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Zombie Girl: Blood, Brains & Rock ‘n’ Roll
October 31, 2008
IR: Daily Dose Halloween Special
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Experienced Canadian artist and designer Renee Cooper-Komor is the voice, body and spirit behind the ZOMBIE GIRL concept. Her mystical magnetism quickly attracted Sebastian R. Komor away from his natal Norway into her graveyard and took her no time at all to mutate him into the “zombie-fied” male behind the music and most of the lyrics of the project. |
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Zombie Girl
“Blood, Brains & Rock’n Roll” (mp3)
from “Blood, Brains & Rock ‘N’ Roll”
(Alfa Matrix)
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IR Orlando #26: Horrorlando 3
October 30, 2008
Trick or treat? It’s time once again for our annual Halloween show!
1. Electromagnetic Impulses | Werewolves
2. Black Furies | Murder City Shakedown
3. Calabrese | Zombie I
4. Johnny O & The Jerks | Zombie Love Affair
5. Get Three Coffins Ready | The Gallows
6. Koko Taylor | Voodoo Woman (on Alligator Records)
7. Lords of Altamont | Gods and Monsters
8. Peach Stealing Monkeys | Monster
9. Red Eye Revival | Blues for a Dead Age
10. Blase DeBris | Jersey Devil
11. The Coffinshakers | Halloween (Remix)
12. The Gremmies | That Voodoo Moon
13. The Memphis Murder Men | In the Dead of Night
14. The Quintessentials | Bloodlust
15. The Young Werewolves | Black Cat
16. The Volume Brothers | There Are Zombies on My Lawn (Again)
17. Tom Smith | Zombie Pirates in Love
Gram Rabbit: Dirty Horse
October 30, 2008
My pick as we get nearer to All Hallows Eve comes from Jesika von Rabbit and fellow conspirators with the track Dirty Horse from Joshua Tree-based, Gram Rabbit.
Gram Rabbit emerged from the Southern California deserts in 2004, bringing a unique approach of psychedelic rock mixed together with heavy electro-beats and some dark folk influences.
You can find this eerie yet dramatic track Dirty Horse on the first album Music to Start a Cult To, and they have several sound samples for download at their website above. Also, you can pick up their music at iTunes and e-music. [cs]
The White Rabbit said….
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The Mountain Movers: Last Chance for Summer
October 29, 2008
From New Haven, CT, this is from their recently released album “Let’s Open Up the Chest”
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Dan Greene of The Butterflies of Love started The Mountain Movers with New Haven friends to make more records. They have put out two full-length releases on Safety Meeting Records in New Haven: We’ve Walked in Hell (2006) and Let’s Open Up the Chest (2008) which was recorded on 2 inch tape at Seaside Studio in Brooklyn. They also have a picture disc split vinyl 7 inch of the hit Fate’s On Your Side. The first record was released in 2006 throughout the U.K. and Europe by Fortuna Pop records in London. In addition to supporting Let’s Open Up the Chest, they are hard at work on multiple recordings, which will be released in the near future. Live, they move from a 3 piece to a 6 piece, sometimes quiet, sometimes loud, but always dynamic, romantic, hypnotic, and entertaining. [MySpace] |
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The Mountain Movers
“Last Chance for Summer” (mp3)
from “Let’s Open Up the Chest”
(Safety Meeting Records)
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The Twilight Sad: Cold Days From the Birdhouse
October 28, 2008
From Scottish band The Twilight Sad, Cold Days From the Birdhouse opens with a reoccurring piano ping, steadfastly continuing throughout a majority of the song up until it ultimately tapers off in the end. We know its probably not the case, but we humor ourselves imagining one person hired for the feat during recording, making sure the timing is impeccable all the way through, focusing all their energy on pressing the single key over and over with sheer determination.
The track featured today is from The Twilight Sad’s more recent release, Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters, which was released on Fat Cat Records in 2007. Check the purchase links below and check their current tourdates throughout Europe with Mogwai up through the holidays. [cs]
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“Cold Days From The Birdhouse” (mp3)
from “Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters”
(Fat Cat Records)
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The Happy Hollows: Lieutenant
October 27, 2008
From Negahdariland, California
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“Hello, we are The Happy Hollows an indie rock trio from mostly sunny Los Angeles, CA. We are inspired by metaphysical studies, political science, cats, counterfactuals, and the Iron Chef. Although our combined average height is only 5’7”, we strive to produce a big sound. Our raison d’être is simply to make music that is creative and catchy, and never to repeat what we have done in the past. Our band is fronted, anchored, and led by Sarah Negahdari (guitar, vocals) and held together by the Washington, DC rhythm section of Charlie M. (bass, vocals) and Chris Meanie (drums, vocals).” [Band bio] |
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”Lieutenant” (mp3)
from “Imaginary”
(Heart)
The Standard: Sunday Eyes
October 26, 2008
Sunday Eyes is from Portland Oregon band, The Standard’s fifth album, Swimmer, released in September on Partisan Records.
Swimmer represents the collaborative song writing of Jay Clarke (keys), Rob Oberdorfer (bass), Robby Duncan (drums), and Tim Putnam (guitar, vocals) who have together created a distinctive sound over the last 10 years.
You can purchase Swimmer directly from Partisan Records, emusic, or itunes.
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Two Cow Garage: Brass Ring
October 25, 2008
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After releasing 3 really incredible albums, Columbus, Ohio’s Two Cow Garage are back with the greatest release of their career. Having received comparisons to bands like Lucero and the Drive By Truckers, “Speaking In Cursive” finds the band moving past their influences and finding their sound. Comments on the new songs have compared the band to an alt-country Lawrence Arms which I had never quite thought of until it was brought up. Regardless of comparisons, the album rocks and will fit in nicely with your punk, alt-country, or rock records. [IODA] |
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Two Cow Garage
”Brass Ring” (mp3)
from “Speaking in Cursive”
(Suburban Home Recordings)
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Zsammy: Your Chest is Not Moving
October 24, 2008
Slowly piecing together his debut album called Be Let Down, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania based solo artist Zsammy deliberately crafts music at his own pace, taking time with each beautiful track. It definitely shows as every song I’ve heard thus far on his website hum with the care and effort that quality art is often imbued with.
Zsammy is offering several songs for free on his website and also on Garageband as well as iLike.
And… lest we not forget his presence on MySpace. [cs]
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IR: UK #52
October 23, 2008
Insomnia Radio: UK #52
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Another mix of eight songs by UK artists, with minimal interruptions from me. |
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What’s in this episode
Music Bed – Technological Sun – Road to Damascus
Of The I: Single Units
October 23, 2008
From the new and eagerly awaited album ‘Balance Instars’ by UK band ‘Of The I’. From their web site:
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“Balance Instars is a 60-minute journey through our collective mind. Although each song has been crafted to tell its own story, the CD contains transitions between the tracks which ties the album together into a continuous journey. This is an Album-Lover’s album, like the ones we grew up on. But it doesn’t sound like anything you’ve heard before.
The album is also available on iTunes, and will soon be on most other major download outlets. Please note that the download version will NOT include the transitional audio from the CD, making it about 7 minutes shorter in total. It’s been a long road, and finally we’ve arrived at the beginning of a new one.” |
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Melvins: Nude With Boots
October 22, 2008
Praised by several notable rock luminaries who came after them, the prolific Melvins are back with a new album, Nude With Boots, released in July 2008.
The Melvins were originally formed as a hardcore punk band in the early 80s, but their experimentation quickly rehoned their sound into a sludgy metal mix that really helped formulate the sound in the Seattle grunge scenes in the early 90s. At one point Kurt Cobain, who was a huge fan of the Melvins, auditioned for the band, but did not make it as his fanboy nervousness caused him to forget all the songs. This is apparently just one of many remarkable connections during and after this period.
The Melvins have really delivered with their most recent, which you can pick up at e-music, itunes, or interpunk.
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Japanese Motors: Single Fins & Safety Pins
October 21, 2008
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Hailing from Costa Mesa, the Japanese Motors are made up by main vocalist Alex Knost, guitarist Nolan Hall, bassist Chris Vail, and drummer Andrew Atkinson, the band is known around Southern California for the insane, all-night blowouts they put on as much as for the driving, raucous garage pop they set the partying to.
Rather than fight the influence of their surroundings like so many of their So Cal contemporaries, Japanese Motors have channeled it into their music, making tunes every bit as sun-baked and laid-back as their coastal environs and rife with positive imagery. “Most bands from here are trying to sound like they’re from London or New York,” Nolan says. “We embrace where we’re from.” [MySpace] |
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”Single Fins & Safety Pins”(mp3)
from “Japanese Motors”
(Vice Records)
Wye Oak: Family Glue
October 20, 2008
Named after the official state tree of Maryland, Wye Oak band members Andy Stack & Jenn Waster quickly decided to change the name from Monarch after realizing that there were at least seven other bands that had claimed that name before them.
Wye Oak has been writing and playing music for many years in Baltimore, and when they were finally ready to piece it all together, they recorded their first album entitled If Children which was released in April on Merge Records.
I stumbled across them blindly while searching for an Orlando band called The OaKs over at the musical social site, Blip.FM. After falling in love with the first track immediately, I headed over to their website where I found they were giving away four tracks off If Children for free promotion. Their calendar also listed them as playing the CMJ Festival in New York on three different dates later this week, Oct 23-25th.
Wye Oak’s new album is now available from e-music or iTunes. [cs]
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Karma Farm: Keep Surfacing
October 19, 2008
This is the title track from their recently re-released 1995 album.
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The band don’t seem to have an internet presence, but are mentioned on the Worlds Myspace here. The album is available on iTunes and emusic, and from Amazon. |
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Karma Farm
”Keep Surfacing” (mp3)
from “Keep Surfacing”
(Fairy Dust Music)
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