(SPECIAL SEASON 4 PREMIERE, EXTRA-LONG, MULITi-SONG-BY-EACH-BAND EPISODE!) First up, two songs from the self-titled debut album by Kentucky's
Ideal Free Distribution (
eMusic,
Amazon). We heard "Saturday Drive" and "Elegant Sunbeam". Next up, my new neighbor here in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (by way of Albuquerque, New Mexico), and a very exciting new band:
Beirut. We heard two versions of the same song, "Scenic World." The first being the version from the debut album
Gulag Orkestar (
iTunes,
eMusic,
Amazon), and the next from the
Lon Gisland EP (
iTunes,
eMusic,
Amazon), which is much more representative of their David-Bern-meets-Eastern-Europe sound. Then we heard the only two songs I actively like from Georgia natives and
TSiMH favorites
Of Montreal's new album
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (
iTunes,
eMusic,
Amazon). We heard "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger" and "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse". And finally we heard three of my favorite songs from the debut album
Belles & Missiles (
iTunes,
CD Baby) by a new band (also from Athens) whose name is as good as their music:
Ice Cream Socialists. First "Zagnut's Revenge", then the Paquabell-esque "Luv Dem Cannonballz", and finally "Day of the Danny".
This episode features clips from comedian Jeff Caldwell, comedian Tom Mabe, and the movie Bulworth (Amazon).