Part 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the first half of 2012. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Future Carnivores, Mark Lanegan Band, Soccer Mom and Dinosaur Jr.
Show notes:
Recorded at Clicky Clicky World HQ
Kumar: New Van Halen album much better than expected
Breitling: Future Carnivores brings a new wave sound
Breitling enjoys the Eddie Money jams
Forced to listen to Starship
Kumar: Check out the book I Want My MTV
Kumar: Lanegan goes way beyond straightahead rock
Breitling: Ride tribute comp features Boston acts
Get Geddy Lee on the show
Kumar: Digging the new Rush album
New Metric album is strong
Heavy Blanket features Mascis with guitar instrumentals
Ty Segall was not in Under Siege 2
Breitling: Looking forward to new release from Everyone Everywhere
Breitling: New band called Dikembe (no relation to Mutombo) recalls mid-90s emo
New Dino Jr. due out in the fall
Kumar: Need to check out new Future of the Left, Henry Clay People
Kumar's "skeptible" of Spin's Twitter reviews
Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Future Carnivores - Drugs (demo)
Mark Lanegan Band - The Gravedigger's Song
Soccer Mom - Dreams Burn Down
Dinosaur Jr. - Watch the Corners
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Future Carnivores song is a demo from the band's forthcoming second album. Download the song for free from ClickyClickyMusic.com.
The Mark Lanegan Band song is on the album Blues Funeral on 4AD. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at MarkLanegan.com.
The Soccer Mom song is on the compilation NOFUCKINGWHERE. Download the song for free at ClickyClickyMusic.com.
The Dinosaur Jr. song is from the forthcoming album I Bet on Sky on Jagjaguwar Records. Download the song for free at Epitonic.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.