Been meaning to post this one for a while, even though it features questionable rationing of pizza slices. I’m out of town this week, but Jim will be on the show per usual, playing jams from 9pm til midnight. Streamt it at www.WRCT.org.
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Dirty Dishes live from the Hanging Horse Studio.
Everything I’ve heard from the upcoming Deerhunter album has been fantastic. They seem to be retreating a bit from the 8-track roughness present on Monomania and the result reminds me of a mix of the bedroom experimentation of frontman Bradford Cox’s Atlas Sound solo project and grayscale indie sheen of guitarist Lockett Pundt’s Lotus Plaza. There’s still a weirdness to these songs though, even if I can’t quite put my finger on where it’s coming from. Coming from somebody who revisits Cryptograms more often than Halcyon Digest, that’s meant as a compliment. In the woozy video for “Breaker” above, you can watch Cox and Pundt share vocals on a track I feel comfortable in describing as damn near poppy.
Perfect! Another excuse to remind you to check out Viet Cong’s fantastic self-titled LP that came out earlier this year. Do it now before they make everybody’s year-end lists and you feel like you missed out.
The Moonlandingz started as a fictional band, part of The Eccentronic Research Council’s Johnny Rocket, Narcissist & Music Machine… I’m Your Biggest Fan, but they didn’t stay imaginary for long. The “band”, featuring members of the aforementioned Eccentronics and Fat White Family, have already put out an EP and are currently working on a long player. Too hard to follow? Just watch the video for the insanely catchy “Sweet Saturn Mine” above.
Battles return this week in all of their mathy, jazzy, weirdo glory. “The Yabba” is the first single (term used loosely) off of La Di Da Di, and the band gave the song a video just as slightly-left-of-center as it deserves.
I’ve been quiet as life intervenes as it can do. Here is something classic and chill for your Sunday evening. The radio show is tonight. 9pm on WRCT, 88.3FM Pittsburgh. Or stream at wrct.org.
Here’s an easy way to burn an hour. Sonic Youth playing at London’s Brixton Academy in the early 90’s. They actually shared a bill with Pavement that night. The audio and video quality here are pretty good by bootleg standards, so feel free to enjoy the whole thing. And if you don’t have an hour to kill, “Kool Thing” starts around 10:30.
Man, I like everything about this, but that lovely sax part about halfway through is especially fantastic.
We’ve all been there, Hearts of Animals, but thank you for embracing it.