24 November, 2007

Nov. 23

What you need to know:
Carbon/Silicon is the new project of Mick Jones (the Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) and Tony James (Generation X, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, the Sisters of Mercy) and as you'd imagine, it's rather good.
The whole Baile Funk phenomenon is fairly fascinating and worth a Google search or two.
In the excellent Clash documentary film Westway to the World, the band's final album, Cut the Crap, isn't even mentioned. There's a good reason for this.
Vinyl sounds better than CDs. It's a fact.

Carbon/Silicon – Caesars Palace – The Last Post – Caroline
The Clash – This is England – Cut the Crap – Epic

The I Spies – Sleepwalkers – In the Night –
Slowking – You Were There – Rival Cities –
AM Synidcate – The Neighbor and His Wife – Liberation – Novastar

Bonde Do Role – Cagado – Marina Gasolina – Domino
Kraftwerk – Der Telefon Anruf – The Telephone Call 12" – Warner Bros.
Omnikrom – Backstage – Trop Banane! – Saboteur
David Bowie with the Pet Shop Boys – Hallo Spaceboy PSB Extended Mix – Disco Four – EMI

A Place to Bury Strangers – Don't Think Lover – s/t – Killer Pimp
Destroy All Dreamers – Le Pianiste Météorologique – Wish I Was All Flames – Where Are My
Arctic Monkeys (w/ Dizzee Rascal) – Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend – Brianstorm single – Domino
Hard-Fi – I Shall Overcome – Once Upon a Time in the West – Necessary

Spygirl – Beautiful – Pieces of Evidence –
Axis of Conversation – They Can See Your Ghost – Delusions of Safety –
Degenerate Art Ensemble – Blackened Crow – Cuckoo Crow – Tellous
Placebo – Follow the Cops Back Home – Meds – Virgin

The Assistants – In My Dreams – s/t –
The Ex-Boyfriends – Chinese New Year in Vancouver – Coming Before the Next One – Appropriate
The Rolling Stones – Down the Road Apiece – The Rolling Stones, Now! – London

Jesse Malin – Black Haired Girl – Glitter in the Gutter - Adeline

17 November, 2007

Nov. 16 - some a dis, some a dat

Tarentel – Dreamtigers – Ghetto Beats On the Surface of the Sun - Temporary Residence Limited
Os Mutantes – Ave Gengis Khan – Barbican Theater, London, 2006 – Luaka Bop

Dust Galaxy – Sun in Your Head – s/t – Fontana
The Coral – Put the Sun Back – Roots & Echoes – Columbia
Red Orkestra – Radio Towers – Life With the Machines – Fading Ways
Certain Breeds – In the Dark – s/t – Global Symphonic

The Foreign Films – Another World Behind the Sun – Distant Star –
Viva Voce – One in Every Crowd – Lovers, Lead the Way!/The Heat Can Melt Your Brain – Amore!Phonics
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – If Love Is the Drug – Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective – Tee Pee
Jets Overhead – Sun Sun Sun – s/t –

Hologram – Night Swimming – Hologram+ – n5MD
Last Days – Devil's Wood – These Places Are Now Ruins – n5MD
Near the Parenthesis – The World Is Inside You Now – Of Soft Construction – n5MD

The Cult – I Assassin – Born Into This – Roadrunner
The Cliks – Soul Black Driver – Snakehouse – Kindling Music
Tin Bangs – Shake! – Heavy-Handed Darling – Constant Crush
Arrows – Creaky Pipes – Knives Are Falling From the Sky –

The Casket Bastards – Headstone Hop – Hot Rod Ghoul Dance Party – Bowl-O-Phonic
The Mummies – (You Must Fight to Live) On the Planet of the Apes – Death by Unga Bunga! – Estrus
Les Séquelles – Monstre-Á-Go-Go – Et Tant Pis Si Cela Vous Déplaît – Grenadine

The Detroit Corbas – Leave My Kitten Alone – Tied and True - Bloodshot

09 November, 2007

Nov. 9 - a show of ska, punk, and soul

Lloyd Parks – Kung Fu Fighting – Kung Fu! Reggae Vs. the Martial Arts – Trojan

Jimmy Cliff feat. Joe Strummer – Over the Border – Black Magic – Artemis
The Aggrolites – Faster Bullet – Reggae Hit L.A. – Hellcat
The Selector – Too Much Pressure (live) – 2-Tone: A Look at Ska – EMI
King Django – Kick It Out – Reason – Hellcat
Operation Ivy – Sound System – s/t – Hellcat

Joe Shithead Keithly – Rebel Kind – Band of Rebels – Sudden Death
The Mahones – Queen and Tequila – Here Comes Lucky – True North
Dropkick Murphys – Captain Kelly's Kitchen – The Warrior Code – Epitaph

The Pariahs – Joan Jett – s/t – Creative Commotions
No Means No – You Are Not One – Would W Be Alive? – Alternative Tentacles
The Smugglers – What Do You Want Me to Do? – Growing Up Smuggler – Lookout!
The Weekend – NYLA – Beatbox My Heartbeat – Teenage USA

The Pipettes – It Hurts to See You Dance So Well – We Are… - Cherrytree/Interscope
The 6ixty 8ights – The Way It'll Be – Pica Electric Armada – Back House
Shout Out Louds – You Are Dreaming – Our Ill Wills – Merge
Deadstring Brothers – Tennessee Sure Enough – Silver Mountain – Bloodshot

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – Let Them Knock – 100 Days, 100 Nights – Daptone
Lattimore Brown – Night Time Is the Right Time – The Rich Records Story – SPV
Frank Penn – Gimme Some Skin – Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay – Numero Group
Isaac Hayes – By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Ultimate – Stax

Mike Ness – Funnel of Love – Under the Influences – Time Bomb
The Creepshow – The Garden – Sell Your Soul – Stereo Dynamite

Big John Bates – Bad Girls Go to Hell – Mystiki – Devil Sauce

02 November, 2007

Nov. 2 set

First thing, since last week was the Pledge Drive show, I only played a handful of songs between talking, so I didn't bother to record the set list.

You can blame the more avant stuff towards the end on my helping out the Misanthropy 916 program with the Drive.

And now, on to the set:


Scotland Yard Gospel Choir – Then and Not a Moment Before – s/t – Bloodshot
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The Barmitzvah Brothers – Library Page – Let's Express Our Motives – Wee Werk
The Octopus Project – Ghost Moves – Hello, Avalanche – Peek-A-Boo
The Owls – Apocalypse – Daughters and Suns – Magic Marker
Spiral Beach – Kind of Beast – Ball – Sparks Music
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Saturday Looks Good to Me – (Even If You Die On the) Ocean – Fill Up the Room – K
Pas/Cal – The Handbag Memoirs – Oh Honey, We're Ridiculous – Le Grand Magestry
Doveman – Chasing Clouds – With My Left Hand I Raise the Dead -
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Destroy All Dreamers – Wish I Was All Flames – Wish I Was All Flames – Where Are My
Bloemfontein – Straighter Shorelines Mean Faster Currents – Maniosn Sessions
The Swans – The River That Runs with Love Won't Run Dry – The Burning World – Uni
Tom Waits – Hoist That Rag – Real Gone – Anti
Plants and Animals – Trials & Tribulations – With/Avec – Secret City
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NOT_Digital – Apnea – In Dreams of Something New I Have Not Been Well –
Throbbing Gristle – United – Greatest Hits – Mute
Psychic TV – Saint Francis E. – Ultrahouse: The L.A. Connection – Wax Trax
180 G's – Christianity is Stupid – 180 D'Gs to the Future! – Seeland
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We Are Wolves – Fight & Kiss – Total Magique – Dare to Care
Gang Gang Dance – Nicoman – Rawwar – the Social Registry