SONGS:OHIA untitled #1

in the fall of 2004, i went to a Magnolia Electric Co. show at Sala Rossa in Montréal. I sincerely thought, five minutes after the show had started, that it was meant as a deeply ironic Neil Young tribute (at least in comparison to the Songs:Ohia show i had been at five years before in Brighton, where Molina had been all alone on stage).

it was not, of course. needless to say, i quickly left the show.

on this Western Vinyl 7" - it's the last post with that tag on, one goal achieved... - Molina takes another kind of Youngish path. Less americana, more Dead Man style, he's overtly quoting one guitar riff of the soundtrack.

definitely an essential song in his extensive discography.

listen.

HAVERGAL my heart

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not much to say on this one.

pleasant to listen to for this post - probably the first time in, hm, 8 years.

bought in 1999 in brighton, at Borderline Records.

ah, the late nineties....!


listen.


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APPENDIX OUT ein grauer star in der kavallerie

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Ali Roberts singing about Kaspar Hauser.

oh my.






listen.

buy!


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WIN FOSTER a man's heart

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the obscure second release on Western Vinyl (when i ordered it from the label-mailorder, they were sincerely surpried i even knew about the release. a bloody completist i am.), and the only in existence of Win Foster.

not essential - appealing, though, by its artwork (you might agree) and the spareness of the musical resources employed.

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone meets Jandek - to put it in a flattering name-context.


listen.


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WINDSOR FOR THE DERBY nico (live in san francisco)

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too fast? 33rpm?

probably the best WFTD-release ever, both musically and visually.


listen.

buy.


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HAVERGAL crowd

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Western Vinyl's first release. bought in a small record store in Brighton, not far from Edge World Records.

if there's an ideal season and place to listen to this song, then it could possibly be here and now.


listen.


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BONNIE BLUE BILLY little boy blue 2

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elegant despair - not as semi-drawling as in his recent releases, but far far away from the Days In The Wake blackness.

a unique moniker for this release.


listen.


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KNIFE IN THE WATER redbird

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on Western Vinyl - #4. not an essential song, more a label-completist thing.
their All City-7" (to be posted soon) may please you more.


listen.


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