So yeah, Random Old Records Podcast has been coming out like clockwork every second Wednesday of the month for like a year or so now, but my plans got derailed in the last few days. I had the playlist finalized on Sunday, then came home from work on Monday to find that my computer had taken a dump. LAME! After a couple hours of shopping online and several more hours of staring at progress bars, I had a brand new machine loaded with jams and cracked software and whatnot, so here's Random Old Records Podcast #34, approximately a day late and eight hundred dollars short. It's got roughly an hour of my favorite songs from the past month, and I'm hoping at least some of you faithful readers and listeners will enjoy them, too.
Last month, I spoke a bit about being bored with new music, and judging by the stuff coming out lately, it seems like bands across the land are feeling the same way. My ears have gotten burned out by listening to nothing but lo-fi garage rock for awhile, and after hearing like fifty bands dealing in sounds of the sixties and seventies, the only logical place to go is the eighties. I just can't get down with all those sweater-vested weiners aping Talking Heads, but bands ripping off Depeche Mode, The Smiths, and The Cure get an immediate pass in my book. So this episode features a ton of classic tracks from the eighties by The Sound, The Comsat Angels, and Morrissey's band, along with songs by The Fresh And Onlys, Voxtrot, and Pernice Brothers that remind me of that post-punk time when bands slowed down and got all jangly and noisy and weird.
Speaking of new music and old music, Captured Tracks has become my favorite label of the last few months. On this episode, you'll hear tunes from Soft Metals, Widowspeak, and Hoop Dreams, which bring back the sounds of the late eighties so perfectly that listening to their records might put you into a time warp. If you like dark dance, gothic country, or nervy college kid pop, then you're gonna love this stuff as much as I do. That Mike Sniper guy has a singular vision for his label that rivals Tony Wilson in his prime. Believe it!
Last month, I spoke a bit about being bored with new music, and judging by the stuff coming out lately, it seems like bands across the land are feeling the same way. My ears have gotten burned out by listening to nothing but lo-fi garage rock for awhile, and after hearing like fifty bands dealing in sounds of the sixties and seventies, the only logical place to go is the eighties. I just can't get down with all those sweater-vested weiners aping Talking Heads, but bands ripping off Depeche Mode, The Smiths, and The Cure get an immediate pass in my book. So this episode features a ton of classic tracks from the eighties by The Sound, The Comsat Angels, and Morrissey's band, along with songs by The Fresh And Onlys, Voxtrot, and Pernice Brothers that remind me of that post-punk time when bands slowed down and got all jangly and noisy and weird.
Speaking of new music and old music, Captured Tracks has become my favorite label of the last few months. On this episode, you'll hear tunes from Soft Metals, Widowspeak, and Hoop Dreams, which bring back the sounds of the late eighties so perfectly that listening to their records might put you into a time warp. If you like dark dance, gothic country, or nervy college kid pop, then you're gonna love this stuff as much as I do. That Mike Sniper guy has a singular vision for his label that rivals Tony Wilson in his prime. Believe it!
If you're a bit confused and are thinking "Well damn, I started listening to Random Old Records because it has a bunch of crazy garage rock n' roll jams every month" then I've got you covered, too. Random Old Records #34 finishes up with the best feral garage pop I've heard in the past month from the new Black Lips LP, The Happy Thoughts, Apache Dropout, and more! This one goes all over the place and back again, and I hope you have as much fun listening to it as I had putting it together!
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Random Old Records #34
Released 08/11/2011
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1. Tommy James and The Shondells - "Crimson And Clover"
(Crimson And Clover, Roulette 1968)
2. The Sound - "Winning"
(From The Lion's Mouth, Korova 1981)
3. The Comsat Angels - "Independence Day"
(Waiting For A Miracle, Polydor 1980)
4. Hoop Dreams - "XCPR"
(XCPR 7", Captured Tracks 2011)
--Forbidden World.
5. Soft Metals - "The Cold World Melts"
(Soft Metals, Captured Tracks 2011)
6. Zombi - "Slow Oscillations"
(Escape Velocity, Relapse 2011)
7. Peaking Lights - "Key Sparrow"
(936, Not Not Fun 2011)
8. Widowspeak - "In The Pines"
(Widowspeak, Captured Tracks 2011)
--The Mozzer speaks!
9. Pernice Brothers - "7:30"
(The World Won't End, Ashmont 2001)
10. Voxtrot - "Raised By Wolves"
(Raised By Wolves, Cult Hero 2005)
11. The Smiths - "Sheila Take A Bow"
(Louder Than Bombs, Sire 1987)
12. The Fresh & Onlys - "Waterfall"
(Play It Strange, In The Red 2010)
--Amy Winehouse, 27, etc.
13. Black Lips - "New Direction"
(Arabia Mountain, Vice 2011)
14. The Happy Thoughts - "One More Fish"
(The Happy Thougts, Hozac 2011)
15. The People's Temple - "Axe Man"
(Sons Of Stone, Hozac 2011)
16. Apache Dropout - "Sister Burnout"
(Shot Down 7", Trouble In Mind 2011)
17. Ty Segall - "My Head Explodes"
(Goodbye Bread, Drag City 2011)
