Americana from Sisters in Pennsylvania

Noisetrade: From the hills of Pennsylvania comes a debut self-titled album from The Hello Strangers, a sister-fronted (Larissa Chace Smith and Brechyn Chace) Americana duo, whose haunting harmonies and witty, noir songwriting are the backbone of their sound. Produced by award-winning Nashville producer Steve Ivey, the album features 11 originals and 2 covers, and features Jim Lauderdale on vocals, and "Que Sera, Sera," a tribute to the sisters' Grandfather, who sang with Doris Day.

Genres: Country, Americana, Roots Rock
For Fans Of: Kathleen Edwards, Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris

"The Hello Strangers don't need classifications. They are just – for lack of a more sophisticated term – Damn Good." - Chuck Dauphin, Music News Nashville/Billboard

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MUSIC COPYRIGHTS: All Rights Reserved
IMAGE: album cover
NATIONALITY: USA: Pennsylvania: Mercersburg
CLASSIFICATIONS: Country; Folk Pop; Americana; American Folk; Blues Rock
LANGUAGE: American Engligh
FILED UNDER: Digital: Traditional: Americas: North: Folk, Country

Monday Energy Injection

Formed in Los Angeles way back in 1977, The Dickies are one of the longest lived punk bands in the world. Their silly lyrics, catchy jangly melodies, and sense of fun have built a devoted fan base. Some members of that fan base have done energetic covers of Dickies classics that are sure to have you tapping at your desk.

TRACK LIST

01. The Norma Jeans - (Stuck In A Pagoda With) Tricia Toyota

Featuring Your Very Own Webmaster, Ciaron, On Vocals And Bass Guitar

02. Gigantor – Gigantor

03. Stiletto Boys - Gigantor

04. Chuckhole - Stan Lee

05. Simpletones - Disco Ape

This Is Their Version Of You Drive Me Ape

06. Sgt. Phallic's Undernourished Kids - E's In Leah

A Live Reworking Of Just Say Yes

07. Doc & The Pods - Attack Of The Mole Men

08. Panic Attacks - Manny, Moe & Jack

09. Mouthguard - Hideous

MUSIC COPYRIGHTS: All Rights Reserved

IMAGE: cover improvised by Oddio Overplay from the cover of The Dickies' eighth single, "Fan Mail"

NATIONALITY: Multinational
CLASSIFICATIONS: Punk; Rock; Tribute; Power Pop
LANGUAGE: English, German
FILED UNDER: Digital: Small Classes: Tribute, Cover, Remix

Self - Porno, Mint And Grime

Porno, Mint And Grime is one of several albums of B-sides and unreleased tracks given away by Matt Mahaffey, his project Self, and the Self fan community at Selfies.com. Although the site is no longer breathing, there is an archived version with all those albums still available to new ears.

Several Self CDs are on the shelves in the Oddio Overplay library and still get play. These are meticulously well-produced, quality pop and rock albums. Recommended for fans of Beck, Devo, XTC, and good alternative pop music in general.

Official Website | AllMusic | Matt Mahaffey | Facebook | Twitter

MUSIC COPYRIGHTS: All Rights Reserved
IMAGE: album cover
NATIONALITY: USA: California: Los Angeles; USA: Tennessee: Murfreesboro
CLASSIFICATIONS: Pop; Rock; Experimental Pop; Hip Hop Beats; Electronic
COMPOSERS: Matt Mahaffey
LANGUAGE: American English
FILED UNDER: Digital: Popular Music: Rock, Blues Rock, Classic Rock

Twangy Psychedelia from The Spectacular Fantastic

We dig the psychedelic indie pop and rock of The Spectacular Fantastic and have been promoting them to readers for years.

Remember the sounds of Camper Van Beethoven and early Flaming Lips? Mix those sounds with southern twang and bigger doses of psychedelic pop and you have yourself something like the mighty friendly flavor of The Spectacular Fantastic.

Mike writes, "TSF has been many things over the years.  The "band" began as a solo recording project that eventually evolved into a full blown rock and roll band and has recently devolved back into a recording project in, near, and around Cincinnati.

"I have been very fortunate to share a musical bond with many of my friends over the past 5 years or so.  The members/collaborators have included Jon Schwartz, Doug Baum, William Ryan Fletcher, Roger Pott, Bryan Dellefield, and Jonathan Williams.  We have played many shows throughout the region and have released several albums and a few EPs.  The lineup currently consists of Jonathan Williams and myself.

"We live in the studio and are refining and practicing the art of songwriting on an ongoing basis.  We may or may not re-emerge as a live band but as long as I am around, we will probably release an album here and there.  We do believe in making music that is easily accessible and either very affordable or free to enjoy."

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Kowloon Walled City to Rock Your Teeth Out

The Kowloon Walled City sound is a conglomerate of bottom-heavy sludge, hardcore, and metal set to rock the teeth out of your skull.

Their name alone calls to mind one of the most anarchic, innovative, and disturbing human experiments of all time which can set your brain on edge before you even hear the band. Then you hear the band, and they pound through your chest.

Bad ass.

On the Free Music Archive you will find the Kowloon Walled City albums Turk Street and Gambling on the Richter Scale, plus a live studio performance on the show of the rockinest WFMU DJ Diane Kamikaze (also a bad ass!).

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Music License: All three recordings are Creative Commons licensed with Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) Artist Location: San Fransisco, California, USA

Blues Rock from Vintage Trouble

Yeah, chocolate and peanut butter are a classic combination, but that can't hold a candle to the soul, rhythm and blues, and rock classic combination brought by Vintage Trouble.

Their writeup reads, "a new kind of soul band had been born with unlimited creativity and force."

The band is strong enough to open for the Rolling Stones and The Who this summer. Acts like that are quite an endorsement. Maybe you have seen them on The Tonight Show, Conan, Jools Holland, and making the rounds.

The Vintage Trouble 4-song NoiseTrade Sampler features the lead single off their debut album, "Blues Hand Me Down"; a live track of their song "Love With Me"; an acoustic version of their song "Nancy Lee"; and a recording of their song "World's Gonna Have To Take A Turn Around".

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Music License: All Rights Reserved
Artist Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Shake That Bootay with Juno What

The press release of electric boogie funk monsters Juno What?! is spot on, saying:

Juno What?! is a shameless dance party.

Formed in 2008, the band has quickly become the leading practitioner of high-energy disco booty jams, and live electro-funk.

Juno What?! is bringing their illuminated madness to stages across the country. Catalyzing dance floors into sonic landscapes, the band has ignited a devoted following of fans by providing raw, electrifying shows which are devoid of the aimless wanderings of the lesser jam community.

Their sound is ahead of its time yet still rooted in the foundation of early-80’s dance grooves with a devout appreciation for sternum-bumping progressive themes.

Juno What?! kindly shares two booty-shakin' albums for your pleasure on their website!

The second album is live, and just check out how they bring it live:

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Music License: All Rights Reserved
Image: Shameless album cover
Artist Location: Colorado, USA?

The Lush Sounds of the '70s from Ill Mondo

The label Circle Into Square descibes Ill Mondo's De Novo album as "a psychedelic exploration of epic proportions" and goes on to say:

Recorded on classic, vintage equipment in authentic 70's style, Ill Mondo employed dozens of studio musicians and a variety of vocalists to complete the album. The recordings started with a Kraut-rock influenced studio jam session, and the sessions were edited down before extensive overdubbing; Mellotron flutes and strings blend with live horn and string sections, Latin percussion accents against the funky drums and a full choir section complements the space echo guitars.

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Music License: © All Rights Reserved

Artist Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA

Garage Rock Comp from Budabeats

This garage rock beauty came up in rotation today and had the Oddio grunts dancing, so we are passing that vibe on to you. Get up and shake that thang!

Various Artists [Budabeats] - Jerks From The Garage

"The 20th Budabeats relase will bring you back to the smokey late sixties with a collection of lo-fi tracks of bands hailing from the States, England, Spain, Germany, Belgium Hungary and even Guatemala. Pop-jerks, psych-pop, rockabilly, garage, beat, surf and some spagetti western feeling on this one!"

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Music License: © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND

Rock Legends Black Market Baby

The late '70s and the '80s rock and punk scene in Washington, DC is infamous the world over. DC rockers Black Market Baby played their first show in 1980 and continue to rock the city with reunions. These were the bad boys, the drinkers and fighters. Stooges, Ramones, Black Market Baby, punk as hell. Black Market Baby provided a sharp contrast to the positive hardcore punks of DC.

As a tiny punk girl in DC, I was intimidated by Black Market Baby and rocking bands of their calibre. They were a little older and seemed drunk, disorderly, dangerous, nasty, mean, destructive -- the opposite of what I respected in the productive DC music scene. I couldn't help but love them, though, because Black Market Baby kept the snarl and fight and rock in the clubs. I love these bad boys still!

There are 10 tracks available on the official Black Market Baby website that capture some of the energy of this legendary band, and you can lay your hands on some of their recordings through Dischord Records, another legendary DC institution. Long live punk, baby!

--Katya Oddio

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Music License: © All Rights Reserved
Image: Black Market Baby by Steve Figliozzi
Artist Location: Washington, DC, USA

Funk Diva Saidah Baba Talibah

Canadian chanteuse Saidah Baba Talibah is bringing the funk sound today, as powerfully as diva Betty Davis did in her day. Saidah's album (S)Cream is funky, sticky, rocking, and waiting for you.

Press release: Satisfying and soulful. Raw and raunchy. Inspiring, tantalizing and scandalous. Dripping with sensuality. Saidah Baba Talibah will take you on a trip, get you high, bring you to your knees and take you to that place called grace, all in one album. Known as an electrifying performer, Saidah Baba Talibah has a powerful voice, which goes from a seductive, soft purr to a powerful bellow at the turn of a dime.

Now Magazine (Canada's largest weekly): "There’s Rock n' Roll. And then there’s the Rock n' Soul of buzzy Toronto-bred vocalist Saidah Baba Talibah, daughter of Tony and Grammy Award-nominated icon Salome Bey, 'Canada's First Lady of Blues'. Strong bloodline notwithstanding, Saidah is a fierce artist that isn't afraid to combine rock/funk/soul in all of her performances!"

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Music License: All Rights Reserved
Image: Saidah Baba Talibah for Kamoy Magazine
Artist Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Australian '60s Rock Undergound

Back in 2004, Melbourne Community Radio Station 3CR released a book by about the wild 1960s Australian underground rock scene, Wild About You! Tales from the Australian Rock Undergound: 1963-68. The book was accompanied by a 19-song tribute CD featuring Melbourne's top contemporary groups covering period hits. The set sold out in no time.

The Ledatape Organisation, home of great music culture artifacts, has somehow landed the great luck of reissuing the CD digitally. They were also given the rights to do the same with two out-of-print psychedelic Aussie compilations from 3CR.

"Bloodied noses! Car crashes! Police harassment! Jealous boyfriends! These were just a few of the hazards that faced the beat groups who roamed Australia during the mid-sixties. Despite these obstacles (perhaps because of them) a number of homegrown acts came to epitomise the down and dirty sound of the Antipodean underground." -- Ledatape Organisation

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Music License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Image:cover of original CD
Artist Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Blues Rock on Zap! Azul

When it was still living, BandSoup put out a great compilation of blues rock, Zap! Azul. The album features 17 blues laced rock songs from 17 different artists. Rock on!

Download includes PDF with links to all the artists and more music.

Music License: © All Rights Reserved
Image: album cover

Discount Hi-Fi, Friends Making Music

Discount Hi-Fi is or was a business in the Porter District of Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Discount Hi-Fi is also the name of a band in the same town. Discount Hi-Fi is an album by the Melodicans, also of Gainesville, and made up of some of the same friends as the band Discount Hi-Fi. It is also the name of an album by fellow Florida band Honey Chamber.

The Letter by Discount Hi-Fi is an album of melodic pop rock. This is the fun album that had the Oddio Team digging for more information.



Meanwhile, Discount Hi-Fi by the Melodicans is an album of reggae tinted pop songs.



Cheers to all the musician friends who make this music together.


Music License: Both albums © All Rights Reserved
Image: Discount Hi Fi, Gainesville, FL by Samfeltus
Artist Location: Gainesville, Florida, USA

The 88, Not Just The Kinks Reborn

The 88 is the backup band of Ray Davies, co-founder of The Kinks, one of the most influential rock bands of the British Invasion. In this role, The 88 performs songs by The Kinks, whose classics include "You Really Got Me," "Lola," "All Day and All of the Night," "Sunny Afternoon," "Apeman," "A Well Respected Man," "Come Dancing," "Tired of Waiting For You," and "Waterloo Sunset."

The 88 is much more than "The Kinks Reborn." They are their own rock band with their own sound. To hear for yourself, check out this great 11-track album they are offering up for the taking. Well-produced pop to play over and over again.

Official Website | NoiseTrade | Lyrics [PDF] | Facebook | iTunes | Amazon

Music License: All Rights Reserved
Artist Location: Los Angeles, California, USA

Eight Percussive Albums

Drum Ecstasy - H. D. M.
© All Rights Reserve

Blake Fleming - Time's Up
© CC BY-NC-SA

Drum Ecstasy - Drums Only
© All Rights Reserved

Cathedral Of Chemical Equilibrium - Sonic Action [Lloyd Rodgers, composer]
US Public Domain

Frank Long - The Pedro Tapes
© All Rights Reserved

Harlan - The Beat Maker
© CC BY-NC

Freestyle Percussion Magik - Freestyle Percussion Magik
© CC BY-SA

Dudeldrum - Dudeldrum
© CC BY-NC-SA

Eisley Preview Album

Later this month, Eisley will release their Currents album. While awaiting the May 28th launch date, listeners can enjoy their Currents and More Sampler, a featured free NoiseTrade release. The Currents launch is the start of the Eisley summer tour.

"Eisley’s fourth album, Currents, is a study in contrasts. It’s the sound of a band growing up, but not forgetting the magical power of childlike curiosity or the joy of unselfconscious creativity. It’s an album that nods to playful pop and stormy rock, but also gentle electronica and delicate classical. But more than that, Currents finds the group forging their own path in the world, but never losing sight of the homegrown heart that’s made the band beloved by legions of fans."
-- NoiseTrade profile

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Music License: all rights reserved
Image: Currents album cover
Artist Location: Tyler, Texas, USA

Positive Messages To Get You Through

"Imagine what you could do, if you just believed in you?" -- Dawn Pemberton

Message Positive is an uplifting 18-track mix on the Free Music Archive with songs of positivity and inspiration to act.

The compilation jumps nations and continents and visits the genres of hip hop, soul, rhythm and blues, funk, ambient, chill, reggae, dub, rock, folk, singer-songwriter, rockabilly, blues, electronica, pop, novelty, children, dance.

Message Positive features Axial, BJ Block and Dawn Pemberton, The Crevulators, Eaters, Great Lake Swimmers, Higgins, Ill Papa Giraffe, Jon Rauhouse and Neko Case, Kelley Stoltz, Neko Case, Nobody's Bizness, Propaganda Anonymous, Salakapakka Sound System, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Spinnaface, Spinningmerkaba, Uncle Neptune, and Underling.

Every moment is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, baby.

[Download Message Positive]  

UPDATE: Sorry. Download stopped working when mix featured on FMA, 
so here is a rebuild. Hope it works for you now.
 

Music License: see individual track for license
Image: "Happy Sun" by pinkpuffball

Spooky Orchestral Works from Nigel Simmons

Nigel Simmons is the gifted young American composer whose work "Devil's Candy Shop" opens the Calling All Fiends horror compilation at Oddio Overplay.

 

Simmons has two collections of his orchestral works available on SoundCloud. Nigel Simmons also shares a fun rock album, Nana Man, on Bandcamp.

Official Site | SoundCloud | Bandcamp

License: not found

Location: Ellensburg, WA, USA

Garage Rock from Corporations

The companies Adult Swim and Dr. Pepper released a new compilation this week. This time around they are featuring garage rock. Garage Swim showcases unreleased tracks from Black Lips, The Gories, King Tuff, Mikal Cronin, JEFF the Brotherhood, King Khan and The Gris Gris, Mind Spiders, Bass Drum of Death, and others.

Garage rock fans, do you know about Garage Fest organizer Toyota's garage series? (Garage, get it? Oi.) They have released over the last few years something like 50 songs from bands like Black Lips, King Tuff, Oblivians, Nobunny, The Spits, Cola Freaks, Reigning Sound, Dirtbombs, Davilla 666, and the likes. Those tracks are only streaming now, but check the cover art on some of these! The albums Abdication by Reigning Sound and The King Khan Experience by King Khan, however, ARE still available for download.

Music License: assumed all rights reserved