MEDICATION: A BUDDYHEAD BLOG

The Church - "Uninvited, Like The Clouds" / The Nova Saints - "The Draft"

I've been listening to a lot of these later era records from The Church for some reason. They're pretty cool for the most part. So far, this one from 2006 is my favorite. Check these couple of songs out and post what do you guys think... Are you backing this?

(Download - The Church - "Block")

(Download - The Church - "Easy")

And what do you guys think of this song called "The Draft"? It's by The Nova Saints, from their "The Draft EP"  (as is another song called "Far Out" which Nick McCabe from The Verve remixed), which you can buy directly from the band themselves at their website (http://www.myspace.com/novasaints). Yes, that means they're unsigned. Someone with a label sign these dudes or something. Make a move. 

(Download - The Nova Saints - "The Draft")

The Nova Saints - "The Draft" music video

Save our city.
The Doors - Roadhouse Blues" Live)
The Doors – Roadhouse Blues (Live In Boston - 1st Show)

Oasis - "Lord Don't Slow Me Down"

Oasis is the best rock n' roll band we currently have on planet earth and "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" is their new single that comes out digitally on October 21st. If you're good at math, that plus that means it's the best new rock single. You might remember it as the theme song from their movie of the same title, that is if you saw it when they screened it at Noel's solo shows last year. If you didn't it's coming out on DVD sometime really soon too.   Either way, it's the  "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" is the first new material Oasis has put out in three years and I can't wait to have the bloody thing. Check out the video below and click here if you wanna pre-order it.

"Lord Don't Slow Me Down" music video

Sorry I go off.

Yeah I got all 900 emails asking why this page was password protected the last week. Let's just say that some new stuff is on the way. Stay tuned. In the meantime dig on these tunes. Yes, they're random and yes I only spent a total of 40 seconds of thought picking them out. Wahlah!

(Download  Dennis Wilson - "River Song")

(Download  UNKLE - "Morning Rage")

(Download  Liars - "Freak Out")

(Download  A Place To Bury Strangers - "Missing You")

(Download  Moccasin - "Ezra's Ghost") [Buy CD] [Myspace]

(Download  Two Lone Swordsmen - "Mountain Man")

(Download  Billy Bragg - "A New England" Peel Session)

Troy and I are DJing these shows this week, come say hi. Buy us a drink or ten.

The Weakerthans @ The El Rey 10.02
Detour Fest Downtown LA 10.06
Turbonegro @ The Fonda 10.07

New songs from The Duke Spirit

The Duke Spirit have posted 4 new songs on their myspace page that you'll be able to buy as an EP on October 22nd. Three of the songs (Lassoo, Dog Roses, & MASCA) were recorded earlier this year at Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California
with desert Czar Chris Goss. The other, 'A Wild Hope', produced by the band themselves, is the result of a frenzied 2 days in Flood's bedroom studio. Sounds tits.

Speaking of, I uploaded some more photos to my Flickr account... some of which include The Duke Spirit... click here. More on the way too... just gotta get over my jet-lag.

(CLICK HERE TO LISTEN)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is EP

So, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs recently put out a new EP (of older songs that for some reason or another they didn't put on that last album), that's pretty good. They kinda lost me on their sophomore record but this little five song EP sounds more like their first EP on Touch & Go and "Fever To Tell", than their last offering. We even played the demo of "Down Boy" on the first (and only at this point) Buddyhead Radio Show, which I think you can still download by clicking here. Check out the new version of "Down Boy"... DO IT!

(Download - "Down Boy")

"Down Boy" Music Video

Jerry Casale of DEVO goes off!

Jerry Casale of DEVO is 59 and chances are he goes off way harder than you. Here's a clip of him in some bar, somewhere, singing "Wait (The Whisper Song)" originally by The Ying Yang Twins. Epic.

David Vandervelde

I don't know much about this dude aside from that he sounds a lot like a cross between Marc Bolan and David Bowie, he recorded this record over a two year period at Jay Bennett's (Wilco) Clubhouse and he writes pretty good songs. I'm not even a big fan of Bowie (I like it when he covered The Velvet Underground), but I'll pretend I am if it means I'm going to get laid because of it. I haven't tested my theory out yet but I'd be willing to lay down whatever money I do have on that chicks will dig this David Vandervelde record if you put it on when you're trying to get down. Lemme know if it works kids. Anyone seen this cat live?

Jacket Video

THE VERVE ARE BACK BITCH!

According to his website, it looks like Dicky Ashcoft finally stopped listening to his massive ego, pulled his weird looking head out of his ass and dialed up Nick McCabe and said "let's get the band back together mate!" Fucking finally dude... music is power Dicky and the best music you made is BY FAR with The Verve! This means two things that are both music to my ears. First... NO MORE ADULT CONTEMPORARY SOLO ASHCROFT RECORDS! WOO! Secondly... THE VERVE ARE MAKING A NEW RECORD AND ARE GONNA PLAY SHOWS! SHIT YEAH! Yep, the original line-up (Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Simon Jones and Pete Sailsbury) were back together (first time since they broke up in 1999) recording in a London studio last week. After a summer break, they will return to the studio to complete their next album and then in November they'll be playing some live shows in the UK. Who's flying me over for that? Any takers? Anyone? Here's the deal... you fly me over for the shows and I'll buy beers for us at the shows as well as the tickets to the shows which go on sale on my big 3 0 birthday July 6th. See, it's fuckin' meant to be.   

November 2 Glasgow Academy
November 3 Glasgow Academy
November 5 Blackpool Empress Ballroom
November 6 Blackpool Empress Ballroom
November 8 London Roundhouse
November 9 London Roundhouse

(Download - "This Is Music")

(Download - "The Rolling People")

(Download - "On Your Own" Acoustic)

The Rolling People - Live @ Wigan 1998

Lucky Man live on Jools Holland Show 1997

Update: The Verve have launched a new website @ http://www.theverve.tv/ and a new myspace page @ http://www.myspace.com/thevervetv

ANOTHER EVEN BETTER UPDATE: As Finn posted in the comments of this entry, you can download 17 KILLER demos from The Verve's 1996 Urban Hymns session over at the blog "I am fuel, you are friends". Looks like a cool page... check it out.

BRMC are shooting a video in downtown LA

BRMC are shooting a video in downtown LA tomorrow for their song "Berlin"... email [email protected] to be a "volunteer fan".

Pleasure Forever - Bodies Need Rest

Pleasure Forever are back... kinda. They've released a posthumous collection of unreleased and rare songs called "Bodies Need Rest" on Conspiracy Records. This album consists of four cover songs from some unfinished EP, plus four rare tracks forming a comprehensive timeline from the band's beginning. This album includes 5 previously unreleased Pleasure Forever tracks as well as two B-sides previously released on Sub Pop and one track from the out-of-print Buddyhead Presents: Gimme Skelter compilation I put together back in 2003. Pleasure Forever is not currently active, but this long-awaited release is set for official release worldwide on May 22, 2007. Each band member lives in a different city on the west coast and is involved in other musical projects at this time. Andrew Rothbard released his first solo album Abandoned Meander in late 2006 on Smooch Records. David Clifford currently plays drums in Red Sparowes and bass guitar in The Sagittarians. Josh Hughes has a new band called Rabbits featuring ex-Lion Fever drummer Kevin Garrison. Pleasure Forever was once known as SLAVES and all thee members played previously in The VSS.

Tracklisting:
1. King Cobra in the Guts of Valhalla
2. Miles Underneath
3. Capricorn Blue
4. Right Back Down in the Middle
5. Black Juju
6. The Bars
7. Our Way
8. Honey Honey

(Download - "The Bars" Black Flag cover)

(Download - "Miles Underneath")

People can hear the full album and get links to buy it, download select MP3s and so forth by clicking here.

Pleasure Forever Promo Video

While we're on this Pleasure Forever kick... you might as well download my favorite song off their first record....

(Download - "Goodnight")