Episode 7 (10/26)

The Coup - Ride the Fence

A great animated video for the most upbeat political song of all time:



MC5

This version of Motor City Burning isn't quite as passionate as the live version from Kick Out the Jams, but the second video is a testament to their incendiary live show.





Public Enemy

I can't embed the video for Louder Than A Bomb, but watch it here. The video is pretty cool, and the audio is actually a remix from Greatest Misses. Remember when Flav was a little more respectable? Chuck D came to speak here at ASU in 2004 and every time I see the poster for it in the radio station I get a little sad that I wasn't here at that point.

PE performed It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back in it's entirety this past summer as part of ATP's Don't Look Back concert series, I wish I could've been there. There's plenty of video footage on youtube though and it's worth checking out. Chuck still outperforms MCs half his age.

Episode 6 (10/19)

John Zorn...

Where to start? I honestly can't tell you, he's been involved with over 400 recordings according to Wikipedia. This article can help though:

The Wire

He's always been one of those performers that piques my interest but I'll hear some of his takes on traditional Jewish music and feel like this is the not what I want to hear, so I shy away for a while, until I hear something cool like his split with Napalm Death.

Khanate

You'll have to use your imagination a little here as far as extrapolating the volume to vomitous levels.



Fuck Buttons

I feel like videos like this are why this music exists.

Episode 5 (10/12)

I've played both Giant and Torche on the show in the last couple weeks and I just found two stellar videos from both bands. Shuffle magazine is based in Charlotte and films some of the better shows around town.
Giant @ the Neighborhood Theatre

Giant - Sun from Shuffle TV on Vimeo.

I know I've already posted a Torche video but this one is far superior. Partly because I was at the show (and briefly make an appearance in the crowd) but mostly because the horribly awesome audio is somewhat representative of how pummeling the volume was that night.
Torche @ the Milestone

Torche from Shuffle TV on Vimeo.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to put the Ted Leo and the Pharmacists track on the playlist, but if you're interested in buying the EP and supporting two worthy causes, check the Touch and Go Records site.

Band Links (buy their records!):
Fucked Up
Career Suicide
Butthole Surfers
Kimusawea
Akimbo
Econochrist
Clikitat Ikatowi
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Eastern Seaboard
Stick Men With Ray Guns
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Bridge and Tunnel
Jumbo's Killcrane
Dim Stars

Episode 4 (10/5)

A touch of psychedelia...



Zach Hill - Dark Art
corpse paint + running?


and in order to appreciate him even more...


Apparently No Age tried to tape a segment for the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson this week and they almost didn't get to play because one of them had an Obama shirt on. They cited a rule saying that all candidates must get equal exposure time. A t-shirt though? At least network TV is making an effort to expose good bands. Here's a video of them playing a track from their latest record Nouns in Juan's Basement:


As much as I hate to be trendy by posting things from Pitchfork and Vice, this show on Vice's website is actually pretty cool. On Practice Space they go to different bands' practice spaces (go figure) and hang out. To see a band like Battles work their magic is pretty interesting, especially at the end when they talk about the universal symbol for math rock.