Lots to do this long weekend … Friday’s Beerlesque Fest at TAPS Petaluma. Saturday’s Secondhand Love art show at Boomerang Gallery. And the last of SF Beer Week Beer Ice Cream at Humphry Slocombe! Have fun.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists “Gimme The Wire”
from The Brutalist Bricks
Lali Puna “Remember” from Our Inventions
El Perro Del Mar “Change of Heart” from Love Is Not Pop
Stevie Nicks “Wild Heart” (Backstage Demo)
U.S. Girls “Red Ford Radio” from Go Grey
Rock out with the Umlaut every Friday.
It’s been a long year, everybody. But we’re gonna make it. Look it’s already February …
Aloha “Moonless March” from Home Acres
Kite Club “Going Swimming” from Esoterica
Fredrik “Mujina / Locked In The Basement” from Trilogi
M. Ward “Sadie” (Joanna Newsom cover) live take
Peter Gabriel “Flume” (Bon Iver cover) from Scratch My Back
Rock out with the Umlaut every Friday.
Two words for this weekend: Bacon Beer. Pics to come. Until then, rock out with the Ümlaut:
Foreign Born “Early Warnings” from Person To Person
The Morning Benders “Promises” from Big Echo
The Tough Alliance “A New Chance (Tanlines Remix)”
My Gold Mask “Violet Eyes” from A Thousand Voices EP
The Tallest Man On Earth “King of Spain” from The Wild Hunt
Rock out with the Umlaut every Friday.
Enjoy the 3-day weekend, folks.
Rogue Wave “Good Morning” from Good Morning
Scary Mansion “Scum Inside” from Every Joke Is Half The Truth
Toujours “No Love” from toujours ep
Beach House “Norway” from Teen Dream
Bobby Birdman “Setting Sun” from New Moods
Rock out with the Umlaut every Friday.
It’s like Sleevefacing, but different … Sleevescaping? Sleevemancing?
What happens beyond the borders of classic album cover sleeves? That was the challenge issued by B3TA, to which hundreds replied. Some are pretty damn clever. Check ’em here.
The Pink Floyd Animals cover BoingBoing picked out is my fave. Ace Photoshopping.
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Enjoy a tune from last year and a bunch to get excited about from the coming months. 2010’s going to kick arse.
Foreign Born “Vacationing People” from Person To Person
Broken Bells (The Shins’ James Mercer x Danger Mouse) “The High Road”
from The High Road
The Album Leaf “Falling From The Sky” from A Chorus of Storytellers
Besnard Lakes “Albatross” from Are The Roaring Night
Blah Blah Blah “Why Am I The Only One Laughing”
from self released
BONÜS: Happy Birthday Mr. The King!
Elvis Presley “Pocketful Of Rainbows” (Alt. Take)
from Collectors Gold – Hollywood
Rock out with the Umlaut every Friday.
Ahh, beer jingles. Burned into my brain well before I was legal. Hamm’s From the land of sky-blue waters, Löwenbräu’s Here’s to good friends, and Miller’s If you’ve got the time, we’ve got the beer. Good stuff. But NY brewer Utica Club tried to take it further. From the jingle to the single. It was the 60s, man. Time to think far out.
LISTËN:
“The Utica Club National Carbonation Beer Drinking Song”
After I heard this on the now defunct 365 Days Project I tracked down the original 7″ on eBay. Been holding onto it since 2003. Expect more randomness from the Ümlaut archives in 2010. (*cue sinister laughter)
Not sure who the seriously swingin’ copywriter is who wrote the back cover. But the songwriter is Sasha Burland, who wrote a Clio-winning Alka Seltzer spot jingle among other things.
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So long Noughties. Hello Teenies. Jeez, that sounds crazy. And a little dirty. Either way it’s 2010 and there’s still no rocket cars. Don’t let that bring you down—it’s gonna be a fanfuckingtastic year. And I mean that most sincere. All the best to you and yours!
Death Cab For Cutie “The New Year” (live)
from 2003-03-14 at Emo’s
Led Zeppelin “Ten Years Gone” (live ’77) from Cabala Box
U2 “New Year’s Day” from War
Slaraffenland “Away” from We’re On Your Side
The Walkmen “In The New Year” from You & Me
Rock out with the Umlaut every Friday.
Kickin’ off some not-so-new goodies with a new-ish Neutral Milk Hotel cover I snagged from The Cover Lovers. Enjoy the weekend.
Fanfarlo “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea” (Neutral Milk Hotel)
Richard Buckner “Goner w/Souvenir” from Live at Schubas Tavern 8.28.98
Baxter Dury “Fungus Hedge” from Len Parrot’s Memorial Lift
Land Of Talk “It’s Okay” from Some Are Lakes
Edison “How We Got Here Now” from
All The Information At Hand
Rock out with the Umlaut every Friday.
