Falling Economy Relief Pt A

Falling Economy Relief PART A(now with ALBUM ART!) ---> DOWNLOAD HERE.::

With the economy failing and our world leaders doing everything short of throwing money at the problem...oh wait...nevermind, they just did in the form of a 600 dollar economy stimulus that will probably go back in the bank account for a rainy day...which is everyday for some people...ahem, anyway, enjoy the first of many more Falling Economy Relief mixes to come.


Les Savy Fav - What Would Wolves Do
This is off their new album. Wolf howling and awesome key changes make this song dynamic and interesting. Tim Harrington is probably one of my favorite vocalists/lyricists in the genre combining a "fuck you" attitude with nice social commentary. "What Would Wolves Do" is another addition to Harrington's anti-technology rampage. It's the art-punk primativist anthem to end all art-punk primativist anthems.

Pipi Skid - Math
The master of the tell it like it is policy drops math on math. Off the "Money Matters" 7"...highly recommended if you like tongue in cheek baked into a pugnacious flow and a nice beat courtesy of McEnroe.



Justice Yeldham & the Dynamic Ribbon Device - Madison
Imagine some dude rubbing his face on glass attached to a microphone, spit and snot included. This is the Australian Justice Yeldham in a nutshell. It's a bit more interesting than most noise, but you'll just have to pick this up to see the photo evidence to believe it. Recorded live.



Jay Reatard - see/saw
Damn, this dude knows how to write rock and roll songs. Hot off the presses from Matador. Limited quantity.





Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - I'm Not Gonna Cry
Scandalous bass lines and funky horns and dope drums and yes, Ms. Jones on the cut. Feels like 1967 all over again.




John Smith - Of No Fixed Address
This 7" came out of no where and I was lucky enough to have ripped off Jay Seagraves via hiphopinfinity.com to get it (which is fine since they charged my ass 20 bucks to get a review so I feel justified). McEnroe laces the beat, John Smith drops more war stories of a hip-hop artist from Canada on the road. Modest and ostentatious at the same time.


Striborg - Psychedelic Nightmare
The intro sounds like it's going to be something off Interstellar Overdrive, but then it morphs itself into a ghastly garage sounding black metal dirge featuring delay pedal abuse on the vocals. Pretty grim stuff. Off the split with Scurshahor on super freaking heavy vinyl done up Southern Lord stylee.



Stereolab - Excursions Into 'oh - a oh'
Kind of house-music-ish? Danced out bassline and pretty vocals locked into place with some panned retro synth styles that only Stereolab can dish out which turns into a nice little rock and roll freak out at the end.




Melt-Banana - Neck On B1
Facts about Melt-Banana: they are more popular in the US than they are in their home country Japan, the lyrics are combinations of words and phrases that the lead singer thinks goes well together (her first language is Japanese), their guitarist wears a dust mask to protect him for particulates, this record is actually a 6". I could think of more, but in the meantime you should listen to this inspiring genre-flipping craziness.

I Will Kill You Fucker - Part 2
I thought this 7" was going to be the crazy brutal hardcore these guys normally do (Brainoil, Lana Dagales), but instead I was delighted to discover this 7" is chock full of skits, theaterish stoner rock ballads, a couple of beats, and a really crazy gatefold silk screened packaging design carved at a 45 degree angle on muddy brown wax. It's hit or miss at times, but definitely worth picking up.

Mia Doi Todd - Autumn (Nobody RMX)
Dollar bin find featuring two remixes, one by DNTEL and one by Nobody. Being a fan of Nobody's "Western Water Music", I was excited to see this instrumental (which appears there) get treated to Mia Doi Todd's thoughtful and earthy vocals.


Condenada - Puertas Falsas
Their band name is translated into "Condemned". Pissed all-female feminist punk rock played with instrument proficiency and anger with vocals sung in spanish. This song is about the false doors of fake promises offered by people who think they are holding all the keys...not anything new lyrically, but this song is crafted well from the cool stop/start intro to the end. Reminds me a bit of later Black Flag (think "The Bars"). No doubt this 7" has been and will be very overlooked.

Blues Control - mashpotato
First thing that struck me about this gem is the artwork (done by the might yJeremy Earl)...the second thing I noticed was Blues Control's side. It's weird psychedelic drone with a hint of exotica. Drum machine ties all the weird floaty disparate parts together along with a cool melody (guitar or keyboard...not sure). This is a split with Heavy Winged.


Existereo & Deeskee - Cry Me a River
Off of Deeskee and Existereo's recent masterpiece "Hopeless Crooks with Open Books". A nice soul sample starts this joint with a slightly desperate, slightly hopeless crooned chorus by Shapeshifters member Existereo. I think the song is about women and relationships, but I might be off. Either way, this chugs along with a slightly party flavor that gets blasted in half time on the second verse. There's an awesome synth bass line played on this song, too which may or may not be the guy from Mars Volta...I can't remember. The flip side features this song remixed by M. Fusion.


Orthelm - Paincave
This will probably give you a headache due to its extreme inconsistency, but that's what Orthelm (and their split partners Behold the Arctopus) specialize in. It's either improvised math rock played at 45 or technical metal written with no previous knowledge of the prior parts due to amnesia. Double bass drum, grindy at times, lots of shredding on earblood red vinyl.


With my George Bush money, I plan to buy more 7" records.