Raise The Black Flag: New Music Friday! >> 01/25/2008

Friday, January 25, 2008

New Music Friday! >> 01/25/2008

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Week? We had a week?!! Its all a blur. Thankfully, though, good new tracks didn't elude my hummingbird's attention span. Oh well, I needed a weekend anyway.

Battle Hymns - Never Trust A Matador >>

http://www.mediafire.com/?7dd2thdddjz

I really love the raw quality of the singer's voice. Its the same quality that I love about the Hold Steady. Its straight ahead and honest and yet there's a haunting beauty to it that I really feel.

Ox - Surrender (Cheap Trick) >>

http://www.mediafire.com/?btavryhzt2g

OK. I love covers. Especially when someone does something cool with it; restyles it into something different and beautiful. I also find it fascinating when something that I associate with a particular era or genre can be retooled and still holds up. Ironicially here, I dislike Cheap Trick immensely. Maybe it was the fact that, when I was in college, there were no less than 4 Cheap Trick tribute bands at any given time playing around Chicago on stages that should have been showing original music. Maybe its the stupid name. Maybe its that they always came off as a castrated version of Kiss for the same Yacht Rock douchebags that thought Huey Lewis was awesome. Anyway, this is good.

Say Hi (formerly Say Hi To Your Mom) - Northwestern Girls >> http://www.mediafire.com/?6m0znzndsdk

I really love the driving bass lines and echoey vocals here. This band has alot of good stuff too, so I'm using this as an introduction. You can check out more of their stuff on www.hypem.com or on their band site http://www.sayhitoyourmom.com/.

Plushgun - Just Impolite >> http://www.mediafire.com/?6ttxy1ntyh1

Plushgun has the same kind of catchy qualities that The Postal Service has, but comes off sounding considerably more self satisfied. Enjoy.

Scary Mansion - Go To Hell >> http://www.mediafire.com/?3whame1mizz

I love the lonely cowgirl thing.

The Magnetic Fields - Drive On, Driver >> http://www.mediafire.com/?2bmfaduixza

I really think The Magnetic Fields are cool. I don't love everything, but their catchy songs get stuck in my head and they play happily for days. When I first heard this one, I went looking through the Boston discography for the title thinking that I'd missed something.

Hope you like em. Cheers!

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We see a new age dawning for artists! An age where we self publish and self promote and all of the bullshit that goes along with entertainment law and large corporate interests become largely irrelevant. This is happening and its fucking awesome but it, like any interesting happening requires audience participation.

Go to see their shows! If they're not playing in your area, go on their page and write them and tell them that you want them to come to your town. Many people think that artists support themselves off of record sales. This is actually complete bullshit. If they're signed to a major label, it's a sure bet that the label is taking most of the profits from the record sales. Its the shows that actually make them money.

Buy their stuff! The previous, said, buying their records affirms the band is worthwhile to the bean-counting elements of the industry and does earn them some small coin. Even better if they're self published, since the coins are actually going directly to them.

Turn your friends on! And while youre doing that, let them listen to music that you think is cool. Culture is completely viral, so be a good little vector!

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