In this periodically random, or randomly periodic series I will be highlighting batches of music that I find interesting. They will likely be new, but they might be old. They could be superstars, but mostly they will be unheard of, independently labeled and somewhat obscure. They will be free, but you are encouraged to buy. They will all be good, at least to me, at the time I post them. Your mileage may very. Heck, my mileage may very a day after I post them.
"The Dean Street Shuffle" - Last Man Standing
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Started when singer/songwriter Max Vanderwolf stumbled out of an AA meeting and ran into guitarist Chris Cordoba, Last Man Standing consists of those two plus a mad-cap collection of London area musicians. The band has been playing gigs throughout the London underground and has finally rose up with their debut album False Starts & Broken Promises.
The results are a conglomeration of sounds one might hear in a burlesque show in the back of a third-tier carnival. "The Dean Street Shuffle" starts out as a laid back groove one might play on a lazy Sunday but about halfway through morphs into some bizarre martian love making ditty out of Tom Waits basement. In a word: awesome.
Check out their website, and myspace for more.
"Do You Remember" - Sweet Apple
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J. Mascis likes to tell people that forming this side project saved co-member (and Cobre Verde singer) John Petkovic's life, then he adds, "but they don't believe me." What some folks are calling an indie-rock supergroup formed when Petkovic took off on a long, aimless cross-country drive after the death of his mother. He wound up in Vermont hooking up with friend and Witch bassist Dave Sweetapple, who then hooked him up with Dinosaur Jr. front man J. Mascis. From there the three decided to form a band (grabbing Cobre Verde guitarist Tim Parnin to help with guitars) and Sweet Apple was born. Their album, Love and Desperation will be out in March.
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