Meltface Records

Posted Thu February 26, 2009
Meltface Records

Meltface Records may be new in town but they have a good deal of worthwhile offerings already at the helm. First and foremost, they just released the debut from Baby Teeth Thieves, To A Green Thought, In A Green Shade, a six-track collection of somewhat forelorn and languid musings with a nice dose of orchestral backing. You can snag the digital version of the EP from here.

Secondly, the label has decided that to further entice you to hear their musical offerings they will give you both of the Evil Bebos EP’s, Dead Language and Nausea, completely for free. You can snag them here and here, respectively.

If somehow that isn’t enough new media for you, the official Meltface site has a variety of videos to watch and a promise that more new music is on the way in March. We’ll be sure to let you know.

WOTT Radio Playlist – Feb. 22nd, 2009

Posted Wed February 25, 2009

A big thanks to Ross & Cody from Kindercastle and Bruton & Mischke from Mercy Lounge for hanging out and keeping us all entertained. Here’s the playlist:

  1. Kindercastle – Run The Gauntlet
    Dot to Dot to Dot (Upright T-Rex Music)
  2. Coral Castles – Ring Out Sing Out
    The Corpse & The Cake (self-released)
  3. Silver Jews – Aloysius, Bluegrass Drummer
    Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)
  4. Meemaw – Original Sin
    Glass Elevator (InfinityCat)
  5. Kindercastle – Beddie Bye
    Dot to Dot to Dot (Upright T-Rex Music)
  6. Kindercastle – The Key
    Dot to Dot to Dot (Upright T-Rex Music)
  7. The Comfies – Close To Me
    Close To Me (Livewire)
  8. This Modern Station – Next Best Thing
    (unreleased)
  9. Vovo – Jealousy Kills
    Vovo EP (myspace.com/vovosplace)
  10. Kindercastle – New Way of Life
    Dot to Dot to Dot (Upright T-Rex Music)
  11. Kindercastle – Buttercup
    Dot to Dot to Dot (Upright T-Rex Music)
  12. Heypenny – Secreterror
    Use These Spoons (self-released)
  13. The Features – Wooden Heart
    Some Kind of Salvation (self-released)

Hurts to Laugh – ‘I Tried’

Posted Wed February 25, 2009

Next week, on March 4th, Hurts to Laugh will be playing at The Basement with Vermicious K’nids and Forgotten Sons. I mention this show because I’ve only recently become aware of their “hessian-meat-rock” style. Despite being wary of a band that describes themselves as sounding like “Black Sabbath raping the Go-Go’s on a Sunday morning sidewalk” I must admit that they are doing what they do quite well. The video for “I Tried” is entertaining, stupid, lo-fi and engaging all at once; and I mean that in a complimentary way. Too often bands take themselves way too seriously and forget that they should also be having fun. Fortunately, I don’t think that’s going to be a problem for Hurts to Laugh.

Jensen Sportag + Max Tundra = Pitchfork

Posted Wed February 25, 2009
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Jensen Sportag will be unleashing their next EP in their “relationship series” of releases, Jackie, on March 3rd and it will contain a remix of their track “Cocktease” by none other than Max Tundra. Honestly, I’m not versed enough in the electronic / dance scene to really know who that is but apparently it’s a big enough deal to make Pitchfork take note of the occasion. Regardless of your thoughts on the matter it’s great coverage for a quality local act and it helps dispel the myth that Nashville has nothing beyond country music to offer.