Hail, White Fence, & All Thy Works!

Tim 'n' Ty

We try not to play favorites here at Powerpopulist, but . . . wait, what a crock, as that's all we do play here at Powerpopulist. Let us begin anew.

In case we haven't made it fairly clear, White Fence are one of our very favorite bands and have been for some time now. And of course before Fencemeister Tim Presley got out the whitewash, we were loving what he was doing in the more somber but highly uplifting settings of Darker My Love.

Darker My Love - Talking Words mp3

So it's a no-brainer (convenient for us) that when we just now came across Famous Class's Less Artists More Condos (LAMC) issue #12, we would drop all we were doing (sorry 'bout the dishes, Darling) and post it prontito. If you haven't yet picked up the most recent WF triumph, the Ty Segall-produced For The Recently Found Innocent, you should start to click most ricky tick. (And of course, check out LAMC #11, with Segal bandmate Mikal Cronin here.)

Perhaps we're not yet enamored of the work of White Fence touring guitarist Jack Name (aka John Webster Johns) quite as much, but that doesn't mean we won't be or you shouldn't be. So check out the second widgeted tune below if you're so inclined.

Enough jabber. Cue the ears.

Darker My Love Loved

Darker My Love - Talking Words mp3


from the California band's 2008 Dangerbird Records release

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Thanks to NME for making this song available and Fingertips music blog for making us aware.

We're still getting down and dark with the following previously posted ditty.

Darker My Love - Summer Is Here mp3

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One More May Post: I Love Math, Botticellis, Orchid Highway, Earlimart, Turn-Ons, Diggs, You Me & Iowa, Mikal Evans, et. al. . . .

Sorry not to have style-based groupings and such this time because time is what I don't have much of at the moment. I do hope you like some or all, though, because that will make at least two of us.

I Love Math
A Good Flying Bird (Guided By Voices cover) mp3
I Remember When I Loved Her (Zombies cover) mp3 - If you like (or love) I Love Math, we recently posted another pleaser here.
The Botticellis - The Reviewer mp3 - You might recall (venial if you don't) we "dug" these two back in February:
Up Against the Glass mp3
Old Home Movies mp3

The Orchid Highway - Next World mp3
Earlimart - Song For mp3
The Turn-Ons - Crystalize mp3
The Diggs - Ctrl-Alt-Del mp3

You Me & Iowa - Dress the Stage mp3
Love Psychedelico - Standing Bird mp3
Mikal Evans - Drunkest Hour mp3
Daniel Folmer - Vegetables and Coffee mp3

Okay, I fibbed. These are slow and nice and relaxing and such.
Darker My Love - The Fool mp3 - Don't wanna break the mood (actually, I very much do, but. . .) we previously posted an excellent Darker My Love tune here.
The Parson Red Heads - Crowds (new EP version) mp3
Monroe Mustang - The Other Side mp3


Click song titles to hear 'em. Click artist names for more of this 'n that.

SXSW 2008 - We Get It

All week long I've been anxiously on the lookout for the magic moment when the SXSW Music and Media Conference posts its list of artist bios and mp3s for this year's festival, which runs in Austin, Texas, from March 11-16. I've just spent seven hours poring over the list and compiled my own list of the 286 artists I liked best. Some of them don't really fit here, but I've got a hunch you're going to like quite a few. Last year I did a series of posts, beginning with the longish Big Bloc 4, most of which you can still hear by clicking here and here. This year I'm trying something different, posting 10 or so at a time. Hopefully this will be more manageable for you and will also let me attach labels to all the artists, in case visitors want to check them out in the future. Anyway, here's the first post, with others soon to follow. Clicking the artist names will take you to their SXSW page, which also has links to more information about them. I imagine everybody and his blog is linking to these SXSW pages right about now, and I've noticed that the songs are sometimes slow to load. Patience is advised.

Capsula - Voices Underground mp3
Carlis Star - Hereby No One mp3
The Chevelles - Get It On mp3
Cruiserweight - Balboa mp3
Darker My Love - Summer Is Here mp3

The Deadbeat Poets - Ernest T. mp3

The Happy Hollows - Monster Room mp3

Jet Lag Gemini - Run This City mp3

Le Concorde - International Flight mp3

Toddle - Colonnade mp3

Around the Blogosphere: Then, Wanna Be James?, Mercy Arms, Darker My Love, Warlocks, British Sea Power, Mansun, My Bloody Valentine, Pipettes, et. al.

I diddled around last week and lost a dozen excellent songs from a favorite blog, songs I feel you, valued visitors, might well have liked. To forfend such a recurrence, I hastily post the following. Thanks to the host(esse)s.

Then – Cutting Veins & Arianne – Coast is Clear
Wanna Be James? – Deep Blue Sea & Spin (acoustic demo) – Milk Milk Lemonade
Mercy Arms – Ending to Begin – Untitled Records
Darker My Love – Summer is Here – Instrumental Analysis
The Warlocks – Baby Blue – Instrumental Analysis

British Sea Power – Carrion – The Devil Has the Best Tuna
Mansun – Rebel Without a Quilt & Skin Up Pin Up – The Runout Groove
My Bloody Valentine – Honey Power – 17 Seconds
The Pipettes – ABC – The Yellow Stereo
The Pipettes – Because It’s Not Love (But It’s Still a Feeling) – Headphones On

Pylon – Crazy – Gaper’s Blog
The Stone Roses – Shoot You Down (Soul Hooligan Remix) – mp3hugger
Elliott Smith – Needle in the Hay – Music for Kids Who Can Read Good
Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know – The Devil Has the Best Tuna
Pink Floyd – Bike – The Devil Has the Best Tuna