Zombie nation

I wanna go to the Dawn of the Dead mall too!



ZOMBIE SONGS MUDDAFUGGAH!!

(mp3) The Upperclassmen - Cha cha with the zombie
Available on ??? (???)

(mp3) Pete Woodhead and Daniel Mudford - Zombie creeping flesh
Available on Shaun Of The Dead Soundtrack (2004)

(mp3) Dead Man's Bones - My body's a zombie for you
Available on S/t (2009)

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #72

(mp3) Laleh - Water
Available on Forgive But Not Forget (2005)

(mp3) Brad Fiedel - Theme from Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Available on Terminator 2: Judgment Day Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)

(mp3) Robyn - Healthy love (feat. Cindy)
Available on My Truth (1999)

(mp3) The Constructus Corporation - Wakey wakey
Available on The Ziggurat (2002)

(mp3) J.J. Cale - Like you used to
Available on Closer To You (1994)

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #71

(mp3) Ossler - Borra hål
Available on Ett Brus (2008)

(mp3) Frank Sinatra - What is this thing called love
Available on In The Wee Small Hours (1954)

(mp3) Will Oldham - I am still what I meant to be
Available on Joya (1997)

(mp3) U2 - Last night on earth
Available on Pop (1997)

(mp3) Wilson Pickett - She's so good to me
Available on The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966)

Pearl Jam - "Trinaural"

I absolutely love Pearl Jam and every album they've put out.

However, one or two of them have been a bit... uneven. Binaural (2000) and Riot Act (2002) come to mind.

But it's not a question of the band hitting a creative slump every now and then. No no. Looking into the studio outtakes it seems as though the band simply picked the wrong tracks for the album, leaving some of the best songs off.

So in 2003 I removed the less-than-great songs on Binaural (the three shallow punky opening tracks for example... What the fuck was up with that?) and replaced them with the outtakes on the rarities compilation Lost Dogs (2003) and burned a cd with my own version of Binaural. Very simple. I also moved the last couple of tracks around to make the huge epic, anthemic Sleight Of Hand the final track.

So instead of a so-so album with potential, you get is an album that's just as good as anything they've ever released. I dare say that Trinaural (see what I did there?) is the best Pearl Jam album since Vitalogy (1994). But then again, I worship No Code (1996) and the underrated Yield (1998) as well...

Aw fuck, I can't make up my mind. All Pearl Jam albums are essential listening in their own way.

Either way, I don't think I've listened to the "real" Binaural album since I made this version. No reason. Trinaural is just that good.

Fucking hell, I'm a genius. I should get an award.

(zip) Pearl Jam - Trinaural (45 mb)

1. Sad
2. Hitchhiker
3. Light years
4. Nothing as it seems
5. Thin air
6. In the moonlight
7. Insignificance
8. Of the girl
9. Education
10. Fatal
11. Sweet lew
12. Soon forget
13. Sleight of hand

Buy Binaural and Lost Dogs @ Amazon.com.

The sun ain't gonna shine anymore

Perhaps this is the long lost cousin of one of the most popular theme mixes ever on this blog - the summer mix of June 2009.

Recognise.

(zip) Metal Bastard's Sun Songs (83 mb)

1. The Posies - Flood of sunshine (1990)
2. Wilco - Sunny feeling (2009)
3. Scott Walker - Sunshine (1973)
4. The Arctic Monkeys - When the sun goes down (2006)
5. Freinds - Sun eat kids (1998)
6. The Sex Pistols - Holidays in the sun (1977)
7. The Kinks - Sunny afternoon (1966)
8. Stevie Wonder - Blame it on the sun (1972)
9. Weeping Willows - Sunny days (2001)
10. The Pernice Brothers - There goes the sun (2005)
11. Richard Hawley - Sunlight (2001)
12. Josh Rouse - Sunshine (come on lady) (2003)
13. Joe Volk - The sun also rises (2006)
14. Stiltskin - Sunshine and butterflies (1994)
15. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Into the next sun (2001)

Pay for your music, hombre.

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #70

(mp3) William Bell - Nothing takes the place of you
Available on The Soul of a Bell (1967)

(mp3) Jefferson Airplace - Comin' back to me
Available on Surrealistic Pillow (1967)

(mp3) Roger Waters feat. Eric Clapton - 4.41 AM (sexual revolution)
Available on The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (1984)

(mp3) Philip Selway - Patron saint
Available on Familial (2010)

(mp3) Yo La Tengo - The crying of lot G
Available on And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000)

Soledad Brothers galore

I was never a huge fan of Soledad Brothers, as I always found them wildly uneven. Moments of brilliance interspersed with moments of "meh" and "I think I'll listen to The Black Keys instead".

But when they were good, they were fucking excellent. So I compiled the fucking excellent tracks into one irresistible little collection for all to enjoy. All the little golden nuggets in one place, all the yummy little raisins plucked from the otherwise rather bland fruitcake and placed in a neat little pile, ready for consumption. I'm not very good at analogies, can you tell?

42 minutes of feverish, voodoo-infused blues rock straight from the steaming gator-infested swamps of... uhm, Ohio. They have steaming gator-infested swamps in Ohio, right?

(zip) Soledad Brothers - Soul Daddy Brotherhood (60 mb)

1. Cage that tiger (2003)
2. Downtown paranoia blues (2006)
3. Prodigal stones blues (2002)
4. The weight of the world (2000)
5. This guitar says I'm sorry (2002)
6. Crooked crown (2006)
7. Break 'em on down (2002)
8. Lay down this world (2003)
9. Lovin' machine (2000)
10. White jazz (2006)
11. Shaky puddin' (feat. Jack White, 2001)
12. Ain't it funny (2003)
13. There's no sunshine when she's gone (Bill Withers cover, 2002)
14. Lorali (2003)

Like whatcha hear? Pay for it.

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #69

(mp3) A Tribe Called Quest - I left my wallet in El Segundo
Available on People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)

(mp3) Christoffer Lundquist - Green
Available on Through the Window (2011)

(mp3) John Coltrane - Blues minor
Available on Africa/Brass (1961)

(mp3) R.L. Burnside feat. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Boogie chillen' (John Lee Hooker cover)
Available on A Ass Pocket of Whiskey (1996)

(mp3) Songs: Ohia - The body burned away
Available on Ghost Tropic (2000)

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #68

Eldkvarn ftw.

Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn, Eldkvarn.

Worship.

(mp3) Caesars - (I'm gonna) kick you out
Available on Youth Is Wasted On The Young (1998)

(mp3) Håkan Hellström - Kom igen Lena!
Available on Det Är Så Jag Säger Det (2002)

(mp3) Eldkvarn - Alice
Available on Himmelska Dagar (1987)

(mp3) Vacuum - Science in the sacred
Available on The Plutonium Cathedral (1997)

(mp3) Lady Gaga - Brown eyes
Available on The Fame (2008)

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #67

(mp3) Clarisse Muvemba - Time is now
Available on Roses (2007)

(mp3) bob hund - Nu är det väl revolution på gång?
Available on Jag Rear Ut Min Själ! Allt Ska Bort! (1998)

(mp3) The Solution - You never liked me somehow
Available on Will Not Be Televised (2007)

(mp3) Spiritualized - Home of the brave
Available on Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (1997)

(mp3) Tom Waits - Dog door
Available on Orphans (2006)

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #66

(mp3) Nathaniel Mayer & His Fabulous Twilights - The village of love
Available on Village of Love (compilation, 1996)

(mp3) Mauro Scocco - En döende sort
Available on Musik För Nyskilda (2011)

(mp3) Drummer - Good golly
Available on Feel Good Together (2009)

(mp3) Aver - Phantom limb
Available on S/t (2011)

(mp3) Stone Temple Pilots - Pretty Penny
Available on Purple (1994)

Songs That Get My Juices Flowing #65

I would like, if I may, to particularly recommend the New Model Army-ish stylings of Bay Laurel and the sassy grooves of Doris.

You're welcome.

(mp3) Big K.R.I.T. (feat Raheem Devaughn) - Players ballad
Available on Return of 4Eva (2011)

(mp3) Bay Laurel - Black dove
Available on Days of Joy (1996)

(mp3) Quest For Fire - Psychic seasons
Available on Lights From Paradise (2010)

(mp3) Doris - Don't
Available on Did You Give The World Some Love Today Baby (1970)

(mp3) Joe Tex - We held on
Available on Bumps & Bruises (1977)

The Friday MP3 Shuffle #117

Like I did here back in April, I'll share a mix that I normally post on my metal blog every Friday.

But I have a feeling this week's mix will appeal to readers of this blog as well, so here it is. Enjoy.

(zip) MP3 Shuffle #117 (80 mb)

1. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - I've got money (1968)
2. Blackwater Park - Roundabout (1971)
3. Stack - Poison ivy (1969)
4. The Litter - Action woman (1967)
5. Shocking Blue - Harley Davidson (1969)
6. Blue Öyster Cult - Cities on flame with rock and roll (1972)
7. Scorpions - Action (1972)
8. The Ghost - Too late to cry (1970)
9. Jeronimo - News (1970)
10. Mott the Hoople - Thunderbuck ram (1970)
11. Savoy Brown - Someday people (1968)
12. Rory Gallagher - Moonchild (1976)
13. Corpus - Creation a child (1971)

Pay for your music.