[Last Night’s Playlist] New Music Night at River Gods
Posted on June 17, 2011 at 11:27 am | 1 Comment
Felt ridiculously good to get back up in the River Gods DJ booth last night, especially with Jay from Clicky Clicky as my co-pilot. Trading hour-long slots, we hosted what will hopefully be the first of many “New Music Nights”, playing nuthin’ but recently-released (and some not-yet-released) songs from a mix of local and national bands. Best part about it (aside from forcing people to listen to my personal faves) was getting to sit at the bar and listen while Jay spun his ace selections. As much as we have in common, taste-wise, our playlists had just two artists in common (both from Boston), and they were different songs at that. Head over to Clicky Clicky for his list.
My own is essentially a “faves of the year so far” list, filled out with new material from some Boston-area bands (Boy Without God, Cuffs, Plumerai, Buffalo Tom, WALLcreeper, Pretty & Nice, The Hush Now, The Diamond Mines), a few very-new live treats (Ted Leo, Allo Darlin’, Morrissey), and some vinyl-only tracks from April’s Record Store Day (New Pornographers, Nada Surf, Wild Flag). Most of the descriptions below include links to where you can buy the releases these songs come from, or go stream/download the songs themselves. Here you go…
NEW MUSIC NIGHT vol. 1
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
at River Gods in Cambridge, MA
co-hosted by DJs Brad Almanac & Jay Clicky Clicky
Set One / 9-10pm
01. Ted Leo – “The Little Smug Supper Club“
live solo performance for Room 205
02. Buffalo Tom – “Down“
from their latest album, “Skins”
03. The Hush Now – “The Athiest“
single from the brand new remaster/remix of their “Constellations” LP
04. Wye Oak – “Holy Holy“
from their third album, “Civilian”
05. Apex Manor – “I Know These Waters Well“
from the debut LP, “The Year Of Magical Drinking”
06. Allo Darlin’ – “Europe“
the eventual title track of their next album
live on WMBR’s “Breakfast of Champions”, 6/10/11
07. Plumerai – “Trip“
from the new 2-song “NY-Trip ’11” release
08. Boy Without God – “City Kids“
From “God Bless The Hunger”, out June 21st, 2011
09. WALLcreeper – “Lazy Stares“
from the “Second Sight” EP
10. Pretty & Nice – “Yonkers“
from the “Fantastic Artifact” 7-inch
11. Sam Roberts Band – “Longitude“
from new album “Collider” / with co-vocalist Elizabeth Powell (Land of Talk)
12. Death Cab For Cutie – “Doors Unlocked and Open“
From “Codes and Keys”
13. Wild Flag – “Future Crimes“
From their debut 7-inch single
14. Nada Surf “You’re Going To Miss The Wood“
demo version from a Record Store Day 7-inch
15. The New Pornographers – “A Drug Deal Of The Heart“
B-side from the Record Store Day “Moves” 7-inch
Set Three / 11pm-midnight
16. The Joy Formidable – “The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade“
from “The Big Roar” LP
17. Mogwai – “George Square Thatcher Death Party“
from their “Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will” LP
18. Explosions In The Sky – “Trembling Hands“
from the “Take Care, Take Care, Take Care” LP
19. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – “Tomorrow Dies Today“
bonus track from the Japanese version of the “Belong” LP
20. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – “Same Mistake“
preview track from “Hysterical”, due out Sept. 20th, 2011
21. Morrissey – “The Kid’s A Looker“
premiered during a June 2011 BBC live session
22. Dum Dum Girls – “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out“
Smiths cover from the “He Gets Me High” EP
23. Under Electric Light – “Take Me Away“
from the “Waiting For The Rain To Fall” LP
24. The Drums – “The New World”
iTunes-only benefit song for Japan
25. Let’s Whisper – “The Shortest Days“
title track from their debut full-length
26. The One AM Radio – “An Old Photo of Your New Lover“
from the “Heaven Is Attached By A Slender Thread” LP
27. Cuffs – “Privilege“
from their debut 7-inch
28. Brave Irene – “River To The Sea“
from their self-titled debut EP
29. Centro-Matic – “Only In My Double Mind“
from the “Candidate Waltz” LP, due out 6/21/2011
30. The Diamond Mines – “Time Flies“
from their self-titled debut LP
31. The Wooden Birds – “Baby Jeans“
from their brand new “Two Matchsticks” LP
32. Low – “You See Everything“
from the “C’Mon” LP (y’know, the one with the gorgeous album cover)
33. David Bazan – “Don’t Change“
from the “Strange Negotiations” full-length
34. The National – “Think You Can Wait“
from the “Win Win” soundtrack and their new 7-inch
Go check out Jay’s playlists at Clicky Clicky
[Live MP3s] THE CHURCH in MA 2011 – Album Set One (Untitled #23)
Posted on June 12, 2011 at 11:01 pm | 1 Comment
Long-lived Aussie quartet The Church has been running a bit of a victory lap over the past year – marking their 30th anniversary as a band with a 2010 acoustic retrospective tour (no reunion needed!), getting inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in November, and mounting another U.S. visit for their 3-albums-live “Future Past Perfect” tour. Boston is very fortunate to be a regular stop for the band, with the acoustic roadshow hitting the Somerville Armory last Spring and the FPP tour visiting Foxboro(ugh)’s Showcase Live this past February. They really seem to love this area, and the fans at both those shows loved ’em right back.
Their February visit was the second time I’d headed south to the Gillette Stadium entertain-o-plex Showcase Live to catch the band (the first was back in July 2009), and while I obviously prefer small clubs to larger, slicker spaces, I must admit that they do the seated-show thing right there – great sight lines, near-perfect sound, table service, and above-average food give me little to complain about apart from the extra travel time it takes to get down there. The band seems to really dig the place, too, complimenting the venue during both shows and mentioning how glad they were to be back in that particular room.
Word is that the Church are generally cool with live recordings, so I’m sharing up mine from that Massachusetts stop of the “Future Past Perfect” tour in three parts – one for each album they played in full that evening. First comes their run through their most recent full-length, 2009’s “Untitled #23”, and it will be followed in the coming weeks by live renditions of 1992’s “Priest=Aura” and 1988’s “Starfish”, the band’s well-known U.S. breakthrough. Please to enjoy…
Live at Showcase Live
in Foxboro, MA
on Friday, February 18th, 2011
[Download all 10 tracks in one 106 MB .zip file]
01. Cobalt Blue
02. Deadman’s Hand
03. Pangaea
04. Happenstance
05. Space Saviour
06. On Angel Street
07. Sunken Sun
08. Anchorage
09. Lunar
10. Operetta
To continue your Church-specific surfing…
Check out the rest of my photos from the show on Flickr. Lead singer/bassist Steve Kilbey’s acceptance speech at the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame induction ceremony was a rambling doozy, and totally worth watching. Here’s a recent interview with guitarist Peter Koppes on the eve of the 3-album tour. Apparently there’s a Church documentary project in the works, and here’s footage of the band and some fans from their 2009 West Coast tour. During that 2009 tour, the band played The Triple Door in Seattle, and KEXP shared up some excellent videos from the show. If you’re a Church fan, take some time and step inside the mind of Steve Kilbey and his thought-provoking personal blog. He lets it all out there, and sometimes I’m not even sure what it is.
Remember, you can easily stream any and all ‘Nac-hosted Mp3s at the Hype Machine. Be sure to check out their new iPhone app, which allows you to stream blog-specific content on your fancy little phone.
the fine print… If anyone has an issue with these Mp3s being made available, just let me know (my contact info in the ‘nac faq). Live sets recorded with a Sony ECM-719 mic and a Sony MZ-RH10 minidisc, converted to .wav and then edited to 256kbps Mp3s. Files are made available for a limited time, and are not reposted once removed.