Wavves

One of the coolest albums I've heard recently is the self-titled release from Wavves on Fuckit Tapes. I only first heard the album about a week ago, but this has really grabbed me by the charlie browns. Wavves is the work of Nathan Williams, and this MF likes to make some noise. The album ranges from heavy fuzz melodic garage, to full on trash/thrash, to tweaked out psych. There seems to be a follow up full length on the way, along with a slew of 7"s, and I for one am very eager to check out anything this guy releases.

Here's a few songs:

Wavves
Teenage Super Party

AC/DC Rocks Excel

WTF?




Here's a classic one that inspired one of the best, and most vivid dreams i ever head (not featuring a scantily-clad No Name.......). I wrote it down at one point, if asked, I'll go looking for it.



Long Live Bon.

My Study Mix

Today I was going through some stuff on my ipod and ran into my study playlist from the dark days immediately prior to when I took the NY bar exam. This is normally a hectic time for any person but my situation was worsened when my computer crashed and died taking all my bar notes along with it. The only plus to something like that happening is a. your backpack on the trips to and from the library becomes much lighter. b. you have less stuff to study. c. you have a good excuse if you fail the test. (though if this happens, I can assure you I will never post on this blog ever again-maybe you'd like that, huh?). 

Finding the mix reminded me of those days where you get up and study, take a piss, study, eat, study and sleep. Repeat. It reminded me of those days but it did not make me yearn for them. Here's my mix and some links. Now you will know why I may have failed. 

Slapped Actress - The Hold Steady

Coma Girl - Joe Strummer

Howlin' Down The Cumberland - John Hiatt

Buffalo - Kathleen Edwards

Lord I'm Discouraged - The Hold Steady

Old Downtown - Laura Cantrell

A Damn Good Disguise - The Mendoza Line

Scare Easy - Mudcrutch 

For Real - Okkervil River

Angels Walk - Paul Westerberg

Under The Boardwalk - Ricki Lee Jones

Killing The Blues - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (the song from which this album comes from I am convinced is the best of all last year)

The Only One - Roy Orbison (get this man a stamp already)

Hard Rain - Shout Out Louds

A Higher Place - Tom Petty

Wake Up Time - Tom Petty

Hendo Bendo Mix

While I've been watching this "Town Hall" style debate tonight, I've been making a short playlist. Since McCain was pissing me off so much, the mix favors the short fast rocknoll/punkrock blasts. I think watching it on CNN and seeing that "squiggly line" on the bottom, and realizing that people were eating up some of the utter BS that McCain was spewing pissed me off further. What a dingus.

Anyway, here it is. Another short mix. Woop dee doo. Go break something.

The Pagans - Dead End America
Bad Brains - Pay To Cum
The Sins - Fighting in the USA
Ape City R&B - She's Candy Coated
The Hunches - Get Some Hate
The Dils - Class War
The Dils - I Hate The Rich
Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout
The Boston Chinks - Swollen Useless

Badar Ali Khan

One of my recent discoveries courtesy of Emusic is Pakistani Qawwali singer Badar Ali Khan. He was the cousin of world-renowned Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. I've had an appreciation for this kind of music for a while, but never really paid much attention to it. I've been drawn more to eastern music these past few months as I've been seeking the perfect drone.
Qawwali music is very rhythm-based, which makes it easy to get lost in the mesmeric groove of the longer songs. I'm not going to pretend to know much about it, and I'll just let the music do the talking.
Here's a song from Badar Ali Khan's album, Lost in Qawwali III. His voice really is insane. Dance the J5 (or whatever the kids call it these days), put on your headphones, and lay back. You'll be glad you did.


Badar Ali Khan - Black Night

Hendo Bendo Mix

Here's a short mix to satisfy the peanut gallery:


Sennen - Just Wanted to Know
The Out Crowd - Little Elf
C Joynes - The Village of Manea
Giant Sand - Well Enough Alone
Charles Mingus - Solo Dancer
Fury Lewis - Judge Harsh Blues