FFFreakout #265 (Aired on 5/26/11)

Julian Lynch "Terra" from Terra
Religious Knives "The Message" from Smokescreen
Street Gnar "Without Blue" from Poking the World With a Stick
Trailblazer "Don't Need It Anyway" from Successor
Jerusalem & the Starbaskets "Walkin' Across Your Grave" from DOST
Ghost to Falco "Secrets of the Free" from Exotic Believers
Geeshie Wiley "Last Kind Words Blues" from American Primitive II
Bill Orcutt "Cold Ground" from A New Way to Pay Old Debts
Jandek "Quinn Boys II" from You Walk Alone
Sun Ra "Velvet" from College Tour Volume One
Hastings 3000 "I Ain't Trespassin'" from Heliotrope 8 compilation
Dreamland Faces "Brad Goes Hunting" from Heliotrope 8 compilation
Fortified Five "IddyBiddyDiddy" from Heliotrope 8 compilation
James Blake "Lindisfarne II" from S/T
Mount Kimbie "Would Know" from Crooks & Lovers

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JULIAN LYNCH - "GROUND" from Zahid Jiwa on Vimeo.

FFFreakout: Podcast #18 - Heliotrope Eight feature

Skoal Kodiak “Cruel Tic” Cold As Fuck compilation LP (Insides Music)

(Interview segment)

Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano “For Giuseppi Logan” Under A Double Moon LP (Roaratorio)

Milo Fine “Ulrich” Concerning “The Other Condition” split LP w/ Paul Metzger (Nero’s Neptune)

Paul Metzger “Geshenk” Gedanken Splitter LP (Roaratorio)

Mother of Fire “Death’s Apprentice” S/T LP (De Stijl)

Thunderbolt Pagoda “The Reclamation” (live) Heliotrope 8 compilation

(Interview segment)

Humanda “Paul Bunyan’s Playhouse Five” Heliotrope 8 compilation

Tender Meat “Untitled IV” Live at the Ritz. . . CS (Moon Glyph)

Votel “Fry Dem Night” Heliotrope 8 compilation

Lighted “F# Thing” Heliotrope 8 compilation

Nomia "Strangelet" Heliotrope 8 compilation

This week's webcast is focused on the Heliotrope Festival that is taking place this week in Minneapolis. Heliotrope is an annual 3-day music festival, now in its 8th year, that brings together a wide range of artists from the Twin Cities' vibrant underground music scene. We played several selections from some of the artists performing at this year’s festival. We also had the chance to chat with Erik Wivinus, one of the curators of Heliotrope and a member of the group Thunderbolt Pagoda, who will be performing as well. He provided us with some background on the festival, how it has evolved over the years, and how Heliotrope serves the local music scene. Check out the Flaneur Productions website for more details.

FFFreakout #264 (Aired on 5/19/11)

Burial "Street Halo" from Street Halo EP
Dylan Ettinger "Lion of Judah" from Lion of Judah 7"
Austra "The Future" from Feel It Break
Grouper "Alien Observer" from A I A: Alien Observer
Lougow "You'll Live and Die By Those Little Dogs" from Dull Thicket
The Bombay Sweets "Doin' the Jerk At Dawn" b/w Breath Control 7"
The Mummies "Mashi" from We Never Learn compilation
Michael and the Mumbles "Yea Yea Yea" from S/T
Soul Coughing "Casiotone Nation" (live) from Super Bon Bon single
R.E.M. "Radio Free Europe" (live) from Strange Currencies single
Blur "Country Sad Ballad Man" (live) from Live EP
New Order "Temptation" (live) from 60 Miles An Hour Tour EP

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FFFreakout: Podcast #17

Remote Islands “The Story of Chairs" Days of Heaven CS (Stunned)

Hobo Cubes “You Made Me Feel The Past” Sacred Phases – Inscriptions Vol.1 2xCS (Sacred Phases)

Harald Grosskopf “Emphasis” Synthesist LP (RVNG Intl.)

Fletcher Pratt “Back Woods Dub” Dub Sessions Vol. 1 CS (Dub Ditch Picnic)

Brother Raven “Suede” Pacific Support CS (Draft)

Idea Fire Company “Grotto Of Erotic Desires” Music From The Impossible Salon LP (KYE)

Charlie Nothing “Outside” Outside/Inside LP (De Stijl)

Son of Salami “Pretty Girls Is A Motherfucker” A Study In Eraser Headless Tape Recording LP (Feeding Tube)

Maher Shalal Hash Baz “Different Daylight” L’Autre Cap CD (K Records)

Microdot “Not Very Often” Lamps Not Amps CS (Dub Dutch Picnic)

Blue Sabbath Black Fiji “You Hit The Funk” Mistake Of A Small Bird LP (Feeding Tube)

Babe, Terror “Transplanted People” Preparing A Voice To Meet The People Coming CS (Glue Moon)

Bret Schneider “Door#1” Model of a Garden Scene With Watering Can CS (Avant Archive)

Motion Sickness of Time Travel "Clairvoyance" Seeping Through the Veil of the Unconscious LP (Digitalis)

Ous Mal "Ikkuna" Riioraa / Viime Talvi 2xCS (Sweat Lodge Guru)

This week's highlights include some interesting fragmentary pop, the first of which comes from a brand new release out on Stunned by the Philadelphia-based group, Remote Islands. Days of Heaven features a veritable busload of musicians (and instruments) under the direction of group mastermind, Colin Pate. Pate and company weave together an impressive collection of widely varied songs that I'm suspecting will find a much larger audience, as it bloody well should. Son of Salami is also creating some engaging pop songs, albeit of a far more demented and tongue-in-cheek variety. Son of Salami (a.k.a. Joey Pizza Slice) uses 'eraser headless tape recording' methods and pens songs with titles such as "My Penis is a Fortune Teller" and "I Got Lost On A Acid Trip", which, let's face it, could all get a little grating on the nerves if not for the simple fact that there are some incredibly catchy tunes spread across this record. If there's a shortage of portable cassette players in Vermont, though, you now know who to blame.

We also played a track from Hobo Cubes from this exquisite Inscriptions Vol. 1 double cassette compilation that Sacred Phases recently put out. Hobo Cubes is currently on the road with Femminielli and Das Amore w/ JLK, making their way through our area this week as part of the Hobo Cult Records/Los Discos Enfantasmes May tour. Check'em out if you can. Another double cassette release of gorgeous, bittersweet sounds comes to us from Ous Mal, a Finnish duo that crafts melody-rich ambient soundscapes that are far more involved than that description implies. And one final release I have to mention is the Pacific Support benefit compilation that Draft recently put out. By buying this release, not only does all of your money go towards the relief/recovery efforts in Japan, but you also get an impeccable collection of some of the most forward-thinking synth/electronics artists operating today: Rene Hell, Matt Carlson, The North Sea, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Panabrite, etc., etc. It's a win/win situation, so get in the game while there are still copies available.

FFFreakout #263 (Aired on 5/12/11)

Underworld "Pearls' Girl" (edit) from Pearls Girl EP
Jesus & Mary Chain "Far Gone and Out" (Arc Weld mix) from Far Gone and Out single
Queens of the Stone Age "No One Knows" (UNKLE mix) from Go With the Flow single
Weezer "Hash Pipe" (Jimmy Pop remix) from Hash Pipe single
Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime" from Liquid People Remix single
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion "Bacon" from Magical Colors single
U2 "Salome" from Even Better Than the Real Thing single
Luna "Neon Lights" from Superfreaky Memories single
Ryan Adams "To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high)" from Answering Bell single
Peaking Lights "All the Sun That Shines" from 936
Antonionian "Into the Night" from S/T
Bronze "So Weit, So Gut" from Synthesist Bonus CD
STNNNG "Howling Man" from The Smoke of My Will
The Bombay Sweets "Beautiful Fist" from First Demo

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FFFreakout #262 (Aired on 5/5/11)

Billy Bragg & Wilco "California Stars" (live) from Mermaid Avenue Bonus EP
Dove "There Goes the Fear" from There Goes the Fear single
Blur "No Distance Left to Run" from No Distance Left to Run single
The Avalanches "Frontier Psychiatrist"from Radio single
Semisonic "Take Me With You" from Secret Smile single
Mexican Institute of Sound "Sinfonia Agridulce" from Soy Sauce
The Pixies "Vamos" from Surfer Rosa
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 "Mais Que Nada" from I Shot Andy Warhol soundtrack
The Bombay Sweets "Who Needs Doughnuts When You've Got Luv?" from First Demo
Tender Meat "Untitled III" from Live At the Ritz
Motion Sickness of Time Travel "Telepathy" from Seeping Through the Veil of the Unconscious
Religious Knives "Basement Watch" from The Door
Bailter Space "X" from Vortura

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Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Wishing Stones from Motion Sickness of Time Travel on Vimeo.

FFFreakout: Podcast #16 - Nathan McLaughlin In-Studio Session

Nathan McLaughlin "2.3" Echolocation #2 CS (Digitalis Ltd.)

Nathan McLaughlin "5.3" Echolocation #5 CS (Notice Recordings)

Nathan McLaughlin "3.4" Echolocation #3 CS (Gift Tapes)

(In-Studio Live Performance)

Nathan McLaughlin "Sun Dogs" mp3 (Absence of Wax)

Loud & Sad "WF: #3" Whale Fall 1 CS (Digitalis Ltd.)

HMS "HMS 2.4" HMS 2 CS (*forthcoming release on Avant Archives)

We were fortunate to have Nathan McLaughlin join us in the studio for this week's show to perform live and to chat a bit about some of his recent solo recordings, along with his work in the groups Loud & Sad and HMS. In addition, we spun selections from all of Nathan's available cassette releases, not to mention an absolute scorcher of a track from a forthcoming HMS release. Check out Nathan's website to find out more information and to order or download some of his recordings.

FFFreakout #261 (Aired on 4/28/11)

Panda Bear "Slow Motion" from Tomboy
Bibio "Anything New" from Mind Bokeh
Errors "A Rumour in Africa" from Come Down With Me
Papercuts "Do What You Will" from Fading Parade
Obits "You Gotta Lose" from Moody, Stand and Poor
The Bombay Sweets "Pissing On the Rainbow" from First Demo
The Twerps "Self-Assured" from Black Eyes 7"
STNNNG "New Black Hole" from The Smoke of My Will
Beck "Nobody's Fault But My Own" from Nobody's Fault But My Own Import single
Gorillaz "Tomorrow Comes Today" from Tomorrow Comes Today Import single
Elliott Smith "Division Day" from Division Day/No Name #6 single
Urge Overkill "The Break" (live) from View of the Rain Import single
The Cramps "Monkey With Your Tail" from Big Beat from Badsville
The Pixies "Caribou" from Come On Pilgrim EP

FFFreakout #260 (Aired on 4/21/11)

Kurt Vile "Society is My Friend" from Smoke Ring For My Halo
Toro Y Moi "New Beat" from Underneath The Pine
10CC "Welcome To The World" from Look Hear?
Tom Tom Club "Challenge of the Love Warriors" from Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom
White Wigs "Passion Kiss" from Beko_Hobo Cult Records Compilation
The United States of America "Hard Coming Love" from S/T
Bad Brains "Stay Close To Me" from Pay to Cum! 7"
Trouble Funk "Trouble Funk Express" from Live/Early Singles
Kraftwerk "Showroom Dummies" from Trans-Europe Express
Harry Pussy "No Hey ..." from You'll Never Play This Town Again
Supreme Dicks "In The Whippoorwill's Sad Orchard" from Working Man's Dick
Low "Try To Sleep" from C'Mon
Demdike Stare "Nothing But the Night 2" from Tryptych
Pumice "Thermos in the Studio" from Quo

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FFFreakout: Podcast #15

Mist "Sky High" Glowing Net LP (Amethyst Sunset)

Wanda Group "Yellow Gang" Bass Urine CS (NNA Tapes)

Lee Rockey "Untitled" Music LP (De Stijl)

Ela Orleans "Better Friends" Lost LP (La Station Radar)

C. Yantis "Parallels" Kerning LP (Blackest Rainbow)

The Psychic Paramount "RW" II LP (No Quarter)

Unwound "Side Effects of Being Tired" Live in London LP (Loveletter)

Head Boggle "Pink Lloyd" Unsounds and Domo Live CS (NNA Tapes)

PAK "Untitled/Side A" Box CS (Eggy)

Diaz-Infante/Mota/Robair/Rodrigues "Luftzucker" Our Faceless Empire CD (Pax)

Cromagnon "Organic Sundown" Cave Rock ("Orgasm") CD (ESP-Disk)

Pradada "Wasteland Hunters" Beko_Hobo Cult Compilation MP3 (Beko DSL)

Nova Scotian Arms "Mineral Crush" Beko_Hobo Cult Compilation MP3 (Beko DSL)

Nathan McLaughlin "5.1" Echolocation #5 CS (Notice Recordings)

This week's highlights include a couple of the new releases from the excellent NNA Tapes imprint. In terms of chopped-up, outer realm synthetic sounds, the new ones from the mysterious Wanda Group and Derek Gedalecia's Head Boogle project sit right up there with the recent batch from Gift Tapes that I've yapped-up in previous weeks. Wanda Group play 'instruments' a bit like Smegma do, meaning who the hell really knows what's going on. Plus, their Bass Urine treatments rachet up the level of abstraction even further. Head Boggle, one of the more fitting aliases in recent memory, dabble in somewhat similar liquefied sonics that dart every which way. Over the chaotic sprawl of the Domo Live side, however, you realize that Gedalecia indeed has a steady and assured hand on the tiller. Another album that recently caught me off guard was Kerning, a very limited run first full-length offering from C. Yantis out on Blackest Rainbow. Yantis, at times, wields his guitar much in the same way that the guys in Barn Owl do, exploring a sweeping, Americana-infused take on minimalism, albeit at a slightly lower decibel level. That said, he seems just as intent to detonate the whole Folk/Blues tradition ala Bill Orcutt's recent solo outings too. We'll have to see how this plays out on Yantis's forthcoming release on Hobo Cult Records due out this summer. Speaking of Hobo Cult Records, this past week saw the release of an excellent Hobo Cult compilation put out by the Beko Digital Singles Label. I usually don't play many mp3s on the show, but I couldn't help myself with this one. Hell, I was tempted to play the whole shebang, but that seemed a bit much when you can grab a copy for yourself here. We closed out this week's show with just a taster of Nathan Mclaughlin's fantastic new Echolocation #5 cassette. You'll get a chance to hear more though in the coming weeks, as Nathan will be joining us for an in-studio session.

FFFreakout #259 "Spring Pledge Drive Pt.2" (Aired on 4/14/11)

Wet Hair "Echo Lady" from In Vogue Spirit
The Twerps "Black Eyes" from Black Eyes 7"
Slug Guts "Ma" from Howlin' Gang
The Psychic Paramount "N5" from II
Devin Flynn & Gary Panter "Tornader to the Tater" from Go Outside
The Residents "Lizard Lady" from Duck Stab
C. S. Yeh "Condo Stress" from In the Blink of An Eye 7"
Emitt Rhodes "Really Wanted You" from Mirror
Michael Hurley "Ditty Boy Twang" from Wolfways
The Gospel Singers "Noah Found Grace" from Noah Found Grace
Aggrovators "Smoldering Dub" from Trojan Dub Box Set Vol. 2
Low "You See Everything" from C'mon
Low "Especially Me" from C'mon
Nurse With Wound "Rock 'N' Roll Station" from Livin' Fear of James Last
Son of Salami "Fat City" from forthcoming Night People release

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FFFreakout #258 "Spring Pledge Drive" (Live on 4/7/11)

Rodd Keith "Beat of the Traps" from Ecstacy to Frenzy
The Bombay Sweets "Beautiful Fist" from First Demo
The Fresh & Onlys "I'm All Shook Up" from Play It Strange
Jerusalem & the Starbaskets "Chocolate Covered Everyberry" from DOST
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band "'Scuse Me, Miss Rose" from Part One
Albert Band "Ella Tiene El Cabello Rubio" from Absolute Belter
Oscar Brown, Jr. "Chicken Heads" from What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves
Little Richard "Nuki Suki" from What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves
G. Love & Special Sauce "Cold Beverages" from G. Love & Special Sauce
Prince "Starfish and Coffee" from Sign O' the Times
Duran Duran "All You Need Is Now" from All You Need Is Now
The Raveonettes "Recharge & Revolt" from Raven in the Grave
The Dambuilders "Shrine" from Encendedor
J. Mascis "Not Enough" from Several Shades of Why

We were live for this week's Spring Pledge Drive show with special guest, Lil' Henry. We spun some tracks from the What It Is! boxset that the station is offering as a premium at the $100 pledge level and we also spun a few things from samplers that will be available for next week's Record Store Day. As of this writing, our station is about 2/3 of the way to meeting its pledge drive goal, so we still need to hear from listeners out there. If you happen to like what Free Form Freakout is up to, or believe in the type of unique programming that college/community stations like KMSU offer, then we encourage you to lend your financial support in any amount that you can swing. You can do so by calling 507-389-5678 or 1-800-456-7810. Or even easier, just head over to the KMSU website and click the 'Donate to KMSU' link. Thanks to all those listeners that have stepped-up and supported the station.

FFFreakout: Podcast #14

Garrincha & The Stolen Elk “I Can Only Paint With One Emotional Tone / Aqueduct Flux” We Were Wyoming CS (Stunned)

Mike Shiflet “Llanos” Llanos CD (self-released)

Matt Carlson “Desert Level” Gecko Dream Levels CS (Gift Tapes)

Yximalloo “The Desk, Smile! #2” Techno Shrine Choir CD (Sakura Wrechords)

Toning “Scuffed Lips” Pitch The Drone CS (Stunned)

Elklink “Tension Tec” The Rise of Elklink LP (KYE)

Primitive Motion “A Straight Line” Certain Materials EP 7” (Soft Abuse)

Storm Bugs “Blackheath Episode” Up the Middle Down the Sides LP (Fusetron)

Velvet Davenport “Island Sand” Summer Island CS (Soothing Almonds Collective)

Lab Coast “Really Realize" Pictures On The Wall CS (Eggy)

TwinSisterMoon “Desert Prophecy” Then Fell The Ashes LP (Blackest Rainbow)

Archers By The Sea “We Used To See Humans” They Were Floating Over the Mountain, They Were Kings LP (La Station Radar)

Haino/O’Rourke/Ambarchi “Once Again You Are Reading It Wrong What Is Written Is To Live” In A Flash Everything Comes Together . . . 2LP (Black Truffle)

Some more new sounds arrived over the past few weeks at the nearly flooded FFF bunker. It was looking like we might have to box up the whole works and head for high ground, but fortunately Mother Nature cooperated with us. So now we just have to deal with that pervasive damp sock and litter box odor, but at least the music collection is safe, right? Some highlights on this week's show include the new cassette from Garrincha & The Stolen Elk from the latest Stunned batch. G&TSE are the Sacramento-based duo of Matt Kretzmann and Davy Bui, Bui being the fellow behind the great Weird Forest label. Joined on this release by Karlos Ayala (bass) and Kevin Corcoran (drums), G&TSE play a refreshing form of explosive, yet intricate, skronk ROCK that has nothing to do with the underground's current fixation with all things Kraut/shoegaze/Spacemen 3/____-wave. Based on this c20, their forthcoming LP on Weird Forest should definitely be something to be on the lookout for. Another release that breaks free from much of the current synth herd is the new cassette from Matt Carlson called Gecko Dream Levels. With rather glossy fidelity, Carlson's whacked-out synth & electronics sounds dart in myriad directions, causing me to duck for cover in the studio. Lastly, more choice DIY sounds to emerge from Down Under with the new Certain Materials EP  from Primitive Motion, the duo of Deadnotes' members Leighton Craig and Sandra Selig. Their brand of homespun, primitive pop sits quite comfortably amongst such notable contemporaries as Peaking Lights and Naked on the Vague. It's ace!, mate.

FFFreakout #257 (Live on 3/31/11)

Wreckless Eric "It'll Soon Be The Weekend" from Big Smash!
The Flamin' Groovies "Comin' After Me" from Still Shakin'
Hawkwind "Master of the Universe" from Epoch Eclipse: 30 Year Anthology
Tangerine Dream "Rubycon Part One (excerpt)" from Dream Sequence
Felix Kubin "Stelle Am Mund" from Bruder Luzifer
Horrid Red "Foehn Winds" from Pink Flowers EP
Karen Elson "The Truth is in the Dirt" from The Ghost Who Walks
The Rentals "Friends of P." from Return of the Rentals
The Cure "In Between Days" (acoustic version) from Greatest Hits
Devo "I Can't Get No (Satisfaction)" from Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
R.E.M. "All The Best" from Collapse Into Now
The Lemonheads "The Great Big No" from Come On Feel The Lemonheads
Phil Moore, Jr. "The Funky Canyon"
Gary Numan "Cars" from The Pleasure Principle

FFFreakout #256 "Carl Solo" (Live on 3/24/11)

Charles Bradley "The World (Is Going Up In Flames)" from No Time For Dreaming
The Strokes "Taken For A Fool" from Angles
Boomtown Rats "She's So Modern" from No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion
The Beatles "I'll Cry Instead" from A Hard Day's Night
Built To Spill "The Plan" (live) from Live
Cornershop "United Provinces of India" from Cornershop & the Double-O Groove Of
Grinderman "Palaces of Montezuma" from Grinderman 2
Elvis Costello "Everyday I Write The Book" from The Very Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Ha Ha Tonka "Walking On The Devil's Backbone" from Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South
Broken Bells "Vaporize" from Broken Bells
Bruce Springsteen "Hungry Heart" (live) from Live 1975-85
Avett Brothers "Spanish Pipedream from Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
Them "I Can Give You Everything" from Nuggets, Vol. 2: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire & Beyond
Guided By Voices "Teenage FBI" from Do The Collapse
Pretenders "Message of Love" from The Singles

FFFreakout: Podcast #13

 

Winter Drones “Winnie Coopers Bones” Blood in the Coffin CD (Weird Forest)

Haino/O’Rourke/Ambarchi “In A Flash Everything . . .” In A Flash Everything . . . 2LP (Black Truffle)

Mamuthones “Ota Benga” S/T CD (Boring Machines)

Donato Epiro “Il Primo Cerchio” Black Eagle Child split LP (Blackest Rainbow)

C. S. Yeh “In The Blink Of An Eye” b/w “Condo Stress” 7” (De Stijl)

Felix Kubin “Lightning Strikes” Bruder Luzifer CD (Omni)

Iibiis Rooge “Coro-Coro” S/T LP (Dekorder)

Spare Death Icon “P.A.C.E.” Survival CS (Gift Tapes)

Uncle Jim “Liberties” Uncle Jim’s Superstars of Greenwich Meantime LP (Black Velvet Fuckere)

Matthew De Gennaro & Stefan Neville “Puppy With Rickets” Women CS (self-released)

Fille Qui Mousse “Cantate Disparate” Trixie Stapleton 291 LP (Bichon)

Idea Fire Company “Last Man . . Last Round . .” The Island of Taste LP (Swill Radio)

It's been close to two months since we've done just a straight-ahead webcast show and in that time some great releases, both new and old, have arrived. Among the highlights this week is the new double album from Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi entitled In A Flash Everything Comes Together As One There Is No Need For A Subject. This release features the trio's full performance that went down at SuperDeluxe in Tokyo on January 24th, 2010. I'm generally not all that fond of live albums, but this performance, and recording of it, is absolutely stellar. Over the four sides, this trio of veteran improvisors explore a wide range of sounds that, at times, recalls the intensity and dynamics of Haino's work in Fushitsusha. The gatefold jacket artwork and live photos that house these records are equally impressive I might add. Another unexpected treat is the new 7" single from C. Spencer Yeh, or C. S. Yeh in this case, out on De Stijl. Perhaps best known for his work in Burning Star Core, and certainly no slouch of an improvisor himself, Yeh has now gone and written some pop songs. Damn good ones too!! My only hope is that this is just a teaser for more to come and not just a one-stop layover. Finally, Gift Tapes recently released three new cassettes. Amongst this batch was a new one from Spare Death Icon, a creeper synth project helmed by Gift Tapes proprietor, and Brother Raven member, Jason E. Anderson. I've yet to hear someone approach the whole John Carpenter soundtrack vibe as good as this. It definitely contains some paranoia and dread inducing sounds. I swear I was anticipating my own blood splatter in the dishwater while listening to this the other night. Quality stuff!!

FFFreakout #255 (Aired on 3/17/11)

Bobb Trimble "One Mile From Heaven" from Iron Curtain Innocence
Ariel Pink "Strange Times" from Doldrums
Einsturzende Neubauten "Seele Brennt" from Strategies Against Architecture, Vol. 2
Ghostband "Woods" from Verdical
The Ex "Getatchew" from Turn
Jack Rose "Dark Was The Night" from Untitled
Left Lane Cruiser "Lost My Mind" from Junkyard Speed Ball
The Fleshtones "Bite of My Soul" from Brooklyn Sound Solution
Nick Lowe "Switchboard Susan" from Labour of Lust
U2 "Trip Through Your Wires" from The Joshua Tree
The Greenhornes "Need Your Love" from ****
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears "Booty City" from Scandalous
Big Audio Dynamite "The Bottom Line" from This Is Big Audio Dynamite
Friends of Dean Martinez "All the Pretty Horses" from The Shadow of Your Smile

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FFFreakout #254 (Aired on 3/10/11)

R.E.M. - "Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter"
Gomez - "78 Stone Wobble"
Jessica Lea Mayfield - "Our Hearts Are Wrong"
Stereolab - "Miss Modular"
Danger Doom "Mince Meat"
Stevie Wonder - "I Wish"
Old 97's - "Murder (Or A Heart Attack)"
Beady Eyes - "Millionaire"
Mamuthones - "Ota Benga"
Demdike Stare - "Hashashin Chant"
Fusioon - "Ciclos"
Sun City Girls - "Cruel and Thin"
Suicide - "Be Bop Kid"
Flat Duo Jets - "Jet Tone Boogie"
Pink Reason - "Motherfucker"

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FFFreakout #253 (Aired on 3/3/11)

The Baseball Project - "Don't Call Them Twinkies" (feat. Craig Finn)
Dennis Coffey - "Scorpio"
The Cars - "Don't Cha Stop"
Arcade Fire - "Ready to Start"
Devotchka - "100 Other Lovers"
Smog - "I Was A Stranger"
Levitts - "Candy"
Father Murphy - "Ave Lucifer"
Sun City Girls - "Nights of Malta"
The Pheromoans - "The Greasy Years"
The Pheromoans - "Greene Jene"
The Pheromoans - "Funny Names"
Broken Water - "Heal"
Karel Velebny - "Beetles On the Head"

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FFFreakout: Podcast #12 - Night-People/Wet Hair Feature with Shawn Reed

Wet Hair "In the Garden of the Pharoahs" Naked on the Vague split LP (NP100)

(Interview section)

The Twerps "Good Advice" S/T CS (NP084)

We Shave "Creme Dream Blues II" In The Flesh CS (NP121)

Dan Melchoir und Das Menace "Inconsequential Things" S/T CS (NP116)

Yves/Son/Ace "Style Promotion" Unsung CS (NP118)

Blanche Blanche Blanche "Heroes of the Microphone" (*forthcoming CS)

Eklin "Polan" (*forthcoming CS)

(Interview section)

Terror Bird "We Were Monsters" Human Culture LP (NP115)

Naked on the Vague "Cryptic Tonsil" Wet Hair split LP (NP100)

Peaking Lights "All the Good Songs Have Been Written" Imaginary Falcons LP (NP059)

Dirty Beaches "Don't Let the Devil Find You" Double Feature split (*forthcoming LP)

Ela Orleans "I Know" Double Feature split (*forthcoming LP)

(Interview section)

Wet Hair "Echo Lady" In Vogue Spirit (*forthcoming LP on De Stijl)

Outro Music: Wet Hair "Cult Electric Annihilation" Dream LP (Not Not Fun)

We recently had a chance to chat with Shawn Reed, who doubles his time running the great Night-People label out of Iowa City and performing in the group Wet Hair. We discuss how Night-People has evolved over the years, the distinctive silkscreen artwork that he creates, and some of the other projects he has in the works. We also talk about recent developments with Wet Hair and the new album they just recorded called In Vogue Spirit, which is slated for release on the De Stijl label later this spring. In addition to airing this conversation, we play some cassette and vinyl selections from the Night-People catalog, including a few forthcoming tracks that Shawn had provided for us. We also spin the excellent opening track from that new Wet Hair album.

Check out the Night-People website for more information about their releases and to order directly.