Thursday, December 27, 2007

Back to Work

Well, it's been my first day back at work. I made a pile of money, and that will help pay off the debt I incurred in the two months I had off. Doctor gave me all this time off, but, since I am self employed there was no money in the government coffers to pay myself with. A wash.

I hope my podcasts are making someone's day better. I am in touch with many acts and they are happy to allow me to use their mp3 tracks.

Please, if you have any sort of comment, please leave one. I see a lot of downloads and listens, but I have no feedback.

Warmly,

DJ Talbot (Eric)

12-25-07 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Most boring Christmas ever: 2007.
Takes the number one spot when my psycho girlfriend's sister told to me shut the f*ck" up" on Christmas Eve. I wasn't even talking to her, but she decided to pipe in because she didn't like me being a male. I can protect my wife without controlling her.

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Funkyzeit mit Talbot

Like Sugar Popcast 4
Hear it on my myspace page or hear it here:
http://odeo.com/channel/544823/view
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5767596ece8858/
http://djtalbotlikesugar.blogspot.com/
Tracklist:
Myspace listeners, please add these swell acts to your friends lists and take a listen to their music. I need comments on the Odeo page and on the myspace page, so spam me!

Division Kent - L’Heure Blue
http://www.myspace.com/divisionkent

(fill) Air – Alone In Kyoto

The Wombats – Let’s Dance To Joy Division
http://www.myspace.com/thewombatsuk

Tullycraft – The Punks Are Writing Lovesongs
http://www.myspace.com/tullycraft

(fill) Little Name – A Life Such As Mine

*Jezebel – Obvious
http://www.myspace.com/jezebel

Old ‘97’s – Murder (or A Heart Attack)
http://www.old97s.com/
Voxtrot – Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Wives
http://www.voxtrot.net/

The Icicles – Sugar Sweet
http://www.myspace.com/theicicles

The April Skies – Rise and Rise Again**
http://www.myspace.com/theaprilskies
The Insect Guide – David Hero
http://www.myspace.com/insectguide

Bedroom Eyes – Motorcycle Daydream
http://www.myspace.com/bedroomeyesosd

Dirty On Purpose – Send Me An Angel (cover)
http://www.dirtyonpurpose.com/

http://www.myspace.com/dirtyonpurpose

British Sea Power – Down On The Ground
http://www.myspace.com/britishseapower
http://www.britishseapower.co.uk/

Trembling Blue Stars – Idyllwild
http://www.myspace.com/tremblingbluestars
http://www.elefant.com/

(fill) Heartbeats On A Knife) – Mashup: Grizzly Bear vs. The Knife

Untogether – Lush***

The Magnetic Fields – I Don’t Want To Get Over You
http://www.myspace.com/themagneticfields117

*DJs , podcasters, bloggers contact me for mp3s from Jezebel. I am promoting these guys here in San Diego and beyond!
** The April Skies are from Hershey, PA (same town as The Ocean Blue!).
*** In a bizarre footnote to their career, Lush's version of The Rubinoos song, "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," (retitled "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" for Lush's authorized version) was cited in a 2007 lawsuit filed by the Rubinoos against Avril Lavigne, whose song "Girlfriend" allegedly bears remarkable similarities to the Lush cover of the Rubinoos song.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

More Indie-pop

I just uploaded Popcast 4. You can stream it from the the player on this page or go directly to Odeo and download it.
The 51 MB file is also at Z-share.
Track-listing coming soon.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Sambassadeur "Final say" - free MP3 single

Sambassadeur "Final say" - free MP3 single

Second single from Sambassadeur's masterpiece "Migration" is their most luxurious track to date. With Miami Vice-percussion, a choir that seems to be singing underground and galloping guitars "Final say" is bound to dominate any tasteful dance floors in the year 2008. Truly wonderful!

"Anna Persson's whispery vocals are still a big part of the group's charm, but her words get outshone here by the jet-set production: massive 1980s synth-pop snares, skittering hi-hats, and touches of tropical percussion underlie a deft, trebly guitar riff and reverb-dripping synths" PITCHFORK

"Final say" is released on CD single on January 30. Until then, please enjoy this free MP3 download.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

An explanation of "C-86" and or the "C-86 sound"

Could someone please offer me ?
"C-86" was the name of an influential cassette and album put out by the Brit music mag NME in 1986. It was modeled on their earlier cassette from 1981 called "C-81" which had introduced a number of young new bands like Orange Juice and Aztec Camera. C-86 had tracks by the Wedding Present, Soup Dragons, Mighty Lemon Drops, Pastels, Bodines, Primal Scream, Close Lobsters, other bands of a type called at the time "shambling" or "anorak" pop for their jangly-strummy guitars, hyper-melodic songs, and slightly-out-tune vocals, emphasizing all the classic points of the now-familiar indiepop style. There were also a number of songs in a rather different vein from other, crustier, Brit indie styles, like Stump and Half Man Half Biscuit and all that Ron Johnson stuff. But it was the indiepop songs like "This Boy Can Wait", "Therese", "Velocity Girl" and so on that struck deeply in the hearts of pathetic little unpopular wankers like us, and started something of a revolution that eventually turned into "twee" and Sarah and all the rest. When you see "C-86" as a reference point around here, that's what they're referring to - a particular style of pre-Sarah British indiepop that encompasses lots of bands that weren't on C-86 as well, like Talulah Gosh and so on.

Eux Autres - Live Show in San Diego

Eux Autres

December, 14 2007 at Kensington Club
w/ Red Pony Clock, Fishboy
4079 Adams Ave, San Diego, California 92116

Eux Autres, a Portland-based duo, plays pop music. The band consists of brother and sister Heather and Nicholas Larimer. Heather plays drums, Nicholas plays guitar, and they both sing. Practices frequently devolve into shoving matches.

Eux Autres write compact songs with sparse instrumentation. Their music has been unfairly described as “fun.” But while the surface of the songs might seem nonchalant, the lyrics offer skewed observations and fierce barbs. Most of their songs are about a) military history b) being "done wrong" or c) sports. Sadly, Eux Autres are the only people who notice this.

New CD, Cold City, released December 4 on Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records!

http://www.myspace.com/euxautres
http://www.euxautres.net/

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

New Mix Available - Shoegaze and Dreampop

Like Sugar Popcast – Shoegaze & Dreampop Special Edition – December 2007

Tracklist:

(Fill) Slowdive – Souvlaki Space Station
(Fill) Moose – A Starting Point

The Shout Out Louds – Ill Wills
http://www.myspace.com/shoutoutlouds

Gravenhurst – Hollow Man
http://www.myspace.com/gravenhurst

Dirty On Purpose – Audience
http://www.myspace.com/dirtyonpurpose

Astrolab – When The Leaf Is Not Green
http://www.cloudberryrecords.com/

The Morning Paper – Fingers Crossed
http://www.myspace.com/takingpeople

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Orchard Of My Eye http://www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart

The Airfields – YR So Wonderful
http://www.myspace.com/theairfields

Dirty On Purpose – Airfield Disaster
http://www.myspace.com/dirtyonpurpose

Available for download on z share:File Size: 27.97MB
http://www.zshare.net/audio/55312563e966a0/