#Mamalarky

[ourladyofomega]

Great news for most of you: @rivetgoth has summoned me to choose ten of my favorite listens of September ‘23. Expanding the time span to thirty days meant holding out until the end of the month just to be sure. Picking out only ten was easy to do, and whether you like me or not, you’re gonna’ have to deal with it.

Your winners are:

#1: Replacements, The: "Unsatisfied" #2: Cult, The: "Rain" #3: Chemical Brothers: "No Reason"

This group of three is what happens when you’re following a mutual who’s super-obsessed about music. @tewz is an open book with plenty of audio and music video posts for the taking, plus a couple of Spotify playlists to rifle through. (Stay for the cat videos, too.) She’s my go-to and because of her, I had easy assembly of one of my recent radio broadcasts.

A fellow dee-jay asked me to fill-in for him not long ago. Now I had a double-broadcast (four hours) to set up. I had enough reserves from her to pull it off, so The Replacements’ “Unsatisfied” and The Cult “Rain” made the cut. Chemical Brothers: "No Reason" reminded me why they retained a feverish fan base to begin with, going all the way back to their “Setting Sun” days. Dare I say it reminded me of Daft Punk? Really, I thank her for everything music-wise she’s given me, ever.

#4: Crime Of Passing: "Off My Shoulder"

I love everything about this track. Unmistakably reminds me of Diat and the rest of the record follows with goth rock, post-punk / d.i.y, and coldwave. As a whole, Crime Of Passing displays a great style, aesthetic, seriousness, and urgency; all coming together and consistent as a gloomy yet smoking-hot nine-track album.

#5: Yfory: "Chwaer Pwy?" #6: M(h)aol: “Therapy” #7: Es: "Emergency"

I did an all post-punk / d.i.y. broadcast last month. One portion of the show had me group together female-fronted bands from Europe. That block started with Germany’s Maraudeur, continued on with Scotland’s Breakfast Muff, and then these three. Anyone paying attention knows that Europe (and especially the UK) is giving every other city scene a run for their money.

Also from Germany, Yfory struck me with their album cover (If anyone can identify that typeset, do let me know), their fluid Welsh lyrics which is new to me, and their great craftsmanship; hence "Chwaer Pwy?". I went with “Therapy” from feminist band M(h)aol because it sounds so rough. It’s the Irish equivalent of Guerilla Toss’ “Eraser Stargazer Forever” which sweeps the floor of everything. (If you really want to set yourself on fire, listen to “Period Sex”. Wow.) And, I got excited for new sounds from England’s Es. I played their opener “Emergency” at least 20 times and I still haven’t figured them out. That’s a good thing. Fortunately, the hopeful sounds of “Emergency” follows towards Less Of Everything and far away from Object Relations, and that’s from Flora Watters on keyboards, who is that special ingredient that makes Es. Their uniqueness pushes them near the very top of post-punk / d.i.y.

#8: Mamalarky: “Green Earth”

No way! What is this?! As if Palm’s Dog Milk and Mr. Elevator got a room, fucked, and made this. And I don’t know why I’m also equating Todd Rungren’s “Hello It’s Me”, maybe Peter Max, and other late-Sixties / early-Seventies standards in the mix, but this sounds amazing. It has that lo-fi, drowsy, malfunctioning feel with a wondrous charm to it. It’s really beautiful.

Now get this: “Green Earth” is on the environmentally- conscious The Eleventh Hour: Songs for Climate Justice compilation (and later Pocket Fantasy: B-Sides), and then you can clearly hear vocalist Livvy Bennett breathe in and inhale before singing each verse. Get it? Any song that can transport you to a new, undiscovered world is a unanimous winner in my book.

#9: Blonde Redhead: “Melody Experiment” #10: Tan Cologne: "Visitation"

To describe these in one word: inexplicable. They can be a soundtrack to a future world that could very well be possible, but in the same measure possibly not. These would fit right in with the annual ‘second chance’ broadcasts I do to end the year. ‘Second chance’, meaning, songs I enjoy but simply don’t fit into a specific category, so they have one all of their own. Think Erasers’ “Easy To See”, Mega Bog’s “Maybe You Died”, New Chance’s “Real Time”, Lily’s “New Fries”, and Il Quadro Di Trosi’s “Sfere Di Qi”.

“Melody Experiment” from Blonde Redhead sounds unreal to me. I still don’t believe it even exists. If it does, it’s the definition of ‘slick’. Sonically, it has wavelengths of “Corrections” from Phil Western and a breath similar to Pixel Grip’s Rita Lukea. Don’t ask me why I came up with that. To each, everyone’s own. Tan Cologne’s new single had to be influenced by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood “Sand“; the all-encompassing heat during the pending sundown on a blazing-hot Summer day. These final two picks I’ve already heard at least thirty times, and I plan on hearing them thirty more.

Good news: I tag no one. As always, play at your own risk.

[omegaplus]

# 4,356

Omega Radio for March 11, 2023; #346.

Chives, The: "Your Mom's A Bitch"

Moron: "Mosquito Trap"

Horsegirl: "It's Obvious"

Throwaway: "Dinosaur"

Gut Health: "Barbarella"

Cheekface: "Headache"

TVOD: "Goldfish"

Easy Bruiser: "I Hate Thursdays"

Gloop: "I Never Really Knew"

Rotary Club: "American Tower"

Dazy & Militarie Gunn ft. Mannequin Pussy: "Pressure Cooker" (RMX)

Grocer: "Smooth Operator"

Deady: "Eat Sleep"

Cel Ray: "Clorox Wipes"

Body Type: "Miss The World"

Wombo: "Snakey"

Dumb: "Sleep Like A Baby"

Horse Lords: "May Brigade"

Rip Room: "Dead When It Started"

Blonde Revolver: "Lipstick & Leather"

Arbor Labor Union: "Hovering Stone"

Corker: "Lice"

Maraudeur: "C'est Cache"

Alpha Hopper: "Glows, Explodes"

Mamalarky: "Mythical Bonds"

Scare Quotes: "Tomato"

Diacatorci: "Parasito"

Jade Hairpins: "Mary Magazine"

Viagra Boys: "Ain't No Theif"

Fake Fruit: "Over Ice"

Guerilla Toss: "Heathen Money"

Namesake: "Operational"

TV Priest: "One Easy Thing"

Post-punk, d.i.y., and city sounds.

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for March 11, 2023; #346.

Chives, The: “Your Mom’s A Bitch”

Moron: “Mosquito Trap”

Horsegirl: “It’s Obvious”

Throwaway: “Dinosaur”

Gut Health: “Barbarella”

Cheekface: “Headache”

TVOD: “Goldfish”

Easy Bruiser: “I Hate Thursdays”

Gloop: “I Never Really Knew”

Rotary Club: “American Tower”

Dazy & Militarie Gunn ft. Mannequin Pussy: “Pressure Cooker” (RMX)

Grocer: “Smooth Operator”

Deady: “Eat Sleep”

Cel Ray: “Clorox Wipes”

Body Type: “Miss The World”

Wombo: “Snakey”

Dumb: “Sleep Like A Baby”

Horse Lords: “May Brigade”

Rip Room: “Dead When It Started”

Blonde Revolver: “Lipstick & Leather”

Arbor Labor Union: “Hovering Stone”

Corker: “Lice”

Maraudeur: “C'est Cache”

Alpha Hopper: “Glows, Explodes”

Mamalarky: “Mythical Bonds”

Scare Quotes: “Tomato”

Diacatorci: “Parasito”

Jade Hairpins: “Mary Magazine”

Viagra Boys: “Ain’t No Thief”

Fake Fruit: “Over Ice”

Guerilla Toss: “Heathen Money”

Namesake: “Operational”

TV Priest: “One Easy Thing”

Post-punk, d.i.y., and city sounds.

[daytea]

Shining Armor

based on mamalarky's Shining Armor

[knightofleo]

Mamalarky | Mythical Bonds 

[eyeofthebeetle]

five by five friday ! every black square is a mystery that will never be solved (last.fm hates me). my discover weekly sucked utter ass, so I wait oh so very patiently for it to realize that I'm trying to listen to more happier, maximalist music </3

[valaquenta]

Mamalarky - Mythical Bonds

[firetalk]

‼️ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️

Pocket Fantasy, the new Mamalarky album is out September 30th, today, check out "Mythical Bonds" – an ode to the band's friendship w/ a sweet vid to match directed by @ambarbecutie

Pocket Fantasy is avail for pre-order now on a myriad of physical media + be sure to catch Mamalarky on tour this fall! 🐸🎉🌼

[genericamentegiuseppe]

Smile e IDLES - Una questione di una certa urgenza

Tra i parametri preferiti della critica c'è sempre stato quello dell'urgenza creativa, ma cosa significa esattamente, e come si misura?

Ci siamo abituati ormai a ragionare intorno alla “retromania”, l’esigenza di nostalgia e la sua rappresentazione nell’espressione artistica contemporanea, ma ci sono altre questioni che emergono nel mostrare le falle del ragionamento critico. Tra i parametri preferiti della critica c’è sempre stato quello dell’urgenza creativa, ma cosa significa esattamente, e come si misura? L’urgenza si evince…

[omegaradiowusb]

AUGUST 12, 2023 (#356)

Lewsburg: "Sweets" Deeper: "Build A Bridge" (***NEW) Dendrons: "Double Ending" Dumb: "Dropout" Lovely Little Girls: "Procreation (Of The Wicked)" White Denim: "Magic" Cheekface: "If I Catch On Fire Please Put Me Out" Maraudeur: "Death / Suicide" + "Es Ist Kein Stehlen" Breakfast Muff: "You're Not Written In My Stars" + "Used" Yfory: self-titled (***NEW) M(h)aol: "Therapy" (***NEW) Es: Fantasy (***NEW) Cel Ray: "Dog War" Transy Warhol: "Deadname" (***NEW) Upright Forms: "They Kept On Living" Easy Bruiser: "Clutter" Grocer: "Calling Out" Guerilla Toss: "Heathen Money" (***NEW) Special Interest: "Foul" Mamalarky: "Green Earth" Ibex Clone: "There Is No Light" Rotary Club: "Planet 67" Blonde Revolver: "Good Girls, Bad Girls" Screensaver: "No Movement" Shake Chain: "Mike" Glaas: "The Moon" Dust Star: "Nothing In My Head" Terms: "Mouthful Of Moss" P.E.: "I Felt Something Today" (***NEW) Rong: "Coincidence" (***NEW)

We're winding down on another Summer broadcasting season at Omega Radio. We put our best foot forward delivering two great hours of new, current, and relevant post-punk / d.i.y., and city magic all played during the Leonid meteor shower. We feature Lovely Little Girls' cover of a Sepultura song, a Eurpoean block of femme-punk, and plenty of returning favorites.

Our final round of this Summer sounds are on the way. We'll see you in two weeks.

August 26, 2023 (10PM New York City): final deluxe Summer Omega

[omegaplus]

# 4,481

Top 10 Of September 2023.

Great news for most of you: @rivetgoth has summoned me to choose ten of my favorite listens of September ‘23. Expanding the time span to thirty days meant holding out until the end of the month just to be sure. Picking out only ten was easy to do, and whether you like me or not, you’re gonna’ have to deal with it.

Your winners are:

#1: Replacements, The: "Unsatisfied"

#2: Cult, The: "Rain"

#3: Chemical Brothers: "No Reason"

This group of three is what happens when you’re following a mutual who’s super-obsessed about music. @tewz is an open book with plenty of audio and music video posts for the taking, plus a couple of Spotify playlists to rifle through. (Stay for the cat videos, too.) She’s my go-to and because of her, I had easy assembly of one of my recent radio broadcasts.

A fellow dee-jay asked me to fill-in for him not long ago. Now I had a double-broadcast (four hours) to set up. I had enough reserves from her to pull it off, so The Replacements’ “Unsatisfied” and The Cult “Rain” made the cut. Chemical Brothers: "No Reason" reminded me why they retained a feverish fan base to begin with, going all the way back to their “Setting Sun” days. Dare I say it reminded me of Daft Punk? Really, I thank her for everything music-wise she’s given me, ever.

#4: Crime Of Passing: "Off My Shoulder"

I love everything about this track. Unmistakably reminds me of Diat and the rest of the record follows with goth rock, post-punk / d.i.y, and coldwave. As a whole, Crime Of Passing displays a great style, aesthetic, seriousness, and urgency; all coming together and consistent as a gloomy yet smoking-hot nine-track album.

#5: Yfory: "Chwaer Pwy?"

#6: M(h)aol: “Therapy”

#7: Es: "Emergency"

I did an all post-punk / d.i.y. broadcast last month. One portion of the show had me group together female-fronted bands from Europe. That block started with Germany’s Maraudeur, continued on with Scotland’s Breakfast Muff, and then these three. Anyone paying attention knows that Europe (and especially the UK) is giving every other city scene a run for their money.

Also from Germany, Yfory struck me with their album cover (If anyone can identify that typeset, do let me know), their fluid Welsh lyrics which is new to me, and their great craftsmanship; hence "Chwaer Pwy?". I went with “Therapy” from feminist band M(h)aol because it sounds so rough. It’s the Irish equivalent of Guerilla Toss’ “Eraser Stargazer Forever” which sweeps the floor of everything. (If you really want to set yourself on fire, listen to “Period Sex”. Wow.) And, I got excited for new sounds from England’s Es. I played their opener “Emergency” at least 20 times and I still haven’t figured them out. That’s a good thing. Fortunately, the hopeful sounds of “Emergency” follows towards Less Of Everything and far away from Object Relations, and that’s from Flora Watters on keyboards, who is that special ingredient that makes Es. Their uniqueness pushes them near the very top of post-punk / d.i.y.

#8: Mamalarky: “Green Earth”

No way! What is this?! As if Palm’s Dog Milk and Mr. Elevator got a room, fucked, and made this. And I don’t know why I’m also equating Todd Rungren’s “Hello It’s Me”, maybe Peter Max, and other late-Sixties / early-Seventies standards in the mix, but this sounds amazing. It has that lo-fi, drowsy, malfunctioning feel with a wondrous charm to it. It’s really beautiful.

Now get this: “Green Earth” is on the environmentally- conscious The Eleventh Hour: Songs for Climate Justice compilation (and later Pocket Fantasy: B-Sides), and then you can clearly hear vocalist Livvy Bennett breathe in and inhale before singing each verse. Get it? Any song that can transport you to a new, undiscovered world is a unanimous winner in my book.

#9: Blonde Redhead: “Melody Experiment”

#10: Tan Cologne: "Visitation"

To describe these in one word: inexplicable. They can be a soundtrack to a future world that could very well be possible, but in the same measure possibly not. These would fit right in with the annual ‘second chance’ broadcasts I do to end the year. ‘Second chance’, meaning, songs I enjoy but simply don’t fit into a specific category, so they have one all of their own. Think Erasers’ “Easy To See”, Mega Bog’s “Maybe You Died”, New Chance’s “Real Time”, Lily’s “New Fries”, and Il Quadro Di Trosi’s “Sfere Di Qi”.

“Melody Experiment” from Blonde Redhead sounds unreal to me. I still don’t believe it even exists. If it does, it’s the definition of ‘slick’. Sonically, it has wavelengths of “Corrections” from Phil Western and a breath similar to Pixel Grip’s Rita Lukea. Don’t ask me why I came up with that. To each, everyone’s own. Tan Cologne’s new single had to be influenced by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood “Sand“; the all-encompassing heat during the pending sundown on a blazing-hot Summer day. These final two picks I’ve already heard at least thirty times, and I plan on hearing them thirty more.

Good news: I tag no one. As always, play at your own risk.

[maquina-semiotica]

Mamalarky, "Shining Armor" #NowPlaying

[musicdiaries]

Mamalarky - Frog 2

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Singled Out: Mamalarky - "You Know I Know"

An early '00s-tinged track that takes you out on the road.

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