leaked LPs.

both spoon's transference LP and the liar's sisterworld LP have leaked on demonoid.  you should grab them both while they're hot.....

it's almost enough to make me forget my week of mourning for jay reatard, almost.

goodbye my friend.

as the internet is awash in the news, you've probably heard by now that jay reatard died yesterday in his sleep.

the news is quite upsetting to say the least. fucking sad.

i was looking forward to his annual spring show in chicago, as he played here at least 3 times a year if not 10......

his music is infectious and every last track he recorded i fell in love with, whether the reatards, the lost sounds or under his own name...... he left a great mess of side projects, seven inches and eps that i plan on collecting for years to come. but it saddens me that there will be no more.

i hope everyone who doesn't know his music takes his unfortunate death as an excuse to check out an amazing musician......garage and punk or rock for that matter will never be the same.....

i love and miss you jay..........

plz....click the links below for some random tracks by my fallen hero........

nirvana cover which may be his last recorded song.

live in austin on halloween 2007

live at reggie's in chicago

hotly anticipated releases of xx10.

here's a small list of late winter/early spring releases i'm looking forward to....some don't have titles or release dates, but all should drop by mid-march.  2010 looks like a promising year.....

clipd beaks- to realize (lovepump)

liars- sisterworld (mute)

MGMT- congratulations (columbia)

mark sultan (or bbq) - TBD (in the red)

woven bones- TBD (hozac)

the dum dum girls - i will be (subpop and hozac)

pierced arrows- descending shadows (vice)

strange boys - be brave (in the red)

disappears- lux (kranky)

ty segall and mikal cronin = reverse shark attack

this is my new jam of 2010. ty segall and his friend mikal cronin (from charlie and the moonhearts) put this lo-fi garage burner out in december, too late to make many best of lists...but it would be there for sure. pick up their reverse shark attack LP on kill shaman at yr local record shop, but until you find it......

click here to download.

hello 2010.

been out of town almost everyday since x-mas eve. but 2010 will hold good things for le blog.

much music reviewing and sharing.

found some good vinyl over the weekend in the twin cities that i must rip for you....some hard to find fleshtones for example.....

anyway, happy new years.

epsilons - s/t + kill 'em deader....

now that all the kids know and love ty segall.....and perhaps charlie & the moonhearts.....

everyone should rewind two years and pretend they were into the epsilons..... 

SF garage rock with a synth punk vibe.....  comprised of ty segall and members of charlie & the moonhearts, they released two LPs that hold their own with jay reatard's lost sounds period.....

jump to static fuzz to download both LPs.....

(or read an old interview with them from skratch magazine.)

carbonas - s/t lp

one of my fav LPs from the last couple of years. i finally got around to ripping their s/t album to share with you all.....

i love the Carbonas, and you should too....so click here to download their self titled lp......