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Open Thread

Friday, November 14th, 2008

My afternoon is pretty much shot.

So here’s an open thread. I’ll leave it to you all to come up with Five-Star Friday selections this week. Bonus points for recommendations from bands or artists I’ve never heard of.

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  1. #1 |  Ben |  November 14th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    Zac Brown Band – Toes

    Its country with a touch of raggae tune about getting away from the “prison bars of concrete and cars” and relaxing on the beach.

  2. #2 |  Mark |  November 14th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    Video for Field Music’s “In Context.”

    Dunno if i’m late to the cool kid party with them, but they (and their knockoffs like School of Language) are amazing.

  3. #3 |  B |  November 14th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    Black Mountain – Stormy High (or pretty much anything else)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxOh2-g80vk

  4. #4 |  Jim |  November 14th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

    Ellis Paul – Jukebox on my grave.

    Great song. Plus I’m going to see him tonight in Winthrop ME.

  5. #5 |  NoMoBeens |  November 14th, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    M Ward – Chinese Translation
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToEPFDIzhNA

    and

    Jens Lekman – A Postcard to Nina, Live
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOqc4B1GaN4

    I love ‘em both. Get all their shit!

  6. #6 |  Lil'B |  November 14th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    The Derek Trucks Band Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival performance either the whole show or perhaps just Down Don’t Bother Me

    http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20080911derek

  7. #7 |  Benjamin |  November 14th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    I just moved from Alabama. One of the only things I miss about Alabama is being able to watch Todd Simpson and Mojo Child play. The kid is effing amazing. Been playing guitar for only three years. He is quite the entertainer. Here is a clip of a blues version of the Gnarls Barkley song Crazy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26TejCYQchY

    …as well as a pretty amazing version of All Along the Watchtower

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go7UvDB5UuU

    enjoy

  8. #8 |  Hunter |  November 14th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    These Electric Lives

    http://www.theseelectriclives.com/

  9. #9 |  Alan |  November 14th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    The Lost Sounds

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlfTIM56JU

  10. #10 |  Matt |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    Both Sleepy LaBeef…
    http://www.sleepylabeef.com/

    ..and the Horrorpops…
    http://tinyurl.com/55nkbj

    …are lots of fun.

  11. #11 |  Kyle |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    Ike Reilly – Charcoal Days (+ Others)

    http://www.myspace.com/ikereilly

  12. #12 |  tom |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    Morning Benders

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ00pKcoh3E

  13. #13 |  nobahdi |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    The Black Keys

    2 piece, blues-y, gospel-ish, rock

    http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=KtJ3LS4lQnM&feature=related

  14. #14 |  Mike |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    I always seem to enjoy rock that adds a brass section so I’ll add:

    Gravity – Clutch Grabwell
    http://www.grabwell.com/music/gravity.m3u

    I would have added Wide Open but all I could find of that song was a lower quality live video.

  15. #15 |  Burrow Owl |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:14 pm

    ?????????? (Crematorium)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyX2mqJdYd4

  16. #16 |  David Griffin |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    My favorite new band is Glossary. You can download thier new album for free on their website. Their a Great Live Band.

  17. #17 |  Lee Jones |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Jimmy Herring-Lifeboat

    Any tune, or the whole album.

    http://www.abstractlogix.com/xcart/product.php?productid=23855&cat=306&page=1

  18. #18 |  Burrow Owl |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    A Sheep at the Wheel

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ygvyD_I0Lk

  19. #19 |  Ganja Blue |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    A little Memphis Blues for you. “Need A Healin’” – Reba Russell Band video link. It’s a gloomy day here in the Bluff City. I work just blocks from the river. Some afternoons I go down on my lunch break to watch the muddy water roll by.

  20. #20 |  Tim C |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    Laibach:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4VMDxSyLAU

  21. #21 |  Ganja Blue |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    Let me fix that link: “Need A Healin’” – Reba Russell Band

  22. #22 |  Lance |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    The Heavy – Colleen

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBF53Mz0FoI

  23. #23 |  Vad |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    Ry Cooder – Jesus on the Mainline

  24. #24 |  Mad John |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    Anything by the Meat Purveyors – punk bluegrass out of Austin. Nothing on Youtube but live clips with shitty sound, but new tracks up on Myspace.

  25. #25 |  Toonhead |  November 14th, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    Tommy Crook – Looking over a four-leaf clover

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlBUuOM8G1o

    The statement at the end of the video about Chet Atkins refers to a story that Johnny Carson once asked Chet Atkins if there was a guitar player better than him and Chet Atkins replied, Tommy Crook from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The story is apocryphal.

  26. #26 |  Cappy |  November 14th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    Tom Waits – The Piano Has Been Drinking

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Yy0nO7KJU

  27. #27 |  ClubMedSux |  November 14th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Holy shit… somebody actually beat me to Ike Reilly. Based on Radley’s previous Five-Star Friday picks, I think he’d really dig the Ike Reilly Assassination. Given the recent post about successful drug users, I was going to recommend “Valentine’s Day in Juarez”: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000X6LVHM/theagitator-20/

  28. #28 |  Rev. Gibbles |  November 14th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    Might I suggest Corntooth?
    A fine band from RVA (just to the south of ya’ a spell)

    http://www.myspace.com/corntooth

    I’d link to individual tracks and whatnot, but I’m at work and if it streams, it’s blocked. ;)

  29. #29 |  expat |  November 14th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    Casey Driessen – 3D:
    http://www.caseydriessen.com/

    or some of his new stuff here:
    http://www.myspace.com/caseydriessen

  30. #30 |  BlakeL |  November 14th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    Roxy Music – Editions of You, Live

    This band is a tragic unknown; even for folks really into David Bowie. If you dug that first video, here’s another.

    Even with the makeup, Bryan Ferry rules.

  31. #31 |  Chris Berez |  November 14th, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    Magnetic Fields – The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vykJ7-UgNQ

  32. #32 |  Michael Chaney |  November 14th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    Possibly not 5 stars:

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2bf_1226452803

  33. #33 |  Ron Good |  November 14th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    Burton Cummings We Just Came from the USA

    A new anthem!

  34. #34 |  Baz |  November 14th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    Batman meets von Mises!

    In 2006, alternative comic book artist Paul Pope received an Eisner Award for Best Short Story for his work, “Teenage Sidekick”, published in Solo #3. In 2007, Pope won two additional Eisners, Best Writer/Artist and Best Limited Series, for his Batman mini-series, Batman: Year 100.

    Discussing the story, which is set in 2039, one hundred years after the first appearance of the caped crusader, Pope said: “I wanted to present a new take on Batman, who is without a doubt a mythic figure in our pop-psyche. My Batman is not only totally science fiction, he’s also a very physical superhero: he bleeds, he sweats, he eats. He’s someone born into an over-arching police state; someone with the body of David Beckham, the brain of Tesla, and the wealth of Howard Hughes… pretending to be Nosferatu.”

    “Berlin Batman” involves a version of Batman who lives in the German Weimar Republic on the eve of World War II. The Weimar Batman helps keep the papers of Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises from falling into Nazi hands. Both Batman stories in the collection reflect implicit libertarian themes that often appear in Pope’s work.[1

  35. #35 |  Chris in AL |  November 14th, 2008 at 6:26 pm

    The Dropkick Murphys – State of Massachusetts

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf-Y3yG8N_Q

    Tomorrow’s Industry

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZx5nuh1_qc

    Best live show I have seen in a long time.

  36. #36 |  J. T. |  November 14th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

    Not new or unknown, but I’ve been liking it a lot lately.

    Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Blue on Black:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nosaM97DONU&feature=related
    Acoustic version:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee735pZ6kxk&feature=related

  37. #37 |  HTownTejas |  November 14th, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    Not too obscure, but the National are terrific (despite their endorsement of Obama). Favorite songs are ‘Mr. November’ and ‘Fake Empire’

  38. #38 |  Jeremy |  November 14th, 2008 at 6:49 pm

    Anything by James McMurtry … I try to catch him at the Continental Club here in Austin a few times a year.

    Levelland – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpSK1BnjdGw
    Down Across the Delaware – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdyH93-dWLg

    He has much better stuff … but, that’s what popped up on YouTube. Check out “Live in Aught Three.”

  39. #39 |  Chris in AL |  November 14th, 2008 at 6:51 pm

    why is my comment awaiting moderation? Am I on double secret probation?

  40. #40 |  zero |  November 14th, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    How about Pat McCurdy’s “Sex and Beer” Seems appropriate for a Friday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJPSLRqGQ5Q

  41. #41 |  Jonathan Hohensee |  November 14th, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    Aren’t you in LA? You can’t find anything to do there?

  42. #42 |  ktc2 |  November 14th, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    Because it’s Friday and I’m in that kind of mood: Drink Till I Die by Bad News.

  43. #43 |  Jonathan Hohensee |  November 14th, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    Chris in AL; it’s a spam guard to protect against spambots.

  44. #44 |  Jim |  November 14th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    Two (but they play together a lot so you can often catch them in one show)

    The Avett Brothers – Paranoia In B Flat Major
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4pjrmH967c&feature=related

    and
    Jessica Lea Mayfield
    http://www.myspace.com/jlmayfield

  45. #45 |  Nick M. |  November 14th, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    The Mission Creeps –

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcB3xO4r3zk

  46. #46 |  Billy |  November 14th, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    Jonathan Hohensee asked:

    “Aren’t you in LA? You can’t find anything to do there?”

    I recommend a trip to Amoeba Records. A short walk from the
    Hollywood Roosevelt. It’s on Sunset at Cahuenga. Open til 11PM.

  47. #47 |  Kevin |  November 14th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

    Tommy Womack – Alpha Male and the Canine Mystery Blood
    Awesome song.

  48. #48 |  Mikestermike |  November 14th, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    Calexico’s “Minas de Cobre (For Better Metal)”

    I like my psychobilly, so Rezurex’s “Dia de Los Muertos”

    “End of the World” by The Living End

    and finally “Red Stars” by Walking With Strangers

  49. #49 |  Cappy |  November 14th, 2008 at 11:03 pm

    Candlemass – At The Gallows End

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejptqda7QAc

  50. #50 |  Billy Beck |  November 14th, 2008 at 11:38 pm

    The Good Rats: “Let’s Have Another Beer”

  51. #51 |  mtc |  November 14th, 2008 at 11:50 pm

    Vidooch – “Hero”

    http://www.vidooch.com/affinity/12-Hero%20Remix.mp3

  52. #52 |  Jack Watters |  November 15th, 2008 at 12:01 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLNk-x5xzFw

    Longtime Boston local singer/songwriter. Youtube doesn’t have much of her but the above is a decent example of her style.

  53. #53 |  Harvey |  November 15th, 2008 at 12:14 am

    The Marked Men from Denton, TX. Best Punk Rock and Roll Band in the U.S. of A.

    “Sophisticate”
    http://www.seeqpod.com/search/?plid=cf1d8adcc5

  54. #54 |  MP |  November 15th, 2008 at 12:54 am

    Fleet Foxes

    “Blue Ridge Mountains”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gke4USY8EE

  55. #55 |  Robert S. Porter |  November 15th, 2008 at 1:04 am

    The Besnard Lakes – “Devastation”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FA5gIS3a08

  56. #56 |  Rick Caldwell |  November 15th, 2008 at 1:29 am

    Buddy Guy is coming to Virginia Beach on Friday. So I’ve resurrected a feature I used to have every weekend, called the Blues ‘n’ Boogie Weekend. And my first feature, of course, Mr. Buddy Guy (imagine that).

    http://ifaq.us/2008/11/14/blues-n-boogie-weekend-buddy-guy-concert-preview-edition

    It’s going to be a weekly feature again, starting this weekend.

  57. #57 |  John |  November 15th, 2008 at 2:34 am

    A couple Five Star Links. First, for anyone who was in college in 1997, you know you liked FJB. Unfortunately this was the best link i could find:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q48u656W-Tk

    And, when given the opportunity to post in an opportunity like this, you must include the late great Stuart Adamson, greatest frontman of all time. Stay Alive!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns0HLa_2kRE

    and of course the finn brothers (or …um…me covering the finn brothers), but what is theagitator.com without a little shameless self promotion right?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5P9M-sRq88

  58. #58 |  Mikestermike |  November 15th, 2008 at 2:35 am

    Updated with links:

    Calexico’s “Minas de Cobre (For Better Metal)”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDFWPBYiBT0

    I like my psychobilly, so Rezurex’s “Dia de Los Muertos”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23k_rGT5Ogc

    “End of the World” by The Living End
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g17RPc0SjPw

    and finally “Red Stars” by the Birthday Massacre (I accidentally cut and pasted the album name earlier)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHzsyBag438

  59. #59 |  Frank N |  November 15th, 2008 at 8:58 am

    If I introduced you to new music and you like it, you will talk on line…a few short years they will be millionaires playing arenas and I will not be able to enjoy in the confines of a friendly tavern.

    I am sorry Radley, but I will not partake in an event because ‘your afternoon is shot’….besides if you kept the monley butlers, they would do it for you.

  60. #60 |  Doug |  November 15th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    “Ward of the State” — RGB (Righteous Black Gorillas)

  61. #61 |  The_Chef |  November 15th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    Opeth – The Grand Conjuration
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5LRReFYus

    I’m sure most people won’t like it. They are the kings of Progressive Death Metal. And they are awesome in concert.

  62. #62 |  chsw |  November 15th, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    For 1970s-1980s punk rock, the Dead Kennedys.

    “Too Drunk to F^&*!”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgtKM0E3bKc

  63. #63 |  Stooge |  November 16th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    Since you asked for “new”:

    Talco – L’odore della Morte
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fypgqm3HXI&feature=related

    Sorry no clicky. I’ve downloaded two of their albums and dig the hell out of them. Not a clue what the lyrics mean, but they appear to at least be anti-fascist, which ain’t a bad start.

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