3hive's Halloween Grab Bag
I've been out trick-or-treating, searching for some musical treats for you this Halloween. I found a couple chuckle-chews from Dr. Elmo, the man responsible for "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer," some Gothic spookiness from Sizsahvirium, jazzy hauntings from Origin Of The Species, and candy coated rock 'n' roll from the Candy Snatchers and Half Japanese. There's even a bit o' Celtic sounds if you're dressing up as Tony Blair or a bar of Irish Spring. Got any of you own Halloween-ish tracks to share? Drop the links in the comments.
Dr. Elmo - Redneck Dracula
Dr. Elmo - Pointy The Pyramid Pumpkin
Sizsahvirium - le Canticle pour Halloween
The Candy Snatchers - Haunted Road
Origin of Species - Spooky
Half-Japanese - Vampire
Maggie Sansone - Samhain Set: All Hallow's Eve - The Seeker
The Hold Steady MP3 and Tour Dates
I think I might go check out The Hold Steady with my friend Tim O. tonight. Sam, you wanna come? Here's an MP3 link to a live acoustic version of "Stuck Between Stations," the opening track on their majestic new album Boys and Girls in America. I like it. See you there?
Tour dates:
Oct 27 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
Oct 28 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
Oct 29 - Ottowa, ON @ Zaphods Beeblebrox
Oct 30 - Boston, MA @ Middle East
Nov 21 - Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar (Constantines support)
Nov 22 - Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw (Constantines support)
Nov 24 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
Nov 25 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Nov 26 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
Nov 27 - Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
Nov 29 - Orlando, FL @ The Social
Nov 30 - Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
Dec 1 - Tallahassee, FL @ Beta Bar
Dec 2 - New Orleans, LA @ The Parish at House of Blues
Dec 4 - Little Rock, AR @ Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack
Dec 5 - Columbia, MO @ Mojo's
Dec 6 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
Dec 7 - Iowa City, IA @ The Picador (formerly Gabe's Oasis)
Dec 8 - Newport, KY @ Southgate House
Dec 9 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's
Dec 13 - Buffalo, NY @ Showplace
Dec 15 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street
Bing Ji Ling Scoops Up More Treats
Eleven new fresh flavors of smooth, white boy soul courtesy of San Francisco's coolest son, Bing Ji Ling. Look, the boy's got a good schtick and he's sticking to it. Sweet grooves, near naked ladies, and ice cream. A winning combo any day of the week. Also, look for Bing Ji Ling's guest appearance on Tommy Guerrero's new album...
Forever [MP3, 5.5MB, 205kbps]
What Went Wrong? [MP3, 6.2MB, 201kbps]
Can't We Be Friends [MP3, 5.5MB, 2.2kbps]
Beat Radio, Cassettes Won't Listen at Union Hall Tonight!
If you find yourself in my 'hood (that would be Park Slope, Brooklyn) this fall evening, you can catch two 3hive favorites playing at the new cool neighborhood hangout, Union Hall. Beat Radio always put on a great live show, and they have plenty of new music to share with you, as do Cassettes Won't Listen. See you there.
Plug 2007: What's Your Favorite Album This Year?
The PLUG Independent Music Awards are ramping up for their next round of awards and celebration. This year they've opened up their voting booths early to the public. You can vote for your favorite album, artist, new artist, video, retail store, website (wink, wink, hint, hint), etc. Vote now and we'll keep you posted on how things are progressing over there at PLUG. Feel free to share your favorites in the comments as well!
Play It As It Lays #254
I haven't shared my playlist for a few weeks, mostly because I've been fighting off a terrorist of a cold and have missed a couple shows, and the other ones just weren't up to par. I love the new +/- and I dusted off an old Three O'Clock record that still sounds great 21 years later! Enjoy the show.
Play It As It Lays #254
October 10, 2006
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F.S. Blumm--flocke [morr]
Sparklehorse--don't take my sunshine away [capitol]
Darkel--tv destroy [astralwerks]
Love is All--busy doing nothing [what's your rupture?]
Citizens Here and Abroad--accelerator [turn]
Citizens Here and Abroad--evening news [turn]
Tanya Donelly--new england [eleven thirty]
The Lemonheads--no backbone [vagrant]
Subtle--the mercury craze [lex/astralwerks]
Jamie Lidell--a little bit more *luke vibert mix [warp]
Rafter--whiskey for water [asthmatic kitty]
Hot Chip--colours *dfa remix [astralwerks]
+/- steal the blueprints [absolutely kosher]
Cold War Kids--hang me up to dry [downtown]
Tsunami--lucky [simple machines]
Tweaker--linoleum w/ david sylvian [six degrees]
The Three O'Clock--her head's revolving [emi]
Mojave 3--truck driving man [4ad]
The Decemberists--o valencia [capitol]
Jeremy Enigk--river to sea [lewis hollow]
Owusu & Hannibal--blue jay [ubiquity]
Busdriver--kill your employer [anti]
Lee Scratch Perry--purity rock [narnack]
Kaskade--samba love [om]
Thunderball--domino [esl]
Dosh--um, circles and squares [anticon]
New Tommy Guerrero Album Out Today + MP3
Today Quannum releases the new album fromTommy Guerrero, From the Soil to the Soul, his debut for the label. Guest players include Bing Ji Ling, Lyrics Born, and Curumin—doing wonderful Portuguese vocals on the track "Salve." He's just wrapped up a handful of dates on the West Coast last month, but has a free show at Apple's SF store on October 19th.
Salve [MP3, 5.0MB, 192kbps]
Buy from iTunes
www.quannum.com
The Gray Kid on Some Weird Al Sh*t
Check out The Gray Kid straight clownin' Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" video (rewriting it as the pharmafreaky "Paxilback").
Songbird Singing in the Dead of Night...
Songbird is this really great media player that lets you browse/search/download media files from all over the web with great ease, and play them alongside those found on your hard drive. It's as if the WWW were one big library of media files...wait, that's exactly what it is. Anyway, Songbird is still in super-secret-developers-only-preview-pre-beta release but I've been playing with it for a couple hours now and it seems awfully dope. And they consider 3hive a good use case for their "Subscribe" function, which is flattering but makes me a wee bit nervous that you won't stop by and say hi anymore. (I feel like my grandmother: "Ever since email came along you don't write me like you used to." "Grammy, I write you all the time—you just don't read your email.")
Here's a fun screencast showing how it works. Thanks to JM3 for the tip.
New MP3 + Album from Dosh
The Lost Take, Dosh's third album is due out October 17th through Anticon. From the sounds of the first listen music fans are in for a treat. On "Um, Circles and Squares" Martin Dosh collaborates with Andrew Bird on violin and Mike Lewis from Fog on saxophone, cutting and looping their performances with his signature rhythm, live drums and bass-synth sequencing, underneath. The synth work reminds me of a sound four lads from Basildon, England conjured up twenty-five years ago, updated with live, organic instrumentation.
Um, Circles and Squares [MP3, 4.2MB, 192kbps]