Feel free to left-click [HERE] for the songs of August. (I accidentally labelled the Best of July zip file as "August," so this one will henceforth be known as "August-Actual." My apologies for the screw-up and any resultant confusion.)Left-click [HERE] for the JULY mix.
MAY [HERE].
APRIL [HERE].
MARCH [HERE].
FEBRUARY [HERE].
JANUARY [HERE].
BEST OF 2004 [HERE].
AUGUST 2007 TRACKLIST >>>
01) AUGIE MARCH/One Crowded Hour
02) KATE NASH/Foundations
03) THE THRILLS/This Year
04) JEFF HANSON/This Time It Will
05) MANDO DIAO/You Don't Understand Me
06) DU PACQUE/Quiet
07) THE KILLERS/For Reasons Unknown
08) JESCA HOOP/Money
09) MAPS/To the Sky
10) SUPER FURRY ANIMALS/Run-Away
11) AMY MACDONALD/Let's Start a Band
12) EVERYDAY MISTAKES/Walking About
13) BLACK BOX RECORDER/These Are the Things
14) MANDO DIAO/The New Boy
15) DAPPLED CITIES/Vision Bell
16) LAAKSO/Worst Case Scenario
17) VHS OR BETA/Love in My Pocket
18) MUSHI/Norma and I
19) LUCKY SOUL/One Kiss Don't Make a Summer
GORE GORE GIRLS have been a part of the Detroit garage-rock/girl-group scene for a decade now, though their line-up has undergone many a shift, shuffle, and side-step in that time. The songs below are taken from their 2007 full-length release, GET THE GORE.
GORE GORE GIRLS on MySPACE.
GORE GORE GIRLS on the go go >>>
Sep 12 2007 8:00P/Outland Ballroom/Springfield, Missouri
Sep 14 2007 8:00P/Rubber Gloves/Denton, Texas
Sep 15 2007 8:00P/The Meridian w/Reverend Horton Heat/Houston, Texas
Sep 16 2007 8:00P/Beauty Bar/Austin, Texas
Sep 18 2007 9:00P/Atomix/San Antonio, Texas
Sep 20 2007 9:00P/Hi Dive/Denver, Colorado
Sep 21 2007 9:00P/Spotlight Lounge/Grand Junction, Colorado
Sep 22 2007 9:00P/Burts Tiki Lounge/Salt Lake City, Utah
Sep 25 2007 8:00P/The Waiting Room/Omaha, Nebraska
Sep 28 2007 8:00P/Kraftbrau/Kalamazoo, Michigan
Oct 5 2007 9:00P/Double Door w/The Electric Six/Chicago, Illinois
Oct 6 2007 9:00P/High Noon Saloon w/The Electric Six/Madison, Wisconsin
[MP3] "Where Evil Grows"
[MP3] "All Grown Up"
Portland, Oregon's THE VILLAGE GREEN look to be one of those groups with little interest in living in the limelight. Naming themselves after the famous KINKS' album is about as far as they seem willing to go when it comes to engaging in hey-look-at-me! self-promotion.
Well, more power to them. Musical collaborators J. NICHOLAS ALLARD and JEREMY SHERRER have a pretty nice thing going right now with their BEATLES-, SUPERGRASS-, and -- yes -- Kinks-influenced tunes. But, some advice: If they're truly determined to remain under the radar, they'd best start trafficking in crappier fare.
THE VILLAGE GREEN on MySPACE.
From the LP FEELING THE FALL, 2006 >>>
[MP3] "When the Creepers Creep In"
[MP3] "Country Road"
From their self-titled EP, 2005 >>>
[MP3] "Under the Covers"
"Beware the gimmick." Normally, this would qualify as excellent advice.
So when you hear that Stockholm's LOVENINJAS kicked off their career "with a strict concept [of] playing in ninja-masks, a giant heart costume, and writing lyrics about sex, Japanese girls, and ninjas (mostly all at once)," you would have every right to run for the hills, hellish visions of INSANE CLOWN POSSE bouncing about your brain.
Fortunately, Loveninjas are just another one of those patented, indie-popping Swede outfits that couldn't compose an un-catchy jingle even if they tried. With or without the masks and giant heart costumes.
LOVENINJAS on MySPACE.
From the LP THE SECRET OF THE LOVENINJAS, 2006 >>>
[MP3] "I Wanna Be Like Johnny C"
[MP3] "It's OK"
From the EP KEEP YOUR LOVE, 2004 >>>
[MP3] "Keep Your Love"
BONUS TRACK >>>
[MP3] ACID HOUSE KINGS/"Keep Your Love"
[File Den seems to be down -- hopefully only temporarily. As a result, I've been forced to go with the somewhat more clumsy Box. A left-click on [MP3], followed by another left-click on the subsequent page, will get you the song(s).]And now presenting, from Wales: SUPER FURRY ANIMALS.SUPER FURRY ANIMALS on MySPACE.
When SUPER FURRY ANIMALS attack >>>
Aug 31 2007 8:00P/Connect, Glasgow
Sep 2 2007 8:00P/Jersey, Live
Sep 15 2007 1:00P/End of The Road Festival/South
Oct 15 2007 8:30P/The Savoy, Cork
Oct 16 2007 8:00P/Dublin, Vicar Street
Oct 17 2007 8:00P/Belfast, Mandela Hall
Oct 19 2007 8:00P/Liverpool, Carling Academy
Oct 22 2007 8:00P/Nottingham, Rock City
Oct 23 2007 8:00P/Newcastle, Academy
From the LP HEY VENUS!, 2007 >>>
[MP3] "Show Your Hand"
[MP3] "Suckers"
From the LP PHANTOM FORCE, 2003 >>>
[MP3] "Liberty Belle"
From the LP RINGS AROUND THE WORLD, 2002 >>>
[MP3] "Juxtapozed With You"
I'm still slogging my way through RILO KILEY's latest, trying to get it to grow on me. It HAS grown on me, a bit, but I still have to rate it below their last two offerings. Kudos for attempting a new direction, though. Consistency, after all, is the hobgoblin of little bands.
RILO KILEY on MySPACE.
RILO KILEY easin' on down the road >>>
Aug 28 2007 8:00P/Ampere/Munich
Aug 30 2007 8:00P/Noveau Casino/Paris
Aug 31 2007 8:00P/Academy 2/Birmingham
Sep 1 2007 8:00P/Connect Festival/Argyll, Scotland
Sep 2 2007 8:00P/Electric Picnic/Stradbally
Sep 6 2007 8:00P/The Warfield/San Francisco, California
Sep 7 2007 8:00P/Crystal Ballroom/Portland, Oregon
Sep 8 2007 8:00P/Showbox/Seattle, Washington
Sep 10 2007 8:00P/McKay Events Center/Orem, Utah
Sep 11 2007 8:00P/Ogden Theatre/Denver, Colorado
From the LP UNDER THE BLACKLIGHT, 2007 >>>
[MP3] "Smoke Detector"
[MP3] "Dreamworld"
From the LP MORE ADVENTUROUS, 2004 >>>
[MP3] "It's a Hit"
[MP3] "I Never"
From the LP THE EXECUTION OF ALL THINGS, 2002 >>>
[MP3] "Hail to Whatever You Found in the Sunlight That Surrounds You"
[MP3] "The Execution of All Things"
From the LP TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS, 2001 >>>
[MP3] "Always"
[MP3] "August"
BONUS TRACKS >>>
[MP3] "The Frug"
[MP3] "Teenage Love Song"
This particular Friday's highly danceable tracks come by way of Manchester's (WE ARE) PERFORMANCE.
Their self-titled debut can be ordered [HERE].
(WE ARE) PERFORMANCE on MySPACE.
(WE ARE) PERFORMANCE performing >>>
Sep 3 2007 8:00P/Barfly/Birmingham
Sep 8 2007 8:00P/Bestival - Rock 'n' Roll Tent/Isle Of Wight
Sep 20 2007 8:00P/Sankey's/Manchester Oct 1 2007 8:00P/Nights & Day (w/We Start Fires)/Manchester
Oct 3 2007 8:00P/Social (w/We Start Fires)/Nottingham
Oct 4 2007 8:00P/Central Station (w/We Start Fires)/Wrexham
Oct 9 2007 8:00P/Bar Academy (w/We Start Fires)/Birmingham
Oct 10 2007 8:00P/Barfly (w/We Start Fires)/London
Oct 11 2007 8:00P/Joiners (w/We Start Fires)/Southampton
[MP3] "Surrender"
[MP3] "Lost Youth"
Feel free to left-click [HERE] for the songs of August. (I accidentally labelled the Best of July zip file as "August," so this one will henceforth be known as "August-Actual." My apologies for the screw-up and any resultant confusion.)
