2008 January | the bat and the bird

Archive for January 2008

thank you

mp3: the flaming lips – thank you [link expired]
mp3: led zeppelin – thank you (live) [link expired]
today marks the end of the month of covers. so “thank you” for listening!
this cover is another bonus track included on the lips collection finally the punk rockers are taking acid. the zeppelin track is from the 2nd [...]

i feel evil creeping in

i’m really excited for the return of lost tonight. here’s a song for it..
mp3: islands – i feel evil creeping in (live) [link expired]
because they’re on an island. and those people coming in from the boat are evil, right?
if you haven’t checked it out yet, the first track from the new islands album arm’s way, [...]

destroyer tour dates

i shouldn’t be telling you this because if the tickets sell out, and i don’t get one, i’m going to be pissed… but i will anyway. destroyer have announced dates for an upcoming tour in support of trouble in dreams. mr. bejar will be stopping by the black cat (sweet!) april 25th and tickets [...]

two states

mp3: preston school of industry – two states (live) [link expired]
only one more day til the month of covers is finished. check out this live recording of preston school of industry playing “two states” from pavement’s slanted and enchanted. psoi leader scott kannberg, aka spiral stairs, was a founding member of pavement and [...]

where and when video

hayden’s new album in field & town released two weeks ago in canada and this, i suppose, is the first single from it. unfortunately a US release date has yet to be set, although the album has been promised to arrive “later this spring”. i am a big fan of his last two albums, so [...]

peach, plum , pear

mp3: final fantasy – peach, plum, pear [link expired]
joanna newsom mp3s below….
i mentioned this cover of joanna newsom’s “peach, plum, pear” a while back when talking about another cover final fantasy frequently performs, destroyer’s “an actors revenge”. yea.. this guy covers a lot of awesome songs and he plays them all pretty well. this [...]

i pick notes from the sky

mp3: gary higgins- i pick notes from the sky [link expired]
i have just recently started bringing my ipod along with me when i ride the metro to work in the morning. one of the things i’ve noticed while riding the metro is how clearly audible many people’s ipods are, even if they’re several rows [...]

mr grieves

mp3: tv on the radio – mr. grieves [link expired]………. [buy young liars]
mp3: pixies – mr. grieves (live 8/10/89) [link expired]……… [buy doolittle]
a friend of mine just compiled his own top 100 list and selected tv on the radio’s desperate youth, bloodthirsty babes as his #1 album. i am so unfamiliar with [...]

super furry animals at 9:30

two highlights from the show:
having gil the roadie do a scissors solo on this one was awesome, especially since i never noticed the scissors in the album track previously (they come in exactly half way through the song).mp3:super furry animals – torra fy ngwalt yn hir [link expired]……… [buy radiator]
and this was the song most [...]

guacamole

mp3: super furry animals – guacamole [link expired]
i’m about to head out to see the super furry animals, with the fiery furnaces, and holy fuck at the 9:30 club. i think this will be the fifth time i’ve seen sfa live and i’d love if they pulled out some weird ones, like “guacomole”. from [...]