Music of the Sphere: Let's Say We Did, Dave Clark, Tame Impala, Radio Birdman, Nakatomi Plaza, Someone...Yeltsin, Woods, J. Hanson, Darlings, et. al.

Thanks to all the fabulous favebloggers for the following. (Click to visit.)

Let's Say We Did - Straight Back to You - 3hive

Nakatomi Plaza - Bomb Shelter - CYSTSFTS

The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over - Peter's Power Pop
Radio Birdman - New Race - Peter's Power Pop

Tame Impala - Half Full Glass of Wine - Rollo & Grady - superb, Creamy psych
Tame Impala - Runway, Houses, City, Clouds - Big Stereo

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Cardinal Rules - The Catbirdseat
Jeff Hanson - This Time It Will - The Catbirdseat
Woods - The Dark - The Catbirdseat
Darlings - TV - The Catbirdseat
The Hidden Cameras - Death of a Tune - The Catbirdseat

Hollows - Walkaway - Raven Sings the Blues
Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday & Chinatown - Raven Sings the Blues
Shel Naylor - One Fine Day - Raven Sings the Blues
The Majority - One Third - Raven Sings the Blues
The Monocles - I Can't Win - Raven Sings the Blues

Music of the Sphere: Tame Impala, Nice Boys, Francisco The Man, Rat Columns, Evol, Allah-Las, Wild Smiles, Punks On Mars, New Pornographers, Big Country, After The Fire, Young Evils, Blonde Summer, Ringo Deathstarr, Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin, Warm Soda, Lace Curtains, King Tuff, Young Boys, Vandelles, Fang Island, Thee Oh Sees, Total Slacker, Widowspeak, Hunters

That we are posting this on the first day of the seventh year of our little music blog is strictly coincidental. We're nevertheless celebrating by putting every band in the post in the postitle. Thanks to Blogger for recent changes that let us do this and to the neato hoster types for posting the following. And hurrah for your visiting and for Karamazov!

The Nice Boys - Teenage Nights - Requiem Pour Un Twister

Francisco The Man - Tiger - We All Want Someone To Shout For

Rat Columns - Death Is Leaving Me - The Finest Kiss

Evol - Unlucky Guy - Raven Sings the Blues

Allah-Las - Don’t You Forget It - Austin Town Hall
Wild Smiles - Tangled Hair - Austin Town Hall
Punks On Mars - Showers of Pain - Austin Town Hall

The New Pornographers - The Electric Version - Peter's Power Pop
The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed - Peter’s Power Pop
The New Pornographers - All For Swinging Around - Peter’s Power Pop
Big Country - In A Big Country - Peter’s Power Pop
After The Fire - Der Kommissar - Peter’s Power Pop

Tame Impala - Elephant - Indie Rock Cafe
The Young Evils - When Sally Walked In The Rain - Indie Rock Cafe
Blonde Summer - Slow Days, Fast Company - Indie Rock Cafe
Ringo Deathstarr - Rip - Indie Rock Cafe
Ty Segall - The Hill - Indie Rock Cafe 


Tame Impala - Endors toi - Rollo & Grady
Allah-Las - Tell Me (What’s On Your Mind) - Rollo & Grady
Warm Soda - Reaction - Rollo & Grady
Lace Curtains - Police Brutality - Rollo & Grady
King Tuff - Anthem - Rollo & Grady
Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin - Pop Song - Rollo & Grady
Young Boys - Fell From Grace & Runaway May - Rollo & Grady


The Vandelles - Into the City & Lovely Weather - Gimme Tinnitus
Fang Island - Asunder - Gimme Tinnitus
Thee Oh Sees - Lupine Dominus - Gimme Tinnitus
Total Slacker - Psychic Mesa - Gimme Tinnitus
Widowspeak - Harsh Realm - Gimme Tinnitus
Hunters - Melting - Gimme Tinnitus
Throwing Up - Toothache Mastered - Gimme Tinnitus

Music of the Sphere: Darker My Love, Keys, Monster Movie, Twin Sister, Laurels, Glands, Young Veins, Male Bonding, Jaill, Woods, Moles, Fresh & Onlys

What amazing sounds DML get from those four hands! (Isn't there supposed to be one more, though?)

Hugs and laughs and darker-drying blood and such to you this Satisfying saturday. We personally thank the kindly hosting entities for the following and hope you will, too.

The Keys - Fire Inside - mp3hugger - Get it rrright nowwwww; the hugger don't keep 'em posted long. (Also our excuse for doing back-to-back/belly-to-belly MotS posts.)

Monster Movie - Bored Beyond Oblivion - 5 Acts

Twin Sister - Lady Daydream (Glitter Bones Remix) - I Guess I'm Floating

From an excellent blog, fairly new to us and definitely on the rota:

Darker My Love - Blue Day & She Lives (In a Time of Her Own) (13th Floor Elevators cover) - Rollo & Grady - One of our currently favorite bands. We posted one of our favorite songs of the last couple of years plus another excelente by DML here.

The Laurels - Art School Girl & Wandering Star - Rollo & Grady

The Glands - When I Laugh - Rollo & Grady

Tame Impala - Lucidity - Rollo & Grady - ferociously pleasing psych, as maybe you've noticed
Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss - Rollo & Grady
Tame Impala - Skeleton Tiger - Rollo & Grady

The Young Veins - Change - Rollo & Grady

Male Bonding - Year's Not Long - Rollo & Grady

Jaill - Always Wrong & Everyone's Hip - Rollo & Grady

Woods - Blood Dries Darker - Rollo & Grady - . . .My Love

And from a longtime faveblog:

The Moles - Bury Me Happy - Raven Sings the Blues - for Flying Nun-style devotees, such as we

The Fresh & Onlys - Vanishing Cream - Raven Sings the Blues - We recently posted one by TF&O here (i.e., still fresh).

Music of the Sphere: Game Theory, Shoes, Resonars, Fountains of Wayne, Boston, Tame Impala, Bass Drum Of Death, Shivvers, F Mac, Fidlar, White Fence, WL, Young Mammals, Al Stewart, Dead Gaze, House of Love, Heavy Times, Cruiser, P. Frampton, Firefall, Orleans, Maxine Nightingale, Starland Vocal Band, Liechtenstein, Men, Oh Sees, Bare Wires

Here's a batch of excelentes we've found at some faveblogs. We thank the hosts.

Game Theory - Lolita Nation demos - Big Plans For Everybody - Fab post on a fab band

Fountains Of Wayne - Denise - Peter's Power Pop

Dead Gaze - I Found the Ending - Austin Town Hall

The House of Love - Shine On - Chromewaves

Bass Drum Of Death - White Fright - Rollo & Grady

Heavy Times - Skull Hair - Gimme Tinnitus

Shoes - Boys Don't Lie - Raven Sings the Blues
The Shivvers - Teen Line - Raven Sings the Blues

Cruiser - Don't Go Alone - AW Music
Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards - AW Music

From Gimme Tinnitus' Massive Best of 2012 Post:
White Fence - Swagger Vets and Double Moon - Gimme Tinnitus
WL - No Escape - Gimme Tinnitus
Fidlar - No Ass - Gimme Tinnitus

From Infrasons' Excellent Souvenirs of 2012 Post:
Resonars - Long Long Thoughts - Infrasons
Bare Wires - Impossible Things - Infrasons
Liechtenstein - Heads on Golden Plate - Infrasons
The Men - Candy - Infrasons
Jim Noir - Driving My Escort Cosworth to the Cake Circus - Infrasons
Thee Oh Sees - Lupine Dominus - Infrasons - Stick with it; it gets better.

Some 70s Faves from a Fun Series at Popdose - Suggestion: Ignore the sometimes inane "insights" of the pundits and decide for yourself. We are glad they liked Boston, though.
Boston - Don't Look Back - Popdose
Firefall - You Are the Woman - Popdose 
Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way - Popdose - Middle digit to the pundits.

Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me - Popdose
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop - Popdose
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat - Popdose
Al Stewart - Time Passages - Popdose

Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From - Popdose
Orleans - Still the One - Popdose 
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight - Popdose - Another middle digit.

Music of the Sphere: Flyying Colours, Wolf Alice, Straight Arrows, Livids, Pankhabilli, Birth of Joy, Bruce!, Tame Impala, Dog Party, Sweet John Bloom

We say it often and with good reason: thank you, bloggertypes, for the excellent tuneage.

Flyying Colours - Running Late - Polaroid (pic)

Wolf Alice - Moaning Lisa Smile - KEXP Blog

Straight Arrows - Can't Stand It - Nu Rave Brain Wave

Livids - Ms Bluff - Rollo & Grady

Pankhabilli - The Ladder (demo) - Rollo & Grady

Birth of Joy - Keep Your Eyes Shut - Indie Rock Cafe

Bruce! - Money And Go - Indie Rock Cafe

Tame Impala - Disciples - Side One Track One

Dog Party - Peanut Butter Dream - Side One Track One

Sweet John Bloom - Tell Me - Side One Track One

Music of the Sphere: Big Deal, Suzannes, Veronica Falls, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Highasakite, Tame Impala, Wild Nothings, Resonars, Broncho, Capsula, DIIV, Ghost Wave, Meat Market, Mikal Cronin, Orwells

We humbly thank the blogging entities for seeing fit to post the following. Incidentally, we haven't written much about Mikal Cronin, but we've been spending our hard-earned on a bunch of his music and enjoying it hugely. Also, by no means should you overlook that Capsula song way down the list. Of course we love 'em all, else they wouldn't be here.

Big Deal - In Your Car - Side One Track One

Suzannes - Hippie - Killed By Death Records

Veronica Falls - Come On Over & Found Love In A Graveyard - Chromewaves

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep (Like A Shark) - Aquarium Drunkard

Highasakite - Son of a Bitch - Indie Rock Cafe

Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards - AWMusic

Wild Nothings - Midnight Song - AWMusic

The first two of the following come from separate posts. The next six are all in a third, very long post, so scrolling and maybe Ctrl-F or Command-F searching will be useful.

The Resonars - I Didn't Feel So Cold Then - Rollo & Grady
Broncho - Record Store - Rollo & Grady
Capsula - Girl! Whip Up The Sound - Rollo & Grady
DIIV - Doused - Rollo & Grady
Ghost Wave - Sunsetter - Rollo & Grady
Meat Market - TNT - Rollo & Grady
Mikal Cronin - You Gotta Have Someone (Demo) - Rollo & Grady
The Orwells - Southern Comfort (Rollo & Grady Session) - Rollo & Grady

Music of the Sphere: Stars, XTC, Bass Drum OD, Tame Impala, K Vile, J Forte, Smith Ws, White Ws, White F, Fresh&Os, Girls, et. al. . . .***

Vile.

Favebloggers be doin' much good for hu/wo/mankind. Thanks, fb's.

Stars - Ageless Beauty - Chromewaves

XTC - Senses Working Overtime - Popdose

Tame Impala - I Don't Really Mind - Rollo & Grady

J. Forte - Purple Clouds, Dark Skies - Baby, You Got a Stew Goin'!

Hell On Wheels - Baby - The Finest Kiss

White Wires - Summer Girl - Indie Rock Cafe - Get more here and here.
The Fresh & Onlys - Summer Of Love - Indie Rock Cafe

The Happy Thoughts - Sweet Dirty Love - Raven Sings the Blues
Kindest Lines - Destructive Paths to Live Happily - Raven Sings the Blues - electromarcher/lovely voice

Impossible Hair - You Can Own - Gimme Tinnitus
Bad Sports - Would You Wait For Me Too? - Gimme Tinnitus
Night Manager - Pizza Pasta - Gimme Tinnitus
WATERS - For The One - Gimme Tinnitus - Not, perhaps, to every popper's taste, but we like it.

From an excellent blog new to us:

Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever - Weekly Tape Deck
White Fence - Lillian (Won't You Play The Drums) - Weekly Tape Deck
Bass Drum of Death - Get Found - Weekly Tape Deck
Eternal Summers - Prisoner - Weekly Tape Deck - more here & here
Fergus & Geronimo - Baby Don't You Cry - Weekly Tape Deck

A white-fonted sentence strategically placed can please peeps and peepers. (Sorry, we seem to have started a schtick from which we can't get unschtuck.)

Papercuts - Do You What You Will & John Brown - Weekly Tape Deck
Soft Powers - I Begin To Cringe At Eight Ten - Weekly Tape Deck
Cloud Nothings - Understand At All & Leave You Forever - Weekly Tape Deck
Girls - Heartbreaker - Weekly Tape Deck
The Smith Westerns - Give Me Some Time - Weekly Tape Deck

***Blogger only allows a certain number of letters in a postitle. We regret the inconvenience.

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

Music of the Sphere: Smithereens, New P's, 78 Saab, Soul Asylum, An Horse, MGMT, Shins, Bears, JEFF, Dexy's, Tame Impala, et. al.

We thank these bloggers most sincerely for making the following available.

The Smithereens - Behind the Wall of Sleep - Star Maker Machine

The New Pornographers - Letter from an Occupant - Music for Kids Who Can't Read Good

78 Saab - Karma Package Deal - Peter's Power Pop

Soul Asylum - Runaway Train - The Vinyl Villain

An Horse - Trains and Tracks - Austin Town Hall

Bears - How To Live - Rollo & Grady
JEFF the Brotherhood - Mellow Out - Rollo & Grady - Scroll down to #25. - (pic)

Brother - Darling Buds of May (demo) - You Aint No Picasso
Masters of the Hemisphere - Volcano - You Aint No Picasso

Rayon Beach - Death Rides a Horse - Raven Sings the Blues
Viva l'American Death Ray Music - A Funny Story - Raven Sings the Blues

The Shins - Know Your Onion - Indie Rock Cafe
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen - Indie Rock Cafe
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle - Indie Rock Cafe
Mojave 3 - Breaking The Ice - Indie Rock Cafe

Adrienne Delsol - Pas Adieu - Infrasons
Fresh & Onlys - Summer of Love - Infrasons
MGMT - Flash Delirium - Infrasons
Tame Impala - Solitude is Bliss - Infrasons
The Young Veins - The Other Girl - Infrasons

Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams

We fully realize this one appeared all over the blogosphere in early July, and to widespread ebullitions of gleeee, including our own. We certainly grabbed it then and selfishly squirreled it away for secret listening experiences. Do we feel guilty? Always, but we've dealt with it privately and find our hearts amazingly tame (though we are not impalas.) Our horns have been raised and tootin' for these Perth Aussies since we first heard them at Rollo & Grady's back in early '10, and we are well psyched about Lonerism, their sophomore effort, due out on John Lennon's birthday (one day earlier in Europe and four days earlier in Oz).

Music of the Sphere: Manhattan Love Suicides, Toro y Moi, Part Time, Two Gallants, Surf City, Safes, Sugar Candy Mountain, Eyelids, Salme Dahlstrom, The Asteroid No. 4, Belle Sounds, Hobbes Fanclub, Luxembourg Signal, Lunchbox

Ell & Sam

Yes, the first several are excellent, but so are the final ten. We got to clicking over at Magnet Mag's blog and just couldn't stop. Well, eventually we did, but we plan to go back. In the meantime, thank you, bloggers all.

The Manhattan Love Suicides - Nowhere Bound - Polaroid - Polaroid's still got their superb "Kessler Syndrome."

Toro y Moi - Run Baby Run - Side One Track One
Part Time - Fallin 4 U - Side One Track One - The second new one by Tame Impala's there, too, but frankly it didn't move us. It might you, though.

Two Gallants - Incidental - KEXP Blog
Surf City - Spec City - KEXP Blog

Sam Vicari - All And Everyday - Magnet - An excellent song, and not even our favorite off the Chicago popper's new LP. Check it out here.
The Safes - Hopes Up, Guard Down - Magnet
Sugar Candy Mountain - Soak Up The City - Magnet
Eyelids - Forget About Tomorrow - Magnet - The two freebs we posted are still available here.
Salme Dahlstrom - Love + Shine - Magnet

The Asteroid No. 4 - Back Of Your Mind - Magnet
The Belle Sounds - Black Stone - Magnet
The Hobbes Fanclub - Stay Gold - Magnet
The Luxembourg Signal - We Go On - Magnet
Lunchbox - Give A Little Love - Magnet

pppurcha$e$ - April-August 2010

If you find yourself liking some of the same music we do, click here to check out four months' worth of our recent purchases over at eMusic. We're particularly excited about Virginia gazers Ceremony, powerpoppers Redd Kross, Fastbacks, Eurovox, Bubblegum Lemonade, and The Yum Yums, the two Ash songs, Aussie psych powerhouse Tame Impala, and a band we found in our last.fm friend kohsuke1978's library, Cherry Blossom Clinic. But again, we're very-much-liking-to-loving all 209 songs.

Tame Impala Let It Happen . . .

. . ., only longer and more 'lectronic. It's not your older sister's (or your younger self's) TI, but it's the same creator and same voice, and that's good. You'll see in the widgeted comments an interesting variety of sentiments, some of which you just might share. We tend to agree with the guitarophiles, but we certainly wouldn't post the song if we didn't like it.