More classic alternative as much as I hate the label. Adding these to the stream so I can hear cuts now and again from Husker Du. As the stream approaches 1500 songs I imagine it will be less now and more again, but it will still be more often than I have heard them lately. I regret I never got to see them live – my own fault. A video of what I missed:
So I went to add the Warren Zevon CD “Sentimental Hygiene” to the stream and I could not find it in my collection. It was there once upon a time. Then I went to buy some of the tunes from Itunes and/or Amazon and discovered none of the tunes were available. Then I went to buy it and discovered I would have to wait for weeks. Something about the CD does not want to be streamed.
Anyway, I added (in no particular order):
to the stream.
I meant to get ‘Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner’ but forgot. I did not mean to get ‘Lawyers, Guns, and Money’ or “Werewolves of London’. If you want to hear those turn on your local classic rock station and listen for ten minutes.
When I get the CD I will add to the stream. Maybe.
Moldy Beaches, The Kowalskis, The Getup Kids, and The Decals – certainly nothing all that new here. Most of it is almost ten years old. Then there is also Elvis Costello’s Armed Forces. All good stuff though …. maybe some new music after the first of the year.
Live365 has a genre called classic alternative – a name I find a bit comical. Can the alternative really become classic? If it it, is it truly alternative? And I am not really sure what kind of music fits under the category? WBRU, the local alternative radio station in Rhode Island, has a retro lunch, but it seems to largely consist of what the programmers wish they had played back in the eighties, rather than what they did. Certainly anything with an edge is missing – The Replacements, Warren Zevon’s Sentimental Hygiene, Jesus And Mary Chain, Husker Du, Archers of Loaf. You sure can hear a lot of the Cure and the Smiths though. Anyway, the point being is classic alternative the alternative music that still gets airplay? Or is it just 80’s and 90’s alternative?
And the ironic thing is …. I list my station under classic alternative. And am adding Elvis Costello’s Live at El Mocambo, Archers of Loaf Icky Mettle, and Buffalo Tom’s Sleepy Eyed to the stream because I can’t seem to find them on the radio any more ….
Peace …
I saw a mention that Darkbuster was opening for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones at the Hometown Throwdown this year and it brought back some memories of some of their shows. Sobriety was never their strong point but they were still a lot of fun to watch – and to have the whole crowd join in on “Hometown Zero” at the close of the show was quite an experience. A music critic once said the Replacements were hero’s to all those who almost made it and could not quite buy in to what it would take to go all the way. I feel the same way about Darkbuster. Anyway, “That’s Correct”, “Hometown Zero”, “Nothing at All” and “I Hate the Unseen” are all a part of the stream now.
I also added in some Beltones, a punk band out of the Florida scene. “F**k You Anyway” captures a certain attitude towards those those look down on others that still makes me smile and “Let the Bombs Fall” may be one of angriest/sweetest songs about the death of parent I have ever heard – certainly punk songs at least.
Throw in a Punchdrunk comp as well….
As for the Barcelona, it certainly is not punk, but how can one not like a band that sings about hacking and Commodore 64’s?
Just posted 4 or 5 songs by Scotland Yard Gospel Choir. Not exactly alt-country perhaps, but it so obvious they are having fun – and their lyrics are so funny and down to earth at the same time, I had to pick up a few tunes. Odds are there will be more seeing I did not get the song in the video below and it is pretty obvious I should have. There is something almost ‘twee’ about them for those old enough to remember bands like Tullycraft and Bunnygrunt, but these guys have more going on musically. Should be noted that these guys were in a pretty serious car accident recently. Bloodshot Records has a page with updates on their health and various benefits set up to help them pay the bills. Check it out here.
Driving home from work last week, I heard a small piece of a song mentioning “November Skies” on WRIU’s Boudin Barndance, the local college radio station’s folk and roots show. Only a piece mind you and no idea who the artist was. Almost forgot about it – but the nice weather this weekend got me thinking about November again and the third link down for a search on Google of “November skies song” got me where I wanted to go. Slaid Cleaves seems to have been around quite a while but he just showed up in my world and I added a few songs by him including “November Skies” to the stream. Or I will tomorrow the way things are going ….
Also dropped some Yesterday’s Ring into the stream from their new album. Yeah more stuff from Suburban Homes. I will branch out to Bloodshot Records some day …