Chimacum, as in ‘Chimacum Rain‘… one of my favorites.
Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Linda Perhacs — Chimacum Rain
from Parallelograms (1970)
This is the sound of rain on the green, green Olympic Peninsula. I passed this sign driving, and the song floated back to hypnotize me.
This is cool: the original typed lyric sheet for ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues.’ (titled here ‘Look out Kid’)
Love Dylan’s little rhyming brainstorm down on the lower left. This was, of course, before WikiRhymer existed, where you can find not only pure rhymes, but near rhymes, end rhymes, mosaic rhymes…
Here’s the classic vid. Note Allen Ginsberg as a bum in the background.
(image via Paul Fraser Collectibles)
Yola Fatoush — Vibrant
from Up Out Of It (2013)
Addictive track from UK duo Yola Fatoush, from their new record on LA’s Time No Place label. Love these vocals.
Javelin — The Marimba Song
from AS220’s Spring Sampler 2013 (2013)
If you need a jolt, listen to this marimba bomb from Brooklyn duo JAVELIN. This horn explosion recorded live at AS220, a venue in Providence, Rhode Island. It’s part of a new comp put out by the venue, up FREE OF CHARGE at the unbeatable Free Music Archive. Check it out.
Like this? You might also want to cruise to some tunes by Guadalajara-based sample whiz Los Amparito.
Vinyl Williams — Who Are You?
from Lemniscate (2012)
Whisper-filled dreamlands brought to life by LaLaLanders Vinyl Williams. Sounds not unlike a boombox underwater, as you scuba dive in the pool, Dustin Hoffman in a post-post-graduate haze.
The band’s namesake, Vinyl aka Lionel Williams, leads the band through it all, a famous boy hiding behind a common surname. His grandfather is the great film composer John Williams (Jaws, Star Wars, E.T. etc etc.)
Get the album HERE. Or catch them on tour, supporting Mount Kimbie. NYC: Glasslands (tonight); Bowery Ballroom (5/30, sold out!)
Jimmie Martin Combo — Rock the Bop (Jaxon Records, 1957)
Rockabilly ditty on the Jackson, Tennessee Jaxon label (get it?) with great yodeling work by Ramsey Kearney.
Mood Rings — Pathos y Lagrimas
from VPI Harmony (June 25 2013)
A lil chill-haze number from Atlanta quintet Mood Rings, out next month on their debut on Mexican Summer. Goes down nice & easy.
Bradford Cox of Deerhunter sez, “Mood Rings rip the captions off the stairs and explode moonlight panels with alcohol and mint. This is not political music. These are not ringtones. There is no mystery man in the plasma tent. The floor tom is the new kick. Don’t forget the scale of mercury.”
Laid Back — Sunshine Reggae
from …Keep Smiling (1983)
The most unlikely music to originate in Denmark.. but oh so good. The beat boys behind this track also came up with one of the greatest dance tracks of all time—’White Horse.’ (“If you wanna ride… don’t ride the white horse. If you wanna be rich… you got to be a bitch.”)
Hat tip to my friend Tim-Bo for playing this for me on the original vinyl…
wfmu:
The Met’s Antiseptic Re-Creation of CBGB’s Fabled, Rancid Hellhole of a Bathroom
This is gonna be weird. Punk: Chaos to Couture
Kitaro — Dawn of the Astral
from Ten Kai (Astral Voyage) (1978)
Meander through space with Japanese new age pioneer Kitaro, an alum of the equally trippy Far East Family Band. This album’s worth hunting down if you a.) like pre-The Wall Pink Floyd or b.) prefer your new age music with a side of Moog. Buckle up…
“This music is not from my mind. It is from heaven, going through my body and out my fingers through composing. Sometimes I wonder. I never practice. I don’t read or write music, but my fingers move. I wonder, ‘Whose song is this?’ I write my songs, but they are not my songs.” - Kitaro
Noveller — Ends
Live on WFMU with Liz Berg (2011)
Rolling waves of guitar bliss by Sarah Lipstate aka Noveller. She performs next month at the Knockdown Center in Queens, an old glass factory off Flushing Ave. She’ll be performing as part of the Drone Activity in Progress festival, along with a tall roster of ambient/drone/noise bands. Tickets here.
Grab this set and others at the Free Music Archive.
