The Psychic Paramount - II

Addeeeetionally, my review of the newest Psychic Paramount record has been posted:

http://yourfleshmag.com/music/the-psychic-paramount-ii-cdlp/

Waited a good six years for this sophomore record, and it was well worth the wait. If you like the downloadable bit below, off new record II, check out their excellent debut, Gamelan into the Mink Supernatural.

The Psychic Paramount - DDB

Purchase II

Beary nice. And he's still got time to return his paws.

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BIG GEEKOUT WOO

Hallo friends. To the point, then: Jack Rabid, my favorite-y favorite-ist magazine editor (of The Big Takeover) has a podcast on BreakThru Radio, and he posted one yesterday. It's got goodies from Wire, Edwyn Collins, Berlin Brats, Off!, and mo'. No, he doesn't pay me. And yes, you can listen to him by clicking here. His voice is corny and enthusiastic, like his editorials and interviews for The Big Takeover. In fact, the very thing that got me hooked on the magazine was his '90s nostalgia and unabashed enthusiasm for the music, and the way he integrates himself into everyone else's scene during interviews by exclaiming, "Yeah! Me too! Me too!" every time a musician describes any sort of prior experience in touring or recording.

Rabid on Edwyn Collins, post-stroke: "At the age of 51, he is not done."

Way to fend off the death pools, Jack.

OH GOD YES

Sam Owens...

And then, there are the softer bits, because indie kids like soft bits. This fellow named Sam Owens released his fourth (and apparently first publicly released) record a few months back, How to Build a Clock, and it's sort of a solid singer-songwriter joint from someone who's too whimsical and fancies him too much of a musician's musician to be labeled a mere singer-songwriter. Waltzes and fanciful instrumentation and a voice that sounds frankly like a bored Tony Lowe (Fast Piece of Furniture). Richard Swift fans should be all over this shit.

Sam Owens - Sad Day Guitar (Variation II)

Sam Owens - How to Build a Clock

Purchase How to Build a Clock

And download his Daytrotter session from May 2008, which is significantly more stripped down and was allegedly made possible by way of Craigslist rideshare.

Why the above demonstration of proper peeling? Owens is also an illustrator and designer for hire! Check out his work at samowens.org.

Garagey things.

Hooray, new Ty Segall! And now we get to wait until June, when his new record of the same title comes out on Drag City.

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I'm behind on these great Scion A/V garage releases; last week, a split from Sex Beet and Human Eye came out - check out this here spectacular cover art, actually:

The Human Eye track, "Martian Queen," is oh-so-spacey and sounds very Beehive and the Barracudas. And Sex Beet's "Alone" should please Rezillos/Revillos fans.

Human Eye - Martian Queen
Sex Beet - Alone

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Last month's Scion A/V split was between the Strange Boys and Natural Child, and it sounds like a whole lotta America smashed into seven minutes.

Strange Boys - American Radio
Natural Child - The Jungle