazy Christmas" mix [mp3]
Asylum Street Spankers: "Asylum Street Blues (live at KDHX)" [mp3]
A last week show by the Dears and a 1978 television performance bookend today's Bittorrent Brunch.
The Dears: 2004-11-30 & 2004-03-11, Los Angeles [flac]*
They Might Be Giants: 1997-12-03, Newark [shn]
Travis Morrison: 2004-07-06, Orlando [flac]
Sebadoh: 1994 Peel session [flac]*
Tishamingo, Drive By Truckers, & North Mississippi Allstars: 2004-11-26, Birmingham [flac]*
Morrissey: 2002-09-30, Paris [flac]*
Built To Spill: 2003-07-23, Seattle [flac]*
Pavement: 1994-04-23, San Francisco [shn]*
Uncle Tupelo: 1993-11-11, San Francisco [flac]*
Television: 1978-06-09, Roslyn [flac]*
*registration required
Thanks to DJ Martian for collecting best of 2002 and 2003 music lists.
Newsweek calls podcasting "Tivo for your iPod."
USA Today rounds up the year's best R&B, jazz, blues and reggae as well as pop and rock box sets.
Factsheet Five plans to begin publishing again in 2005 after a seven year hiatus.
The Guardian sets ground rules for bands contemplating a reunion.
WhatIfSports is simulating the 2004-2005 NHL season.
Pure Live Gigs and The Traders' Den are live music bittorrent communities trying to fill the void that Sharing the Groove once filled.
Diesel Sweeties has some great t-shirt holiday gift ideas.
Romantic Air offers the specifics on the Pas/Cal and Asobi Seksu holiday single.
Audible Frequency is a unique mp3 blog featuring self-recorded snippets.
The Washington Post profiles author Bernard Malamud.
Athens bands recall tour transportation with Flagpole.
The Oxford American has resurfaced as a quarterly.
Various Artists: vinyl holiday gems from Basichip Digital Oddio (rotated every four days) [mp3]
Pedro The Lion: 2004, Omaha & other tracks [mp3]
Led Zeppelin: live tracks [mp3]
David Bowie: 2002-09-18, BBC [mp3]
David Bowie: 1983-07-13, Montreal [mp3]
Moxie Motive: several tracks [mp3] (thx)
Thanks to the prolific and always interesting Brooklynvegan for the following two tracks:
Final Fantasy: "Peach Plum Pear" (Joanna Newsom cover) [mp3]
Decemberists: "Bandit Queen" (from their forthcoming album) [mp3]
Explosions in the Sky: "Your Hand in Mine (w/strings)" [mp3] from Friday Night Lights
Willie Nelson: "Whatever Happened To Peace on Earth" [mp3]
My Morning Jacket's 2001 Christmas radio show appearance highlights today's Bittorrent Brunch.
My Morning Jacket: 2001-12-25, Louisville (Christmas radio show) [shn]*
Conor Oberst: 2004-11-15, Munich [flac]
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-11-07, Chattanooga [flac]
The Fall: 2004-10-13, Munich [flac]*
OOIOO: 2004-11-06, Hollywood [flac]*
The Frames: 2004-03-27, San Francisco [shn]*
Interpol: 2004-11-19, Paris [flac]*
The Strokes: 2001-07-05, Stockholm [shn]*
Beastie Boys: 1992-05-22, New Jersey [flac]*
Various Artists: Santa's Boots (Christmas Compilation) [flac]*
*registration required
Pinback: 2004-11-28, San Francisco [flac]
Pinback: 2004-11-27, San Francisco [flac]
Kevn Kinney's Sun Tangled Angel Revival: 2004-10-09, Atlanta (Criminal Records) [mp3,ogg,flac]
Kevn Kinney's Sun Tangled Angel Revival: : 2004-10-08, Athens [mp3,ogg,flac]
Mike Watt: 2004-10-23, Brooklyn [mp3,ogg,flac]
Jens Lekman: several "forgotten songs" [mp3]
Eigenradio: "A Singular Christmas" album [mp3]
Various Artists: holiday tracks from Eb & Flo [mp3]
Bearsuit: several tracks (click cover to reveal tracks)[mp3]
With the music year heading to a close, the time has come to reflect on the year's releases and my annual list of favorite albums. This year has been another great harvest of interesting music, and these albums represent what has graced my iPod the most. Included are legal downloads from the discs where available, so please give these artists a chance (if you haven't already).
The Milk-Eyed Mender
Joanna Newsom
Joanna Newsom's Milk-Eyed Mender is my favorite album of the past several years. The classically-trained harpist's sparse arrangements and strong songwriting combine to produce otherworldly music with hints of her bluegrass and folk backgrounds. Her unique and strong voice is the final part of the wonderful puzzle that is her music.
"Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie" [mp3]
Blueberry Boat
Fiery Furnaces
The Fiery Furnaces skip the sophomore slump with Blueberry Boat. Wonderfully diverse and quirky, this album challenges the listener.
"Straight Street" [mp3]
"Chris Michaels" [mp3]
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
Mike Skinner follows up Original Pirate Material with a concept album, and the results are amazing. He takes chances (like the guitar-driven first single, "Fit But You Know It), and always wins.
We Shall All Be Healed
The Mountain Goats
John Darnielle's second studio album offers the best songwriting yet from America's best tunesmith. John Vanderslice's production is a perfect match.
"Palmcorder Yajna" [mp3]
"Your Belgian Things" (live version) [mp3]
"The Young Thousands" (live version) [mp3]
"Slow West Vultures" (live version) [mp3]
"Mole" (live version) [mp3]
"Pigs That Ran Straightaway Into The water, Triumph of" (live version) [mp3]
"Linda Blair Was Born Innocent" (live version) [mp3]
"Cotton" (live version) [mp3]
"Quito" (live version) [mp3]
Let It Die
Feist
Leslie Feist of Broken Social Scene breaks out with a solo album that runs the gamut of genres, but is filled with memorable lyrics and her soft, silky voice.
"Mushaboom" [mp3]
"Gatekeeper" [mp3]
Faded Seaside Glamour
Delays
The best hooks of the year belong to the Delays on this album. The "feel good" album of the year, hands down.
Cat Spectacular
Bearsuit
A friend gave me this album early this year, saying it would change my life. His exact words were that Bearsuit was like "Deerhoof crossed with Belle & Sebastian." My life didn't change, but my wallet did, as I tracked down as much Bearsuit as I could after the first couple of listens to Cat Spectacular.
"Itsuko Got Married" [mp3]
Madvillainy
Madvillain
When MF Doom and Madlib combined for this project, my expectations were high. The resulting album is simply an amazing concept album, filled with Madlib's beats and the gravelly wonder that is MF Doom's rhymes.
"Money Folder" [mp3]
"Curls" [mp3]
Sung Tongs
Animal Collective
Though adventurous and experimental, the Animal Collective has made its most accessible album without compromising its artistic integrity. Combining folk and pop influences with acoustic guitars, this album is stellar.
"Leaf House" [mp3]
Get Away From Me
Nellie McKay
Newcomer Nellie McKay's solo album brims with talent and promise. Her energy and witty songwriting carry the album high, and her willingness to take artistic chances bode well for a successful and interesting career ahead.
"David" (live version) [mp3]
"Manhattan Avenue" (live version) [mp3]
"Sari" (live version) [mp3]
"Ding Dong" (live version) [mp3]
"Baby Watch Your Back" (live version) [mp3]
"Dog Song" (live version) [mp3]
"I Wanna Get Married" (live version) [mp3]
"Change The World" (live version) [mp3]
"It's a Pose" (live version) [mp3]
"Toto Dies" (live version) [mp3]
"Won't U Please B Nice" (live version) [mp3]
"Inner Peace" (live version) [mp3]
"Suitcase Song" (live version) [mp3]
"Work Song" (live version) [mp3]
"Clonie" (live version) [mp3]
"Respectable" (live version) [mp3]
"Really" (live version) [mp3]
Blue Cathedral
Comets on Fire
A bit more polished than the band's last effort, Field Recording From the Sun, but that doesn't stop this record from still being the most rocking album of the year.
"Whiskey River" [mp3]
Acid Mothers Temple: 2004-06-06, Los Angeles [flac]
Kevn Kinney's Sun Tangled Angel Revival: 2004-05-25, Baltimore [mp3,ogg,flac]
The Jim Yoshii Pileup: several tracks [mp3]
The Seldon Plan: two tracks [mp3]
The Lionheart Brothers: several tracks [mp3]
Fojimoto: several tracks [mp3]
Death Cab for Cutie: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" [mp3] from Maybe This Christmas Tree
Dogs Die in Hot Cars: "I Love You Cause I Have To" [mp3] from Please Describe Yourself
Sons and Daughters: "Johnny Cash" [mp3] from Love the Cup
White Stripes: "Jolene (live)" [mp3] from Under Blackpool Lights: Live
Wilco: 2004-11-20, Tempe [flac]*
Cat Power: 1998-11-23, Germany [ape]*
Bright Eyes: 2004-10-02, Cleveland [shn]*
Interpol: 2004-11-26, Copenhagen [flac]*
Strokes: 2000-12-21, WFMU [shn]*
White Stripes: 2004-08-29, Leeds Festival [mp2]*
Mike Watt: 2004-10-23, Brooklyn [flac]*
Talking Heads: 1976-10-09, New York [flac]*
Miles Davis: 1971-10-26, Brussels [shn]*
Franz Ferdinand: 2004-11-19, Lyon [dvd]*
*registration required
Kevn Kinney's Sun Tangled Angel Revival: 2004-11-12, Vienna [mp3,ogg,flac]
Paul Westerberg: 2004-11-06 & 07: Minneapolis [mp3]
Enon: several tracks [mp3]
Jingle Punx: several tracks [mp3]
Wckr Spgt: Live '91-'95 [mp3]
Double Dagger: several tracks [mp3]
Punk of Country: several tracks [mp3,wav] (via)
Chester Stacey: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: vinyl Christmas albums [mp3]*
The Walkmen: "Christmas Party" [mp3]
*registration required
The Arcade Fire: 2004-11-27, Minneapolis [flac]*
The Arcade Fire: 2004-10-02, Toronto Radio 3 session [flac]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-11-27, Atlanta [flac]*
Interpol: 2002-09-27, Detroit [flac]*
Neutral Milk Hotel: 1998-03-04, Carrboro [flac]*
Bob Dylan: 2004-11-18, Durham [flac]*
Over the Rhine: 2001-03-26, Indianapolis [flac]*
Peter Gabriel: 1978-09-15, Rockaplast [flac]*
Uncle Tupelo: 1992-02-20, Iowa City [flac]*
Wilco: 2004-07-03, Rockaplast [dvd]*
Green Day: 2004-11-22, live on Jimmy Kimmel [dvd]*
*registration required
Album releases are slowing down dramatically with the end of the year approaching. This week I'll be picking up several cd singles, most notably Joanna Newsom's The Sprout & the Bean. The domestic US release of Bonnie Prince Billy's No More Workhouse Blues will join import singles by the Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Devandra Banhart and the Delays in my shopping bag tomorrow. Hood's Lost You ep is also on my list. What am I missing?
The Jandek documentary, Jandek on Corwood, is finally officially released on dvd this week. This is a must-have addition to my growing dvd collection.
This week's interesting cd and dvd releases:
The Black Keys: Till I Get My Way/Girl Is on My Mind (import single) [cd]
Blueskins: Change My Mind ep [cd]
Bonnie Prince Billy: No More Workhorse Blues (single) [cd]
Delays: Lost in a Melody Pt.1 (import single) [cd]
Devendra Banhart: At the Hop (import single) [cd]
Flunk: Morning Star [cd]
Franz Ferdinand: This Fire (import single) [cd]
Harper Lee: All Things Can Be Mended [cd]
Hellacopters: Strikes Like Lightning (import single) [cd]
Hood: Lost You ep [cd]
Jay Z & Linkin Park: Collision Course (with dvd) [cd]
Joanna Newsom: Sprout & The Bean (single) [ep]
The Killers: Mr Brightside (import single) [cd]
Lemon Jelly: Stay With You (import single) [cd]
Ludacris: Red Light District [cd]
Mum: Dusk Log ep [cd]
Outrageous Cherry: Why Don't We Talk About Something Else ep [cd]
Pablo Neruda: La Voz Del Poeta V.1 (import) [cd]
Placebo: Once More With Feeling (bonus cd) [cd]
Polyphonic Spree: Two Thousand Places (import single) [cd]
Radio 4: State of Alert (import single) [cd]
Razorlight: Rip It Up Pt.1 (import single) [cd]
Razorlight: Rip It Up Pt.2 (import single) [cd]
REM: Aftermath Pt.1 (import single) [cd]
REM: Aftermath Pt.2 (import single) [cd]
Scissor Sisters: Mary (import single) [cd]
Simon & Garfunkel: Old Friends Live on Stage (Deluxe Edition) (2 cd, 1 dvd) [cd]
Siouxsie & the Banshees: Down Side Up: B Sides & Rarities (import) [cd]
Twilight Singers: Too Tough to Die (import single) [cd]
Various Artists: Jetboys of Babylon: A Tribute To The New York Dolls [cd]
White Stripes: Jolene Live Under Blackpool Lights (import single) [cd]
2004 World Series - Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals [dvd]
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble [dvd]
Confessions of a Trickbaby [dvd]
DEAD BOYS - Live at CBGB's 1977 [dvd]
Do They Know It's Christmas [dvd]
Fishbone - Critical Times - Fishbone's Hen House Sessions [dvd]
French & Saunders Live: New Show [dvd]
Hero [dvd]
House of Yes - Live from the House of Blues [dvd]
Jandek on Corwood [dvd]
Kathy Griffin - Allegedly [dvd]
Lost in Space - Season 2, Vol. 2 [dvd]
Luther [dvd]
Northern Exposure - The Complete Second Season [dvd]
Prisoner Cell Block H (25th Anniversary Collector's Edition) [dvd]
Seabiscuit (PBS American Experience) [dvd]
Simon & Garfunkel - Old Friends, Live on Stage [dvd]
Spider-Man 2 (Full Screen Special Edition) [dvd]
Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Special Edition) [dvd]
Spider-Man 2 Gift Set (Widescreen Special Edition W/Comic Book/Postcards/Sketch Book/Photo Booklet) [dvd]
Tru Calling - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Wckr Spgt: holiday songs compilation [mp3]
Explosions in the Sky: 2004-10-15, Chicago [shn]
Hayseed Dixie: 2004-11-20, Aberdeen [flac]
Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-06-13, Bonnaroo [mp3]
Bill Hicks: several live shows [mp3]
Dynah: several tracks [mp3]
The New Year: audio & video [mp3,mov]
BC Camplight: several tracks [mp3]
Dealership: many tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: Def Leppard songs [mp3,real]
The Bittorrent Brunch returns with a variety of lossless downloads. Shows by current bands like the Drive-By Truckers, Black Keys and the Killers are mixed with older shows by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pavement, and Julia Fordham. The gems of the list, though, are probably the Pixies studio demos and the Genesis outtakes from Selling England By The Pound.
The Black Keys: 2004-11-26, London [flac]
Drive-By Truckers: 2003-11-26, Washington [flac]
The Killers: television appearance compilation [dvd]*
Pixies: The Purple Tape 2 (studio demos) [flac]*
Pavement: 1996-01-11, Tokyo [flac]*
Julia Fordham: 1989-10-31, London [flac]*
Miles Davis Quintet: 1967, Karlsruhe [flac]*
Genesis: Selling England By The Pound outtakes [flac]
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 1986-11-26, Hoboken [flac]*
Jimi Hendrix Experience: 1967-06-17, Monterey [shn]
Stereo Total: several rare tracks [mp3]
DeVotchKa: several tracks [mp3]
Big Eyes: several tracks [mp3]
Saloon: several tracks [mp3]
Kicker: several tracks [mp3]
Woodchuck: several tracks [mp3]
Mu-Kau: several tracks and samples [mp3]
Various Artists: winter tracks from Indie Pages [mp3,real]
Various (Visual) Artists: Art By Telephone [mp3]
Ant: "Cry Your Little Eyes Out" [wma]
Bad Livers: 1993-04-21, Birmingham [shn]
Aberfeldy: 2004-09-15, Planet Claire [mp3]
The Veils: 2004-01-25, Planet Claire [mp3]
Hoggboy: 2004-05-26, Planet Claire [mp3]
Thea Gilmore: 2004-01-21, Planet Claire [mp3]
The Stands: 2004-01-14, Planet Claire [mp3]
Bambix: several tracks [mp3]
Cookies Downtown: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Track & Fields Records [mp3]
Various Artists: local bands from the Phoenix indie papers [mp3]
Clearlake: 2004-03-17, KVRX [mp3]
El-P & Aesop Rock: 2003-03-14, KVRX [mp3]
Explosions in the Sky: 2000-10-24, KVRX [mp3]
Futureheads: 2004-09-16, KVRX [mp3]
High Llamas: live at KVRX [mp3]
I Am The World Trade Center: 2002-03-15, KVRX [mp3]
Idlewild: 2001-03-17, KVRX [mp3]
Japancakes: 2001-03-15, KVRX [mp3]
Pas/Cal: 2003-03-12, KVRX [mp3]
Wesley Willis: KVRX interview [mp3]
Bad Livers: 1997-03-01, World Cafe [shn]
Mandarin Dynasty: several tracks [mp3]
Juliet and the Spirits: "Sleepy Day" [mp3]
Loobke: "Water and Boots" ep [mp3]
Efterklang: several tracks and samples [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks courtesy of Opus Zine [mp3]
Grimble Grumble: "Third Song" [mp3]
The Aeffect: "Burning in the Bed on Fire" [mp3]
Various Artists: recordings from Sundays In Spring artists (label site)[mp3]
Outrageous Cherry: two tracks [mp3]
Two Camper Van Beethoven sets of demos are the gems in today's Bittorrent Brunch, enjoy.
Camper Van Beethoven: "Third Album" demos and outtakes [flac]*
Camper Van Beethoven: "Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart" demos [flac]*
Songs: Ohia: 2004-08-21, Oklahoma City [shn]
Radiohead: 2003-07-12, Ferrara [shn]*
Interpol: 2003-03-06, Boston [flac]*
Ani DiFranco: 2002-11-04, Paradise [flac]
Sun City Girls: 2004-06-04, Montreal [flac]*
Yo La Tengo, Annie Hayden, Jon Spencer, David Cross: 2001-12-16, Hoboken [flac]*
Beatles: alternate "Rubber Soul" [flac]*
Alison Krauss + Union Station: 2004-11-23, KCRW [flac]*
*registration required
This morning I started work very early, and (as usual) fired up an internet radio stream. Luckily for me, No Love For Ned has an excellent show this week, with an in-house performance by Hugh J. and the Picnic. As always, Ned opens up musical vistas, and getting to work before sunrise becomes bearable thanks to another music evangelist. Thanks, Ned.
Today's downloads are from artists featured on this week's No Love For Ned show.
Rocketfire Red: several tracks [mp3]
Billy Sugarfix: several tracks [mp3]
Birdbrain: two samples [mp3]
Sepia Hours: Five Thousand Steps ep [mp3]
AgPop: several tracks [mp3]
Jukeboxer: several tracks [mp3]
Bermuda Triangle Service: several tracks [mp3]
Love Letter Band: two tracks [mp3]
Telepathic Butterflies: several tracks [mp3]
The Homosexuals: two samples [mp3]
Back-to-back Guided By Voices shows are the leadoff downloads in today's bittorrent brunch. Asob Pollard leads the band into retirement, listen as some of the older tunes are dusted off and mix well with the band's newer output.
Guided By Voices: 2004-06-17, Champaign [flac]*
Guided By Voices: 2004-06-18, Iowa City [flac]*
Radiohead: 1994-12-02, Amsterdam [flac]
Barbara Cue: 2004-11-06, Oxford [flac]*
Wilco: 1993-03-11, Chicago (Tower Records in-store) [flac]*
Endochine: 2004-09-18, Austin City Limits Music Festival [flac]*
American Music Club: 1992-02-06, Copenhagen [flac]*
REM: 2004-11-17, Calgary [flac]*
Robyn Hitchcock: 2004-01-09, Hoboken [shn]*
Various Artists: Lifeform Project Vol. 1 [flac]
Flaming Lips: Says 'Sweet Jesus... It's The Lords Of Love Noise (two boots) [flac]*
*registration required
Britt Daniel: 2004-10-29, San Francisco [flac]
Saly Timms: 2004-11-10, New York [mp3,ogg,shn]
Crooked Fingers: several tracks & samples [mp3,ogg]
Christine Fellows: several tracks [mp3]
Auf Der Mar: radio session [mp3]
Veal: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: direct download of the Wired CD [mp3]
Auf Der Mar: videos [wmv]
Auf Der Mar: "Le Grande Secret (Making Of)" video [mov]
Crooked Fingers: "A New Drink For The Old Drunk" video [mov,wmv,real]
With shopping time short this week (US Thanksgiving is Thursday, making it a three day workweek for me, bt probably still at least 40 hours), I preordered the one album release that I had to have, the Nirvana box set.
In the dvd releases, I can't decide between the Seinfeld Gift Set (Seasons 1-3 with Original Script, Salt & Pepper Shakers, and Playing Cards) or picking up Seasons 1 & 2 and Season 3 individually.
What have I overlooked that is coming out this week? I'm hoping you can help me spend some of these leftover birthday gift cards.
Allison Krauss & Union Station: Lonely Runs Both Ways [cd]
Ann-Margret: Ann-Margret Xmas Carol Collection [cd]
Evanescence: Anywhere But Home (w/ bonus DVD) [cd]
Franz Ferdinand: This Fire (import single) [cd]
The Guild League: Inner North [cd]
Gwen Stefani: Love, Angel, Music, Baby [cd]
Jessica Simpson: Re-Joyce: The Christmas Album [cd]
Kevin Spacey: Beyond the Sea (soundtrack) [cd]
Lydia Lunch: Smoke in the Shadows [cd]
Nirvana: With The Lights Out (3CD box Set + dvd) [cd]
Pete Yorn: Live from New Jersey [cd]
Red Eyed Legends: Mutual Insignificance ep [cd]
Sarah McLachlan: Afterglow Live [dvd]
Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters Remixed [cd]
Shawn Colvin: Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection [cd]
The Thrills: Not for All the Love in the World Pt.1 (import single) [cd]
The Thrills: Not for All the Love in the World Pt.2 (import single) [cd]
U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb [cd]
U2: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Collector's Edition) [cd]
U2: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (deluxe limited edition) [cd]
Evanescence - Anywhere But Home [dvd]
The Golden Girls - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Full Screen Edition) [dvd]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
Harry Potter - Years 1-3 Collection (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) (6-Disc DVD Set) (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
Home Improvement - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Homicide - Seasons 1-5 [dvd]
Jet - Family Style [dvd]
JK Rowling & The Birth of Harry Potter [dvd]
The Lizzie McGuire Show Boxed Set - Volume One [dvd]
Mark Knopfler: A Night In London [dvd]
Polaroids: Video Collection [dvd]
Ray Charles Celebrates: A Gospel Christmas w/Voices of Jubilation - Deluxe Edition (DVD/CD) [dvd]
Seinfeld Gift Set (Seasons 1-3 with Original Script, Salt & Pepper Shakers, and Playing Cards) [dvd]
Seinfeld - Seasons 1 & 2 [dvd]
Seinfeld - Season 3 [dvd]
Snow Patrol - Live At The Somerset House [dvd]
Star Wars Ewok Adventures - Caravan of Courage (aka The Ewok Adventure) / The Battle for Endor [dvd]
Star Wars Animated Adventures - Droids (The Pirates and the Prince / Treasures of the Hidden Planet) [dvd]
Star Wars Animated Adventures - Ewoks (The Haunted Village / Tales from the Endor Woods) [dvd]
The Terminal (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
The Terminal (Widescreen 2-Disc Collector's Set) [dvd]
Nirvana Peel sessions, Drive-By Truckers shows, some acoustic Beatles demos and many other live performances make up today's bittorrent brunch.
Nirvana: Peel sessions [flac]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-11-11, Dallas [flac]
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-11-18, Asheville [flac]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-11-14, Richmond (both shows) [flac]
Yo La Tengo & Hypnolovewheel: 2001-12-14, Hoboken [flac]*
Elf Power: 2004-11-19, Chicago [flac]*
PJ Harvey: 1993-03-12 Peel session [flac]*
Beatles: acoustic sessions, May 1968 [flac]*
Neil Young: 1971-02-23, London (BBC studios) [shn]*
The Whigs: 2004-09-18, Atlanta [flac]*
*registration required
Camper Van Beethoven: 1990-02-09, Philadelphia [mp3,ogg,flac]
Radiohead: 2003-07-03, Paris [mp3]
Radiohead: 2003-08-15, Montreal (partial) [mp3]
Radiohead: 2003-12-08, Maida Vaile [mp3]
Cowboy Junkies: 2004-08-06, Austin [mp3,ogg,flac]
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: 1997-06-08, Hartford [shn]
Damien Rice: several tracks [mp3]
Sleater-Kinney: several tracks [mp3]
Elliott Smith: rare, live and unreleased tracks [real]
Stan Ridgway: several tracks [mp3]
The gem of today's Bittorrent Brunch is a collection of outtakes from Led Zeppelin's seminal album, Physical Graffiti. Other standouts are shows by the Fiery Furnaces, Morrissey, Nick Cave, and a 1964 performance by Ray Charles.
Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti outtakes and more [flac]*
Fiery Furnaces: 2004-10-13, Portland [flac]*
Interpol: 2004-09-21, Paris, Black session [flac]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-11-19, Winston-Salem [flac]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: 2003-01-05, Rome [flac]*
REM: 1987-09-14, Utrecht [flac]*
Ray Charles: 1964 Los Angeles show [flac]*
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: 1994-09-18, Groningen [flac]*
Charles Mingus: 1964-04-14, Copenhagen [flac]*
Morrissey: 2004-04-11, Santiago [flac]
*registration required
Kings of Convenience: several shows [mp3] (some added since last mention)
Om Trio: two 2004 shows [mp3]
Andrew Bird: 2004-07-02, Toronto [mp3,ogg,flac]
CircleTakesTheSquare: several tracks [mp3]
CircleTakeTheSquare and others: live shows [mp3]
Takaru: several tracks [mp3]
Fiery Furnaces: RRR interview [wma]
Blood Brothers: "Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck" [mp3] from Crimes
David Wilcox: "Last One Gone" from Into the Mystery
Nina Nastasia: "Stormy Weather" [mp3]
Today's highlights in the Bittorrent Brunch are 1969 Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan Nashville sessions and Interpol's recent MTV studios appearance.
Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan: 1969 Nashville Sessions [flac]
Interpol: 2004-11-08, MTV studios [flac]
PJ Harvey: 1992-05-01, London [flac]*
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: 1998-05-21, Charlottesville [flac]*
Marah: 2004-08-03, Northampton [flac]*
Black Sabbath: 1972-07-15, Dayton [flac]*
Frank Black: 2003-6-27, Paris [flac]*
Leonard Cohen: 1979-10-31, Rockpop TV special [dvd]*
George Harrison: The Apple Acetates [flac]*
Pedro The Lion: 2004-11-19, Grand Rapids [flac]*
*registration required
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: 2001-05-30, Umea [mp3,ogg,shn]
Bad Livers: 2000-04-17, Chattanooga [flac]
Bearsuit: Jesus ep [mp3]
Barcelona: several tracks [mp3]
8bitpeoples: The 8bits of Christmas (and other albums) [mp3]
One Star Hotel: several tracks [mp3]
Eamonn Vitt: two tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Heartcore Records [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Pehr Records [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Monitor Records [mp3]
The Beatles collection of Christmas greetings to their fan club is the key feature of today's Bittorrent Brunch.
Beatles: The Complete Christmas Collection [flac]*
TV on the Radio: 2004-04-14, Toronto [flac]*
Guided By Voices: 2004-11-07, Houston [flac]*
Cramps: 1977 demos [flac]*
Lucinda Williams: 2003-07-18, Mountain View [shn]*
PJ Harvey: 1995-04-20, Modena [flac]*
Waterboys: Universal Hall Radio Sessions (acoustic) [flac]*
Bob Dylan: 2001-11-19, New York [flac]*
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: three 2002 shows [flac]*
Mastodon: 2004-11-12, Sayreville [flac]*
*registration required
Gogol Bordello is a band that sizzles with boundless energy. Their blend of punk and gypsy music is unique and most importantly, fun. The live shows are unforgettable, an experience you should not miss if given the opportunity. Here's an online mixtape to send you dancing into the weekend:
"Baro Foro" [mp3] from Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony
"Haltura" [mp3] from Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony
"Future Kings" [mp3] from Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony
"Sharkatch" [mp3] from Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony
"Start Wearing Purple" [mp3] from Voi-La Intruder
"Greencard Husband" [mp3] from Voi-La Intruder
"Unvisible Zedd" [mp3] from Voi-La Intruder
"Troubled Friends" [mp3] from Live at the Casbah
"Madagascar" [mp3] (unreleased)
JUF: "Last Wish of the Bride" [mp3] from Gogol Bordello Vs Tamir Muskat
Figurine: several tracks [mp3]
The Ocean Blue: several tracks [mp3]
Django Haskins: several tracks [mp3]
The Old Ceremony: several demos [mp3]
The Slow Signal Fade: several tracks [mp3]
Death of a Party: several tracks [mp3]
Amy Tobin: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: samples from Esopus magazine's cd #3 [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Teenbeat Records [mp3,aac]
Red Eyed Legends: "Cold in the Sun" [mp3]
Today's main course is three Drive-By Truckers Texas shows from last week, as the band continues their support of The Dirty South. Side dishes include two more 1991 Yo La Tengo Hannukah performances, and shows by Richard Buckner, Will Oldham, Grant Hart, Bob Mould, and some Whiskeytown demos thrown in for seasoning. Enjoy.
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-11-14, Houston [flac]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-11-13, Austin [flac]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-11-12, Austin [flac]*
Yo La Tengo, Kali Fasteau, Janeane Garofalo: 2001-12-13, Hoboken [flac]*
Yo La Tengo & Plus Minus: 2001-12-11. Hoboken [flac]*
Richard Buckner: 2004-08-19, Asheville [flac]*
Will Oldham: 1994-09-02, Haarlem [flac]*
Grant Hart: 2002-01-31, Chicago [flac]*
Bob Mould: 1996-09-08, Minneapolis [flac]*
Whiskeytown: demos [flac]*
My Morning Jacket: 2004-06-01, New York [flac]
Electric Eel Shock: several tracks [mp3]
Division of Laura Lee: two tracks [mp3]
Wckr Spgt: Finger Food album [mp3]
Bluebottle Kiss: several tracks [mp3]
Vibracathedral Orchestra: several live excerpts [mp3]
Bearsuit: "Chargr" (new single) plus other tracks [mp3]
David Singer: "Wicked Little Town" [mp3]
Autolux: "Here Comes Everybody" [mp3] from Future Perfect
Junior Boys: "Birthday" from Last Exit
Information Leafblower has surveyed many music bloggers and published the consensus top 40 bands in America.
Looking at my contribution in retrospect, my list is populated mostly by bands who are on the rise both in visibility and artistically, but who I feel are the best US bands right now:
1. The Mountain Goats
2. Drive-By Truckers
3. Fiery Furnaces
4. Wilco
5. Rilo Kiley
6. Sufjan Stevens
7. Joanna Newsom
8. The Decemberists
9. Deerhoof
10. Devendra Banhart
Download last Thursday's Guided By Voices show to experience the last tour of this seminal indie band. Other nuggets in today's Bittorrent Brunch include shows by the Shins, Miles Davis and Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers.
Guided By Voices: 2004-11-11, San Diego [flac]*
The Shins: 2004-02-10, Washington [shn]
Patterson Hood & Friends: 2004-11-04, Athens [flac]*
Centro-matic: 2004-10-28,29,30, Iowa City, Madison, Chicago [flac]*
Morrissey: 2004-11-16, David Letterman show [mpg]*
Sleater-Kinney: 2003-07-09, New York [flac]*
U2: 2004-11-16, Dublin [flac]*
Miles Davis: 1970-04-11, San Francisco [shn]*
Richard Thompson: 1994-03-12, Seattle [flac]*
Neil Young: 1973-01-15, Toronto [shn]*
Ben Lee: 2004-11-14, Allentown [flac]
Jack Johnson: 2004-09-16, Austin City Limits Festival [mp3,ogg,flac]
Hayseed Dixie: 2004-11-13, Oslo [flac]
Eddie Vedder: 1994-02-23 & 24, New York (Who covers) [mp3]
Eddie Vedder: 2004-05-14, Seattle [mp3]
Pearl Jam: 2004-09-29, Boston [mp3]
Pearl Jam: 2004-10-02, Toledo [mp3]
Pearl Jam: 2004-10-03, Grand Rapids [mp3]
American Analog Set: live at KVRX [mp3]
Elf Power: live at KVRX [mp3]
The Walkmen: live at KVRX [mp3]
Two shows each by Wilco and Luna highlight today's Bittorrent Brunch.
Wilco: 2004-11-15, San Francisco [flac]
Wilco: 2004-11-10, Seattle [flac]
Luna: 2004-11-12, Chicago [flac]
Luna: 2004-11-11, Chicago [flac]
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-10-30, Chicago [flac]*
Bonnie Prince Billy: 2004-09-15, Byron Bay [flac]*
Robyn Hitchcock: 1993 A&M demos [flac]*
PJ Harvey: 2001-09-20, New York [flac]*
Bright Eyes: 2003-04-10, KCRW [flac]*
Sleater-Kinney: 2003-04-06, Woodlands [flac]*
Nick Cave: 2001-05-10, Berlin [flac]*
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-10-12, Washington [mp3,ogg,flac]
Cracker: 2004-11-12, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,shn]
Devendra Banhart: live at KVRX [mp3]
Magnetic Fields: live at KVRX [mp3]
Cat Power: live at KVRX [mp3]
Edith Frost: live at KVRX [mp3]
Manishevitz: several tracks [mp3]
Canasta: many tracks and samples [mp3]
Zapruder Point: live tracks and outtakes [mp3]
Two John Peel pieces [real]
Johnny Cash playing in Rick Rubin's living room and early U2 demos are two of the highlights in today's Bittorrent Brunch. Also of note, night three of Yo La Tengo's 2001 Hannukah residence at Maxwell's.
Johnny Cash: American I outtakes (1993) [flac]*
U2: "Shadows and Tall Trees" (early demos) [flac]*
Yo La Tengo & Antietam: 2001-10-12, Hoboken [flac]*
J Mascis & The Fog: 2004-11-13, Raleigh [shn]
J Mascis & The Fog: 2004-11-12, Charlotte [flac]*
Centro-matic: 2004-09-18 & 19, Austin [flac]*
Arthur Lee & Love: 2004-12-21, Brooklyn [flac]*
Bob Dylan: 2004-11-13, Rochester [shn]*
They Might Be Giants: 1990-04-28, Chicago [flac]*
Pavement: BBC sessions, 1995-1997 [flac]*
The cash registers will be singing with new release sales this week. The Beatles box setand greatest hits collections from both Pearl Jam and Neil Young will be the perfect holiday gift for many music lovers. This week, armed with birthday gift cards and gift certificates, I'll be picking up The Dears' Protest ep, Oneida's Nice Splittin Peaches ep, MF Doom's MM... Food and Rufus Wainwright's Want Two. If I can find Cinerama's Up & Go, I'll add it to my bag as well.
The Kids in the Hall second season is out on dvd this week, and that's a must-purchase for me. The first season of Andy Griffith will make a perfect gift for my wife. For the musicians: D.I.Y. Or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist offers interviews with Ian MacKaye, J Mascis and others.
Is there anything I have missed? Anything else a must-listen?
Interesting cd and dvd releases this week:
The Archies: Best of the Archies (remastered) [cd]
The Beatles: The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 [cd]
Brian Jonestown Massacre: Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: Retrospective [cd]
Cinerama: Up & Go [cd]
Clay Aiken: Merry Christmas With Love [cd]
Cristina: Sleep It Off (reissue with extra tracks) [cd]
David Bowie: Bowie at Beeb: Best of BBC Radio 68-72 [cd]
Dears: Protest ep [cd]
Flaming Stars: Named & Shamed [cd]
Lil Jon & East Side Boyz: Crunk Juice [cd]
Long Ryders: Best of the Long Ryders [cd]
Massive Attack: Danny the Dog [cd]
Megadeath: The Complete Remasters (box set) [cd]
MF Doom: Mm..Food [cd]
Neil Young: Greatest Hits [cd]
Oneida: Nice Splittin Peaches ep [cd]
Pearl Jam: rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003) [cd]
Peter Himmelman: My Lemonade Stand [cd]
Prince: Cinnamon Girl single [cd]
Rufus Wainwright: Want Two (CD/DVD combo) [cd]
Thai Elephant Orchestra: Elephonic Rhapsodies [cd]
U2: Vertigo Pt.2 (import single) [cd]
Various Artists: Blue Note's Greatest Sessions (box set) [cd]
Yes: House of Yes: Live From the House of Blues [dvd]
Andromeda Season 4 Volume 4.3 [dvd]
The Andy Griffith Show - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - The First Three Volumes [dvd]
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Volume Three [dvd]
Bigg Snoop Dogg's Puff Puff Pass Tour [dvd]
Blondie Live [dvd]
Blondie - VH-1 Behind the Music [dvd]
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - The Complete Series [dvd]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Seventh Season [dvd]
Charles Mingus:Live at Montreux 1975 [dvd]
Chuck D's Hip Hop Hall of Fame, Vol. 1 [dvd]
D.I.Y. Or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist [dvd]
Early Life of a Legend (Kurt Cobain) [dvd]
Elf (Infinifilm Edition) [dvd]
Fanny and Alexander (Special Edition Five-Disc Set) - Criterion Collection [dvd]
Fanny and Alexander (The Theatrical Version) - Criterion Collection [dvd]
The Hebrew Hammer [dvd]
House of Yes - Live from the House of Blues [dvd]
The Iron Giant (Special Edition) [dvd]
The Kids in the Hall - Complete Season 2 [dvd]
Live Aid [dvd]
Norah Jones and The Handsome Band - Live in 2004 [dvd]
The Office - The Complete Collection (First And Second Series Plus Special) [dvd]
The Office Special [dvd]
Pee-wee's Playhouse #1 - Seasons 1 and 2 [dvd]
Pee-wee's Playhouse #2 - Seasons 3-5 [dvd]
Peter Gabriel - Play [dvd]
Queen - On Fire at the Bowl [dvd]
Ray Charles - Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival (with cd) [dvd]
Ray Charles - O Genio - Live in Brazil 1963 [dvd]
Richard Pryor - I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! (Uncensored) [dvd]
Rooney - Spit & Sweat [dvd]
The Saddest Music in the World [dvd]
Shane MacGowan & The Popes - Live at Montreux 1995 [dvd]
Short Cuts - Criterion Collection [dvd]
Smallville - The Complete Seasons 1-3 [dvd]
Smallville - The Complete Third Season [dvd]
Space Ghost Coast To Coast - Volumes 1 and 2 [dvd]
Space Ghost Coast to Coast - Volume 2 [dvd]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-11-12, Atlanta Criminal Records in-store [mp3,ogg,shn]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-11-12, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,shn]
Ben Lee: 2004-11-13, Bucknell University [flac]
Los Lonely Boys: 2001-03-17, Austin [flac]
Sebadoh: live at KVRX [mp3]
Papas Fritas: live at KVRX [mp3]
Mojave 3: live at KVRX [mp3]
Deathray Davies: live at KVRX [mp3]
Paul Westerberg: several tracks from 2004-11-05 & 2004-11-07 [mp3]
Rilo Kiley: "It's A Hit" video from Jimmy Kimmel Live [mov]
Stephen Malkmus: 2004-10-23, Buenos Aires [shn]
Kevn Kinneys Sun Tangled Angel Revival: 2004-11-09, Raleigh [shn]
Modest Mouse: 2004-11-13, Saturday Night Live [dvd]*
Modest Mouse: 2004-08-27, Redaing Festival [flac]*
Golden Smog: 1994-10-17, Minneapolis [shn]*
Lou Reed: 1990-07-30, Osaka [flac]*
Robyn Hitchcock: 2004-11-08, Cleveland [flac]
New Order: 1984-08-25, BBC Basement Session [flac]*
Peter Gabriel: Ashcombe Works demos [flac]*
The Smiths: 1986-12-12, Brixton Academy [flac]*
A sidenote to today's downloads: can you spot Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis in Elvis Costello's "MonkeyTo Man" video?
Lucy: two tracks [mp3]
The Other Side: several tracks [mp3]
Madelia: two tracks [mp3]
Film School: several tracks [mp3]
The Herms: several tracks [mp3]
Kelley Stoltz: several tracks [mp3]
Two Gallants: audio & video [mp3,quicktime]
Elvis Costello: videos [windows,real,mov]
The Violets: "Laxteen" [mp3]
Hint Hint: "Long Branch, New Jersey" [mp3] from Young Days
One of the biggest music stories this year was the release of Brian Wilson's SMiLE album. The featured downloads today are two London live performances of the album by this pop music legend.
Brian Wilson: 2004-02-20, London (SMiLE premiere) [flac]*
Brian Wilson: 2004-02-26, London (SMiLE performance) [flac]*
Brian Wilson: 1998 Farm Aid [dvd]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2002-01-09, Salt Lake City [flac]
Pavement: 1994-08-26, Reading Festival [flac]*
The Dresden Dolls: 2004-10-15, Athens [flac]*
Gomez: 2000-02-19, San Francisco [flac]*
PJ Harvey: 1999-01-30, Sessions at West 54th [flac]*
The Killers: 2004-08-27, San Diego [flac]*
REM: 2004-11-10, Toronto [flac]*
*registration required
Ben Lee: 2004-06-17, New York [mp3,ogg,flac]
Postal Blue: several tracks [mp3]
Giant Sand: 2004-10-15, Rubigen [flac]
Dead Meadow: several tracks [mp3]
SS Cardiacs: several tracks [mp3] (via)
Loquat: two tracks [mp3]
Boyracer: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks courtesy of the Sampler [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Sad Robot Records [mp3]
Various Mashups: courtesy of Party Ben [mp3]
Older sets from rock pioneers Pink Floyd, Pete Townshend and Led Zeppelin highlight today's Bittorrent Brunch. If you are an REM fan, be sure to check out the Green demos, and the video of the Uncle Tupelo show is not to be missed.
J. Mascis & The Fog: 2004-11-10, Atlanta [flac]*
The Music: 2004-11-06, Rochester [flac]*
White Stripes: 2002-01-17, Auckland [flac]*
Uncle Tupelo: 1991-02-26, New Haven [dvd]*
Son Volt: 1997-04-24, WFUV & New York [flac]*
PJ Harvey: 2001-06-30, Roskilde Festival [flac]*
REM: complete Green demos [flac]*
Led Zeppelin: 1972-10-09, Osaka [flac]*
Pete Townshend: 1974-04-14, London [flac]*
Pink Floyd: 1972-09-10, Dallas [shn]*
*registration required
Regular readers of Largehearted Boy will already know I am a huge Drive-By Truckers fan. The band's three-guitar, three songwriter approach results in both powerful albums and rollicking live performances. Kick your weekend into gear with a miniature version of "The Rock Show" (and see these guys on tour if you get the chance).
"The Living Bubba" from Alabama Ass Whuppin
"People Who Died" from Alabama Ass Whuppin
"Too Much Sex (Too Little Jesus)" from Alabama Ass Whuppin
"Hell No, I Ain't Happy" from Decoration Day
"Puttin' People On The Moon" from The Dirty South
"Never Gonna Change" from The Dirty South
"Carl Perkins' Cadillac" from The Dirty South
"Tornadoes" from The Dirty South
Local H: 2003-06-19, Chicago [flac]
Bardo Pond: 2001-09-21, Philadelphia [mp3,ogg,shn]
Billy Bragg: 2000-07-16, Dorset [mp3,ogg,flac]
Wow & Flutter: several tracks [mp3]
The Forty-Fives: several tracks [mp3]
Ben Weaver: several tracks [mp3]
Navy: entire discography [mp3] (via)
Various Artists: tracks from Redder Records [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Slowdance Records [mp3]
Today's Bittorrent Brunch highlight is (again) several PJ Harvey performances. Also of interest are Drive-By Truckers, Stone Roses and Interpol shows, as well as several other interesting downloads.
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-10-18, Park City [flac]
Interpol: 2004-09-15, BBC Session [flac]*
PJ Harvey: two 1996 Peel Sessions [flac]*
PJ Harvey: 1991-10-30, Southampton [flac]*
PJ Harvey: 2000-10-19, New York [flac]*
PJ Harvey: 2001-05-14, WXRT [flac]*
Stone Roses: 1995-12-07, Leicester [shn]*
Pavement: 1997-04-11, Shepherds Bush Empire [flac]*
Death Cab for Cutie: 2004-05-06, Seattle [flac]*
Bright Eyes: 2002-10-12, San Francisco [shn]*
*registration required
My Morning Jacket: 2004-10-01, State College [shn]
Spoon: 2004-03-05, Austin [shn]
Patterson Hood, Willie King, Moonshine Still: live shows from 550 Blues, Macon [mp3]
Two Cow Garage: several tracks [mp3] (a repost, but several new tracks are available)
The Flesh: two tracks [mp3]
Satellite 66: several tracks [mp3]
Heartless Bastards: three rough demos [mp3]
Thirdimension: audio & video [mp3,mov]
Tiara: several tracks [mp3]
Willy Mason: Where The Humans Eat album [mp3] (via)
Today in the bittorrent brunch: three PJ Harvey performances, the second night of Yo La Tengo's 2001 Hannukah performance, Luna's Toronto performance Sunday, plus many more live shows. Enjoy.
PJ Harvey: 1995-05-21, Portland [flac]
PJ Harvey: 1995-05-16, KROQ [flac]*
PJ Harvey: 2000-12-14, WRAS [flac]*
Yo La Tengo & Lambchop: 2001-12-10, Hoboken [flac]
Radiohead: 1997-06-27, Utrecht [shn]*
The Clash: 1977-01-11, Sheffield [flac]*
Luna: 2004-11-07, Toronto [flac]
Warren Zevon: 2000-05-29, South Shields [flac]*
TV on the Radio: 2004-05-03, San Diego [flac]*
Melvins: 2004-09-22, Athens [flac]
*registration required
Morrissey to be the subject of a West End musical.
Nine Bullets, the Drive-By Truckers archive of setlists, active bittorrents and recording info, has added forums!
The Sampler is "an ever-changing monthly collection of samples, goodies, promos and more from indie crafters, record labels and zines." In other words, cool stuff from cool people.
The Globe and Mail examines how blogs can help bloggers get better jobs.
The Onion A.V. Club interviews Dave Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. "We wanted to be like The Beatles. We thought we were in the tradition of the great classic rock bands, which is bizarre, because now we're seen as these indie-rock pioneers."
Acid Mothers Temple and the Bad Livers have been added to the Live Music Archive. Look for lossless live shows to be uploaded soon (hopefully).
Not everyone is a Beatle Bob fan.
Cash Nexus has put up a National Solo Album Month page, complete with a list of participants and his own experience with the project (via).
The Washington Post calls Neko Case's new album "an unpolished gem."
The Telegraph chronicles a stockmistress's first week running an Oxford bookshop.
Six Apart partners with Kanoodle to serve ads in TypePad weblogs.
Grimey's in Nashville has two worthwhile in-store performances this weekend. Saturday brings Tift Merritt to the store. Sunday, Sondre Lerche will headline with Ben Grimes of The Golden Republic opening.
Erasing Clouds reviews the Jandek documentary, Jandek on Corwood.
Playlist offers alternatives to the iPod's standard white earbuds.
Sixeyes offers an indie mix for November.
MacDevCenter offers fun iPod tricks.
USA Today asks, "What's in your guilty-pleasure chest?"
Luna's Dean Wareham talks to Metromix about the band's final album and tour. "I suppose the reason people get sad about these things is because it reminds them of their own mortality. I remember being sad when The Clash broke up."
Dogs Die In Hot Cars will appear on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic today at 11:15 am PST.
Birmingham restaurateur Fran Stitt (the Highlands, Chez Fonfon, Bottega) talks to the Memphis Commercial Appeal about his new book, Frank Stitt's Southern Table.
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-11-08, Hollywood (Amoeba in-store) [shn]
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: 2001-02-10, Gothenburg [mp3,ogg,shn]
Robyn Hitchcock: interviews with WYEP & WCPN [mp3]
The Poison Arrows: two tracks [mp3]
Von Iva: two tracks [mp3]
Miranda Sound: several tracks [mp3]
Jarboe: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Homesleep Records [mp3]
Loretta Lynn & Jack White: "Portland, Oregon" [mpg]
Jack Johnson: We're Gonna Be Friends" (White Stripes cover) [mp3]
My friend Brandon taped the 2001 Yo La Tengo Hannukah shows at Maxwell's and will be sharing them all soon. Today's highlight is Yo La Tengo along with Yung Wu from the first night, enjoy!
Yo La Tengo: 2001-12-09, Hoboken [flac]*
Wilco: 2004-11-06, Denver [flac]
Desaparecidos: 2002-02-08, Houston [flac]*
Bright Eyes: 2001-06-16, Seattle [flac]*
Bob Dylan: A Week In The Life 1966 [flac]*
Lilys: 2003-01-17, Chicago [flac]*
Southern Bitch: 2004-11-03, Atlanta [flac]*
Barbara Cue: 2004-10-30, Memphis [flac]*
Art Ensemble of Chicago: 1978-05-13, Moers Jazz Festival [flac]*
White Stripes: 2001-06-19, Philadelphia dvd*
*registration required
Modest Mouse: German radio performance [mp3] (thanks)
John Lennon: outtakes and live tracks [mp3]
Aquarium Rescue Unit: 1993-08-15, Birmingham [mp3,ogg,flac]
Caroline Aiken: two full tracks and several samples [mp3]
Lake Holiday: Send Off the Summer ep [mp3,ogg,flac]
Wckr Spgt: A Tea Party of Love album [mp3]
The DRIVE: demos [mp3]
The Child Who Was A Keyhole: "Arm in the Foam" [mp3]
Wolf Parade: "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts"
The Legends: "Call It Ours" [mp3] from Up Against The Legends
In a new feature, I'll be digging up interesting bittorrent downloads and posting them under the heading, "Bittorrent Brunch" a couple of times a week. Look for live shows, demos, and session tracks in the future, as well as concert videos. Hopefully this will encourage the trading of live shows, as well as the use of bittorrent technology. Here are some helpful links:
Bittorrent FAQ
Azureus (the bittorrent client I use on both my mac and pc)
The first serving of the Bittorrent Brunch:
Patterson Hood & Friends: 2004-09-30, Athens [flac]*
Sea Ray: 2004-10-29 Atlanta [flac]*
Bonnie Prince Billy: 2004-05-26 & 27, Austin [flac]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-10-29, Madison [flac]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-10-30, Chicago [flac]*
Uncle Tupelo: 1990-05-19, KCOU [flac]*
The Sunshine Fix: 2004-06-19, Athens [flac]*
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-10-27, Milwaukee (in-store and evening performance) [flac]
Bob Dylan: 2004-11-06, Grantham [flac]*
REM: 2004-10-08, Orlando [flac]*
*registration required
New Neko Case!!! Ms. Case's live album will be first on my shopping bag agenda tomorrow, The Tigers Have Spoken is simply sublime with her wonderful voice and the backing of the Sadies and Jon Rauhouse.
To this wonderful album I'll be adding the new Mates of State ep, the Spongebob Squarepants soundtrack (featuring Wilco and the Flaming Lips, among others, and yes, we'll probably see the movie as well), and Carissa's Wierd's I Before E. I'm on the fence about several others, including the early Aimee Mann release and the Scissor Sisters Remixed ep, if they are on sale I'll probably pick them up, too. What has slipped under my radar?
As the holidays approach, music dvd releases are plentiful. This week's highlights are:
Ani DiFranco's Trust
Britney Spears' Greatest Hits, My Prerogative (for my niece, I swear)
Burning Britain: UK Punk 1980-1984
John Zorn Masada: Masada Live at Tonic
Los Lobos: Live At The Fillmore
Lyle Lovett: Live in Concert
Mason Jennings Use Your Van
MTV Unplugged - Bruce Springsteen in Concert (Plugged)
The Richard Thompson Band - Live in Providence
Stray Cats - Rumble in Brixton
Of these I'm picking up the Burning Britain and Mason Jennings discs.
In other dvd releases this week, the Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus Megasets (with either the Life of Python or Monty Python Live) have been added to my holiday gift list both to give and receive.
A complete list of this week's interesting releases (interesting to me, of course):
Aimee Mann & The Young Snakes: Aimee Mann & The Young Snakes [cd]
Badly Drawn Boy: About a Boy Soundtrack (reissue) [cd]
Badly Drawn Boy: Have You Fed the Fish? (reissue) [cd]
Britney Spears: Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (Limited Edition with Bonus CD) [cd]
Carissa's Wierd: I Before E [cd]
Elton John: Peachtree Road [cd]
Eminem: Encore (Deluxe Edition) [cd]
The Fall: Live in London: The Legendary Chaos Tape (remastered) [cd]
Go-Betweens: 16 Lovers Lane (Bonus CD) (remastered) [cd]
Go-Betweens: Liberty Belle & Black Diamond Express (Bonus CD) (remastered) [cd]
Go-Betweens: Tallulah (Bonus CD) (remastered) [cd]
Gretchen Wilson: Here For The Party (Special Edition) [cd]
Handsome Boy Modeling School: White People [cd]
Innocence Mission: Now the Day Is Over [cd]
Jerry Joseph: Cherry [cd]
John Fahey: Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick [cd]
John Waters: A John Waters Xmas [cd]
King Crimson: 21st Century Guide to King Crimson 1: 1969-1974 (box set) [cd]
Kings of Leon: Aha Shake Heartbreak (import) [cd]
Mates of State: All Day ep [cd]
Neko Case: The Tigers Have Spoken [cd]
The Network: Money Money 2020 (bonus tracks) [cd]
Of Montreal: Aldhils Arboretum (reissue) [cd]
Owen: I Do Perceive [cd]
Pedestrian: Toss & Turn [cd]
Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters Remixed ep [cd]
The Specials & Fun Boy Three: Very Best of The Specials and Fun Boy Three [cd]
Various Artists: Spongebob Squarepants Movie Soundtrack [cd]
Various Artists: Very Best of Mtv Unplugged 3 (Bonus Dvd) [cd]
Ulysses: 010 [cd]
Ani Di Franco: Trust [dvd]
Anna Karenina [dvd]
Before Sunset [dvd]
Bridget Jones's Diary (Collector's Edition) [dvd]
Britney Spears - Greatest Hits - My Prerogative [dvd]
Bubblegum Crisis: Special Collector's Edition [dvd]
Burning Britain: UK Punk 1980-1984 [dvd]
The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus Megaset and Life of Python Bundle [dvd]
The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus Megaset and Monty Python Live Bundle [dvd]
Friends - The Complete Eighth Season [dvd]
Friends - The Complete First Eight Seasons (8-Pack) [dvd]
Fritz Lang Epic Collection (Metropolis/Die Nibelungen/Woman in the Moon/Spies) [dvd]
Gone with the Wind (4-Disc Collector's Edition) [dvd]
The Grateful Dead Movie [dvd]
Jesus of Montreal [dvd]
John Zorn Masada:Masada Live at Tonic [dvd]
The L Word - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Los Lobos - Live At The Fillmore [dvd]
Lyle Lovett: Live in Concert [dvd]
The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection (The Cocoanuts / Animal Crackers / Monkey Business / Horse Feathers / Duck Soup) [dvd]
Mason Jennings Use Your Van [dvd]
MTV Unplugged - Bruce Springsteen in Concert (Plugged) [dvd]
Prairie Home Companion With Garrison [dvd]
The Return of the New York Dolls [dvd]
The Richard Thompson Band - Live in Providence [dvd]
Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Fifth Season [dvd]
Star Trek Voyager - The Complete Seasons 1-5 [dvd]
Stray Cats - Rumble in Brixton [dvd]
Woman in the Moon [dvd]
Pinback: 2004-10-24, Atlanta [mp3]
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: 1999-07-09, Kristiansand [mp3,ogg,shn]
Frank Black: live performance [mp3]
Ben Lee: 2004-11-05, Houston [mp3]
Pattern Is Movement: several tracks [mp3]
Wheat: studio & live tracks [mp3] (thanks to Chromewaves)
Various Artists: blues tracks from the Music Maker Relief Fund [mp3]
Flaming Lips: "Spongebob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy" [mov]
Graham Coxon: "Time for Heroes (Libertines cover)" [mp3]
Wilco: "Cars Can't Escape" [mp3]
Queens of the Stone Age: 2001-08-18 [mp3]
Uncle Tupelo: 1994-04-01, World Cafe [flac]**
Robyn Hitchcock: 2004-11-02, Chapel Hill (Borders in-store) [flac]**
Dar Williams: 2001-03-23, Stamford [flac]**
Cheap Trick: live tracks plus audio clips [mp3,wav]
Julie Lee: two full tracks and several samples [mp3]
Bill Mallonee: several tracks [mp3]
Fayvor Love: many tracks [mp3]
Elephone: many tracks [mp3]
Breeders: 2003 Shibayu Club Quattro videos [mpg]**
**bittorrent, registration required
Wilco: 2004-10-09, Toronto [flac]*
Spoon: 2004-06-24, St. Louis [flac]
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: 1999-07-04, Berlin [mp3,ogg,shn]
Mother Hips: 2000-10-06, San Francisco [ogg,flac]
Tegan and Sara: 2004-10-24, Mountain View [flac]**
Guided By Voices: 2001-08-23 & 25: London & Reading [flac]**
The Fall: 1986-02-13, Cambridge [flac]**
Various Artists: Loved Like A Milkshake - A Tribute To Wesley Willis [mp3]
Allen Ginsberg: reading William Blake [mp3,ogg,flac]
American Minor: "Walk On" [mp3] from The Buffalo Creek ep
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
Here is a soundtrack of hope after a dreary week for the US (and the world):
"We All Know" [mp3] from Nino Rojo
"Noah" [mp3 from Nino Rojo
"Sister" [mp3] from Nino Rojo
"The Body Breaks" [mp3] from Rejoicing in the Hands
"Will Is My Friend" [mp3] from Rejoicing in the Hands
2003-03-09: Toronto [mp3]
2002-11-14, WFMU [mp3]
2004-05-05, KCRW [mp3]
Bonus tracks from Banhart's San Francisco music collective, Vetiver:
Vetiver: "Los Pajaros del Rio" [mp3] from Vetiver
Vetiver: "Oh Papa" [mp3] from Vetiver
Vetiver: "Without a Song" [mp3] from Vetiver
Vetiver: "Farther On" [mp3] from Vetiver
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: 2001-03-30, Malmo [mp3,ogg,shn]
Flaming Lips: 2000-04-26, Chicago [shn]*
Pink Floyd: 1973-06-28, Hollywood, Florida [shn]**
Braid: 1999-08-20, Chicago [mp3,aac]
Various Artists: Wired Magazine's Creative Commons CD [mp3]*
mewithoutYou: two tracks [mp3]
Patterson Hood and Friends: "Lookout Mountain (live)" [mpg]
David Singer: "Social Studies" [mp3]
Local H: "Toxic (Britney Spears cover)" [mp3]
Jason Isbell and Friends: "Ohio (live)" [mp3]
*bittorrent
**bitorrent, registration required
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: 2003-04-01, Chicago [mp3,ogg,shn]
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-10-23, Seattle [flac]*
John Cale: 2004-11-03, Austin Waterloo Records in-store [flac]**
Jay Farrar: two in-studio performances [flac]**
Wilco: 1994-11-17, St. Louis (first live Wilco show) [flac]**
The Smiths: 1984-06-13, Glasgow [flac]
The Gena Rowlands Band: several tracks [mp3]
Nellie McKay: live shows and demos [mp3]
Neko Case: "If You Knew" from The Tigers Have Spoken
David Dondero: "Pre-invasion Jitters" from Live at the Hemlock
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
The ever-enchanting and informative Catherine of Catherine's Pita has launched an online store, and is offering a custom line of iPod Cozies (as featured in Teen Vogue) to keep your free iPods and free photo iPods safe from the terrorists. I'm partial to the Tropical Robot Cozy myself.
Radiohead: 2003-08-12, Maida Vaile (rename txt to mp3) [mp3]
Libertines: live and session tracks [mp3,mpg]*
Barn Burning: several tracks [mp3]
Nude: three song demo [mp3]
The Valley Arena: several tracks [mp3]
Chicken Damage: Synapse Like Popcorn album [mp3]
The Marks: two tracks [mp3]
Man in Gray: two tracks [mp3]
The Io's: two demos and several samples [mp3]
The Song Corporation: two tracks [mp3]
The Minus 5: "Lyrical Stance" [mp3] from At The Organ ep
*bittorrent
The Soundtrack of our Lives: 1997-08-14, Stockholm [mp3,ogg,shn]
The Soundtrack of our Lives: 2001-10-14, Köln [mp3,ogg,shn]
Pinback: 2004-10-25, Washington [mp3,ogg,flac]
Ben Kweller: 2004-10-04, Charlotte [flac]
Wilco: 2004-10-31, Chicago [flac]*
Breeders: 1990-02-07, Peel session [flac]**
Various Artists: random Anti- Records artist tracks (refresh for different artist) [mp3,real]
Last Stanza: several tracks [mp3]
The Only Children: "Change of Living" [mp3] from Change of Living
The Zincs: "Bluestones" [mp3]
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
There are no "must have" new releases for me this week, but that won't stop me from picking up several new albums. It's A Team Mint Xmas 2 contains holiday tracks from the original It's A Team Mint Xmas 7", plus many new songs by the label's artists. I'll pick up the new release by the band my wife thinks sounds like the Alan Parsons Project, Grandaddy's Below The Radio, as well as a couple of EP's: Okkervil River's Sleep & Wake Up Songs and The Minus 5's At The Organ. I'm on the fence about The Organ's new CD and the Sleepytime Gorilla Museum offering.
With Christmas approaching, I'll be searching for presents in the new DVD releases as well as adding to our television library. The Simple Life 2 is a must-have guilty pleasure. The Criterion Collection Holiday 2004 Gift Set would be an amazing gift for anyone, but the $5250 sticker price is a bit offputting.
Anomoanon: Joji [cd]
Christina Carter: Living Contact [cd]
Damien Jurado: Just in Time for Something ep [cd]
Deathray Davies: Midnight At The Black Nail Polish Factory [cd]
Duran Duran: The Singles 1986-1995 (box set) [cd]
Franz Ferdinand: Michael 2 single (import) [cd]
Grandaddy: Below the Radio [cd]
Gravenhurst: Black Holes in the Sand [cd]
Greg Davis: Somnia [cd]
Harper Lee: All Things Can Be Mended [cd]
Her Space Holiday: Young Machines Remixed [cd]
Iris Dement: Lifeline [cd]
Joey Ramone: Don't Worry About Me (dualdisc) [cd]
John Lennon: Acoustic [cd]
John Lennon: Rock N Roll (remastered) [cd]
Kings of Convenience: I'd Rather Dance With You single (import) [cd]
Lazarus: Like Trees We Grow Up to Be Satellites [cd]
Minus 5: At the Organ ep [cd]
Okkervil River: Sleep & Wake-Up Songs ep [cd]
Only Children: Change of Living [cd]
Organ: Grab That Gun [cd]
Panoply Academy: Everything Here Was Built to Break [cd]
Residents: Commercial Album: 25th Anniversary Special Edition [cd]
Shesus: Ruined It for You ep [cd]
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: Of Natural History [cd]
Soft Pink Truth: Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth [cd]
Steve Earle: Live From Austin Texas (remastered) [cd]
Styrofoam: I'm What There to Show That Something's Missing [cd]
Tarentel: We Move Through Weather [cd]
Travis: Singles [cd]
Various Artists: It's a Team Mint Xmas 2 [cd]
Various Artists: MTV2 Shortlist Prize [cd]
Woven Hand: Consider the Birds [cd]
Aimee Mann - Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (Bonus CD) [dvd]
Ali G Indahouse - The Movie (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
The Criterion Collection Holiday 2004 Gift Set [dvd]
Dazed & Confused (Widescreen Flashback Edition) [dvd]
Doctor Who Lost in Time Collection of Rare Episodes - The Patrick Troughton Years 1966-1969 [dvd]
Doctor Who Lost in Time Collection of Rare Episodes - The William Hartnell Years 1963-1966 (3-Disc Set) [dvd]
Doctor Who Lost in Time Collection of Rare Episodes - The William Hartnell Years and the Patrick Troughton Years [dvd]
Dr. Strangelove (40th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition) [dvd]
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues [dvd]
Festival Express [dvd]
Flatlanders - Live from Austin, TX [dvd]
George Harrison - Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 [dvd]
Harry Connick Jr. - Harry for the Holidays (DVD & CD) [dvd]
A Home at the End of the World [dvd]
Ike & Tina Turner - Live In '71 [dvd]
J.R.R. Tolkien and the Birth of The Lord of the Rings [dvd]
Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Two [dvd]
National Geographic - Beyond the Movie - Alexander [dvd]
Philadelphia (Anniversary Edition) [dvd]
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Special Edition) [dvd]
Punk Rock Holocaust [dvd]
Shrek 2 (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
Shrek - The Story So Far (4-Disc DVD Collection) [dvd]
The Simple Life 2 [dvd]
The Simpsons Christmas 2 [dvd]
Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete Second Season [dvd]
Steve Earle - Live from Austin, TX [dvd]
The West Wing - The Complete First Three Seasons (3-Pack) [dvd]
The West Wing - The Complete Third Season [dvd]
Margaret Cho: 2004-10-09, Jacksonville [mp3] (thanks)
Ryan Adams: 2000 Pinkhearts demos [shn]**
Kristin Hersh: 1994-03-29, BBC Radio Leeds [mp3]
Jack Johnson: 2004-09-16, Philadelphia [flac]
Devendra Banhart: 2004-10-15, Copenhagen [flac]**
Delgados: 2000-06-08 audio and video [mp3,real]
The Strange: two tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from StarTime Records [mp3]
Stone Roses: videos [real,wmv]
Dizzee Rascal: "Dream" video [real]
Strokes: "Clampdown" [mp3]
**bittorrent, registration required
Wilco: 2004-10-29, Chicago [flac]*
Rilo Kiley: 2004-10-23, Dallas (Good records in-store) [mp3]
Prince & Miles Davis: 1987-12-31, Minneapolis [flac]**
Radiohead: 1993-02-23, Paris (Black session) [mp3]
Radiohead: 1994-02-21, Reading [mp3]
The Silent League: several tracks [mp3]
Scatter The Ashes: two tracks [mp3]
Caribou née Manitoba: audio & video [mp3,real,wmv,mov,mpg]
The Silent League: "Catbird Seat" [mov]
Mountain Goats: "The Sign (live on CBC radio)" [mp3]
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
"Nine tenths of education is encouragement."--Anatole France
Finally, a post that combines education, literature, music, politics and blogging...
My favorite dance music authority has started an education weblog for Al.com. Max (a high school teacher when not wearing his pop culture guru hat), of lostsofco fame, unveiled Nine-Tenths Thursday, which will cover education issues. Please pass the link on to any educators you know. Max writes with wit, compassion, knowledge and understanding (the same characteristics that make his students love him).
Sigur Ros: 2000-01-25, London (plus other live tracks) [mp3]
Soundgarden: 1992, Chicago [mp3]
New Order: 1999-07-05, Cleveland [mp3]
Wilco: 2004-10-10, Ann Arbor [flac]*
Wilco: 2002-05-18, Nurburgring [mp3]***
Uncle Tupelo: 1990-07-18, NPR [flac]**
Drag Day: two tracks [mp3]
The Online Romance: several tracks [mp3]
El Jezel: audio & video [mp3,mov]
Unsacred Hearts: several tracks [mp3]
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
***registration required
Mountain Goats: 2004-02-18, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,flac]
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: 2001-02-15, Lund [mp3,ogg,shn]
Wckr Spgt: 2004-10-02, Pomona [mp3,ogg,flac]
Barbara: several tracks [mp3]
Ulrich Schnauss: several tracks [mp3]
Lali Puna: several tracks [mp3]
John Peel's voice [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Bomp Records [mp3]
Kiila: several videos [mp4]
The Retsin: "My Liver Needs A Lawyer" [mp3] from Pure Beauty
While I was uploading a Mountain Goats live performance (February of this year in Atlanta) to the Live Music Archive, I wondered why most bands do not avail themselves of this wonderful resource.
In my experience, the fans downloading these live performances are the same hard-core faithful fans that buy every release and evangelize about the music they love, a roaming street team. If you are a musical artist, please consider allowing your live recordings to be archived in the Live Music Archive. If you have contact with a band, consider asking them to set up a taping policy and consider joining the LMA.
The Live Music Archive is continually adding several artists a day to its vaults. In the last month, The Mother Hips, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, and many others have been added in the last month alone. If you have live lossless performances of these artists (or any of those listed at the Live Music Archive), please share the good music and upload them. The exposure will help the musicians and the fans get live music, so everyone benefits.
Yo La Tengo: 1990-10-08, NPR [flac]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-10-24, Madison [mp3,ogg,flac]
Jon Langford: 2004-10-15, Brooklyn [mp3,ogg.flac]
Kaizer's Orchestra: 2003, Arvika [mp3]
Tim Easton: several tracks [mp3]
Gleek: several tracks [mp3]
The Smiths: several midi tracks [mid]
Various Artists: October's "WFMU On The Download" [mp3]
Various Artists: mash-ups courtesy of BRAT Productions [mp3]
Madison Strays: "Last Train" [mp3]
**bittorrent, registration required
Wilco: 1997-09-14, Austin [flac]**
Guided By Voices: 1996 Peel Session [flac]**
Floating Opera: several tracks [mp3,real]
Tenki: several tracks [mp3]
Faint of Heart: several tracks [mp3]
Cerulean: several tracks (click the album covers for tracks) [mp3]
Rilo Kiley: interview on MTV2's Subterranean [mov]
Chin Up Chin Up: "Virginia Don't Drown" [mp3] from We Should Never Have Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers
Futureheads: "Piece of Crap" [mp3] from Futureheads
Pavement: "All My Friends" [mp3] from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins
**bittorrent, registration required
Nick Drake: Second Grace (Demos & Outtakes) [mp3]
Rilo Kiley: 2003-09-24, San Francisco [mp3]
Rilo Kiley: 2004-10-10, Washington [mp3] (different server)
XTC: 1980-01-22, Ann Arbor [mp3]
Swell Maps: two tracks [mp3]
Black Tape for a Blue Girl: several tracks [mp3]
FakeID: many remixes [mp3]
The Bloody Hawaiians: Threego album [cd]
Various Artists: tracks from Jade Tree Records [mp3]
On The Speakers: "Could I Be Right" [mp3] from On The Speakers EP
Looking for a New Year's Eve show to attend? Wilco, The Flaming Lips, and Sleater-Kinney will play Madison Square Garden in New York this year on December 31st. Ticket presale will be November 1st at 10 am, with general public tickets available on November 5th.
Besides the final Guided By Voices show in Chicago, anyone have any other great New Year's Eve show news around the US and the rest of the world?
Yo La Tengo will play eight days of Hanukkah shows again this year at Maxwell's in Hoboken, from December 7th through the 14th. Ticket sales haven't been announced, but are available through TicketWeb (click the TicketWeb link at the very bottom, and keep clicking "more events" until they show up).
Previous Yo La Tengo Hanukkah shows (in 2001 and 2002) have featured David Byrne, Portastatic, David Cross, The Sun Ra Arkestra, and many others. The tickets are gone quickly, so jump on these if you're interested.
Thanks to Brandon for the heads up.
Tomorrow brings the release of two Bright Eyes singles, Lua and Take It Easy (Love Nothing), and both will be in my music-loving hands by evening. I'll definitely pick up the Futureheads self-titled release and Key by Son Ambulance. I preordered the Ulysses album, 010, in hopes that it would arrive early (it hasn't), so maybe that will top off my new music for the week. Anything my list of releases is missing? Anything I shouldn't miss?
An addition to my list: Frank reminded me of the Matador reissue of Pavement's Crooked Rain Crooked Rain, which I'll definitely pick up based on the strength of 2002's Slanted and Enchanted reissue.
There are three DVD releases this week that I will have to pick up. The Cat Power documentary, Speaking For Trees is a must-buy (as is anything that includes Chan Marshall). The bonus cd is pure frosting. David Byrne's live DVD and comedian Bill Hick's three live shows will round out my purchases.
89 Cubs: There Are Giants in the Earth [cd]
The Alarm: Mmiv: Live in the Poppy Fields (bonus dvd) [cd]
Autolux: Future Perfect [cd]
Big & Rich: Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak (with dvd) [cd]
Bright Eyes: Lua (single) [cd]
Bright Eyes: Take It Easy (Love Nothing) (single) [cd]
Collections of Colonies of Bees [cd]
Death From Above 1979: You're a Woman, I'm a Machine [cd]
Depeche Mode: Remixes 81-04 [cd]
Depeche Mode: Remixes 81-04 (limited edition box set) [cd]
Dogs Die in Hot Cars: Please Describe Yourself [cd]
Donnas: Gold Medal [cd]
Donnas: Gold Medal (with bonus dvd) [cd]
Futureheads: Futureheads [cd]
Howard Zinn: People's History Project: 1 (box set) [cd]
Jet By Day: Cascadia [cd]
John Frusciante: Inside of Emptiness [cd]
Leonard Cohen: Dear Heather [cd]
Luna: Rendezvous [cd]
Miracle of 86: Last Gasp [cd]
Mose Allison: Hello There Universe (reissue) [cd]
Nick Cave: Abattoir Blues / Lyre of Orpheus [cd]
Pavement: Crooked Rain Crooked Rain (reissue) [cd]
Soledad Brothers: Voice of Treason [cd]
Son Ambulance: Key [cd]
Sigur Ros: Recycle Bin [cd]
Ulysses: 010 [cd]
Various Artists: How Soon Is Now: The Songs of the Smiths [cd]
Various Artists: Music From the O.C.: Mix 2 [cd]
Various Artists: Music From the O.C.: Mix 3 Have a Very Merry Chrismukkah [cd]
Various Artists: A Very Special Christmas Collection (box set) [cd]
21 Jump Street - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Bettie Page - Dark Angel [dvd]
Bill Hicks Live - Satirist, Social Critic, Stand-Up Comedian [dvd]
Breaker Morant (Masterworks Edition) [dvd]
Building Big [dvd]
Burning Britain: History of UK Punk [dvd]
Control Room [dvd]
David Byrne:Live at Union Chapel [dvd]
Dawn of the Dead (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut) [dvd]
Father and Son [dvd]
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown [dvd]
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great [dvd]
Inside Bowie and the Spiders:1969-72 [dvd]
Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am [dvd]
Lost Boys of Sudan [dvd]
Macbeth [dvd]
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 6 [dvd]
No Quarter - Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded [dvd]
The O.C. - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians [dvd]
Speaking for Trees (Cat Power documentary with cd) [dvd]
Sonny & Cher - The Christmas Collection [dvd]
Tales From a Golden Age - Bob Dylan - 1941-1966 [dvd]
That '70s Show - Season 1 [dvd]
Townes Van Zandt - Houston 1988 - A Private Concert [dvd]
Viva La Bam - The Complete First Season [dvd]
To start the workweek on a cheerful note, here are some Ashlee Simpson videos of her debacle on Saturday Night Live. Included is a silly (but enjoyable) remix of her second performance:
Ashlee Simpson: Second song on Saturday Night Live [mpg]
Ashlee Simpson: blames her band [mpg]
Ashlee Simpson: the remix [wmv]
Now, for our regularly scheduled daily downloads:
Rilo Kiley: 2004-01-09, Pomona, acoustic [mp3]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-10-23, Indianapolis (Luna in-store) [mp3,ogg,shn]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-10-23, Indianapolis (evening show) [mp3,ogg,shn]
Fiery Furnaces: 2004-06-17, Chicago [mp3]*
Andrew Bird: 2004-08-02, WMSE [mp3,ogg,flac]
Neko Case: two tracks from The Tigers Have Spoken
The Monolith: several tracks [mp3]
Peter Himmelman: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: several tracks from In Music We Trust Records [mp3]
Minus 5: two videos [mov]
Pablo Brazil: "New Year's Eve 3005" [mp3]
*bittorrent
John Vanderslice: 2004-10-18, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,flac]
Neutral Milk Hotel: 1998-04-25, Chicago [flac]**
Fairburn Royals: several tracks [mp3]
Nirvana: several live tracks [mp3]
PS: several tracks [mp3]
The Feverfew: several tracks [mp3]
The Boy Bathing: several tracks [mp3]
Jeannie Scofield: several tracks [mp3]
Rachel Jacobs: several tracks [mp3]
Crystal Brandt: several demos [mp3]
**bittorrent, registration required
As a fundraiser for the Athens Music Museum, Wuxtry Records has donated the following disks to be sold:
Full Length CDs
18th Dye - Tribute to a Bus (Matador)
Ashley Stove - All Summer Long (Merge)
Syd Barrett - Wouldn't You Miss Me (Capitol)
the Black Watch - very Mary Beth (Stone garden)
the Busy Signals - Baby's First Beats (Sugar Free)
Cath Carroll - True Crime Motel (Teenbeat)
Cloudberry Jam - Providing the Atmosphere (North of No South)
Richard Davies - There's Never Been a Crowd like This (Flydaddy)
Divine Comedy- Cassanova (Setanta) dbl CD version ($7.50 rare)
Divine Comedy - Absent Friends (Network)
Electronic - Raise the Pressure (Warner)
From Bubblegum to Sky - Nothing Sadder than Lonely Queen (Eennie Meanie)
Grenadine - Nopalitos (Simple Machines)
Hula Hoop - the Loveliest Ring of Saturn (Silver Girl)
Jumprope - Bookshelf Adventures (Reverse Curve)
Lucys - Looking for a Plane or Two (Tappersize)
the Marbles - Pryamid Landing (Spinart)
Mean Red Spiders - Still Life Moving Fast (Claire)
Mecca Normal - Flood Plain (K)
the Pastels - Mobile Safari (Up)
Poster Children - On the Offensive (Hidden Agenda)
Slipstream - Be Groovy or Leave (Che)
Graham Smith - Final Battle (March)
the Softies - s/t (Slumberland)
Unbunny - Snow Tires (Hidden Agenda)
the Wannadies - Before & After (Hidden Agenda)
the Windmills - Edge of August (Matinee)
various- Team Mint (Mint) cub, pansy division, smugglers, mr t experience,
maow, gob & more
various - Red Hot + Bothered (reprise) built to spill, folk implosion,
heavenly, future bible heroes, sae and cake, noise addict, grifters and more
CD EPs
Airport Girl - the Foolishness that We Create..... (Fortuna Pop)
the Cat's Miaow - the Long Goodbye (Darla)
the Darling Buds - Please Yourself (Chaos)
All full length CDs $5.00, all CD EPs $3.00
shipping is $2.00 first item in the USA/CANADA, and 25 cents each additional item. Overseas $5.00 first item and $1.00 each additional. All proceeds go to the Athens Music Museum for painting, fixing the floor, framing old show posters, etc.
E-mail Mike to reserve your music and make payment arrangements (and help a good cause).
The Mountain Goats: 2004-10-18, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,flac]
Radiohead: many live performances [mp3,mpg] (a repost, but it's up again with new content)
Guided By Voices: 2001-03-09, Asheville [flac]**
Fleetwood Mac: 1969 Chicago show [mp3]
I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House: live audio & video [mp3,wmv]
Tarantel: "Hello We Move" [mp3] from We Move Through Weather
Lazarus: "Singing to Thieves" [mp3] from Like Trees We Grow Up to Be Satellites
Anomoanon: "Mr. Train" [mp3] from Joji
Guided By Voices: "Echos Myron (live)" [mp3]
Mountain Goats: "The Boys Are Back In Town" (Thin Lizzy cover from recent VPRO session) [mp3]
** bittorrent, registration required
Mountain Goats & John Vanderslice: 2004-10-18, Atlanta [flac]**
Neutral Milk Hotel: 1998 UK Radio [flac]**
Death Cab for Cutie: 2004-10-06, Asheville [flac]*
Death Cab for Cutie: 2004-10-02, Toledo [flac]*
Devin Davis: two tracks [mp3]
The Foolish: two tracks [mp3]
Gravity and Henry: several tracks [mp3,wma]
Evolution Control Committee & DJ Pantshead: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from March Records [mp3]
Aqueduct: "Hardcore Days & Softcore Nights" [mp3] from Pistols at Dawn
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
Neutral Milk Hotel: 1998-08-19, London [flac]**
Erlend Øye: 2003-02-12, Paris (Black session) [ogg]
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-10-08, Huntsville [flac]*
Decemberists: 2004-01-23, Portland [mp3]
Spoon: 2003-03-14, Austin [mp3]***
Radiohead: 2003-11-27, Earl's Court [mp3]
Prince: 2004-07-28, Toronto [mp3]
Various Artists: Silvergate and Dovetail Compilation [mp3]
Slingshot Dakota: two tracks [mp3]
Drive-By Truckers: "Never Gonna Change" on The Late Late Show, 2004-10-19 [mpg]
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
***registration required
Camper Van Beethoven's guitars, violin and merchandise were stolen last night in Montreal. Following is a list of items taken, if you have any information about these please contact the Montreal police or email Jonathan Segal:
jonathan's violin with stickers all over it
jonathan's 1971 strat (sunburst) (with a couple stickers, etc.)O
victor's 1969 precision bass (natural finish)
david's green charvel surfcaster
david's black jackson surfcaster
a couple ibanez acoustics
johnny's black eric clapton strat
greg's frankenstein strat (black) and tele (tobacco sunburst)
mike duclos' precision bass
ezster balint's gibson danelectro semi acoustic.
maybe more...
a few tshirts and a road case of cds
Pixies: 2004-07-03, Belfort [mp3]
Jack Johnson: 2004-10-09, Laguna Beach [mp3,ogg,shn]
Sainte Chapelle: several tracks [mp3]
Troy Campbell: several tracks [mp3]
Hood: audio & video [mp3]
Macrosick: "Under These Skies" [mp3]
Sainte Chapelle: "Mantra" [mp3] from Soon To Fail
The Nein: "War Is on the Stereo" [mp3] from The Nein
El-P: "Jukie Skate Rock" from Collecting the Kid
A. Graham and the Moment Band: "Blurred Back" [mp3] from This Tyrant Is Free
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-10-09, Nashville (Grimey's in-store) [flac]**
Centro-matic: 2004-10-16, Denver [flac]*
The 101: two tracks [mp3]
Early Day Miners: audio & video [mp3,mov]
Novi Split: several tracks [mp3]
The Love of Everything: several tracks [mp3]
Lisa Cerbone: two tracks [mp3]
Rilo Kiley: "Portions For Foxes" on Conan O'Brien, 2004-10-06 [mov]
U2: "Vertigo" from Top of the Pops [wmv]
Prosaics: "Teeth" from Aghast Agape
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
This week's key release for me is the new Elliott Smith album, from a basement on a hill, so I'll be picking that up along with the new Le Tigre, and The Music's new album, Welcome to the North. The holiday albums are tempting, but I can pick them up after the holidays for a couple of bucks each. What else can you recommend? How about the new Ted Leo? Am I missing anything?
Among the DVD releases, it will be hard to resist the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' concert and video collection, Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow, SCTV's volume two, and the complete series of Greg the Bunny.
Releases this week that caught my eye:
Air: Surfing on a Rocket ep [cd]
Alfie (soundtrack) [cd]
Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) (box set) [cd]
Charley Patton: Devil Sent the Rain Blues: Complete Recordings [cd]
Doug Gillard: Salamander [cd]
El-P: Collecting the Kid (limited edition) [cd]
Elliott Smith: from a basement on the hill [cd]
The Gourds: Blood of the Ram [cd]
Green Pajamas: Ten White Stones [cd]
Guitar Wolf: Rock N Roll Etiquette (remastered with extra tracks) [cd]
Jason Falkner: Bliss Descending ep [cd]
Jimmy Eat World: Futures (Bonus CD) [cd]
John Wesley Harding: It Happened One Night & It Never Happened at All (reissues) [cd]
Le Tigre: This World [cd]
Peter Murphy: Unshattered [cd]
The Music: Welcome to the North [cd]
Quasar Wut-Wut: Taro Sound [cd]
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Shake the Sheets [cd]
Various Artists: Bataclan 72 [cd]
Various Artists: Classic Rockin Christmas [cd]
Various Artists: Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs of Warren Zevon [cd]
Various Artists: A Very Unschooled Christmas [cd]
Zutons: Who Killed the Zutons? [cd]
William Hung: Hung for the Holidays [cd]
50 First Dates (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
Arrested Development: Season One [dvd]
Creature from the Black Lagoon - The Legacy Collection (Creature from the Black Lagoon / Revenge of the Creature / The Creature Walks Among Us) [dvd]
David Bowie: A Reality Tour [dvd]
Ed Wood (Special Edition) [dvd]
Fat Girl - Criterion Collection [dvd]
Going Upriver - The Long War of John Kerry [dvd]
Greg the Bunny - The Complete Series [dvd]
Invisible Man - The Legacy Collection (The Invisible Man/Invisible Man Returns/Invisible Agent/Invisible Woman/Invisible Man's Revenge) [dvd]
The Mummy - The Legacy Collection (The Mummy/Mummy's Hand/Mummy's Tomb/Mummy's Ghost/Mummy's Curse) [dvd]
Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special [dvd]
SCTV, Volume 2 [dvd]
SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete 2nd Season [dvd]
Stargate SG-1 - The Complete Seasons 1-7 [dvd]
Straw Dogs [dvd]
Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow [dvd]
Xena Warrior Princess - Season Five [dvd]
Elvis Costello has scheduled a rare in-store performance at Amoeba Music in Hollywood Tuesday.
Time Asia reviews the stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami's The Elephant Vanishes.
The Drive-By Truckers are performing today at Sugarbeats in Salt Lake City at five o'clock. The acoustic performance will be aired live on KRCL.
The Denver Post reviews Ha Jin's new novel, War Trash.
Guided By Voices sideman Doug Gillard has launched his solo website in advance of the release of his album, Salamander, tomorrow.
MP3newswire.net lists their iPod Killers for Christmas, parts I and II. (via)
ILX sez these are the "Top 100 Most Bangin Techno Tracks."
The Seattle Post Intelligencer was "captivated" by a recent Gillian Welch and David Rawlings show.
The New York Times looks back on CMJ week.
The Boston Herald reviews a Camper Van Beethoven show.
Rilo Kiley: 2004-10-10, Washington [mp3,flac]
Radiohead: 2003-05-18, Dublin [mp3]
Bob Dylan: 1978 Rundown Rehearsal tapes [mp3]
Jack Johnson: 2004-09-17, Annapolis [mp3,ogg,flac]
The Fiery Furnaces: 2004-10-13, Portland [flac]**
The Gaskets: several tracks [mp3]
Ramona The Pest: several tracks [mp3]
Telto: two tracks [mp3]
The Visible Men: two tracks [mp3]
Mountain Goats: 2004-10-10, Cambridge videos [mov]*
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
Drive-By Truckers: 2004:10-15, Denver [flac]
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-10-16, KBCO studio session [flac]*
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-10-10, Teaneck [flac]*
Wilco: 2004-10-08, Skidmore College [flac]*
Wilco: 2004-09-14, Columbia [flac]
Radiohead: 2002-08-01, San Sebastian [mp3]
Various Artists: audio and video from Polyvinyl Records [mp3,mp4]
Various Artists: tracks from Plan-It-X Records [mp3]
Collections of Colonies of Bees: "Fun" from Customer
Aloha: "Summer Away" from Here Comes Everyone
*bittorrent
Radiohead: 2002-07-30, San Sebastian [mp3]
Explosions In The Sky: 2004-10-13, Lansing [mp3,ogg,flac]
Jack Johnson: 2003-11-16, Brisbane [mp3,ogg,shn]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2003-04-18, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,shn]
Vinyl: 2004-04-29, New Orleans [mp3,ogg,shn]
The Roots: 1997-01-08, Lund [mp3]
The Libertines on Conan O'Brien [avi]
Gold Chains & Sue Ci: "Shoot Straight"
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists: "Me & Mia" from Shake the Sheets
Jon Stewart: CNN Crossfire appearance [mp3]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-10-12, Washington [flac]*
Radiohead: 2003-05-18, Dublin [mp3]
My Morning Jacket: 2004-10-02, Dayton [shn]
Los Lonely Boys: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival, Austin [flac]
Avril Lavigne: demo album [mp3]
Firesign Theatre: twelve out-of-print vinyl albums [mp3]
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: "For Kate I Will Wait" [mp3] from The Doldrums
Human Television: "Tell Me What You Want" [mp3] from All Songs Written by: Human Television
Williamson: "Time You'll Never Get Back" [mp3] from Few Things to Hear Before We All Blow Up
Jonny Greenwood: "Smear (live)" [mp3]
*bittorrent
John Seroff has been the center spoke of the music blog community lately, interviewing fellow music bloggers and reviewing music sites. His mp3 blog, The Tofu Hut offers an eclectic selection of downloads from all over the musical map as well as music news and the heads up on the latest and greatest music sites.
Since John's done such a great job bringing the online music community a little closer, I thought I'd turn the tables and have him answer a variety of his own questions.
1. Where did the name of your blog originate from, and when did the blog start?
The name of the blog is a piss take on my online nick, "forksclovetofu", by way of a reference to Matt Groening's Life In Hell. There's a strip where his be-fezzed gay couple Akbar and Jeff open a stripmall called "The Tofu Hut". Honestly, I didn't give much thought about the name when I started the blog and it wasn't originally a music site. Knowing then what I do now, I've occasionally mused that I might've been better off calling the thing "John the Revelator" which would make it easier for people to associate the site with me. Ah well. Missed opportunities.
For the record: no, I'm not a vegetarian but I _DO_ love to eat tofu in all its many forms.
2. What are the criteria you judge a song by to decide if it's post-worthy
It should be something that 95 people out of a hundred haven't heard before. It should be awesome. Bonus points if it utilizes a vocoder or gamelan. It should not be commercially available as a single. It should fit the theme of whatever I'm currently running. It should be something neither I nor anyone else has posted before. It should continue to expand the variance of genres that the blog explores.
3. What song consistently makes you happy?
A few off the top of my head: Stevie Wonder's live version of "Ribbon in the Sky" off of 'Natural Wonder' (5:45 to ending only), Desmond Dekker's "Poor Me Israelites", Leslie Feist's "Mushaboom", Basement Jaxx's "Good Luck", Louis Jordan's "The Green Grass Grows All Around", The Golden Gate Quartet's "My Walking Stick", Tatu's "Malchik Gay", Taj Mahal "Cakewalk Into Town", Twista and R. Kelly's "So Sexy", Ghostface/RZA/SlickRick/Raekwon's "The Sun"... that'll do for the moment.
4. What do you do for kicks when you're not posting?
Women (when available and not prohibited by law), surf the web relentlessly, run, hit that gym, eat, go to the museum/library/rekkid store, read paper products, video games, find new music, watch films, yaketty yak, work (too often), sleep (too often), worry (too often), job hunt (not often enough), whatever happens happens yaknow?
5. Do you have a favorite music critic?
I really like Sasha Frere Jones; I'll try anything his name is on. Outside of that, I have a list of my fave critic on my blog; they're my favorite musicblog kids.
6. Gimme five desert island discs (I'll take compilations).
Oh so arbitrary, but:
1. Le Triomphe des Blues (20 disc French import collection)
2. Prince: Hits and the B-Sides
3. John Coltrane: either "A Love Supreme" or "Giant Steps" or "Favorite Things", couldn't tell you which.
4. The Complete Hank Williams (Mercury box set)
5. Goodbye Babylon (dusttodigital box set)
Of course, I would OBVIOUSLY just take my computer with me to any desert island. With Wi-Fi. And a terragig drive.
7. Do you consider yourself a "music journalist"?
Only when I get paid.
8. What was the last track you heard that really changed your life?
Oh, they change my life every day; a good song alters the way you feel and the way you see the world more than damn near anything for me. The last one that jumps to mind is the Quarteto Em Cy's "Tudo Que Você Podia Ser" off their 1972 eponymous album; that thing is so goddamn heartfelt. Should be on the Hut shortly and you can judge for yourself just how good it is.
9. Is there a major flaw in the way musicblog sites function that you'd like to see corrected??
I'd like to see a greater sense of community. For some reason there's a real cynical attitude toward embracing people who are doing the same thing that you're doing on the web. This strikes me as excessively self-defeating. There should certainly be critical standards but we could do worse than to offer everyone a kiss on the cheek and a pat on the back while they get acclimated and see if they have something interesting to offer.
10. Do you really think posting music effectively promotes sales of the album?
Yeah I do and for reasons that I've rehashed so extensively and repeatedly on my own blog and across the internet that it bores me to even think about getting back into that tangle. Suffice it to say: curious consumers with one free track+computer=curious consumer with a budget that includes discretionary income for music willing to buy more. Etc, ad infinitum.
11. Describe the space you do your writing in.
I'm currently living in a vastly overpriced NYC underground cave on a chair with not enough padding and listening to music through my only soundsystem/conduit to the world/writing utensil, which is to say Sonya the II, my erstwhile compooter. It's dark and hell is cold.
12. That old chestnut dinner party is at your house and you can invite three musicians living or dead. Who are you inviting?
Seems to me that John Coltrane, Robert Johnson and Andre 3000 would have a lot to talk about. Again, this is so damn arbitrary; catch me tomorrow and I'll tell you Tom Waits, David Banner and Orpheus.
13. Is there any genre of music that you dismiss out of hand?
There used to be quite a few; now there's pretty much nothing that I don't think deserves a fair shake, up to and including kids hitting tin cans with sticks.
14. What is the most rewarding facet of writing a music weblog?
The response from interested readers and the cross-pollination of musical tastes that engenders. It also represents a creative outlet and a dream to try to pin my star on.
15. Do you someday hope to make a living with something music or
internet related?
Fuck, _please_? I'm asking nicely ovah heah!
16. Drop on by Better Propaganda at http://www.betterpropaganda.com/ and pick out a track from their archives to hype.
I finally picked up "Treddin' On Thin Ice" a little while ago and it's pretty much straight fire. This is the track that got me started on this fella. If you dig th' Streets and Dizzee Rascal, this is the next logical rung on the ladder.
Badly Drawn Boy: 2004-10-12, KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic [mp3]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2003-04-19, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,shn]
Radiohead: 2003-05-22, Manchester [mp3]
The Prodigy: 2004 Athens Show [mp3,wmv]
My Morning Jacket: 2004-10-01, University Park [shn]
Lake Holiday: Send Off the Summer ep [mp3]
Bill Janovitz and Crown Victoria: several tracks [mp3]
Vells: several tracks [mp3]
Adult Swim: various Aqua Teen Hunger Force remixes [mp3]
Devendra Banhart: "Be Kind" [mp3] from Nino Rojo
As an extra birthday celebration of my wife, here is a collection of tracks available by her favorite band of the moment, the Decemberists.
I have many things of which to be thankful, and one is a partner who keeps an open mind to new music. When I started playing the Decemberists' debut ep, she was unfazed either positively or negatively towards the band. Two albums later, she finally saw the band live and the music clicked. Now, the band's CD's follow her to and from work, and I'm happy to have introduced her to something she enjoys.
"Shiny" [mp3] from 5 Songs ep
"The Bachelor and the Bride" [mp3] from Her Majesty The Decemberists
"The Soldiering Life" [mp3] from Her Majesty The Decemberists
"California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade" [mp3] from Castaways and Cutouts
"July, July!" [mp3] from Castaways and Cutouts
"Grace Cathedral Hill" from Castaways and Cutouts
"Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect" [mp3] from Castaways and Cutouts
KUT Interview, 2004-03-19 [real]
Wilco: 2002-10-30, Memphis [mp3]*
Wilco: 2004-09-30, Burlington [flac]**
Cave In: many tracks [mp3]
Wckr Spgt: Cream ep [cd]
The Kids of Widney High: several tracks and samples [mp3]
Various Artists: mix cd courtesy of Descender [mp3]
Various Artists: FatCat Records demo archive [mp3]
The Concretes: "You Can't Hurry Love" (video) [mov] from The Concretes
David Boyle: "George W. Pussy" [mp3] (many thanks to John at the Tofu Hut, see discussion)
Le Tigre: "New Kicks" [mp3] from This Island
*registration required
**bittorrent
Wilco: 2004-10-08, Skidmore College [flac]*
Rilo Kiley: 2004-10-05, Somerville [mp3]
Radiohead: KROQ acoustic [mp3]
Siouxsie and the Banshees: 2004-09-07, New York [mp3]
Kings of Convenience: live shows and rarities [mp3] (via)
Mogwai: Radio One sessions [mp3]
Blanket Music: two tracks from Cultural Norms
Various Artists: tracks from Hush Records [mp3]
Decemberists: 2004-09-24, Cleveland DVD**
Drive-By Truckers: "Goddamned Lonely Love (live video)" [mpg]
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
As fall progresses, more and more albums are released each week that catch my eye. After picking up my wife's birthday present tomorrow (I have my priorities), I'll be heading to the store to buy lots of music. I'll definitely purchase the re-release of Camera Obscura's Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi, The Dears' No Cities Left, The Hidden Cameras' Mississauga Goddam, Moving Units' Dangerous Dream, Richard Buckner's Dents & Shells, and Matador at Fifteen. Let's hope some of these are on sale. Anything I'm missing this week? What's everyone's impression of the new Pinback? I'll be looking for the rest of the list in the used and bargain bins in the coming months.
On the DVD front, the live Wire and Calexico discs are intriguing, I'll pick these up, too, if the price is right.
A.M. Sixty: Big As The Sky [cd]
American Music Club: Love Songs for Patriots [cd]
Joseph Arthur: Our Shadows Will Remain [cd]
Barbara Cue: Rhythm Oil [cd]
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: Everything You Want for Christmas [cd]
Blood Brothers: Crimes [cd]
Brian Setzer: Boogie Woogie Christmas (reissue, extra tracks) [cd]
Camera Obscura: Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi [cd]
Camper Van Beethoven: New Roman Times [cd]
Chris Isaak: Chris Isaak Christmas [cd]
The Cure: Alt.End / Why Can't I Be Me / Your God Is Fear [cd]
The Dears: No Cities Left [cd]
DJ Shortkut: Blunted With a Beat Junkie [cd]
Duran Duran: Astronaut (with bonus dvd) [cd]
Frank Black: Frank Black Francis [cd]
Hidden Cameras: Mississauga Goddam [cd]
Holly Golightly: Slowly But Surely [cd]
Jon Brion: I Heart Huckabees Score [cd]
Kool Keith: Dr. Octagon 2 [cd]
Kool Keith: Official Space Tape [cd]
Library of Congress Collection: American Sea Shanties & Songs [cd]
Madlib: Blunted in the Bomb Shelter Mix [cd]
MC5: Extended Versions [cd]
Moving Units: Dangerous Dream [cd]
Pinback: Summer in Abaddon [cd]
Richard Buckner: Dents & Shells [cd]
TV on the Radio: New Health Rock (single) [cd]
Various Artists: Isota Records Singles Club: Short Tale of Beauty/Madness/Greed [cd]
Various Artists: Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground (remastered) [cd]
Various Artists: Matador at Fifteen (with dvd) [cd]
Zykos: Zykos [cd]
After School Specials 1974-1976 [dvd]
After School Specials 1976-1977 [dvd]
The Battle of Algiers - Criterion Collection [dvd]
Bush's Brain [dvd]
C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation - The Complete Fourth Season [dvd]
Calexico - World Drifts In (Live At The Barbican London) [dvd]
Dream On - Seasons 1 & 2 [dvd]
Felix the Cat Saves Christmas [dvd]
Invader ZIM - Horrible Holiday Cheer (Vol. 3) [dvd]
MTV Punk'd - The Complete Second Season [dvd]
Ren & Stimpy - The Complete First and Second Seasons [dvd]
The Rolling Stones - Rock and Roll Circus [dvd]
Taxi - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Wire On the Box:1979 [dvd]
Radiohead: 2000-09-18, Paris (Canal+) [mp3]
Shellac: 2002-04-07, Camber Sands [mp3]
Jay Bennett: several tracks [mp3]
The Roots: Hip-hop 101: On The Road With The Roots, Hosted By: Chuck B, 1996) [mp3]
Jeunes: several tracks [mp3]
Infomatik: two tracks [mp3]
Broken Spindles: two tracks [mp3]
Tarantel: many live and studio tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Jackpine Social Club [mp3]
Kite Pilot: "On My Lips" [mp3] from Kite Pilot ep
Death Cab For Cutie: live tracks [mp3]
Mike Watt: 2004-10-05, Indianapolis [mp3,ogg,flac]
... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead: 2004-10-07, Austin [flac]
Swearing at Motorists: 2002-10-30, Amsterdam (VPRO radio) [mp3]
Swearing at Motorists: two live tracks (Songs: Ohia covers) [mp3]
Panthers: two tracks [mp3]
Holcombe Waller: several tracks [mp3]
Vinyl: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Anticon [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Temporary Residence Ltd
Nellie McKay: 2004-07-07, New York [mp3]
Palermo: several tracks (music>>download) [mp3]
Shearwater: several tracks [mp3]
Farma: several tracks [mp3]
Tussle: several tracks [mp3}
Various Artists: tracks from Dirigeable Records [mp3]
Cex: two videos [mp4]
Universal Honey: "Unlucky" [mp3] from Vicious Circles
Various Artists: reVerse audio collage [mp3]
Scott McCaughey & Mike Mills: "Dead From the Waist Down" [mp3]
Rilo Kiley: 2004-09-23, San Francisco Amoeba in-store [flac]*
At The Drive-In, Sparta: many live shows [mp3]
John Vanderslice: many tracks [mp3]
Oasis: live tracks [mp3,avi]
Horns of Happiness: two tracks [mp3]
The Poem Adept: several tracks [mp3]
Rilo Kiley: Conan O'Brien appearance video [mov]
The Hidden Cameras: "I Believe in the Good of Life" [mp3] from Mississauga Goddam
The Honorary Title: "Bridge and Tunnel" [mp3] from Anything Else But The Truth
Liars Academy: "Dying as Fast as I Can" [mp3] from Demons
*bittorrent
Drive Like Jehu: 1994-09-16, San Francisco [mp3]
Wckr Spgt: Fake Party [mp3]
Jukeboxer: several tracks [mp3]
The Court and Spark: several live tracks [mp3]
The Stratford 4: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: audio & video from Swami Records [mp3,mpg]
Codeseven: "Alt.Wave" [mp3] from Dancing Echoes/Dead Sounds
Lockgroove: "Waste My Time" [mp3] from Calm Right Down
Pitty Sing: "We're On Drugs" [mp3] from Demons, You are the Stars in Cars Til I Die
Zykos: "Mrs." [mp3] from Zykos
Joanna Newsom: 2004-06-30, Nashville [flac]**
Rilo Kiley: 2004-09-23, San Francisco [flac]*
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-09-24, Washington [flac]*
Zwan: 2003-03-29, Towson [mp3,ogg,shn]
Various Artists: audio and video from Anticon artists [mp3,mov]
The Munsters: At Home With the Munsters (out-of-print album) [mp3]
Carl Stone: several tracks [mp3]
Mark Knopfler: live tracks [wma]
Telephone Jim Jesus: "Struck By Falling Object" [mp3] from A Point Too Far To Astronaut
The New Pornographers: "Graceland" [mp3] from Matador at 15
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
Reigning Sound: several tracks [mp3,real]
Various Shortwave Operators: The Conet Project - Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations [mp3]
Papercuts: several tracks [mp3]
Mosquitos: videos [wmv,real,mov]
Dolorean: "The Righteous Shall Destroy The Precious" [mp3] from Violence in the Snowy Fields
Mark Lanegan Band: "Methamphetamine Blues" [mp3] from Bubblegum
Papercuts: "Pan American Blues Pt. 2" [mp3] from Mockingbird
Tom Waits: "How's It Gonna End" [mp3] from Real Gone
Doug Gillard: "Symbols, Signs" [mp3] from Salamander
Clem Snide: "Fill Me With Your Light" [mp3] from The End of Love (to be released in February 2005)
The number of music releases of interest this week is almost overwhelming, but few entice me enough to buy them new. I'll be picking up Kimya Dawson's Hidden Vagenda because I simply adore everything she's done. After adding Tom Waits new release, Real Gone, and the Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute, Under The Influence, I'll probably look for the rest of these releases in the used and cutout bins. Anything I should reconsider (or consider)? (A note: I found the new R.E.M. pretty underwhelming and very boring)
A Stone Roses dvd is out this week, and I'll be picking up a couple of copies of Fahrenheit 9/11 as Christmas gifts.
This week's interesting releases:
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFO: Does the Cosmic Shepard Dream of Electric Tapirs [cd]
Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost (box set) [cd]
Beach Boys: Christmas with the Beach Boys (reissue) [cd]
Bloodthirsty Lovers: Delicate Seam [cd]
Blues Explosion: Damage (limited edition) [cd]
Blues Explosion: Damage (enhanced) [cd]
Brian Eno: Ambient 1: Music for Airports (reissue) [cd]
Brian Eno, Harold Budd: Ambient 2: Plateaux of Mirror (reissue) [cd]
Brian Eno: Ambient 4: On Land (reissue) [cd]
Cake: Pressure Chief [cd]
De La Soul: The Grind Date [cd]
Fatboy Slim: Palookaville (limited edition) [cd]
Guided By Voices: Half Smiles of the Decomposed (Japanese import, extra tracks) [cd]
Hope of the States: Lost Riots [cd]
Hot Snakes: Audit in Progress [cd]
Jay Bennett: Beloved Enemy [cd]
Kimya Dawson: Hidden Vagenda [cd]
Kiss: Gold: 1974-1982 - Sound+Vision (dvd) [cd]
The Late BP Helium: Amok [cd]
Liz Janes: Poison and Snakes [cd]
Marillion: Marbles [cd]
Matthew Sweet: Kimi Ga Suki [cd]
Merzbow: Merzbird [cd]
Minnie Driver: Everything I've Got In My Pocket [cd]
Q and not U: Power [cd]
R.E.M.: Around the Sun [cd]
R.E.M.: Around the Sun (special edition) [cd]
Robyn Hitchcock: Spooked [cd]
Scout Niblett: Uptown Top Ranking ep [cd]
Spacemen 3: Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music [cd]
Spacemen 3: Recurring [cd]
Tom Waits: Real Gone [cd]
Various Artists: A Very Special Christmas Collection (box set) [cd]
Various Artists: All Songs Considered [cd}
Various Artists: Fahrenheit 9/11 soundtrack [cd]
Various Artists: Mary Had a Little Amp [cd]
Various Artists: Songs And Artists That Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 [cd]
Various Artists: Napoleon Dynamite Soundtrack [cd]
Various Artists: String Quartet Tribute to Pixies [cd]
Various Artists: Under the Influence: Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd [cd]
William Shatner: Has Been [cd]
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights [dvd]
American Experience - RFK [dvd]
American Experience - The Kennedys (Complete Set) [dvd]
Badly Drawn Boy - Video Collection [dvd]
Body Snatchers [dvd]
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [dvd]
Cartoon Network Christmas - Yuletide Follies [dvd]
Chicago Bears - Super Bowl Shuffle [dvd]
A Christmas Carol [dvd]
Coupling:Complete Seasons 1 & 2 [dvd]
The Dame Edna Experience - The Complete Collection (Series 1/2 & Specials) [dvd]
Devo - Live in the Land of the Rising Sun [dvd]
Dr. Seuss - How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Horton Hears a Who [dvd]
Fahrenheit 9/11 [dvd]
Farscape - The Complete Fourth Season [dvd]
Friday the 13th - From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (8 Movies) [dvd]
George W. Bushisms [dvd]
The History of Rock and Roll [dvd]
John Cale - Fragments of a Rainy Season [dvd]
Let's Bop With the Polecats [dvd]
Michael Moore Limited Edition DVD Collector's Set (Bowling for Columbine / The Big One) [dvd]
Saved! [dvd]
The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition) [dvd]
Stone Roses [dvd]
Stranglers - Live 1978 in San Francisco [dvd]
Tanner '88 - Criterion Collection [dvd]
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-10-01, Washington and Lee [flac]*
Calexico: 2000-07-01, Roskilde [flac]
Deerhoof: live and radio tracks [mp3]
Radiohead: Bodysong b-sides [mp3]
Deathray Davies: several tracks [mp3]
Destroyer: several tracks [mp3]
The Ettes: several tracks [mp3]
Flotation Toy Warning: "Happy 13" [mp3] from Bluffer's Guide To the Flight Deck
The Race: "Sinking feeling Rose" from If You Can
Franz Ferdinand: "Can't Stop Feeling" demo [mp3]
White Stripes: "Maps" (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover) [mp3]
*bittorrent
Herbie Hancock: "All Apologies" (Nirvana cover) [mp3]
Tears For Fears: "Creep" (Radiohead cover) [mp3]
The Distillers: "No Love Lost" (Joy Division cover) [mp3]
My Bloody Valentine: "Mapref" (Wire cover) [mp3]
Yayahoni: "Being Cool" (Kimya Dawson cover) [mp3]
The Killers: "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself" (Morrissey cover) [mp3]
Violent Femmes: "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Ramones cover) [mp3]
Mountain Goats: "Two-Headed Boy" (Neutral Milk Hotel cover) [mp3]
Guided By Voices: "Draw(in)g To A (W)hole" (Clean cover) [mp3]
Dickies: "Banana Splits Theme" (Ritchie Adams and Mark Barkan cover) [mp3]
Dawn Landes: several tracks [mp3]
Innocence Mission: several tracks [mp3]
Les Sans Culottes: several whole tracks and a couple of samples [mp3]
Jane Siberry: several tracks [mp3]
Goh Nakamura: several tracks [mp3]
El Jezel: "Je Devenir" [mp3]
Umbrella Brigade: "Unsown" [mp3]
Innocence Mission: "What A Wonderful World" [mp3] from Now The Day Is Over
Pearl Jam: "Masters of War" (live on Letterman 2004-09-30) [mp3]
My Morning Jacket: "The Bear" [mp3]
Wilco: 2004-09-24, Nashville [mp3]
M. Ward: 2004-07-29, Carrboro, Mergefest [mp3] (thanks)
Delays: live radio sessions [mp3]
Van Dyke Parks: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: out-of-print tracks from Ghostmeat Records [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from current Ghostmeat Records releases [mp3]
Drive-By Truckers: "Bulldozers and Dirt" [mp3] from Pizza Deliverance
Cub Country: "Good Job Jer Blue" [mp3] from Stay Poor. Stay Happy.
Tori Amos: videos [mpg,real,wmv,mov]
Tom Waits: "I'm Just Saying (on Letterman)" [mov] (via)
When I finally received my iPod, I had a fleeting, illogical notion that 20 gigabytes was plenty to store the albums I consider vital as well as enough new discs to keep me interested. I had forgotten one key point: that almost every piece of music I buy is essential.
After consistently tagging my digital music collection, I decided to start loading my iPod. Unfortunately, Robyn Hitchcock's Storefront Hitchcock was the last disc that would fit, leaving mid-R to Z unloaded.
At other times this would be a major hassle. Lucky for me, I have been on a major Centro-matic kick lately, and "C" comes before "R," thank goodness. If I had to, I could live on "Flashes and cables" and "The Mighty Midshipman" from Love You Just The Same. Will Johnson is an amazing songwriter, catch the him solo or the band live if you get the chance.
Centro-matic Online Mixtape:
"The Mighty Midshipman" [mp3] from Love You Just The Same
"Flashes and Cables" [mp3] from Love You Just The Same
"Argonne Limit Co." [mp3] from Love You Just The Same
"Janitorial On Channel Fail" [mp3] from Distance and Clime
"To Unleash The Horses Now" [mp3] from Distance and Clime
"Glacial Slurs" [mp3] from Centro-matic
"Ninety Secretaries Down" [mp3] from Centro-matic
"Members Of The Show Em How Its Done" [mp3] from All the Falsest Hearts Can Try
"Most Everyone Will Find" [mp3] from All The Falsest Hearts Can Try
"Huge In Every City" [mp3] from All The Falsest Hearts Can Try
"Love Has Found Me" [mp3] from Centro-matic/Tripping Daisy 7"
"D. Boon-free (A Ninth Grade Crime)" [mp3] from The Static vs. Strings Vol. 1
"Now That You've Blown Away The Cards" from The Static vs. Strings Vol. 1
"Numbers One and Three" [mp3] from Navigational
"The Massacre Went Well" [mp3] from Navigational
"Most Everyone Will Find" [mp3] from line.connection.aim
"Say Something" [mp3] from line.connection.aim
"Fall Of The Scenester Girl" [mp3] from Non-directional Jetpack Race
"My Test" [mp3] from Non-directional Jetpack Race
"Karcher's Contacts" [mp3] from Murder of Tides (Will Johnson solo)
Murder Of Tides (Westerlies) [mp3] from Murder of Tides (Will Johnson solo)
"Smelling Medicinal" [mp3] from Welcome, Convalescence (South San Gabriel)
"Saint Augustine" [mp3] from Welcome, Convalescence (South San Gabriel)
Metallica: demos [mp3]
Kill Me Tomorrow: audio & video [mp3,mov]
Hella: several tracks [mp3]
Shesus: several tracks [mp3]
Parts & Labor: audio & video [mp3,mov]
Langhorne Slim: several tracks [mp3]
The Nationale Blue: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: Kong In Concert, Donkey Kong Country, An Arrangement Collaboration [mp3]
Michael Nace: "Time Passes" [mp3] from The Voyage Out
Paul Kelly: "I Guess I Get A Little Emotional Sometimes" [mp3]
The Congress (John Darnielle and Mark Givens): Pure Dynamite [mp3]
Radiohead: KCRW Live Thom and Jonny [mp3]
Cracker: 2004-07-17, Des Moines [mp3,ogg,flac]
Giant Sand: 1989-05-04, Vienna [flac]
Howe Gelb, Giant Sand, M. Ward: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Glorious Noise Records [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from The Self-Starter Foundation [mp3] (Sea Ray, Les savy Five, Actionslacks, etc.)
Clinic: "Nicht" [mp3]
Delgados: "Sink or Swim" [mp3] from Universal Audio
High Water Marks: "Queen of Verlaine" [mp3] from Songs About The Ocean
Midnight Movies: "Persimmon Tree" [mp3] from Midnight Movies
Athens rockers Elf Power have scheduled US tour dates for October and November.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer lists "fall's late harvest of books."
Must Vote is giving away free music downloads for getting others to register to vote.
The New Yorker interviews Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.
My iPod is obsolete, I need a Pez mp3 player.
Meet the mp3 blog HTML spreadsheet.
The Guardian publishes a piece by political blogger Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos.
Have people had enough of silly love songs?
Mandy Moore is helping the Olsen twins record an album.
The Delays have added dates to their October UK tour.
Jeff Tweedy: 2003-01-09, Chicago [mp3]*
Wilco: 2004-09-25, Raleigh [flac]**
Gillian Welch: live show, disc 1, disc 2 [mp3]*
Daniel Johnston: many tracks [mp3]
Golden Shoulders: several tracks [mp3]
Bobby Birdman: two tracks [mp3]
Parenthetical Girls: several tracks [mp3]
We Versus the Shark: two tracks [mp3]
Scott Andrew: several demos [mp3]
Origami Galaktika: several tracks [mp3]
*registration required
**bittorrent
Nuçi's Space is holding a charity rock auction on eBay, with items donated by Athens musicians to benefit this great cause. Included are items from the Drive-By Truckers, REM, Vic Chesnutt and many others.
On Friday, Patterson Hood and Friends will play a benefit show, so stop by for some great music and help a worthy group.
Nuçi's Space is a resource/support center dedicated to promoting the emotional, physical and occupational well-being of the music community of Athens, Georgia.
Brian Wilson's SMiLE looms over this week's releases, and it will share my shopping bag space with Kevn Kinney's new disc and the new Wolf Eyes. Should I add anything to my shopping list or list of notable releases?
I preordered season three of Strangers With Candy several weeks ago, that looks like my lone DVD purchase. Any impressions of the new Ramones disc?
Notable releases this week:
Blanche: If We Can't Trust the Doctors [cd]
Brian Wilson: Smile [cd]
Chuck Prophet: Turn the Pigeons Loose [cd]
Delgados: Universal Audio [cd]
DJ Spooky: Necropolis [cd]
Earlimart: Treble & Tremble [cd]
Interpol: Antics [cd]
Kevn Kinney: Sun Tangled Angel Revival [cd]
Long Ryders: Best of the Long Ryders [cd]
Mark Knopfler: Shangri La [cd]
Mekons: Heaven & Hell: The Very Best of The Mekons [cd]
Miles Davis: Seven Steps: Comp Columbia Recordings 1963-1964 (box set) (limited edition) (remastered) [cd]
Nancy Sinatra: Nancy Sinatra [cd]
Panda Bear: Young Prayer [cd]
Supergrass: Supergrass Is 10: Best of 94-04 [cd]
Travis Morrison: Travistan [cd]
Various Artists: Can't You Hear Me Callin: Bluegrass 80 Years (box set) [cd]
Various Artists: Ultimate Xmas Cocktails [cd]
Wolf Eyes: Burned Mind [cd]
Wu-Tang Clan: Disciples Of The 36 Chambers [cd]
Yo Yo Ma: Plays Ennio Morricone [cd]
Afghan Stories [dvd]
Baseball - A Film by Ken Burns [dvd]
Degrassi Season 1 Box Set [dvd]
Ellen - The Complete Season One [dvd]
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns [dvd]
Ken Burns' America Collection (Brooklyn Bridge/The Statue of Liberty/Empire of the Air/The Congress/Thomas Hart Benton/Huey Long/The Shakers) [dvd]
New York (8 Episode PBS Boxed Set) [dvd]
Ramones - Raw [dvd]
Strangers With Candy - Season Three [dvd]
Super Size Me [dvd]
Tess (Classic Masterpiece Book & DVD Set) [dvd]
The Big One [dvd]
The Hunting of the President [dvd]
Joanna Newsom: 2004-04-10, Atlanta [shn]**
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-09-25, Raleigh [shn]*
Jack Johnson: 2004-08-28, San Diego [mp3,ogg,shn]
Radiohead: 1996-08-26, Hershey Park [shn]**
In Ink Please: ...And That's How The Printers Work EP [mp3]
Half-handed Cloud: two tracks [mp3]
Slomo Rabbit Kick: two tracks [mp3]
The Orange Peels: "California Blue" [mp3]
By Divine Right: "I Can't Do This By Myself" [mp3] from Sweet Confusion
Sunshine Fix: "Enjoy the Teeth" [mp3] from Green Imagination
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
Cracker: 2003-10-18, Lexington [mp3,ogg,shn]
Radiohead: 2003-06-04, KCRW (bittorrent) [shn]
Franz Ferdinand: 2003-05-03, Paris (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Har Mar Superstar: 2004, July, XFM [real]
Kristofer Astrom: 2001-12-06, Stockholm [mp3]
Gina Villalobos: several tracks [mp3]
The Mighty Rime: two tracks [mp3]
Add Music: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Interstate 40 Music [mp3]
Travis Morrison: "Born In '72" [mp3] from Travistan
Decemberists: 2004-09-22, Champaign (bittorrent) [shn]
Wilco: 2004-09-17, Dallas (bittorrent) [flac]
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-09-22, Charlottesville (bittorrent) [flac]
The Black Keys: 2004-09-23, Milwaukee (bittorrent) [flac]
Tegan and Sara: several tracks [mp3]
Suffrajett: several tracks [mp3]
Rachael Davis: "Better Than Me" [mp3] from Minor League Dieties
Trespassers William: "Lie In The Sound" [mp3] from Different Stars
Panda Bear: "Track One" [mp3] from Young Prayer
Psychatrone Rhonedakk: "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (Trone Alone Mix) (Pink Floyd cover)" [mp3]
Though some are having troubles getting their free iPods (see today's "Shorties"), mine arrived yesterday. After charging the battery and reformatting from Windows to Mac (I had switched to the HP version to speed up my shipping), I was listening to the Amps' Pacer album and dancing like an Apple commercial (not a pretty sight, believe me). Will the iPod change my life? Probably not, but I can already see that it will be one of the first things in my messenger bag every morning.
This renews my faith in Gratis Internet's Free Flatscreen and Free Desktop PC promotions as well, as I am still far short of completing the requirements for both.
Wilco: 2004-09-22, Nashville (bittorrent) [flac]
Guided By Voices: 2004-06-18, Iowa City (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Hang on the Box: track samples [mp3]
Low Skies: several tracks [mp3]
Bumblebeez 81: two tracks (under "music") [mp3]
Ulysses: "Glacier" [mp3]
The Like Young: "Tighten My Tie" [mp3] from So Serious
The Red Onions: "Gimme Some More" [mp3] from The Red Onions EP
The Rolling Blackouts: "Hung Up on the Hang Ups" [mp3] from Black Is Beautiful
Ivory Elephant: "Nancy Sings (Jandek cover)" [mp3] from Naked in the Afternoon: A Tribute to Jandek
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-09-21, Philadelphia (bittorrent) [flac]
Ryan Adams: 2004-09-17, Austin City Limits Music Festival (bittorrent, registration required) [shn] (thanks)
Los Lonely Boys: 2004-09-17, Austin City Limits Music Festival (bittorrent) [flac]
Robyn Hitchcock: 2004-09-04, KEXP (bittorrent, registration required) [shn]
Ulysses:
Seksu Roba: several tracks [mp3]
The Faraway Places: several tracks [mp3]
Film School: two tracks [mp3] (via)
Lian Amber: several tracks [mp3]
Graham Smith: "USHC Brand Men's Jeans" [mp3] from Final Battle
Ulysses:"The Falcon" [mp3]
John Seroff (of Newsweek fame) has been interviewing music bloggers, and Monday he published an interview with me.
Check out the other music blogger interviews at the Tofu Hut (you'll have to search the archives, the archive links don't seem to be working):
Radio KRUD
Teaching the Indie Kids to Dance Again (a personal favorite)
Womenfolk
Oliver at Soul Sides
Sean at Said the Gramophone
Matthew at Fluxblog
John's reviews of music blogs can be found at Better Propaganda, and include reviews of:
Music For Robots
Ditties For the Party
Swung By Seraphim/Something I Learned Today
John is dutifully spreading the music blog gospel, stop by and listen to a sermon.
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals: 2004-05-29, Rock in Rio (zipped) [mp3]
Cracker: 2004-09-18, Milwaukee [mp3,ogg,shn]
Sonic Youth: 2000-07-22, San Francisco (bittorrent) [shn]
Dave Chapelle: 2004-04-14, Columbus [mp3]
Neil Young: 2004-09-15, Berkeley (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Orbit: 2000-11-18, NYC [mp3]
Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't: two tracks [mp3]
The Adventures of Pete and Pete: soundbites [mp3,wav]
Ryan Ferguson: "On Elvira Street" [mp3] from My Favorite Song Writers
Shindig: "When Words Aren't Enough" [mp3] from This Beginning Is Your End
Drive-By Trucker Jason Isbell's solo album, tentatively titled "Sirens of the Ditch" is scheduled for an early 2005 release on New West, DBT's label.
Judging from his tracks on the band's The Dirty South and Decoration Day and the rough mixes and live performances I've heard from this solo effort, it could well be my most highly awaited 2005 release.
Here's a list of downloadable shows from this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival. I'll update this list every evening, please drop me a line if you can contribute a link. Most of these will be lossless and bittorrents at first...
Ryan Adams: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival [shn] (thanks)**
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]*
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]*
Ben Kweller: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Bruce Robison: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Butch Hancock: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Cake: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Dale Watson: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Dayna Kurtz: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Franz Ferdinand: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
The Gourds: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Jack Johnson: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]*
Jack Johnson: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]
Los Lonely Boys: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival [flac]*
Marcia Ball: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Medeski, Martin & Wood: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]*
Mindy Smith: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Abra Moore: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
My Morning Jacket: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [shn]*
New Monsoon: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]*
Old 97's: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Papa Mali: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]*
Particle: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival [flac]*
Pat Green: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Rachael Yamagata: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Ray LaMontagne: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Reckless Kelly: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Sheryl Crow: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
The Soundtrack of our Lives: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Spoon: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Tea Leaf Green: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival [flac]*
Terri Hendrix: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Trey Anastasio: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]*
Troy Campbell: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]**
Tucker Livingston: 2004-09-17, ACL Music Festival [flac}**
Wailers: 2004-09-18, ACL Music Festival [flac]*
Wilco: 2004-09-19, ACL Music Festival [shn]*
*bittorrent
**bittorrent, registration required
Big Star: "What's Going Ahn" rarities collection (bittorrent, registration required) [shn]
My Morning Jacket: 2004-09-18, Austin City Limits Festival (bittorrent) [shn]
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals: 2004-09-19, Austin City Limits Music Festival (bittorrent) [flac]
Cake: 2004-09-19, Austin City Limits (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Particle: 2004-09-17, Austin City Limits Music Festival (bittorrent) [flac]
Various Artists: protest songs via Mixtaper.com [mp3]
Jonatha Brooke: several tracks [mp3,real]
The Washdown: two tracks [mp3]
Fokofpolisiekar: My Lis Verskonings [mp3]
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-08-24, Good Day Atlanta appearance [mpg]
This week's releases look slim, but bear in mind that I skimmed over the list while on vacation. I preordered Devendra Banhart's Niño Rojo, the Regina Spektor record and Thalia Zedek's new release. What have I missed, and what on my list can you recommend?
This week's releases I'm buying or adding to my watchlist:
Devendra Banhart: Niño Rojo [cd]
The Black Spoons: My Dear Radium [cd]
Bloc Party: Bloc Party EP [cd]
Luka Bloom: Before Sleep Comes [cd]
The Clash: London Calling: The Legacy Edition (bonus cd) [cd]
Elvis Costello and the Imposters: Delivery Man [cd]
The Cramps: How To Make a Monster [cd]
Dwarves: Dwarves Must Die [cd]
Al Franken: O'Franken Factor Factor: Very Best of O'Franken [cd]
Green Day: American Idiot [cd]
Orin Hatch & Star Saylor: Orrin Hatch's Christmas Eve (reissue) [cd]
Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama: There Will Be a Light [cd]
Angie Heaton: Let It Ride [cd]
Junior Boys: Last Exit (bonus cd) [cd]
Karate: Pockets [cd]
Buddy Miller: Universal United House of Prayer [cd]
Papercuts: Mockingbird [cd]
Jonny Polonsky: Power of Sound [cd]
Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters Remixed [cd]
Silkworm: It'll Be Cool [cd]
Sonic Youth/Mats Gustafsson: Hidros 3 (To Patti Smith) [cd]
Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch [cd]
Various Artists: Ultimate Soul Christmas [cd]
Visqueen: Sunset on Dateland [cd]
Saul Williams: Saul Williams [cd]
Thalia Zedek: Trust Not Those in Whom Without Some Touch of Madness [cd]
American Pimp (Raw Outtakes and the Hard Truth Edition with Official CD Soundtrack) [dvd]
Bruce Hornsby & Friends [dvd]
The Complete Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes Collection [dvd]
Depeche Mode - Devotional [dvd]
Felicity - The First Three Complete Seasons (Freshman-Junior Years) [dvd]
La Dolce Vita (2-Disc Collector's Edition) [dvd]
Mean Girls (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
Mr. Show - The Complete Series (Seasons 1 - 4) [dvd]
Mr. Show - The Complete Fourth Season [dvd]
Ray Charles Live - In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony [dvd]
Star Wars Trilogy (Fullscreen Edition) [dvd]
Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition) [dvd]
Wilco: 2004-09-19, Austin City Limits Festival (bittorrent) [shn]
Bob Dylan: 1984-06-14, Austria [mp3]
Jayhawks: 1995-04-29, San Francisco (bittorrent, registration required)[shn]
Rilo Kiley: 2004-01-17, NYC acoustic show [mp3]
Cowboy Junkies: 2000-02-05, Milwaukee [mp3,ogg,flac]
Various Artists and Authors: UBUWEB's fabulous archives [mp3,real]
Papercuts: two tracks [mp3]
Brian Eno and others: seminars from the Long Now Foundation [mp3,ogg]
The Stills: "Retour A Vega" [mp3]
Radiohead: Radiohead.tv episodes [mov]
Howie Day: 2004-09-02, Los Angeles [shn]
Drive-By Truckers: 2004-09-14, Boston (bittorrent) [flac]
Radiohead: 1997-06-24, Utrecht [mp3]
The Dead: 2004-07-24, Noblesville [mp3]
Radiohead: rare tracks [mp3]
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra: two tracks [mp3]
Bearsuit: "Itsuko Got Married" [mp3]
The Nervous Return: "Red Camaro" [mp3] from Wake Up Dead
Scott Stapleton: "Broken, Lost and Beautiful" [mp3] from A Storm Over Springtime [mp3]
Drive-By Truckers: "Never Gonna Change" on Conan [mpg]
Mekons: 2000-03-07, Buffalo [shn]
Local H: 2003-03-07, Lemont [mp3,ogg,flac]
Jack Johnson: 2004-08-31, Santa Barbara [shn]
Flaming Lips: 2003-10-02, Norfolk (bittorrent) [flac]
Neil Young: 1973-11-05, London (bittorrent, registration required) [shn]
The Cure: 1991-01-24, London (bittorrent, registration required) [shn]
Pixies: 2004-07-03, Belfort (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Miles Davis: 1957-11-30, Paris (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Norah Jones: three radio appearances (bittorrent, registration required) [shn]
Elliott Smith: 2003-01-31, Los Angeles (bittorrent, registration required) [shn]
Allison Moorer: 2004-09-14, Boston (bittorrent) [flac]
REM: 2004-09-14, London (bittorrent) [shn]
Bring Back The Guns: several tracks [mp3]
.22: "Are You Still There, Cherie?" from The Patriots
Bring Back The Guns: "The Act of Malnutrition" [mp3] from Demons and Rare Meat
The Datsuns: "Blacken My Thumb" [mp3] from Outta Sight/Outta Mind
Inouk: "No Danger" [mp3] from No Danger
The Missouri Compromise: "Directions" [mp3] from Creation of Maine
Q And not U: "Wonderful People" [mp3] from Power
Singapore Sling: "Guiding Light" [mp3] from Life Is Killing My Rock 'N' Roll
Rilo Kiley: live shows [mp3,mov]
Wilco: 2004-06-06, Pittsburgh (bittorrent) [shn]
Guided By Voices: 1995-05-07, Dayton (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2004-06-18, Athens (Athfest) [shn]
Fiona Apple: live shows and tracks [mp3]
Detachment Kit: two tracks [mp3]
Scott McCaughey w/JWH and Dag Juhlin: "Twilight Distillery" (live, 2004-07-18, Chicago) [mp3]
John Wesley Harding w/Scott McCaughey and Dag Juhlin - Tell It To The Raven (live, 2004-07-18, Chicago)
Earlimart: "The Hidden Track" [mp3] from Treble & Tremble
Moving Units: "Between Us and Them" [mp3] from Dangerous Dreams
Son Volt: 1996-11-14, Austin (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Miles Davis: 1975-06-11, New York [mp3]
White Stripes: 2002-07-13, Minneapolis [mp3]
Wckr Spgt: Pure Heaven album [mp3]
Super 400: several tracks [mp3]
HorrorPops: two tracks [mp3]
Che Arthur: two tracks [mp3]
Bearsuit: "Little Donkey" [mp3]
An Angle: "Unnoticeable" [mp3]
Chin Up Chin Up: "Collide the Tide" [mp3]
No Love For Ned has The Mendoza Line as in-studio guests for his weekly streaming radio show.
Rolling Stone reviews this week's cd releases, including Dizzee Rascal, Tegan & Sara and more.
Edith Hamilton's Mythology is still a bestseller over 60 years after its publication.
Professional bloggers find workload high, return slim, according to eWeek.
The Echo interviews singer/songwriter Saul Williams.
Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac unleashes new wine label.
Elvis Costello to film live DVD in intimate Memphis club.
Newsday covers the day CBS got "blogged down."
Guided By Voices: 2004-09-11, Washington (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Radiohead: 2003-11-26, Earl's Court Xfm broadcast (bittorrent) [shn]
Bloc Party: two tracks [mp3]
Zelienople: two tracks [mp3]
Bloc Party: "Banquet" [mp3] from Bloc Party ep
Channels: "Chivaree" [mp3] from Open
Flossin: "Untitled #9" [mp3] from Lead Singer
S: "Falling" [mp3] from Puking and Crying
Zach Hill and Holy Smokes: "Royal Jelly/Maybe Another Lover" [mp3] from Masculine Drugs
Zelienople: "Ship That Goes Down" [mp3] from Sleeper Couch
Some great music is being released tomorrow, but I'll be content with the new releases by Dizzee Rascal, The Arcade Fire, Augie March and Tegan & Sara. Please, try and talk me into (or out of) buying these or other discs. Have I missed anything on my watch list?
Old Christmas specials are most interesting among the dvd releases, so I'll pass up buying anything new for the telly this week and concentrate on the music.
The Arcade Fire: Funeral [cd]
Augie March: Strange Bird [cd]
Lenny Bruce: Berkeley Concert (reissue) [cd]
Lenny Bruce: Let The Buyer Beware (box set) [cd]
Citizen Cope: Clarence Greenwood Recordings [cd]
The Datsuns: Outta Sight/Outta Mind [cd]
DJ Spooky: Necropolis: The Dialog Project (reissue) [cd]
The Faint: Wet From Birth [cd]
Frog Eyes: The Folded Palm [cd]
Giant Sand: Is All Over... The Map [cd]
Har Mar Superstar: Handler [cd]
The High Water Marks: Songs About The Ocean [cd]
Japancakes: Waking Hours [cd]
The Long Ryders: Best of the Long Ryders [cd]
Willie Nelson: Anthology (Bonus Dvd) [cd]
Prodigy: Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned [cd]
Dizzee Rascal: Showtime [cd]
Saturday Looks Good to Me: Every Night [cd]
Shoplifting: Shoplifting ep [cd]
Silkworm: It'll Be Cool [cd]
Super Furry Animals: Phantom Phorce / Slow Life Ep (limited edition) [cd]
Tegan & Sara: So Jealous [cd]
The Thrills: Let's Bottle Bohemia [cd]
Sally Timms: In the World of Him [cd]
Various Artists: Not Another Xmas Album: An Alternative Xmas [cd]
Paul Weller: Studio 150 [cd]
Thalia Zedek: Trust Not Those In Whom Without Some Touch Of Madness [cd]
7th Heaven - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Angels in America [dvd]
The Corrs - Live at Lansdowne Road [dvd]
The Corrs - Unplugged [dvd]
Diff'rent Strokes - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First Season [dvd]
Frosty the Snowman/Frosty Returns [dvd]
Law & Order - The Fourteenth Season [dvd]
The Little Drummer Boy [dvd]
Live By Request (Blondie) [dvd]
Lost in Space - Season 2, Vol. 1 [dvd]
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol [dvd]
Sanford and Son - The Fifth Season [dvd]
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town [dvd]
Simpsons Gone Wild [dvd]
Slacker - Criterion Collection [dvd]
Survivor All-Stars - The Complete Season [dvd]
THX 1138 (The George Lucas Director's Cut) [dvd]
Travis at the Palace [dvd]
Watermelon Man [dvd]
The Who - Live in Boston [dvd]
Neko Case: 2004-07-16, San Francisco (bittorrent, registration required) [shn]
Cracker: 2004-09-09, Louisville [mp3,ogg,shn]
TV on the Radio: 2004-08-14, Fort de Saint-Père [(bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Breeders: 2001-11-03, Pomona (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Ladytron: 2001-08-10, St. Malo [mp3]
Jack Johnson: 2004-08-30, Los Angeles [shn]
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: 2004-08-09, Cleveland Heights [mp3,ogg,shn]
Noel Gallagher and Ian Brown: 2004-09-10, "Friday Night With Jonathan Ross" video (bittorrent, registration required) [mpg]
The Arcade Fire: "Wake Up" from Funeral
Augie March: "Songs in the Key of Chance" from Strange Bird
Libertines: 2004-07-24, Wolverhampton video [wmv]
Twilight Singers: several tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: free & legal tracks from smart-music.net [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Sad Robot Records [mp3]
n.lannon: several tracks [mp3] [via]
Yumi Yumi: several tracks and samples [mp3]
The Figgs: several tracks [mp3]
Steve Turner: "Living Through Mistakes" [mp3]
Libertines: "Hooligans on E" [mp3]
Jonny Polonsky: "Half Mind" [mp3]
Many thanks to etree and EzTorrent for hosting the torrent files for these downloads. Make the most of your broadband connection and download some great live music. For the broadband-challenged, mp3 and other lossy selections will return tomorrow.
Drive-By Truckers: 2003-06-15, Bonnaroo (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Wilco: 2004-07-23, World Cafe (WXPN/PRI) (bittorrent) [flac]
Wilco: 2004-06-11, Bonnaroo (bittorrent) [flac]
Wilco: 2004-08-03, Toronto (bittorrent) [flac]
Radiohead: 2000-10-17, Toronto (bittorrent) [shn]
Bjork: 2001-11-04, Barcelona (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Pixies: 1989-06-16, Glastonbury (bittorrent, registration required) [shn]
Indigo Girls: 1993-08-22, Eugene (bittorrent) [shn]
Coldplay: 2002-09-14, 99X acoustic show (bittorrent) [shn]
Miles Davis: 1964-07-12, Tokyo (bittorrent, registration required) [shn]
Neil Young: 1971-02-27, London [mp3]
Le Tigre: several tracks [mp3]
Iggy & The Stooges: several live tracks [mp3]
The Unicorns: several tracks [mp3]
The Buried Beds: several tracks [mp3]
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: several tracks [mp3]
Billion Stars: two tracks [mp3]
Pawel Osmolski: Radiohead mixes [mp3,flac]
Wckr Spgt: Who Will Die? [mp3]
Wolf Eyes: "Stabbed in the Face" [mp3]
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder & Harry Nilsson: "A Toot And A Snore In 74" (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Dirty Dozen Brass Band: 2004-06-20, Wakarusa [mp3,ogg,flac]
Fiery Furnaces: audio, video [wma,real,mov]
Prosaics: two tracks [mp3]
Morningwood: two tracks [mp3]
Rocky Votolato: several tracks [mp3]
Action Action: "Drug Like" [mp3]
Low Skies: "Ready to be Done" [mp3]
Mandarin: "Eye on Time" (54º40' or Fight!) [mp3]
Elliott Smith: "Twilight" [mp3]
Bright Eyes: 2004-05-02, Coachella [mp3]
Bob Dylan: Deeds of Mercy, Oh Mercy outtakes [mp3]
Elliott Murphy: several unreleased tracks [mp3]
Various Artists: courtesy of Some Records [mp3]
The Natural History: several tracks [mp3]
Oxford Collapse: several tracks [mp3]
Skinny Blonde & Goodlooking: two tracks [mp3]
Dirty on Purpose: two tracks [mp3]
The Black Spoons: two tracks [mp3]
Tomorrow's Friend: "Fatetown" [mp3]
Perfect Sound Forever reminisces about bands that released their own bootlegs (and others who released the shows for them, without permission).
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reviews Sunday's hip-hop acts at Bumbershoot.
The Scotsman answers the eternal question: why we adore Franz Ferdinand.
Watch Rilo Kiley's recent Morning Becomes Eclectic performance at KCRW (realvideo link).
Speaking of Rilo Kiley, you can stream their new video for "It's a Hit" at their website and the band will appear on Conan O'Brien on October 6th.
Teenagers are abandoning FM radio for internet streams according to this Globe and Mail article.
The Belfast Telegraph interviews Sean Tillson, aka Har Mar Superstar.
The Tufts Daily previews tonight's Les Savy Five Cambridge show.
Syracuse's Daily Orange interviews Sam Farrar, guitarist for Phantom Planet.
The Independent wonders what's next for Courtney Love.
USA Today reviews the new Drive-By Truckers album, The Dirty South.
XTC: 1989-05-29, KROQ; 1989-05-30, KIIS [mp3,shn]
Guided By Voices: live audio & video [mp3,mov]
Black Heart Procession: 2000-07-10, Seattle & other live tracks [mp3]
Tortoise: 1995-05-07, Muncie [mp3]
Air: 2001-11-24, Vienna [mp3]
The F*cking Champs: 1999-11-01, Chapel Hill [mp3]
Kaki King: several tracks [mp3]
The Blue Van: several tracks [mp3]
Mono: "Halcyon Days" from Walking Cloud & Deep Red Sky Flag Fluttered & Sun
Franz Ferdinand: "Tell Her Tonight (German version)" (zipped) [mp3]
Tomorrow brings three releases by artists I adore, so I'll be picking up Folker by Paul Westerberg, Julie Doiron's Goodnight Nobody and Matthew Sweet's Living Things. The new Black Keys, Chuck Prophet and Six Organs of Admittance are also pretty high on my list, but I'm hoping to find them in a used or cutout bin in the next couple of weeks, with the rest of my list. Anything I'm missing?
Beat Happening - Beat Happening (reissue) [cd]
Bevis Frond: Hit Squad [cd]
Black Keys - Rubber Factory [cd]
John Cale: Hobosapiens [cd]
Julie Doiron - Goodnight Nobody [cd]
Guadalcanal Diary - 2 x 4 (Rhino Handmade) [cd]
Neil Innes & The World - Lucky Planet [cd]
Daniel Johnston - 1990 (reissue) [cd]
Daniel Johnston - Artistic Vice (reissue) [cd]
Landing - Sphere [cd]
Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog [cd]
Loretta Lynn - Still Country (Bonus Dvd) [cd]
Menomena: I Am the Fun Blame Monster [cd]
Chuck Prophet: Age of Miracles [cd]
Radio 4: Stealing of a Nation [cd]
Jason Ringenberg - Empire Builders [cd]
Six Organs of Admittance: Manifestation [cd]
Smithereens - Anthology: From Jersey It Came [cd]
Jill Sobule - Underdog Victorious [cd]
Matthew Sweet - Living Things [cd]
Amon Tobin - Recorded Live: Solid Steel Presents [cd]
Paul Van Dyk: Perfect Remixes 2 [dvd]
Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks: It Came from Nashville (reissue) [cd]
Paul Westerberg - Folker [cd]
Alias - The First Three Complete Seasons [dvd]
Alias - The Complete Third Season [dvd]
The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection (Strangers on a Train Two-Disc Edition / North by Northwest / Dial M for Murder / Foreign Correspondent / Suspicion / The Wrong Man / Stage Fright / I Confess / Mr. and Mrs. Smith) [dvd]
Clerks (10th Anniversary Edition) [dvd]
Dawn of the Dead (Ultimate Edition) [dvd]
John Kerry - Brothers in Arms [dvd]
Oasis - Definitely Maybe: The DVD [dvd]
Female Trouble [dvd]
Great Adaptations - Criterion Collection (Great Expectations / Lord of the Flies / The Most Dangerous Game / Oliver Twist) [dvd]
Jimi Hendrix - The Uncut Story [dvd]
M*A*S*H (Single Disc Edition) [dvd]
Polyester [dvd]
Saturday Night Live - The Best of Will Ferrell - Volumes 1& 2 [dvd]
Stephen Hawking's Universe [dvd]
Wattstax (30th Anniversary Special Edition) [dvd]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2003-01-18, Chicago [mp3,ogg,shn]
Camper Van Beethoven: 2003-07-12, Chicago [mp3,ogg,shn]
Mogwai: 2004-03-26, Kent [flac]
The Darkness: 2004-04-06, Washington (bittorrent, registration required)[shn]
Ben Folds: 2004-04-05, Foellinger [mp3,shn]
Bjork: live tracks [mp3,real,windows]
Various Artists: public domain music [mp3]
Travis Morrison: Born in '72 [mp3]
Comets on Fire: "The Antlers of the Midnight Sun" [mp3]
The Constantines: "Arizona" [mp3]
REM: 2001-05-21, New York (MTV Unplugged 2) [mp3]
John Vanderslice: b-sides, live tracks and outtakes [mp3]
Various Artists: tracks from Jigsaw Records [mp3,real]
Guided By Voices: "Window of My World" [mp3]
John Cale: "Zen" [mp3]
The Dears: "We Can Have It" [mp3]
The Legends: "There and Back" [mp3]
Spouse: "Are You Gonna Kiss or Wave Goodbye?" [mp3]
Saul Williams: "List of Demands (Reparations)" [mp3]
Bearsuit: "Snowshoe" [mp3]
Today's daily downloads include a Rilo Kiley show and two more performances from this year's Mergefest (Spoon and Destroyer).
Rilo Kiley: 2002-11-18, Denton [mp3]
Destroyer: 2004-07-31, Carrborro Mergefest (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]
Spoon: 2004-07-31, Carrboro Mergefest (bittorrent, registration required) [flac]