Alright,
here we are episode two. Some server problems seem to be resolved from last week so I'm soldiering on with the podcast. If you don't care to read what i have to say about the songs, scroll down to the bottom and click PLAY

Human Pippi Armstrong - Overflow
bad ass! I left off with Pippi last week so i figured i'd pick up where i left off. one man's wonderful solitary doodlings from boone, nc, a super cool town. Buy his disk when he gets it out.
http://www.myspace.com/humanpippiarmstrong

Manoir De Maniaque - Hello Hey Hi (I'm making this title up)
alright, a bangin get-to-it track by the man also known as Cashio. he give me a disk with no information on it one time and this is from that so I don't know the name of the song. Another one of my north carolina brethren who fiddles with some synth in the inimitable US Christmas. He's got some other projects that are equally worth checking out. DA MAN.
http://www.myspace.com/manoirdemaniaque

Northern Liberties - Controlled By Voices From Beyond
My cucaburra pal affectionately monikored CLC turned me onto NL and i'm glad he did. Since then we've played a show with them in Philly and I hope i can return the favor here in Harrisonbog. I don't have a copy of the new album from which this track was taken but i have listened to it a few times, the whole thing, on their website, and it's the best thing they've got out, which is no easy statement to make. If you like this, listen to some more of their stuff, it's all golden. Then buy the disk. Do as I say not as I do.
http://www.northernlibertiesband.com

Chris Fulmer - Gramma's Bears
An impassioned reading from everyone's favorite outsider artist out of VA Beach. Look at his page for mind-boggling stuff.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=56702950

US Christmas - Death By Horses
So last week I played a more laid back number by this North Carolinian powerhouse. This time I'm making up for it with this, what certainly must be a radio track. I had the distinct pleasure of getting to listen to most of their new album in their van one time when I should have been behaving myself watching the other bands that were playing that night. If you like this, let me tell you: the new stuff does not disappoint. I hear they're playing w/ Neurosis in Chicago in a few weeks. Better not miss it...
http://www.myspace.com/uschristmas

Lungfish - Space Orgy
This is the first Lungfish song I ever heard. what a great introduction. I envy anyone who gets to have their first listen to Lungfish. What a great experience.
There's more info on Lungfish, obviously, on the web. i don't do a good job of explainging them. maybe i shouldn't've even tried.
http://dischord.com/band/lungfish

Lungfish - The Evidence
This is a stand out track on an album I don't really favor over the rest that was much more difficult to obtain than the rest. But, you know, "bad" Lungfish is better than "good" most things.
http://dischord.com/band/lungfish

Joe Lally - Abraham Lincoln
This is from the first time I saw Joe. I've seen him 10 times total. Then he moved to Italy and will only be touring the West Coast of the USA in the forseeable future. If you're there, be there. I wouldn't rearrange work or make plans to travel and go see someone 10 different times if it wasn't totally worth it. This particular show was a life-changing experience for me. When I listened to this recording I couldn't believe so many people were talking while he was playing! Music and life is strange like that, you could be having a really meaningful moment and at the same time and place someone else barely notices their surroundings.
I'll play more Lally stuff maybe next week. I'm excited for the new record, the stuff I've heard live from it really sounds good.
http://www.joelally.com

Meade Skelton - My Loudoun County Home
I went through a fair amount of trouble to rip this audio from the YouTube video. I love the tenderness of the lyrics and the fact that he address issues of overpopulation and development in such a personal song. Meade is a true class act hailing from Richmond, a town that seems to want to have nothing to do with him. But as the song says "They can't keep me down" so meade soldiers on. We've played countless show with the Man, every one of them a great experience. He's fixing to record a new album and the stuff he's got that I've heard really is dynamite. He's reached a high point in his career, I think, so do yourself a favor and check out some videos and discs of old Meade Skelton.
http://www.meadeskelton.com

The Karl Rove - God Bless
The Karl Rove were a great band featuring Jim Shelley of Book Of Kills. They really rocked. The fella singing this song is Johnny St. Ours, who plays a mean guitar even though he says he doesn't. They were long lived but barely played. In two years they played nine shows. But they were a force to be reckoned with live. My last birthday was spent rockin with the Rove. It ended up being their last show. Jim hasn't posted TKR stuff to his free pile at Archive.org but I'm sure he'd make you a disc if you asked him.
http://www.bookofkills.net

Book of Kills - Jesus Was and Alien
Great track that I first heard on the legendary Reject tape. Fortunately for you this outtake from the Saint Judas sessions comes bundled with Saint Judas these days. Jim really started to hit his stridewith St Judas. he hasn't put out anything that wasn't incredibly listenable since! Seems like there'd be pressure to create gems but the man doesn't seem to sweat it. I should do an entire podcast of BOK songs but that wouldn't stop me from playing him all the time.

Antelope - The Demon
I've seen Antelope a lot. Like 8 times. They're one of my favorite bands. I was very fortunate to convince them to come play at The Little Grill with us one time. That was a great show...
These freedom fighters are currently in Europe and planning a month-long onslaught of the states from late Nov. to late December, be sure to catch them if they're near. This is a made gallup track from their recent Reflector LP (highly recommended).
http://www.ant3lop3.com

Stifling - Vietnamese Noodle House
Here's a great band from Strasburg, VA. Every so often they'll play a show and when they do they totally school all the other bands and everyone in the audience. Except for that one time when they played with USC and everybody everywhere got schooled. Super-cool guys. This track is more of an end-piece tone poem than their "normal" stuff, drum and bass screech and rolling hell rock. Please listen to them, trust me, you need to.
http://www.myspace.com/stifling