J's Indie/Rock Mayhem - 24th April 2013

[Welcome to another fantastic episode of J's Indie/Rock Mayhem. I was joined this week by Ryan Snyder, award winning tweeter, from YES Weekly for our Indie/Rock Roundtable look at new music. This week we took at look at new albums from the Veils, their first new full-length since 2009, and a Record Store Day limited release by Stephen Malkmus and Friends. Check out the info below and on the podcast.

Next week's podcast will have a bit of a delay in uploading. I've finally figured out how to make my monthly upload allotment work, but next week's show will be a bit delayed while I work out that system. So instead of (what I try to make normally) a Friday post for the show, it will most likely not be until the following Monday. I appreciate you baring with me.

Now, onward.]

J's Indie/Rock Podcast: 24th April 2013 show

Theme Song - Peaches - "Rock Show"
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Iggy and the Stooges - "Burn" [from the new album ready to die. i play this out of some misbegotten sense of obligation, i suppose. it's not a terrible song, but wouldn't i really rather just listen to fun house? yes. yes i would.]
the Happy Hollows - "Faces" [from their excellent album spells. hey, guys, new stuff anytime soon?]
Mazes - "Bite" [from ores & minerals. love the krautrockian drone of this. we'll have to keep hearing more. a great album.]
Snapper - "Buddy" [from their 1992 EP. great new zealand band that was on flying nun. awesome stuff.]

[Here's where Ryan Snyder and I took at look at the Veils' new album Time Stays, We Go and Stephen Malkmus and Friends' live performance of Can's classic album Ege Bamyasi. Take a listen to the podcast to catch the nuances - I like our discussion on these - but the results: The Veils - J. and Ryan : thumbs up; Stephen Malkmus and Friends - Ryan : thumbs up; J. : sideways thumb.]

the Veils - "Train With No Name" [from time stays, we go.]
the Veils - "Another Night on Earth" [ from time stays we go.]
Stephen Malkmus and Friends - "Vitamin C" (live) [from ege bamyasi played by stephen malkmus and friends.]
Stephen Malkmus and Friends - "Spoon" (live) [from ege bamyasi played by stephen malkmus and friends.]
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the Shouting Matches - "Avery Hill" [from grownass man. i do sort of enjoy the ac/dc-esque riff at the beginning of this, but, yeah. not blowing me away.]
Toddlers - "Independence Day" [from the 19 EP. just a tremendous EP still.]
Frank Turner - "Recovery" [from tape deck heart, his latest album. pretty good stuff. we'll hear more.]
Dom - "Damn" [from the family of love EP. still a really awesome record.]
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Girls Against Boys - "It's a Diamond Life" [well, fantastic news. girls against boys are back together and will be releasing a new EP later this year along with touring for it. this is the first song released off of it and it's quite good. can't wait to hear more.]
Estrangers - "Love's Pure Light" [from their forthcoming LP. they'll be at the flatiron here in greensboro this saturday night along with greensboro's eros and eschaton.]
Bleached - "Dreaming Without You" [from ride your heart which hasn't stopped being really awesome for me.]
the Replacements - "Portland" [from the 2008 re-issue of don't tell a soul. i took a look at the history of the song this week over at aquarium drunkard, so go check it out.]
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Futurebirds - "Virginia Slims" [from the excellent new baba yaga. well worth hearing as it's a fantastic album.]
David Bowie - "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" [by request. from the new album the next day. excellent stuff.]

That'll do it for this week. Hope you enjoy the Indie/Rock Roundtable, and I'll be back next week with more new and classic stuff. Until then, take care.