Newman's New One

No guilty pleasure, this.

I'm sure many of our ilk get a bit stirred by any signs of impending New Pornographers-related activity. So consider me, ahem, aroused by the advent of Get Guilty, the forthcoming lp by head NP A.C. Newman, slated for release by Matador on 20 January 2009. Here's a freebie from the newbie, plus a couple from The Slow Wonder, his 2004 solo debut, and a trio by his super supergroup.

A.C. Newman - There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve mp3 - from Get Guilty
The Slow Wonder
Miracle Drug mp3
Drink To Me Babe, Then mp3

The New Pornographers
Graceland mp3
Challengers
My Rights Versus Yours mp3
Myriad Harbour mp3

Crowded Sat.: The Phantom Band, Ideal Free Distribution, Starkeys, Hot Lava, Rescues, Love Is All, Lukestar, Layaways

Oh, hallefreakinlujah, it's a crowded Saturday, so I don't have to come up with excuses for not wri-. . .

The Phantom Band - Folk Song Oblivion mp3 - Glaswegian goodness from Checkmate Savage, due for 27 Jan. 09 release on local label Chemikal Underground

Ideal Free Distribution - William Buss mp3 - from Then We Were Older

Starkeys - Shift Drink mp3 - from Dilmun EP, out 25 Nov.

Hot Lava - Mummy Beach mp3 - from Lavalogy, released in October - Thanks to Mark Lipsitz at Bar None.

Ready to relax? Fuhgeddaboutit.
Love Is All - Wishing Well mp3 -from A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night, released on 11 Nov. - Yummy Gothenburgers! Thanks to Pitchfork.

The Rescues - Break Me Out - from LA band's debut album Crazy Ever, which broke 4 Nov.
The Postmarks - 11:59 (Blondie cover) mp3 - from their 12-tune cover LP, By-The-Numbers, released 11 Nov.

Lukestar - two songs from Norgwegian band's Lake Toba, coming out on Flameshovel - Thanks to Brooke Black at Big Hassle Media.

The Shade You Hide mp3

White Shade mp3 - We especially love the chorus. Just try not to smile. Cool vid here.

The Layaways - Keep It to Yourself mp3 - from The Space Between, released this past Tuesday - You will find a bunch more free downloads at the Layaways' website. Naturally we're still enjoying these from an earlier post:

Silence mp3

Let Me In mp3

Click song titles to hear songs, green artist names for more. And have yourselves a groovy little weekend, mkay?

Humpday Howdy: Future Clouds, Cotton Mather, Tall Dwarfs, Marching Band, Pallers, Parties, Two Hours, Miss D, Sad Day, Death Cab, et. al.

Hello, Mr. Harrison.

Recently somebody made fun of somebody for using the word "Humpday." Some people can be so very cruel. Sigh.

Austinites

Future Clouds and Radar - The Epcot View mp3 - from Peoria, released 4 Nov. - headed by Robert Harrison, formerly of Cotton Mather - Speaking of which, here are a couple of Mathers we previously posted and love.

Cotton Mather - Lost My Motto (Millenium Chrome Version) mp3 - from Hotel Baltimore

Last of the Mohicans mp3 - from The Big Picture, as is the next one

40 Watt Solution mp3

Interlude

Tall Dwarfs - Meet the Beatle mp3 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, wrong Harrison. . .and yet so very, very right.

Scandifun

Marching Band - from this year's Spark Large

For Your Love mp3 - Love that shift at exactly 1:00 (Declarative, not imperative.)

Make No Plans mp3

Pallers - Humdrum mp3 - Thanks to Christian Liljas at Labrador Records.

Femmes Vitales

Miss Derringer - Black Tears mp3
Sad Day For Puppets - Little Light mp3 - More Scandi fun. . .

Strummers

Two Hours Traffic - Sure Can Start mp3

The Parties - Yours and Mine mp3 - San Franciscans chime it nicely, too.

Endgame (No, FR, not that kind! :-) )

Made In China - How Everything Works mp3 - These Bridgewater, New Jerseyites' debut LP Sonic Blog V.1 is due out on 18 Nov. on Recordburger Records. - Thanks to AOL's Spinner.com.

Death Cab For Cutie - 405 (acoustic) mp3

Music of the Sphere: Apples, M. Sweet, Telepathic B's, Hooray FE, King Tuff, No Age, Broadfield M's, Nirvana, Maritime, Gladshot, Ninja G, et. al.

Happy Sun Day. Many thanks, hostfolk.

The Apples in Stereo - (Baby It’s) So Cold - You Aint No Picasso

The Telepathic Butterflies - The Gossip Trail - 5 Acts

Gladshot - All I Want - Speed of Dark

Le Man Avec Les Lunettes - Apples - Milk Milk Lemonade

Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself - CYSTSFTS
Ninja Gun - Eight Miles Out & Restless Rubes - CYSTSFTS

King Tuff - Connection & Sun Medallion - CYSTSFTS - strange, yes, but strangely satisfying

King Tuff - Lady - IndieMUSE

Hooray For Earth - Warm Out - IndieMUSE

Tulsa - Mass - IndieMUSE

Broadfield Marchers - Morning Heat Leader - Allan's World of Music
Metro Station - Shake It - Allan's World of Music
Maritime - Boy from School - Allan's World of Music
Nirvana - Stay Away - Allan's World of Music
No Age - Here Should Be My Home - Allan's World of Music

November Nightwalk

Oh, what a neato night of pavement pounding! Here, in precise order, is the crème de la crème of tonight’s just-completed nocturnal mission, randomly chosen for us by my thoughtful little pod. Clicking the LABELS doodads down dere just might turn up more tuneage by acts you like.

Robert Pollard - Pop Zeus mp3

You Are My Everything - Factory of New Consent mp3

The Daysleepers - The Soft Attack mp3

Strawberry Story - Ashlands Road mp3

Bedroom Eyes - The Skywriter mp3

Debbie Harry - Two Times Blue mp3

Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You mp3

Little My – Do You Really Want to Go mp3

The Most Serene Republic - Sherry and Her Butterfly Net mp3

Quant - Starkey and Me mp3

Maximo Park - Girls Who Play Guitars mp3

The Zebras – You Look Ready mp3

Music of the Sphere: Brave New World/Friend/Citrus Edition

I don't know if this one will seem different, although I sense I'm about to blab my flippin' fingies off. This is my first post from my front porch. Crisp Fall day, leaves like snowflakes, mellow fruitfulness, etc. Yeh, that's right, freakin' Keats here. Anyway, the world of blog seems to be changing before my eyes as well. Got intimations of it last week or so at a PLAGUE of ANGELS and a caveat at Bag of Songs on Saturday. (Contrary to appearances, I do count myself among the ranks of music bloggers and therefore have a vested interest in this.) In sum, the record industry is pressuring Blogger to yank posts with unauthorized tuneage, and Blogger's doing the deed. That doesn't really affect me that much because I made it a point from the start to post pretty much exclusively authorized material. I assumed/pretended most bloggers were operating under the same strictures, but apparently not. So these Music of the Sphere posts might start changing as the favorite blogs begin buckling or even going under. But for now, behold some valuable availables.

Here's a new friend (doesn't know me, etc.) I acquired via the comments at alt-gramma's post on Blogger's yanking of her chain/posts. Mojophenia (who also got wanked) works out of Essex (you know, England--Ah! Layer de la Haye, shall I ever forget thee?) and is a cornucopia of great stuff, much of which is new and pleasing to me. Hope it gets your mojo working, too. Taking the lemons of bad news and making squash, I spent a bit of Sunday afternoon going through his posts back to April 08 and particularly like the following. Needless to say, I left a lot behind, so go there and dig yourself (or his music, or both). Thanks, Mojo (if I may be so familiar)!

The Chords - Something's Missing - Mojophenia
Squires - My Mind Goes Round In Circles - Mojophenia
Purple Hearts - Jimmy - Mojophenia
The Quads - There Must Be Thousands - Mojophenia

Underground Heroes - Skinnie Twins - Mojophenia

The Auto Dropouts - Drop The Bombs - Mojophenia
The Zombies - Care Of Cell 44 - Mojophenia - Well, I've know them awhile now.
Fan-Tan - Fall Of Rome & After Thoughts - Mojophenia

The Plastic Pals - She's Going Back - Mojophenia

Gladshot - Straight From The Fridge - Mojophenia
The Kits - Hold Hand Hell - Mojophenia
Redtrack - Can't Be Arsed - Mojophenia

The Parents - Scientific Proof Of The Soul - Mojophenia

The Love Me Nots - Give Em What They Want - Mojophenia
Salme Dahlstrom - Superstar Car Crash - Mojophenia
The Grants - Nothing To Lose - Mojophenia

Happy 'Ween

This is our Hallowed Eve tradition, and we're sticking to it. May your treats exponentially exceed the tricks.

{thunderegg} - The Envelope Pushes Back - What About (The Children) (Single Edit) mp3

Music of the Sphere, Emergency Post: Swervedriver, Shins, J&M Chain, Lush, New P's, Darker My Love, M. Penn, S. Forbert, G. McLennan, et. al. . . .

I'd planned to lay off a day or two, give you time to savor the last feast, etc., but it looks like the first tune below is about to be taken down, so go there now, if you like.
Thanks to all the beneficent host(esse)s!

Swervedriver - Duel - mp3hugger
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On & Just Like Honey & Cracking Up - Indiecent Music
Lush - Untogether - Tsururadio
Darker My Love - 2 Ways - Tsururadio
The New Pornographers - Use It - Tsururadio
Michael Penn - No Myth - Tsururadio

The Hollies - Step Inside - Some Velvet Blog
The Shins - Sea Legs - *Sixeyes
Steve Forbert - Thirty Thousand Men - *Sixeyes
Grant McLennan - Lighting Fires - Speed of Dark - for those of you who like The Go-Betweens

Moi Caprice - To the Lighthouse - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
The Dears - Hate Then Love - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
Bjorn Norestig - We Can Make It Last - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
The Levellers - Last Man Alive - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
Concrete Blonde - Joey & Happy Birthday & Someday? - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
Lindsey Buckingham - Love Runs Deeper & Underground - a PLAGUE of ANGELS

Music of the Sphere, Retro Music Snob Edition: Ride, XTC, Smiths, Echo, J&M Chain, Elastica, Camper, Byrds, Orleans, ABBA, Ramones

I'm so excited about these I can barely type. Ebullient thanks to Gary the Great at RMS.

Ride - Twisterella - Retro Music Snob - only one of the five best songs of the 90's, that's all
XTC - Senses Working Overtime - Retro Music Snob
The Smiths - There is a Light that Never Goes Out - Retro Music Snob
Echo and the Bunnymen - Do It Clean - Retro Music Snob
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy - Retro Music Snob

Elastica - Stutter & Waking Up - Retro Music Snob

Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling - Retro Music Snob
The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman - Retro Music Snob
Orleans - Dance With Me - Retro Music Snob
ABBA - SOS - Echoes in the Wind - I got to this through RMS, mkay?
Ramones - Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment - Retro Music Snob

Safes and Sounds: Brian Jonestown, Hooray For Earth, TPOBPAH, K. Andrews, Oranger, Hush Now, Ettes, Davila 666, Wino, Polara, Get Help, et. al. . .

Hiyas.

Hooray For Earth - from their self-titled LP on Dopamine Records, due out 13 Jan. 09; and, yeh, it's a pretty good planet.

Take Care mp3

Want Want Want mp3

Kyle Andrews - from Real Blasty, due out on 20 Jan. 09

Sushi mp3

Wavering Between the Real and the Abstract mp3

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything With You mp3 - from the single of the same name, released 8 Oct. - We're still very much enjoying these previously posted Pains killers:

Doing All the Things That Wouldn't Make Your Parents Proud mp3
Orchard of My Eye mp3

Oranger - Going Under mp3 - Note the primo powerpop shift.

The Hush Now - Sadie Hawkins Dance mp3 - Thanks to Team Clermont.

Davila 666 - Dimelo Ya - Puertorriqueños want answers! Gracias a Pitchfork.

The Ettes - I Heard Tell - from Look at Life Again Soon - Thanks to Ian Anderson at Vitriol. Maybe you'd like these, too, in case you missed them.
Marathon mp3
No More Surprises mp3

The Safes - Sight of All Light mp3 - Thanks to Fanatic Promotion.

Wino - Dutch Oven mp3 - from A Bottle Of Pills With A Bullet Chaser, out 4 Nov.

Polara - Is This It? - nice Beatles-Go-to-India vibe

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Yeah-Yeah mp3 - Here's a couple of more:

Cold to the Touch mp3

Seer mp3

Get Help - Red Jacket Orchards mp3

Dar Williams - It's Alright mp3 - from Promised Land

Gemma Hayes - Out of Our Hands mp3 - from The Hollow of Morning

The Olympic Symphonium - Intentions Alone - from More In Sorrow Than Anger, due out 11 Nov. - kind of a nice way to end it. . .

Thus concludeth our second year of festivities here at Powerpopulist. Thank you very much for visiting.

Too Popped to Poop: Secret Dakota Ring, Holly & the Italians, Weightlifters, Lovetones, Ham1, Sweet Jesus, Snapper, Vapors

Ham I am.

I feel another one of those moods coming on, so I better post quick. Excellent songs, low serotonin, no biggie.

The Weightlifters - Many thanks to main/pretty much exclusive 'lifter, Adam McLaughlin, for permission to post these songs from the excellent Last of the Sunday Drivers, available for listening here and purchase here and here. The new Weightlifters album, O My Stars, is due out soon ("late September/early October").

Low mp3
Oblivion Shines mp3
Undefined mp3

The Lovetones

mantra mp3

Inside A Dream mp3 - And maybe you'd like to hear this previously posted 'tones tune.

Wintertime in Hollywood mp3

Ham1 - I Wave Back mp3 - "western surf" from the forthcoming The Underground Stream, due out in early 2009 - And here's a previously posted one we're still enjoying from the self-titled debut:

Pop Song for a Funeral mp3 - According to these noble Athenians' MySpace site, both albums are available for free download here.

Secret Dakota Ring - The Fade to Black mp3 - from Cantarell, due out Tuesday - The following previously posted songs are also pp-pleasers. More? OK Go here .

broken cars mp3

my window mp3

Here are a few goodies, excellenties actually, I found poking around at the if things were perfect blog at the superb Slumberland Records site. Many, many more await you there.

Sweet Jesus - Sindy Makes Believe mp3

Holly & The Italians - Youth Coup mp3

Snapper - Pop Your Top mp3

The Vapors - Waiting for the Weekend mp3

Well, whaddayaknow, I feel better. (What a cheap schtick for a post, even if true.)

Music of the Sphere, cont'd: Teenage Fanclub, Ride, The Church, Broadfield Marchers, Submarines, Georgie James, Rosebuds, Eulogies, M83, et. al. . . .

Okay, this wraps the current cache of faveblog finds. Hope you enjoy them. Thanks to the favebloggers.

Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows - 24 Hour Party Pooper
Ride - Vapor Trail - 24 Hour Party Pooper
The Church - Already Yesterday - 24 Hour Party Pooper

Broadfield Marchers - Amazing Wheels & When Cowards Stall - The Rockist Society

The Submarines - The Wake Up Song - The Yellow Stereo
Georgie James - Look Me Up - The Yellow Stereo
The Rosebuds - The Lover's Rights - The Yellow Stereo

Eulogies - Two Can Play & One Man - Speed of Dark

Arizona - Swimming Hole - Music for Kids Who Can't Read Good

The Loves - The Ex Gurlfriend - Indie-MP3
The Morning Light - Honest (Apologies Endless) - Allan's World of Music
M83 - Graveyard Girl - Dead Flowers
Olivia Newton John - If Not For You - Star Maker Machine

Music of the Sphere, cont'd: New Friend Edition

As I said Monday, I've found so many fine songs at faveblogs the past few days, I'm distributing them over multiple posts. I also have the pleasure of announcing a new blogfriend (who doesn't know me, etc.) over at Armagideon Time. I spent a couple of highly diverting hours at bitterandrew's superb blog and found not only excellent--and often rare--tuneage but felicitious writing and piquant posts built around what appears to be a staggeringly extensive comic book collection. So thanks, Andrew. I'm really looking forward to listening and learning at your blog.

Hoodoo Gurus - Death Ship - Armagideon Time
The Damned - Anti-Pope - Armagideon Time
Transvision Vamp - Baby, I Don't Care - Armagideon Time
Polysics - Making Sense - Armagideon Time - rock whirlwind indeed

The Rare Breed - Beg, Borrow, and Steal - Armagideon Time - 1966 retro
Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You - Armagideon Time - luscious guitar bits!
The Gymslips - Robot Man - Armagideon Time
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - Danny's Song - Armagideon Time

P.S.: So now it looks like I'll be posting another Music of the Sphere tomorrow or so. Stay tuned.

Music of the Sphere: Byrds, Kinks, Ten Years After, Go-Betweens, Bangles, Urge Overkill, Lucksmiths, B. Benson, J. Browne A. Hammond, J. Noir, M's

Once again, I've found so many fine tunes at favorite blogs, I must break them down into a couple of posts. Be sure to thank the gracious hosts, as do I hereby.

Wayback Machine

The Byrds - My Back Pages - Star Maker Machine
The Byrds - You Ain't Going Nowhere - Star Maker Machine
The Kinks - Dedicated Follower of Fashion - Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas
Ten Years After - I'd Love to Change the World - Armagideon Time
Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn - Star Maker Machine

Nearer to Now
The Go-Betweens - Was There Anything I Could Do? - a PLAGUE of ANGELS

The Go-Betweens - Right Here - a PLAGUE of ANGELS
The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian - Are You Embarrassed Easily?
Jackson Browne - Running on Empty - Are You Embarrassed Easily?
Urge Overkill - Sister Havana - CYSTSFTS

Au Courantish

The Lucksmiths - T-Shirt Weather - *Sixeyes

Brendan Benson - Cold Hands, Warm Heart - *Sixeyes
Albert Hammond - Postal Blowfish - *Sixeyes

Jim Noir - Don't You Worry & Happy Day Today - Music for Kids Who Can't Read Good

The M's - Don't Be Late - Music for Kids Who Can't Read Good

Quite A Few Bands With Longish Names But Also Some One-And-Two-Namers, All Excellent

So much music, so little time. Ohmeohmyoh, whatever am I gonna d--oh, sorry, didn't see you there. I was just, just, oh, never mind my tawdry little mind, let's get to it.

Quickstart

Cut Off Your Hands - Happy As Can Be mp3 - from Happy As Can Be EP, due 21 Oct.

International Jetsetters - Inside Out mp3 - from Heart Is Black EP, released 7 Oct., as is:
Inside Yourself mp3

Lighter Touch

Casper and the Cookies - Little King mp3 - from Modern Silence (release date still to be determined) - Thanks to three of our favorite (imaginary) girls for the headsup on this excellent Athens, GA group! And could we ever forget the following intensely pleasing number? No, we could not.
Sid from Central Park mp3

Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring - Your New Favourite Band mp3 - Thanks to Eardrums, which has some more nice ones and four superb fall compilations here and here.

Farfisa Fun

The Datsuns - Hey! Paranoid People! (What's In Your Head?) mp3 - from Head Stunts, due for release 14 Oct. - Kiwi vets

The Hospital Bombers - Neighborhood mp3 - from Footnotes, due for release 21 Oct. on the Saved By Radio label - Amsterdammers

Sweetwater
The Henry Clay People - Something in the Water mp3 - from For Cheap or For Free, out 4 Nov.
The Orion Experience - Sugar mp3 - from Heartbreaker EP, released 30 Sept. - Thanks to Vai Godhania at Fanatic. - initially dubious, but gets its pop on

Soft Landings by Two One-Name Bands Ending in "ik"

Fredrik - Black Fur mp3 - from Swedish underground (don't be frightened), with input from Band in Box, Scraps of Tape, Vit Päls, & The LK

Koushik - Lying in the Sun mp3 - from Out My Window, released 30 Sept. on Stone's Throw - Thanks to Pitchfork!

I've been meaning to say the following for some time now:

Dear Firefoxy Ladies and Laddies,

I have no idea why my little blogchild is being mangled, distorted, and abused by Firefox. This has happened several times in pphistory but eventually seems to correct itself. We regret any disorientation, nausea, and the like this might cause you. We are bearing up as stoically as possible, which is to say, not very well.

Sincerely,

pplist, aka "pplist"