The Walkmen

The Walkmen return with their 7th album, Heaven, at the end of the month.

Recall 2010’s Lisbon here and then ride the title track to Heaven.

Father John Misty

Father John Misty is the current moniker for J. Tillman.

He is a singer/songwriter and guitarist but for the past 4 years has drummed for Fleet Foxes.

He has recorded 8 solo albums since 2004, but this is his first as Father John Misty. The album is Fear Fun on Sub Pop which offers a couple of free downloads from this multi-talented artist.

“I’m Writing a Novel” is featured here.

Lopsided World of L

Monday’s podcast on-demand direct from Berlin from Jonathan L

Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)

Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)

*Elixer Inc. “Rock N Roll Till We Die”
*Dee Snider f/ Cyndi Lauper “Big Spender”
*Dr. John f/ Dave Aurbauch (Black Keys) “Getaway”
*Obscenity Trial “Uber’s Wasser Gehen” (SITD remix)
*Dandy Warhols “Sad Vacation”
Volbeat “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” (2008)
Eve 6 “Curtain” (replay)
*Elan “Black Widow”
*Dee Snider “The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd”
*Dee Snider “Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)
Boogie Company “Beating Around The Bush”
*A$AP Rocky f/ Main Attraction “Leaf”
*Joey Ramone “New York City”
*Grand Duchy “Sweet Pea”
*Grand Duchy “Let The People Speak” (Jeremy Dubs mix)
*Races “Song Of The Birds”
*Elixer Inc. “Burning For Me”
*Breton “Interference”
Cosmo Jarvis “Daves House” (replay 2011)
Hans-Jorg Grosse “Kafka In A Groove”
(JL Mix-music by Air “Electronic Performers”-replay)
*Edge Of Dawn “Lucid Dreams” (Standeg remix)
*Epica “Internal Warfare”
Miracle Flair “Ray Out Confidence” (replay 2011)
CKY “Afterworld” (2010)
*Ministry “Freefall”
*Torche “Kicking”
*Pennywise “Let Us Hear Your Voice”
*Oberhofer “Gold”

Lower Dens

Lower Dens is a band from Baltimore led by Texas-raised front-woman Jana Hunter.

Nootropics is their just released 2nd album.

“Brains” is the first single and available as a free download.

I’m also particularly fond of the new featured track “Propagation” as heard here in this video.

Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn, the amazing talent behind Blur and Gorillaz, has composed an opera entitled Dr Dee.

The opera is based on the life of John Dee (1527-1609), an intellectual and scientist who also immersed himself in the occult studies of magic, astrology, alchemy and the supernatural. He served as an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I.

Dr Dee debuted in July, 2011 at the Manchester International Festival.

The soundtrack is just now available.

“The Dancing King” from the album is a free download.

Joey Ramone

Dear friend Joey Ramone died in 2001.

I miss our late-night all-night phone conservations of music, art and life, his warmth, his passion, his compassion.

…ya know? is Joey’s 2nd posthumous album due later this month.

“What Did I Do to Deserve You?” is a free download from the album.

If the chorus sounds familiar it is lifted from “Beat on the Brat” from the first Ramones album.

“What Did I Do to Deserve You?

“Beat on the Brat”

Lopsided World of L

The Monday edition of new music from Jonathan L.

Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)

Lopsided World of L (Hour2)

*Epica “Storm The Sorrow
*Eve 6 “Lost & Found”
*Eve 6 “Curtain”
*The Ting Tings “Guggenheim”
Tenacious D “Rize Of The Fenix” (replay)
*Ben Kweller “Full Circle”
*The Rapture “In The Grace Of Your Love” (Gabe edit)
*KMFDM “Krank” (Kaptin’ K mix by Sacha 2011)
*Grand Duchy “Two Lies And One Truth”
*Grand Duchy “Esther”
*Gloom Prophet “Let The People Speak”
(interpretation of Grand Duchy song)
*Yellow Ostrich “Stay At Home”
*Ministry “Weekend Warrior”
*A$AP Rocky “Houston Old Head”
Aaron David Gleason “Fate” (replay)
*Nneka “Camouflage”
*Axel Rudi Pell “World Of Confusion”
*Races “Year Of The Witch”
*Sene. w/ Jay Jennings “BrooklynKnight”
Battleme “Touch” (replay)
*Elan “The Action”
*John Foxx “Talk (Beneath Your Dreams)”
*Chloe Day “Streets”
Mother Love Bone “Stargazer” (1990)
*The Black Sleep “Guns”
*Egon “The Sun”
*EROK w/ Lizzy Devine “Raise Your Fist Up”
*Atari Teenage Riot “Collapse Of History”

Metric

The Canadian band Metric release their 5th album in June.

The band has grown exponentially since 2003 and the new album Synthetica will add to their renown.

One listen to the new single and you will know what I mean.

“Youth Without Youth” is wildly infectious and is already one of my favorite songs of the year.

Lopsided World of L

Jonathan L’s golden ears every Monday.

Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)

Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)

*Yellow Ostrich “Elephant King”
Pigeon Head “Battle Flag” (Low Fidelity All-Stars remix 1997)
*Shirley Levi “Halah” (live rehearsal studio version of Mazzy Star
song w/additional melody and lyrics by Shirley)
*Battleme “Touch”
*John Foxx “Tides”
*Speech Debelle “Studio Back Pack Rap”
*Tenacious D “Rize Of The Fenix” (full album version)
*Axel Rudi Pell “Lived Our Lives Before”
*Chloe Day “Bombshell” (dance mix)
*Grand Duchy “Where Is John Frum?”
*Gloom Prophet “See Thru U” (interpretation of Grand Duchy song)
*Ministry “Relapse” (Defibrillator mix)
*Trust “Shoom”
R.E.M. “I’ll Take The Rain” (Jamie Candiloro remix 2002)
*The Alchemist “Whole Lotta Thug”
*The Alchemist “Gangsta S**t 2″
*Silverspun Pickups “Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)” (full album version)
*Guided By Voices w/ Robert Pollard “Keep It In Motion”
*3 Inches Of Blood “Metal Woman”
*Tom Jones w/ Jack White “Evil” (Howlin’ Wolf cover)
*Nneka “J”
*Animal Kingdom “Strange Attractor” (Black Fethers remix)
Mandasue Heller “Guilty” (replay)
*The Ting Tings “Give It Back”
*Hanno-Bruhn- Gang “Berlin Uff Blues”
*MxPx “Far Away”
*Elan “Bad Days Are Gone”

Fiona Apple

The quirky mysterious Fiona Apple will release her 4th album in June.

We’ve waited 7 years since Extraordinary Machine and new offering is exotically entitled The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do.

Seriously!

Most will simple refer to it as The Idler Wheel.

“Every Single Night” is the lead track.

The Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols 8th album is entitled This Machine.

We last heard from them in 2010 with their greatest hits album, The Capitol Years 1995-2007.

(BTW, if you haven’t seen the 2004 documentary Dig!, I highly recommend it. It chronicles the fascinating love/hate relationship between The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.)

Beat the World is the band’s own label and they record in their home studio called the Odditorium in Portland, Oregon.

“Sad Vacation” is the first single.

The Mynabirds

The Mynabirds are singer/songwriter Laura Burhenn and a collective of musicians based in Omaha.

She is also a member of the Bright Eyes’ touring band.

GENERALS is the name of the 2nd Mynabirds album due on Saddle Creek Records in June.

“Generals” is the cool first single. (Free download here.)

First Aid Kit

Last year we featured a preview of First Aid Kit’s album The Lion’s Roar.

This is their first American-recorded album and their second full-length since their 2010 debut The Big Black & Blue.

These two Swedish sisters recorded in Omaha with Bright Eyes’ Mike Mogis producing.

“Blue” is the new single.

Lopsided World of L

Jonathan L’s new music vision every Monday.

Lopside World of L (Hour 1)

Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)

Gary Glitter (Dutch remix) “Rock & Roll Part 2″ (1998)
Dana International “Cinque Milla” (1998)
*The Real McKenzies “The Message”
*Nightwish “Last Ride Of The Day”
*Gloom Prophet “Dark Sparkles” (interpretation of Grand Duchy)
*Grand Duchy “ROTC”
*Grand Duchy “Annie Bliss”
*Eisbrecher “Tanz mit mir”
*The Beauty Of Gemina “Badlands”
*The Cheek Of Her “Yes. It’s A Love Song”
*Bernard Fowler w/ IMFS “Get Away”
*Lords Of Acid “Sole Sucker” (Angelsplit remix)
DJ Numark f/ Bumpy Knuckles “Dumpin’ ‘Em All”
*Foxy Shazam “Forever Together”
*Gina and the Eastern Block “Identity Thief”
*3 Inches Of Blood “One For The Ditch”
*Wumpscut (Rudy Ratzinger) “Woman And Satin First”
*Epica “Requiem For The Indifferent”
*Epica “Avalanche”
*All Good Funk Alliance “Rhythm & FX” (Funkanomics mix)
Saxon “Motorcycle Man” (1980)
*One Model Nation “Mission To Mars”
*Hanno-Bruhn-Gang “In Mitte Im Hotel”
*Black Carl “Silhoulettes Of Evil”
*The Ting Tings “Hang It Up”
*Aaron David Gleason “Fate”
Black 47 “Brooklyn Girls” (1996)

PIL

PIL reemerges!

After 20 years, Public Image Ltd., (Johnny Rotten’s band, post Sex Pistols) will release an album in late May.

In anticipation and in honour of Record Store Day taking place tomorrow, Saturday, April 21, PIL presents a 4-song EP entitled One Drop.

As good as ever, this is the title track. How we’ve missed Mr. Lydon.