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CHEERS ELEPHANT - we played with these Philly killers at the idaho house some weeks ago. sugar sweet indie/rock/pop kinda sound. they’re awesome live, have a great video here, and they’ve got a sweet little album up on bandcamp for “name your own price” kinda deal, so no money still gets you sweet tunes! - but you should toss’em a couple bucks if you can spare. its worth it! 

http://cheerselephant.bandcamp.com/

I hope we’ll be hearing more from Cheers Elephant soon!

Ok now, this mix tape covers some of the bands that i’ve mentioned in previous posts. it’s a .zip with two MP3 “tape sides”.

tracks are as follows:

A side

ten bright spikes- spleen

j mascis and the fog- bobbin

fugazi- slo crostic

bad religion- latch key kids

blind faith- well all right

the appleseed cast- reaction

title tracks- clench your fist (a little closer to me)

frank zappa- camarillo brillo

retisonic- called to stay

built to spill- so and so so and so from wherever wherever

jason adasiewicz- stake 

B side

nehemiah st-danger- nehemiah st-danger sings the ezra dada tea town rag

horace andy- fever dub

captain beefheart- flavor bud living

the daffodils- light by the stereo

andrew peckler- roomsound

awesome color- the moon

black eyes- nine

the nation of ulysses- N.O.U. cooking with gas!

afternoon brother- come as you’re

the cure- accuracy

the fall- before the moon falls

the tracks are also listed under the “lyrics” tag of the MP3s. i tried, with this one, to mix songs and bands i had not put on other mix tapes thus far. i hope you download and enjoy A WHOLE’LOTTA RUBBER BOOTS! 

SHOW ON THURSDAY the 17th!!! new songs to be unveiled, and a collaborative cover with TSS!! come see and hear the magic!

YES!! This is one of the best modern bands i know of that is currently active. The main dude, John Davis, was the drummer for Q and Not U, also played in Georgie James, and anyone who’s read my blog posts knows that I’m a total Dischord Records fanboy. None the less, both albums by Title Tracks are as solid as the best of them, and neither are Dischord releases (just distro).

check out TITLE TRACKS @:

http://soundcloud.com/titletracks

http://titletracksdc.blogspot.com/

http://www.dischord.com/band/title-tracks 

Horace Andy’s In The Light / Dub The Light  was the first real plunge I took into reggae and dub music. Maybe that’s why it’s still my favorite. Or it could be his candy sweet voice, or the tight-knit drums and bass action swaying back and forth, and perfectly timed delay swirling you up just as fast as the bong smoke. 

If you haven’t given this record a spin i highly recommend it.

digital mix tape anyone?? i mixed it myself! from vinyl to cassette (cuz its a real mix tape, you just get the digital ditto. ya know?)

two tracks (both sides) about 30minutes each.

CLICK HERE!!! RIGHT HERE!!! to download the zip for free from mediafire.

track list consists of:

Side A.

Pink Floyd- Chapter 24. The Flaming Lips- I’m Afraid of Dying… Aren’t You??. Minutemen- Cut.  Children of The Mushroom- You Can’t Erase a Mirror.  Things To Come- Come Alive. Bad Weather California- Let It Shine. The Specials- Do Nothing. Built To Spill - Aisle 13. Augustus Clarke- Free Zone. Apples In Stereo- My Pretend / Non-pythagorean Composition 3 

Side B.

Apples In Stereo- Can You Feel It?. Accordion Crimes- Stray. Pleasure Boaters- Rock, Paper, Scissors. Jazz June- Red Light District. Dinosaur Jr. - Water. Ray Barbee- A Man’s Wisdom Gives Him Patience. Good Shoes- Questions and Answers. Netherfriends- Yoni. Screeching Weasel- Science of a Myth

couples with my last post- as a point of reference.  

Rites Of Spring- Remainder [lyrics] (check the song for yourself if you don’t believe me)

We are all trapped in prisons of the mind, 
it’s a hard sensibility 
but we’ll see it through in time
but when words come between us 
Noiseless in the air
Believe me, I know it’s so easy to despair.

but don’t
Tonight i’m talking to myself
There’s no one that I know as well
Thoughts collide without a sound
Frantic, fighting to be found

And I’ve found things in this life 
that still are real
a remainder refusing to be concealed
And I’ve found the answer lies in a real emotion
Not the self-indulgence of a self-devotion

Too many situations 
Left with too little to say
So we try, we try to feel our way
And if decisions cause divisions
Tell me who’s to blame?
Pick a target for convenience 
When there are other ways

So don’t
Tonight i’m talking to myself
There’s no one that I know as well
Thoughts collide without a sound
Frantic, fighting to be found

And I’ve found things in this life 
that still are real
a remainder refusing to be concealed
I’ve found the answer lies in a real emotion
Not the self-indulgence of a self-devotion