MP3: Royal City – “Can’t You Hear Me Calling”
Another track off the forthcoming Asthmatic Kitty collection of one of my favorite bands of all time, Royal City.

January 2009

Women – Black Rice
Robert Pollard – Imaginary Queen Anne
Lake – Heaven
Graham Smith & KGW – I Will Own You
Tallest Man on Earth – Field of Birds
Jeff Hanson – This Time It Will
The Clean – Twist Top
Clear Tigers – Boredom
Bom Bom – Pop I Kras
Envelopes – Free Jazz
East River Pipe – Druglife

 
February 2009

Benjy Ferree – [...]

I can hardly believe it myself, but I actually got this month’s mix up in a timely fashion. Enjoy!
The Catbirdseat April 2009 Mix

The Lord Dog Bird – “The Shedding Path”
Air Waves – “Shine On”
Woods – “The Dark”
Royal City – “Bad Luck”
Cass McCombs – “That’s That”
Kurt Vile – “Beach On The Moon (Recyc’d Lyrics)”
Haunted House [...]

Holy crap. I can’t remember the last time an email arrived out of the blue and knocked me on my ass, but it just happened. One of the few bands I’ve raved about for all 7 years here on Catbirdseat, and whose dissolution greatly saddened me, are getting a nice retrospective release from [...]

I’m tracking for Destroyer 2008 tour dates, but there’s just very little to report so far, full list after the jump. Just kidding, there aren’t any of those fucking “jumps” here at the Catbirdseat. Here’s your full list of dates:
04-16 Minneapolis, MN – 400 Bar
04-17 Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium
04-18 Detroit, MI [...]

Top 3

Destroyer – Your Blues
The Arcade Fire – Funeral
dios – s/t

Complete Listing

The Arcade Fire – Funeral
Devendra Banhart – Nino Rojo
The Bigger Lovers – This Affair Never Happened
Blonde Redhead – Misery Is A Buttefly
Communique – Poison Arrows
Destroyer – Your Blues
Destroyer/Frog Eyes – CBC Sessions
dios – Los Arboles EP
dios – s/t
Frz Ferdinand – s/t
The Fiery Furnaces – [...]

Top 11

Destroyer – This Night
Spoon – Kill the Moonlight
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Unbunny – Black Strawberries
Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights
The Walkmen – Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone
Maestro Echoplex – Last Night I Saw God On The Dancefloor
John Vanderslice – Life and Death of an American Fourtracker
Charles Allison – Braced In [...]

January 2007

No new mix this month.

 
February 2007

Love Will Come To Town – The Ghosts
I Will Always Love You – Viking Moses
Through A Hole – Whispertown 2000
Bury Me Blues – Nathan Lawr
Australia – The Shins
Music Now – Frightened Rabbit
A House Is Not A Home – Field Music
Neo-Plastic Boogie Woogie – Mahogany
Collarbone – Fujiya & Miyagi
Lo Boob [...]

January 2004

Let’s Get Started – Frisbie
They Won’t Let Me Run – John Vanderslice
Just Like Me – Jeff Hanson
Miami – Kil Howlie Day
Sea Ghost – The Unicorns
Pages – Starlight Mints
Victims Of The Pleasure… – The Lights
Ban Marriage – The Hidden Cameras
Starting 5 – dios
You Are Far – Jim Guthrie
Beretta – Manishevitz
Water And The Spanish Tongue – [...]

January 2003

Out Of The Races… – The Rapture
The Right Hand – The Natural History
Sister Surround – Soundtrack Of Our Lives
Paris Air Show – Narrowcasting
Forever Surrender 2 U – We Ragazzi
Be A Man – Them Anatomies
Old Town East – Moviola
Emmanuelle – The Bigger Lovers
More For Show – Hot Hot Heat
Hi – Now It’s Overhead
It’d Be Nice [...]