McCrank's Juke - April Mix (2011)

McCrank's Juke - April Mix (2011)

Running more and more behind on this thing. Perhaps it was a good idea to quit, while I was a head. This months list features a bunch of covers, including one from David Bowie and one from the famed Joy Division. Likewise, some new softies from Purity Ring and Dirty Beaches. You have those limited release albums right? Thanks to some steady airplay on SiriusXM and some smart word of mouth via the twitter-verse, these bands have caught my ear and attention. I've added in a few oldies and standby acts, like the indie-cred Titus Andronicus and the upstart band Yuck, both of which have been searing my ears! Great takes on some stale rock. Now that you know what I have been up to, what have you been up to? Bonaroo? Travelling Circus? Interested to hear what you think and that is grabbing your ears and ripping them off? I am off to Vegas shortly and thereafter parts unknown (okay Texas), so I will be grabbing some shows and meeting the people. Remember to kiss them for me!

McCrank's Juke - April Mix (2011)
01. LoftiCries - Purity Ring
02. Need You Now - Cut Copy
03. Whirring - The Joy Formidable
04. A More Perfect Union - Titus Andronicus
05. Operation - Yuck
06. You Might Think (The Cars) - Adam Duritz
07. King Of The Sea - Shannon And The Clams
08. Jean Genie (David Bowie Cover) - Ian Mcculloch
09. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover) - Dave Gahan
10. True Blue/Lord Knows Best - Dirty Beaches

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Fine Young Cannibals - Live New York Ritz (1986)

Fine Young Cannibals recorded live at the Ritz Club New York, USA (31st May 1986). 'Spin Radio' concert first broadcast in July 1986 & released by the I.R.S. label as a promotional vinyl LP.Unofficially released on CD in 1992 by the 'Not Guilty' label. A huge thank you to The Return of Liquidator blog site for posting this. It's one I have been on the look out for, for some time. I used to own the vinyl, which I paid something like $30.00 bucks for back in the "She Drives Me Crazy" fame. Saw this band and was mainly into them because of their ties to The English Beat, I forget who opened for them, but I am sure it was worthwhile. In fact, I think my girlfriend at the time even added a handy to the mix. Enjoy the sounds of the Fine Young Cannibals, like they were meant to be heard. Unstripped, undone, and more so raw than cooked. After the first album, they seemed to drop off quite a bit and get the record company treatment. More flash than sizzle. The early stuff, I quite fancy. Future Coachella spot? Beats Wire, I'd say...

Fine Young Cannibals - Live New York Ritz (1986)
01. Don't Ask Me To Choose
02. Johnny Come Home
03. Suspicious Minds
04. Time Isn't Kind
05. On A Promise
06. Move To Work
07. Like A Stranger
08. Ever Fallen In Love
09. Funny How Love Is
10. Blue
11. Couldn't Care More
12. Can't Take My Eyes Off You

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McCrank's Juke - March Mix (2011)

McCrank's Juke - March Mix (2011)

I am more than a bit behind, hell I haven't even posted all the shows I got saved up. They're as good as saw dust on me shop floor. The kids are probably hollerin for the likes of Passion Pit remixing the latest Beastie Boys track from the new Hot Sauce Committee Pt, 2's lead single "Make Some Noise", but here at the juke, we're still savoring the likes on NIN, Echo and The Bunnymen and the reformed Big Audio Dynamite shows. Geezers like us, bypassing Kayne, anything Idol, and anything on a radio station that has a bumper sticker. Mix me up some of that tonic with the old school 80's, alternative rock, and the indie college scene via Sirius XM University and I am good to go in the summer shade. This latent mix features some madness from February that stretched out into March and April. From the Dum Dum Girls covering The Smiths, to the "too-early-to-be-retro" sounds of The Strokes. The delayed March mix - is my call out to get hyped and my own show on Sirius XMU - the blog satellite radio channel. I got it in me new Hyundai Santa Fe - yeah, what bitches! I got no paper. I can remix the mix and avoid all the Jasper Johns of the Clear Channel offerings - giving you the straight story and the below March Madness. Hear me XMU?? My own hour - you got plenty of time(s) to spare. Really - 2 hours of a Sirius/XMU Aquarium Drunkard show??? Christsakes!

McCrank's Juke - March Mix (2011)
01. Sea of Doubt - Soft Kill
02. You Should Close The Door - Craft Spells
03. Baltimmore - Kindest Lines
04. Go Outside - Cults
05. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - Dum Dum Girls
06. In Love With Oblivion - Crystal Stilts
07. Under Cover Of Darkness - The Strokes
08. End Of The Lies - Jane's Addiction
09. Trembling Hands - Explosions In The Sky
10. Glass Bubbles - All Tiny Creatures

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McCrank's Juke - February Mix (2011)

McCrank's Juke - February Mix (2011)

Man, what a lucky break to get so much solid music in one month. 2011 promises to drop a ton of new sounds and visits from old friends, from Cold Cave (more rock this time, less New Order) to The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and The Crystal Stilts. This February mix boats some rockabilly, electro, rock, and old fashioned indie success blasting out UR speakers. My new favorites The Vaccines from our UK friends, and Weekend, Dirty Beaches - make the list a whole lot better and more ecclectic. You can't find it over at Streelight, sucka. Likewise, I have decided to bring back Sash Suicide as my roll call girl - for the monthly mixes. She's all grows'd up but can still be found dishing on Suicide Girls blog or via her beau's site at Liquid Science. Someone hire this girl to do more shoots!!! Likewise photo appears courtesy of Liquid Science. I gotta fever and I need more cowbell... Also just bought my tickets to see Echo and The Bunnymen at the SF Warfield. They are touring and playing their first album "Crocodiles" and "Heaven up Here" back-t0-back. There will be a post on this show shortly. Now if someone could only find me the solo Ian Mcculloch show from the recent Cathedral appearance, I'd be happy. what other SF shows should I book while I am in town?

McCrank's Juke - February Mix (2011)
01. Shake the Shackles - Crystal Stilts
02. Distance - Beach Fossils
03. Running Out Of You - Keep Shelly In Athens
04. Blow It Up - The Vaccines
05. Bad Girls - M.I.A.
06. Coma Summer - Weekend
07. The Great Pan Is Dead - Cold Cave
08. Bruises - MINKS
09. Belong - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
10. The Singer (Johnny Cash Cover) - Dirty Beaches

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McCrank's Juke - January Mix (2011)

McCrank's Juke - January Mix (2011)

It's winter time, but you'd think it was Spring with all the new music popping out. New Cold Cave, Crystal Stilts, Explosions In The Sky, Social Distortion and a whole host of other acts dropping albums and EPs. From aged acts like R.E.M. to sophomore rockers Warpaint. There's a lot to be said for new music on 2011. The chart/mix below features some missed opportunities, albums that slipped by me, or tracks and acts - who've dropped some music - but kind of slid by on the side. Mathew Dear's David Bowie impression and Grimes, shine on this mix tape. I even nod back to our friends HTRK, Jonsi and The Smiths for a nostalgic turn. A lot of acts and a lot of music - my advice is to listen to them all - even if it's for a short Myspace plug. They are all trippin and very solid rock. This time we've even delighted in dropping twenty tracks up from our usual ten, as a celebration of a possible re-birth. Hopefully, the followers of this blog already jam to these great musicians, but if not - please do stop and take a listen as these acts scramble to upbeat the Live 105.3 acts that dominate todays charts. All I can say is thank god for XM Radio and some of the indie radio jamming tunes down my throat. Grimmace at 103.3 in Santa Clara comes to mind. Indie college and throwback. Much thanks! Re-live, a, inspire, enlist!

McCrank's Juke - January Mix (2011)

01. Ten Little Pills - Slumber Party

02. Kiss Before The Fall - HTRK

03. Happiness - Jonsi & Alex

04. Little People (Black City)- Mathew Dear

05. Venus in Fleurs- Grimes

06. Majesty - Warpaint

07. Back I Beat The Waves - The Mariner's Children

08. Dancing on My Bed - The Pleasure Kills

09. Big Escape - Pearly Gate Music

10. Lately (Deuxieme) - Memoryhouse

11. Funeral Song - Minks

12. Blurred Tonight - Blank Dogs

13. Don't Mind - Spectrals

14. Stretch Out And Wait - The Smiths

15. Let's Get out Of Here - Les Savy Fav

16. Fountain Stairs - Deerhunter

17. Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells

18. All Die Young - Smith Westerns

19. Kaputt - Destroyer

20. Not In Love - Crystal Castles/Robert Smith

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Frank Sez Rise from the DEAD?!?!?

A nice mention from Frank over at the Bunnymen's Villiers Terrace forum site. Sez we should rise from the dead? Do you agree? Leave a comment if you'd like more live cuts, rarities and music!

Shine So Hard!

-McCrank