[Last Night’s Playlist] New Music Night IX at River Gods
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 9:36 am | No Comments
Another evening well-spent, alternating hours up in the River Gods DJ nook with my pal Jay Clicky Clicky, playing nothing but new songs under our NEW MUSIC NIGHT moniker. We’re back on the every-other-month schedule, and we already know when the next one is: Mark down Thursday night, May 30th, for the tenth edition of NMN. Double-digits, kids. Maybe we’ll do something extra special for #10? Ticket giveaways? Hugging (DJ) booth? Oh, the possibilities.
Here’s what I played last night, along with links to where you can hear/download/buy the tracks. So click through and listen up. And check over here for Jay’s playlists, too.
New Music Night IX
at River Gods in Cambridge, MA
on Thursday, March 21st, 2013
* Boston-area band
Set one / Brad Almanac / 9pm – 10pm
* 01. Hallelujah The Hills – “The Three Minute Mark”
[ from their Winter 2013 single / stream & buy at Bandcamp ]
02. Mount Moriah – “Younger Days”
[ from their new Merge Records LP, “Miracle Temple” / stream the album ]
03. Neko Case – “That’s Who I Am”
[ from the “Ghost Brothers of Darkland County” soundtrack / stream via Soundcloud ]
04. Low – “So Blue”
[ from their new “Invisible Way” LP / MP3 ]
05. John Vanderslice – “A Better Whirlpool” (Bowie / “Big Brother” cover)
[ from his full-album covering of Bowie’s “Diamond Dogs” LP / MP3 ]
06. Ola Podrida – “Staying In”
[ from the “Ghosts Go Blind” LP, due out 4/30 / MP3 ]
07. Ex Cops – “Separator”
[ from the “True Hallucinations” LP / Video ]
08. Gold Paint – “Hold On”
[ from the “Faraway Places” EP & 7-inch / stream & buy at Bandcamp ]
09. Beach Fossils – “Careless”
[ from the “Clash The Truth” LP / MP3 ]
10. Wax Idols – “When It Happens”
[ from the “Discipline and Desire” LP, out next Tuesday / stream at Soundcloud ]
11. The House Of Love – “A Baby Got Back On Its Feet”
[ from the “She Paints Word In Red” LP, out next week / stream at Soundcloud ]
12. Suede – “Barriers”
[ from the “Bloodsports” LP / stream at Soundcloud ]
13. My Bloody Valentine – “New You”
[ from the “MBV” LP / listen at YouTube ]
14. Kid Canaveral – “The Wrench”
[ from the “Now That You Are A Dancer” LP / stream at Soundcloud ]
15. Tullycraft – “Lost In Light Rotation”
[ Title track from their forthcoming LP & new 7-inch / Video / stream at Soundcloud ]
16. The Little Ones – “Forro”
[ from “The Dawn Sang Along” LP / stream & buy at Bandcamp ]
17. The History Of Apple Pie – “See You”
[ from the “Out of View” LP / stream at Soundcloud ]
18. Mariage Blanc – “Footsteps”
[ from the “Undercurrents” LP / stream & buy via Bandcamp ]
Set two / Brad Almanac / 11pm – midnight
19. Mikal Cronin – “Shout It Out”
[ from his forthcoming “MCII” LP, out 5/7 on Merge / stream on Soundcloud ]
20. Golden Grrrls – “We’ve Got…”
[ from their new self-titled LP on Slumberland / stream on Soundcloud ]
* 21. Fat History Month – “Bad History Month”
[ title track from forthcoming LP, out 4/1 on Exploding in Sound / stream at Bandcamp ]
* 22. Bookkeeper – “Glory”
[ from the “Elphino” EP / stream & buy at Bandcamp / MP3 ]
23. Kingsbury Manx – “Future Hunter”
[ from “The Bronze Age” LP / stream at Soundcloud ]
24. The Replacements – “I’m Not Sayin” (Gordon Lightfoot cover)
[ from the “Songs For Slim” benefit EP / stream at P4K ]
* 25. Broken River Prophet – “Persephone”
[ from the “A Dagger & A Dove” LP / stream & buy at Bandcamp ]
26. Desaparecidos – “Anonymous”
[ from their new 7-inch / stream at Soundcloud ]
27. Telekinesis – “Wires”
[ from the forthcoming “Dormarion” LP, out 4/2 on Merge / Video ]
28. Survival Knife – “Traces Of Me”
[ from their new Sub Pop 7-inch / stream the b-side at Soundcloud ]
* 29. Ho-Ag – “See You At The Brush Pass”
[ from the “World-Destroying Zig-Zags” LP / stream at Bandcamp ]
30. Ghost Box Orchestra – “Vader”
[ from the forthcoming “Vanished” LP, out on 5/14 / stream at Bandcamp ]
* 31. Young Adults – “Context”
[ from the “Born in ’91” EP / stream at Bandcamp ]
* 32. Z*L – “Steev Millar”
[ from the forthcoming self-titled debut LP, out 4/23 on Midriff Records ]
33. Yo La Tengo – “Cornelia and Jane”
[ from the “Fade” LP ]
34. Rose Melberg – “Tonight You Belong To Me” (Patience & Prudence cover)
[ from her “September” covers cassette, available via Lost Sound Tapes ]
Next up for NMN: Thursday, May 30th. When winter will be well behind us. Right?
[Almanac Live Archive Project] Volume Two
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 7:30 pm | 1 Comment
Unsurprisingly, the second installment of my Almanac Live Archive project is a bit later than I’d planned. I was shooting for weekly, resigned myself to monthly, and ended up hitting the 6 week mark. Ah well. The third won’t be as long a wait, I promise (ok, not really).
In the first volume, I re-shared live songs & sets from Chisel in 1994, The Church in 1988, Fugazi in ’95, Ida at MFABoston in 2005, The Karl Hendricks Trio from 2004, Versus in 2000, Low & Pedro the Lion in 2005, Ted Leo in 2004, (nearly) the entire 1992 Sub Pop Vermonstress Fest, and a London set from The Wedding Present in ’92.
This time I’ve re-posted and zipped up old Almanac sets from The National, Nada Surf, Rilo Kiley, Crayon, the Softies, The Lucksmiths, Ladybug Transistor, & Pipas. Go on and grab ’em, and check back for the third installment in the series sometime… soon… ish….
The National – Cambridge, MA 6/4/2005
15 song set from TT the Bears
[MP3] The National – “Abel”
Rilo Kiley & Nada Surf – South Burlington, VT 5/21/2005
Sets from both bands at Higher Ground
[MP3] Nada Surf – “The Way You Wear Your Head”
[MP3] Rilo Kiley – “Paint’s Peeling”
Crayon – Burlington, VT 7/2/1994
9 songs at 242 Main, transferred from an old VHS tape
[MP3] Crayon – “Knee-High Susan”
The Softies – Burlington, Vermont 7/2/1994
7 songs at 242 Main, transferred from an old VHS tape
[MP3] The Softies – “Goodbye“
The Lucksmiths, Ladybug Transistor, & Pipas – Somerville, MA 5/7/2005
35 songs from a special night at PA’s Lounge
[MP3] The Lucksmiths – “Camera Shy“
[MP3] Ladybug Transistor – “Splendor In The Grass“
[MP3] Pipas – “Book Launch“
The Wedding Present – Cambridge, MA 4/28/2005
21 songs live at the Middle East Downstairs
[MP3] The Wedding Present – “Dalliance“