MusicSnatcher.com http://www.musicsnatcher.com Snatching music from around the web Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:16:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Church – Sum of the Parts – Starfish interview LP w/ acoustic tracks (1988) http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/the-church-sum-of-the-parts-starfish-interview-lp-w-acoustic-tracks-1988/ http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/the-church-sum-of-the-parts-starfish-interview-lp-w-acoustic-tracks-1988/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:08:00 +0000 admin http://www.musicsnatcher.com/?guid=e334f30018cfd52ff3a29420cee139d9
This one is pretty self-explanatory for a change.  Sum of the Parts was put to together by Arista Records in conjunction with The Church’s 1988 breakthrough album, Starfish, ostensibly for radio promotion.  Side one features individual interviews with all four band members, including the now elusive Richard Ploog who would depart the group after the Church’s follow-up to Starfish, Gold Afternoon Fix, released in 1990.  Commercially speaking, it was all downhill from here, but GFA proved to be the stronger of the two records.  While not terribly revealing, the boys are nonetheless candid with the two Gavin Report interviews assigned to the case.  Side two features three acoustic Starfish songs, including the forever played-to-death “Under the Milky Way,” which might as well be “Stairway to Heaven” or “Imagine” at this point if you ask my calloused eardrums.  I’m fairly certain these same takes also appeared on the double CD reissue of Starfish, but my rip is straight from the vinyl.  

Interviews:
01. intro/Steve Kilbey
02. Peter Koppes
03. Richard Ploog
04. Marty Willson-Piper/outro

Acoustic:
05. Under the Milky Way
06. Antenna
07. Spark 

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]]> http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/the-church-sum-of-the-parts-starfish-interview-lp-w-acoustic-tracks-1988/feed/ 0 cuppa joe – Tunnel Trees (2012, Dromedary) – a brief overview http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/cuppa-joe-tunnel-trees-2012-dromedary-a-brief-overview/ http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/cuppa-joe-tunnel-trees-2012-dromedary-a-brief-overview/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:40:00 +0000 admin http://www.musicsnatcher.com/?guid=0f7308f16711f1fb5b7abbb6ba612e1c A highly intermittent entity gestated in the early '90s, the New Jersey duo known as cuppa joe consisting of Doug Larkin and Steve Spatucci dropped a new album last week, their first since 1999.   Tunnel Trees is the title, and just so happened to be my introduction to this not-so-gruesome twosome, who commence this disk with the chiming post-punk inflected, "A Couple Whiles," which smacks of For Against circa their soothing and oft overlooked Shelf Life album.  Yeah, I know that comparison doesn't exactly shed much of a light on things for the bulk of you.  At any rate, I was hoping the remainder of Tunnel Trees would follow suit, but cuppa joe had an alternate brew on tap for this pair of ears. 

The nine numbers succeeding the aforementioned "A Couple Whiles" are comparatively homespun organic guitar pop, occasionally whimsical and brimming with a potpourri of variations of the well-worn genre.   There's a bit of a kiwi vibe infiltrating "Giving Up the Day" and "Some Might Call Us Happy," with both songs hinting at what Chris Knox/Tall Dwarfs were so blithely trying to convey a quarter century or so ago.  "In the Shade of Tunnel Trees" and "Blue Sky Moon" flaunt a more robust sonic palette, while another key album highlight, "Forty" is a brisk, minute and a half burst of campfire pop, packing an infectious harmony.  In short, even though I wasn't treated to the new For Against album I had initially anticipated, I got something just as rewarding, and you just might as well.  cuppa joe have a healthy discography under their belts, just about all of which can be streamed under the "music" header of their webpage.  If you're looking for even more of a shortcut, you can check out two tracks from Tunnel Trees below.  You can obtain a hard copy of the album from Dromedary Records, as well as digital available from your vendor of choice.

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]]> http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/cuppa-joe-tunnel-trees-2012-dromedary-a-brief-overview/feed/ 0 Singles Going Single #199 – Indian Rope Burn "End of the Line" 7" (1991, GGE) http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/singles-going-single-199-indian-rope-burn-end-of-the-line-7-1991-gge/ http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/singles-going-single-199-indian-rope-burn-end-of-the-line-7-1991-gge/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:23:00 +0000 admin http://www.musicsnatcher.com/?guid=61be7f65d643b2146b5d8b8070e3ef7e Shame for me for being so completely oblivious to Kent, OH's Indian Rope Burn when they were still roaming the land some twenty years ago.  This three-songer is my first, and thus far only encounter with IRB, who were a trio at the time of this release.  Slightly askew, but driving pop/rock, informed by gobs of college radio dispatches circa the late '80s.  The vocals are largely monotone, but then again so were Nico's and we loved her, right?  In addition to this wax there were three IRB cds, and from what little I was able to glean online, they took more of an industrial tack later in the career, but I can't say those inclinations crop up here.  Enjoy (or not). 

A. End of the LLine (XYZ)
B1. Mirrors
B2. Diedre

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]]> http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/singles-going-single-199-indian-rope-burn-end-of-the-line-7-1991-gge/feed/ 0 achan duangchan khemachitto http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/achan-duangchan-khemachitto/ http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/achan-duangchan-khemachitto/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:07:00 +0000 admin http://www.musicsnatcher.com/?guid=2ba188ec5f4cea636b2a571565e21031

artist: อาจารย์ ดวงจันทร์ เขมจิตฺโต (achan duangchan khemachitto)
album: เทศนานิทานธรรม (thetsana nithan tham)
tracklist:
01. เทศนานิทานธรรม ตอน 1 (thetsana nithan tham, pt. 1)
02. เทศนานิทานธรรม ตอน 2 (thetsana nithan tham, pt. 2)

this week, we have some beautiful sacred music from thailand's northeast; achan duangchan khemachitto performing thet lae!  despite buddhist monks being prohibited from performing music, there does exist a tradition of very melodic & expressive vocalizations used for reciting sacred texts, and even sermons composed in klon (the same poetic form used by molam) known as thet lae.  lae can be heard during all sorts of festivals in isaan, and was a significant influence on early luk thung music.. there's even a history of bandleaders courting talented young preachers to become recording stars (including mr. dao bandon, for instance).  this tape, however, features the original formula; a solitary voice, unaccompanied & unpolished.  i haven't been able to find out much about our monk, a. duangchan khemachitto, but i would assume he is affiliated with wat phrathat phanom woramahawihan in nakhon phanom, the chedi of which graces the cover of the j-card.  enjoy!!

preview:
]]> http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/achan-duangchan-khemachitto/feed/ 0 Patti Page – Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965) http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/patti-page-hush-hush-sweet-charlotte-1965/ http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/patti-page-hush-hush-sweet-charlotte-1965/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:33:00 +0000 admin http://www.musicsnatcher.com/?guid=771fbb22ea68a38e60bfaacf6fa00a5c
Here's the Singing Rage, Miss Patti Page singing the title song from the movie "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte". (If you've never seen the movie, try to catch it on TCM sometime or rent it - it's great!). In addition to that song, Patti sings some old favorites such as "Scarlet Ribbons" and "Danny Boy". I have yet to find a Patti Page record that I didn't like - they're all great! As a little girl, one of my favorite songs was "Doggie in the Window" (which was also the first song I heard on my favorite local AM radio station, KAAM), and when I was doing the ballroom dance thing, I danced many a waltz to her songs. I also had the privilege of seeing her perform here in Dallas back in the mid or late 1980s, and I particularly remember her singing HHSC.

Track listing for Patti Page - Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte:

Side 1:
1. Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
2. Try to Remember
3. The Green Leaves of Summer
4. Jamaica Farewell
5. Croce di Oro (Cross of Gold)
6. Who's Gonna Shoe My Pretty Little Feet

Side 2:
1. Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair
2. Longing to Hold You Again
3. Danny Boy
4. Can't Help Falling in Love
5. Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
]]> http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/patti-page-hush-hush-sweet-charlotte-1965/feed/ 0 The Grip Weeds – See You Through 7" ep (1992, Ground Up) http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/the-grip-weeds-see-you-through-7-ep-1992-ground-up/ http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/the-grip-weeds-see-you-through-7-ep-1992-ground-up/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:12:00 +0000 admin http://www.musicsnatcher.com/?guid=955a15e6643e5860bbe9c4d7c060241a
Upon rediscovering power pop in the mid-90s, The Grip Weeds were a staple on my stereo, particularly their 1998 sophomore platter, The Sound Is In You, which I consider to be their utmost achievement.  Much had been made of the Weeds' psyche-pop proclivities, but unlike their Californian revivalist counterparts from a decade prior, this sublime New Jersey quartet was decked out in all things Merseybeat, not paisley.  If that notion is evident anywhere in their generally excellent catalog, you can bet it's front and center on these three beauties.  It's as if the British Invasion came back with a screaming vengeance on See You Through, which in all honesty derives just as much Ricken-kissed bliss from Roger McGuinn as across-the-pond pioneers the Hollies and Zombies.  When the band's first proper full length House of Vibes was reissued in 2007, this ep would have functioned as perfectly logical bonus track fodder, but a hodgepodge of demos and live material were favored instead.  Fear not, for I have the entire thing digitized for you below, taken straight from an original vinyl copy (though I've borrowed the sleeve scans from The Grip Weeds website).

A. Used to Play
B1. Gone From the Day
B2. Hard to Take

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]]> http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/the-grip-weeds-see-you-through-7-ep-1992-ground-up/feed/ 0 The Heartbeats – Pulsator (1981, Vertigo) http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/the-heartbeats-pulsator-1981-vertigo/ http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/the-heartbeats-pulsator-1981-vertigo/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:18:00 +0000 admin http://www.musicsnatcher.com/?guid=0714901da95a64b1b01e08c59accd531 Given their moniker of choice, I figured The Heartbeats were a no-brainer to tie in with Valentine's Day.  Too bad I don't have much in the way of background details to offer, or for that matter an original copy of the disk.  I've had it on my hard drive for almost three years, but don't have the foggiest idea of where I snatched it from (a defunct blog or Soulseek perhaps)?  This mop-topped trio, ostensibly hailing from the UK, are imbued with traces of Badfinger, The Records, Flamin' Groovies, Eddie & the Hot Rods, not to mention Beatles homage in spades with a singer who often smacks of Paul McCartney.  Plenty of straight-up power pop here, most capably exemplified by "Look at the Eyes" and "Thinking of You"  Pulsator gets even more cracklin' with "Stuck on You," three perfecto minutes of infectious Fab Four inspiration, by way of a Flamin' Groovies-esque delivery system.  Elsewhere, faint but discernible pub rock maneuvers crop up, as does the occasional flashy guitar solo.  I'm stupefied that a record of this caliber has gone so utterly overlooked, given that big swaths of Pulsator exude the type of acumen and timeless aplomb of the lost classic that it's frequently tantamount to.  

01. Don't Leave Me Tonight
02. Don't Do It
03. Well Well Well
04. Look at the Eyes
05. In the Name of Love
06. Mean to Me
07. Stuck On You
08. Into the Night
09. Thinking of You
10. Long Time
11. Out of My Way
12. I'll Be True

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Easily one of the scarcest items to surface on this blog. This French cassette was limited to only 100 copies. Despite featuring the likes of well-known bands like Deux, this tape has gone mostly unnoticed. That should change quickly, as this one's rather impressive throughout. The best contributions are that of Collision Expérimentale and the Bauhaus-esque Avant Post, but every band here adds a little something... for everyone. Enjoy!

Track List:

A1 - Dada Neuf - Au Pays Du Coup De Soleil
A2 - Dada Neuf - Tuillage Évolutif
A3 - Deux - Game And Performance
A4 - Deux - Felicita
A5 - Collision Expérimentale - Dans Laid Couloirs
A6 - Collision Expérimentale - Fidêle-Castrè
A7 - Avant Post - The Squealing-Call
A8 - Avant Post - Pongs And Death
B1 - Leda Atomica - No Woman's Land
B2 - Leda Atomica - Etude Du "Houlala"!!!
B3 - Leda Atomica - Jailhouse-Rock
B4 - The Grief - The Torment
B5 - The Grief - Dirty Dance
B6 - Vision Baroque - Leslie
B7 - Vision Baroque - The Death ***
B8 - A Joyce Concept - Voices And Crys ***

*** One mp3, as the tracks run together

]]> http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/various-incontinence-1984/feed/ 0 The Osmond Brothers – Songs We Sang on the Andy Williams Show (1962) http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/the-osmond-brothers-songs-we-sang-on-the-andy-williams-show-1962/ http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/the-osmond-brothers-songs-we-sang-on-the-andy-williams-show-1962/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:04:00 +0000 admin http://www.musicsnatcher.com/?guid=ab89a4620da6d2711175925d943b5744
How about some barbershop quartet harmonies by the Osmond Brothers (before Donny)? Do any of you remember them on "The Andy Williams Show"? (I was too young to have seen them or remember them - don't even know if my parents watched the show.) Well, they were all just as cute as can be and, although I'm not really a big fan of the way little kids sound doing barbershop (voices too high - sound like chipmunks to me), I have to say that I am impressed at how well they sang those harmonies - real professionals! The songs are great - they take me back to a much simpler time, and they do make me feel quite nostalgic. Of course, we know what the Osmonds (with Donny) sounded like years later, and some of us may have had our bedroom walls plastered with their posters (Donny was my longest love and was on my walls for several years, and he still makes me swoon). It's impressive that these brothers have celebrated over 50 years in show business, and it's a lot of fun to hear how they got their start. So, take a trip down memory lane with the (original) Osmond Brothers...

Track listing for The Osmond Brothers - Songs We Sang on the Andy Williams Show:

Side 1:
1. Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee
2. Mightly Lak' a Rose
3. Keep Your Eye on the Girlie You Love
4. Just a Song at Twilight
5. I Wouldn't Trade the Silver in My Mother's Hair (For All the Gold in the World)
6. Kentucky Babe

Side 2:
1. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
2. Aura Lee
3. In the Good Old Summertime
4. Take Me Back to Babyland
5. Down Our Way
6. Bye Bye Blues

Here's a great video of the young Osmond Brothers singing at Disneyland (love the audience reaction!):
]]> http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/the-osmond-brothers-songs-we-sang-on-the-andy-williams-show-1962/feed/ 0 Jet Black – Escape Measures (2011) – A brief overview http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/jet-black-escape-measures-2011-a-brief-overview/ http://www.musicsnatcher.com/2012/02/jet-black-escape-measures-2011-a-brief-overview/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:56:00 +0000 admin http://www.musicsnatcher.com/?guid=8dd0f3b87e9156f3670e397c68974566 Perhaps I was too hasty in assembling my top albums list for 2011 this past New Years day.  It never ceases to amaze me that I find some of my favorite albums of any given year, the January of February after, and I'm more than happy to have Quebec's Jet Black fill that belated void this time.   The amped-out swath cut out by this co-ed quartet isn't wholly innovative, but is startlingly visceral at times.  

Austere, but not brooding, and slyly angular without alienating, Jet Black's debut Escape Measures packs some serious musculature.  Muscle I might add, that's carefully allocated to mesh with the bittersweet melodicism of the scintillating opener "6 AM" and a little further in "Daydreamer" and "Archives."  Coincidentally or not, much of this album exudes the finer aptitudes and facets of so many of my personal favorite '90s underdogs including Sprinkler, Skiploader, Monsterland and Failure.  In fact, I never thought I'd see the day where I could use even one of the aforementioned as a comparison, let alone all four in one fell swoop, but this is the kind of indulgence Escape Measures delivers, yet Jet Black's aesthetic strikes me as far too advanced to be deemed as a mere throwback. 

Between all the gritty and gauzy guitar grandeur, the record offers some quieter respites in the form of "Engine Up" and "Elevator," but in toto, Escape... is a sparks-flying corker, blistering and beautiful.  Many happy returns.  You can sample "Daydreamer" and "Control" via the link below.  A limited vinyl edition run is available through Jet Black's website, but if you're looking for more instant gratification, iTunes, Emusic and Amazon have you covered. 



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