It’s indie going steady time once again! Guarantee: all sales are vinyl.

BY TIM HINELY

Okay, so the previous BLURT singles column ran back in March. I had such a good time doing it (and with plenty more 7″ers rolling in during the interim) that I really wanted to do it again. Voila, here it is. As I stated last time, you guys can keep your iPods, downloads, MP3s and the like. Meanwhile, I will make sure that my record player keeps working -  in truth, I’d repair it before I’d fix, say, my car, fridge, or oven.  I’d say something goofy (or completely wrong) like, these damn kids these days don’t know what vinyl is all about…, but you know what? They do. Labels still press it, and folks both young and old still buy it.

Long live vinyl!  Here are a dozen recent platters – one of them submitted by a fellow BLURT-er, the rest reviewed by me – you need.

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Chloroform Days

“Landings” b/w “Evelyn”

(CulDeSac Kids) www.culdesackidsrecords.com

Chloroform Days – a/k/a Cali guitarist/vocalist and sampler-laptop whiz Cory Milano – follows up his extraordinary No Traffic EP with an earworm platter of shiver-inducing, ambient-laced pop. The icy intro motif of “Landings” gradually thaws into a indiefilm soundtrack-worthy anthem (Sundance, are you listening?), while the B-side’s kinetic beats ‘n’ Rhodes, courtesy Erik Kertes, leavened by Milano’s yearning, sighing vox will melt your heart. Guaranteed. (Fred Mills reporting.)

An older song that i just love to play. Hope you enjoy. Lyrics Below

Ron and Yessi – miss you guys

Lyrics:

Boxes piled up in the kitchen
messes of dresses with your signature stitching
talks like you’ve been up all night
notes to which i can’t decipher
i guess i will have to
sit down and try to

if you want me to let them know
you won’t be coming home
hope you are happy in Rochester
left LA for some colder weather

water floods the seamstress office
with swelling eyes, perpetually coughing
there’s thimbles and needles flying all over the place
yet you just vanish without a trace

if you really want to know
i never wanted you to go
hope you are happy in Rochester
if i get the time i’ll knit you a sweater

if you really want to know
i never wanted you to go
hope you are happy in Rochester
you mark all my letters return to sender

Chloroform Days is proud to announce the release of Landings, a 7″ vinyl , available now for online order.  The 45 project features two all new songs – Landings, our title track on the A side, and Evelyn on the B side.  Landings marks Chloroform Days’ second release but first with CulDeSac Kids Records — a local Los Angeles label, specializing in talent in and around the basin.  This limited edition release of 250 copies features original album artwork by Gideon Boomer and includes a download code for high quality MP3′s.  Order your copy before they’re gone.

"He felt a lack of security. No place existed in all the world that could be called safe, and he knew for the first time in his life that there had never been any such thing as safety, and never would be, the difference being that now he knew it as a fact, whereas before it was a natural unconscious state.” - Alan Sillitoe

Aural Colage #1

Lazlow’s Aural Colage #1 [16mins 06secs]

Triple Chrome Dipped – Michna
The Way we Get By – Spoon
Rock N Me – Steve Miller Band
Jockin’ Jay-Z – Jay-Z
Berries That Burn – Tobacco
Bollywood Babies – Dj Signify
Nothing to Worry About – Peter Bjorn and John
Little Barrie – Love You

Aural #2 –

Get up an antenna and just listen [34min 8sec]

I’m Crazy ’bout My Baby – Fats Waller
Action Woman – The Litter
Side C – Sixtoo
Kochira Blink Set – Ilkae
I’ll Be The One – Madd, Inc
The City – Pelican City
Psychotic Reaction – The Leathercoated Minds
Welcome Ceylon – Signaldrift
Tapah – Deru
A Woman of Gradual Decline – The Last Straws
I Fucking Hate Poetry Slams – Department Of Eagles
I’m Crazy ’bout My Baby – Fats Waller

Aural #3

Tucking in the Internets [22mins]

Koto Salad – Chin Chin >
Dingdong Kingdom – Borko >
Taste my Solitude – Flashbulb >
Swiss Glide – Michna >
Bus Stop – -The Nonce >
Fire ant – Bibio >
Xxxplosive – Dr. Dre -
The End – Qwel & Maker >
Dream of the Endless – Christ >
Weed Jam – Deradoorian

Aural #4

Tape Hiss – 21min 23secs

Uma – Willits + Sakamoto
Evil Hearted Woman Blues – Oscar Woods
Good Looking Girl Blues – Furry Lewis
When Can I Change My Clothes – Bukka White
Mama Says I’m Crazy – Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods
My Back To The Wall – Irene Scruggs
So Lonesome – Ramblin’ Thomas
Delia – Blind Willie McTell

Aural #5

Nicotine Patches and Nyquil – [22mins 45 secs]

Born – d_rradio >
All Kinds of Things Featuring Eddie Meeks – Count Bass D and DJ Pocket
Rooftop – Samyiam (Doran’s Message for Hyman)
Berimbau – Baden Powel
Down The Line – Pretty Lights
Forår Til Dec – Boom Clap Bachelors
Away From – Robot Koch >
Prologue – Alexandre Desplat >
Street Talkin’ – Slick Rick Ft. Outkast

Fridays W/ Steve Martin 12am-2am Kpfk 90.7FM

http://mysideofthecity.tumblr.com/

**Be sure to tune into Steve Martin weekly. Steve will be kindly helping me release Landings on 7″ vinyl. So be sure to listen as Steve has the best ears around, and for more info on the new 7″ Release…

pees and carrots,

cory

Download the whole album for Free via bandcamp

1. It Goes Places You Can’t 04:44
2. Less Learned 02:07
3. At The Right Time 03:05
4. Paint By Number Girl 04:02
5. Steven and Harriet 03:08
6. Ridicule in Half Water 02:18
7. Weather Machine 03:56

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St. Louis, MO

Culdesac Kids is prepping for it’s second 7” release! This time by way of San Fernando Valleys own Chloroform Days.

The masters are in, artwork is done and we are super excited! Stay tuned for a look ahead at the artwork and even some stickers!

no fx, all the ‘echo’ is natural – recorded in a stairwell of a 15th floor bldg. The stairs are metal, and the floor is cement.

recorded on Garage band with a crappy usb microphone

Landings (stairwell version) [mp3]