Erik Blood on "Lost"

Just kidding, but one can dream, right? Maybe Ugly Betty could use some "Better Days".

http://musiclounge.abc.go.com/artist/9961

Quickie

Can't stop listening to Gossip's new album "Music for Men" but when I do, I'm listening to Fresh Espresso's "glamour." and THEE Satisfaction's "That's Weird" so I just can't go wrong.

DJing tonight at The Eagle in Seattle from 10pm to 2am.

100 degrees outside and I'm dying.

The (kinda) one year anniversary of my live band performing out is coming up, and to celebrate, we're playing the same club with one of the same bands. August 7th at Kelly's Olympian in Portland with Charmparticles and The Ravishers.





xo

A new album by The Lights is going to hit you over the head with your own arm!

Keep an eye out for what I believe is the finest musical moment of The Lights thus far. Everything I talked about in a previous post about the sound of this album has been rectified.


Now my only concern is the mastering. I'm hoping that Kramer gets the gig, but it's now in the hands of Wantage Records. Maybe we should start a letter writing campaign?

In other news, Coulter's album is starting to get some press overseas. How can I get on that boat?

From The Congleton Chronicle:

Coulter ‘Sent to Coventry’ The only one of this bunch of new releases you won’t have heard of, Coulter is pretty good in a low key way.He’s from Seattle but must know something about England because the album title is not a well-known phrase over there. He writes well crafted, gentle, atmospheric pop tunes that had strings that swell and choruses that echo.It took us a while to pin down the sound but eventually it clicked: Cosmic Rough Riders on a good day (though there are shades of Orange Juice’s “Rip it up” on the first track).First play through, you think it’s good enough to give a second spin; second time is enough for a third go and by about the fourth or fifth play through you’re hum-ming the tunes.Fans of The Smiths might liketo know that Gary Day, bassistwith the boy Morrissey, plays onthis. Out on 20th July.JMC

Word.

New Music: MISSING!!!

I'm not sure if everyone has heard the story of The Turn-ons last album "Curse" but I'm going to give you a quick rundown of the events that lead up to it's release. We tracked 16 songs and on the last mixing day, our hard drive died causing us to lose everything. Luckily, I'm analogue guy and all but four of the songs were still on the 2" reels at MRX. After re-tracking the 4 missing tunes and remixing the album for the second time, nearly two years had passed from the beginning of the process. I thought it would be a good idea to name the album "The Curse of The Turn-ons" but Singapore Sling apparently has dibs on that title, so "Curse" had to do.


Today I listened to that album again for the first time in over a year and I STILL hate that we lost those first four songs. If only we had backed up that hard drive...

Cut to one month ago.

My home computer is acting all weird and suddenly I'm unable to access certain files. Particularly my iTunes library. Normally, this would have sent me into a fit, but as I learned from "Curse" about backing up, I'm sure we only lost maybe a month's worth of input, which I could easily get. WRONG! Last back up was in January. FUCK! 6 months of music gone! And I don't know about you, but for me that's a hell of a lot of music.

There is a happy ending to this story, though. I'm now almost completely whole again thanks to a new Mac and my beautiful friends (who are also avid music geeks.) Here's some of the new shit that's making me smile on my earbuds...


1. THEE Satisfaction - Thats Weird
Okay, so this wasn't one I lost, but it is one I found at the Bend It! festival on Friday June 26th in Cal Anderson Park. I had gone there to see Redwood Plan and afterwards gone to get some food. On the way back through the park, my friends and I were stopped dead in our tracks by this amazing hip-hop duo. Brian and I dragged a few more people with us to see them at the Pride festival on the following Sunday (Oh, did I forget to mention that they're a couple?) Really looking forward to their upcoming "Snow Motion" coming soon.


2. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
This was my most treasured loss of the last 6 months. Every song makes me bliss out in a summertime Supremes style shuffle down the street. No shit! If I'm at home, I pair Camera Obscura with a Firefly sweet tea vodka and lemonade. Thanks to John for bringing this to me.



3. Hunx and His Punx - EVERYTHING
No albums yet, but I have almost all of his singles now. I've been obsessing over "You Don't Like Rock and Roll" and "Cruising" since I saw his videos on You Tube. Bubblegum girl group tunes done by a punk fag is kind of the best thing ever. His set at The Funhouse on Pride day was a very intense 20 minutes. Read more about this show HERE!



4. Micachu & the Shapes - Jewellery
Damn! This is some crazy great shit. I don't even know what to say about it except listen to "Calculator" and if you dig it like I do, buy the whole album. Thanks to Frank for bringing this to me!



5. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
When it comes to new music, I have a bunch of shit talking friends (and if you're friends with me, you know I'm one of them) but I'm happy to say that those who spoke ill of this Friendly Fires records are mistaken. The production is adventurous in cool way, the melodies are super addictive, and I've heard these boys are terribly cute. Thanks to Phil for bringing this to me!


SEE YOU AT THE COUNCIL!!!

XO

THE COUNCIL IS COMING

Seattle used to have a really fun Britpop night called Top of the Pops where you'd go get wasted and dance like a fool to Pulp, Suede, and Blur. After that died, an even more fun Britpop night called "START!" begun which incorporated live bands with their exquisite DJ sets. When that died, we got the ultimate live music and dance DJ night called "Wire" which summed up all of the fun of it's predecessors. Sadly, the Britpop part of it fell by the wayside. And you couldn't blame anyone because let's face it. Britpop died.

It's been a while, and at the risk of sounding retro, I'm incredibly excited for THE COUNCIL. It seems that I'm not the only person who longs for those drunken evenings dancing to Pulp, Suede, and Blur, and as it turns out there's a whole mess of new music to dance like a fool to! Brought to us by Tif Vicious (an adorable moniker for an even more adorable lady) and hosted by Bus Stop, THE COUCIL will kick off Wednesday July 22nd and will feature the DJ skills of Coulter (yes, that Coulter), DJ Up Above! (yes, Phil), and DJ Cuddleup! Yes, that's me.

You'll definitely hear some old favorites from the 60's on, but be prepared to hear new artists coming out of the UK and some great UK influenced artists from around the world. I'm making a point to find a few choice newbies that hopefully will be your next favorite band.

Oh, and did I mention it's FREE? See you there!

xo