Diehard

Diehard - Cool Kids mp3

from New Yorkers' 7 January EP

Oh So Premier

To die for!

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Frankie Rose

Frankie Rose - Thee Only One mp3

from Thee Only One single

The founding member of Vivian Girls and sometime member of Crystal Stilts might not be the only one, but this Slumberland release is singularly righteous, ioho.

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The Len Price 3

One, two, yep, all present and accounted for. . .

The Len Price 3 - After You've Gone mp3

from Pictures, released 19 January

We've been enjoying these UK rockers for some time now, recently went on a buying spree over at eMusic, and have saved our favorites from the new one for our next buyfest. You may recall that Mr. Suave has another excellent one here.

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Music of the Sphere, cont'd

As promised, here are a few more recent finds that "turned us on." Thankyouthankyouthankyou, favebloggers! (Click to visit.)

Even - I Am The Light - Peter's Power Pop
Neon - Happy Going Nowhere - Peter's Power Pop
Cheek - Do You Have a Soul? (Easybeats cover) - Peter's Power Pop
Grand Atlantic - Coast Is Clear - Peter's Power Pop


George Harrison - Crackerbox Palace - Peter's Power Pop
The Beatles - You Like Me Too Much - Peter's Power Pop
The Beatles - Hold Me Tight - Peter's Power Pop
The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong - Peter's Power Pop

Plants & Animals - Tom Cruz - Tsururadio
Electric President - Nightmare No. 5 Or 6 - Tsururadio
Woodpigeon - Woodpigeon vs. Eagleowl (Strength in Numbers) - Tsururadio
Harlem - Be Your Baby - Tsururadio

Brass Buttons - Hell Will Take Care Of Her - Raven Sings the Blues - Whoa, a fadeout!. . .
The Premiers - Get On This Plane - Raven Sings the Blues
Deepest Blue - Pretty Little Thing - Raven Sings the Blues
The Remains - Once Before - Raven Sings the Blues
Ty Segall - My Sunshine - Raven Sings the Blues - a bit fuzzy and roughish but irriffsistible nevertheless - The ending rather overdoes the chaos thing, ioho.

The Fresh & Onlys - The Delusion of Man - Covert Curiosity
The Cave Weddings - Bring Your Love - Covert Curiosity
The Riverboat Gamblers - DissDissDissKissKissKiss (Orion Edit) - Covert Curiosity

Music of the Sphere: AggraCon '10

B-b-b-b-b-but, pp, you don't seem to be posting anything but Music of the Sphereses, when you actually happen to post, that is!

Point being?

You're going to lose all credibility as a blogger!

[ROTFLMFAO] And?

I fear you're turning into one of them music aggravators!

I'm way way ahead of you on that one, my pathetic little altered eggo.

Moreover. . .

Hush, somebody's here.

Hawks - Lonely Nights - The ModPopPunk Archives - Scroll down to Hawks. - long-time faves

Jags - Back of My Hand - The ModPopPunk Archives - Dittos.

Rockpile - Teacher Teacher - The MadPopPunk Archives - Dittos.
Rotjoch - Tomorrow - The ModPopPunk Archives - Not that longtime, but def faves.
Squire - Don't Cry to Me - The ModPopPunk Archives - Dittos. - Hat tip to Mr. Suave for pointing us toward this fab site.

Guided by Voices - Chasing Heather Crazy - The Rawking Refuses to Stop
Scruffy The Cat - You Dirty Rat - Retro Music Snob


The New Pornographers - Star Bodies - Peter's Power Pop
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema & Use It & Jackie, Dressed in Cobras - Tsururadio

The Missing Chums - Cover It Up - Dead Flowers- Faveblogger Mike's band released their EP on 1-12-10.

The Shins - Saint Simon - Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

Elliott Smith - Say Yes - Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

Stellarium - Chocolate & Strawberry - Milk Milk Lemonade
fun. - All the Pretty Girls - All Things Go

Best Coast - That's the Way Boys Are - Raven Sings the Blues

Grass Widow - Black Hole - Raven Sings the Blues
Jacuzzi Boys - Smells Dead - Raven Sings the Blues
Sonny & the Sunsets - Too Young To Burn - Raven Sings the Blues
The Night Shadows - So Much - Raven Sings the Blues

¡Muchísimas gracias a los favebloggerhosterposteritos!

I've found more but don't want to overwhelm you at this particular point in time. Please come back soon.

Music of the Sphere: Mod Edition, Installment 6

Yeh, so this is the final installment in our series acquainting you with some of the riches we recently found over at Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. Maybe we've overdone it a bit, but once you get there, you'll see we've only scratched the surface. Mr. S plunks our twanger bigtime, and we sure hope he gets to yours as well. We visit his fab blog on a regular basis now and expect to charge our musical loving cup many times in future. We'll say thanks again and look forward to good times ahead. We'll also remind you that once you get to MSMMW, be sure to click the post titles to launch the songs.

The Soup Dragons - Hang Ten! - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - long-time faves
The Quick - Pretty Please - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Corner Laughers - The Commonest Manifesto - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - With their kind permission we posted these San Franciscans early and lovingly. You can hear more here.

Holiday - Who's Gonna Find Out - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Icicles - Snappy - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Sleeper - Bedhead - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Permanent Green Light - We Could Just Die - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Nirvana Devils - Some Foreign Shore - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Graduate - Elvis Should Play Ska - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The English Beat - Big Shot - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Eight Miles High - See My Way - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Music of the Sphere: Mod Edition, Installment 5

Behold more of the excellent songage we found at Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. Links are ready and rarin' and but await your touch. Thanks, Mr. S!

Locksley - Let Me Know - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Len Price 3 - Rentacrowd - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
American Breed - I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Generation X - One Hundred Punks - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Black Carnations - Black Carnations - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Long Tall Shorty - Win Or Lose - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Action Now - When Wednesday Comes - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Pretty Things - Midnight to Six Man - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Mark & The Spies - But I Do - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Ace-Tones - In Your Eyes - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Music of the Sphere: Mod Edition, Installment 4

Thanks to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World for letting us hear the following. (When you get to Mr S's, be sure to click the post titles.)

Material Issue - Something's Happened to Catherine - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The On/Offs - This Town - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Baskervilles - Everybody Looks Not Everybody Finds - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - We love Baskervilles and prove it here. Be sure to check out other downloadable tracks from their Twilight 14 series here. Superb stuff! (It's been kinda fun to find Mr. Suave likes a lot of the same groups we like!)
The Primates - I Ain't Like You - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Parties - Gotta Get Out - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - We previously posted songs by The Parties here and here, along with songs by other excellent groups.

Svengalis - Soda and Cigarettes - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Couple - Love You Yes - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Young Sportsmen - Metropolitan - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - The Young Sportsmen tune I posted is still here, along with songs by some other stellar Seattle bands.
The Kickovers - Black and Blue - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Jolt - I Can't Wait - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Music of the Sphere: Mod Edition, Installment 3

Thanks to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World for posting the following. Click and check 'em out, if you like.

The School - I Want You Back - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Bicycles - Oh No It's Love - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Pinkees - Say What You're Thinking - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Mando Diao - And I Don't Know - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Cute Lepers - It's Summertime Baby - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - We posted another by the Leps here. It's still viable, along with a buncha other gooduns.

The Pranks - Modern Communication - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - We posted this one previously. It isn't working now at our place, but "Spending Time" is, along with some other good songs by some other good artistes.
Graham Day & The Gaolers - Pass That Whiskey - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Now - Baby I'm Bad - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The V.I.P.'s - Need Somebody to Love - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Satelliters - Lost in Time - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Music of the Sphere: Mod Edition, Installment 2

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

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 June in November

The June - Barber Shop mp3

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.

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Music of the Sphere: Icecream Hands, Nines, Even, Wellingtons. Hummingbirds, Church, XTC, Stealers Wheel, Squeeze, Beatles, Guadalcanal, Ramones, &c.

Picture Credit

I 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.)

Icecream Hands - Yellow And Blue - Peter's Power Pop

The Nines - Hard Luck - Peter's Power Pop

Even - Seconds - Peter's Power Pop

The Wellingtons - I Get My Heart Broken Every Day - Peter's Power Pop

The Hummingbirds - If A Vow - Peter's Power Pop - Long-time favorites always give me a (love) buzz.

The Church - Almost With You - Peter's Power Pop

XTC - The Mayor of Simpleton & The Loving - Peter's Power Pop

Stealers Wheel - Star - Peter's Power Pop

Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart - Peter's Power Pop

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

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"

The Raveonettes - The Chosen One mp3

Bonus track to Danish duo's October Vice Records release,

In And Out Of Control

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.

The Raveonettes - Suicide mp3

The Raveonettes - Last Dance mp3

The Raveonettes - Last Dance (demo) mp3

The Raveonettes - Black/White mp3

The Raveonettes - Dead Sound mp3

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(Thanks to Tonia Samman at The Orchard for the bonus!)

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.

Sambassadeur - Days mp3

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.)

Days - Simple Thing mp3

MySpace | Thanks to the most excellent Shelflife.

Now back to Sambassadeur.

From Sambassadeur (2005):

Sambassadeur - Between the Lines mp3

Sambassadeur - Kate mp3

From the New Moon EP (2006):

Sambassadeur - New Moon mp3

From Migration (2007):

Sambassadeur - Final Say mp3

Sambassadeur - Subtle Changes mp3

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