let me ask you a question. do you like the rock and the roll? im assuming you do cause your visiting this joint, but really do you love it? i do! otherwise i wouldnt be going on 7 years of running this place. with the interrogation out of the way, i gotta rock n’ roll record for ya that wont disappoint, at all. in fact, this record has been buzzin in my ears for the past week or so, and continue to be impressed with each listen. the record that i speak of is wess floyd’s foxhole confessions.

honestly, mr floyd’s not re-inventing the wheel here, but goddammit when rock n’ roll is put in the right hands, and wess exceeds in every department. mr floyd’s lyrical ability is solid, very much in the vein of westerberg, finn and maybe todd snider – all very good company, imo, and his voice gives it that every man appeal, much like the above mentioned artists. lots of songs about drinking, loving, losing, generally debauchery, music, etc. you know, the shit that make the best rock songs. wess co-produced the record, was engineered by chris grangier (wilco’s summerteeth,) glossary’s bingham barnes played all the bass parts and playing the lead is chris decker. cannot recommend it enough… if it had come out this year, it definitely would be a best of 2012 contender.

you can pick it up cd or digitally via cd baby

williamsburg nights

firstly, i was really surprised to see that cmj was still around, but it doesnt appear they actually are in the magazine business – the old business model. i subscribed for years from maybe like 93ish to maybe 2000? anyway, happy to see they’re still around even though they’ve been really out of my brain since the end of my subscription. i knew they still did the cmj conference thing, but thought that may be in name only. either way.. its interesting to see who they, or the labels in this case capitol was pushing back in 03. most surprising name on here is of course, verbena – mr a.a. bondy’s first band. i, of course, know they made the jump after what i consider to be one of the best debuts ever, souls for sale, which was released on merge in 1997. anyone ever hear of marjorie fair? yeah, me neither.

1. starsailor – silence is easy
2. radiohead – fog (live)
3. doves – your shadow lay across my life
4. dilated peoples – marathon

5. sparklehorse – shade and honey
6. marjorie fair – dont believe
7. auf der maur – followed the waves
8. idlewild – no generation
9. coldplay – clocks röyksopp’s trembling heart mix
10. fischerspooner – emrge (dfa version)
11. the dandy warhols – the last high (dirty vegas mix)
12. starsailor – white dove
13. liz phair – dont apologize
14. marjorie fair – last chance cocktail (4 track demo)
15. verbena – top of the mountain (4 track demo)
16. idlewild – these are just years
17. the star spangles – the sins of the family fall on the daughter

hey new orleans! these two fine people – one finer than the other, lydia loveless and scott h biram, are playing at one eyed jacks on friday, and you can grab a pair of tickets if you want to go to the show. how do you win said ticket, you ask? just leave a comment and ill pick one. i wish i could go, cause i hear both are amazing performers, but sadly i am stuck in baton rouge. doors open at 9, tickets are 12 bucks and its an 18 and older show. its a bloodshot records bonanza!

learn to say no – off loveless’ indestructible machine
i want my mojo back off biram’s bad ingredients

i believe i had heard of the band phantom limb from a year or two back, but dont believe i had the pleasure of listening to em. well, know phantom limb is water liars and the name of their upcoming record is entitled phantom limb. hows that for confusing? either way i am actually on my third listen of said record which comes out 2.28 on misra records.

i was a little skeptical at first, cause the first song, which is provided below, “$100″ starts off almost like a “grunge” song circa 1994. which is actually fine with me, but it was unexpected. after about 30 seconds it turns itself around and into a more backwoodsy pop song, then in closing it turns itself right back around to where it began. the song is great, just dont judge it on it’s opening 30 seconds. the record, at this point, is my second favorite record of the year. its only second to the fantastic dr dog record be the void – more on that record later. you know im lousy at really explaining records, but water liars kinda sound what great lake swimmers would sound like if they less influenced by nick drake and more by neil young. whatever they sound like, its great and so highly recommended.

$100

been waiting for this one for a while now, but tis finally in my grimy lil mitts. although, i havent listened to it yet. this, being the new record of unreleased woody guthrie lyrics put to tape by 3 dudes who i love, and one i used to really like. those men have made up new multitudes and are will johnson of centro-matic, anders parker of varnaline, jay farrar of son volt/uncle tupelo and jim james (yim yames) of my morning jacket. the record is due out on 2.28 on rounder records and they are doing some touring. check their facebook page for the dates they got lined up. you can pre-oder it via amazon, fyi.

old l.a.

as y’all know i am a huge, huge, huge whitley fan, and i want this to get made or at least distributed. they have a hefty goal, but dammit if the internets cant do it, no one can. chris’ music meant a lot to me, and it really pains me to see some of these clips, but still i/we need to see it.

flyer stolen from vintage richmond

top of the day! that flyer is not this show, but from the time period. dont have much time as i actually have “work” to do, but i had a request for this superchunk show which took place on 2.11.92 at the whisky a go go. this performance was actually them opening up for hole. that would have been an interesting crowd. buy superchunk stuff via merge.

1. skip steps 1 & 3
2. cast iron
3. brand new love
4. new low
5. tie a rope to the back of the bus
6. binding
7. slack motherfucker
8. mower
9. cool
10. the breadman
11. for tension
12. fishing
13. throwing things