Apples in Stereo are blasting through your radio

So it’s been a while, and I decided to come back with a pop rock bang. Really Apples in Stereo put out one of my favorite albums of 2008 and I had no clue until 2009. Helen & I were living near the Jersey Shore at her Grandmothers place and I remember it wasn’t too long after Helen started her Princeton job and she was so excited to not be trekking it to NYC every day from small town Belmar. So of course she wanted to blow some cash on some awesome records, and recently I had heard that Jeff Mangum played drums on this album and so we got that and probably 4 other vinyl records. This album is like a 24 song pop masterpiece (especially the first like 8 songs). Well everyone it’s time for Better Off Ted, so I’m gonna just get to the link already, enjoy this lil’ bit of pop awesomeness. and if you’ve got a couple bucks go get the record these b-sides are from (if you don’t already have it).

Apples in Stereo “New Magnetic Wonder” Bonus EP!

10:38pm
I realized I probably just rambled before without getting a chance to edit any of what I wrote before (not that i do a lot of that) so here’s a bonus treat from the Vinyl version of New Magnetic Wonder, and also one of my favorite Apples in Stereo Songs “Atom Bomb”

Irresistable Ruby Oso

My girlfriend got me into these guys… the only song that was ever on my radar was Circles but I specifically remember hearing a radio DJ talking about them in the 90’s I remember where I was and where I was going but I have no clue what he said about them. maybe that was their bigger problem.. people just not paying enough attention.

Anyway, they wrote beautiful music and these are some strange tunes I found in a lovely torrent of basically all of their b-sides.. which I actually own most of from their original sources. They have some others like the Sinatra cover they did and something with a needle in the title but whatever, I found these and wanted to share them with you.

I excluded one track that I thought was a strange addition, the song M. Doughty did with BT. if anyone's interested I'll throw up the single for that with like 5 or 6 different mixes I just don’t think it necessarily belongs on a Soul Coughing b-sides collection cause the rest of the dudes didn’t have anything to do with it. Also, if your going to include that one on the b-side compilation why not the song he did with 808 State? ENJOY!

Soul Coughing “Beside” (i gave this some cover art and a better title then “studio b-sides”)

As Real as Mary Lou Lord

So while searching for cassettes at awesome record stores in Boston earlier this year Helen & I came across this crazy find in a little shop called In Your Ear which had an interesting selection or used vinyl, cds, cassettes and whatever else. I remember we found some awesome stuff like Heatmiser, Wallflowers (unsure if this is was awesome), and of course the find on our left Mary Lou Lord’s extremely hard to find first album only ever released on cassette “Real”. Today I felt like seeing if the soundcard on my computer was gonna be friendly and let me easily transfer it to my iTunes and SUCCESS! This album is really a great collection of songs and the only place I’ve ever seen her cover a nirvana song. Like most of Lord’s releases this contains a few originals like “Not Necessarily the Bubonic Plague” & “Memories of You” but its also riddled with covers (and one song that might’ve been written for her???? – “Walkin’ On Air”) a good amount of these covers have ended up on her live album or compilations but there is also a fair share that are exclusive. So enjoy this lil’ blast down memory lane on multiple levels.

Mary Lou Lord “Real” cassette Andalucia (john cale) Smells LIke Teen Spirit (nirvana) Thirteen (big star) Not Necessarily The Bubonic Plague St. Swithens Day (billy bragg) Eternal Circle (bob dylan) Memories of You Can You Fool (allman brothers band) Please Be With Me (scott boyer) Only Business (rain parade) Walkin’ On Air (schulman) That’s The Way (led zeppelin) London Bridges

Sole Survivor

When I was younger I had dreams of having a thriving indie label (and record store) but those failed miserably. Before I ended that venture I managed to put out a cd, a 7” and a cassette tape. Alison Ranger, The Dekline & Fairmont (the lesser known one from pa that pre-dated minor times). At one point I also thought I would create a zine that would include mini 3” cd-r samplers. The first sampler being my labels sampler (along with an exclusive track from Mark Price, the 2nd guitarist of fairmont). I also thought it was artsy or dreamy or cool to put samples from movies in there. so here’s my lil’ sampler of the once sorta thriving Sole Survivor (previously Stage God) Records.

Sole Survivor Sampler 2002

This one goes out to my boys Alex & Nick

Big hands by Crass Recreated by Holy Mountain

just importing some music and remembered hearing this gem on a mix tape ten trillion times. except, the original version.

What Would a Wookie Do?!?

Clutch “What Would a Wookie Do?”
I absolutely love this song,
Enjoy!
”The Wookies Wicked Clutch!”

Annoying Nirvana

So I decided to add a couple more tracks after going through and making an extensive playlist of b-sides that weren’t included on Insecticide. These few are versions of songs that you will not find on With The Lights Out, and only available on pretty much out of print compilations and singles.

From Pennyroyal Tea/Beavis & Butthead Experience comp
I Hate Myself and Want to Die

From Smells Like Teen Spirit Single
Even In His Youth

and worst of all (this is seriously a bad cover song)
from Hard To Believe, a Kiss cover compilation
Do You Love Me?

listen to the last and learn that even the genius at heart can make shit go really wrong.