Yeh, we know, you were right, you can't trust pp to ppost anything in a timely manner these days. We therefore, in rapid-fire succession, ppost the rest of the incredible stash of things moderniste we most liked at Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. We didn't mention last week that Mr. S has been doing a "Mod-A-Day" thing this entire fast-fading last year of the decade, so there are literally hundreds of items you might like even better than the below and those we previously posted. Once you get there, be sure to click on the post title to launch the song. Right-click it to download. And once again: thanks, dear dear Mr. S!!!
The Groovie Ghoulies - Criswell Predicts - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Squire - Debbie Jones - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Frank Popp Ensemble - Live Wire - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Plasticland - Flower Scene - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Trotsky Icepick - Bury Manilow - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - A fun, long-time favorite. We also dig "A Little Push at the Top of the Stairs," if you can find it.
The Tranzmitors - Dancin' In The Front Row - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Things - Can't Get Enough - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Cola Jet Set - El sueño de mi vida - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Hush Puppies - Hot Shot - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - Some mods liked to wear Hush Puppies. Also desert boots!!!
The Music Explosion - Little Black Egg - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Music of the Sphere: Mod Edition, Installment 1
I've got a new friend (who, as usual, doesn't actually know me). His name is Mr. Suave, and he's a Mod. There's a lot more I could tell you about him, but you can easily read and hear all about it at his fantastic blog, Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. For our immediate purposes, the main thing you need to know is that Mr. S has posted an incredibly large and most excellent buncha songs by mod and mod-influenced artists. Mr. S is not a stickler for genrefication, so his repetoire is deep and wide and includes powerpop, psych, garage, ska, r&b, and other genres. I've found so many ace songs I'm going to spread my favorites out over several posts. ("Uh oh," you say, "when pp says stuff like that, we reach for grains, maybe even pillars of salt, not to mention the fact he hasn't even posted for A FREAKIN' MONTH!") And you are very wise to do so. But, please, be moderate. Give pp a chance. Let's just see what happens, mkay?
Lined up below, like so many eager Vespas and Lambrettas, are the pleasure vehicles of Installment 1. Click them to scoot over to MSMMW. I rather think you won't be disappointed. Oh, I should also say that once there, you can either click Mr. S's post titles or the blue mini-players to hear and possibly download the songs. You can often right-click the post title to download the song. Click his blog name at the top to go to his homepage and check out his fun-filled modcasts. Of course, many thanks to The Suave One for turning us on to so much great music. And many thanks as well to the most excellent Peter over at Peter's Power Pop, where I discovered Mr. S in a comment.
The Madd - You Can Be My Baby - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Anydays - On My Way - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Mystic Eyes - My Time To Leave - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Sorentinos - Summertime - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Modest Proposal - Already An Angel & Seen Your Face Before - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Attack - Feel Like Flying - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Buzzcocks - Nostalgia - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Julie Ocean - At The Appointed Hour - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - I previously posted an excelente by Julie Ocean here. There are other extant excelentes in that post as well.
The Naomi Star - She Told Me - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Shoes - Your Very Eyes - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - I previously posted a couple of songs by this, one of my all-time favorite bands, here.
The Madd - You Can Be My Baby - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Anydays - On My Way - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Mystic Eyes - My Time To Leave - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Sorentinos - Summertime - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Modest Proposal - Already An Angel & Seen Your Face Before - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Attack - Feel Like Flying - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Buzzcocks - Nostalgia - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Julie Ocean - At The Appointed Hour - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - I previously posted an excelente by Julie Ocean here. There are other extant excelentes in that post as well.
The Naomi Star - She Told Me - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Shoes - Your Very Eyes - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - I previously posted a couple of songs by this, one of my all-time favorite bands, here.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
The June in November
from Magic Circles,
their August 2009 Rainbow Quartz debut
We love the Parma trio's psychy Beatlesqueries and have reserved a large chunk of the debut for this month's buyfest over at eMusic. Another excellent Junetune awaits you at the band's Rainbow Quartz page should you care to partake.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Music of the Sphere: Icecream Hands, Nines, Even, Wellingtons. Hummingbirds, Church, XTC, Stealers Wheel, Squeeze, Beatles, Guadalcanal, Ramones, &c.
Picture CreditI really hadn't planned on doing another spherepost so soon, but if you were to miss these, I would be very sad, and we can't have that. Be sure to thank the hosts, as I do most fervently. (Click to visit.)
The Hummingbirds - If A Vow - Peter's Power Pop - Long-time favorites always give me a (love) buzz.
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - Peter's Power Pop - Excellent new-to-me's with an extensive back catalogue. I will definitely be checking them out.
Guadalcanal Diary - Watusi Rodeo - Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas
Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet - Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas
The Ramones - Pet Sematary - Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio - Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio - Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas
The Raveonettes - Heart of Stone - Dead Flowers - I only placed them last so they could be close to themselves. (See most recent post below.)
The Raveonettes: "The Chosen One"
Bonus track to Danish duo's October Vice Records release,
In our laconically raving way we previewed the LP back in August. Realizing, though, that some of you might not enjoy the retrofitting process, we hereby post all the free and legals we've got and strongly encourage you to visit eMusic for more. It's gonna sound kinda trite, but we don't care: Rave on.
(Thanks to Tonia Samman at The Orchard for the bonus!)
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Sambassadeur: Always Happy Days
I've expressed my deep love for this superb Swedish band on previous occasions and put my kronor where my mouth is. I tingled to learn a new LP is forthcoming in January on the fabulous Labrador label. Here's the new single.Hmmm, "Days." Now what does that remind me of? Oh, yes, of course, hence a slight but very important diversion. (We're still in Gothenburg, though.)
Now back to Sambassadeur.
From Migration (2007):
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Nuzzle Muzzle & Pris & BTO, The Treatment, Common Heroes, Tolkien, etc.
Welcome to Powerpopulist, where all talk is small talk, especially when we got our Muzzle on.Muzzle - Jenna Fine mp3
Muzzle - What a Bore mp3
And just who are - or were - Muzzle? Well may you ask. Please read on.
Muzzle were a 90s Seattle band drummed for by Burke Thomas, aka “BTO.” Thomas – or “Burke” – is a highly talented musical savant associated with a number of bands, including Pris. Pris were the powerpoppin' media through which I came upon him, so to speak. I bought a baker’s handful of their songs back in February, a fact fairly well, if not conclusively, documented here. So when I started hungering for more information on the four-letter word, I arrived here and found these from 2004's The Kiss Off:
Of course I already had one of those, as documented, but maybe you don't and now we do!
Plus I found these:
Yummy.
But wait, there’s more (mp3s). (Clicky clicky.)
And if what you really crave is more of the story of the various bands with which BTO has been associated, click here.
And that's all I'm gonna say, for now.
And that's all I'm gonna say, for now.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Music of the Sphere: Elvis C, Sloan, Wellingtons, Seekers, ELO, The Move, Midnight Oil, Rough Bunnies, Elephant Stone, et. al.
We got starry-eyed and laughin' when a wonderful blog we subscribe to, My hmphs, introduced us to the superb antipodean blog, Peter's Power Pop. The tunes below are but a small measure of the treasure that awaits you down under.
First, a few by some groups we didn't know and now want to.
You Am I - Berlin Chair & Mr. Milk - Peter's Power Pop
DM3 - One Time Two Times Devastated - Peter's Power Pop
Ratcat - That Ain't Bad - Peter's Power Pop
DM3 - One Time Two Times Devastated - Peter's Power Pop
Ratcat - That Ain't Bad - Peter's Power Pop
Next, a few by some we do.
The Wellingtons - Song for Kim - Peter's Power Pop
The Muffs - Really Really Happy - Peter's Power Pop
The Muffs - Really Really Happy - Peter's Power Pop
Electric Light Orchestra - Do Ya - Peter's Power Pop
The Move - Do Ya - Peter's Power Pop
Midnight Oil - Dreamworld - Peter's Power Pop - Peter also has a live version; we saw MO do this one in Austin on the Diesel and Dust tour back in '88. What a night! (eMusic has a bunch of their lps here.)
Finally, here are a few other nice things we found oot and aboot.
The Yes Pleases - Don't Say We're There Yet - Obscure Sound
Alligators - Where Does It Hide - Obscure Sound
Alligators - Where Does It Hide - Obscure Sound
Elephant Stone - How Long & I Am Blind & The Straight Line - Obscure Sound - We hope it won't seem officious to mention that back in April we posted a song by Elephant Stone here, along with five songs by Rishi Dhir's former band, The High Dials, all highly recommended.
Thanks to all the hosts!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Friendly Foes: I Wanna Be A BFFOFF
Photo Credit to Jerry Waldfrom Born Radical,
their 2008 release
We're loving the pure pop of this Ferndale, Michigan outfit.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
The Black Hollies Give Good Gloom
The Black Hollies - Gloomy Monday Morning mp3
from Softly Towards The Light, released last week
Maybe we should have waited until mañana to post the above, but what the hey. We've been enjoying this Jersey City band for quite some time now, including this previously posted fave.
(That post, this post, and this post have some other nice tuneage as well, if you're interested in that kind of thing.)
Thanks to Chris Vinyard at Big Hassle Media.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Music of the Sphere
Very nice fare, spoiled only by the lamentable tentfolding of dear merz over at Mars Needs Guitars. (Ya, sure, go ahead and click if you're into that kind of self-abuse.) I do sincerely appreciate all the great music he turned me on to and thank him for doing so. Likewise, thanks to the bloggers hereinafter cited.
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe - AWMusic
Said The Whale - The Magician (Camilo) - AWMusic
The Beatles - I Need You & Hey Jude - AWMusic
The Beatles - Run For Your Life - Star Maker Machine
Nick Lowe - Rose Of England - Star Maker Machine
Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway - Star Maker Machine
The Weakerthans - Tournament of Hearts - Star Maker Machine
Big Star - September Gurls - Star Maker Machine
Fairport Convention -Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Star Maker Machine
The Kinks - Autumn Almanac - Star Maker Machine
XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - Star Maker Machine
AC/DC - Up To My Neck In You - Star Maker Machine
The Shrinking Islands - Swallowed In Grace & Blood Rays - Bag Of Songs
Horse Shoes - Changing Winds - Milk Milk Lemonade
Sunbear - Flutterbye - Mojophenia
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Elusive Parallelograms
Elusive Parallelograms - Orange mp3from And Everything Changes,
released 9 June of this year
Almost a tautology, as I have always found it difficult to express adequately the strange allure of the parallelogram. This Milwaukee band's attractions didn't elude at all, though, and I've already staked out claims to a number of numbers over at eMusic. Would you like to know which ones? No? Okay, 'scool. Go check 'em out if you like. I left the other free and legal mp3 back at the incomparable Rainbow Quartz site, too, so you might want to pay at least two visits presently.
MySpace | Bandsite | Buy
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Dog Day Evening
Dog Day - Synastry mp3from their Elder Schoolhouse EP
We got this tonight and already we're woofin' and waggin'. Thanks to Matt Charlton at Pigeon Row.
We're still very much enjoying these Halifaxers' previously posted songs from Concentration, released earlier this year.
Dog Day - Rome mp3
Saturday, October 03, 2009
The Love Kills Theory - Suicide Girls mp3from Happy Suicide, Jim!
Machine-gun drumming and perfectly timed right-to-left-ear action are but two of the weapons in this NYC gang's well-stocked arsenal.
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