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Monday, October 31, 2011
Wait, was this really over two weeks ago? Well, that was a blur. While I won't deny I got my usual kick out of playing new songs for sociable patrons at my favorite Cambridge bar, the preparation and follow-through were just plain rough. Jetlag + influenza do not a fun equation make. I was freshly back from drumming on the (flat-out amazing) 10-day Let's Whisper UK tour, which ended with a 7-hour drive, a 7-hour flight, a few hours sleep, a crazy workday, a 4-hour drive, and a homecoming show. Followed closely by a full-body collapse. And yes, just as I started getting over some fairly debilitating jetlag, and began plotting my NMNIII playlist, the first flu symptoms arose. I came so very close to bailing out on my co-DJ (Mr. Jay Clicky Clicky), but I hung in there - hoping that the songs, and a hot tottie, would heal me. While that combo (mostly) got me through the night, it merely delayed the inevitable... a string of long days in bed. Took me over a week afterwards to feel even remotely like myself. But enough of the whining. I'm healthy and over it. Let's get to what was played a couple Thursdays back at River Gods. First, go read Jay's list of new songs he played that night. You'll note that he posted his playlist precisely at 1:00am on October 14th. Exactly when his set ended. Holy hell, he's on the ball. Puts me to shame, he does. Even if I wasn't sick, or jetlagged, or generally out of my mind, I still wouldn't have been able to beat that. I mean, daaaaaaayum. My NMNIII selections were as follows. Listen/buy info included if available, and click on the MP3 links to download the artist-approved tracks directly.  NEW MUSIC NIGHT vol. III Thursday, October 13th, 2011 at River Gods in Cambridge, MA co-hosted by DJs Brad Almanac & Jay Clicky Clicky [ download the 7 guilt-free MP3s shared below in a 43 MB .zip file ] [ * = Boston-area artist ] Set One / 9pm-10pm Brad Almanac 01. Dan Mangan - "About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All" [ Lead-off track from his new LP, "Oh Fortune" / Buy it / Stream song @ KCRW ] 02. Tommy Stinson - "One Man Mutiny" [ Title cut from his new solo record / Buy it / Download MP3 @ Topspin ] 03. Loney Dear - "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" (Shirelles cover) [ Live on Sverig Radio 8/31/11 / Buy new "Hall Music" LP / Stream LP / Live MP3 ] 04. Standard Fare - "Darth Vader" [ From their forthcoming (brilliant!) second LP, "Out Of Sight, Out Of Town" ] 05. Crooked Fingers - "The Counterfeiter" [ My fave track from the new "Breaks In The Armor" LP / Buy LP / Stream LP ] 06. We Are Augustines - "New Drink For The Old Drunk" (Crooked Fingers cover) [ From their debut LP, "Rise Ye Sunken Ships" / Buy on iTunes / Soundcloud / Stream LP ] 07. Fanfarlo - "Deconstruction" [ First single from forthcoming "Rooms Filled With Light" LP / Stream two songs ] 08. M83 - "Raconte-Moi Une Histoire" [ From the new "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" LP / Buy it / Soundcloud stream ] 09. The Drums - "Days" [ From their new "Portamento" LP / Buy it / KCRW live video ] 10. Kathryn Calder - "Who Are You?" [ From her just-released "Bright and Vivid" LP / Buy on iTunes / MP3 ] 11. Rob Crow - "Scalped" [ From the new LP, "He Thinks He's People" / Buy it / MP3 of "Sophistructure" ] 12. Hospitality - "Friends of Friends" [ First song from new Merge Records band / Pre-order album / MP3 ] 13. Model Village - "Bouncers" [ From their self-titled EP / Buy or stream at Bandcamp ] 14. Sulk - "Wishes" [ Debut single / Video / Download the B-side ] 15. For Abel - "Yorkshire" [ Latest single from new full-length / Stream at Soundcloud ] 16. * Reports - "Sub Toucher" [ Off the new "Dinamo Cambridge" LP / Name your price at Bandcamp / Stream song ] 17. * Slowdim - "Wishing Well" (Reverb Mix) [ Alternate version from "Spirals" EP / Buy at Bandcamp / Download MP3 at OTD ] [ Visit Clicky Clicky for Jay's 10-11pm playlist ] Set Three / 11pm-12pm Brad Almanac, until I succumbed to the plague, then Jay 18. Tennis - "Tell Her No" (Zombies cover) [ Free non-album cover version / Stream or download at their website ] 19. Speed The Plough - "Inbetween Dreams" [ From their new LP, "Shine" / Buy it from Dromedary / MP3 ] 20. The Mommyheads - "Another Crowded House" [ From "Delicate Friction", their first new LP in a looong time / Buy it on Dromedary / MP3 ] 21. * TW Walsh - "Make It Rhyme" [ From the new "Songs of Pain and Leisure" LP / Buy via Bandcamp or Graveface / Stream song ] 22. * Wheat - "House Of Kiss" [ From a new 2-song single (1st of 3 in a series) / Buy at their webstore / ] 23. The Long Afternoon - "The Chamelionaires" [ From their 3rd album, "An Index of Maladjustments" / Buy from the band / Video ] 24. Tokyo Police Club - "All My Friends" (LCD Soundsystem cover) [ From their "10 Covers 10 Days 10 Years" project / Buy at iTunes / Stream at Soundcloud ] 25. * Age Rings - "Bounty Hunter" [ From the upcoming Midriff release, "Black Honey" / Stream some songs on Soundcloud ] 26. Wild Flag - "Electric Band" [ From the self-titled Merge debut / Buy LP / Stream LP / Video ] 27. Standard Fare - "051107" [ From their forthcoming second LP, "Out Of Sight, Out Of Town" ] 28. * Travels - "Lucky" [ From their upcoming limited 7-inch & digital EP / Stream & pre-order at Soundcloud ] 29. * The Hush Now - "Rooftops" [ From their new LP, "Memos" / Buy on Bandcamp / Stream song ] 30. Ume - "Rubicons" [ From their debut full-length, "Phantoms" / Buy from Modern Outsider / Stream on Soundcloud ] 31. Camp Radio - "Turn Up The Radio" [ From their new "Campista Socialista" LP / Buy via Bandcamp / MP3 ] 32. * Dan Wholey - "Tiny Coals" [ From his new eponymous EP / Buy at Bandcamp / Stream song ] 33. Seaweed - "The Weight" [ From their new 7-inch on No Idea / Buy from No Idea ] 34. * Soccer Mom - "Celebrity Unrest" [ Off their new 10-inch, "You Are Not Going To Heaven" / Buy via 100m / Stream song ] 35. Signal Hill - "Van Gogh Sky" [ From a new split 7-inch with All India Radio / Buy it / Stream track ] [ Visit Clicky Clicky for Jay's 12-1am playlist ] We'll be returning to the booth in November, I think. I'll share the date here, and given my severe slackness, I'd should probably start working on that next playlist immediately...  |
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