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Q’s Compilations
Volume #90 – June –
July 2013
Greetings!
The thing about doing a themed compilation (the Chilean mix of Q#89) is that
you get a backlog of tracks from a regular mix, so chopping things down for
this release was a bit of a pain! I hope you enjoy what is in store…
01)
Books of Love - Space Time: We need more science in music! We also need more
Katy Goodman, this song ticks both boxes. I’ll simply copy from the bandcamp
page which paints the picture “While hiking past the Griffith Observatory in
Los Angeles, friends Katy Goodman and Greta Morgan were struck with the idea to
record a song together: A song about physics and love, science and romance,
space and time. Have you ever felt the lovesick pain of falling for someone
from a different dimension? We have too.”.
02)
Grand Resort - Night is Dark: I saw this band support No Joy at Glasslands and
really enjoyed their set, they remind me a little bit of The Sound which can
only be good. Songwriter Andres Pichardo grew up in the Dominican Republic
before moving to the US and has since released a record called Vanguard Dreams, which I can’t seem to
find much about.
03)
The Drowners - Long Hair: Uncomplicated catchy indie-pop doesn’t come much more
refreshing than this, they have only released a few songs so far so it will be
interesting to see what else they put out.
04)
Pop Zeus - Devils in the Details: Sorry for the not-so-clear quality on this at
times, it’s from a cassette transfer. I’m a big fan of Pop Zeus and think he is
putting out the best power-pop around right now. Just listen and then go to the
bandcamp page http://popzeus.bandcamp.com/ “I
tried my best I really did”
05)
Parquet Courts - Borrowed Time: I got off to a weird start with this band
because I heard the record last year and thought it was ok, then earlier this
year I saw them live supporting The Men at the Bowery Ballroom and really
enjoyed them and re-examined the record which is actually really good. I guess
that happens sometimes… “I was up to my neck in motivation neglect
when I
felt soft waves of purpose crashing onto the surface. “
06)
Deerhunter - Dream Captain: It has seemed like an age waiting for Deerhunter to
follow up Halcyon Digest (released 3
years ago), but Monomania hit the
shelves in May and is a bit of an expected shift into dirty glam-rock which
takes you by surprise at first but for me made complete sense after a few
listens. I’m excited to be seeing them for the first time in September. “Could
you be, for me, what I see in you, Or would you give me wings so I could fly,
fly, or sink and die please!”
07)
Kurt Vile - KV Crimes: Wakin On a Pretty
Daze sounds like you would think based on the title, it’s a chilled out and
hazy record. I love the guitar sound on this song. Have seen Kurt perform twice
so far this year, one time just before the album came out and most recently at
the 4knots festival. “all right, what
now? that's fine, i think i'm ready to claim what's mine,
rightfully, yeah...”
rightfully, yeah...”
08)
The Disciplines – Emily: The Disciplines are a Norwegian rock band than feature
Ken Stringfellow of The Posies, who is one of my favourite songwriters. This is
taken from the second Disciplines record, Virgins
of Menace, released in 2011. I bought this at Ken’s solo show at the
Mercury Lounge earlier in the year.
09)
The Teen Age - Second Youth: The Teen Age are a new band from Brooklyn, I’ve
been following them fairly closely as they drip-feed their songs to the public,
this was the second one (out of three so far). I managed to catch the band do a
short set at Muchmore’s recently and really like what they’re doing, hopefully
they will have a full-blown release soon.
10)
The Yellow Dogs - This City: I was pretty blown away by The Yellow Dogs after I
saw them play at Glasslands with Sisu, their story is quite amazing, they are
from Iran where their music was deemed illegal. This post-punk/dance will get
your grooving.
11)
Cheatahs - The Swan: Those pining for some Swervedriver-esque shoegaze should
look no further. I just picked up Extended
Plays which combines the band’s two previous EPs.
12)
Meat Puppets - One More Drop: The Pups have released another fine album with Rat Farm. I managed to catch them at the
Mercury Lounge earlier in the year (they played two shows, I really should have
done both!) and played a great show. Long may they continue. “One more drop then I'm gonna stop it. Climb
back on a one-way rocket now ... rocket now”
13)
Teen – Electric: I finally got round to seeing Teen live earlier in the year,
supporting Memory Tapes (more on them
later) at Glasslands in February. This is from their debut EP, Little Doods, they have just recorded
another EP called Carolina (which I
have yet to hear).
14)
Fear of Men – Seer: Hailing from Brighton, I was a bit bummed to find out I had
just missed a show in New York in March (just before I heard of them) but
thankfully they just returned to play a free show at the South Street Seaport. The
band had released a few limited cassettes before compiling the best material
onto Early Fragments, they are about
to release a full length album this summer.
15)
Sisu - Two Thousand Hands: I featured
Light Eyes on Q#88, Sisu have since remastered
and officially released their EP (now called Light Eyes) and are set to put out an album later in the year.
16)
Memory Tapes - Thru the Field: After seeing Memory Tapes live, you have to
adjust somewhat to the studio output, which is more of a one-man electronic
project whereas the live experience is fleshed out with real drums, bass and
guitar. This is taken from the most recent release, Grace/Confusion.
17)
Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle - You Missed My Heart: I recently reviewed
this record for my blog so I suspect it will just be easier to link to that,
here you go: http://someothersuckersparade.blogspot.com/2013/05/mark-kozelek-and-jimmy-lavelle-perils.html to summarise, I really
like it! “I rattled off a list with
everything I missed, Like going to the movies with her, And the way she kissed
me. Driving into downtown Wheeling, Showing her off the back yard barbecues, And
reunions in the park, I said I missed her skin and she started laughing, And
while I clinched down on her wrist, She said thats quite a list, But there is
one thing you missed. You missed my heart, you missed my heart”
18)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito: This is the title-track from the band’s latest
album, which although solid, does not quite hit the heady heights of their
previous three wonderful albums. It does have some highlights, however,
including this song. I’ve seen the band twice this year and they are still a great
live band. “They can see you but you
can't see them, So are you gonna let them in? They're hiding underneath your
bed, Crawling between your legs, They're sticking it in your vein, Were you
itching when they called your name?”
19)
The Flaming Lips - Look... The Sun is Rising: The Terror sees the Flips exploring their more morbid musical side,
it is a record that has divided opinion as some claim it to be directionless
and droning, personally I do not think that at all, it is a beautiful record
with much more structure than people realise. I saw them recently in Prospect
Park on a beautiful sunny day, which was a bit at odds with their set but I
love them unconditionally. “Love is
always something, Something you should fear, When you really listen, Fear is
all you hear”
20)
The Men – Supermoon: Contender for album of the year (so far at least) is The
Men’s New Moon, which I also reviewed
on my blog here: http://someothersuckersparade.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-men-new-moon-album-bowery-ballroom.html I thought this was a
great closer and I ended up dropping a few tracks (and changing the Kurt Vile
tune to a shorter one) to make sure I could fit it on. This is just a riot.
And
there you have it, we are fully into summer here and New York is an amazing
place to be for all the free summer shows that go on. The heat and humidity may
be unbearable at times, however!
Until
next time
Peace
and love
- Q
