I did another radio show yesterday and posted it to the WCRS website. Hyped on said show is the Mealworms listening party for Radio Cabinet Rabbit Hutch, which is happening tonight at Spoonful Records. Also, there's a reunion/anniversary show featuring Grafton at the Summit tonight. Guinea Worms, Cheater Slicks, and Times New Viking are also on that bill.

Tomorrow night at Outland, the Books are playing. One of my favorite groups. If you've never seen them, I highly recommend it, if for no other reason than to watch the videos they play during their set. Here's a taste of it. It's a Benco show. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Updated! Two more videos added. See below.

This is the first of the videos from the Earwig session that we did in September. Thanks as always to James Allison, Nathan Photos, and Tony Stewart at Electraplay. Electraplay rules!



The videos for "Glorious and Gloom" and "I Don't Want to Go" are now up.

This week I talk to Jesse and Casey Cooper of The Receiver. They have a cd release party this Friday for their latest lp, Length of Arms. We also hear two new Mors Ontologica songs and talk to Drew Clausen of Mors about the annual Black Box Benefit, going on this Saturday night at Ruby Tuesdays.

Also, since it was discussed on the podcast, I thought I'd include the video for "Visitor", even though it's been posted various other places. You'll find it after the play list.

Download: http://patradio.org/audio/09/program_160_Receiver.mp3
(Right-click or Cntrl+click and "Save-As")

Play List:
Magic City - OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)
Hotel Eden - Tell Me Where You've Been A Way Back Home
The Receiver - Length of Arms Length of Arms
The Receiver - Skin and Bone Length of Arms
The Receiver - Visitor Length of Arms
Mors Ontologica - No Contest Yesterday's Darlings and the Bohemian Bourgeois
Mors Ontologica - Something to Get Into Yesterday's Darlings and the Bohemian Bourgeois
Rosehips - Fairies Wear Boots Live at Carabar 2/14/09

I went to Metronome House for the first time in a few months last night. The last group up was Old Hundred. Below are a couple videos from Old Hundred's myspace. It appears these were recorded last month at Monster House and are credited to lead singer Blake Skidemore.

I like the harmonies and the interplay between guitar and mandolin. It was a perfect soundtrack for what was essentially the first summer evening of the year. You can see Old Hundred this Wednesday night with Wing and Tusk at Carabar.

This is a companion piece to this week's The Offense Newsletter podcast. The Cocteau Twins played one of five shows in the U.S. in September of 1985 at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio. It was big enough news to warrant not one but two nights of coverage on local tv station WBNS.



Dig those new-wave hair styles and Curt Scheiber's ripped jeans!

Some of you might recognize the band name Clem Snide more than you will its singer and songwriter, Eef Barzelay. But at this particular juncture, Clem Snide is Eef Barzelay and Eef Barzelay is Clem Snide. Barzelay recently released another album, and I've got a song from it to lay on you. It was hard for me to pick just one. I thought first of going for one of the numerous loud, rockin' numbers because it illustrates that, if I'm reading the news correctly, this disc started out as a Clem Snide project but eventually was released under Barzelay's name. His 2006 release, Bitter Honey was a solo acoustic affair, so it's refreshing to hear the amped-up tunes on this new record.

Instead, I picked the quieter "True Freedom" because it illustrates Barzelay's ability to create poignant and chilling characters in song. "True Freedom" is the first-person musings of a teenage suicide.


Right-click (or Cntrl + click on a Mac) this link and select "Save Link As" or "Save Target As" in order to download this song: Eef Barzelay - True Freedom

Thanks to Bruce Rosendahl and the good people at 429 records for allowing me to post this tune. Pick up Lose Big at your favorite independent record shop. If you're desperate, it's on Amazon.

More importantly, see Eef Barzelay at the Rumba Cafe on Friday, August 8. Friend of pat radio Lydia Loveless is opening.

Video Bonus

Here's the video for the title track to Eef's latest record, Lose Big.

Okay, I know it was a week ago and I should probably be writing about the parking lot blow-out instead, but here's some pictures and video clips from Comfest.



Matt Wagner holding up the "bass solo" t-shirt during the Lindsay's set on Sunday. Thanks to Casserole for this wonderful shot.



Lydia Loveless singing "I Always Lose" on Friday. Thanks, orlosperry.



Despite the poor sound quality, this gives you an idea of how the Kyle Sowashes rock out, even with the physical impairments. Thanks, corggirl.

I'm getting to like this pitchfork.tv stuff. Here's Caribou doing "Barnowl" from a recent show at the Metro in Chicago. I would totally pay a subscription fee to have quality video like this delivered over the internets to me. Right now it's free. Enjoy.

...and I should have found it sooner...


From NoodleScar.com

...And Nick of Datapanik just sent me this one: