“Fortress” by Pinback

The band: Pinback ().

The tune: Fortress (mp3 4:10). [video-QT]

I found this .

Meet the band: [official site]

More tunes:

Reviews:

“Walking with a Ghost” by Tegan and Sara

The band: Tegan and Sara (two sisters).

The tune: Walking with a Ghost (mp3 2:30).

I found this .

Meet the band: [official site]

More tunes:

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“Nobody Calls Me Unless They Want Something” by Shout out out out out

The band: Shout out out out out (6 guys = 2 drummers + 4 bass players + 2 samplers + 5 synthesizers + 5 cowbells + 2 octapads + 1 vocoder).

The tune: Nobody Calls Me Unless They Want Something (mp3 5:43).

I found this via Webjay.

Meet the band: [official site]

Nik Kozub, Jason Troock, Lyle Bell, Gravy, Will Zimmerman, Clint Frazier

More tunes: [Flash from label]

Reviews:

“Nice Weather for Ducks” by Lemon Jelly

“I think one of the core values of Lemon Jelly that span through this record is that all genres of music have worth in them; it’s just that 90% of every genre is shit. Let’s face it, 90% of House music is shit, 90% of Garage, or whatever you wanna call it. Punk, Funk music is shit, and 10% is usually great. I mean the proportions vary slightly obviously, but the same is true of chart pop. 90% of chart pop is shit, but 10% of it’s fucking great.” [cite]

The band: Lemon Jelly (two Londoners)

The tune: Nice Weather for Ducks (mp3 6:08) off the 2002 album “Lost Horizons”.

I found this via unfiltered delicious. [poster]

The vocal sample gets old a lot quicker than the rest.

Meet the band: [official site] [fan site] [bio jpeg]

Fred Deakin: the vinyl freak

Nick Franglen: the gear freak

lemonjelly.ky is a pun on KY Jelly– the ky domain is for the Cayman Islands (not Kentucky).

More tunes: [RealAud + mp3?] [In the Bath mp3]

Reviews:

“Your Spain” by The White Birch

The band: The White Birch (Norwegian trio)

The tune: “Your Spain” (mp3 4:21)

I found this via unfiltered delicious. [poster]

Meet the band: [official site]

Ola Fløttum, HC Almendingen and Ulf Rogde

More tunes:

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“Death to the Bloodstained Giant” by Ritual Space Travel Agency

The band: Ritual Space Travel Agency (5 guys in/from Pittsburgh)

The tune: Death to the Bloodstained Giant (mp3 3:05) off the 2002 album “Ratbelly vs Gorgotron” [lyrics]

It was used in an Abercrombie & Fitch commercial.

I found it via a different, Joycean songtitle: Met Him Pike Hoses.

Meet the band: [official site]

More tunes:

Reviews:

“Paulo” by Savath & Savalas

The band: Savath & Savalas (Atlanta’s Scott Herren of Prefuse 73, with Catalonia’s Eva Puyuelo Muns)

The tune: “Paulo” (mp3 3:52) from the 2000 album “Folk Songs for Trains, Trees and Honey”

I found it in the unfiltered delicious mp3 feed [posters]

Meet the artists: [official site for Prefuse and S&S]

Scott Herren [Stylus bio] [mp3 interview]

More tunes: [Prefuse mp3 clips] [Prefuse73 mp3] [another mp3 page] [ditto] [mp3 clips from Rolls and Waves] [Amazon w/clips from ‘Folk Songs’]

“Noam Chomsky Spring Break 2002” by Department of Eagles

The band: Department of Eagles (two 23yo Californians who met at NYU).

The tune: Noam Chomsky Spring Break 2002
(mp3 3:15) off an album called either/both “The Cold Nose” and/or “The Whitey on the Moon UK LP”.

I found this via Said the Gramophone mp3 blog.

The title refers to the band’s roadtrip to break in (unsuccessfully) to NC’s office at MIT, after which the song was written.

Meet the band: [official site]

Daniel Rossen (aka Iron Chrysalis, vocals and guitars) [bio page]

Fred Nicolaus (aka Butterfly Emerging, beats and samples) [bio page]

More tunes: [mp3s from the band] [RealAud from BBC] [Flash clips from Boomkat] [mp3 clips from label] [Amazon w/clips] [Flash clips at TuneTribe]

I like most of these, but not as much as NCSB2.

Reviews: [NewNoise] [PlayLouder] [Skatterbrain]

“Walk of Shame” by Thee More Shallows

The band: Thee More Shallows (4 SanFranciscans, 3m1f).

The tune: Walk of Shame (no mp3) off the album “More Deep Cuts”.

I found this on Said the Gramophone but they’ve retired it. I miss it so bad I decided to antedate this mp3-less post for it.

Meet the band: [official site] [pix]

David ‘Dee’ Kesler (songwriting)

Chavo Fraser (drums, samples, keyboards, bass)

Jason Gonzales (drums, samples, keyboards, bass)

Odessa Chen (vocals, guitar)

More tunes: [3 mp3s], [one more]

Reviews: [many quotes]

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