Basement Songs: The Two EP's | Now Available on iTunes
Our first two EP's, Firehawks and Dirtybirds EP1 and The Fast-Trak Holy Nova Symphony (EP2), are now available on iTunes (worldwide), Amazon, Rhapsody, etc... as one release. Here's the tracklisting:
1) Bluebird 2) Watchin' Paint Dry 3) Mini-electron Echo 4) Studebaker Rd. 5) Big Okie Dokie 6) Rol-over 7) Here Comes Sunshine 8) Sister Cold Caller 9) Send Off 10) Five Mile Jet Drag 11) Arena Rock Cinema 12) Between a Bird and Your Soul
One of our songs, "Give Up the Money (1982)," is featured in a new BMX film by Nike that was just released yesterday. Our song is in the section titled "On the Road (Part 2)." Click "start" and scroll to the left hand corner. Word on the street is this is one of the best bike videos ever made, but you can watch and decide for yourself.
I was intending to post this much sooner.... I was fortunate enough to catch The Last Shadow Puppets a few weeks ago in L.A. and thought their jaw-dropping cover of The Beatles' "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" was incredible. As luck would have it, a video of the performance was posted the next day on YouTube. Raise your hand if you like technology.
Amazon.com has partnered with the blog Stereogum to release Guided By Voices' breakthrough album Bee Thousand for a mere $3.99. The album is probably worth a lot more than that considering the quality and substance of what you're getting. I'd hate to put a date on this album and pigeonhole it as just being part of some kind of low-fi movement, the songs are much better than that - timeless.
We'll be playing live on 88.9 FM KXLU tomorrow night, Friday - 11/07/08. We'll probably be playing at about 7:00 PM. If you're not in Los Angeles, you can tune in via the internet on KXLU.com, or you can watch our performance live on the KXLU Demolisten Myspace page.
Check out the above video for one of the many great songs on Rogue Wave's album, "Descended Like Vultures." If you like this song, you'll probably quickly become a fan of this Oakland, CA foursome. I guess they had to recently cancel some shows as the singer slipped some discs in his Neck. Read more about it on his blog. Hopefully they'll be back playing shows soon.