Random Old Records Podcast #33

Summer, summer, summertime! I threw this one together at the last minute, but I think I did a pretty good job of capturing the mood of this lazy, hazy, hot July. Random Old Records Podcast #33 drifts by in a dreamy blur of psychedelic moods, shimmering reverb guitar, and loping dance beats, with a mix of new and old tracks. If you're one of those people who are melting in this punishing 100+ degree heatwave rocking the midwest, and just want to sit around in a dark room getting lifted all day, this is the podcast for you!

Episode #33 kicks off with the all-time classic opening medley from the debut LP by The Soft Machine, a towering groove filled with stunning drums from Robert Wyatt, screeching organs, and slow-burning instrumental fury, and goes into some screaming garage psych from The Night Beats and Thee Oh Sees, then a Brit-psych style workout from The Paperhead, who put out one of the best LPs of the year on Trouble In Mind a few months back. I've been raving about them ever since, and now I'm SUPER-PUMPED that they're playing a free show at one of the best new venues in Cincinnati, MOTR Pub, on July 27th. If you're anywhere close, come check it out! Also, check out the perfect lo-fi 60s psych vibe of Jeffrey Novak on this episode of Random Old Records. He just so happens to be the producer of The Paperhead LP, and will be guesting on keyboards on their tour. Sweet deal!

Elsewhere, you'll hear dreamy electronic-psych tracks from Washed Out, Hype Williams, and Black Moth Super Rainbow, and more chill jams from the likes of Pure X (AWESOME new LP), Seapony, Sic Alps, White Fence, Blouse, and Kelley Stoltz. There's classic tracks from The Kinks and Matching Mole, plus a few more surprises to round things out. Hopefully y'all dig it! There's some of my favorite songs of the year on this thing, so check it out and let me know what you think. Enjoy your summer, folks!

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Random Old Records #33
Released 07/13/2011
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1. The Soft Machine - "Hope For Happiness/Joy Of A Toy/Hope For Happiness (Reprise)"
(The Soft Machine, ABC/Probe 1968)
2. Night Beats - "Hallucinojenny"
(Night Beats, Trouble In Mind 2011)
3. Thee Oh Sees - "Corrupted Coffin"
(Castlemania, In The Red 2011)
4. The Paperhead - "Back To Those Days"
(The Paperhead, Trouble In Mind 2011)
5. Pure X - "Voices"(Pleasure, Acephale 2011)
--Searching for the perfect wave.
6. Matching Mole - "O Caroline"
(Matching Mole, CBS 1972)
7. Blouse - "Shadow"
(Shadow 7", Sub Pop 2011)
8. Seapony - "So Low"
(Go With Me, Hardly Art 2011)
9. Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Moody Day"
(Extra Flavor, Graveface 2011)
10. Hype Williams - "Your Girl Smells Chung When She Wears Dior"
(One Nation, Hippos In Tanks 2011)
11. Washed Out - "Echoes"
(Within And Without, Sub Pop 2011)
--Owlsley blue, British dudes, etc.
12. Kelley Stoltz - "Please Visit Soon"
(Antique Glow, Jackpine Social Club 2004)
13. Sic Alps - "Cement Surfboard"
(Napa Asylum, Drag City 2011)
14. White Fence - "Art Investor Collector"
(Is Growing Faith, Woodsist 2010)
15. Jeffrey Novak - "Queen Of Moods"
(After The Ball, LMN Recordings 2009)
16. The Kinks - "People Take Pictures Of Each Other"
(Village Green Preservation Society, Reprise 1968)
17. The Go - "Caroline"
(Howl On The Haunted Beat You Ride, Cass 2007)