Digging up the dead expecting them to dance

Had an opportunity to see Dr. Dog this week at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, AR. It was my first Dr. Dog show and I was pleased.

They opened with my favorite song, Ain't It Strange, off of 2006's EP Takers and Leavers. Throughout the show the large crowd (in spite of it being spring break in a college town) danced and sang along before they closed the set with Worst Trip off of their latest LP We All Belong. All-in-all a wonderful show and worth the 180 miles I drove to see them.

Before the show started I perused their merch table and grabbed a copy of the 7-inch featuring a Beck re-mix of their song The Girl and their popular cover of Architecture in Helsinki's Heart It Races. I have used the new USB vinyl player to create some good quality mp3s for you.

Hope you enjoy.

DrDog-7inch-SideA-The Girl-Beck Remix
DrDog-7inch-SideB-Heart It Races


And a bonus, the album version of The Girl, from We All Belong:
Dr. Dog - The Girl

I would kiss the Devil's cheek to get this halo off of me.

After much neglect GimmieGimmieGimmie has a new mix available. Hope you enjoy it.

01. Home (Folk in G sharp) - Boris Smile - Young and it Feels So Good
02. Ed Is A Portal - Akron/Family - Love Is Simple
03. Seeds Of Night - The Cave Singers - Invitation Songs
04. To The Stars! To The Night! - Le Loup - The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly
05. Complicated Man - Hawksley Workman - My Little Toothless Beauties
06. Joe Tex, These Taming Blues - Phosphorescent - Aw Come Aw Wry
07. The Same Love That Makes Me Laugh Makes Me Cry - Will Oldham - More Revery
08. Music When The Lights Go Out - The Libertines - The Libertines
09. Crooked Legs - The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
10. The Coolest Kid In School - The Teeth - You're My Lover Now
11. Some Kind of Chill - Arizona - Welcome Back Dear Children
12. The Ruby Ring Man - Page France - ...and the Family Telephone

Stagnancy makes me drown and I really want to live

It has been a while but I'm back with another mix. No particular theme. Just some good songs, from the past and the present, that play well together.

This time I have started doing something I should have done since the beginning - I have linked the band's websites to their name. This will hopefully shorten your search when you're wanting to learn about the band. To listen to/download the song click the song's title.

I am confident that most of the bands here are familiar to you. The majority of you come to find Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie via elbo.ws and The Hype Machine, searching for a specific track or band. Since no one has heard everything ever recorded maybe I can introduce you to a new favorite every now and then. If you do arrive via elbo.ws. or The Hype Machine I encourage you to explore the archives. Maybe you will find something new to add to your music collection.

1. The Heartless Bastards - New Resolution
2. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Spread Your Love
3. T. Rex - Rip Off
4. Sebadoh - Flame
5. The Greenhornes - Nobody Love You
6. White Denim - Shake Shake Shake
7. Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminal Starvation League - Sticky Chemical
8. The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
9. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
10. Working For a Nuclear Free City - Troubled Son
11. Can - Vitamin C
12. Deerhoof - Kidz Are So Small
13. Metric - Glass Ceiling
14. Art Brut - St. Pauli
15. The Constantines - Arizona

I am the son and heir of nothing in particular.

I promised another mix over the weekend so I'm keeping my word. This is a mix that I always re-burn when the CD becomes unplayable. After a couple years, I still enjoy putting this one in the car's player.

1. Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
2. The Bees - Chicken Payback
3. Le Tigre - Hot Topic
4. Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless
5. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
6. Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait
7. Rilo Kiley - It's a Hit
8. Ziggy Marley - Rebel In Disguise
9. Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause
10. Prince - Housequake
11. Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
12. Galactic - Hamp's Hump
13. Gorillaz - Punk
14. Lawrence Arms - Boatless Booze Cruise Part 1
15. Wire - 12XU
16. P.J. Harvey - Rid Of Me

They just wanna suck you into being one of them

You have probably figured out by now, I like posting mixes. There are so many blogs out there that will give you the newest, latest & greatest tracks. I would rather gather a few of my favorites and present them in a mix. I will have another for you really soon. It is my intention to have a new mix each week.

1. Cloud Cult - Pretty Voice
2. Q'65 - Get Out Of My Life, Woman
3. Dr. Dog - Ain't It Strange
4. The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
5. Prinzhorn Dance School - Crackerjack Docker
6. LCD Soundsystem - Jump Into The Fire
7. Liquid, Liquid - Cavern
8. Devo - Girl U Want (Blacklight Odyssey Remix)
9. Architecture In Helsinki - Heart It Races
10. Liars - Plaster Casts of Everything
11. The Boggs - Forts
12. The Rapture - Dumb Waiters (Psychedelic Furs cover)