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Dead Quote Olympics

Hi. As you may or may not know, this blog, even though it’s written in English, is run by Portuguese music nerds who, due to being unemployed, have nothing better to do than to tell you what you should or should not listen to. (Oh, wait: that’s probably only me.) However, over the past few days we have become, like many others, very interested in the London 2012 Summer Olympics, mostly to trash our own athletes for spending precious taxpayer money and not getting any medals, even though we only care about football and they have few, if any, support from the government. But, today, we’ve finally won our first, and probably only, medal: a silver one, in canoeing. FUCK YEAH! We’re so happy right now we’re going to point you to Wiaiwya, a blog which has been putting up free song downloads everytime a GB ahtlete wins a medal. While most of them are pretty interesting, none will be as much as Saint Etienne’s (the third greatest band of all time, only surpassed by our very own Mão Morta and Japan’s psych-noise freaks Les Rallizes Dénudés) “Steeplechase”, a nice pop tune, as it is usual from them. You can grab it over here, and if you feel like spending money, you can do that, too – buy the whole compilation. Or send some to me, because I’m running out of small change to buy cans of tuna – which is essentialy the cheapest thing I can afford to eat right now. GOD GET ME OUT OF THIS HELLHOLE

PAC

<a href=“http://wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/track/steeplechase” data-mce-href=“http://wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/track/steeplechase”>Steeplechase by Saint Etienne</a>

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Guest post: Peter Broderick – photographer and musician

Peter Broderick is one of those artists who has such a wide range of things he does.  At times his music is reminiscent of the more ambient aspects of Aphex Twin; at other times he has kind of a weird version of a Ben Folds vibe going.

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Bill Fay, “Be at Peace With Yourself”

Didn’t see that a new Bill Fay album was due next 20th on Dead Oceans until a few minutes ago. If it’s half as good as 1971’s Time of the Last Persecution, an album I learned to love some years ago due to the Current 93 cover of the title track, we might have a serious contender for album of the year. The first song off it, “Be at Peace With Yourself”, really exceeds my own expectations. Reading the tracklist for the new album, Life is People, and realizing there’s a version of Wilco’s “Jesus, Etc.” in it makes me want to pre-order it right now.

DSS

 
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Horrible Present, “April 1944”

yet another amazing little song from Horrible Present. His latest release is still available on Cakes and Tapes!

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April 1944 by Horrible Present

darling let’s stick to the letters exchange

let’s keep all the laughs we didn’t waste

we are still on time

save a bottle of your best wine

we will be fine

down here in the army no one is up to fight

“the war in not charming”

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Yet another video taken from one of the best Portuguese albums of 2012: Quack, by Nice Weather for Ducks. You can still download the record for free through Optimus Discos. Who knows, it could be your summer indie rock record.

DSS