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Thursday, July 31. 2008

MP3: Eef Barzelay "True Freedom"

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.

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Saturday, June 7. 2008

MP3: The Kills "Sour Cherry"

I don't need to tell you hipsters about The Kills, and Midnight Boom has been out for a couple months now. I'm finally catching up, and I've got to say that the new record is a tad less raw than 2005's No Wow and considerably more varied. Both are good things, in my opinion.

Stream "Sour Cherry" below. Buy it, you must, at Domino USA.

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Saturday, May 24. 2008

The Greatest Band in the World #1 The Dodos

Periodically, I declare a certain band "the greatest rock and roll band in the world" ^TM. This can change from week to week and certain favorite bands get the honor repeatedly. Currently the title goes to a guitar and drum duo from San Francisco called The Dodos. I'm a sucker for dynamics, quietLOUDquiet stuff, and no song illustrates that better than "Jody" (or is it "Jodi"?) from their latest album Visiter. You can stream it below:

Thanks to the Syd and all the fine people at Frenchkiss Records for allowing me to blog this mp3. Right-click and Save-As right here.

And anyone who's seen the band live will tell you that the Dodos must be experienced live to be fully appreciated, and so the band also gets the distinction of first Concert Regret ^TM of 2008. I stayed at home on April 15 when they played Cafe Bourbon Street. Here's a video of the Dodos performing "Jodi" at Divan Orange, Montreal, on April 8, 2008:

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Wednesday, May 21. 2008

Frightened Rabbit

Hey...I'm adding categories to my blog and have decided to post mp3s and do other interesting non-podcast related things here. So I turned to my idle ioda account to see what I could plunder. Lo and behold, there are two mp3s from the latest Frightened Rabbit album The Midnight Organ Fight and one from their 2007 release Sing the Greys. If you're a fan of Orange Juice or the Wedding Present, I think you will like this guitar-driven pop. And who can resist a Scottish accent? No one, that's who.

Frightened Rabbit
"The Modern Leper" (mp3)
from "The Midnight Organ Fight"
(Fat Cat Records)

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Saturday, January 27. 2007

The Manhattan Love Suicides

I posted "(The Guy on the) 14th Floor" by The Manhattan Love Suicides to my mog.

Do check it out.

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Saturday, November 25. 2006

If you hate holiday music...

...then you should love pat radio this month.

I don't go in for the traditional holiday music that gets played to death on the radio this time of year, but I do like unique original songs and clever interpretations of standard holiday songs by some of my favorite indie bands. That's what you'll be getting on pat radio through the rest of November on up to Christmas day. And I promise no more than one holiday track a half-hour.

To get the ball rolling and to also take advantage of my new IODA Alliance account (Thanks, Ed!), I have tracks from the latest Kill Rock Stars Christmas album, from the Mary Timony Band, Imaad Wasif and The Robot Ate Me. Click on the linkies below.