MP3: Single #11 – Homeiswhereyouare

No, Ghost Shirt has not given up on the 52 Singles in 52 Weeks project. This one is just a bit tardy due to touring, etc. last week. This week’s (#11) up there ^^

MP3: Filthy & Free

To continue today’s New Jersey theme, here’s another band with Garden State roots. Shipla Ray and Her Happy Hookers have a bunch of shows coming up, including stops at SXSW and Columbus. Download the mp3 above and find out where you can see the band.

SXSW
Thursday March 18th
Rumble @ Shangra La w/ The Ettes, Apes of Wrath & Twin Tigers
1016 E 6th St Waller 1:15pm

Homeslice Pizza Showcase w/ Radar Bros, These United States, The Love Language
1415 Congress Ave South (North of Elizabeth St) 3pm

Pianos Showcase @ Kung Fu Saloon w/ Ninjasonik, Suckers, Miles
510 Rio Grande St 4:45pm

Saturday March 20th
MOG Party @ Mohawk w/ Black Keys, Real Estate, Demolished Thoughts, Free Energy
912 E River St 12 am

Obscure Magpie Showcase @ Encore w/ The Upside Down, Dead Confederate, Spindrift
611 Red River and 6th 1:30pm

Kevchino.com SXSW Party @ Café Mundi w/ Sharon Van Etten and Drink Up Buttercup
1704 E 5th St 8:15pm

MORE SHOWS
Mon. March 15 @ Matty’s Alley Billiard and Grill w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
2410 Gallatin Ave , Nashville TN
8pm $8

Sun. March 21 @ Hailey’s w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
122 Mulberry St, Denton TX
9pm $8

Mon. March 22 @ Sticky Fingers w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
107 S Commerce St
Little Rock, AK
8pm $8

Tues. March 23 @ Firebird w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
2706 Olive St, St Louis
8:30pm $8pm

Wed. March 24 @ The Summit w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
2210 Summit St, Columbus OH

Thurs. March 25 @ Musica w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
51 E Market St, Akron OH
8pm $10/$12

Fri. March 26 @ The Corner Café w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
636 N Main St Wilkes Barre, PA
8pm $8

Sat. March 27 @ The SoundLab w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
110 Pearl St, Buffalo NY
9pm $12advc/15dos

MP3: Harmony To My Heartbeat

You may know Sally Seltmann as New Buffalo. Or maybe you’ve heard this little song she cowrote and Feist sang, “1234.” Now she’s releasing her first album under her own name on Arts & Crafts.

Sally’s got three shows during SXSW. Be sure to make it out to one of her shows if you can.

Thursday March 18, 2010 (9.30pm)
Central Presbyterian Church, 200 E 8th St, Austin
Arts & Crafts SxSW showcase
w/ Dan Mangan, Timber Timbre, & Gonzales

Friday March 19, 2010 (2pm)
Mohawk Indoor Lounge, 912 Red River, Austin
Canvas Media SxSW Day Party

Saturday March 20, 2010 (4pm)
Maggie Mae’s, 323 East 6th St, Austin
Popfrenzy Party!

MP3: Deny All

Bettie Serveert release their ninth album, Pharmacy of Love, later this month. Above is the first track of the record for your downloading pleasure. You can pre-order it at Amazon.

Bettie Serveert escaped me in the 90s, and it has only been in recent years that I’ve been playing catch up with the band’s discography. It’s been fun digging through the catalog and this new album fits in nicely with the band’s sound.

Keep reading for a video of Deny All…

MP3: Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union

New Jersey’s Titus Andronicus is doing a mini tour of in-store performances in support of their new Civil War concept album, The Monitor, which is out tomorrow on XL. One of the seven stops will be at Used Kids Records here in Columbus this Wednesday, 3/10. And it’s free. The poster says 7 pm, Used Kids says 6 pm. Who will you trust…

They’ll also be back in Columbus at the Summit April 22.

#9 in Ghost Shirt’s 52 Singles in 52 Weeks project.

MP3:Guinea Worms-B.I.S.I.

Guinea Worms are having an event to highlight the release on their long desired album Sorcererers of Madness on Columbus Discount at Cafe Bourbon Street this evening.
I don’t know much about this band and I prefer to not write book reports.
Click on their name to read an educated opinion.
And i read some statistic on how this record’s national demand exceeded it’s supply so…listen to MP3 and evaluate your evening i suppose
If Jay Electronica or Get RIght isn’t your thing tonight.

MP3: The Mercury Program – Arrived Departed

Seems like most people I talk to got their introduction to instrumental post-rock through bands like Mogwai and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. My initiation, however, was at a show in Richmond, Virginia by a band called The Mercury Program when they were touring on the album A Data Learn the Language (awesome title, btw). The show floored me at the time and remains stuck in my brain today — overlapping guitars drenched in delay, intricate/intense drumming, masterful dynamics and the best use of vibraphone I’d heard. I was spellbound.

I’ve checked the band’s website from time to time to see what they were up to, and for a long while the status was “indefinite hiatus.” But I somehow missed that the band released a new LP in November called Chez Viking on Lovitt Records (Engine Down, Bats and Mice). And now the Mercury Program is hitting the road for the first time in five years. Check out the dates (w/ Fin Fang Foom, also on Lovitt) after the jump.

Mar 12 Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
Mar 13 Saint Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine – Harvest of Hope Fest
Mar 15 West Palm Beach, FL @ Propaganda
Mar 16 Orlando, FL @ The Social
Mar 17 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds w/ Averkiou
Mar 18 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Mar 19 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
Mar 20 Richmond, VA @ Gallery 5

June Northeast tour dates to follow

MP3: RJD2: The Shining Path Alan Wilkis Remix

Alan Wilkis Remix of RJD2’s “the Shining Path” that feature Grammy nominee Phonte of Foreign Exchange and Little Brother singing.