Dead Moon in June

 

Dead Moon was a U.S. garage punk band from Portland, Oregon active from 1987 to 2006. The trio consisted of Fred Cole -vocals/guitar (R.I.P.), Kathleen Alice Conner "Toody" Cole - bass, & Andrew Loomis - drums (R.I.P.). Although this release has received mixed revus, it is one of DM's that I go back to often. 

 

Note: cover photo was taken in the garbage dump behind Vera Club, Groningen, Holland. 

 

Dead Moon - Stranded in the Mystery Zone, Music Mania Records MMCD042, 1991.
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A Fix on You    
Sorrow's Forecast    
Clouds of Dawn    
Get on Board    
Spectacle    
Crazy to the Bone    
Castaways    
Jane
Down the Road    
Pain for Pretty    
Over the Edge    
In the Altitudes

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Spoon in June with Lucifer on the Moon

 

Britt Daniels & Jim Eno along with a changing line-up of others make up Spoon, a rawk band from Austin, Texas. In 2022 they released Lucifer on the Sofa, but because this is June (& because I'm hot for Adrian), I'm sharing Lucifer on the Moon. Yes, this is Spoon vs On-U Sound & yes, Adrian Sherwood does it again. The cool remixes, the overall sound on this is fresh...

 

Spoon – Lucifer on the Moon (Spoon vs On-U Sound), Matador OLE1876CDJP, 2022.
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My Babe    
On the Radio    
Held    
The Devil & Mister Jones
Lucifer on the Sofa    
Astral Jacket    
Feels Alright    
Wild    
The Hardest Cut    
Satellite

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Swoon Again in June

 

Here's a quick Swoon from the 237 Turbo Nutters, more often known as Tom & Ed, the Chemical Brothers. This is the Remixes released in Sweden issued in a stickered plastic sleeve. 

 

Chemical Brothers - Swoon (remixes), Parlophone maxi-single, 2010.
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Swoon (Lindstrom & Prins remix)
Swoon (Boyz Noize Summer mix)
Swoon (Boyz Noize Summer instrumental)

bonus track -
Swoon (Further album version) 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

The Real Loon in June

See what you think of this doozy, Richard. 

 

 

Now these are the real Loons. Their voices are rhythmic, the lake noises are atmospheric & it magically lines up with any beats between 100-130bpm... 

 

 

Loon - Voices of the... cassette, National Audubon Society NAS1001, 1980.
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Side A -
Introduction & Loon Call Identification (narrated by Robert J. Lurtsema

Side B -
Chorus from a Distant Lake    
Tremolo Duet    
Wail Duet    
Border Confrontation    
Wails with Morning Songbird Chorus    
Tremolos While Running    
Wails During a Thunderstorm    
Coyotes Calling with Loons

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Blue Lagoon in June

 

Blue Lagoon was a German pop/dance project of David Joseph & Estrella (Patricia Gemdt). Their first single was a cover of Matthew Wilder's  ''Break My Stride'' that hit #2 on the German pop charts. Clublagoon is their first full length that contains a mix of covers & original material. Though short-lived, they highlight the German pop sounds of the early Aughts. 

 

Bluelagoon - Clublagoon, Media Spirit 0000082MSP, 2005.
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Blessed    
I Won't Let You Down    
The Best    
Break My Stride    
Biscuit    
Oxygen    
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?    
Club Lagoon    
Stop That Train
In da Dancehall    
You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)    
Chocolatino    
Souljah's Wisdom    
Love is the Key    
Now That We Found Love    
Jah Call

 

 

Enjoy.
NØ

Independent Worm Saloon in June

 

Don't need no intro for the Buttholes. 

This one obviosly rhymes with June. 

Get with it or piss off. 

 

Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon, Capitol Records CDP077779879823, 1993
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Who Was in My Room Last Night?    
The Wooden Song    
Tongue    
Chewin' George Lucas' Chocolate
Goofy's Concern    
Alcohol    
Dog Inside Your Body
Strawberry    
Some Dispute Over T-Shirt Sales    
Dancing Fool    
You Don't Know Me    
The Annoying Song    
Dust Devil    
Leave Me Alone    
Edgar    
The Ballad of Naked Man    
Clean it Up

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Swoon in June

 

Silversun Pickups originated in the Silverlake district of Los Angeles. I had a close friend who lived in Silverlake in the Aughts (& beyond). Whenever I was visiting him & we were out on a liquor run (going to the Silversun liqour store on the corner of Silverlake Blvd & Sunset - hence Silversun), we would often run into members of the band also on a liquor run (hence Silversun Pickups, get it). If we were hitting some local Silverlake Clubs to see Elliott Smith or Beck or Rilo Kiley at the Silver Lake Lounge or the Echo or Spaceland, we would often see the Pickups perform. They never truly made me swoon, but nonetheless, here they are, making you Swoon.

Silversun Pickups - Swoon, Dangerbird Records DGB035, 2009.
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There's No Secrets This Year    
The Royal We    
Growing Old is Getting Old    
It's Nice to Know You Work Alone    
Panic Switch    
Draining    
Sort Of    
Substitution    
Catch & Release    
Surrounded (or Spiraling)

bonus track -
Currency of Love

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Immune in June

Immune was a post-rock band from Lyon, France active in the Aughts. Its members were: Jean-Sébastien Nouveau - samples, programming, drums, keyboards, & vocals; Martin Duru - piano, guitar, keyboard, & bass; Gary Soubrier - vocals; & Julien Nouveau - cello, guitar, & toys. Their use of magnificent guitars, piano melodies, smooth electronics, & strings walk a thin line between post-rock & sad post-electronic pop. Superb intimate music mingling with organic sounds.

 

Immune - Not Until Morning, Eglantine Records EGL016, 2008.
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Lie Awake    
Slow Backwards    
Wakening of a Former Land    
When We Faint    
Misplaced    
Slightly Upon My Arm    
Hello    
Recorded Home

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Monsoon in June

 

I've shared Sheila Chandra several times before here. This one was originally released as Third Eye by Monsoon in 1983. This is the North American 1995 reissue CD with alternate versions of several tracks (the longer 12" version of "Shakti" & a slightly different "Watchers") & six additional tracks. It is credited as Monsoon featuring Sheila Chandra. Monsoon was a world music trio consisting of Chandra, her husband Steve Coe, & Martin Smith. 

Note of interest to followers of this blog, Bill Nelson plays E-Bow & electric guitar. 

 

Monsoon featuring Sheila Chandra - Monsoon, Mercury 3145265272, 1995.
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Wings of the Dawn (Prem Kavita)
Tomorrow Never Knows
Third Eye & Tikka T.V.
Eyes
Shakti (The Meaning of Within)
Ever so Lonely
You Can't Take Me with You
And I You
Kashmir
Watchers of the Night
Indian Princess
Sunset Over the Ganges
Ever so Lonely (Hindi version)
Wings of the Dawn (Prem Kavita) (Hindi version)
Ever so Lonely (remix)
Ever so Lonely (instrumental remix)

  

Enjoy,
NØ

Tonight at Noon in June

 

I don't share much jazz here. I listen to a lot but am not really knowledgeable enough to be presenting it to others. I just know what I like. I like the double-bass stylings & studio overdubbing of Charles Mingus & here he is joined by saxophonist Roland Kirk on several tracks. 

 

 

Charles Mingus - Tohight at Noon,  Atlantic SD1416, 1964.
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Side 1 -
Tonight at Noon
Invisible Lady
'Old' Blues for Walt's Torin

Side 2 -
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Passions of a Woman Loved 

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Marquee Moon in June

No introduction necessary. You’ve all seen this on Television. A classic.

 

I will say that the cover photo was taken by Robert Mapplethorpe. 

 

Television - Marquee Moon, Elektra 7E1098, 1977.
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Side One -    
See No Evil    
Venus    
Friction    
Marquee Moon

Side Two
Elevation    
Guiding Light    
Prove It    
Torn Curtain

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

The Loon in June

 

The Loon is the first full-length release from Minneapolis indie band Tapes ‘n Tapes. While not the high-water mark of originality (playing a wide mash of influences from the various Pavements-like bands of 80s lo-fi & indie), they definitely play with a boundless energy & enthusiasm throughout all the album's eleven tracks. Derivative or not, The Loon retains a genuinely empathetic sincerity that gives weird, left-of-centre indie an enjoyable platform. 

 

Tapes ‘n Tapes - The Loon, Ibid ibid0002, 2005.
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Just Drums    
The Iliad    
Insistor    
Crazy Eights    
In Houston    
Manitoba    
Cowbell    
10 Gallon Ascots    
Omaha    
Buckle    
Jakov's Suite

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Maroon in June

 

You know him. You love him. Here’s Maroon in June. 

 

Muslimgauze - Maroon repress, Staalplaat STCD084, 2002.
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Intro    
Thimble Cups of Urdu I    
Maroon of Gaza    
Harem of Dogs I    
Harem of Dogs II    
Thimble Cups of Urdu II    
Blood of Salah Jadallah I    
Stars of Golan Heights    
Blood of Salah Jadallah II

Enjoy,
NØ

The Moon in June

As the moon in June wanes, I wax poetic. 

The moon in June shines firstly on D. Boon. 

 

 

Minuteman D. was an important figure in the history of punk rock & independent music. Boon's solos were very unique, using odd rhythms or scales that were influenced by jazz or classical guitar. He was one of the most technically accomplished American punk guitarists of all time.

4:40 am - Centennial, Arizona - 12/22/1985

D. Boon's life was tragically cut short on a lonely stretch of Interstate 10 in the Arizona desert at the age of 27. He was traveling with his fiance, Linda Kite at the wheel, & his sister Jeannine in the passenger seat. He was asleep in the back of the 1979 Dodge van when a broken left rear axle caused the van to go off the road & roll over. Dennes was thrown from the van & suffered a broken neck. 

 

D. Boon - D. Boon & Friends, Box-O-Plenty BOPCD001, 2003.
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Jams with Crane & Richard Derrick 11/84-6/85 -    
Everyone was There    
Fifth Gear    
Deadline    
The Waiting Stage    
Indecision    
Theme from Empty Box    
The Long Road Home    
Take You There    
Freedom Forever    
Jam # 6    
Binky's Round-Up    
Too Much Fun
All Over the Place    
The Viking Song    
Just Around the Corner    
As Long As (Parts 1 & 2)    

Hammerdown @ The Music Machine 4/5/84 -    
Hammerdown I    
This Land is Your Land    
Hammerdown II    

D. Boon @ The Lhasa Club 6/27/84 -     
Our New Industrial Direction    
That's All There Is    
My Part    
Don't Look Now    
Plight    
Corona    

Minutemen with Guest Drummer UCLA 1/30/85 -    
But First...    
I Felt Like a Gringo    
God Bows to Math    
Themselves    
Self-Referenced    
#1 Hit Song    
History Lesson - Part II    

D. Boon @ Home 5/85 -    
Many as One    

bonus track -
D. Boon - In His Own Words

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

When You Think it’s All Over

I thought I was done with this month. As I sez on the MAYDAY MAYDAY share:
       "I'm just going to throw together what I'm listening to at the moment & see what forms of it all. That's what I say right now. We'll see what is transpiring come Memorial Day."

Well, today is Memorial Day (I know the USA celebrated it last Monday but that's just Memorial Day [observed] because of that governmental Monday Holiday Bill bull...true Memorial Day is May 30th...that's when we here at Casa de Nada 12.0 celebrate it 'cuz it's my daughter Lao's birthday).

She ses to me today:
       "Dad, you know it's a mad, mad, mad, mad world."

That prompted me to post this one, my favorite Mad Professor compilation of all time. Recorded in Dubarama, so play it loud. 

 

Mad Professor - It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Professor, Ariwa ARICD105, 1994.
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Ultimate Experience    
Beyond the Realms of Dub    
The Heart of the Jungle    
Rebel    
Rat Race    
The Doppler Effect    
Aztec Warrior    
Ariwa-The Dub Sampler    
Invasion Dub    
People of Yoruba    
Kunte Kinte    
Fast Forward into Dub    
Medusa's Head    
Pirates of the Airwaves

  

See you all in June,
NØ

For a Film

 

Jumping back into film soundtracks for a final time this month after the Dark Origins shares earlier. (Thanks Hawksmort & all for your terrific contributions). 

 

A Soundtrack for a Film reveals itself to be none other than a new soundtrack for Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film classic Metropolis. Factory Floor was commissioned by the London Science Museum to write & perform the score. The band performed the 150 minute score at the Science Museum’s IMAX theater on April 28, 2017 marking the 90th anniversary of the film's release. The band played & recorded this in the studio for your listening pleasure. You can play it along with the 153 minute long movie for a real treat...just figure when the beginning theme Metropolis should start (use your better judgement)...it should sync up well enough to make a rewarding viewing. 

 

Factory Floor - A Soundtrack for a Film 2xCD, H/O/D/ Records H/O/D003CD, 2018.
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CD 1 -
Metropolis    
Beneath    
Run    
Father    
Identity Switch
Circuit Senses    
Babel    
Cave    
Wonder    
Suspicious

CD 2 -
Transform    
Heart of Data    
Find    
Up Rise    
Flood    
Become    
End 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Who Observes the New World?

 

Something from Deadbeat is a weekly thing with me. Recently I picked up this one, another one from Deadbeat Scott Monteith with vocals here by Athésia. A dive deep down into Deadbeat's rich, tactile, organic, & fluid music, a slow, trippy path through rhythm & reverb.

Grab the chillum & chill... 

 

Deadbeat - New World Observer, ~scape ~scape27cd, 2005

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Slow Rot from Rhetoric    
Port-Au-Prince    
N'Importe Quoi    
Abu Ghraib    
Texas Tea    
O Little Town of Bethlehem    
Time is Passing Slowly    
Rock of Ages    
Ruination
Habitat for Heavy Hearts

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Ø Seven

 

Yeah Ghost is the final release from Zero 7, coming three years after their previous. Many fans of the band shied away from it as their sound has evolved away from their usual more Trip-hoppy style into a more poppy style. For me it is one of my favorite Zero 7 albums. The various vocal stylings seem more of a preferred challenge than a detriment.  To me it sounds fresh, new, experimental while also somehow more Ambient (especially the instrumentals)... 

 

Zero 7 - Yeah Ghost, Atlantic 520260-2, 2009.
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Count Me Out    
Mr McGee    
Swing    
Everything Up (Zizou)    
Pop Art Blue    
Medicine Man    
Ghost sYMbOL    
Sleeper    
Solastalgia    
The Road    
All of Us

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

I’m Lost in All This Free Ass O.C. 8 Shun

This has been a winding twisted trail. It began back in September 2022 with Flykkiller - Experiments in Violent Light here.

Then in May 2025 I did May: I Come Again where I was revisiting artists I had shared in the past. I returned with a Flykkiller related post here that featured Pati Yang. Pati & her husband Steven Hilton were Flykkiller. At that time I mentioned that the twosome had often worked on OSTs with David Holmes (Buffalo Soldiers, Ocean's Eleven & Twelve). 

 

That led to The Free Association, a group started by David Holmes & Steven Hilton.with Pati Yang & songwtiter / vocalist Sean Reveron. This version contains a bonus track, the Free Association version of “Sugarman” by  Sixto Rodriguez. 

 

The trail ends here (for now)... 

 

David Holmes presents - The Free Association, 13 Amp AMP012CDX, 2002.
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Don't Rhyme No Mo
(I Wish I Had a) Wooden Heart
Le Baggage
Free Ass O-C-8
Somedays
Everybody Knows
Pushin' a Broom
La Dolce Vita
Paper Underwear
Whistlin' Down the Wind
bonus track - 
Sugarman

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Dubbled Up on Bud

Of course, on a daily basis I get my dose of Dub. 

Here are a couple that didn't make February’s Dub & Dub Adjacent shares due to time/space constraints.  

Pop one of these if you want a great high.

First off some psyDub... 

 

Various - Bubbled Up on Dub Vol. 1: Natural Progression,
Gliss Records GLISSCD004, 1998.
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Wildflower - The Herb
In the Valley - Arkology
Dusk Till Dawn - Steffe
Sticks & Stones - Doof
World Today - Arkology
Blow Up Dub - Blow Up Dub Band
Zero Gravity - Steffe
Many Lands - The Herb
Celebration - Steffe

 

 

 

 

 

Secondly some psytrance, Downtempo, & psyDub all mixed by Sundog... 

 

 

Various - Surrender to the Vibe, Phantasm Records PTM132, 1995.

Khamoun - Mammal
Water Drums - Union Jack
Tube (Ambient mix) - Nebula II
Dawn Goddess - Quartermass
Slow River - Delphi
La Danseuse Obsedante - Astronimix
Shimmer - Auto Union
Spiral Galaxy M33 - Tau Factor
Weather Watcher (Sundog remix) - Cyclone 7
Pharoahs Wear Boots - Mindfield
Return from Infobahn - Sungog vs Mindfield
What's Going On in the World? - Interlect 3000
Afterlife - Vibe Tribe
Breakfast at Cosmo's (Vivid Pink mix) - Sundog

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ