#Freakwater

[razorsadness]

I should have moved to New York City But I never was that cool I just languished in the Midwest Like some old romantic fool And the streetlights shine down On the bottles we have broken 'Til the road is paved with diamonds From a thousand lost love tokens And my logic just seems more clear With every bottle of beer

[bandcampsnoop]

1/28/23.

I listen to just about everything on Bandcamp, but like everyone, I'm prone to a sound - indie pop, power pop and post-punk probably make up well over 85% of the posts. But I also do love the psych folk/acid folk sound.

I really wasn't expecting either of those when I played "Watching Planes Go By" - the only song available from Kassi Valazza's upcoming album "Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing". I've been listening to the "Dolly Parton's America" podcast, and that was kind of what I was expecting.

But this is more in the vein of Tudor Lodge, Fairport Convention, or Nancy Sinatra. And then the instrumental solos in the middle defy comparison to either of the aforementioned bands. This is tagged country, but this isn't like any other country I've heard or listen to.

Kassi Valazza is based in Portland, Oregon and this is being released by Fluff & Gravy Records. This label has released music from Freakwater and The Parson Red Heads.

[manitat]

Freakwater - Scratches On The Door

[mywifeleftme]

237: Various Artists // Howl...A Farewell Compilation of Unreleased Songs

Howl...A Farewell Compilation of Unreleased Songs Various Artists 1994, Glitterhouse

Released in 1994 by German indie label Glitterhouse as a double 10”, Howl…A Farewell Compilation of Unreleased Songs collects 18 songs by a real odds and sods assortment of Americana, indie folk, and alt. country acts. I’m not super-familiar with Glitterhouse beyond the fact that they were Sub-Pop’s European distributor during that label’s 1987 to 1995 grunge apex. The patchy history recounted on the Glitterhouse website indicates they were making a turn towards singer-songwriter fare at the time the Sub-Pop relationship petered out, and I can imagine this comp serving as a sort of soft launch of the label’s new direction. I’m not sure how many of these artists were signed to the label directly, though presumably Glitterhouse distro’d a number of them. Iin any case, it makes for a great sampler of some of the better artists of the time who operated at the meeting place of roots and alternative music, many of them still active today, and mostly still lesser-known outside of connoisseur circles.

The best-known act on the comp today is easily the Mountain Goats, which I doubt anyone would’ve predicted in 1994—their contribution, “Against Agamemnon,” is typical of John Darnielle’s early direct-to-boombox sound, a bare sketch that refers obliquely to Greek mythology but could as easily describe waking up with a nosebleed on an existential camping trip. Steve Wynn (ex-Dream Syndicate) pops up in the midst of his wandering ‘90s period, and we’ve also got a desert jazz instrumental version of “Route 66” from the venerable Giant Sand, which anticipates the sound members John Covertino and Joey Burns would refine after departing to form Calexico. The next tier of notability down would be… I guess Vic Chesnutt, the devastating Georgian songwriter who offers a moving cover of Yoko Ono’s “Goodbye Sadness”; long-running heartland groovers the Silos (featuring Vulgar Boatmen founder Walter Salas-Humara) with the demo “Nothing But You”; alt. country forerunners Freakwater with their woozy “Lullaby”; and venerated songwriter Victoria Williams, who unfortunately contributes an irritating rendition of “Feed the Birds” from Mary Poppins.

Howl doesn’t transcend its times, but if you like this era of weird Americana, it makes for good company. You’ll likely pick up a band or five who’ve slipped your filter that you’ll want to check out (my pick being Chicago’s Souled American, whose woeful “Suitor’s Bridge” would see eventual re-release on their final record Notes Campfire).

237/365

[dagwolf]

Freakons. S/T. 2022.

[radiophd]

freakwater -- my old drunk friend

[ophelia-thinks]

Revenge was like a fleeting Christmas morning I knew when I was young

[effielovesapples]

im revamping this playlist a bit and the cover is by @bonefydskeleton Because obviously. But its coming along. i just love freakwater i wish i could put more freakwater on it and I love slim whitman

[scarstarved]

Ratman's Notebooks, 1968 (Stephen Gilbert) / The Blood, 1958 (Ned O'Gorman) / Freshwater, 2018 (Akwaeke Emezi) / The Knife, 2004 (Jean Valentine) / The Mask Now, 2016 (Jorie Graham) / Splatter, 2020 (Linnea Paskow) / Knife in a Glass, 1963 (Richard Diebenkorn) / Jack the Knife, 2005 (Freakwater) / The Death of Vivek Oji, 2020 (Akwaeke Emezi) / Skinner, 1993 (Iván Nagy)

[queen-susans-revenge]

Persephone in Autumn

late Sept / Josh Ritter "Getting Ready to Get Down"

early Oct / Parker Millsap "Hades Pleads"

late Oct / Cults "Abducted"

early Nov / Saint Motel "Cold Cold Man"

late Nov / Sia "Hostage"

early Dec / Julian Moon "Pomegranate Seeds"

Winter Solstice: Dua Lipa "Be the One"

early Jan / Lucius "Turn It Around"

late Jan / Neko Case "Hold On, Hold On"

early Feb / Aimee Mann "This Is How It Goes"

late Feb/early Mar Alela Diane "White As Diamonds"

Spring Equinox: Tori Amos "Mother" Persephone in Spring

early April /Josh Ritter "To the Dogs or Whoever"

late April / Tom Petty "Mary Jane's Last Dance"

early May / Thomas Dolby "I Love You Goodbye"

late May / Freakwater, "Good for Nothing"

early June / Amanda Palmer, "Want It Back"

late June / Nanci Griffith, "Late Night Grande Hotel"

Summer Solstice: R.E.M. "Half a World Away"

early July / Bob Dylan "Simple Twist of Fate"

late July / Cowboy Junkies "To Live Is to Fly"

early August / Great Lake Swimmers "Palmistry"

late August / Shelby Lynne, Allison Moorer, "Not Dark Yet"

Fall Equinox: Tall Heights "Back to Autumn"

it's about cycles. It's about love, it's about loss, it's about endless leavetakings and homecomings. It's about addiction and abuse. It's about manic/depressive swings and seasonal affective disorder and also the joy of leaves changing color and crocuses blooming in the frost. It's about Her. Persephone in Autumn: "Songs for an Earth-daughter, abducted, not entirely unwillingly: but increasingly irritable in captivity" Persephone in Spring: "Songs for an Earth-daughter, irrepressible and freed, but already homesick"

[hellyeahscarleteen]

To kick off our Halloween fundraiser week, we've mixed up a killer concoction of songs to shake your bones! You can find our Halloween Hootenanny on Apple Music and Spotify.

Tracklist

Spooky-Dusty Springfield

Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, Dracula-The Diamonds

Vampire Girl- Jonathan Richman

Warm Blood- Carly Rae Jepsen

Howlin' For You- The Black Keys

I Was a Teenage Werewolf- The Cramps

She's Fallen in Love (With a Monster Man)- Screamin' Lord Sutch

I Love My Monsters- Crystal and the Runnin' Wild

Little Ghost-The White Stripes

Frankenstein- The New York Dolls

I'm Your Boogie Man- KC and the Sunshine Band

Trick or Treat- Otis Redding

Sexy Ghost- The Weather Girls

Little Red Riding Hood- Freakwater

Bad Things- Jace Everett

Lay All Your Blood on Me- Brian David Gilbert

Coolest Little Monster- Zacherley

[lastchancevillagegreen]

Monday, 12 February 2024:

Something Nice Robert Lloyd and The New Four Seasons (In Tape) (released in 1988)

Robert Lloyd was in The Nightingales, a UK band who hold the honor of holding more John Peel sessions than any band save for The Fall and, gulp, Half Man Half Biscuit. When that band broke up, Peel offered a slot to Lloyd who went solo and immediately performed Something Nice on Peel's session before it was even cut for any label, any record. That session lead to In Tape (the label who had these cats on it) offering Lloyd a contract. He quickly named his band The New Four Seasons and they cut a nine minute version of this song. Lloyd claims this nine minute version will wear down even the most ardent fan, but I beg to differ. This nine minute version is a master class of pop: no chorus, no change in music, it is one steady beat and it may be monotonous to many but to these deaf ears, it is a crazy jewel that I only discovered last week via God's Jukebox.

This is a 12 inch EP and the other two songs are fine songsand they are way different and equally interesting: another pop jewel and then a song that sounds almost Americana! I'll be seeking out more Robert Lloyd. Why? His debut album for Virgin, which came out in 1990, two years after this EP is called Me and My Mouth and it features none other than two of my favorite musicians: Pete Thomas and Steve Nieve of The Attractions fame. It also includes a new rendition of Something Nice! I don't give a damn that the only place you can find this album is in the UK and that it will cost me roughly $50 to pick up a copy, I'll be buying it. And to make matters even worse, he has a new album out that came out in 2023, a duet album with Janet Beveridge Bean, of Freakwater, titled Black Cat, Dark Horse. I'm no Freakwater fan (sorry) but I am so enamored with Robert Lloyd that I'll be picking this up as well.

Above you see the album cover and the back of the album. Below, you can see both sides of the label for this 12 inch EP.

And let me say this: this song is perfect for Lambchop in any permutation. If Kurt Wagner wants to slow it down, I'd rave. If he wants to add beats, go for it. This reminds me so much of Lambchop that it might be why I love this track so much.

[howlingmoonradio]

December 14th Playlist

We’ve been lucky enough to see some tremendous live music right around the corner at both the Ale House the Hangar on the Hudson for many years, and on tonight’s episode we feature a few of the bands that have played there, recently and in years past. The Lost Planet Airmen stuff is from a brand new CD (I think?) and features all surviving members of the band, including Bill Kirchen, John Tichy, and Andy Stein who performed at the Hangar 2 weeks ago, and were tremendous! Here are the deets..

Side A

Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams

Mickey Paid for what Mickey Done-The Del Lords

Obsessed with Mary-The Del Lords

This is What it Sounds Like-Coal Palace Kings

Out of My Mind-Lost Planet Airmen

Git It-Lost Planet Airmen

I Can’t Get High-Lost Planet Airmen

Don’t Fan the Coals-Lonesome Brothers

Side B

Decide-Frog Holler

In Between Jobs-Todd Snider

Far From Any Road-Handsome Family

You’ve Never Been this Far-Freakwater

Sunny Road Blues-Pinetop Perkins

Get on the Right Track (LIVE)-NRBQ

You Move So Fast (LIVE)-NRBQ

Step Aside (LIVE)-NRBQ

Feel Good (LIVE)-NRBQ

Later Won’t Help You Now-Lonesome Brothers

[greatbighopingmachine]

Playlist (16): Great Big Hoping Machine (Radio Plastique), Feb 19 2023

ARTIST / SONG / ALBUM

John Fullbright "The Liar" The Liar

The Tallest Man on Earth "Every Little Heart" Henry St.

Rose City Band "Chasing Rainbows" Garden Party

Fran "Palm Tree" Leaving

Kevin Morby "Bittersweet, TN" This Is a Photograph

Freakwater "Fullerene" Single

Hansan "Om vi inte" Blod eller black

Cynthia Marchant "Love Is Magic" Flesh and Bone

Don Gibson "It's a Long, Long Way to Georgia" The Essential Don Gibson

Eli Lev "Shy Desert Morning" True North

Noah Reid "Everyday" Adjustments

Frank Turner "Recovery" Tape Deck Heart

John Showman and Chris Coole "First Girl I Loved" Much Further Out Than Inevitable

Kathleen Edwards "Take It With You When You Go" Total Freedom

The Go Janes "Soul Spring" The Go Janes

Julien Baker "Guthrie" B-Sides

[egoschwank]

al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #715

first posted on facebook july 1, 2019

alex katz -- "upside down ada" (1965)

"and i'm hung upside down" ... stephen stills

"you usually want to get something out of a painting other than the ideas that you had in your head" ... alex katz

"everything's a little upside down laying on my back ... staring up at the ground i've been sleeping like a bat ... underneath my bed wearing out a hole in the ... top of my head" ... freakwater

"sometimes it takes me days or weeks to get something clear in my head on what i want to do" ... alex katz

"i guess i've always lived upside down when i want things i can't have" ... tom waits

"part of what i'm about is seeing how i can paint the same thing differently instead of different things the same way" ... alex katz

"now everything's a little upside down as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped what's good is bad, what's bad is good you'll find out when you reach the top you're on the bottom" ... bob dylan

"i'm feeling a little downside up myself this morning" ... al janik