Song of the Day - Philip Seymour Hoffman

Duck. Little Brother, Duck! - Philip Seymour Hoffman (It's The Wonder of Nature Baby!) from Survival Is Not A Workout (2010)

Math-y goodness from one of the coolest albums of any time, Survival Is Not A Workout.



RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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Song of the Day - What We Loved Was Not Enough

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - What We Loved Was Not Enough from Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything (2014)

Efrim Menuck and the A Silver Mt. Zion crew is back and now going by Thee Silver Mt. Zion memorial Orchestra. Their new album, Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything is pretty tame for what Menuck has released before when it comes to his experimental post-rock music history. Still, "What We Loved Was Not Enough" is one of my favorite Thee Silver Mt. Zion songs and I am very glad to hear it on this album.

"What We Loved Was Not Enough" was originally released on a somewhat rare EP featuring the song in two parts in 2012. The EP was called The West Will Rise Again and limited to about 1000 copies.

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Song of the Day - Another Song Called Supersoaker

Grass is Green - Another Song Called Supersoaker from Vacation Vinny (2014)

New stuff just released by Boston's post punk noisemakers.

Boston has an incredible music scene right now.

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Song of the Day - Baby Face

CUSS - Baby Face from Heavenly (2013)


From the Portland Jesus Lizard-like noise rock outfit, CUSS and their new album, Heavenly (out now). Very heavenly indeed.

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Song of the Day - Phobophobic

Conjjjecture - Phobophobic from Living For Dead Labor (2013)

Conjjjecture are a relatively new music group from Portland, Maine that press out some mellow beats, blow on a trumpet, and mumble into a microphone. It's really pretty refreshing stuff!

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Song of the Day - I Cry (K.Y.)

Nasty Negligee - I Cry (K.Y.) from Level 3 (2012)

Despite closing for a very mixed bag of local acts and a touring band as eardrum shattering as Host, Sterling Black and the rest of the gang put on a fine performance yesterday for their Sunday matinee punk show in Portland.

Too bad everyone left to go to work or to church or wherever/whatever people do after 6 o'clock on Sundays...


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Song of the Day - Paper Thin

RVIVR - Paper Thin from The Beauty Between (2013)

The Beauty Between is RVIVR's new album released just yesterday after being pushed back for almost a year.

"Paper Thin" is currently my favorite track with "The Hunger Suite I. Go Away" creeping close behind.



You can grab the whole album for free (or by donation ;) ) at the Rumbletowne Records homepage or pay 10 punk dollars for it on their Bandcamp.

"Paper Thin" can also be heard on RVIVR's Belebend 7-inch along with the demo version of "Wrong Way/One Way".

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Song of the Day - Peter Pan

The Waldos - Peter Pan from Sans (2013)

Portland, Maine's math rock superstars, The Waldos might me dead, but now that they have finally released their long awaited album entitled, Sans, the music will live on inside all of us. Or just in mp3 form.

Here's one off the new album:



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Song of the Day - Blurry

Captain Hollow - Blurry from Blurry $iNGLE (2013)



Maine's only emo band has a mega hot new single out and rumors of a new album a hundred years in the works. Supposedly the new album will be called "Greatest Hits" which I think is really dumb. Maybe because that's what I wanted to name my first album when I was kid and had dreams of becoming a big rock star some day...

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Song of the Day - Devil Town (by way of cello doom!)

Correspondences - Devil Town from Christmas // Devil Town (2012)

Usually I wait to Wednesday to post covers but whatever...

Here's Correspondences (all-female cello-driven doom band formally of Portland, Maine) taking on Daniel Johnston (one of the most covered musicians of all time) and his all too familiar song for a lot of us living in devil towns with vampires as friends.



PS: I'm not sure why this song says it's by Lee (as in Lee King, the drummer?). It sounds like Correspondences to me and is on their bandcamp...

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Song of the Day - Stairway to Hell

Iron Sword - Stairway to Hell from Demo (2012)

These guys put on a great performance tonight along with Eastern Spell (ME), The Proselyte (MA), and the ever wild and crazy WARANIMAL!



David Wooderson tellin' it is.

Jklol.

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Song of the Day - Bird Balloons

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Bird Balloons from Ripley Pine (2013)

Former Maine-native Aly Spaltro AKA Lady Lamb the Beekeeper has herself a new album coming out via her new label, Ba Da Bing Records. This is "Bird Balloons", the snazzy single which is sure to impress. Listen up:


The release date for Ripley Pine is February 19th.

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Song of the Day - When You Go Back to College

Paul Baribeau - When You Go Back to College from Paul Baribeau (2005)

Well winter vaca is all over for me... time to go back to college.


Know the feel?

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Song of the Day - House

The Waldos - House from Sludged Out Fish Logic (2011)

Tonight The Waldos of Portland, Maine played their last show. It's a shame to see another stellar local act call it quits but bands in Portland are like the city itself... They rise like a phoenix and in that phoenix is a new band that is even cooler than the last.

For any of you who don't know, Portland is sorta like a phoenix since it burned down three times.



...and rose of course.

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RIP The Waldos (2010-2012)

Song of the Day - The Apocalypse Made Me Brave

Girlfriends - The Apocalypse Made Me Brave from Girlfriends (2009)

HERE'S TO EVERYONE WHO SURVIVED THE MAYAN APOCALYPSE YESTERDAY!


Feels good to be alive.

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Song of the Day - Pile Of Dirt

Speaker For The Dead - Pile Of Dirt from I Hope You Have Fun While You Sleep (2011)

Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Speaker Of The Dead play their dancing folk punk music for the first time. I wasn't quite sure what they would sound like or cause the crowd to do - since the show started off as a seated event - but as their music began to pick up and people started to feel the energy pumping through SFTD's chords, the chairs were thrown to the side and the partying began.

Thanks to Greg McKillop, the frontman, for putting the show on! It was a real nice treat and a good sort of welcome back for me as I am now home for the holidays!



This track is supposedly an Allenby Beardsly cover.

The Gundam fighter pilot?

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