Before I delve into your requests, to the person who requested the 2015 Chanukah singles re-up. For the life of me I cannot locate the files. A search is ongoing, but I may need to recreate the entire folder from scratch. If anyone in the audience has the original zip file for the 2015 Chanukah entry in question (in MP3 or FLAC), please get in touch. Thanks!
Velocity Girl - Singles
Starry Eyes - s/t ep
For Squirrels - Baypath Road & 1993 demos
Silversun Pickups - rarities
Sugarcubes - Demos Too Good
Wire - 154 rehearsals
Spliffs - House of Seven (MP3 or FLAC)
The Church - Gold Afternoon Fix demos
Boo Radleys - Giant Steps demos
Single Bullet Theory - demos
Chapterhouse - Pearls & Treasures
Straitjacket Fits - Missing From Melt ep
Local Rabbits - This is It, Here We Go
Archers of Loaf - live 2011
The Trypes - demos
Failure - Comfort demos
2 Line Filler - Trash tape
Dag Nasty - Field Day
further - griptape, sometimes chimes, grimes golden ep
Jim Basnight & The Moberlys - s/t ep (MP3 or FLAC)
UV Prom - Field of Vision ep (MP3 or FLAC)
Nuns of the Great West - The World Ain't Safe ep (MP3 or FLAC)
The Probers - Mad at the World
Caretaker Race - Hangover Square
The Strand - Seconds Waiting
Lucy Brown - s/t LP
This Afternoon - When Everything is Seven
The Decorators - Tablets
The Colours - Details at Thirteen ep
Reaction Formation - Mark David Chapman
Edge Park - Personal Fable
New Jetz - s/t LP
Summercamp - Tonight ep!
Bardots - Eye Baby
Ten Inch Men - Hours n Pain
Rattail Grenadier - s/t LP
The Obvious - Home ep
Dryer - two eps
Alcohol Funnycar - singles
Polvo/Erectus Monotone - El Sid 7"
Spavid/One Eyed Jack singles Spavid, One Eyed Jack
milf - antidope
Fuzzy - s/t LP
Waterdog - s/t LP
Pond - Rock Collection
Gunbunnies - Paw Paw Patch
Half Hour to Go - Items for the Full Outfit & Don't Forget the Children ep
Bivouac - ABC ep
V/A - Cash Cow: The Best of Giorno Poetry Systems
V/A - Blackbox
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
The Sing Market - Via TV 12" (1986, The Dark Network)

A. Via TV
B1. Continental
B2. Blue Cavaliers
https://www56.zippyshare.com/v/PrWmgiEG/file.html
Sunday, May 26, 2019
"Do I wanna do a seven inch?" said someone from the deacon's bench...
Pylon Reenactment Society - live at The Independent, San Francisco 12/12/16
Following
the unexpected passing of their guitarist Randy
Bewley in 2009, innovative Athens, GA post-punks Pylon abruptly called it a day.
It was an appropriate gesture given Bewley’s signature, and moreover singular, guitar textures…but what if
there was a spinoff in the form of a Pylon tribute/heritage act? Enter Pylon Reenactment Society featuring
original front-lady Vanessa Briscoe Hay alongside
alum from Casper and the Cookies, The
Glands, and Big Atomic, who’ve
been performing Pylon tunes live for the faithful since 2014. I've got a complete 2016 San Francisco performance for you today with the new lineup in question, and it's hardly a hackneyed covers routine, rather a sincere, if not visceral homage to the work of a seminal and singular musical entity.
Vanessa’s lovingly dissonant pipes remain unaltered since Pylon’s initial run in the early ‘80s, and Bewley's fill-in Jason NeSmith (from Casper and the Cookies) is note-for-note perfect in resurrecting his predecessors chiming, staccato licks. The similarities between this PRS and real deal are downright canny - but I suppose that was the idea in labeling the project the Pylon Reenactment Society. And the setlist is peerless - "Volume," "Cool," "Stop It," and "Crazy" among pretty much anything else in the Pylon oeuvre you might naturally expect. Just follow the links below to hear this wonderfully recorded set in MP3 or FLAC.
Not long after this concert, the PR lineup cut two brand new songs for a 2018 single on Chunklet Records you might be interested in checking out here.
01. Working is No Problem
02. Gravity
03. Volume
04. K
05. Yo-Yo
06. Danger
07. Altitude
08. Italian Movie Theme
09. The Human Body
10. Precaution
11. Buzz
12. Feast on My Heart
13. Crazy
14. Cool
15. Beep
16. M-Train
17. Stop It
MP3 or FLAC
Vanessa’s lovingly dissonant pipes remain unaltered since Pylon’s initial run in the early ‘80s, and Bewley's fill-in Jason NeSmith (from Casper and the Cookies) is note-for-note perfect in resurrecting his predecessors chiming, staccato licks. The similarities between this PRS and real deal are downright canny - but I suppose that was the idea in labeling the project the Pylon Reenactment Society. And the setlist is peerless - "Volume," "Cool," "Stop It," and "Crazy" among pretty much anything else in the Pylon oeuvre you might naturally expect. Just follow the links below to hear this wonderfully recorded set in MP3 or FLAC.
Not long after this concert, the PR lineup cut two brand new songs for a 2018 single on Chunklet Records you might be interested in checking out here.
01. Working is No Problem
02. Gravity
03. Volume
04. K
05. Yo-Yo
06. Danger
07. Altitude
08. Italian Movie Theme
09. The Human Body
10. Precaution
11. Buzz
12. Feast on My Heart
13. Crazy
14. Cool
15. Beep
16. M-Train
17. Stop It
MP3 or FLAC
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Sarah Shannon - Estheraho ep (1999, Marzipan)
This one slipped by a lot of people, myself included when it was released twenty years ago. In fact it only made it's way onto my radar quite recently. Estheraho was an utterly brief, low-key EP from Sarah Shannon, cut shortly after her sizably more renown stint as frontwoman for D.C. area pop wunderkinds Velocity Girl. In what little I've been able to glean about this CD online, Sarah doesn't regard it as terribly noteworthy, and considers it little more than a stepping stone to a pair of much more sophisticated full lengths, an eponymous 2001 album, '07's City Morning Song. Thing is, those albums never really sank in with me, but the comparatively spartan Estheraho makes a keener impression. Whether it's the crunchy indie-pop persuasion of "Wheel in a Wheel," "Marvel's" nervy angst, or the bright and brisk "Gone," there's something about this little disc that I wish she had parlayed to those subsequent albums.
01. Wheel in a Wheel
02. Learn the Ride
03. I Don't Want to See the Light
04. Marvel
05. Gone
https://www2.zippyshare.com/v/9cKDBm3a/file.html
01. Wheel in a Wheel
02. Learn the Ride
03. I Don't Want to See the Light
04. Marvel
05. Gone
https://www2.zippyshare.com/v/9cKDBm3a/file.html
Sunday, May 19, 2019
I guess you're over it, 'cos you're all over me...
From 1993. Punky indie rock from Durham, NC with tuneful sensibilities galore.
**Please do not reveal artist in comments!**
Hear
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B Team - Buy American ep (1983, Faulty Products)

01. Dance Capital
02. Eyes Are Bleeding
03. Living for Christmas
04. This Damage
05. Youth Corps
06. Right
https://www42.zippyshare.com/v/Id0Orx0q/file.html
Friday, May 17, 2019
The Rise - Fortunes Ride (1989, Shaman)
File under post-U2? I say this not because The Rise weren't necessarily plagiarizing Bono & Co, so much as the myriad of bands they had a more discernible influence on - The Alarm, Cactus World News and Then Jerico. Thing is, this quartet didn't hail from the British Isles, rather from the States, presumably from San Fran. But unlike much of U2's aforementioned offspring, The Rise boasted a distinct Americana bent - the kind that only the tail end of the '80s could have given rise to. Armed with vaguely world-weary concerns, and a back-to-basics rootsy fervor, the band's ambitions never amount to anything too pompous or grandiose on Fortunes Ride. Such moderation works to their advantage, but their songs don't necessarily follow suit. The driving title track is a sheer highlight though, and the vigorous "Empty Soul" and "In Our Land," while formulaic, pack a decent modicum of urgency. The ballads (I'll let you figure out which ones they are), while well intentioned just don't cut it. Elsewhere, a curious anomaly sprouts up in the guise of "Eagle Dancer," a souped up spaghetti western hoedown if I've ever heard one.
01. Desert Hope
02. A Great Spirit
03. The Whole Earth
04. Waiting for You
05. Fortunes Ride
06. Eagle Dancer
07. Empty Soul
08. Trail of Tears
09. In Our Land
10. Salvation
https://www93.zippyshare.com/v/Y5HLQQTz/file.html
01. Desert Hope
02. A Great Spirit
03. The Whole Earth
04. Waiting for You
05. Fortunes Ride
06. Eagle Dancer
07. Empty Soul
08. Trail of Tears
09. In Our Land
10. Salvation
https://www93.zippyshare.com/v/Y5HLQQTz/file.html
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Watch out for those that say "everything will be ok."
Thursday, May 9, 2019
The Bardots - Sad Anne (1998, Bliss Out/Che)
I didn't realize it until I had a chance to scan the sleeve art, but this Bardots compilation overlaps heavily with 1992's Eye-Baby LP, which I shared all the way back when his site was still in it's infancy. Sad Anne not only reprises remastered versions of the vast majority of that album, but also emphasizes oodles of non-LP single sides and such. Not much has been spoken about the Bardots, a UK export who flirted heavily with guitarsy atmospherics while sidestepping dream/Brit pop almost altogether. In fact, they had more in common with the likes of such minor contemporaries of the day as the Straitjacket Fits and Smashing Orange, capably exemplified on such rousing moments as the driving "Sunsetted," "Pretty O," and "Ashamed." And there are plenty of chilled out and even thoroughly unplugged respites as well. Alas, I don't have much more time for a write-up tonight, but the proof is in the pudding, and we get a generous 21 tracks here. Dig in.
01. Sad Anne
02. Alligator
03. Ashamed
04. The Crack Up
05. Let My Body
06. Gloriola
07. Slow Asleep
08. Sunsetted
09. Phone Phoney
10. Call me a Whore
11. Pretty O
12. Caterina
13. Shallow
14. Us Making
15. Chained-Up
16. Cruelty Blonde
17. Sister Ruchard
18. My Cute Thought
19. Skin Diving
20. We Are Fiasco
21. Applepan
https://www2.zippyshare.com/v/StJLm5zW/file.html
01. Sad Anne
02. Alligator
03. Ashamed
04. The Crack Up
05. Let My Body
06. Gloriola
07. Slow Asleep
08. Sunsetted
09. Phone Phoney
10. Call me a Whore
11. Pretty O
12. Caterina
13. Shallow
14. Us Making
15. Chained-Up
16. Cruelty Blonde
17. Sister Ruchard
18. My Cute Thought
19. Skin Diving
20. We Are Fiasco
21. Applepan
https://www2.zippyshare.com/v/StJLm5zW/file.html
Sunday, May 5, 2019
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