We're twee as coitus,
So, headbangers, bite us. . .
Oddly enough I was in the act of composing lyrics for a possible
Tullycraft song when out of the blue arrives word of a forthcoming 21-song salute to the much-beloved Seattle band. (Some of that's apocryphal, but I gotta start these blogposts somewhere.) Due to drop 14 September and named after the final song on the album,
Wish I'd Kept A Scrapbook: A Tribute to Tullycraft features excellent covers by indie bands equal in number to the total of songs indicated above. Eager for full-length downloadable samples? We have two, courtesy of
Lee Grutman of
Unchikun Records.
But first, something from the tributees, to wet your, um, whistle.
Tullycraft - The Punks Are Writing Love Songs mp3 - from 2007's
Every Scene Needs a Center, on
Magic Marker Records
And now two wonderful somethings from an equal number of tributaries:
The Medusa Snare - Every Little Thing mp3
Hot Lava - Pink Lemonade mp3
We were especially grabbed by
The Medusa Snare and quickly discovered a major reason why: TMS contains two members (as well as three initials) of one of our favorite bands, the late, the great
The Manhattan Love Suicides, an example of whose tuneage you can listen to/download quite soon.
The Manhattan Love Suicides - Suzy Jones mp3 - from
The Manhattan Love Suicides
BTW, if you haven't yet heard TMLS's superb "Kessler Syndrome," you need to
travel to Italia molto allegro or something (and we trust you
will be happy).
Suddenly we realize we haven't really said much yet about the excellent
Tullycraft, cynosure of all this tribute bidness. Okay, click
here,
here, and
here to learn more. The band have also made available another 12 free and legal mp3s in addition to the one posted above. Grab them
here.
Finally, we're not sure if our ears deceived us while listening to "The Punks Are Writing Love Songs," but we thought we heard somewhere in it the word "bat." Maybe we were just reading the title to another song on
Every Scene. . . ("Fangs On Bats") and got confused. Maybe it was the thought of a punk-penned love song. Whatever, we were reminded of
an Austin band's untwee ditty we recently found and have been wanting to post, so here goes. The site where we found it has tons of free and legals, so if you're so inclined, click
here and clean up. We did and felt quite squeaky.
The Hex Dispensers - My Love is a Bat mp3 - from
Winchester Mystery House
Our fingers are kinda tired now, but we feel contented. Moo. Oh, one more thing. There are quite a few links in this post, so hover and discover.
Yes, it officially begins. . .right about now: the South by Southwest Music Festival. Even from afar we feel the excitement. We've plunged into our archives to pull out some primo offerings for SXSW 2009 bands who either didn't post songs at the official SXSW website this year or perhaps previously made available tunes we like an ooch better. Probably shouldn't keep saying this, but, yes, we have even more, so check back in a day or two. Don't wanta overdo it now, do we? We begin with one of our very favorite bands from last year (back again this) and go from strength to strength. Click song titles to play, artist names to go to their SXSW bandpage. Click here for previous SXSW postings at Powerpopulist.
From around the sphere - by email, diligent seeking, pony express - myriad pleasure-inducing aural experiences aggregate in this little corner, begging to be bruited. I for one am thankful, and in the particular country in which I reside, that is especially appropriate tomorrow. "Shut up and post," booms my Blogospherial Overlord, and I am only too happy to comply.
Here's some tempting news from Three Imaginary Girls, and since I'm reasonably close, I'm quite inclined to go. They even threw in some free mp3s I'm passing along to you, so maybe we're all happy. Here's part of their email message.
We continue our preview of the upcoming South by Southwest Festival, but let's try something different. Today we have two sets: New to Me/Known to Me. You wanta talk creative? Wow.
Jared over at 5 Acts has been on a tear of late, posting song after excellent song. He said I could do this, and I've been quite abstemious for quite some time, so here goes with one that touched my sweet spot. Please return the favor by checking out the great songs at 5 Acts and the acquisitional info about TMLS' new album.
