The Mercury Program - A Data Learn The Language (2002)

After 5 long years of no new stuff, the Gainsville, Florida quartet will release their new album this spring on Lovitt records (Engine motherfuckin Down, Pygmy Lush). Just jizzed my pants over that wonderful thought of a new mercury program album.

If you're getting tired of the crescendocore aspects of post-rock (explosions in the sky, caspian, this will destroy you), get ready to be refreshed and hypnotized with The Mercury Program. Dave Lebleu is one of the best drummers in the sceneright now (imo). He can be all over the place without being too in your face sort-a-kinda way. This is perfect headphone music, travelling music, reading that new script you've got from the internet, or staring blankly at the ceiling in an emo kind of way. Anyways, grab it at the bottom. Ciao!

RIYL: Maserati, Trizteza, Pele


Download A Data Learn The Language:




The Mercury Program on Myspace
Lovitt Records website

Castevet - I Know What A Lion Is (2008)

Castevet is a melodic beard punk quartet from the windy city. If Small Brown Bike met Caspian - and they had a baby. And then, meanwhile, Bear Vs. Shark and Victor Villareal with a beard met and had a baby. And by some miracle, those two babies met and fucked - this would be the shit that they birthed It's a product of Baby fucking.

Kidding aside, if you're a fan of such aforementioned bands, or you have an insanely awesome beard. You'll prolly eat this up. Been listening to this the past few days. This 3 songs serves as a prelude to their upcoming full length, Summer Fences, which will be released this summer on Count Your Lucky Stars records. Add them up on their myspace too, They have 704 friends as of now, so you could brag to all your friends how you listened to them way before alot of people jocks them in every thread in the internet. Seriously, they are insanely good.

And yes, they named themselves from Rosemary's Baby, so that's awesome in my book.

RIYL: Small Brown Bike, Bear Vs. Shark, Ghosts & Vodka, Beards in general


Download I Know What A Lion Is:



Show them love on their myspace
Count Your Lucky Stars Records

Kind Of Like Spitting/Lemuria - Your Living Rooms All Over Me (2006)

Ben Barnett is Kind of Like Spitting and he just pours his guts out with every song, and those are evident here in this split. Seriously, listen to Afraid Of Crushes (which is also one of my favorite kols songs ever) and you'll be teleported back to that awkward version of yourself. (mega plus points if you're still that awkward version of yourself)

RIYL: Owen, The City On Film, DCfC

Lemuria (no, not that viking metal band) is a 3 piece Buffalo, NY based band who play sweet co-ed pop punk and released one of the better albums last year with Get Better, I melt like a big 'ole scoop of strawberry ice cream on a lazy summer afternoon every time Sheena swoons.

RIYL: Rainer Maria, Cruiserweight, Discount


Download Your Living Rooms All Over Me:



Kind Of Like Spitting On Barsuk Records
Lemuria on Myspace
Lemuria On If You Make It

Boy Problems - Summer Tour Songs (2008)

Dudes confirmed their break up the middle of last month. Shit, many people (including yours, truly) we're looking out for some new jamz this 2009. Tough break, if you still haven't got their tour ep, click on the image above for the link. Be on the lookout for new top secret projects from these fellas.

Bid farewell to them on their myspace.

Check out John Galm's (ex-street smart cyclist, boy problems) new project "Snowing" here. Stoked!

ALIVE!!!

Gonna try and resurrect this blog with new uploads in the coming days.

Enjoy!

TJ

Tokyo Police Club - Friends Of P and New New Song (2008)

Exclusive b-sides from the UK edition of Elephant Shell, "New New Song" which we first heard in their Daytrotter sessions, and The Rentals cover, "Friends Of P" which they've been performing live recently. Here it is, in its recorded glory.

Download Friends Of P and New New Song:


Buy
Tokyo Police Club on Myspace

VA - Rushmore OST (1999)

Because I'm stuck at home with my new friend "Gout" and taking a break off Crisis Core:FFVII, I've decided to do my long delayed update of the blog and I'm starting off with a soundtrack from my favorite Wesley Wales Anderson film (because every film he has done is gold) which has a killer soundtrack as well that is oozing with subliminal messages telling you to "press repeat, press repeat" every time the record finishes, chock full of UK invasion bands (The Kinks, The Whoe, The Creation, Faces, Unit 4 + 2), Pop Gems (John Lennon's "Oh Yoko!", Cat Steven's "Here Comes My Baby") and of course, Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo, Badass MO'Fo who scored Pee wee's Playhouse/Pee Wee's Big Adventure, and RUGRATS especially the theme song).

Some songs on the film didn't make the cut like The Rolling Stones' "I Am Waiting" because the old farts rarely allow their material to appear on any soundtracks. I wonder how "Play With Fire" made it on The Darjeeling Limited's OST, prolly a lot of moolah plus Anderson's brilliance.

Thus, I conclude that Wes Anderson makes killer mixtapes, the kind you'd wish you could've made or you're friends with him irl so you'd prolly receive mixes with detailed and quirky artwork done by his hermano, Eric Chase Anderson, and a belated Happy Birthday to Mr. Wes Anderson, he turned 39 on the first of May.

Update: I've uploaded the following songs from the film that didn't made the cut on the ost, you can get them by clicking the on the image above.

Lost songs:

1. "Take Ten" - Paul Desmond
2. "Jersey Thursday" - Donovan
3. "I Am Waiting" - The Rolling Stones
4. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - The Vince Guaraldi Trio
5. "Manoir de Mes Reves" - Django Reinhardt


Download VA - Rushmore OST:


Buy
Rushmore on Criterion
Rushmore Academy (Wes Anderson Fansite)