NO STREET ANGER THIS WEEK

because I'm in New York at the CMJ conference.

Standouts so far:
- Ringo Deathstarr (awesome rocked-out shoegaze from Austin)
- A Sunny Day In Glasgow (kinda surprised by this one; total C86/Slumberland worshop)
- Marnie Stern (way better than the last time I saw her)
- Women (Akron/Family reborn as a lo-fi math-rock band?)
- Parts and Labor (see Marnie Stern)
- The Coathangers (all-girl sassy garage punk from Atlanta)
- Ponytail (one of my favorite live bands being one of the best bands I've seen at the festival? NO WAI)


will keep you posted on things and maybe do a CMJ retro$pective. I'M HAVING A GOOD TIME. :)

NYHC on Donahue - 1986

"Man, Phil Donahue turned the New York hardcore scene into an English class." - Abe Cavin

Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Demon's Demands 7"

Up there as one of the best releases of 2008 for me. I play this on Street Anger Radio all the time, so if you listen you might be acquainted with the title track. This is one of a handful of records I've been spinning recently that make waking up in the morning and dealing with bullshit worth it.

Eddy Current Suppression Ring are four dudes from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, home of some of the best underground music you can find these days (My Disco, Witch Hats, Fabulous Diamonds, a zillion other fucking awesome groups). They all work in a record pressing plant and started the band because they were friends and wanted to be in a sweet band. It took them to the top 10 of the Australian charts with their most recent long-player, Primary Colors, released in the US on Goner. Musically, it reminds me of a slightly slower and garagier Buzzcocks, or if the Clean were more punk. Their songs tend to be slow burners - maybe not immediately catchy, but as you get closer to the end, you have a revelation: "Holy shit, this band rules." They toured the US in '07, and apparently their DC show was one of the highlights. Here's to hoping they come back.

Anyway, the Demon's Demands 7" was released on Iron Lung Records in a one-time edition of 500. It sold out immediately, and now yer only option for grabbing it is off of eBay or a vinyl buying/trading site. I don't think too many will be showing up for a while yet, because this is going to be a jewel of a lot of collections. This rip is my own, and while it's not quite audiophile quality, it just has a little bit of surface noise. Like actually listening to a record.

demon's downloads

Anyone who's interested in unloading other records of theirs, get in touch. I have their s/t LP, but none of the 7"s.

Pixies vs. Toadies

1988:


1994:



COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT!

Playlist for 9-25-08

link

1 Ringo Deathstarr In Love In Love/Summertime EP
2 Ponytail Beg Waves Ice Cream Spiritual
3 My Bloody Valentine Soon Loveless
4 Vivian Girls Never See Me Again s/t
5 Shop Assistants Caledonia Rd. Will Anything Happen
6 Slowdive Morningrise Just For A Day
7 Deerhunter Never Stops Microcastle
8 Magazine Definitive Gaze Real Life
9 Primal Scream Movin' On Up Screamadelica
10 Smashing Pumpkins Girl Named Sandoz Pisces Iscariot
11 The Telescopes Threadbare Taste
12 The Icarus Line Kiss Like Lizards Penance Soiree
13 Black Lips Dirty Hands Let It Bloom
14 Spectrum How You Satisfy Me s/t
15 No Age Sleeper Hold Nouns
16 Hum Green to Me Downward is Heavenward
17 Lungfish Black Helicopters Artificial Horizon
18 Times New Viking The Wait Rip It Off
19 ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead How Near How Far Source Tags and Codes
20 Chavez Laugh Track Better Days Will Haunt You
21 A Place to Bury Strangers Breathe s/t
22 The Clean Beatnik Anthology
23 The White Stripes Lafayette Blues Life on the Flip Side singles compilation
24 The Music Machine Talk Talk Turn On LP
25 Tyvek Sidewalk Sidewalk 7"
26 Tyrades Couples s/t LP
27 The Carbonas Nineteen (Dogs cover) Live at Rob's House 7"
28 The Hives The Hives - Introduce The Metric System In Time Veni Vedi Vicious LP
29 Eddy Current Suppression Ring Demon's Demands Demon's Demands 7"
30 The Coachwhips Extinguish Me Bangers vs. Fuckers
31 Unnatural Helpers Break That Horse Sub Pop Singles Club 7"
32 Unnatural Helpers Easy Way Sub Pop Singles Club 7"
33 Japanther River Phoenix Skuffed Up My Huffy
34 Digital Leather Hologram Sorcerer
35 Shellac Steady As She Goes Excellent Italian Greyhound
36 Sonic Youth Death Valley '69 (feat. Lydia Lynch) Bad Moon Rising
37 Circle Jerks When The Shit Hits The Fan Repo Man Soundtrack LP


ISN'T THIS WHAT LIFE'S ALL ABOUT?
ISN'T THIS A DREAM COME TRUE?
ISN'T THIS A NIGHTMARE TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Need New Body - three videos

Need New Body are one of those bands that you had a chance to see but never did for whatever reason. Mine was because I had seen Hot Cross the night before and didn't want to drive an hour up to Wallingford again to see some noisy band that may or may not be good. I guarantee they would have put on a better show than Hot Cross.

Need New Body - Buffalo Stance




Need New Body - Beach




Need New Body - Brite Tha Day

Quick reminder that Street Anger Radio is on tonight 8-10 PM. Doing a show with a lot of shoegaze and heavy 90's indie/alt-whatever, as well as a good dose of ROCK N ROLL.

Make a request and call into the studio!