McCrank's Juke - July Mix (2009)

McCrank's Juke - July Mix (2009)

July is a swealtering month for music. You have that lag time between September and now, but still albums are falling out all over the place. Miss Derringer, scored a killer album, freshly dropped July 14th. Pearl Jam single is out and the list goes on...Caught Prince's gift to the Montreux Jazz Festival, say Girl In A Coma at the Blank Club and have been cat crawling the music scene post-MJ death. new tracks from Shonen Knife, Thom Yorke, Big Pink, and Jay Z. It is shaping up to be a bear of 2009. As you can see from the eclectic selection of acts below, I seemed to amass a attraction to new indie bands, some rockers and some experimental noize!! From the dead-to-rights Band of Skulls to Bombay Bicycle Club and to the local Oakland band Hottub. There is no method to the madness other than solid performances and some quality tunes from across the web. I hope you enjoy and take a chance to go see some of these bands. I am keyed up for The Horrors in October at the SF Independent and Los Campesinos! at the Brookdale Lodge in August in Santa Cruz. Yah now!

McCrank's Juke - July Mix (2009)

01. Revenge (Flaming Lips)- Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous)
02. You Came Out - We Have Band

03. Never Forget You - The Noisettes

04. 123Go - HOTTUB

05. Read My Mind - The Killers

06. How Are You - Bombay Bicycle Club

07. Black Tears - Miss Derringer

08. Big Star - Isa & The Filthy Tongues

09. Fires - Band Of Skulls

10. Morning After - Dead By Sunrise

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McCrank's Juke - June Mix (2009)

McCrank's Juke - June Mix (2009)

It all comes crashing down! First the old computer blew, then I got the new one, minus PhotoShop. My Optimus Prime computer I shelled for ain't shit without all the pirate booty I had stored up! The music links gone, the stored porn, gone! 'My Favorites' - down the tubes. As all good things, then it's time to say goodbye. As you may have noticed I did a bit of pruning in the garden, so as to not end up like that lady I read about in the newspaper. It was fun to be at the forefront of this music blog movement, like it was exiciting to be the The Sugarhill Gang when it was all "awash" and anew. Now that every college dick has a page with his favorite Oasis, Nirvana, and Animal Collective boots avilable -- it seems that it ain't about pushing the envelope and being new (not that I was very robust). I took from Ape Shall Never Kill Ape and was inspired to push it further. Now Largehearted Boy and other mainstream blogs are running with full steam and the upstarts are following the template. Time to do something new! (Fuck you -- yes I am on Twitter, but no that ain't it).

For those of you kind enough to comment and write in -- the fine looking lady in the monthly posts is named Sash Suicide. You can follow here: http://twitter.com/sashsuicide. She'd probably kick my ass for using her pictures without paying modeling fees. another reason to skip town!

So no more Echo & The Bunnymen, Joy Division, Clash, English Beat and the likes. No indies: Noah and the Whale, Ida Maria, The National. Just a simple look back through the monthly recommendations from prior months to serve notice. Eventually this blog will all desolve, and like me, you might wake up and go about your lives thinking this was all a dream. I know. I am.

McCrank's Juke - June Mix (2009)

01. My World - Lee Fields & The Expressions

o2. Slaughter Lane - Girl In A Coma

03. The Boys Are Leaving Town - Japandroids

04. All The Memories, All At Once - Sunlight Ascending

05. If I Ever Feel Better - Phoenix

06. First Of The Gang To Die - Zee Avi

07. Got Nuffin - Spoon

08. Last Of The English Roses - Peter Doherty

09. Summer Of Hate - Crocodiles

10. No Hands (Peel Session) - Echo & The Bunnymen

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McCrank's Juke - May Mix (2009)

McCrank's Juke - May Mix (2009)

Looks like The Coup's Boots Riley has joined guitar favorite Tom Morello to form Street Sweeper, which sounds like a Marxist/Rap version of Rage Against The Machine. I will check them out May 22nd. Likewise, new albums are dropping for Summer from some large indie acts. Iron & Wine comes to mind, along with New Wave Passion Pit and upcoming releases from Girl In A Coma and others. Is it me, or have a few bands ripped of Prince's pre-"Dirty Mind" sound? I am hearing that synth Minneapolis shit in Ciara's stint on SNL and form some of those garage-based MGMT wanna-be's. It's Summer so fuck it, hit-it and roll down the windows, crank style. I have to say now, now every children is a refreshing rock band that gives me the driving guitars and the indie credit I so crave. Peter Hook joins the Crystal Method, cause his solo shit ain't together and a whole host of other inspirations for May. Enjoy all the fuzz and beats! Bonus: The Twilight Sad - A cover of The Smith's "Half A Person".

McCrank's Juke - May Mix (2009)

01. Street Sweeper - 100 Little Curses

02. Iron & Wine - Love Vigilanties

03. Now, Now Every Children - Everyone You Know

04. Clay Machine Gun - 7th Floor

05. The Crystal Method (Feat Peter Hook) - Dirty Thirty

06. Perry Farrell- Nasty Little Perv

07. Passion Pit - The Reeling

08. The Twilight Sad - Twenty Four Hours

09. Vivian Girls - Moped Girls

10. Crystal Stilts - Sugarbaby

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Ian Mcculloch - Songbook (2008)

I am passing up the Ida Maria concert at The Blank Club right now, so I can post this Ian Mcculloch 4-track EP called "Songbook". Recorded at Parr Street Recording Studios, Liverpool England on February 2008. This solo acoustic show was recorded and broadcast on Sky Arts 1 in the UK. The first broadcast was June 19 2008 and it featured a worn looking Ian Mcculloch interview interspersed with the below list of complete live songs. No bullshit medleys here or annoying voice-overs. Edited and ripped from the programme with loving care from the lads over at Villiersterrace.com. In addition and as an added bonus - you get an acoustic single off the forthcoming Echo & The Bunnymen album - The Fountain. This single, "The Fountain" is a bit on the downlow, as in depressing and a bit melancholy. It's a tad alright if it was featured on a solo album of lullabyes for the kids, but it sounds kind of rough and rank for a Bunnymen closer. I recall reading an interview that Ian mentioned having a bunch of songs like this for a children's album. Not a bad idea for some side cash (diversify) and a way to find another alternate audience. The Echo & The Bunnymen things should be saved for forthright rockin' and rockstar ethos. The solo thing is for croonin' and ripping off Lou Reed, coupled with this type of acoustic ballads. I would buy it for sure, plug it into the kids room and clear out that Baby Einstein crap! I hope Ida Maria forgives me for missing the show, as I assume she'll be back. If you have the balls - buy her album to get some cool punk/pop riffs.! If you don't - listen up to this "soft-as-shit" EP of Bunnymen ballads.

Ian Mcculloch - Songbook (2008)
01. Rescue
02. The Killing Moon
03. Nothing Lasts Forever
04. The Fountain

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McCrank's Juke - April Mix (2009)

McCrank's Juke - April Mix (2009)

The year is burning through, as it is already April and time for another McCrank's Juke April Mix. This mixtape features some former SXSW bands, some faded goth tracks and a bit of indie pop from some of your current MTV2 artists. I am back to watching Subterranean and feasting on indie videos. I am also pick-axing Metallica Guitar Hero and looking for some hot albums for 2009. Big ups to Suicide Girls for keeping the fires and looking forward to some breaking tunes and upcoming artists (N.A.S.A. - anyone?). I must admit the return of No Doubt, Prince, Green Day and Eminem seem to be April's bigger stories - but I can't seem to come to grips with bands that are still rehashing the old routines from the 90's. The Slim Shady videos are case in point. Also, hasn't T-Pain killed the voice box yet? The sludge of Clear Channel and hype label music has stung my ears, turning me towards the darker rock of yesteryear. Sad to say I don't have Sirius to bail me out, Phil. Either way, enjoy the below April music mix from McCrank's Juke. (Also, skip the new Prince 3-pack form Target. Get your hands on the "Indigo Nights" live disk from last year's London residency).

McCrank's Juke - April Mix (2009)

01. Face To Face - Siouxsie And The Banshees

02. Blueballs - Eve White, Eve Black

03. Six And Three Quarters - Ipso Facto

04. Sea Within A Sea - The Horrors

05. Stay Alive - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

06. Lover - Nite Jewel

07. My Love - The Bird and the Bee
08. A Forest [The Cure Cover] - Bat For Lashes

09. StrangePowers - The Magnetic Fields

10. Oh My God - Ida Maria

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McCrank's Juke - March Mix (2009)

McCrank's Juke - March Mix (2009)

The reunion train should be leaving the station. From Jane's Addiction and Blur to Blink 182 and Faith No More -- can old music really die? It's a roundup for sure. In the meantime, and under the watchful eye of March and April's beavy of indie music fests (Yes, Lallapalooza is officially the old-timers concert of choice) SXSW and Coachella, we present to you the official March playlist. This McCrank's Juke March Mix features a local bay area band, a hotly anticipated single from a punk band turned Siouxsie and the Banshees, and a few other musical morsels. By now you've already punk'd the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs, seen Ian Mcculloch on Youtube, and probably hit up Lighthearted Boy for your SXSW torrent downloads. You probably are even wathcing Direct TV for your live feed from Austin. Well here at the Jukebox we're still trolling dark alleys and scooping up rarities to share with you from live shows, EPs, demos and the like. March has seen it's fare share of Twitter bands, Clear Channel releases (U2) -- but March seems to be the month for the indie (thanks Austin!). Here we share a few for your liking. Hit us up and let us know we're on track -- so we can continue to bring you the depths of the web.

McCrank's Juke - March Mix (2009)

01. Soft Shock - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

02. When Your Blackening Shows - Our Broken Garden

03. Company - An Horse

04. Love Is A Wave - Crystal Stilts

05. Out On You - Schande

06. Heroes - Ian Mcculloch

07. Keep Me Warm / Stella - Ida Maria

08. Stay Alive - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

09. Clap For The Killers - Street Sweeper

10. In Return - Torche

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