Thatcher's Children

One of the top releases of the past few months has to be the lastest from Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire, "Thatcher's Children". The album doesn't find Billy straying too far from the last 2 albums, but if you dig him, you'll dig this too. Once again, Billy doesn't handle all of the lead vocal duties, as Nurse Julie takes the mic a couple times. Some of the songs continue the "A Quick One" era Who-isms, while others are closer to straight up punk. He still likes to revisit melodies of past songs and give them new lyrics. At this point, there's not much new to say about the music, but he's still one of my personal favorites.

Here's a link where they each list their favorite movies of all time.
Here's a video clip of an interview he did with Ian Svenonius

Here's a few tunes from the new album:
Thatcher's Children
Loray Head
Back Amongst the Medway Losers

Dinosaur Jr

Thursday night, I got to go see Dinosaur Jr and Built to Spill courtesy of Shrimp Cracker. I really didn't know much about BTS, but I am a fan of Dinosaur Jr. I've liked them for a long time, which means I don't listen to their records that often anymore. I spent most of the evening thinking to myself, "hey, i wish they would play my favorite song "______________"'
and then completely drew a blank. I knew it was relatively poppier then most of their other songs, but I couldnt even remember the tune at all, or what album it was from. I asked the others I was with but my vague description did nothing to help them either. Needless to say, this bugged the hell out of me for the rest of the night. When I got home, I went online to do more detective work.

Turns out, the song was "Not You Again" from the EP, Whatever's Cool With Me.

Here's a youtube clip of J Mascis playing it solo:

ipod On Random (absence makes the heart grow fonder)

(I Got A) Catholic Block - Sonic Youth - Sister

Who's Gonna Find Me - The Coral - Roots & Echoes

Rich Folks Hoax - Rodriguez - Cold Fact

Cactus Wren - Mark Olson & The Creek Dippers - December's Child

Cold Days From The Birdhouse - The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns...

Momma Miss America - Paul McCartney - McCartney

Soon - Japancakes - Loveless

I Was Your Man - Tindersticks - Curtains

Oh Daddy - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 

Give Him A Great Big Kiss - Shangri-Las -

Improvisation #4 - Miles Davis - The Cellar Door Session Box Set

Company - Rickie Lee Jones - S/T

My Baby Just Got Out of Jail - Camper Van Beethoven - Greatest Hits Played Faster

All Going Out Together - Big Dipper - Supercluster

Scare Easy - Mudcrutch - S/T

So Nice - The Mad Lads - The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Box #2

Liar - Built To Spill - You In Reverse

Revival - Soul Savers - It's Not How Far You Fall

Ho Na Nae - The Wild Magnolias - They Call Us Wild

Big Dipper - Cracker - Hello, Cleveland

Deer Ree Shee - The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost

For A Dancer - Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1

Messenger Man Version - Willi Williams - Messenger Man

Just Like Anything - Malcolm Middleton - Sleight of Heart

Top Ten Bands with "Black" in the name

1. Black Lips
2. Black Flag
3. Black Mountain
4. Black Sabbath
5. Black Keys
6. Black Angels
7. Band of Blacky Ranchette
8. Black Time
9. Ludella Black
10. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

McRib! It's back!

We are back mutha fuckas! Tell everyone you know!

Black mountain live blogging

Gillian welch's voice is too high

Jesse sykes is good airplane music (opening act)

Noah is a deutch

Kim loves miss ohio

Brooklyn people all look the same esp shrimp cracker

Do cats come with retractable dicks?

Disco's a bitch when he pe-pe's