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Book's Music podcast #315 by Booksmusic on Mixcloud
You know what would compliment a box of freshly cooked manapua? Book’s Music podcast #315, although this show can compliment any meal or drink that you desire, and I hope you’ll desire listening to this show as well. Have a listen… and a bite or drink of something satisfying.
Lip Lock is Eve’s first album in eleven years and in honor of its release, you can now enter a contest to not only win the CD for the album, but an autographed copy of the CD and an Eve lithograph, courtesy of From The Rib/RED Music. Here are the rules, and they are fairly simple:
1) E-mail me at BooksMusica [at] gmail [dot] com, and in the subject line, write “Eve CD contest”
2) Simply state “I want to win the Eve CD” as text.
3) Include your mailing address so if you are a winner, it will be sent to you quick and easy.
4) Send the e-mail to me
5) You must live in the United States.
That’s it. I will then pick a random person out of the bunch and notify the winner soon after. The deadline is May 31, 2013, which means any and all entries sent on June 1st will be null and void, no exceptions.
NOTE: Your e-mail and snail mail addresses will not be placed in a personal vault or database, nor will you be placed on any mailing lists of my own doing. Once the contest is over, entries will be deleted.
If you’d like to read my review of Eve’s Lip Lock, you may click here.
At the beginning of the month, the folks in Hooden Fang shared the audio of a song that would be released at the end of the month. That song was “Ode To Subterrania“, and if the music didn’t trip you to an ultimate high, then may I present to you the video. Some of the imagery here may be too startling for some, specifically those who may suffer from seizures, so you have been warned.
A second warning: Hooden Fang’s Gravez album will be released next week. No more warnings from here on out.
You may know of TKTTSM as being a duo, but they are about to expand to a sextet. The group will be doing a show next weekend (May 31st) at the Mercury Lounge in New York City, different from ones they’ve done before, so what Owen O’Mahony and Johanna Stahley have created will become much bigger and bolder. To find out more about the show, please please click here.
TKTTSM are still promoting their self-titled debut album (my review of which can be read here) but they recently had one of its songs remixed by NAOAN. It’s for the song “Eyeeye”, and you may stream & listen to it for your pleasures, or download it for a limited time for eternal listening.
The Pass have made “Without Warning”. Now offer that song to DJ Amtrac and the end result is this hot slice of sound, showing that there’s more to life in Kentucky than Guntucky.
Do you have that feeling, that feeling you can’t hide? Oh yeah? You may want to keep it there, for Béisbol understands where you are coming from. The band will be releasing their debut album on June 25th called Lo-Fi Cocaine, and while the bio for brothers Jeff and Ryan Burian call their music “pop rock music with synthesizers implemented within”, there’s a bit more going on than that. These California transplants, who now call Portland, Oregon home, are vast in what they created, so don’t let their somewhat-humble image fool you. They are very much about creating music with feeling, and do it in a way that may blow a few people away. The duo expands like Voltron and becomes a quartet when they do shows, which you are able to check out if they are in or near your city/town next month:
June 6… Sacramento, CA (Bows & Arrows)
June 7… Hayward, CA (Bistro) (Early Show)
June 7… San Francisco, CA (1772) (Late Show)
June 8… Nevada City, CA (Cafe Mekka)
June 9… San Francisco, CA (The Hotel Utah)
June 13… Ventura, CA (Witzend) (Acoustic Show)
June 16… Hemet, CA (Alaythia Music)
June 18… Flagstaff, AZ (Flagbrew)
June 19… Phoenix, AZ (Stinkweeds In-Store) (Early Show)
June 19… Phoenix, AZ (Pub Rock Live)
June 20… Austin, TX (The Mohawk)
June 21… Fort Worth, TX (The Cellar)
June 22… Denton, TX (Andy’s Bar)
June 24… Denver, CO (Lost Lake)
June 30… Portland, OR (Rontoms) (Record Release Show)
For Has-Lo, the track will go off in this direction. What direction? “Hindsight” is where it is, produced by Apollo Brown, and it’s a remix of the track “Limit”. New version, new ventures, a new way of life: Has-Lo has a vision and he is presenting it to you with help from video director Culture. The Conversation B was a mere hint of what’s to come, and what’s coming is the album In Case I Don’t Make It (Mello Music Group), so move out of the way and allow him through.
When is J57 not busy? He’ll be releasing a collaborative EP called Trill Cunningham with F. Virtue, an MC who likes to display his skills in a manner that may make you an immediate fan upon first listen. Take an initial listen to “Resin”, which also brings in Koncept for the ride as they smoke their way to funky glory.
With an album out soon called LXXXV, does Richie Fareal fear for the 85 that do not have a clue? This Bay Area MC is out to let people know what he’s about, regardless of the numbers or the equation, and of “Who Run It” is any proof of what he is about, it’s safe to say that Richie will be running things for the remainder of 2013 and maybe for the next seven years.
Metabeats comes from the UK but will be releasing his next album in a worldwide fashin on June 25th. Cavier Crackle is the statement he has been made, and he did this track with co-producer Ed Boogie to show what it would be like if Quelle Chris got into their production machine and damaged everything around them. “SLSBS” (“sounds like some bullshit”) is what you’re getting, smother it all over yourself and let it soak through your pores.
Chicago is home turf for Jarred A.G. but he’s ready to take his music outside of his territorial boundaries and unleash it to the rest of Illinois, the country, and perhaps the world. “Golden Noose” was produced by Smoko Ono and together create the kind of track that tells one story through the lyrics, and something else through the music. You have two moving dynamics going on, and it works very well.
Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez will be releasing his debut album under the name Eureka The Butcher next week Tuesday, and you’re now able to hear Music For Mothers (Rodriguez Lopez Productions) in full. The album was recorded not only at his home studio, but around the world in between shows he did with The Mars Volta and Zechs Marquise. Its rooted in his deep love of not only music in itself, but musicianship, which comes from his mom who told him to become more than just a drummer he wanted to be. He is now known for playing a wide range musicians, and this album was created in honor of his mom, and other moms who have encouraged their children to be who they wanted to be.
