FMD: March 22, 2012

Apropos of nothing (other than listening yesterday): Is Fog's "Pneumonia" the best song to come out of Minneapolis since Purple Rain (and disallowing any later Prince)? Listen and decide for yourself (Lyrics contain profanities):
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WavKots-bK0
"The casserole was good and the drives were so nice. Welcome to the worst part of your life."
I'd also entertain notions that "Check Fraud" (vocal version) and "What-A-Day Day" by the same artist could be nominated, but by gum does that turntable solo kick ass and flip genres. Basically, it's a Neil Young-type ballad with record scratches for drums and guitar solo. I saw Broder play this once at First Ave, after I had become familiar with the album. I was mesmerized.

60 thoughts on “FMD: March 22, 2012”

  1. Jace Clayton (DJ /rupture) is releasing an album that remixes some of the minimalist piano works of Julius Eastman. You can listen to the album here (only available through the weekend).

    I liked it quite a bit.

  2. If intersted, Dawes at First Avenue this summer in July. Presale is at noon, password is stories.

    1. Electric Light Orchestra - "Evil Woman" - Face the Music*
    2. Led Zeppelin - "What Is and What Should Never Be" - Led Zeppelin II**
    3. Death Cab for Cutie - "The Employment Pages" - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes***
    4. Sufjan Stevens - "Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt From My Sandals As I Run" - Illinois
    5. Arcade Fire - "No Cars Go" - Neon Bible
    6. The Beatles - "Michelle" - Rubber Soul
    7. John Dungey - "I Got This" - The Sovereign, Part 1****
    8. Bloc Party - "Price of Gas" - Silent Alarm
    9. Son Volt - "Dust of Daylight" - American Central Dust
    T. Wilco - "Outta Mind (Outta Sight)" - Being There
    B. Prince - "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" - The Hits/The B-Sides

    *Now that's a great starter. I could always use more ELO.
    **This list has the potential to get cranked up to eleven.
    ***Eh, maybe not.
    ****Cousin of a really good friend of mine.

  3. Death By Troggles is starting another countdown today. Top 75 Studio Albums. Hopefully, people can follow along and find something new they like. And less than half of it is country. Really!

    Susie Q--Creedence Clearwater Revivial
    Another Heartbreak--Barenaked Ladies
    Who Made Who--AC/DC
    Nothin'--Alison Krauss & Robert Plant
    My Stupid Mouth--John Mayer
    Let'er Rip--The Gone Jackals
    Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
    Eye of the Zombie--John Fogerty
    Angel is a Centerfold--J Giles Band
    Jenny, Jenny--Little Richard

  4. The Holocene has been pumping out material for most of this year. The latest is Scars which is still using damaged tapes as it's source material, but this time with a more abrasive noise-oriented take instead of the ambient feel of his previous albums.

  5. 'Shine On' - The Kooks Konk
    'Walking With a Ghost' - The White Stripes Walking With a Ghost ep
    'Switchboard Susan' - Nick Lowe Labour of Lust
    'Rolling in the Deep' - Adele 21
    'Corona' - The Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime

    'Life By the Drop' - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
    'Maps' - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever To Tell
    'Stupid Girl' - Garbage Garbage
    'Use Ta Be My Girl' - The O'Jays The Essential O'Jays
    'The Chemicals Between Us' - Bush The Science of Things

  6. 1. Tori Amos “Cruel” From the Choirgirl Hotel*
    2. Nobukazu Takemura “Perch” 10th
    3. AMR “Mbeer 2 (radio edit)”* (Unreleased)
    4. Eric Copeland “Louie, Louie Louie” Limbo
    5. Eels “Susan's House” Beautiful Freak

    6. Tori Amos “Spark” From the Choirgirl Hotel
    7. Duoteque* “Blick” EP 1
    8. Colin Stetson* “Red Horse (Judges II) (live)” Live at Sala Rossa, Montreal QC, 10-02-2011
    9. Beck “F---in' with My Head (Mountain Dew Rock)” Mellow Gold
    T. Caitlin Rose “Coming Up” Own Side Now

    B. Blawan “Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage”* His He She & She

    *Notes:
    1. I've soured on a lot of Ms. Amos's stuff, but this album, particularly the singles, still impress me.
    3. Just the radio edit of Mbeer run through a reverb or phasing filter. I find it interesting but it's not really that different, so not worth sharing.
    7. Mid-Aughties "minimal" techno. I loved their song "Drug Queen".
    8. Driving HPR to Cub Scouts on Monday night, I had in a CD of Eric Copeland music, which HPR hadn't really heard before. Some he liked, some he didn't (that's cool enough, one song he didn't like at first, one of my favorites from the RGAG EP, he decided he liked by the end when as the song falls apart). On the way back, he wasn't interested in giving me his opinion on new music, so he asked "Can we listen to the saxophone guy instead?" 7 year old requesting Colin Stetson: how could I turn him down?
    B. Yeah, this should have gone on my "Best of 2012" List, as I suspected.

  7. 1. John Legend & The Roots – "Shine" – Wake Up!
    2. Rachael Yamagata – "I’m Going To Go Back There Someday" – Muppets: The Green Album
    3. Sonic Youth – "Antenna"– 89.3 The Current/ Live Current Vol. 8
    4. Tech N9ne Feat. Krizz Kaliko, Eric “Ezukuhl” Boone – "Alone" – Boiling Point (K.O.D Collection)
    5. Generationals – "Goose & Gander" – Actor Caster
    6. Dessa - "551" – Castor the Twin
    7. Death Cab for Cutie – "Your Heart is an Empty Room" – Plans
    8. Macklemore – "American" – The Unplanned Mixtape
    9. Buckshot LeFonque – "Some Cow Fonque (More Tea Vicar?)" – Men In Black: The Album
    10. Prof – "President" – King Gampo

  8. Apparently my music player has fallen pretty hard for one particular album.

    1. “Coming Up” Caitlin Rose Own Side Now
    2. “For the Rabbits” Caitlin Rose Own Side Now
    3. “That’s Alright” Caitlin Rose Own Side Now
    4. “Swansea” Joanna Newsom The Milk-Eyed Mender
    5. “Vampires in Blue Dresses” Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s The Dust of Retreat
    6. “Summersong” The Decemberists The Crane Wife
    7. “Laundry Room” The Avett Brothers I and Love and You
    8. “Snakes and Ladders” Basia Bulat Oh, My Darling
    9. “Aeroplane” T. Griffin Coraline The Sea Won’t Take Long
    10. “Own Side” Caitlin Rose Own Side Now

  9. My week has been fairly brutal, so why should my list be anything but?

    1. "Debra" - Beck - Midnite Vultures
    2. "Stand By Me" - Oasis - Be Here Now
    3. "Square One" - Coldplay - X&Y
    4. "We Didn't Start The Fire" - Billy Joel - Storm Front
    5. "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None The Richer - Sixpence None The Richer
    6. "Mr. Jones" - Counting Crows - August And Everything After
    7. "Hurt Feelings" - Flight Of The Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky
    8. "Weightless" - Nada Surf - Lucky
    9. "Let's Spend The Night Together" - The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons
    10. "Season Of The Witch" - Donovan - Sunshine Superman
    B. "Stickshifts And Safetybelts" - Cake - Fashion Nugget

  10. .

    01. Brainstorm - "Inside the Monster", Liquid Monster
    02. Judas Priest - "Worth Waiting For", Angel of Retribution
    03. Entombed - "Young Man Nihilist", Morning Star
    04. Overkill - "Solitude", Horrorscope
    05. Amon Amarth - "Down the Slopes of Death", Versus the World
    06. Grave Digger - "Demon's Day", Heart of Darkness
    07. Cage - "Hell Destroyer", Hell Destroyer
    08. Tool - "Swamp Song", Undertow
    09. Black Label Society - "Dirt on the Grave", Mafia
    10. The Haunted - "Trespass", Made Me Do It

    1. I do apologize, but it looks like none of these albums are going to make my countdown. Though, you and my step-dad would have a lot in common.

  11. .

    * Hand Covers Bruise - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Social Network Soundtrack **
    * Sex & Violence - Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4
    * Over and Out - Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
    * Take the Power Back - Rage Against the Machine - (self-titled)
    * 93 Ave. B Blues - Swans - The Seer
    * The Little Green Box (Landscape) - Hummingbird - Our Fearful Symmetry Remixes
    * Crush - Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
    * Not Falling - Mudvayne - The End of All Things to Come
    * Temporary Like Achilles - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
    * A Warm Place - Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

    ** I think this is the best song off either of the Reznor/Fincher soundtracks

  12. .
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    1. Funeral Fleet Foxes
    2. XO/The Host The Weeknd
    3. Dew In The Grass Sea Wolf
    4. I Won’t Give Up Jason Mraz
    5. Dull Life Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    6. Nothing To Cry About Toadies
    7. Street Talkin’ Slick Rick*
    8. When I Come Around Green Day
    9. Me & U Cassie
    10. Blue Ridge Mountains (Live) Fleet Foxes

    B. So Good At Being In Trouble Unknown Mortal Orchestra**

    *Featuring Outkast – wish I could claim to be hip, but owning Aquemini is the only reason this is in my collection.

    **Just stumbled across these guys – after one listen, I was hooked.
    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbt8oJTUlXw

  13. 1. Valentine's Day In Juarez - The Ike Reilly Assassination We Belong To The Staggering Evening
    2. King of All the World - Old 97's Alive and Wired
    3. 2:19 - Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
    4. We Dance Alone - Beck The Information
    5. Land Of Danger - Guided By Voices Forever Since Breakfast
    6. The Ballad Of Bad Whiskey - Boston Spaceships Let It Beard
    7. Cretin Hop - The Ramones Mania
    8. Livin For You - Al Green 14 Greatest Hits9
    9. I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley & The Wailers Legend
    10. Between The Bars - Elliott Smith Either/Or
    B1. June 16th - Minutemen Double Nickels On The Dime

        1. I had a Minutemen song this morning at home. I searched "Fog" and there was a Minutemen song right after Meat Puppets' "Confusion Fog"

  14. 2012? Did Spooky do today's Music post?

    1. "Old Yellow Bricks" - Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare
    2. "Low" - Silverchair Young Modern
    3. "Wipe the Clock" - Uncle Tupelo March 16-20, 1992
    4. "Oxford Comma" - Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
    5. "Warlock Psychologist" - Swan Lake Enemy Mine
    6. "A Different City" - Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica
    7. "Shesmovedon" - Porcupine Tree Deadwing
    8. "The Noose" - A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step
    9. "Cocainium" - Baroness Yellow & Green
    10. "I Turn My Camera On" - Spoon Gimme Fiction

    1. When "The Noose" gets to the "with your halo slipping down..." part, it's one of those songs that makes me want to self-inflict hearing damage. But in a good way.

    2. Is "Oxford Comma" as good as its title? Because the title gives me almost unspeakable joy.

      1. It's okay. Pretty standard indie pop. Probably not as astounding as the title should suggest.

        1. I'll second this opinion. Felt that way about all their stuff. Recently heard their new single though and it's significantly different from what they've done before. In a good way.

      2. "Oxford Comma" was like -5 on my list. (I start once I get into the office.)
        I was thinking I could comment that it's probably the least offensive use of the F-word I've come across.
        Also, despite DK and Phil minimizing it, it's probably among Vampy Week's five best songs. Plus it references Li'l Jon's "Get Low" while lamenting that she's picked a guy with more coal than him. A winner of a song in my book.

      1. Yr welcome. I wish Broder still made music like that, I tried to follow him after the second Fog album Ether Teeth but I didn't care for it at all.

  15. I don't know. Maybe I should raid the kids' iTunes accounts and get some new music on the device.

    01. Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams, Sr.
    02. I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman
    03. Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
    04. Every Time I Roll the Dice - Delbert McClinton
    05. Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
    06. Roll Gypsy Roll - Lynyrd Skynyrd
    07. Soulful Strut - Grover Washington, Jr.
    08. Black Country Woman - Led Zeppelin
    09. Back on Terra Firma - The Hellecasters
    10. Sonny's Blues - Sonny Terry, Willie Dixon & Johnny Winters

    Bonus Track: It Probably Always Will - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

    1. If this list is from your account, I'd say you're doing just fine. Good stuff from 1 - 10+.

  16. Couldn't sleep last night and followed a random string of links to the following video. I wish it went on for twice as long.

    httpv://youtu.be/w7fxHk0NjZw
    Dinosaur Jr, Alone (with Kurt Vile, Al Cisneros, Kyle Spence)

    1. I remember the early days of the internet when every random string of links led to a lesbian chat room.

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