EAR FARM checks in with the Elbo.ws top 10

Hello again...hello. EAR FARM coming back at you with the trusty regularly scheduled Monday visit to Elbo.ws to check out what all of you music blog readers are listening to. Is it good? Does it suck? Please let it suck so I can use this forum to make fun of the music you're downloading and thus make everyone laugh at the follies of our collective compulsive music obsession.

"Ohhh, look at me. I'm making people happy. I'm the magical man from Happyland, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane."

Elbo.ws top 10 'hot' artists - 18 September 2006 @ 4pm EST

TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me" is getting stuck in my head without permission rather often lately. Their new album as a whole is just as fantastic as you've heard. Definitely makes sense that TV on the Radio is tops here.

Listen:
"Wolf Like Me" (via Thepunkguy)

Grizzly Bear - Another widely acclaimed album which is just about as good as you've been reading. Are you going to check them out on their big fall tour? You should. That way you'll feel a personal connection with the band, and the album, when you come across Grizzly Bear on 10-12 year end best album lists. I challenge you to listen to this song here and NOT be impressed.

Listen: "On a Neck, on a Spit" (via Grizzly Bear's site)

Junior Boys - They just released a new album, yes? I bought the last one from them and found myself unable to get into it no matter how much I tried, yes? This makes no sense given that my tastes can tend towards synth/electro-pop at times, therefore I'll give them another chance, yes? The song "In The Morning" makes me want to make-out with a trust-a-farian on a dance floor in the West Village, yes?

Listen: "In The Morning" (via Puddlegum)

Sufjan Stevens - Blah blah blah, this dude has more and more great songs coming out and is a genius. It sucks when an artist's musical greatness becomes boring simply because there's just too much of it being produced and thus being talked about. Does it degrade the value of their work for Woody Allen and Bob Dylan to put out sooo darn many new films and albums? I think so.

Listen: "Sister Winter" (via Bows + Arrows)

Teddybears - Teddybears gots buzzzz! I heard that the super-cool DJ dude from EAR FARM even played this one song of theirs during his "set" at Friction. Ya? Ya. Fun time!

Listen: "Yours to Keep" (Annie Mix) (via You Ain't No Picasso)

The Rapture - The Rapture's new album Pieces of the People We Love is pretty good but didn't hit home like I hoped it would. Maybe it'll grow on me? Maybe so and maybe not. Tell you what though...it's a HELL of a lot more difficult to karaoke Blondie's song "Rapture" than you might think. Try it and get back to me.

Listen: "Pieces of the People We Love" (via Fluxblog)

Of Montreal - Why are these guys showing up...ohhh, I see. Because some tracks for their 2007 release Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? have leaked. Well, I'll leave it up to you to find them. From me you'll get an average cover of the Velvet Underground song "I’m Beginning to See the Light".

Listen: "I’m Beginning to See the Light" (via The Muso)

The Long Winters - I really like this song. Why should I attempt to write about it when Hannah's already done so so very well? "...it strikes Roderick's best songwriting, the sort where you lose for a moment whose thoughts he's even narrating, but it's more striking for the confusion...the lyrics and music work because the singing becomes its own wall of sound; it's more immediate than all that winding and tinkering and producing, without making this great song so hard to find underneath the clutter. It's emotive in a way that you find for yourself and isn't handed to you. And clean, too, like the voice itself."

Listen: "Pushover" (via Marathonpacks, where you can read the rest of Hannah's review)

The Flaming Lips - A story of stupidity. Once, in 1999, I left a fantastic opportunity to see The Flaming Lips at The Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill simply because I had gone to the show to see Sebadoh and Robyn Hitchcock, who played before The Lips. I was happily impressed by Cornelius as the opener so once all three of these bands finished their sets I took off. I figured...after such excellent bands, who wants to see that silly band who did that 'Don't Use Jelly' song?

Listen: "If I Only Had A Brain" (via (((withoutsound))))

Xiu Xiu - This band's okay by me. No, better than that. I think I like what they do with their music a lot more than I admit to myself. They exist in that special place where experimental rock and haunting soundscapes intersect. Cripes, I forgot that they just had a new record come out this past Tuesday. Best go back to the record store today!

Listen: "Boy Soprano" (via Kill Rock Stars)

Goes Cube @ Cake Shop, 16 September 2006

You may feel like I've already said so much about Goes Cube that I might not have anything left to say but that's not going to stop me. I mean, you're not listening to them yet are you?! (if you are, you can skip ahead to the next paragraph) Were you there with me at Cake Shop this past Saturday? No? Shame on you. I'll tell you this much: I brought with me three (three) peoples new to the Goes Cube experience and every single one of them left happy, fully rocked, and impressed by Goes Cube. And this didn't surprise me in the least. They're just one of those bands who I'd Pepsi challenge any indie-rock fan to check out because I'm fairly certain they're not going to disappoint in a live setting. If I were to write a promo line for them I'd say something like "regardless of what your specific favorite brand of indie-rock is I'll bet you find yourself having a good time at a Goes Cube show"...or..."if you're like me and you love having your tits rocked off in a live setting then look no further than Goes Cube"...or..."music lover loves loud live music, music lover loves face-melting three-piece rock, music lover loves Goes Cube".

So, Goes Cube has gone and recorded even MORE new songs since the last time I saw them. I was aware of this (the band sent me a link to one of the songs which you can hear below) and couldn't wait to hear some new stuff at the show on Saturday; heck it was one of the main reasons I set my Saturday night plans around Goes Cube's 9:00 time slot. The new songs definitely did not disappoint but it was the newest of the new that really caught my ear. The final song (was it "Goes Cube Song 37"?) they played was brand-brand new, David told us so right before they played it. He also mentioned that it's not about what we'd think it was about. I'm not so sure about that...but either way the song cut right to the core. It was blistering and perfect. Sometimes there exist songs that (for the artist) are about one thing and then can almost be about anything else that the listener would like because such basic feelings are touched upon in the mood, the energy, of the track. These are the songs that turn out to be perfect for so many different people in so many different situations. The last song of their set was just such a song. I need it. I need to listen to it with headphones on. Badly. To hear what I'm talking about I suggest you go see Goes Cube on Tuesday the 26th @ Sin-é and demand to hear "Goes Cube Song 37". Otherwise, you can check out another of their new songs below and even more on MySpace.

Listen:
"Goes Cube Song 34"

Visit Goes Cube on MySpace.

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Weekend Live Music

Band of Horses live @ the Capital Hill Block Party, Seattle, WA, 28 July 2006
(photo, from this show, from HERE)

1. Introduction from Block Party MC
2. "The Great Salt Lake"
3. "Weed Party"
4. "Wicked Gil"
5. "No One"
6. "Monsters"
7. "Part One"
8. "The First Song"
9. "Our Swords"
10. "The Funeral"
11. "Waiting On A Friend" (Rolling Stones)

*thanks to OasisDouglas for this recording.

Past EAR FARM Weekend Live Music has included live songs/sets by Sublime, Spoon, Ween, The Unicorns, My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Sufjan Stevens, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sonic Youth, Explosions in the Sky, The Smiths, Morphine, Talking Heads, The Stone Roses, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Pulp, The Decemberists, Blur, Nine Inch Nails, Johnny Cash, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Led Zeppelin, Islands, Echo and the Bunnymen, Morrissey, The Durutti Column, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Giant Drag, Tool, Polvo, Mazzy Star, Meat Puppets, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Nouvelle Vague, Built To Spill, Thelonious Monk Quartet, Liars, Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Unicorns, Madonna, The Feelies, Ryan Adams, The Fall, The Roots, and Fugazi.

Each week one of these live shows will be removed to make room on the server. Get them while you can.

FRICTION: A Brief Smile, Femme Generation, Takka Takka, Annuals - 14 Sept 2006

Free Sparks. No. Free Sparks. NO. FREE SPARKS! Okay, actually, I'll have three of them please. Why? Why? Meh, free. Baaad decision. Thankfully I had the good sense to cut myself off after three of those sugary mind scramblers but the damage was done. Still, I'm not yet convinced that Sparks doesn't help make seeing bands more fun. What am I talking about? Seeing A Brief Smile, Femme Generation, Takka Takka, and Annuals last night at Friction was fun because they all ROCKED!

A Brief Smile were first up. I mentioned them briefly back in April but never got a chance to check out their live show. What I dig about this band is where I sense they draw influence from, namely the rocking side of shoegaze. Building from slow beginnings their songs tend to explode by the end...reminded me of The Walkmen. Listen - “Kitchen Floor”

Next up was Toronto's Femme Generation. I knew nothing of this band going into the show but now I find myself wanting to know so much more. What are their likes and dislikes? Walks on the beach at dusk? Me too! They brought infectious enthusiasm and an obvious desire to force people to move their feet, something I find surprisingly lacking at many rock shows I go to. Streamers, confetti, a trombone, the 'woo oh oh oh oh ooohs' in "Semper Fi, Little Guy", and this certain je ne sais quoi that made me think of Jane's Addiction (not their sound, but just something) and late '80s LA fun...I loved it. Listen - “Semper Fi, Little Guy”

Takka Takka will rock ya rock ya. That's my new slogan I'll be pitching to them for t-shirts. Funny thing is, it's not like they're out to Mötley Crüe-rock your socks off each time they take the stage but more like they're there to deliver their unique and honest brand of rock & roll as best they can so that you'll have no option but to end up loving them. See, Takka Takka rules the school and when they're finished with you and you pause to evaluate the show you'll think to yourself "wow, they were awesome! Takka Takka rocked my world and I didn't even know until it was too late! why wasn't I dancing?!" Or maybe that's just unique to what happened to me, but I'm very happy I got to see them for a second time last night. This time I was ready for their late '70s/early '80s indie inspired stylings and wasn't disappointed. Now, can we earfarmers please get together and convince them that they totally should cover "Enola Gay"?! I suggest you check them out this fall on their big tour with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Architecture In Helsinki and yell "OMD, OMD!" until they finally give in. Listen - “They Built You Up Too Fast” (live)

As much as I already loved Takka Takka, it was my hometown's current hot band that I was most excited to see last night. Yes, members of Annuals hail from Raleigh, NC just like I do. Yes, I talked to them about this and the guitarist Kenny and I even bonded over having some of the same high school teachers but what does any of THAT matter? It doesn't. What matters is that I first heard of these guys a month and a half ago and they're already blowing up (in an indie sense, obv). I got their debut album from Ace Fu and was floored. I'm not joshing. When I picked myself up off the floor I got all super excited because I realized I was going to be DJing their show here...this one I'm writing about. I mean, with a sound that falls someplace between Arcade Fire and Animal Collective, who wouldn't be excited?! The immediate question was: yeah, but how do they sound live? Early reports I read were mixed. Some people trashed their appearance at SxSW. Stupid people. Wait, I take that back. I wasn't there so I don't know but...no, I don't take that back, those people are probably pretty stupid...but I'd imagine some nerves and inexperience could lead to a shaky performance or two. Plus, with so many members (six) it's probably tough sometimes to get everyone on the same page. Right? All of that is to say that I went into their set last night hoping for the best but kind of wary and ready for anything. Almost anything. Turns out I was NOT ready to be so thoroughly impressed by Annuals. From the very first song they erupted. (No no, not like Van Halen "Eruption"...sheesh, why's your mind all hair-metal today?) They burst into the room with their near-perfect song "Brother" and never looked back. All six members were perfectly tight, perfectly loose and perfectly together: Kenny on guitar, Mike on bass, Anna on keys, Nick and Zack on drums, Adam on keys/vocals/sometimes drums...any one of them on their own would surely stand up as a high quality musician but all together they sounded like they were leading a tribal indie-rock invocation of the god of sound. You can expect David Byrne to be checking out their live show rather soon. Me? I'ma go see them again tonight. Oh the drums! I just can't get enough! Listen - “Brother”

Unfortunately I couldn't get any pictures of my own last night (when I find some elsewhere online I'll link to them here) because I was "on the 1s and 0s" all night pretending to be a DJ. If you're interested you can check out my DJ set below and I'll see you guys tonight at the Annuals show at Northsix!

EAR FARM DJ set from FRICTION:
"You Got Your Bones To Make A Beat" - Cloud Cult
"Mute Witness" - Morrissey
"Fools Gold" - The Stone Roses vs. Grooveride
"Kansas" - The Wedding Present
"Not Fazed" - Ride
--
"Remember Me" - British Sea Power
"Wolf Like Me" - TV On The Radio
"Lenny Valentino" - The Auteurs
"Head On" - The Jesus & Mary Chain
"Visions Of The Concorde" - The Unsacred Hearts
"No New Tale To Tell" - Love and Rockets
"50's Parking" - Tapes 'n Tapes
"Very Ape" - Nirvana
"Globe Alone" - Blur
"Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken" - Camera Obscura
"Moi Je Joue" - Brigitte Bardot
"Hollywood Bowl" - Fleeing New York
--
"Baby" - Imperial Teen
"Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've Fallen in Love With)" - Buzzcocks
"The Blood" - The Cure
"Enola Gay" - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
"But Not Tonight" - Depeche Mode
"Thank You For Sending Me An Angel" - Talking Heads
"People Taking Pictures Of Each Other" - The Kinks
"Blue Boy" - Orange Juice
"She's Not There" - Zombies
"Rock And Roll" - The Velvet Underground
--
"We Are The Sleepyheads" - Belle & Sebastian
"Flower" - Deerhoof
"The Only Place I Can Look Is Down" - The Bishops
"I Was Born (A Unicorn)" - Unicorns
"A.D.T." - Lo-Fi-Fnk
"Yours To Keep" (Annie Mix) - Teddybears

8+

“Haunted When the Minutes Drag" by Love and Rockets which clocks in at 8:03

There are no rules here. No guideline as to length or methodology or anything. As such, my goal today is to maximize efficiency and not talk your eyes off again. There's been enough of that lately here in 8+land. How inconsiderate of me to take up so much of your free time by forcing you to read about these long songs I love and the stories that go with them. Well today I'll let you off easy with one of my favorite songs of the '80s and a very brief write-up about it. I could tell you a personal story about this song, about me and a girl (go figure), but then you might get to thinking that that's all this 8+ feature is about. It's not. It's about the music. And some of the lyrics to this very song tell you all you need to know about this here particular music...

So this is for when you feel happy
And this is for when you feel sad
And this is for when you feel...
Nothing

(clock picture from HERE)

Buy Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven HERE on Amazon.

EAR FARM's 8+ is a weekly feature that showcases songs longer than 8 minutes. In the recent past these songs were featured on EF's 8+:
British Sea Power - "Lately"
Islands - "Swans"
Isolée - "Pillowtalk"
Animal Collective - "Banshee Beat"
Wilderness - "Post Plethoric Rhetoric"
The Wedding Present - "Interstate 5"
Sleater-Kinney - "Let's Call It Love"
My Morning Jacket - "Dondante"
Wilco - "Spiders (Kidsmoke)"
Isis - "From Sinking"
Lemon Jelly - "A Tune For Jack"
Herbie Hancock - "Sly"
New Order - "Temptation"
Polvo - "El Rocio"
Pulp - "Countdown"
Morrissey - "The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils"
Dungen - "Du är för fin för mig"
Loose Fur - "Wreckroom"
The Who - "A Quick One, While He's Away"
Destroyer - "Rubies"
Neu! - "Fuer Immer (forever)"
Iggy Pop - "Mass Production"
The Cure - "Fascination Street" (Extended Mix)
Yo La Tengo - "Let's Be Still"
George Michael - "I Want Your Sex, Pts. 1 &2"
Digital Underground - "Doowutchyalike"
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - "1% Of One"
Big Brother & the Holding Company - "Ball And Chain"
The Stone Roses - "I Am The Resurrection"
DJ Shadow - "Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - “Cowgirl in the Sand”
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Sir Psycho Sexy”
Newcleus - “Jam On It”
Aarktica - “Song For A Free Williamsburg”
Bob Marley & The Wailers - “Exodus” (1984 12" Mix)
Charalambides - “Two Birds"
Explosions In The Sky - "Memorial"
Rush - “2112"

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EAR FARM: Name That Tune - WINNER!

Hooray! We have our first winner of EAR FARM's Name That Tune!

Our winner correctly identified the following bits of songs:

#1 - NameThatTuneTwo - Song One = CSS - "This Month, Day 10"

#2 - NameThatTuneTwo - Song Two = Man Man - "Van Helsing Boombox"

#3 - NameThatTuneTwo - Song Three = Annuals - "Dry Clothes"

As a result she will win TWO albums (on CD, brand new and unopened) of her choice from the list on the side over there of EF's Favorite albums of 2006 (so far). Stay tuned for another round of EAR FARM's Name That Tune next month with three new songs and MORE prizes!

EAR FARM interviews Lou Barlow and Jason Lowenstein from Sebadoh

In 1991 Sebadoh released Sebadoh III and the album, the band, helped lay the foundation for everything "indie" that has come since. On the record the three members of the band (Lou Barlow, Eric Gaffney, and Jason Loewenstein) traded instruments and song-writing duties and created one of the great albums of the '90s. A month ago Domino released a fantastic remastered version of the album with a bonus disc of extra tracks and I was offered the chance to interview Jason and Lou.

EAR FARM: Hey guys, thanks for taking the time to answer a few questions here. I've been a Sebadoh fan for 14 years and yet I've never really stopped listening to your music. Other than for this reissue of Sebadoh III, do you guys ever find yourself listening to Sebadoh albums?

Lou Barlow: Not really...not yet...I have too many regrets these days. I don't hear what things are, I hear what they could have been, and it's just painful. III is fairly regret free for me though...

Jason Loewenstein: Usually only when I forget the songs and have to make notes / refresh my memory. I have listened to the first two a few times... (ones that I didn't have anything to do with) I was listening to those a lot before I ever was in the band and I still think they are amazing.

EF: What was the process like having three distinct songwriters in the band?

Jason: It was like, bring what you want to rehearsal and we'll play it. For me it was kind of scary because Lou and Eric were way ahead of me in terms of songcraft and confidence, and they were older.

Lou: Dude writes song, dude enlists band or records song himself...or both...each dude decides what songs of his own he wants on the record...record is done. We never vetoed each other.

EF: Did you ever find yourself being influenced by the song writing of the other guys?

Lou: Sure, can't give any examples though.

Jason: Yes. I was a fan of Sebadoh before I was in the band. I am influenced by what I like! (Also by what I don't like.)

EF: Sebadoh III is one of my favorite albums of the '90s...what's your favorite record of the '90s?

Lou: Eva Luna by Moonshake

Jason: Heres a few...Slint - Spiderland, Frogs - It's Only Right And Natural, Unwound - Repetition, Royal Trux - Cats and Dogs, Crain - Speed, Pavement - Perfect Sound Forever, Wingtip Sloat - 4 Song EP (7"), Unsane - Unsane, Public Enemy - Fear Of a Black Planet

EF: It seems to me, that as time has passed, the critical appreciation of Sebadoh has gotten greater...what do you guys see as Sebadoh's place in rock history?

Lou: Greater, really? I think we have been marginalized...our records never show up on any lists, desert island or otherwise...the more time that passes the less impact we seem to have had simply because there has been an avalanche of great indie style music since 2000 that outsells anything Seb managed in the day. I'm thinking Death Cab, Fiery Furnaces, Shins etc... Sebadoh were not a Rock band in the sense that we never found our sound, never tried to be 'consistent'. We were too informal to have a place in 'rock history'. We inspired alot musicians, which was really all we were out to do...affect people the way we were affected by the Minutemen, Meatpuppets (pre-90's)...weird bands that flew way under the radar.

Jason: With due respect to your question, I dont feel like I can answer that! I think that kind of self analysis is dangerous for anyone. You can end up with a big head, or suicidal, or somewhere in between. I think I will leave that up to the sands of time, or when I decide to fully indulge a full blown mid-life crisis.

EF: Are there more rare Sebadoh tracks that might see the light of day on future reissues?

Lou: Yes?

Jason: Possibly. Sebadoh pretty much released everything that we recorded, so rarities are a bit of a problem.

EF: Who would win in a biggest bong hit contest: Sebadoh or Pavement?

Jason: I believe that Sebadoh would win with regard to the marijuana. We were very diligent.

Lou: Seb could outsmoke Pavement but they could beat us in Scrabble. They went to college, we did not. Not one of us.

EF: Being tape lovers (and Eric a former 'zine writer), what are your thoughts on the current music scene/MySpace generation of bands who have tools like digital 8 tracks, Pro Tools at home, and the internet/blogs as free PR?

Lou: Knock yourselves out. I think it's even more democratic and fan-centric than our era and there's nothing wrong with that. It's the logical progression of indie-rock...truly independent.

Jason: I think it is evolution! It is just another step in the adaptation of art to technology. It's not perfect, but it puts the control in the hands of "the people" and not the business end of media outlets and record companies. It is great that just about anyone now can get the means to make stuff and distribute it, but that means that there is infinitely more shit to have to sort through for the listeners. And most people are pretty lazy! (Ask me how I know.) It's just as hard now to find good stuff as ever, cause there is a proportionate amount of drivel out there. I guess blogs are pretty important as a filter... Blog writers are the new opinionated record store clerks of the interweb, sometimes helping steer people in the direction of what floats in this ubiquitous log jam of mp3's and MySpace sites.

EF:The kind of music Sebadoh made was always very free...emotive, creative and then balls out rocking too. Yet, the times I saw you guys the audiences were more of the jaded indie-rock fan ilk. Did you ever find yourselves wanting to jump off the stage and shake people and tell them to enjoy the good music?

Jason: There have been many instances of Sebadoh members chastising audience members for a plenitude of inappropriate behaviors. I have seen footage of Lou hitting a guy with his guitar at a solo show, seen (in person) Lou pouring beer on the head of front row troublemakers, stopping shows because the noise level of people taking in the club made it impossible to go on... We were fairly verbose onstage and had no problem singling people out. In the beginning, it was really part of what we were up to. A sort of inclusive punk aesthetic in my opinion. It seemed like there was ALOT more audience participation in those days. I rarely see a band address the audience in a manner that would inspire any discourse. It appears that communication between audience and band is basically nonexistent, unless it is in a real showbiz kind of way... "So how are y'all doing tonight?"... that kind of B.S. We used to NEVER play exactly the same setlist from night to night, and at first there was ALOT of improv.

Lou: I fought with audience members alot in the beginning. Indie snobs are the worst. I should know, I was one of them. But I never assumed I was making 'good music', I just hated pretentious f's who gave me hard time.

Jason: Back in the beginning, people would tell us what they thought of us (usually negative) and we would argue, and feed off the tension in the room to play more. Sometimes the arguments would inspire really aggressive improv jams, but the mood of the room ALWAYS affected how we played the songs. I was friends with guys from Louisville who had a band called "The Web" who opened up for Seb in Detroit years ago... They were great, ahead of their time, and a few very vocal and respect-less shitheads were not into it and began to SPIT on the singer. My wife went backstage and grabbed an entire tray full of deli meats and cheeses and threw it on the head of the spitting guy. He, of course, started yelling obscenities at my future wife and I jumped into the crowd to defend her and the bands honor. I landed right on my back and had to be dragged out of the crowd with these guys kicking me all the way. You can't force someone who is addicted to their close mindedness to quit. They have to want to quit. Sometimes the friends and family members of addicts need to have an intervention, but this is very rare.

EF: Lastly, word is that Sgt. Pepper's... was a kind of response to the greatness of Pet Sounds and my research led me to believe that the same could be said for Sebadoh III. Was it in fact a creative response to Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814?

Lou: Uh...more like a response to Royal Trux. They were making the sprawling f-ed up masterpieces I aspired to back then. Love some vintage Janet though. Have they reissued that yet?

Jason: Knowing what you DON'T want to do is the other, very important 1/2 of knowing what you WANT to do, or inspiring the feeling that you HAVE to do something! There are alot of good bands that site the negative and uncreative onslaught of commercial music as an inspiration to "take up arms" (guitars). Things were just as bad on commercial radio back then as they are now... So how about getting it together, you lazy bastards! Trade your mouse / keyboard in for a distortion pedal and a guitar. Please. And stop sampling everything. Christ.

Amen. Sebadoh is a band that made music that truly mattered. If not to you, it mattered a whole lot to jerks like me. Know what I mean? I sincerely recommend you pick up Sebadoh III and find out for yourself. Thanks to Lou Barlow and Jason Lowenstein for taking the time to talk to EAR FARM. It made my day (month) and I hoped you enjoyed reading their responses to my silly questions.

Listen to Sebadoh on the Domino Music Player.

BUY the reissue of Sebadoh III HERE.

Read what Pitchfork said about the Sebadoh III reissue.

Visit Sebadoh on MySpace.

(the picture posted above is Sebadoh's first promo photo at Eric's garage in Florence, MA. 1990)

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Contrast Podcast #24

Another new Contrast Podcast! Theme for Contrast Podcast #24 is 'music to introduce an imaginary film’...or something. Sounds rather interesting to me. And for those curious about when you'll next hear me in one of these Contrast Podcasts, well, I just purchased a new USB microphone for this purpose. Soon I say.

You can download it HERE.

Today's NEW releases

Buy at least a few of these:

• The Album Leaf - Into The Blue Again
• Justin Timberlake - FutureSex / LoveSounds
• Magnolia Electric Co - Fading Trails
• Mastodon - Blood Mountain
• The Mooney Suzuki - Maximum Black EP
• OOIOO - Taiga
• Page France - Hello Dear Wind
• The Rapture - Pieces of the People We Love
• TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
• Xiu Xiu - Air Force
• Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

Anything else worth a listen?

Remembering September 11, 2001

In memory of September 11, 2001, a day of silence. No music today, no EAR FARMing today. This is not meant to be somber, and not to make some grand statement, but rather because five years ago today the world became a completely different place for me. Because, to me, it's important for the world to never forget what happened here in New York five years ago. And because on that day, for the first time in my life, I could not (had no desire to) listen to music.

I moved to New York City by myself in July of 2001. One month later my girlfriend moved to NY and one short month after that our city, our nation, was attacked. I had called in sick to work that day (out of the blue I didn't feel well when I woke up) and we got a phone call at about 9am from a family member saying that an airplane had hit one of the Twin Towers. "Pssh," I thought, "that's nothing...just a Cessna or something small, probably happens all the time". Then, I turned on CNN. As soon as I saw the image on TV I realized the scale of what was happening was much more massive than I'd considered. I grabbed my video camera and ran outside.

At the time we lived in the West Village with a clear view directly down 7th ave to the World Trade Center. I wanted to get as close as I could to the buildings as I felt some duty to capture what was going on on video. Thankfully my girlfriend made us stop a safe distance away and I started to videotape and watch. To see and feel the attacks of September 11th mere blocks away, in the street with thousands of other people, is something I don't think I can quite put into words. Somewhere between those who were actually on site (and in the buildings) and the rest of you who watched on television, we people who lived and worked in lower Manhattan were devastated and in shock. In an email from that day five years ago I wrote: "As terrible and shocking as it all was, the most horrible sight I have ever seen was when the first tower collapsed. The feelings of shock, anger, disgust, horror, and hatred rushed through my mind and the streets. People screamed and wailed. One of the twin towers had fallen. America had been attacked. Rescue attempts would be nearly impossible and none of us in New York, or the world, would ever be the same again. The second tower fell and I felt so totally helpless as I was watching thousands of people die before my eyes."

In the days following September 11, 2001, my neighborhood was silent. War-zone silent. From time to time the sirens of emergency vehicles would cut through the debris filled air. You could feel the collective anxiety of your neighbors and when someone on the street stopped and asked "How are you doing?" you could feel that they actually meant it. That they were asking, "are you okay, is there anything I can do to help you out?" Each day was spent trying to be normal, trying to get out to the stores that were open...trying to walk around a bit before returning to the safety of the apartment and to watch the news. I remember wondering what the rest of the country was thinking and feeling. Were they heartbroken and terrified like we were?

As I said, I couldn't listen to music for at least a week after the attacks of September 11th. I just didn't want to. For the first time in my life the notion of listening to music was repulsive escapism. I wish that wasn't the case, I wish I had some great song that helped get me through those days, weeks/months, after the attacks but I didn't. I wish there had been something else, something other than silence.

I don't even remember what music I finally listened to when I did start to listen to music again but I do remember everything about that day five years ago. I remember the sight, the sounds, the smells, the emotions, the fear. The cloud of smoke/debris lingered for what seemed like months before it dissipated. In much the same way I think the events of that day stayed with the people of this country heavily at first, and over time have faded. There are now fictionalized movies and TV shows and the news will surely hammer home the images from that day over and over. Is this some kind of national coping mechanism? Well I don't want to see movies made by Oliver Stone, or ABC, and I don 't want to watch CNN's original broadcasts from September 11th on their "pipeline" (whatever that is). I just want to remember, in my own way, what it was like five years ago. What it was like on the day when music no longer mattered.

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That's the post I had written for today. While it's important for all of us to never forget what happened on September 11, 2001 it's equally important that we DO listen to music. So that we're not punishing ourselves by re-living life as it was on that day but that we remember it and then do our best to carry on. That we DO maintain our sense of humor, our sense of freedom, and our distinct ability to say "FUCK YOU" when we've been wronged. So what I've got for you is a very special mini-mix just for today.

Recently Osama bin Laden's ex let the world know that he had quite a crush on Whitney Houston. So much so that he thought about killing her husband, Bobby Brown. Well, in the spirit of the US military's use of heavy metal music against Manuel Noriega when he took refuge in the Vatican embassy in Panama City I offer the following Bobby Brown songs. I propose that today the entire world download these songs and play them on repeat. From here to Tora Bora let the world crank this crackhead's music up to eleven as we raise a big middle finger to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. Listen in pain you tall-ass crackwhore loving terrorist son of a bitch!

Listen:

• "Cool It Now" - New Edition
• "Mr. Telephone Man" - Bobby Brown & New Edition
• "Don't Be Cruel" - Bobby Brown
• "My Prerogative" - Bobby Brown
• "Something In Common" - Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston

Buy The Definitive Collection: Bobby Brown HERE on Amazon

EAR FARM will resume normal posting tomorrow, September 12th, 2006.

Weekend Live Music

Fugazi live @ Irving Plaza, New York, 4 April 1995
(photo, from another show, from HERE)

1. "Introduction"
2. "Turnover"
3. "Styrofoam"
4. "Public Witness Program"
5. "Birthday Pony"
6. "Exit Only"
7. "And The Same"
8. "My Latest Disgrace"
9. "By You"
10. "Long Division"
11. "Fell, Destroyed"
12. "Suggestion"
13. "Burning"
14. "Back To Base"
15. "Do You Like Me?"
16. "Instrument"
17. "Two Beats Off"
18. "Repeater"
19. "Encore Break"
20. "Joe #1"
21. "Bed For The Scraping"
22. "Forensic Scene"
23. "Sweet And Low"
24. "Shut The Door"

*thanks to David Landsberger for this recording.
**this show was recently featured on RBally but I found it on the Internet Archive...go there and look around if you haven't yet.

Past EAR FARM Weekend Live Music has included live songs/sets by Sublime, Spoon, Ween, The Unicorns, My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Sufjan Stevens, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sonic Youth, Explosions in the Sky, The Smiths, Morphine, Talking Heads, The Stone Roses, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Pulp, The Decemberists, Blur, Nine Inch Nails, Johnny Cash, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Led Zeppelin, Islands, Echo and the Bunnymen, Morrissey, The Durutti Column, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Giant Drag, Tool, Polvo, Mazzy Star, Meat Puppets, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Nouvelle Vague, Built To Spill, Thelonious Monk Quartet, Liars, Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Unicorns, Madonna, The Feelies, Ryan Adams, The Fall, and The Roots.

Each week one of these live shows will be removed to make room on the server. Get them while you can.

EAR FARM: Name that tune!

Fun!

One month ago EAR FARM premiered the Name that tune monthly contest. Much interest from you guys resulted in ZERO correct guesses. As a result the prize this time has been increased!

The deal:
I'm going to post fifteen second portions of three songs here, each by a different artist. They've all been featured previously on EAR FARM so if you've been paying attention, or are good at research, this should be a piece of cake. All you have to do is correctly name all three songs, and artists, and you'll get a sweet prize.

The sweet prize:
See the list on the right hand side over there? The one that says 'EAR FARM's favorite albums released so far this year'? Yes, well, the first person to correctly name all three songs, and artists, will win TWO albums (on CD, brand new and unopened) of their choice from that list. Ain't no joke, so jam on it!

***if nobody can guess all three this time then you guys suck***

#1 - NameThatTuneTwo - Song One

#2 - NameThatTuneTwo - Song Two

#3 - NameThatTuneTwo - Song Three

***You can enter your guesses in the comments to this post, or email them to me (earfarm at hotmail dot com). The game will end when someone has correctly guessed all three. Enter as often as you'd like.***

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Answers from last time:
#1 - Arthur & Yu - "Lion's Mouth"
#2 - Peasant - "Icy Deep"
#3 - The Isles - "True South"

Funny Music Lists

From McSweeney's:

• Brian Wilson's First Five Suggestions for the Name of the Album That Would Be Called Pet Sounds
• Hit Songs of the 1970s and '80s If the South Had Won the Civil War
• Titles of Songs I Could Credibly Write If I Became a Rap Star
• Popular Musicians If England Had Won the Revolutionary War
• Bruce Springsteen Songs, If the Title More Accurately Reflected the Subject Matter
• Modern Air-Guitar Alternatives
• Excerpts From the "Band Members Wanted" Section of the New York Musicians' Exchange (Circa 1987)
• Discarded Titles for Toni Braxton's 1996 Hit "Unbreak My Heart"
• Playlists on Dick Cheney's iPod
• Rejected Titles for Sisqo's "Thong Song"

I Want my MTV

"Dreams" by TV On The Radio performed by Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, and TV On The Radio:



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8+

“2112" by Rush which clocks in at 20:33

I. Overture - Picture this. Seventeen years ago I was but a 13 year old boy. I loved girls who loved hairspray. I loved Hungry Howie's pizza, sci-fi/horror movies, wearing my hair a bit long in the back, and Rush. Each of these loves took over at any given time but for a solid year my girlfriends had gravity-defying bangs and Rush was my "favorite" band. Their instrumental wizardy, and wizard loving Dungeons & Dragons fan base, resonated with me just as much as it did every other kid who had played in the school band (or a band) and rode his Diamondback to the mall twice a week.

II. The Temples of Syrinx - Putting together my first band I knew I couldn't go wrong with Jason on drums. Was he any good? Shit if I knew. But he could fucking air drum "YYZ". No, seriously. He would play the shit out of drums in the air along with "YYZ" and it looked like he totally knew how to actually play the song. He rocked out so hard that it'd get me playing air guitar along with him. Once (during the "The Temples of Syrinx" part of "2112") his older sister walked in on an air-Rush jam session and left the room laughing. She went and told her mom, I suppose, and they both returned to laugh further and snap pictures. That was a family reaction but any stranger who might've wandered in on us would've been floored by our talent. This I know. We made sure it looked like we hit every note and we seriously rocked HARD. Our mullets would thrash about as we jumped and danced and rocked. Jason would air twirl, then toss and catch, his pretend drumsticks. This kid was going to be a superstar someday, clearly, so he was in the band before there even was a band.

III. Discovery - Two years removed from the band I was in with Jason (we never had a name but did produce one kick-ass song "Rockin' All Night") I met the first girl who'd really impact my life musically. She was smarter than me, older than me, and knew more about great music than I did. (If that ain't hot shit I don't know what is) It wasn't like me to let one person so completely impact my taste in music but I was at a crossroads. It was time for my tastes to evolve or else I might end up selling pewter roleplaying figurines at the local hobby shop. Needless to say, I paid attention to what she liked and disliked. On one of my first dates with her I wrote "Rush Rules" with my finger on the fogged-up windshield of her car. Laughter. She laughed at me and then crossed out the "rules" and replaced it with "sucks". I knew she was right. I was a boorish dork and she a classy genius. A few short months later I found myself listening to all of HER favorite bands (like The Smiths) and my musical world would never be the same.

IV. Presentation - Freshmen in college need money. During my second semester in college I decided that a great way to get money would be to sell my collection of Rush albums. After all, I hadn't listened to them in years. The easy decision was to sell ALL of the albums I owned except their greatest hits collection Chronicles. This would garner me maximum income while still maintaining a Rush safety net in case I felt the need to revisit musical sci-fi geekdom.

V. Oracle: The Dream - No joke, that night that I sold all of my Rush albums for (like) $65 I had a dream. I dreamed of old-school synthesizers, that I desperately wanted to own, and of how I was going to use them to create my OWN sci-fi themed album in the vein of 2112. Seller's remorse crept into my dream and the next morning I repurchased my copy of 2112 from the store I'd sold it to.

VI. Soliloquy - Why the numbered/titled headings? The titles seem to relate to the titles of the movements of this song but none of this has really been about the actual song. This post is long. This song is long. Why are these people still reading this? What are they going to say about a 20+ Rush song? What happened here? Things are constructively falling apart? Will there be a revolt? An uprising?

We "can no longer live under the control of the federation, but there is no other place to go."

VII. Grand Finale - The truth is I love this song and I love the memories of my mullet years. I love 2112 as an album and I'm so glad I went back and bought that CD the day after I sold it. Now, I also have the album on vinyl. While it's not one of the most listened to records I own, it is one of my favorites. Also, I did end up creating a science fiction themed synth album years ago (that, rightfully, nobody ever heard) that was loosely inspired by 2112 and I recently began a program to re-purchase ALL of my lost Rush albums on vinyl. There's no shame in flying your inner math nerd/Rush fan geek flag from time to time and I'll betcha this 20 minute song will either satiate your time-changey sci-fi metal desires for a few months or will inspire you to dust off your 20 sided dice and Throne of Bloodstone module for some good old fashioned fantasy roleplaying. Bit of advice...if it's the latter, you might want to keep it to yourself. Definitely don't go and write nearly 1,000 words about it, whatever you do.

Buy 2112 [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] HERE on Amazon.

EAR FARM's 8+ is a weekly feature that showcases songs longer than 8 minutes. In the recent past these songs were featured on EF's 8+:
British Sea Power - "Lately"
Islands - "Swans"
Isolée - "Pillowtalk"
Animal Collective - "Banshee Beat"
Wilderness - "Post Plethoric Rhetoric"
The Wedding Present - "Interstate 5"
Sleater-Kinney - "Let's Call It Love"
My Morning Jacket - "Dondante"
Wilco - "Spiders (Kidsmoke)"
Isis - "From Sinking"
Lemon Jelly - "A Tune For Jack"
Herbie Hancock - "Sly"
New Order - "Temptation"
Polvo - "El Rocio"
Pulp - "Countdown"
Morrissey - "The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils"
Dungen - "Du är för fin för mig"
Loose Fur - "Wreckroom"
The Who - "A Quick One, While He's Away"
Destroyer - "Rubies"
Neu! - "Fuer Immer (forever)"
Iggy Pop - "Mass Production"
The Cure - "Fascination Street" (Extended Mix)
Yo La Tengo - "Let's Be Still"
George Michael - "I Want Your Sex, Pts. 1 &2"
Digital Underground - "Doowutchyalike"
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - "1% Of One"
Big Brother & the Holding Company - "Ball And Chain"
The Stone Roses - "I Am The Resurrection"
DJ Shadow - "Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - “Cowgirl in the Sand”
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Sir Psycho Sexy”
Newcleus - “Jam On It”
Aarktica - “Song For A Free Williamsburg”
Bob Marley & The Wailers - “Exodus” (1984 12" Mix)
Charalambides - “Two Birds"
Explosions In The Sky - "Memorial"

OPP

The Culture Drone on the Japanese New Music Festival @ North Six

The Catbirdseat Handy Music-Blogger 'Best Of 2006' List Cheat Sheet

Support Sandy Acres Sound Lab on East Village Radio

Heart on a stick on New York Dolls/Tralala @ South St. Seaport

Crackers United reminds everyone to be sure and come out to Friction next week to catch two hottie hot bands: Annuals and Takka Takka (I'll remind you next week)

I'm Just Sayin Is All... Reasons Why Jenny is Better Than Cocaine

Some Velvet Blog has acoustic Radiohead

Schooner news and new song

Because I posted about them so long ago I feel as though I never gave Schooner a proper EAR FARM write-up. This isn't one really but as I type up this post about Schooner news I just realized you guys might not really fully grasp just why you should check them out. They're a band from Raleigh/Chapel Hill, NC who play that certain kind of American indie-rock you're used to hearing from Wilco or The Rosebuds but the songs they write are distinctly their own. Schooner's music balances along the melodic divide that exists between happy and melancholy and never ceases to remain equally interesting and catchy. They've posted a new track called "Make Me Mad" on their MySpace page, have dates scheduled for the NE in October, and will be releasing an EP very soon. Three cheers!!!

Listen:
"Make Me Mad"

Visit Schooner on MySpace

See them live - dates HERE

Reshape & Resize - Shapes & Sizes remix/cover contest winner announced

Asthmatic Kitty Records recently sponsored a contest. The deal: "Submit a remix, cover, reinterpretation, or mash-up of Shapes and Sizes' song "Wilderness," from their forthcoming self-titled debut. A specially selected team of bloggers will choose the three most creative and intriguing entries. First place will receive $300 and some AK Stuff. Second and third place will receive the stuff, without the cash."

Well, the panel of bloggers has voted and a winner has been announced. I had a ton of fun listening to all of the submissions so thanks to Asthmatic Kitty, thanks to Wendy for setting me up on the panel, and thanks to all of the great artists who sent in their versions of "Wilderness".

Results:
GOLD - Davide Loi - LISTEN
SILVER - Josh Boles - LISTEN
BRONZE - "number 1, i love you" - LISTEN

Runners Up:
Sebastian Saint - LISTEN
John Devon - LISTEN

Listen to the original track here:
"Wilderness" by Shapes & Sizes

Today's NEW releases

Released today:

• Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
• Hem - Funnel Cloud
• Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
• Pinback - Nautical Antiques: Selection of B-Sides Outtakes
• Willie Nelson - Great American Songbook

Anything else worth a look?

EAR FARM checks in with the Elbo.ws top 10

Once a week, on Monday, EAR FARM checks in with the Elbo.ws top 10 hot artists. As this site has always been about music that I believe in, and love, this feature offers a great opportunity for something different; namely, commentary on whatever bands people are seeking out. Next to each 'hot' artist you'll see a brief editorial bit and then a link to a song and source for where the song was found. Enjoy.



Elbo.ws top 10 'hot' artists - 4 September @ 4pm EST

The Rapture - I thought the album Echoes was very good and what I've heard so far from The Rapture's new ablum Pieces of the People We Love has gotten me right excited for its US release on September 12th.

Listen: "Pieces of the People We Love" (via Fluxblog)

Bob Dylan - I've always had a respect for Dylan but at times have found his songs "atrocious" and "worth nothing" (not true). Alright, to be honest, I've actually often found his music boring. Sorry. That's not to say I'm unaware of the fact that he's one of the greatest artists of the 20th century but I definitely didn't care to listen to his new album until I saw the iTunes commercial featuring "Someday Baby". Below is a Bob Dylan song that's featured in one of my favorite movies.

Listen: "Things Have Changed" (via Scenestars)

Ray LaMontagne - I don't know Ray LaMontagne and I'm not sure I'd like his stuff based upon the tiny bit I have listened to. It reminds me of forgettable music from a two star movie, or of Van Morrison. Dude's got some soul though, I'll give him that.

Listen: "Crazy" (Gnarls Barkley cover) (via Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?)

M. Ward - From the recent EF post on M. Ward: "His music is personal and beautiful; this song, "To Go Home", (a sentiment I can relate to...and a great cover of a Daniel Johnston song) - boisterous and full of life. While you listen to his music, for many of M. Ward's songs I've heard, I liken the feeling you'll have inside to that of feeling all warm and wonderful when you drink hot chocolate (or tea) sitting inside next to a fire on a cold winter night. That's not to say this isn't perfect warm weather music too. Any time is a good time for M. Ward and right now, the perfect time for this song."

Listen: "To Go Home" (via Chromewaves)

Teddybears - I've seen them mentioned on a bunch of sites of late and didn't pay attention until I got a few of their songs given to me on a mix for work. In no time I was like, "hm, if this isn't fad-music then I don't know what is!", then I was all "wha? this fun!", then I was sick of it.

Listen: "Cobrastyle" (via 3hive)

Annuals - Where Raleigh at?! I'm so glad people continue to discover and love Annuals. Once again, I'm looking forward to being DJ at the Friction show they're playing in NYC in September and I can't wait to see them open for Art Brut. One of the best new bands of 2006 for sure. Annuals...Top of the Pops!

Listen: "Dry Clothes" (via Ace Fu)

Stars of Track and Field - Coldplay, Keane, Travis, Doves, South...when will people start to realize these bands are the new Journey, Foreigner, and Air Supply? I think I like the SONG "Stars of Track and Field" a bunch more than I do the band.

Listen: "Movies of Antartica" (via Berkeley Place)

Snowden - This band from Atlanta is all back up in the Elbows list again. I find myself liking the song "Anti-Anti" the more I listen to it, never a bad sign.

Listen: "Anti-Anti" (via Bon Ton)

Silversun Pickups - I'm still annoyed that I missed seeing these guys because I'm not willing to form a full opinion of them until I do so, though I kinda like their album more the more time I have with it. Lasting music or a mid-2006 phase? We shall see.

Listen: "Lazy Eye" (via So Much Silence)

Tv on the Radio - REWIND: "I loved, LOVED, Tv on the Radio's debut EP. Then Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes left me wondering how much longer the band was going to be able to hold my interest. Well they killed all that noise real quick. The new album kicks as much ass as you've heard and is an early candidate for album of the year in more than one list I'll betcha. "Wolf Like Me" is a good taste, so listen and then buy the album when it is finally released Stateside."

Listen:
"Wolf Like Me" (via Thepunkguy)

Goes Cube news and new song to download

Goes Cube is returning to the studio to record four additional songs (34, 35, 36, and 37). These songs will be added to their recently completed unreleased recording that has become known as Beckon the Dagger God. Dean Baltulonis (of Foreign Islands) will be producing the recording once again. I'm hoping they get the (soon-to-be) eleven track album released this year because it's bound to make 'Best of...' lists everywhere. In the meantime, Goes Cube has made available their song Goes Cube Song 29. It's one of my favorite tracks from Beckon the Dagger God so believe me when I tell you - you will listen to it, you will like it.

The band is in the studio this week and will then play two shows in New York City to showcase their new music and hand out limited edition copies of the new material (hoping this will this include songs 34-37). I meant it when I said that Goes Cube is one of the very best live bands in New York. I've been trying to tell people this for pretty much all of 2006 and I'm not going to stop. In a world where bands barely have five songs down before they play live shows, where overhype equals indie rock success, and where rivers of shit have eroded the good taste of most listeners, Goes Cube matters.

The shows are:

• 16 September (Saturday) @ Cakeshop w/ Dragons of Zynth and Stephonik & The Bright Side
• 26 September (Tuesday) @ Sin-e w/ You Say Party! We Say Die! and The Blow

Listen:
Goes Cube Song 29

Visit Goes Cube on MySpace.

Previous Goes Cube postings on EF:

• review of Beckon the Dagger God HERE
• video for Goes Cube Song 26 HERE
• show in January HERE
• live video HERE

(photo from recent Goes Cube show @ Trash - EF review HERE)

snip·pets

"SexyBack" leaps 31-1 to seize the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100

Mos Def arrested outside the MTV Video Music Awards

Radiohead to release live DVD of performance at Bonnaroo

Tapes 'n Tapes talks to the Guardian Unlimited

WOXY will silence their broadcasts for good on Friday, September 15th

Listen to a playlist from Andre "3000"

Rudresh Mahanthappa's new album draws on cryptography and number theory for its riffs and rhythms

Weekend Live Music

The Roots live @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, 30 August 2003
(photo, from another show, from HERE)

1. "Thought @ Work"
2. "The Next Movement"
3. "Quills"
4. "Panic"
5. "Water"
6. Band Intros
7. "Break You Off"
8. Hub Solo
9. "The Seed"
10. Kirk Solo
11. Questlove, Knuckles Solo
12. Outro

*show originally posted at the very fine site TheRootsLive.com

Past EAR FARM Weekend Live Music has included live songs/sets by Sublime, Spoon, Ween, The Unicorns, My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Sufjan Stevens, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sonic Youth, Explosions in the Sky, The Smiths, Morphine, Talking Heads, The Stone Roses, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Pulp, The Decemberists, Blur, Nine Inch Nails, Johnny Cash, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Led Zeppelin, Islands, Echo and the Bunnymen, Morrissey, The Durutti Column, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Giant Drag, Tool, Polvo, Mazzy Star, Meat Puppets, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Nouvelle Vague, Built To Spill, Thelonious Monk Quartet, Liars, Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Unicorns, Madonna, The Feelies, Ryan Adams, and The Fall.

Each week one of these live shows will be removed to make room on the server. Get them while you can.

EAR FARM's August '06 mixtape

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call EAR FARM's monthly mix. Clicking the song title will give you the song, the band name will take you to the band's site, and the (+) will take you to a previous EAR FARM post about that band.

1. "Sleep" by El Jezel (+)
2. "Groundhog" by Schwervon (+)
3. "Developing Active People" by Via Audio (+)
4. "Dry Clothes" by Annuals (+)
5. "Chemical Love Song" by Square Root of Margaret (+)
6. "Melville" by The Light Footwork (+)
7. "Le Disko" by Shiny Toy Guns (+)
8. "Hold On To This Coat" by The Rosebuds (+)
9. "I Would Work If I Could" by Brian Michael Roff And The Deer (+)
10. “Red” by Gold Streets (+)
11. "To Go Home" by M. Ward (+)


Previously:

EAR FARM's October '05 mixtape

EAR FARM's November '05 mixtape

EAR FARM's December '05 mixtape

EAR FARM's January '06 mixtape

EAR FARM's February '06 mixtape

EAR FARM's March '06 mixtape

EAR FARM's April '06 mixtape

EAR FARM's May '06 mixtape

EAR FARM's June '06 mixtape

EAR FARM's July '06 mixtape

I Want my MTV

"All Night Disco Party" by Brakes:



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