(photo by vostok71)
Hey! It was my week to helm the EVR show and, after several botched/lackluster shows earlier, I finally emerged with a show I feel good about! Forgive the horn-tooting. Anyway. This is what I played, and you can hear it here.
The Veils, “Sit Down by the Fire”
St Vincent, “Actor Out of Work”
Kate Bush, “Suspended in Gaffa”
Zodio Doze, “Americommandos”
Brilliant Colors, “Highly Evolved”
Girls At Our Best, “Pleasure”
Fatal Microbes, “Beautiful Pictures”
Zola Jesus, “Souer Sewer”
Olof Arnalds, “Englar Og Darar”
Camera Obscura, “Swans”
New Ruins, “Angry Ghost”
Leichtenstein, “Postcard”
Magnetic Fields, “California Girls”
Halo Benders, “Virginia Reel Around the Fountain”
Simple Minds, “Picasso”
Fresh & Onlys, “I’ll Tell You Everything”
Unrest, “Cherry Cream On”
Go Sailor, “I Just Do”
Nothing Painted Blue, “Swivelchair”
Fine China, “In the Winter”
Julia Sets, “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?”
Bill Callahan, “Jim Cain”
Mt. Eerie, “We Know There Are”
The Beach Boys, “The Warmth of the Sun”
The Professionals, “The Backstabbers”
Max Romeo, “I Chase the Devil”
Wayne McGhie, “Take a Letter, Maria”
Gino Washington, “Romeo”
The Temptations, “You Make Your Own Heaven & Hell Right Here on Earth”
Big Maybelle, “That’s a Pretty Good Love”
Golden Toadstools, “Silly Savage”
Ghostface Killah, “Kilo”
Eve Barnum, “Please Newsboy”
Marie Queenie Lyons, “See and Don’t See”
The Four Tops, “No Sad Songs”
Coincidence: I just downloaded the Max Romeo disc on the Blood & Fire label (Open the Iron Gate: 1973 — 1977). On first listen, it’s among the hardest-hitting discs I’ve hard on the label (in terms of its lyrics), and I love the expressiveness and cadence of his voice.
I love that record — some amazing songs on there.
Yeah. So bummed that Blood & Fire is essentially out-of-business.
Actually, I’ve never heard Romeo’s supposed classic, War Inna Babylon. Got to track it down somewhere.
The track I play on the show is from War Inna Babylon. It is, indeed, amazing.
I was surprised by how good that Max Romeo album was when I downloaded it. You should also check out Children of Jah – another hidden Blood & Fire gem.
@Joe; very happy to see Halo Benders on your playlist. They were one of the reasons I joined eMusic. If you are going to have them on your catalogue then this must be good. I love the way Doug and Calvins vocals intwine, they complement each other so brilliantly.
Yeah, Children of Jah is excellent; one of my favorite Blood & Fire releases, for the vocal harmonies.
Everything from Blood & Fire is top-notch. Download them while you still can (sadly, RIP to B&F).
I have almost everything from the label….I there are only nine albums left that I haven’t gotten yet. Guess I need to get cracking on the rest.
Heya everybody
Found this site today… a kind of eMusic style:
(Look at the pics running at the left)
http://www.telavivrent.com/tel-aviv-rental-apartment-007.html
aMusing:)