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Hey! We can't believe we've been dormant for 6 months! Really bad form on our part, but we're back and we have some new treats for you!
Alina Simone - Black Water
We found this by accident one day and it turned our heads so fast we nearly got whiplash. Brooklyn's Alina Simone hits hard with PJ Harvery(crush, blush)-esque smart agonized wailing, minimal spooky guitars and drums that would make Maureen Tucker grin like a schoolgirl. Raising the hackle's on the back of our neck is usually all we need to know that something is powerful, but this one really holds up lyrically as a white-knuckled testimony of the deeply troubling/religious/idiosyncratic aspects of performing.
Trespassers William - Lie In The Sound
Seattle's Trespassers William practically ooze ether out of our headphones everytime we put this on. It has the same dreamy qualities that Mazzy Star had, but Anna-Lynne Williams sounds as if she traded some of Hope Sandoval's painful sexyness for something stronger and more direct. It was a little hard to choose from the cuts on their freshman effort, 'Anchor', but we felt that "Lie In The Sound" was really an excellent example of how beautiful their music is.
The Mountain Goats - Up The Wolves (demo)
There's two kinds of people in this world: The people that like better the stuff John Darnielle recorded on his boom-box, and the people that like better the studio work. We are firmly in the boom-box camp and were delighted when we found this demo of "Up The Wolves". It isn't quite as raw as, say, his work on 'Zopilote Machine' or 'All Hail West Texas', but it's still nice and feral. Thanks for all your amazing work, John. You've made us all better people.
Coconut Records - Microphone
It's kind of funny: We put this on the list because 1) its a really solid song and 2) we wanted to make you feel like you were suddenly in a Wes Anderson movie. Ironically, after doing a little research, we found out that Coconut Records () is Jason Schwartzman from "Rushmore" and "The Darjeeling Express" among other films.
Jane Bang - She's Hott
We can't really defend this on any other grounds other than she IS hot and this is fun to dance to.
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Everything With You
TPOBPAH really like The Smiths, and we do too, so this caught our ear. Sweet, thick and energetic.
Superdrag - Filthy And Afraid
We really like Nashville's Superdrag! They make rock and roll credible again. They're angsty, drunken, melodic, hard hitting; pretty much the reason we got into music in the first place. "Filthy And Afraid" from Superdrag's upcoming 'Industry Giants' LP is is almost a perfect equation: excellent vocal hooks, a cynical, misanthropic topic [Everybody thinks they know what the deal is, Nothing's irreversible cuz we are free], loud guitars. We can almost smell the tubes in their amplifiers heating up.
The Whole Enchilada - http://www.mediafire.com/file/k43intddzdv/RTBF.NewMusicFriday.20090123.zip
Thanks for listening! xoxoxo!
Raise The Black Flag
Hey! We can't believe we've been dormant for 6 months! Really bad form on our part, but we're back and we have some new treats for you!
Alina Simone - Black Water
We found this by accident one day and it turned our heads so fast we nearly got whiplash. Brooklyn's Alina Simone hits hard with PJ Harvery(crush, blush)-esque smart agonized wailing, minimal spooky guitars and drums that would make Maureen Tucker grin like a schoolgirl. Raising the hackle's on the back of our neck is usually all we need to know that something is powerful, but this one really holds up lyrically as a white-knuckled testimony of the deeply troubling/religious/idiosyncratic aspects of performing.
Trespassers William - Lie In The Sound
Seattle's Trespassers William practically ooze ether out of our headphones everytime we put this on. It has the same dreamy qualities that Mazzy Star had, but Anna-Lynne Williams sounds as if she traded some of Hope Sandoval's painful sexyness for something stronger and more direct. It was a little hard to choose from the cuts on their freshman effort, 'Anchor', but we felt that "Lie In The Sound" was really an excellent example of how beautiful their music is.
The Mountain Goats - Up The Wolves (demo)
There's two kinds of people in this world: The people that like better the stuff John Darnielle recorded on his boom-box, and the people that like better the studio work. We are firmly in the boom-box camp and were delighted when we found this demo of "Up The Wolves". It isn't quite as raw as, say, his work on 'Zopilote Machine' or 'All Hail West Texas', but it's still nice and feral. Thanks for all your amazing work, John. You've made us all better people.
Coconut Records - Microphone
It's kind of funny: We put this on the list because 1) its a really solid song and 2) we wanted to make you feel like you were suddenly in a Wes Anderson movie. Ironically, after doing a little research, we found out that Coconut Records () is Jason Schwartzman from "Rushmore" and "The Darjeeling Express" among other films.
Jane Bang - She's Hott
We can't really defend this on any other grounds other than she IS hot and this is fun to dance to.
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Everything With You
TPOBPAH really like The Smiths, and we do too, so this caught our ear. Sweet, thick and energetic.
Superdrag - Filthy And Afraid
We really like Nashville's Superdrag! They make rock and roll credible again. They're angsty, drunken, melodic, hard hitting; pretty much the reason we got into music in the first place. "Filthy And Afraid" from Superdrag's upcoming 'Industry Giants' LP is is almost a perfect equation: excellent vocal hooks, a cynical, misanthropic topic [Everybody thinks they know what the deal is, Nothing's irreversible cuz we are free], loud guitars. We can almost smell the tubes in their amplifiers heating up.
The Whole Enchilada - http://www.mediafire.com/file/k43intddzdv/RTBF.NewMusicFriday.20090123.zip
Thanks for listening! xoxoxo!
Raise The Black Flag
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