Music of the Sphere

Hope this pic don't bug ya. (Yuk.)
All righty-dighty, here we go with the third and final post of recent finds at my favorite blogs. (I'd been cranially concocting a dark, brooding, cynical intro, but opted instead for chirpy. I guess I've been broody because I've been worried this blog has seemed more like a catalog or grocery list or something. Actually, if I could find a grocery where they had tuneage this good, I'd definitely shop there. Okay, the hardest part of this post is now done.) Thanks, bloggers, for letting us sample whatcha got. Choip.

Apples In Stereo – Shine (In Your Mind) – Untitled Records

The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies - 5 Acts

The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold - 5 Acts

The Bridge Gang – London Sky Tonight (demo) – Nothing But Green Lights - This one plunked my twanger again on a drive last week.

MGMT - Kids - Red Blondehead - So did this one, which I actually posted previously, but so what?

The Visitors - Sweden - i (heart) music
Love Kills - Give Me Something I Can Love & Suicide - i (heart) music
The Beautiful Unknown - Spinning In My Grave - i (heart) music

M83 - Graveyard Girl - Quarter Life Party

Crystal Castles - Vanished - 5 Acts

Taxipop9 - Pop Trash & You Thrill Me To Death - Coast Is Clear

The Who - I'm A Boy - Pretty Goes with Pretty

Ramones - I Want You Around - Bleedin' Out - Do I evah! (Want you around.)

Music of the Sphere

We continue pointing you towards our rich haul of songs hosted and posted at some of our favorite blogs. The third and final post of this batch should go up tomorrow. Click below and be transported.

The Smithereens - Beauty and Sadness - Slave To Shuffle
The Church - Monday Morning - The Big Quasar
Nick Lowe - My Heart Hurts - Bag of Songs - plus 4 other Lowes

R.E.M. – Driver 8 & World Leader Pretend – Speed Of Dark
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe (single) & So. Central Rain & Pretty Persuasion - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
R.E.M. - Fall On Me & Strange & Orange Crush - a PLAGUE of ANGELS

Crystal Stilts - Converging the Quiet - Raven Sings The Blues - nice psych, this, and the next two as well
Little Claw - Movies For You - Raven Sings The Blues
Suishou No Fune - The Rain Falls - Raven Sings The Blues

Steeleye Span - Gaudete - The Devil Has The Best Tuna - Have we mentioned our utter adoration of these English folk rockers? This song is one of our favorites, although it doesn't exactly rock in the conventional sense.
Derek & The Dominoes - I Looked Away - Echoes In The Wind
Graham Nash - Sleep Song - Echoes In The Wind

Thanks, groovy bloggers.

Music of the Sphere

We tend naturally toward embarrassment, but the musical riches we've gathered today burn us scarlet. We could lay 39 supergroovies on you right here and now, no questions asked, but fear that might be excessive. So get ready for several days of rapid-fire MOTS posts so you won't miss a single song. (Hosted sampleables often do get taken down, you know.) We'll begin with a couple of new blogfriends who don't know us, to wit:

Sheridan Dupre X, Big B, Mike, and Emmett over at Art Decade. . .

The Beatles - Thank You Girl - Art Decade - The first two words of this song title are pretty much what we want to say to all these generous, hardworking hosterposters.
The Byrds - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1st Version) & Lover Of The Bayou (Live) - Art Decade
The Damned - New Rose - Art Decade

. . .and Matt over at Perceptions. Delusions.

The Kinks - Better Things - Perceptions. Delusions.

Fountains Of Wayne - Better Things (Kinks cover) - Perceptions. Delusions.

The Ramones - I Don't Care (single) - Perceptions. Delusions.

The Who - I Can't Explain - Perceptions. Delusions.

Eric over at CYSTSFTS is up to Post #15 in his excellent series, "It came from the nineties." Here are some of the ones we like best, along with several from other posts.

Ash - Kung Fu - Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?

Veruca Salt - Seether - Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?

The Lemonheads - Alison's Starting To Happen & Confetti - Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?

Elastica - Stutter - Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?

Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You - Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?

Talking Heads - And She Was - Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?

We'll be Bach.

All Over The Map

We hope this globespanning jaunt will get you fine-tuned.

Starting Stops
The Sweet Serenades - First Taste Of Trouble mp3 - (pic) - Stockholm - Thanks to TSSer Martin Nordvall for getting in touch.
This Is Ivy League - London Bridges (MP3) - Brooklyn - Thanks to Vai Godhania at Fanatic.

Head in the Cloud(berry)s
The Firekites - Good Times mp3 - Romsey
The Flower Beds - You Mean to Me mp3 - Chicago

Heliocentricity
Sunny Day Sets Fire - Stranger mp3 - London
The Helio Sequence - Can't Say No mp3 - Portland

Thanks, 'fork.
The M's - Big Sound mp3 - Chicago
Jay Reatard - Always Wanting More mp3 - Memphis

B's
Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears - Imitation of the Sky mp3 - Brooklyn
Buttercup - In Love mp3 - San Antone

Drill Bit

You know the drill (and if you don't, you soon will): skip this word stuff and head tuneward.

The Long Blondes - Here Comes The Serious Bit mp3

EZ Basic - I Can Only Break Your Heart mp3 - Thanks to Coast Is Clear for the headsup.

A Place To Bury Strangers - My Weakness mp3

Black Helicopter - Buick Electra mp3

Mobius Band - Baby, We’ll Be Fine (National cover) mp3

Ric Menck - Hey War Pigs mp3 - Two (there ain't anything but) excellent songs from Velvet Crush are downloadable here.

Meho Plaza - The Beach mp3

The May Fire - Make It Right mp3

Great Northern - Telling Lies mp3

Monroe Mustang - The Other Side mp3

Click artist names for more. Click song titles to hear songs.

Music of the Sphere

Found in the Big Round. Thanks, hosters. (Since being gently chided recently for not putting a band someone liked nearer the toppermost of a popperpost, I live in terror of letting you down. I have set the Powerpopulist staff working on a technique to post all songs first. Now they're chiding me, and none too gently either. This gig's harder than I'd ever dreamed.)

XTC – Mayor Of Simpleton – Setting The Woods On Fire
Teenage Fanclub – The Concept – Star Maker Machine

Elliott Smith – Wouldn’t Mama Be Proud – mp3hugger
Japan Air – Claire – mp3hugger

My Raining Stars – All This Time – Hits In The Car
Tellus About The Moon – Wwwm – Hits In The Car
Sad Day For Puppets – Big Waves – Coast Is Clear

Ivy – Thinking About You – Dead Flowers
The Wannadies – Friends – Dead Flowers
Oasis – The Hindu Times – Dead Flowers

Tilly And The Wall – Cacophony – Music Of The Moment
The Simple Carnival – Caitlin's on the Beach – Indie-MP3
The Good Life – Beaten Path – Music For Kids Who Cant Read Good – quirky but nice

The Darkness – Friday Night – Bag Of Songs - "needlework on Thursday" – (Sigh.) I think I'm in love.
Dumptruck – Change – Bag Of Songs
Mary Lou Lord – Lights Are Changing – Bag Of Songs
Richard and Linda Thompson – Down Where The Drunkards Roll – Bag Of Songs

All This And A Title, Too

We found music. Thank you so much, dear visitor, for not insisting I yak (meaning below the box). Suffice it to say, we "dig" what we post. You might, too, even if for entirely different reasons. You want info, click green. You want music, click song titles. You want both. . .you really are complex. Happy weekend.

Violens - Violent Sensation Descends mp3 - Thanks to Tell All Your Friends, which I'm attempting to do. Both of them.

Kid Dakota - Chutes + Ladders mp3 - from Minn., Minn., their name nothwithstanding to the contrary and such. (pic) - Thanks to Andy Silva at Fanatic Promotion.

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Think I Wanna Die mp3

Botticellis - Awaiting on You All mp3

Soundpool - The Divides of March mp3

Windsor for the Derby - Maladies mp3

The Fontaine Toups - Who Told You? mp3
The Quarter After - See How Good It Feels mp3

Non-Baker's Dozen

Please know, dear visitor, if we had the words to say how much we're enjoying the following, we'd spend them.

Austinites

Murdocks - Playhouse Down mp3 - I've seen at least two different names for this song. I'll go with the one Vitriol's Ian Anderson graciously sent me today. The new EP, Roar, emits next week.

The Ugly Beats - The Light Comes On mp3 - I've been enjoying this group for awhile and am grateful to Paul Ford for alerting me to this song's availability at the SXSW artists site. See Paul's entertaining, insightful, and occasionally inaccurate (playful chide) six-word reviews of 763 SXSW artists here. I once thought I was obsessive/compulsive until I saw this Harper's associate editor's work. I'm a piker and a charlatan and many other kinds of semi-bootied.

Double Dips (of Songs)

The Charlatans - Bad Days mp3 - Previously posted but still enjoyed:

You Cross My Path mp3

Antietam - Time Creeps mp3 - Ditto on the Ppbse:

New Parade mp3

Sabot Starers

Experimental Aircraft - Stellar mp3

A Place To Bury Strangers - To Fix The Gash In Your Head mp3

Labrador Retrievals

Club 8 - Everlasting Love mp3
The Sound of Arrows - Danger! mp3

More Scandi Fun

The LK - Cats On Fire mp3

David & The Citizens - Let's Not Fall Apart mp3

Music of the Sphere: Quickie

PJ went backseat diving and copped an excellent set of songs from 2003. The following were my faves, but there are plenty more finos, all at the same post at The Yellow Stereo. Thanks, PJ.

The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed - The Yellow Stereo
The Pernice Brothers - Baby In Two - The Yellow Stereo
Stars - Elevator Love Letter - The Yellow Stereo
The Cardigans - For What It's Worth - The Yellow Stereo
Sun Kil Moon - Lily And Parrots - The Yellow Stereo

And alt-gramma's got retro gold at Speed of Dark. Thanks, grams.

Buddy Holly - Maybe Baby & Blue Days, Black Nights & Rave On - Speed Of Dark

Music of the Sphere

Heard and loved. Thanks, hosts.

Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream - Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?

The Beatles - I'll Cry Instead - Setting The Woods On Fire
The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman & Wasn't Born To Follow - Setting The Woods On Fire

Lush - Hypocrite - Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?

Brendan Benson - Tiny Spark - *Sixeyes + others by BB

Frank Black - Headache - Timedoor

Elf Power - Unforced Peace - Darklands

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy - Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?

Skylight - Winter Nights - Milk Milk Lemonade - excellent shoegaze
Vanilla Swingers - I'll Stay Next To You - Milk Milk Lemonade
The April Skies - Rise & Rise Again - mp3hugger

Roky Erickson - I Have Always Been Here Before & It's A Cold Night For Alligators & Night Of The Vampire - Darklands
The Ventures - Walk Don't Run - Locust St.

On Behalf of Mr. Shy

Hi, Ted Small here filling in for blogmeister pplist. pp is going through a spell of extraordinary shyness and hopes to reemerge soon. In the meantime, he's feeding me songs he likes and asking me to post them here "for your delectation," as he enigmatically put it.

Vendetta Valentine – Dissidents mp3

The B-52s – Hot Corner mp3 – from Funplex, their first lp of the century

Frauke – Canadian Girlfriend mp3
Vancougar – Vanity mp3

Frankel – New Authority mp3

Jim Noir – Don't You Worry (I'll Be Fine) mp3

Midnight Movies – Should Have Known mp3

Shooting Spires – Right mp3

Blue Eyed Son – Step Away From The Cliff mp3

The Heavenly States – The Race mp3

Music of the Sphere

Hello, good morning, and welcome. Here are a few choice cuts I've come across perusing my favorite blogs. Props to the hosting entities.

Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains & Special & Run Baby Run – a PLAGUE of ANGELS - plus a bunch more Garbage

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Think I Wanna Die – Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

The Shins – A Comet Appears – Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored – Badminton Stamps

Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time – a PLAGUE of ANGELS
Elf Power – Softly Through the Void & An Old Familiar Scene – a PLAGUE of ANGELS – plus two more gooduns
Under Electric Light – This Moment – Coast is Clear

The Rollo Treadway – Kidnapped – Eardrums
Urge Overkill – Ericka Kane - Timedoor
Roky Erickson and The Aliens – Bermuda – Bag Of Songs
Mountain – Mississippi Queen – Badminton Stamps

SXSW 2008: Post Six

Now, where were we? Oh, yes, SXSW, which kicks off this week, if the above dates are correct. As mentioned previously, clicking the green artist names will take you to their SXSW webpage. Clicking the song titles should launch the songs. Previous SXSW posts can be found here. The bag is mixed today.

Kate Bradley / The Goodbye Horses - Gold Body 2 mp3
Scary Mansion - Sorry We Took All Yr Money mp3
The Young Republic - Paper Ships mp3
The Submarines - You, Me and the Bourgeoisie mp3

The Law - Still Got Friday To Go mp3
The Mission District - Youth Games mp3
Moke - Here Comes The Summer mp3
Magic Christian - Turn Up The Heat mp3

Zambri - God mp3
Dreamend - Are You Waking mp3

The Krinkles: "Still In Love" & "Burying The Hatchet"

The real reason they're retiring?
Just when I thought my Saturday night couldn't get any better, I find emailed directions to the first new song in eight years by Chicago's super The Krinkles. Wow, you've still got it, cids, and I sure wish you weren't so totally giving it up, if you cnow what i mean! I thrilled to their 3 - The Mordorlorff Collection back in May of last year, and find the wonderful "Gimme Gimme" is still available via Glorious Noise. (Go there and/or click down below.) The K's will be playing a final, reunion show on Saturday, April 19, at The Spot, located at 4437 N. Broadway in Chicago. (The show will be part of the 2008 International Pop Overthrow Festival.) After years of apparent bitterness, the four guys will reunite and, as stated at their MySpace site, "bury the hatchet." There are several riffs I could do on that one, but let's just enjoy the songs. Thanks, Matty, Dan, Jer, and Henry K, for all the great music, and all the bests to youse!

The Krinkles - Still In Love mp3

Gimme Gimme mp3 - from 3 - The Mordorlorff Collection

Just Do It

Me and my blogchild (figuratively)
Yassss, we yanked that last post like a bad molar, like Pepys and his pp, like Sherman on Savannah. So let’s just do it.

Looker - Gates of the Old City mp3

Bad Flirt - Heart Of Darkness mp3

Via Audio - Presents mp3

Your Funeral - I Wanna Be You mp3 - from the Smooch Records early-80s underground compilation, The Local Anesthetic

13ghosts - Beyond the Door mp3

I Love You Baby! - Mon toutou mp3 - Peter's got a couple more fab - and I mean fab - ones here. I found the following, plus many, many more here.

Sellout mp3

Whom I Was Made Of mp3