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Friday, October 28

Superchunk - Not Lonely, Just Live 2022

Rough Trade
Superchunk plays Webster Hall, N.Y. in 2022
photo by Douglass Dresher
New York, N.Y.
June 14, 2022
(acoustic show)

audience recording
(sound quality: VG+) 
  
01 intro, tuning
02 Wild Loneliness
03 Endless Summer
04 Rainy Streets
05 Seed Toss
06 Driveway to Driveway
07 If You're Not Dark


-sample Superchunk's marvelousness here-
"Endless Summer" KEXP Live,  April 2022
KEXP Studios
Superchunk plays Bumbershoot in 2011
Seattle, WA
April 4, 2022

webstream capture (sound quality: VG++) 
  
01 Wild Loneliness

02 Refracting

03 Endless Summer

04 Rainy Streets


ROB SEZ: Superchunk may be too busy running Merge Records,  or whatever. If Mac McCaughan and company can't do much to promote Wild Loneliness, the band's *stunning* long-player released a few months ago, then I'm gonna do my little bit to try to get the word out. Wild Loneliness is fabulous, even in comparison to their extensive catalogue of fabulousness. I strongly encourage you to give it a listen. (Is Jon Wurster the best indie music drummer of his era? Discuss.) Meanwhile, I'm indebted to neil d and KEXP for sharing the music.

   

FLAC Rough Trade set is lossless, KEXP = lossless capture of lossy source


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Friday, October 21

Julia Jacklin - Live In Melbourne & Seattle 2019

The Forum 
Melbourne, Australia 
March 14, 2019


webstream (sound quality: Ex-, Triple J Radio webcast)
01 Body
02 Leadlight
03 Motherland
04 Don't Know How to 
     Keep Loving You 
05 When the Family Flies In
06 Don't Let the Kids Win
07 Good Guy
08 You Were Right
09 Pool Party
10 Head Alone
11 Pressure to Party


*sample Julia Jacklin & band's live talent here*
(for me, this is the definitive version of "Head Alone")
KEXP Studios 
Seattle, WA
Aug. 12, 2019


webstream (sound quality: Ex-)
  
01 Don't Know How to 
     Keep Loving You 
02 Head Alone
03 Turn Me Down
04 Pressure to Party
   
05 LA Dream (KUTX 2017)
06 Head Alone (AB Session 2019)
07 Comfort (RNZ Live 2019)
08 Pressure to Party (RNZ Live 2019)
09 Eastwick (Sideshow Alley 2017)

ROB SEZ: This was supposed to be a different post, about an up-and-coming group that just released a new album — accompanied by LOTS of indie hype. I really wanted to buy into the hoopla. I bought the new album, listened attentively several times, and ... was singularly unimpressed. By contrast, Australian artist Julia Jacklin has been in heavy rotation at my house for many weeks now. Jacklin's music has everything I found lacking in the unnamed group's recent long player: an identifiable personality, impressive musical chops, loads of charm, and plenty of food for thought in the lyrics. Her 2019 album Crushing (AllMusic rating: 4.5 stars out of 5) and 2022's PRE PLEASURE (AllMusic rating: 4 stars out of 5) have rewarded me richly during their frequent spins. This post offers a hometown show that coincided with the release of Jacklin's second album as well as a 2019 live set for KEXP radio, augmented by other live (mostly acoustic) recordings from 2017 and 2019. Special thanks to Triple J Radio, KEXP, and the others for sharing. Please enjoy.

FLAC lossless captures, lossy sources

    

Friday, October 7

Green Pajamas - Live 2000-2017 (sbd + aud)

The Showbox

Seattle, WA

Nov. 4, 2000

    

soundboard recording (quality: Ex-) 

  

01 The Secret of Her Smile

02 She's Still Bewitching Me

03 Three-Way Conversation

04 Anna Day

05 Emily Grace

06 Downslide

07 Autumn Leaves


ROB SEZ: Seattle's Green Pajamas have been an overly well-kept secret of indie rock & neo-psychedelica fans since the band got started way back in the 1980s. Jeff Kelly and musical partner Joe Ross have led the combo through dozens of band efforts, solo albums, compilations, and side projects. After all these decades, they're still going strong. All the releases I've heard (about 15 albums & comps) are well worth a listen, and some are bona fide masterpieces. Learn more at AllMusic and Bandcamp (and — because they're so prolific — this additional Bandcamp site).

KEXP Studios

Seattle, WA

Dec. 27, 2013


webstream capture

(sound quality: VG++)


01 Lonesome End of the Lake

02 The Queen's Last Tango

03 Why Good Men Go Bad

04 The Red, Red Rose

xx Interview segments w. DJ Sharlese

  

Variously Live

Seattle, WA

2006, 2010, 2017

webstream captures (sound quality: VG+ to VG++)


01 Fairy Queen

      (live Seattle 2017-03-11) 

02 Three-Way Conversation

      (live Seattle 2017-03-11)

03 Cold Turkey

      (live Seattle 2010-10-09)

04 A Long Way From Home

      (Ray Davies cover, rec. 2006) 


FLAC (2000 set is 100% lossless; the other 2 are lossless captures of lossy sources)



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