Thursday 30 July 2009

Bah.

HUMBUG!

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So I posted the new arctic monkeys yesterday, I listened to it once, had an opinion, thought that I might have a better one after a second listen but then decided to listen to the rumble strips instead. I'm not into reviewing newly released albums because it's like forcing an opinion on someone before they really get a chance to hear it properly for themselves, like loads of people won't hear rumble strips "welcome to the walk alone" because it got a 4/10 in nme where, for example, wild beasts got 9/10 this week when they just happen to be in with this whole animal name trippy flavour of the month thing. So yes, I shant be reviewing it, I reserve this for live gigs that not everyone had the opportunity to be at. I have an opinion sure but ya know.

Anyway bottom line is I haven't posted much due to work/gigs/illness and any music finding energy I have going towards the indie/rock playlist but I feel like i'm all better now and want to review all the great gigs I've got in august and maybe even a retrospective on truck so I'll get this up and going.

Friday 3 July 2009

Artist of the day- Fight Like Apes

Alright let's get this thing back on track, each day recently i've tweeted my artists of the day and sometimes I remember how refined my taste is.. and so i'm going to expand on them here, give people links to the music and info about them and stuff.































Fight Like Apes

I fell for the music before I even saw how hot the lead singer was! Brunette's with blue eyes I canNOT get enough of, so quit making out like I can yeah!

FLA are from Ireland, front by MayKay Geraghty with synths and keyboards thrown in with all the other usual band stuff. Each song musically has its own journey driven effectively by the keys and bass and the emotion filled wail of MKG, which at times is insane like on battlestations I've never heard a screech like it and i've seen little fish.

Her lyrics and style are part Hole, Giant Drag and something less definable, a little new young pony club with infinately more sex. This band are on the whole refreshing and don't take themselves too seriously and you know I dig random titles, some of theirs- How am I supposed to kill you if you have all the guns?, David Carradine is a bounty hunter whose robotic arms hate your crotch. And the best- You Filled His Head with Fluffy Clouds and Jolly Ranchers, What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?.

..Here's the torrent link to their only album to date..

Check them out and let me know what you're thinking and catch them live because I missed out on them at a festival earlier this year and it doesn't feel good trust me..

Outroversion Returns/Blalocks IRP July

O.K I'm back, I have the internet. For the next month or so I'll try and get things as back on track as poss. I have so much new music to get through so there will be a lot heading your way. Also plenty of gigs and festivals coming up for me- oasis, silversun pickups, birthday massacre, spinnerette, truck, summer sundae and dinosaur jr. I'll be reviewing all those too, so let me know what you've been digging and how much you've missed me so i don't get all dispondent ;)

But first things first-

http://www.mininova.org/tor/2730435

Hey everyone! Was a really great month for new music. So many albums came out and good albums at that.

So I'm sure you guys know I've been mentioning the website quite a bit lately. Well its finally up and everyone should take part in the community!

www.BlalocksIRP.com Make sure you check it out and introduce yourself in the forum. :)

I made this months list an extra large one simply because of that reason. I'm really excited at where this is going.

Also, next month is LOLLAPALOOZA. I will be there! Making a 14 hour roadtrip to enjoy all the great music in Chicago. Would love to meet some of you guys that download the playlist so if any of you happen to be there let me know! I'll make you a mix! :D

As always I'm still trading CD's with the community but I'm a bit behind sending them back. I haven't forgot you guys! I am actually still looking for a house in my town so don't have all my things together. Once I'm done moving I'll have them out soon. I promise! If theres anyone who would like to send me a CD please E-mail me at joshblalock@gmail.com and I'll return the favor! I've received quite a few lately, but no wall as of right now to put them on! Will keep you guys update on BlalocksIRP.com

As always, thanks to:
Agemo for initiall seeding.
Conrad Duncker
Simon at outroversion.blogspot.com
and Totalmilkaholic for making the Album Art!

Enjoy July and until next month!

-Josh

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Artist...............: Various Artists
Album................: Blalock's Indie/Rock Playlist: July (2009)
Genre................: Indie
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Year.................: 2009
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Information..........: www.BlalocksIRP.com

Ripped by............: Blalock on 7/1/2009
Posted by............: Blalock on 7/1/2009
News Server..........: www.last.fm/group/Blalocks+Indie+Rock+Playlist
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Included.............: NFO


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1. (00:00:15) Blalock - www.BlalocksIRP.com
2. (00:03:24) The Sounds - 4 Songs & A Fight
3. (00:04:31) Floating Action - 50 Lashes
4. (00:02:46) Cast Spells - A Badge
5. (00:02:47) Built By Snow - A-Beta
6. (00:03:22) Reverie Sound Revue - Arrows
7. (00:03:24) Golden Silvers - Arrows of Eros (The Shoes Remix)
8. (00:04:06) fun. - At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)
9. (00:03:37) Modest Mouse - Autumn Beds
10. (00:06:32) Pertego - Bideri
11. (00:03:27) Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
12. (00:03:03) The Little Hands of Asphalt - Blue & Green
13. (00:02:37) Smith Westerns - Boys Are Fine
14. (00:01:25) Fishboy - Bricks Part 1
15. (00:03:35) Sonic Youth - Calming The Snake
16. (00:03:58) Teitur - Catherine The Waitress
17. (00:03:05) The Amsterdams - Chased By Housewives
18. (00:04:18) Anthem In - Cloudbusting
19. (00:03:19) Her Space Holiday - Come On All You Soldiers
20. (00:04:22) You Can Be A Wesley - Creatures
21. (00:02:32) VV Brown - Crying Blood
22. (00:03:34) Matt & Kim - Cutdown
23. (00:03:14) Los Campesinos! - Death To Los Campesinos! (Napoleon IIIrd Remix)
24. (00:02:22) The Danks - Die Young
25. (00:02:36) almonds, cohen - Digging For Clams
26. (00:04:15) Tiny Vipers - Dreamer
27. (00:04:49) Acetate Zero - Dry
28. (00:05:18) Mirah - Education
29. (00:02:56) Wheat - El Sincero
30. (00:02:19) Tap Tap - Emma Will You Come Back
31. (00:04:15) Lord Cut-Glass - Even Jesus Couldn't Love You
32. (00:03:33) Lacrosse - Excuses, Excuses
33. (00:03:35) Regina Spektor - Folding Chair
34. (00:03:58) A-ha - Foot Of The Mountain
35. (00:02:32) Sharon Van Etten - For You
36. (00:03:09) Luke Top - Friends
37. (00:04:18) Scary Mansion - Go to Hell
38. (00:04:19) Juan Son - Goldfish
39. (00:05:10) Hjaltalin - Goodbye July / Margt ad Ugga
40. (00:04:10) The Blacks - Gravitas
41. (00:03:55) Chris Garneau - Hands on the Radio
42. (00:04:21) Dark Mean - Happy Banjo
43. (00:03:33) Patrick Wolf - Hard Times
44. (00:03:10) Esser - Headlock
45. (00:02:39) The Most Serene Republic - Heavens To Purgatory
46. (00:04:22) Marina And The Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot
47. (00:03:49) Mark Sultan - I Am The End
48. (00:03:16) Cancel the Astronauts - I Am The President Of Your Fanclub (And Last Night I Followed You Home) [EP Version]
49. (00:03:44) Flashguns - I Don't Not Love You
50. (00:03:25) Discovery - I Want You Back
51. (00:03:35) Jeff Hanson - If Only I Knew
52. (00:02:51) Baddies - I'm Not A Machine (NME Master 2)
53. (00:03:45) Culture Reject - Inside the Cinema
54. (00:03:45) Slow Club - It Doesn't Have to Be Beautiful
55. (00:04:54) Our Book And The Authors - Killing Flies
56. (00:05:20) Yellow Tricycle - Killing the lambs
57. (00:03:47) Mum - Ladies Of The New Century
58. (00:02:55) Revolver - Leave Me Alone
59. (00:01:20) Cheap Red - Let's Start A Riot
60. (00:03:23) Chase Pagan - Life Garden
61. (00:02:34) Eels - Lilac Breeze
62. (00:04:02) Phoenix - Lisztomania
63. (00:04:14) Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
64. (00:03:24) The Silent Years - Madame Shocking
65. (00:03:07) Electric Owls - Magic Show
66. (00:03:20) Nouvelle Vague - Master & Servant (Originally By Depeche Mode)
67. (00:03:29) Cosmo Jarvis - Mel's Song
68. (00:03:40) Bachelorette - Mindwarp
69. (00:03:22) No And The Maybes - Monday
70. (00:03:46) Taxi Taxi! - More Childish Than In A Long Time
71. (00:02:57) Whitley - More Than Life
72. (00:04:16) Passion Pit - Moth's Wings
73. (00:03:17) Neufvoin - Mouse on Mars
74. (00:03:04) Drug Rug - Never Tell
75. (00:02:22) The Rumble Strips - Not The Only Person
76. (00:04:37) Snowglobe - Nothing I can Do
77. (00:03:39) Marina & The Diamonds - Obsessions
78. (00:03:47) Dinosaur Jr. - Over It
79. (00:02:58) Portugal. The Man - People Say
80. (00:05:08) YACHT - Psychic City
81. (00:03:28) Woods - Rain On
82. (00:03:02) Skint & Demoralised - Red Lipstick
83. (00:03:14) The Longcut - Repeated
84. (00:02:33) Mew - Repeaterbeater
85. (00:03:56) Ash - Return of White Rabbit
86. (00:01:35) Apollo Ghosts - Shaolin Barhop
87. (00:08:33) Taken by Cars - Shapeshifter
88. (00:03:04) Donora - Shhh
89. (00:03:44) Valery Gore - Shoes Of Glass
90. (00:03:18) Dublin Duck Dispensary - Shoot The Curl
91. (00:03:52) Nick Sheqz - Sirens
92. (00:04:07) Benjamin E. Morsberger - Skins and Lights
93. (00:04:32) St. Vincent And The National - Sleep All Summer (Crooked Fingers Cover)
94. (00:03:12) Discovery - So Insane
95. (00:03:51) Failures Art - Stars
96. (00:04:50) Lisa Mitchell - Stevie
97. (00:02:51) Great Lake Swimmers - Still
98. (00:05:14) The Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move
99. (00:03:46) Diving With Andy - Sugar Sugar
100. (00:04:00) New Models - Surrender
101. (00:03:43) Dan Black - Symphonies
102. (00:02:41) Handsome Furs - Talking Hotel Arbat Blues
103. (00:02:43) Maribel - Taste The Trash
104. (00:03:45) Strangeways - That's The End
105. (00:06:38) Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring
106. (00:03:08) Annuals - The Giving Tree
107. (00:05:05) Maximo Park - The Kids Are Sick Again
108. (00:02:52) Mice Parade - The Last Ten Homes
109. (00:03:20) Color of Clouds - The Look
110. (00:04:04) Owen - The Only Child of Aergia
111. (00:05:15) Dead Confederate - The Rat
112. (00:03:15) Elevator Music - The Treason In The Season of Summer
113. (00:05:58) Modest Mouse - The Whale Song
114. (00:03:53) Brian Olive - There is Love
115. (00:02:40) Joie De Vivre - This Ship Has Sailed
116. (00:02:01) And Selby Jase - This White Everything BJB11 Ma
117. (00:04:11) Kissy Sell Out - Through The Leaves
118. (00:03:27) TiMaria - TiMaria - "Pretty Girls Are Pretty High"
119. (00:04:12) Animal Kingdom - Tin Man
120. (00:03:13) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Tooth Decay
121. (00:04:41) Cymbals Eat Guitars - Tunguska
122. (00:03:13) Cara Beth Satalino - Turn & Turn
123. (00:04:35) Kinetic Stereokids - Twisted Thoughts
124. (00:04:38) Kasabian - Underdog
125. (00:03:46) The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa.mp3
126. (00:04:55) The Brian Jacket Letdown - White Sky
127. (00:02:10) Gran Ronde - Wisdom
128. (00:03:28) Babygravy - You set me on fire
129. (00:03:08) Napoleon IIIrd - Zebra
130. (00:04:06) Black Hat Brigade - Zombie City Shake
131. (00:03:34) Starlight Mints - Zoomba

Playing Time.........: 07:58:44
Total Size...........: 762.15 MB

NFO generated on.....: 7/1/2009 1:59:38 PM

-Blalocks Indie Rock Playlist