Note to self: Check out Mitski, a possible new entrant to the WGOM Musical canon.
52 thoughts on “FMD: Feb 20”
a. Brown Creeper “Song” (Cornell Master Set)
1. Kode9 + the SpaceApe “Autumn Has Come” Killing Season EP
2. Possessed by Paul James “I Came Around”* While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Artists b. Ring-billed Gull “Calls” (Stokes Guide Bonus Disc)
3. Sharon Van Etten “You Know Me Well” Are We There
4. Lydia Loveless “Paid”* The Only Man
5. Nine Inch Nails “Closer to God” Closer to God
c. Gyrfalcon* “Chup and Chatter Calls” (Cornell Master Set)
6. Low “Monkey (Original Album Version)”* Tonight the Monkeys Die
7. Lydia Loveless “Entire Set” Live at the 7th Street Entry, April 24, 2014 d. Long-eared Owl “Hoots and Calls” (Jean C. Roche's "All the bird songs of Britain and Europe")
8. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy “No Bad News” The Letting Go
9. Kelis “Rumble (Actress Sixinium Bootleg Mix)”* Food Remixes
T. Eric Copeland “Krankendudel” Waco Taco Combo
E. Tricky vs. the Gravediggaz “Psychosis”* Hell EP
*Notes:
Overall, I'm skipping a bunch of birds. This is a compromise with myself.
2. Murder By Death cover.
4. This is probably the best song on this first album. This or "Things I Do", but I think the arrangement/recording of this song matches the song's spirit a bit. There's a mismatch between the direct, unexcited lyrics and the banjo-and-steel Nashville sheen behind her.
c. Someone's been seeing a Gyr in Superior, Wisconsin, if anyone's feeling a twitch.
6. Favorite Low song? In contention. I joked honestly on twitter that they grabbed me with the songs about Christmas and kept me with the songs about murder and killing. Mmmm... so many good songs about violence. Now I want to hear Palace Songs' "You Will Miss Me When I Burn", which has got to be the world's prettiest song about hate.
9. Meh. I like Actress and love Kelis, but this sucks the energy out of this song.
E. "Space trace the alien."
Ooooh, AMR, you are very lucky you made that your FMD comment. I had been planning to threaten to email you snippets of Mitski lyrics at random intervals as further incentive to check her out. Yeah, that wouldn’t be creepy at all.
all of this turbulence wasn't forecasted
apologies from the intercom
and I am relieved that I'd left my room tidy
they'll think of me kindly
when they come for my things
Now, at 15, some people are grown up
Have minds of their own
But me, I was a child
I was a piece of clay those days
I could have been molded by anyone
I was a good kid, just that
I could have been molded by anyone
I've had her in the new music mix this week. Mitski, Sleater-Kinney, Elle King - kind of a strong female week. Newly discovered The Lone Bellow and Belle & Sebastian's latest provide some balance.
The third lyric you posted is I think when I totally fell head over heels for her. I completely relate.
My biggest problem is that I got all three of her albums at once, but I've been so taken by Bury Me at Make Out Creek that I haven't even dipped into the other two yet.
I have the exact same problem.
Was not aware of the existence of Lush. Just snagged it from Amazon.
* Bird Is Broke (Won't Sing) - Indian Jewelry - Free Gold!**
* I Wish I Was a Girl - Counting Crows - This Desert Life
* His Teeth Did Brightly Shine - Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 2
* Mushroom Men - Les Claypool - Of Fungi and Foe
* Breed - Nirvana - Live at Reading
* People are People - A Perfect Circle - eMOTIVe***
* Going Wrong - Planningtorock - W
* Uncertainty in Copenhagen - Hummingbird - Our Fearful Symmetry
* Okay, Let's Talk About Magic - Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
* Atlas - Monolake - Atlas
** I can only assume this title was chosen solely for the purpose of making the album difficult to google.
*** This album always makes me sad. I bought it for "Passive" only to find that everything else on it is terrible.
I liked Alison Mosshart in The Kills and The Dead Weather, so I guess it's no surprise that I liked her with Gang of Four
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ4dW6KKrao
01. “Black Moon Spell” – King Tuff – Black Moon Spell
02. “Kathy’s Song (live)” – Simon & Garfunkel – Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits
03. “Obnoxious” – Hüsker Dü – Everything Falls Apart
04. “Lost In My Mind” – The Head And The Heart – The Head And The Heart
05. “Baby I’m Yours” – Breakbot – By Your Side
06. “Alfonso Muskedunder” – Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
07. “Snow Days” – Real Estate – Real Estate
08. “But Then Again No” – Shout Out Louds – Very Loud
09. “Cry Cry Cry” – Martin Sexton – Wonder Bar
10. “God Will Dry My Weeping Eyes” – Horace Family – Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
Lagunitas party this year has Charles Bradley and the Heartless Bastards both. I've already RSVP'd. That lineup and beer, all for free.
1. The Shins - "Pressed in a Book" - Oh, Inverted World
2. Damon Albarn - "Everyday Robots" - Everyday Robots
3. A Silent Film - "Cuckoo Song" - Sand & Snow
4. Dido - "Isobel" - No Angel
5. Yo La Tengo - "Stockholm Syndrome" - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
6. Radiohead - "The Tourist" - OK Computer
7. Bob Dylan - "Wedding Song" - Planet Waves
8. Queens of the Stone Age - "The Sky is Fallin'" - Songs for the Deaf
9. Neutral Milk Hotel - "Holland, 1945" - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea*
10. Oasis - "Cast No Shadow" - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
B. Billy Bragg and Wilco - "California Stars" - Mermaid Avenue : The Complete Sessions
My favorite Mermaid Avenue song.
Dude, I think that's everybody's favorite MA song.
I didn't say it was a unique opinion 😉
the WGOM Musical canon
Is this like the Half-baked Hall for music? What is currently a part of WGOM canon (aside from James Taylor?)
(Not a comprehensive list) Definites:
Lydia Loveless
Sharon Van Etten
"No Pussy Blues" by Grinderman (only that song)
We're fans, but maybe everyone else is, too?
Johnny Cash
Radiohead (Maybe our fandom has faded, mine never existed)
Possibles:
the Hold Steady (I feel I'm an outlier in not being a big fan.)
Ha Ha Tonka (I'm biased)
the Rolling Stones (emeritus, the first "house band" of the WGOM in the old basement)
the Faces (I'm sure this is a stretch)
Joanna Newsome
Heatseekers:
Mitski
Drive By Truckers
Bobby Bare Jr.
Running gags:
James Taylor
Fiery Furnaces
the SHAT
I forgot Wilco. You guys all like Wilco, right?
Yeah, there was a lot of Wilco love, especially back in the old basement. Sturgill Simpson has got to be a Heatseeker.
You guys all like Wilco, right?
you forgot the hashtag meatbait.
Dido is a running gag.
F--- Buttons, Colin Stetson, and Arvo Pärt are possibles.
Definites:
"No Pussy Blues" by Grinderman (only that song)
Lydia Loveless
Sturgill Simpson
Sharon Van Etten
We're fans, but maybe everyone else is, too?
Johnny Cash Pet Sounds
Radiohead (Maybe our fandom has faded, mine never existed)
Neil Young
Possibles:
the Faces (I'm sure this is a stretch)
Ha Ha Tonka (I'm biased)
the Hold Steady (I feel I'm an outlier in not being a big fan.)
Joanna Newsome
the Rolling Stones (emeritus, the first "house band" of the WGOM in the old basement)
Wilco
Heatseekers:
Arvo Pärt
Bobby Bare Jr.
Drive By Truckers
F--- Buttons
Mitski
Colin Stetson
Running gags:
Deerhoof
Dido
Fiery Furnaces
Mumford & Sons
the SHAT
James Taylor
Sturgill goes straight to canon.
I demand a recount on Sharon Van Etten.
Really? Fine.
1, 2, 3, 4.
She still has four votes and gets in.
Did we establish a quorum?
Maybe I need to talk to Beau about how to do votes.
where are the replacements in this list???!?!?!?!?
I feel like Angel Olsen should be somewhere on this list.
I noticed that, too.
THE NATIONAL
*nods emphatically*
Were the Hitman here today, he would no doubt stand in solidarity with me against the blasphemous nonsense being spouted about the Furnaces.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BTceU65JIs
and for the inclusion of the Hold Steady.
Heh.
I've thoroughly listened to the first two Hold Steady albums, and I'm sure it keeps getting better after this, right?
TMBG
Epica?
I think that's the only band I'm into that has garnered relatively universal approval.
1. Crush -- Smashing Pumpkins -- Gish
2. Like I Do -- Guided By Voices -- Forever Since Breakfast
3. Highway Patrolman -- Bruce Springsteen -- Nebraska
4. Don't Worry About The Government -- Talking Heads -- The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads
5. Forest Serenade -- The Joy Formidable -- Wolf's Law
6. Young Man Blues -- The Who -- Live At Leeds
7. Adrenaline Nightshift -- Japandroids -- Celebration Rock
8. You And Whose Army? -- Radiohead -- Amnesiac
9. It's Too Bad -- The Jam -- All The Mod Cons
10. The Stars Of Track And Field -- Belle & Sebastian -- If You're Feeling Sinister
B1. In Walked Bud -- Thelonious Monk -- Genius Of Modern Music
B2. Deadend Street -- The Kinks -- The Kink Kronikles
a. Brown Creeper “Song” (Cornell Master Set)
1. Kode9 + the SpaceApe “Autumn Has Come” Killing Season EP
2. Possessed by Paul James “I Came Around”* While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Artists
b. Ring-billed Gull “Calls” (Stokes Guide Bonus Disc)
3. Sharon Van Etten “You Know Me Well” Are We There
4. Lydia Loveless “Paid”* The Only Man
5. Nine Inch Nails “Closer to God” Closer to God
c. Gyrfalcon* “Chup and Chatter Calls” (Cornell Master Set)
6. Low “Monkey (Original Album Version)”* Tonight the Monkeys Die
7. Lydia Loveless “Entire Set” Live at the 7th Street Entry, April 24, 2014
d. Long-eared Owl “Hoots and Calls” (Jean C. Roche's "All the bird songs of Britain and Europe")
8. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy “No Bad News” The Letting Go
9. Kelis “Rumble (Actress Sixinium Bootleg Mix)”* Food Remixes
T. Eric Copeland “Krankendudel” Waco Taco Combo
E. Tricky vs. the Gravediggaz “Psychosis”* Hell EP
*Notes:
Overall, I'm skipping a bunch of birds. This is a compromise with myself.
2. Murder By Death cover.
4. This is probably the best song on this first album. This or "Things I Do", but I think the arrangement/recording of this song matches the song's spirit a bit. There's a mismatch between the direct, unexcited lyrics and the banjo-and-steel Nashville sheen behind her.
c. Someone's been seeing a Gyr in Superior, Wisconsin, if anyone's feeling a twitch.
6. Favorite Low song? In contention. I joked honestly on twitter that they grabbed me with the songs about Christmas and kept me with the songs about murder and killing. Mmmm... so many good songs about violence. Now I want to hear Palace Songs' "You Will Miss Me When I Burn", which has got to be the world's prettiest song about hate.
9. Meh. I like Actress and love Kelis, but this sucks the energy out of this song.
E. "Space trace the alien."
Ooooh, AMR, you are very lucky you made that your FMD comment. I had been planning to threaten to email you snippets of Mitski lyrics at random intervals as further incentive to check her out. Yeah, that wouldn’t be creepy at all.
I've had her in the new music mix this week. Mitski, Sleater-Kinney, Elle King - kind of a strong female week. Newly discovered The Lone Bellow and Belle & Sebastian's latest provide some balance.
The third lyric you posted is I think when I totally fell head over heels for her. I completely relate.
My biggest problem is that I got all three of her albums at once, but I've been so taken by Bury Me at Make Out Creek that I haven't even dipped into the other two yet.
I have the exact same problem.
Was not aware of the existence of Lush. Just snagged it from Amazon.
* Bird Is Broke (Won't Sing) - Indian Jewelry - Free Gold!**
* I Wish I Was a Girl - Counting Crows - This Desert Life
* His Teeth Did Brightly Shine - Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 2
* Mushroom Men - Les Claypool - Of Fungi and Foe
* Breed - Nirvana - Live at Reading
* People are People - A Perfect Circle - eMOTIVe***
* Going Wrong - Planningtorock - W
* Uncertainty in Copenhagen - Hummingbird - Our Fearful Symmetry
* Okay, Let's Talk About Magic - Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
* Atlas - Monolake - Atlas
** I can only assume this title was chosen solely for the purpose of making the album difficult to google.
*** This album always makes me sad. I bought it for "Passive" only to find that everything else on it is terrible.
I liked Alison Mosshart in The Kills and The Dead Weather, so I guess it's no surprise that I liked her with Gang of Four
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ4dW6KKrao
01. “Black Moon Spell” – King Tuff – Black Moon Spell
02. “Kathy’s Song (live)” – Simon
& Garfunkel– Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits03. “Obnoxious” – Hüsker Dü – Everything Falls Apart
04. “Lost In My Mind” – The Head And The Heart – The Head And The Heart
05. “Baby I’m Yours” – Breakbot – By Your Side
06. “Alfonso Muskedunder” – Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
07. “Snow Days” – Real Estate – Real Estate
08. “But Then Again No” – Shout Out Louds – Very Loud
09. “Cry Cry Cry” – Martin Sexton – Wonder Bar
10. “God Will Dry My Weeping Eyes” – Horace Family – Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
Lagunitas party this year has Charles Bradley and the Heartless Bastards both. I've already RSVP'd. That lineup and beer, all for free.
1. The Shins - "Pressed in a Book" - Oh, Inverted World
2. Damon Albarn - "Everyday Robots" - Everyday Robots
3. A Silent Film - "Cuckoo Song" - Sand & Snow
4. Dido - "Isobel" - No Angel
5. Yo La Tengo - "Stockholm Syndrome" - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
6. Radiohead - "The Tourist" - OK Computer
7. Bob Dylan - "Wedding Song" - Planet Waves
8. Queens of the Stone Age - "The Sky is Fallin'" - Songs for the Deaf
9. Neutral Milk Hotel - "Holland, 1945" - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea*
10. Oasis - "Cast No Shadow" - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
*Colbert's last song
Forgot:
B. Billy Bragg and Wilco - "California Stars" - Mermaid Avenue : The Complete Sessions
My favorite Mermaid Avenue song.
Dude, I think that's everybody's favorite MA song.
I didn't say it was a unique opinion 😉
Is this like the Half-baked Hall for music? What is currently a part of WGOM canon (aside from James Taylor?)
(Not a comprehensive list)
Definites:
Lydia Loveless
Sharon Van Etten
"No Pussy Blues" by Grinderman (only that song)
We're fans, but maybe everyone else is, too?
Johnny Cash
Radiohead (Maybe our fandom has faded, mine never existed)
Possibles:
the Hold Steady (I feel I'm an outlier in not being a big fan.)
Ha Ha Tonka (I'm biased)
the Rolling Stones (emeritus, the first "house band" of the WGOM in the old basement)
the Faces (I'm sure this is a stretch)
Joanna Newsome
Heatseekers:
Mitski
Drive By Truckers
Bobby Bare Jr.
Running gags:
James Taylor
Fiery Furnaces
the SHAT
I forgot Wilco. You guys all like Wilco, right?
Yeah, there was a lot of Wilco love, especially back in the old basement. Sturgill Simpson has got to be a Heatseeker.
You guys all like Wilco, right?
you forgot the hashtag meatbait.
Dido is a running gag.
F--- Buttons, Colin Stetson, and Arvo Pärt are possibles.
Deerhoof, yo.
Yo.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8WaAcu3SlY&list=PLGKnHoYwsT1yLBa-N5hwIsE9iWp1idJdM
How do I insert that Mumford gif?
Rad list.
Not a band name, but maybe it should be?
don't forget "I'm with Neil." It wasn't just about yickit.
no love for Strategery
argh. I guessed and guessed wrong.
also, the SHAT a gag!!!111one111!!!????
I...I...I'm...I'm APPALLED at this mischaracterization of North America's Greatest Living Entertainer!
There you go again...
Sturgill goes straight to canon.
I demand a recount on Sharon Van Etten.
Really? Fine.
1, 2, 3, 4.
She still has four votes and gets in.
Did we establish a quorum?
Maybe I need to talk to Beau about how to do votes.
where are the replacements in this list???!?!?!?!?
I feel like Angel Olsen should be somewhere on this list.
I noticed that, too.
THE NATIONAL
*nods emphatically*
Were the Hitman here today, he would no doubt stand in solidarity with me against the blasphemous nonsense being spouted about the Furnaces.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BTceU65JIs
and for the inclusion of the Hold Steady.
Heh.
I've thoroughly listened to the first two Hold Steady albums, and I'm sure it keeps getting better after this, right?
TMBG
Epica?
I think that's the only band I'm into that has garnered relatively universal approval.
1. Crush -- Smashing Pumpkins -- Gish
2. Like I Do -- Guided By Voices -- Forever Since Breakfast
3. Highway Patrolman -- Bruce Springsteen -- Nebraska
4. Don't Worry About The Government -- Talking Heads -- The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads
5. Forest Serenade -- The Joy Formidable -- Wolf's Law
6. Young Man Blues -- The Who -- Live At Leeds
7. Adrenaline Nightshift -- Japandroids -- Celebration Rock
8. You And Whose Army? -- Radiohead -- Amnesiac
9. It's Too Bad -- The Jam -- All The Mod Cons
10. The Stars Of Track And Field -- Belle & Sebastian -- If You're Feeling Sinister
B1. In Walked Bud -- Thelonious Monk -- Genius Of Modern Music
B2. Deadend Street -- The Kinks -- The Kink Kronikles