Song of the Day - The Beets

The Beets (not Doug's fave band...) bring new meaning to lo-fi. Their album from last year, Spit on the Face of People Who Don't Want to be Cool, may be one of the lowest quality recordings I've heard in a long time, but it makes up for it with the tunes. They write very catchy mid tempo rocknroll/trash kinda songs that put a smile on your face. The gang-shout vocals are always a plus for me, and they do it well. All this, and I only heard them for the first time 24 hours ago.

Here's a song:
The Beets - What Did I Do

Song of the Day - Sun Araw

I'm getting ready to go out for the night, so I needed some good shoe tying music. I found it with Sun Araw, which is a side project for one of the guys in Magic Lantern. The album I was listening to, The Phynx, has two 16 minute drone/noise tracks, and two shorter ones that are more song oriented.
Here is one of them. It's a keeper:

Sun Araw - Harken Sawshine
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Song of the Day - The Greenhornes

I hate my current musical set up. I have most of my CDs in my bedroom at my parents' house (a lot of good that does me here...), and have to rely on my computer, hard drive, and the assortment of CDs i've picked up the past few months. a HUGE downside to this situation is that I don't have immediate access to some of my favorite albums. Among my personal favorites are the first two Greenhornes albums. Fucking perfect in practically every way. They are both the kind of albums that make you feel like an ass for not listening to more often. I've been listening to them the past few days for the first time in what feels like 6 months - Way too long. Its too bad that Jack White hijacked the rhythm section for unbridled wankery. And even though I still dig Dual Mono, the first two are where its at. Crank that organ.

Here's a cover of the Spencer Davis Group from the self titled album:

The Greenhornes - High Time Baby
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Song of the Day - Yussuf Jerusalem

Sorry for the lack of posting this weekend. I had important matters to attend to......oh well. One of THOSE NAMES (you know what i mean) that kept popping up on the blogs/sites I go to was Yussuf Jerusalem. The latest album, from last year, is "A Heart Full of Sorrow" has been described as death metal / garage / lofi / folk / pop which seems rather absurd, but its realy not that far off. I don't know much about metal let alone death metal, but all I can tell is the first song on the record scared me. The rest of the album is more straight forward lo fi rock. Pretty cool stuff, check it out:

Greetings from Novi Sad
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Song of the Day - Max Roach

I bought the 1962 Max Roach album "Speak, Brother, Speak" on Emusic a little while back but never had a chance to listen to it all the way through. I corrected that error while on the way to work today. Pretty sick stuff.

Here's the title track:
Max Roach - Speak, Brother, Speak

Song of the Day - Homostupids

Here's the song to end the day. i was told i don't tell good stories or write well (i dont disagree....), so I will keep this short and sweet.
Here's a song from the Homostupids' Cat Music EP.

Homostupids - Beneath the blackman

by the way, what the hell is wrong with people? Who would throw out something like this?? If I had a way to take it with me at the time, this would have been my new dresser bitches.



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Song of the Day - Robert Wyatt

Ugh. This work week really sucked. Thank god its over, and we can all head down to the lakeside lounge soon. Stay tuned cause the next few days I have a slew of rocknroll bands/albums that are new to me, and must be shared. Plus, the official HBBB opinion on the new Black Lips album will be revealed (its taken me about a dozen listens to figure out what i really think about it).

Here's a song from Robert Wyatt's 1974 album, "Rock Bottom". Enjoy.

Robert Wyatt - A Last Straw

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Song of the Day - Sonic Chicken 4

How 'bout some rocknroll to start the day? If you are a fan of the aforementioned (rocknroll), then chances are good that you will be a fan of Sonic Chicken 4 - if you aren't already that is. PLUS, they're French, so....


Sonic Chicken 4 - Right Side of Woman
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Song of the Day - Residual Echoes

Here's a song from the 2006 Residual Echoes album, "MFI-GBSP". This song is some Sabbath / Comets on Fire heaviness, but is not necessarily indicative of the rest of the album. Psych meanderings with mumbled vocals is no tap as well. Adam Payne is the driving force, and appears to be friends with heavyweights Ben Chasny and Ethan Miller, which explains a lot.

Residual Echoes - Headache Traverse

Happy VDT

Song of the Day - Jacuzzi Boys

I don't know how I missed them for so long, but I only first heard the Jacuzzi Boys when they were on tour with The King Khan & BBQ Show this fall (although we missed their set...). They have definetely gone to the same school of trash/rocknroll as KK&BBQ and Black Lips. Here's their song from the split 7" they did with King Khan last year.

Jacuzzi Boys - A Strange Hand

it's your lucky day(!!!!!!!) cause I'm posting a 2nd song. Here is the title track from the Island Avenue EP

Jacuzzi Boys - Island Avenue

Song of the Day - Psychic Ills

Here's a song from the most recent Psychic Ills album, Mirror Eye. Cool psych/drone band from Brooklyn thats been around for a few years now. Also, check out the amazing review the record got from our friends at Pitchfork. Hotness.


I already posted my favorite track from this album as part of a Hendo Bendo Mix a little bit ago, but here's another:

Psychic Ills - Fingernail Tea

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Hendo's Song Of The Day

It's a Tuesday morning, and I'm heading in to work early today to take minutes at another meeting. This seemed like an appropriate song for the day.

The Third Bardo - Lose Your Mind

Hendo's Song of the Day

Here's a song by the Japanese band The Raydios. The band has ex-members of upper echelon MFs Teengenerate, so you know they kick ass. Enjoy.

The Raydios - Turning Blue

Hendo's Song of the Day

Here's an installment of my song of the day. I made a mix last night for my roomate that was supposed to be based loosely on the movie Terminator 2. While looking through my library of songs at my disposal, I found this one by Rose Tattoo, and obviously it fit the bill perfectly. Needless to say the mix sucked except for this one song. I just finished a long day at work, and I've had this stuck in my head all day. Enjoy

Rose Tattoo - Nice Boys