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Metz covering the urinals. Well worth the listen.
Our band Stari Most cheers on the USA Men’s Soccer Team in “Stomp Belgium Stomp”.
The song of the day. Because it’s fun. Also, Jad Fair has a new release on Joyful Noise Records.
I could listen to this all day…
You can read about the wonder twins of the working class here.
Playlist for June 8th show. All of our playlists are available here.
| Artist | Album | Track |
| Alice Donut | Three Sisters | up is down |
| Julie Doiron | Goodnight Nobody | no money makers |
| Big Ups | Eighteen Hours of Static | Going Black |
| The Breeders | Last Splash | Do you love me now? |
| Pins | Girls Like Us | Lost Lost Lost |
| Genghis Khan Experience | 7″ | This is goodbye |
| Ovlov | am | milk |
| Tulips | Choco Pig | |
| Fat History Month | Sad History Month 7″ | Tom Waits for no man |
| OBN IIIs | Third Time to Harm | No Time for the Blues |
| Y.A.C.H.T. | Shangri-La | Paradise Engineering |
| Sylvan Esso | Sylvan Esso | Could I Be |
| Death | III | Restlessness |
| The Fiery Furnaces | Blueberry Boat | My Dog Was Lost But Now He’s Found |
| The Carbonas | The Carbonas | Phone Booth |
| Jean Paul Sarte Experience | Love Songs | I Like Rain |
| Polvo | Exploded Drawing | Fast Canoe |
| The Blow | The Concussive Caress | What the guitar said about the firmament |
| Hysterics | Deformative years hanging out at the 512 | |
| Yo La Tengo | Camp Yo La Tengo | Mr. Ameche Plays the Stranger |
| Dinosaur Jr. | Farm | Over it |
| The Armadillos | The Armadillos | Hillcrest Mine |
| my captain my sea | grow up or die alone | Moon |
| Afghan Whigs | Do to the Beast | The Lottery |
| LODRO | Big Sleep for Alice | |
| Thee Oh Sees | Drop | Encrypted Bounce |
| Shopping | Consumer Complaints | You Are A Sort (Don’t Call Me) |
| Perfect Pussy | Say Yes to Love | Interference Fits |
| New Madrid | Sunswimmer | Manners |
| Ride | Nowhere | Seagull |
| Beat Happening | Beat Happening | Foggy Eyes |
| Snack Truck | Bloom (Sweet) | |
| Guided By Voices | Cool Planet | Males of Wormwood Mars |
| June of 44 | Engine Takes to the Water | Have a safe trip, dear |
| Grass is Green | Big Dog Tee Shirt Birthday Weekend | |
| Tullycraft | Beat Surf Fun | Sent to the moon |
| Dog Faced Hermans | Mental Blocks for All Ages | Suppressa |
| The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower | Love in the Fascist Brothel | Angry, Young, and Rich |
| Tacocat | NVM | Crimson Wave |
| Night Sun | On My Way | |
| Epicycle | You’re Not Gonna Get It: 1979-’81 | You’re Not Gonna Get It |
| Pop.1280 | The Horror | Nature Boy |
| Nothing | Guilty of Everything | B&E |
| Track Count: 43 | ||
Guided by Voices is that band that I should, by all accounts, love. I recognize why they are widely liked but I typically can’t get too deeply into them. This album, I think, for the Guided by Voices fan will continue to resonate. It reminds me a bit of social distortion, not in sound, but in how it falls within a genre entirely, but also barely. And so that’s where this review is coming from since Guided by Voices’ general motif is well known.
On Cool Planet, GBV sometimes hits gold and sometimes falls into an area of the uninspired. Nothing on this album is bad. Some songs aren’t great, but depending on what you like most in your vocal guidance (dad joke!), there is plenty here to love. The label recommends tracks 12, 10, 5 and 3. Those aren’t my favorites (except maybe 5) but they might have broad appeal due to pop structures. Fortunately, GBV is good enough at what they do and they bring a broad range of it on Cool Planet. Overall, this is what makes this a good album. That and the fact that nothing on this album is too long.
Males of Wormwood Mars is probably my favorite track.
With Matt and the Mockster out and about, Jim and David brought 5 hours of music to the airwaves…
Note: The playlist is missing the last track for some reason. The scientists by Hum it was. So there’s that.
Something I plan to play Friday night on the Interstellar Radio Shower.
If you haven’t heard Oshwa, I highly recommend that you check them out. Some fine art herein.