Bruce Lee's soul

From Minnesota, signed to Ghostly, this dude is goood.

Mux Mool - Hog Knuckles


And here's a bonus one, to end our soulful month.
Grinny Grandad - The Good Girl (Askillz remix)

Please someone, break my heart.

Ok people, lets all cry together here.

The amazing Isobel Campbell of Belle and Sebastian fame has just put out a new album with grunge legend Mark Lanegan for their third collab, and fuuuuck are they fucking sounding good together.

Some true americana shit that channels everything from James Brown, to Serge Gainsbourg to Bob Dylan.

The album's called Hawk. The song is called Come Undone. Enjoy...

In Need of Pickup Lines From Peter Parkour

"like Sarah Vaughan, Django Reinhardt and Cut Chemist stuck in a lift with Russian beer and a sampler."

UK blues hoppers, Belleruche, have a new album coming next month and released a single and a couple of videos during the lead up. They also feed my continued obsession with smokey-voiced, female singers.

Surprise, surprise the group is touring France starting in Nov. Anyone know if Mark's apartment is available this winter?

Tokyo Pop

The Suzan is a four piece chick band from the land of the rising sun. They supposedly played an awesome show at Malverde during south-by. It's hard to understand anything they're saying, but that just makes them cuter in my book.

reverse-auditory-melodic-unstickification technology

A website designed to help you get annoying songs out of your head by bombarding you with catchy songs.

More proof that the internet has everything.

http://unhearit.com

CD Mix Exchange?

One of my secret nerdy things that I do is a CD mix exchange with my music director and music industry friends across the country. It's really fun, and an (old school) version of what we are doing on this blog.

I think we should do a Last Choice CD mix exchange. Anybody is welcome to join.

Perhaps you should throw in your hat (blank CD) in the comments section if you want a copy. Then, we can know how many CDs to make.

Also, when Sam gets back, let's revisit the idea of a Last Choice Radio Show.

I'd like my Indie with a pinch of Soul please...

Also, maybe in the competition for best new band name?

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Vocal Chords

Grrrls to Men

I was not going to post today, but here's a nice six-degree exercise to ejm's post today:
Sleater-Kinney was part Riot Grrrl, a movement spearheaded by Kathleen Hanna's Bikini Kill. Hanna went on to form Le Tigre and recruited JD Samson. Le Tigre broke up (and Hanna gave her awesome sweater to Tavi Gevinson), and Samson then formed a band called MEN.
I loved MEN at SXSW. I love MEN now. MEN are releasing a new single (below) and have promised a new LP on 2011.

MEN - Off Our Backs

90's party 2010

So, they haven't recorded anything yet, but I am retro-psyched about new riot grrrl supergroup Wild Flag, featuring members of Sleater Kinney, Helium and The Minders.

http://www.mergerecords.com/blog/2010/09/welcome-wild-flag/

Here is a track that two of the the members, Mary Timony and Carrie Brownstein recorded in 2000, as The Spells.

It reminds me of high school in both good and bad ways.

The Spells-Viola by emski2

The Art of Rhythm

Continuing with our melodic string, string. Emancipator is opening for Beats Antique at the Art of Rhythm showcase on Friday in Seattle. I'll be there with my Last Choice press pass and will report back with their call on Velocipede Vs. Velociraptor.




Emancipator - Old Devil by DJ Pandy