here is our set list for the night
song ------- artist
The Rest Will Fallow ------ ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Man-oh-man ------- Black Dice
The Two Magicians ------ A. L. Lloyd
Mom Dance ------- Rings
Any One For Tennis ------- Cream
Fauta ----- El Guincho
Beach Party ------ Air France
Ultravisitor ------- Square Pusher
The Weight ----- The Band
Microphones ---- Mt. Eerie
Little Boxes ----- Devendra Banhart
Taue Mahuta ----- The Ruby Sons
Albi, the Racist Dragon ------ Flight of the Chonchords
White Winter Hymnal ------ Fleet Foxes
All I Want Is You ------ Barry Louis Polisur
Mending of the Gown ------- Sunset Rubdown
Bellevile Rendez-Vous ---- Ben Charest
Love Song for 15 Ontario ---- Set Fire to Flames
Namaste ----- The Beastie Boys
Hands ----- Fourtet
Blackbird --- The Beatles
Klang Klang ------ Hanged Up
Luna y Sol ------ Manu Chao
Dead Bodies ---- Air
Dirty Harry (Schtung Chinese New Year Remix) ------ Gorillaz
Waters of Nazareth --- Justice
the 3 R's (money mark remash) ----- Jack Johnson
Fake Plastic Trees ----- Radiohead
Bat Macumba ---- Gilberto Gil
wow! Sorry for anything that is wrong, this was done in the early morning. Next time I will try to have a podcast with these posts. I'll work on albums too! As with any Communez show there was random stuff interjected throughout the show, like speeches that overlap songs.
Until next time, peace!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Cheers Boys!
I would just like to take this moment to congratulate the boys on a wonderful first night on-air at KUMD.
Lovely Job!
Lindsay Rae
Lovely Job!
Lindsay Rae
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Less than a week and we're live on air!
Beware, The Communez is going on the air. We officially will be broadcasting live Monday nights from 1am-3am. Well, technically that is a Tuesday early freaking morning. Come listen to the madness (the late hours help keep us crazy) on 103.3 KUMD. We will be streaming live at www.KUMD.org. I have seen problems with the Internet stream, but I don't know if that is KUMD's issue or my crappy Internet connection. We have adopted the policy of taking all requests, yes no matter what the request is (it has to be clean though), this is The Communez. How can you reach us? you may ask. E.S.P. Or, you can call us at (218)726-7181 or 1-800-566-KUMD. We also have a AIM screen name, thecommunez ,one word and don't forget that Z. So happy listening. Peace.
This Process is Difficult
I swear I'm working on the second half of my top ten, but it is so much harder than I originally thought it would be. I went through my collection on my computer, and wrote down all the artists that would make the cut, and it was 43 deep. Seriously.
This is what I'm doing with my day, whittling down this list into something resembling a blog!
This is what I'm doing with my day, whittling down this list into something resembling a blog!
Friday, April 4, 2008
Lindsay's Top Albums # 2
My second album, was handed to me by 'The Wonderful Alex', I was hesitant to listen at first, but this album quickly became a fixture in every possible device able to play music in my presence. I had listened to punk before, I had listened to "world music", I had listened to pissed off guys with guitars before, But nothing I had ever listened to, portrayed such, passion, love, out right aggression and musicality like Gogol Bordello. It is the mission and heartfelt desire of front man Eugene Hutz, to tell the world the story of The Romani, the people that many know as gypsies. The love of this album, extends into a love of their live show. (which I've gotten the opportunity to experience twice :) ) The band combines generations of musical styles, musicians from all parts of the world, with a multi-lingual, handlebar -mustachioed (an slightly crazed) front man and the results give you a punk rock experience like you will never have again.
Tracks: "Immigrant Punk" , "Think Locally, Fuck Globally", "60 Revolutions"
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Lindsay's Top 10 Album # 1
This is in no particular order, as you find my musical changes are ever-changing, but I want to boil it down to the albums that have been really influential to me, good or bad. Whatever that means...
Album number one, is "Before These Crowded Streets" By Dave Matthews Band. When I was 13, I listened to nothing BUT Dave Matthews, you could say I was a college frat boy, stuck in a 13-year-old girl's body, but meh. This is a beautiful album, and out of the numerous DMB recordings, I am going to go out there and say that this is the tops. This year marks the 10th aniversary of it's release, and even though a decade has passed by, every time I listen to it, it is just as fresh and inspiring as it was to me when I was an angsty young girl who hadn't found punk rock yet. But that's another blog. Good day to you.
Tracks: "Don't Drink The Water", "The Dreaming Tree" (* Fave Pick), "The Stone"
Gold Digger #1 - Manu Chao, Clandestino
This is the first instalment of Gold Digger, our newest feature. Hopefully we will post a review for a new album, but I couldn't pass this post up!
Manu Chao, Clandestino
For our international readers this album might not be a surprise. I have fallen head first for Manu. His music is great, but it is what he stands for and how he conducts his life that I most admire. For such a powerful artist, he still stays connected to the little people. Not like Bono or Angelia Jolie, where we start to doubt how sincere they are. But, from what I have learned about Manu, he truly cares. So on to his music. Manu Chao's Clandestino, is truly world music. I usually hate how American record producers and shops have the "world music" section. It comes off as the "and here are some artists not from the US of A". It comes off as some back-handed complement. But Manu seems to have taken "world music" to heart. His albums are packed with the different sounds of the world and languages. I don't feel like I can fully appreciate most of the album because of my own personal language barrier, but after listening to Manu I am compelled to fix that. But if you listen to his voice just as an instrument and not as words, you are treated to some wonderful music. It is hard for me to pick out a solitary song that I enjoy the most. Bongo Bong was stuck in my head for a very, very long time. Not because it is one of two English tracks, but that helps, but it has one hell of a beat. When you listen to the second song, Desaparecido, you hear this toy that plays a descending scale. The sound has a crass feel to it. But he uses the toy's sound throughout the entire album. It's fun. Other notable tracks are Luna y Sol with it sharp turmpets and the dub-inspired track Minha Galera. All in all this is album is a great way to get introduced to Manu Chao. I would also suggest doing a little research into his life, it is fascinating. Q did a great article on him in their April issue. Enjoy!
Manu Chao, Clandestino
For our international readers this album might not be a surprise. I have fallen head first for Manu. His music is great, but it is what he stands for and how he conducts his life that I most admire. For such a powerful artist, he still stays connected to the little people. Not like Bono or Angelia Jolie, where we start to doubt how sincere they are. But, from what I have learned about Manu, he truly cares. So on to his music. Manu Chao's Clandestino, is truly world music. I usually hate how American record producers and shops have the "world music" section. It comes off as the "and here are some artists not from the US of A". It comes off as some back-handed complement. But Manu seems to have taken "world music" to heart. His albums are packed with the different sounds of the world and languages. I don't feel like I can fully appreciate most of the album because of my own personal language barrier, but after listening to Manu I am compelled to fix that. But if you listen to his voice just as an instrument and not as words, you are treated to some wonderful music. It is hard for me to pick out a solitary song that I enjoy the most. Bongo Bong was stuck in my head for a very, very long time. Not because it is one of two English tracks, but that helps, but it has one hell of a beat. When you listen to the second song, Desaparecido, you hear this toy that plays a descending scale. The sound has a crass feel to it. But he uses the toy's sound throughout the entire album. It's fun. Other notable tracks are Luna y Sol with it sharp turmpets and the dub-inspired track Minha Galera. All in all this is album is a great way to get introduced to Manu Chao. I would also suggest doing a little research into his life, it is fascinating. Q did a great article on him in their April issue. Enjoy!
New feature!
Here at The Communez (silent Z), we desire to bring you the most bang for your buck, yes I know that it is free to read and I never will charge you to read, I promise. So, we are adding a new element to the blog, The Gold Digger. This is where we have found an album, that is not a new release, and we review it! Yay! If you ever have any album that you want reviewed drop us an e-mail and we’ll see what can happen. In the best situation, most if not all of the Communez will take a swing at it.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Jason's Top Ten Albums Of All Time Part 1
I have been getting a lot of pressure from Steve to get to writing this, but have been rather busy lately with school and my sister getting married soon and what have you, so I feel that I have not had adequate time to fully develop a list of my all time top ten albums. Although it was I who was originally the thrower down of the metaphorical gauntlet, I feel as though the gauntlet has been picked up and slapped in my face. This face slapping is intolerable and must be put to a stop, so I present you with my top ten albums of all time. I will have you know that this is a very difficult list to put together, so my picks are not 100% concrete. However, I do feel that it is a solid representation, so we'll get the ball rolling with the first 5. Enjoy.
1. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
I really don't need to say much about this album. Kind of Blue is the embodiment of jazz. My love affair for jazz goes back to when I was about 10 years old and decided to check out some John Coltrane and Stan Getz albums from the library and proceeded to listen to them over and over again, awestruck and amazed at what I was hearing. There are multiple albums that I could select from the genre, with each one being as magical as the others, but this is one that I feel sums up the magnificence of them all. Miles Davis is a household name, but not many realize that he is but just one member of the legendary ensemble that recorded this album, with John Coltrane on tenor sax, Cannonball Adderley on alto sax, Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Miles' playing is somewhat minimalist on this album, but is nonetheless so sweet it almost brings tears of joy to your eyes. Coltrane's signature tenor tone paired with Adderley's alto vibe is like a saxophonic yin and yang bringing light and dark together in perfect harmony. The rhythm section is, of course, solid and allows everything come together in a sweetness that even the most outspoken jazz hater can not possibly deny. I'm definitely not the only person who feels this way about the album, so if you haven't heard it I can only scratch my head and wonder why...
2. Bad Religion, The Process of Belief
If you're not familiar with Bad Religion, I am a firm believer that you should be. I completely understand that punk rock isn't for everyone, but Bad Religion just makes too much sense sometimes for that to be an excuse. Most bands or artists go through phases, and BR is no exception. Their first recordings were very abrasive and stereotypical of the punk rock from the early '80s, but they soon refined their sound with Suffer, No Control, and Against the Grain throughout the later part of the '80s and early '90s. After a few stellar albums in '90s, they ran into a road block with the ill-received albums No Substance in '98 and The New America in 2000. Both were released on Atlantic Records, a move that many fans and speculatively the band members despise as well. After working out some differences with their former label, the band re-signed with Epitaph and in 2002 released my personal favorite by them and definitely my favorite punk album of all time, The Process of Belief. Could it be that 2002 was also the year that I was introduced to the band and the first live show of theirs I had been to? Perhaps, but there is certainly more to the equation. The album opens with the hyper-charged Supersonic, a track that belongs at the beginning of an album no ifs ands of buts about it. The rest of the album is filled with politically and emotionally charged tracks like Broken, Kyoto Now, Sorrow, and my personal favorite, You Don't Belong. This is one rare album that I can sing along every single word of every single song from start to finish, and given the broad spectrum of stuff I listen to, that says a lot.
3. Bob Dylan, Bringing it All Back Home
All I can say about Bringing it All Back Home is that I love Bob Dylan and this one takes the cake for me. Starting off with one of my favorite songs ever, Subterranean Homesick Blues, Bringing It All Back Home is full of gems. My other favorite tracks on this album are the twisted narrative entitled Bob Dylan's 115th Dream, the somber It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), and the poignant ballad Gates of Eden. Dylan has been covered by artists over and over time and time again, with tracks from this album being quite popular. Most well known of these are Mr Tambourine Man, and Maggie's Farm, which Rage Against The Machine covered on their 2001 release Renegades. Dylan isn't for everyone, but it's rare to find somebody that doesn't appreciate the dreamy eclectic mastery that he had of the songwriting craft at such a young age. Many folk purists were appalled at Dylan when he went electric but, in my humble opinion, it doesn't get much better than this.
4. Jimi Hendrix, Band Of Gypsys
This, for me, is the cream of Hendrix. Again, this record is definitely not for everybody. Recorded live at the Filmore East on New Years Eve 1969, Band of Gypsys is the pinnacle of Hendrix's guitar playing virtuosity. As a previous reviewer put it: "Father Jimi lays down a Stratocaster sermon" and it is a spiritual experience every single time I listen to this recording. Hendrix is accompanied by a super tight rhythm section with Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums, which perfectly compliment the liquid fluidity of Jimi's guitar. Standout tracks for me are the nine minute long opener Who Knows, the thirteen minute long Machine Gun, and the straight preachin' Power to Love. I could go on and on about this album, but you need to experience it for yourself, and when you do make sure you listen to it at a reasonable volume.
5. The Clash, Combat Rock
There are a lot of Clash fans that will disagree with me on this one, but Combat Rock is in my opinion their best work. Combat Rock was recorded just before the band began falling apart, with Mick Jones leaving the band about a year after Combat Rock was released. This album has a few tracks that even the most musically oblivious should recognize, most notably Rock The Casbah and Should I Stay Or Should I Go?. Aside from the hits, there are other standouts on the album including the opener Know Your Rights, the fierce Straight To Hell, and my personal favorite track on the album featuring one of my favorite poets Allen Ginsberg titled Ghetto Defendant. Combat Rock is an album I can listen to over and over again and is filled with genre spanning compositions that put the seal on the legend that was The Clash.
1. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
I really don't need to say much about this album. Kind of Blue is the embodiment of jazz. My love affair for jazz goes back to when I was about 10 years old and decided to check out some John Coltrane and Stan Getz albums from the library and proceeded to listen to them over and over again, awestruck and amazed at what I was hearing. There are multiple albums that I could select from the genre, with each one being as magical as the others, but this is one that I feel sums up the magnificence of them all. Miles Davis is a household name, but not many realize that he is but just one member of the legendary ensemble that recorded this album, with John Coltrane on tenor sax, Cannonball Adderley on alto sax, Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Miles' playing is somewhat minimalist on this album, but is nonetheless so sweet it almost brings tears of joy to your eyes. Coltrane's signature tenor tone paired with Adderley's alto vibe is like a saxophonic yin and yang bringing light and dark together in perfect harmony. The rhythm section is, of course, solid and allows everything come together in a sweetness that even the most outspoken jazz hater can not possibly deny. I'm definitely not the only person who feels this way about the album, so if you haven't heard it I can only scratch my head and wonder why...
2. Bad Religion, The Process of Belief
If you're not familiar with Bad Religion, I am a firm believer that you should be. I completely understand that punk rock isn't for everyone, but Bad Religion just makes too much sense sometimes for that to be an excuse. Most bands or artists go through phases, and BR is no exception. Their first recordings were very abrasive and stereotypical of the punk rock from the early '80s, but they soon refined their sound with Suffer, No Control, and Against the Grain throughout the later part of the '80s and early '90s. After a few stellar albums in '90s, they ran into a road block with the ill-received albums No Substance in '98 and The New America in 2000. Both were released on Atlantic Records, a move that many fans and speculatively the band members despise as well. After working out some differences with their former label, the band re-signed with Epitaph and in 2002 released my personal favorite by them and definitely my favorite punk album of all time, The Process of Belief. Could it be that 2002 was also the year that I was introduced to the band and the first live show of theirs I had been to? Perhaps, but there is certainly more to the equation. The album opens with the hyper-charged Supersonic, a track that belongs at the beginning of an album no ifs ands of buts about it. The rest of the album is filled with politically and emotionally charged tracks like Broken, Kyoto Now, Sorrow, and my personal favorite, You Don't Belong. This is one rare album that I can sing along every single word of every single song from start to finish, and given the broad spectrum of stuff I listen to, that says a lot.
3. Bob Dylan, Bringing it All Back Home
All I can say about Bringing it All Back Home is that I love Bob Dylan and this one takes the cake for me. Starting off with one of my favorite songs ever, Subterranean Homesick Blues, Bringing It All Back Home is full of gems. My other favorite tracks on this album are the twisted narrative entitled Bob Dylan's 115th Dream, the somber It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), and the poignant ballad Gates of Eden. Dylan has been covered by artists over and over time and time again, with tracks from this album being quite popular. Most well known of these are Mr Tambourine Man, and Maggie's Farm, which Rage Against The Machine covered on their 2001 release Renegades. Dylan isn't for everyone, but it's rare to find somebody that doesn't appreciate the dreamy eclectic mastery that he had of the songwriting craft at such a young age. Many folk purists were appalled at Dylan when he went electric but, in my humble opinion, it doesn't get much better than this.
4. Jimi Hendrix, Band Of Gypsys
This, for me, is the cream of Hendrix. Again, this record is definitely not for everybody. Recorded live at the Filmore East on New Years Eve 1969, Band of Gypsys is the pinnacle of Hendrix's guitar playing virtuosity. As a previous reviewer put it: "Father Jimi lays down a Stratocaster sermon" and it is a spiritual experience every single time I listen to this recording. Hendrix is accompanied by a super tight rhythm section with Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums, which perfectly compliment the liquid fluidity of Jimi's guitar. Standout tracks for me are the nine minute long opener Who Knows, the thirteen minute long Machine Gun, and the straight preachin' Power to Love. I could go on and on about this album, but you need to experience it for yourself, and when you do make sure you listen to it at a reasonable volume.
5. The Clash, Combat Rock
There are a lot of Clash fans that will disagree with me on this one, but Combat Rock is in my opinion their best work. Combat Rock was recorded just before the band began falling apart, with Mick Jones leaving the band about a year after Combat Rock was released. This album has a few tracks that even the most musically oblivious should recognize, most notably Rock The Casbah and Should I Stay Or Should I Go?. Aside from the hits, there are other standouts on the album including the opener Know Your Rights, the fierce Straight To Hell, and my personal favorite track on the album featuring one of my favorite poets Allen Ginsberg titled Ghetto Defendant. Combat Rock is an album I can listen to over and over again and is filled with genre spanning compositions that put the seal on the legend that was The Clash.
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