I love me some Half Japanese. This does not disappoint. From members Jad Fair and Jason Willett. This is a single from their upcoming lp on Dymaxion Groove.
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I like Kendl Winter’s take on bluegrass. Here she is partnered with Palmer T. Lee for something that is quite good. And who doesn’t love a record label that’s all about love? You can order their record from Team Love Records here.
Heading back stateside this week. Today we highlight the Ghost Ease’s “Quit Yer Job.” This is a 4 track 7″ EP that was released on April 24.
The Ghost Ease are a self-labeled grunge band out of Portland, Oregon. The EP starts out with Canine which begins with tilting high end guitar notes that dive into grunge land shortly thereafter. It has that up and down, tilting to loud, thing that I like a lot.
Qwi Mai Yab reminds me a lot of some of the great indie rock from the 1990s. Sound bites and buried, affected vocals. It actually reminds me a lot of Zonic Shockum, an old Philly band from those days. It even has a random pause near the end to fool DJs everywhere into thinking it’s over (hoping that typing this helps me remember that it isn’t over).
XV is very much in the same vein as Qwi Mai Yab but without the vocal effects. I was trying to pinpoint who it reminds me of and I think it’s Th’ Faith Healers. Which is probably the best comparison for this band. And I really love Th’ Faith Healers so this makes a lot of sense.
Bad Girls, which rounds out the EP, brings a different tone with the instrument light intro for this cover of M.I.A.
Overall, this is a great ep with some strong noisy guitar. Each track has a full, tight sound and the tunes are good. Really can’t ask for much more than that.
I’ve played Silian Rail on the show a few times. A few months ago I overlooked that they had posted some old material. It’s all still quite good.
Maybe you missed the spinning of tunes on the radio last night. Matt held down the fort. Here is what you missed.
| Artist | Album | Song |
| Thee Oh Sees | Total Control Split 12″ | Dead Energy |
| Pussy Cat | Aucune Fille Au Monde | |
| Lee Hazlewood | Requiem For an Almost Lady | L.A. Lady |
| Hot Chip | Why Make Sense? | Huarache Lights |
| Black Lips | Party at Rob’s House 7″ | Five & Ten (Link Wray cover)/Sea of Blasphemy |
| Web of Sunsets | Steel New Days | Steel New Days |
| Night Beats | Sonic Bloom | Seven Deadly Wonders |
| Ryan Adams | Live at Carnegie Hall | My Wrecking Ball |
| The Weirdos | Weird World | Life of Crime |
| Flesh Panthers | Flesh Panthers | Voodoo Shang-a-Lang |
| The Warlocks | Heavy Deavy Skull Lover | So Paranoid |
| Grand Piano | Sea EP | Seaweed |
| Zeitgeist | Mind Cure 7″ | New Age (Blitz Cover) |
| Domenique Dumont | Comme Ca | La Basse et les Shakers |
| Unrest | Cath Carroll EP | Where are All Those Puerto Rico Boys? |
| The Velvet Underground | Live At Max’s Kansas City | Beginning to See the Light |
| The Kinks | Kontroversy | Dedicated Follower of Fashion |
| Creepoid | Cemetary Highrise Slum | Shaking |
| Sharon Van Etten | I Don’t Want to Let You Down | I Don’t Want to Let You Down |
| Versus | Insomnia 7″ | Insomnia |
| The Fiery Furnaces | Widow City | Japanese Slippers |
| Wilco | A Ghost Is Born | Handshake Drugs |
| Carousel | Mind Cure 7″ | On My Way |
| The American Analog Set | Promise of Love | Continuous Hit Music |
| Palma Violets | Danger in the Club | Girl, You Couldn’t Do Much Better On The Beach |
| The Homosexuals | The Homosexuals’ Record | My Night Out |
| Lucius | Wildewoman | Wildewoman |
| Girls Names | Zero Triptych | Zero Triptych |
| Jamie xx | In Color | Obvs |
| Vocokesh | F/I Split | Untitled I, II, & III |
| The Decemberists | Long Live the King | June Hymn |
| Mikal Cronin | MCIII | Say |
| F/i | Out of Space and Out of Time | Trauma at the Beach |
| John Cale | Vintage Violence | Big White Cloud |
| Screaming Females | Rose Mountain | It’s Not Fair |
| The Aislers Set | The Last Match | Bang Bang Bang (Iced Bears cover) |
| The Flying Luttenbachers | 546 Seconds of Noise 7″ | Attack Sequence |
| The Music Tapes | 1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad | Aliens |
| Mount Shasta | Put the Creep On | Walkathon |
| mewithoutYou | Pale Horses | Dorothy |
| total control | Thee Oh Sees Split 12″ | Sweaty |
| Mercury Rev | All Is Dream | The Dark is Rising |
| swing kids | s/t | Disease |
| Scenic | Incident at Cima | The Mid Hills |
| Lucero | That Much Further West | Tears Don’t Matter Much |
Sleeping Bag released a pretty great demo tape recently. I really like the NBA moniker art.
It’s Sunday. The radio show is tonight. Here is some live music from magik markers.
Welcome to the second edition of the Interstellar Radio Shower Week in Review. Here in we pick the favorite song posted by the other (ie. Jim picks his favorite Matt song, and Matt his favorite Jim song) and we say why it’s our fav. Also, quick summaries of our other long posts for the week. Basically, herein we navel gaze.
Matt Picks a JimSong – Week Ending 7/25/2015
Is it cheating if I pick the Shipping News post from Monday? It’s not really fair to other bands to have to compete with that. Just in case, I’ll officially give my spot to Infinity Girl. Jim pretty much nailed it with the Velocity Girl comparison. Never a bad influence to have, though I do feel obligated to point out that the latter of those two had actual girls in the band… Anyways, if you liked the IG tune that Jim shared, it would seem like the perfect time to check out this older post of another of their songs, due out on their forthcoming Harm LP.
Jim Picks a Matt Song – Week Ending 7/25/2015
I’m, of course, tempted to pick Yo La Tengo because I love them so much and their new song is so great. But my heart is fickle anyhow and as is usual, Matt had a great selection of music this week. The White Reaper and Protomartyr songs are just great. But i’m going to go with the Zig Zags this week. It really rocks and will fit your Saturday night party mood.
7″ Highlight of the Week – Slum of Leg’s Doll Like
This week we highlighted the very excellent Doll Like single from Slum of Legs from Brighton in the UK. Don’t forget to listen to the excellent b-side. Read more about it in our highlight post.
LP Highlight of the Week – The Ethical Debating Society’s New Sense LP
Also from the UK, this album from the Ethical Debating Society is great. Quite a bit rock and riot grrrl. If you like it loud and catchy, you’ll like this. You can read more about it in our highlight post.
Sunday, July 19th Radio Show Playlist
Sorry, due to technical difficulties there was no radio show this week. But we will be back tomorrow on Sunday, July 26th from 9pm to midnight. So tune in then!
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Infinity Girl. I wonder how much they adore velocity girl? They’ve got the sound and the name for it. It’s really good dreamy pop/shoegaze.