pfffsh, schedules

Between stupid community service for school and work, I've found time to post..


Firstly and most importantly, Nick Drake's covers/early recordings album, Family Tree is due out in June. Just to express how excited I am, here are a few tracks from the album/man himself. Nick Drake and his lo-fi 60's aesthetics make the album perfect. Yes. It is a perfect. perfect. perfect, compilation album. The tracks with Molly Drake are amazing, though I didn't post those tracks. Molly Drake is Nick's mom.. in case you were wondering. Pick up the album when it comes out.

Taken from the upcoming Family Tree:
MP3: Cocaine Blues - Nick Drake (YSI)
MP3: Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Nick Drake (Bob Dylan) (YSI)
MP3: Blues Run The Game - Nick Drake (Jackson C. Frank) (YSI)

Speaking of the 60's, pick up this.




You'll like Wink, as Josh Wink is Wink. Poker Flat released Thick as Theives a few days ago. It's nice. The other track on the album, Acid Tonic is nicer, and surpasses Thick as Thieves in my opinion. But whatever.. name the 12" after the lesser track.. I don't care. Pick it up @ Juno.

MP3: Acid Tonic - Wink (YSI)




Whenever I think of Claude Vonstroke, I think of a huge blue bird. The intention of Beware of the Bird's album cover must've been to have that visual automatically pop-up every time you think of him. Though Claude's latest release, Chimps goes sans any birds, it's still absolutely awesome. (A monkey with grillz!? pffshh, obviously).. along with some awesome remixes- one by Jochen Trappe, one by Alland Byallo. The best part of all, is that the amazon can be heard on the orignal and on the remixes! Out via Dirty Bird. Get it @ Turntable Lab.

MP3: Chimps (Alland Byallo Remix) - Claude Vonstroke (YSI
MP3: Chimps (Original Mix) - Claude Vonstroke (YSI)

-D

Only 2 more months.

Until Blonde Redhead's new album 23 comes out April 10th on 4AD. The amiable semi-veterans aren't done yet... then again, a band retiring after six albums is far from a reality. 23 sounds like it will be satisfying. I mean, I've only heard one song thus far, and predicting anything definite would be a ridiculous thing for me to do. Though if the additional songs on the upcoming album are comparable with their first single, '23', expect less Sonic Youth-esque sounds, and more Mazzy Star/Mono-esque sounds, a lot like their 2004 album, Misery is a Butterfly. Of course, as I said, only if the songs sound anything like this..

MP3: '23' - Blonde Redhead

here's bringing it back a few years.. (10, actually) to Fake Can Be Just as Good:

MP3: Symphony of Treble - Blonde Redhead



So, what do you get when you alter something minimal and make it sound unique, just a bit brazen, and delightfully gritty? You would get Audiofly's remix of Claude Vonstroke's The Whistler. Liking the remix seems so effortless. It's too simple to dislike. Get it @ Go Deeva Records.

MP3:The Whistler (Audiofly Remix) - Claude VonStroke



And last but not least, another pleasing-pleasurable-uncluttered-minimalistic-effortless-to-listen-to-track, here is Heartthrob's Baby Kate nicely remixed by Richie Hawtin aka Plastikman. Out March 7th on M_NUS.

MP3: Baby Kate (Plastikman Remix) - Heartthrob

-D