Tea Cozies: Muchos Dracula

We made a huge mistake not posting this song a couple of months ago when we found it at faveblog The Finest Kiss. We downloaded it while it was still free at Bandcamp but by the time we were set to post, it was no longer free. But after grooving mightily on it earlier today (evidence here) we put forth renewed effort and found it floating free at SoundCloud, hence the widget action below.

Click on the various links we just provided to check out this excellent Seattle band. We'd say more were we not such inarticulate/laconic bloggoons. Besides, what we don't tell you your ears will, and if they don't, The Finest Kiss does with its usual finesse. They, or he, not sure which, put another cozy little number in TFK's excellent Best of 2012 post. (Scroll down to #9.)


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Oh, yeah, and Happy New Year to ya.

Hot Nun's Hot

We always get excited when finding out Spinning Jennies/The Well Wishers aceman Jeff Shelton is up to something new. Thus are we well fired up to hear of his latest project, Hot Nun, some early fruit of which is posted below and final harvest of which is due out early next year. We may follow up on this soon, but want to post it right away, the mad, mega-competitive world of powerpop being what it is(n't). BTW, there's another selection by Hot Nun st(r)eaming at Bandcamp. Click here to check out our previous Well Wishers posts containing Shelton-sanctioned free and legals.

Christian Bland & The Revelators

Christian Bland & The Revelators - I See You mp3

Yeh, so that's the other one we found during our recent scrobblefest at last.fm. Both longtime psych faves The Black Angels' Christian Bland and The Revelators themselves are revelatory indeed in this excellent song. (So, apparently, is the individual to whom the song is addressed.) Read more here and here.

Channeling Elk

We were just now over at last.fm innocently celebrating being able to scrobble again when we found a couple of fairly recent discoveries all free and available like. Torontans Elk seem to be channeling a bit of the old Mickey and Sylvia with that irresistible little hook in "Riverview #3" and hint at it in the very next Daydream ditty as well. We don't hear it quite so much in the curl-shootin' "Sometime Together," but it's still a highly pleasing song. (See/hear/dl below.) Go to Bandcamp and scope out more, if you like. (Sarah Greene says they're channeling The Kinks, and she may well be right.) Whomever they're channeling, if indeed they're channeling anyone at all, we're just mighty happy our ears are channeling them.




 

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Oh, and that other recent discovery? To be posted soon.

Music of the Sphere: Crookes, Kickstand Band, Super Vacations, Bring Me. . ., Prince Rupert's Drops, Dog Bite, Apples in Stereo, Deerhunter, Telekinesis, Titus Andronicus, Ty Segall, Jason Lytle, Rooney, Stone Roses, P. Frampton, Gap Dream, Dude York, Orwells, Icona Pop, Japandroids, Tame Impala, White Wires, Desaparecidos, Deep Time

We sincerely thank the hosting entities for posting the following. Maybe you'll thank them, too.

The Crookes - Back Street Lovers - Indie Rock Cafe

The Kickstand Band - Still Thinking of You Tonight - We All Want Someone To Shout For

The Super Vacations - Controller - 3hive

Bring Me The Fucking Riot. . .Man - Enough! We Demand The Abdication - Milk Milk Lemonade

Prince Rupert’s Drops - Almond Man - Austin Town Hall
Dog Bite - Prettiest Pills - Austin Town Hall

The Apples in Stereo - King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 3 - Raven Sings the Blues (Mixtape)
Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange - Raven Sings the Blues (Mixtape)

Telekinesis - Clock Strikes Midnight - Chromewaves
Titus Andronicus - Breed (Nirvana cover) - Chromewaves

Ty Segall - Thank God For Sinners - Aquarium Drunkard
Jason Lytle - Get Up And Go - Aquarium Drunkard

Rooney - I’m A Terrible Person - Peter’s Power Pop
The Stone Roses - Made Of Stone - Peter’s Power Pop - our favorite Stone Roses song
Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter’s Power Pop

Gap Dream - Go Ahead - Rollo & Grady - neo-Byrdsian
Dude York - The Lake - Rollo & Grady

The Orwells - Cold Summer 1 - Rollo & Grady
The Orwells - Flee The Scene - Rollo & Grady

Icona Pop - I Love It - Side One Track One - from SOTO's excellent 2012 faves post
Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built - Side One Track One
Tame Impala - Elephant - Side One Track One
White Wires - All Night Long - Side One Track One
Desaparecidos - MariKKKopa - Side One Track One
Deep Time - Clouds - Side One Track One

Fahrtin' Around mit den Trippies

Tripping The Light Fantastic - Heavy Heart mp3

Maybe we're takin' liberties mit der deutschen Sprache, but these Hamburgers make us do exactly what their name bespeaks. Cloudberry promise more and there's already some's been waitin' for us here. For example:

Fantastic, indeed.

Tripping The Light Fantastic Website | Bandcamp

Catch-Up: Ash, Blonde Summer, A.C. Newman, Raveonettes, Fonda, Graham Repulski, Fang Island, Calvin Love, The Dust Engineers, A Place To Bury Strangers

This episode has a simple organizing principle: we looked back through our love-'em list and found some songs we simply hadn't yet posted. May the shame of our neglect be assuaged by our finally taking arms against a sea of troubles kind of thing.

Ash - Burn Baby Burn mp3

Blonde Summer - Slow Days Fast Company mp3

A.C. Newman - Encyclopedia Of Classic Takedowns mp3

The Raveonettes - She Owns The Streets mp3

Fonda - Better Days mp3

Graham Repulski - Mommy's Dreaming mp3

Fang Island - Asunder mp3

Calvin Love - Gut Feeling (DEVO cover) mp3

The Dust Engineers - So American mp3
The Dust Engineers - Jake Spoon mp3

A Place To Bury Strangers - And I'm Up mp3
A Place To Bury Strangers - You Are The One mp3

New Hue About The CRY!

 

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These Portlandians caused quite an uproar in these parts last year about this time, so we're grinnin' again to hear from John Their Manager that they've recently released new terrifics. We love that other one, too, but please know that it's kind of big (like, physically, weighing in @ 47.48 MB). You will find twelve more free and legals at Soundcloud, including the two we posted last year.