This Song is a mess but so am I

So freddy posted almost everything he's done under the "This song..." moniker, due to the material's limited availibility.

I haven't listened to the other eps and albums, but

This Song Is A Mess But So Am I - Church Point, LA

Is pretty dang awesome. Some of the songs are duds (in my opinion, but maybe I'm not looking at the big picture?) and some of them are just dripping with greatness. BEDRIDDEN AND DANCING is my absolute favorite. the lyrics are amazing.

Bridget do you remember

putting her in a pink dress?

dancing from bed, and when

she passed they sent pink flowers.

on that day when we were rained out of

the field for crying the cajun band played

with a pink microphone cable.

we knew and we laughed!

Some of the textures and sounds may take a little getting used to ( or you just might not like it at all) Some of my favorite songs resemble carnival music, only the carnival is run by ministry and someone stole all their guitars. This is the first "This song..." album, and the first few stages of coping with death are apparant from the start, (shock, anger). I've never heard electronic music be so sincearly emotional. His voice is so honest and real, it's very hard to misinterpret any of his feelings as overly dramatic or fake, despite the fact that he is screaming and convulsing over his mother's death.

oh mother give me strength. i've seen many faces

come out of frames but they all said the same things.

i've heard enough iam sorry's to last a lifetime. i know i am

too young to feel the way i do. but i saw the courage in your eyes.

and i know that over this hill is the sun.

HOLY SHIT THAT'S FUCKING AWESOME.

As amazing as his lyrics surely are, the vocal mix is muddy and quiet, which really pisses me off. I know he does not have a "singer's voice" or whatever the fuck that means, but I don't care. all the better and more honest. Since his voice is so young and relatively "thin" he's decided that it's better off masked by sound, which I feel is a great mistake. To really appreciate this, you should read the lyrics (included in the zip file) along with the album.

Another suggestion about his art which I have no right to make is that I think he should sing with a little more melody. I dunno. maybe that's just me.

Hell, forget I said anything. The songs are amazing by themselves.

Freddy's Blog (even more free music therein)

This Song Is A Mess But So Am I - Marble Mouth

This Song is a Mess But So Am I - Satan be Here

20 KNIVES new ep: Royal Invitation

This shit is awesome.

I wanna say "really melodic breakcore", but if you wanna spit hairs, this is really just IDM (ugh I hate that term) I'm gonna take a random guess, but I'm pretty sure that this was made in renoise. Intricate melodies cascade through some of the best sounding synthesis (organic sounding) I've heard (maybe ever). The whimsical textures and robotic speech paint a surreal tale of escape from life's problems, (a STARK difference to the theme of the movie "The Holy Mountain" which he's sampled for at least 1 or 2 of the songs.) and has a strange rustic-future fantasy feel to it. This music is quite unlike most stuff I've heard. It's definitely "chin stroking music" but not aloof or boring.

The song I've chosen for the blog is the last track of the EP is "Octopod Sings", and it's not like the rest of the album, as it's more/less a traditional song. (guitar, singing) but I really like it.

Bro used to be called "Pale" (before some bar-band from texas threatened to sued him) and he and Ed Flis (aka duranduranduran made this totally bitching song called "The Year of the Dragon" (good luck finding it) that's definitely worth looking up.

20Knives: Octopod Sings(this one's my fav)

20Knives- Royal Invitation (whole ep)

http://20knives.com/ (his full album comes out soon!)

trash80's EP

HOT DAMN! this stuff is GOOOD. 3 O's good.

Often I've listened to chiptunes, and thought to myself, "this would be really great if they did some actual production on this rather than just dump the audio out from the gameboy."
That's pretty much what's happened. Some great gameboy music has been expanded with modern technology resulting in some compositions that are really awesome.

I've been a fan of this guy's work for quite some time. Just when I figured he got hit by a bus or joined a convent, he dropped this bomb on me. Chippy electro to the MAXX. (2 x's)

it's free. get it now.

Trash80 -Icarus

Bubble Puppy

If your experience with Psychedelic rock music is limited to a few beatles albums, take note.

Reguarding Bubble Puppy, There's not much to remarkable about the band it's self, other than they dressed real funny and made a lot of refrences to Alice in Wonderland.

What IS remarkable is their music, namely this song:

Bubble Puppy-Hot Smoke and Sassafras

the rest of the album is really great too!

on a side note, be sure to check out Paper Rad's music video for the song.

Skip Bifferty

Dear god, these guys makes some pretty music. I don't know any thing about them, but here are some internet facts/blurbs/rumors:

-these guys were plugged by John Peel and endorsed by the likes of Keith Moon (cite)

-The Story of Skip Bifferty" is their only official release.

-Skip Bifferty was a rock band formed in early 1966, when The Chosen Few (Featuring Alan Hull, later of Lindisfarne) from Newcastle upon Tyne changed their name and got a new singer (cite)

-they're from Newcastle, England

apparently there's not a whole lot to them....EXCEPT THEIR MUSIC IS FUCKING AMAZING!

Skip Bifferty-Jeremy Carabine

Skip Bifferty-Guru

P.S. (more information!)

THIS SONG IS A MESS BUT SO AM I/ TEEN MOMS

Myspace is the ultimate internet-music double edged blade. Never before have so many depressingly unfit for real life people made such catastrophically horrible, HORRIBLE music. Sometimes you really can't tell if it's a joke, and other times you KNOW it's not a joke, and yes, the middle school white rapper's mom really did comment on his page and tell him he was "da illest",and that she was his "numba 1 fan".
On the OTHER hand, it's a great way to browse music and meet people that you would NEVER EVER bump into under any other circumstances. I got my first track into print through myspace. I met Jason (dj socky) and mike (polygonskull), and now they're releasing my album under his label, Fantasy Violence Records

Here are interesting artists I've found on myspace:

A myspace artist I'm more than jazzed by is Teen Moms. He's got this green-myspace artist feel to him, but the fun in his music outshines the slight gameboy/fl studio vibe. creme of the myspace electro-dance crop.

Teen moms' myspace (at least 3 free downloads there)



Freddy Rupert makes some very interesting music, and has some of the most engaging live shows I've ever seen. He's garnered alot of attention and critical acclaim with his project "This Song is a Mess, but So Am I". I absolutely hate it when people compare new artists to already established artists, but I can't help thinking "if Morissey was roommates with Ministry in college", even though he honestly sounds like neither.

"When I originally started this project in May 2003, it was a way for me to deal with the death of my mother from cancer in January of that same year. I don't think I really had any intentions of dragging it out this long."

Freddy still makes music but not under the name "This Song is a Mess, but So Am I".

Freddy's Myspace
Freddy's Homepage (more than several downloads)

git er done

Everybody listen to count dorkula!!!!

Sometimes, I like to get on myspace and search for band names I'm not sure exist or not, like "the violent gynocologists" or "stankfyst". Sometimes they do exist, and usually I am floored by the medocrity of their music.
"Count Dorkula" was More than the exception. His laidback far west desert vibes and are fan-fucking-tastic.

I'm serious, this shit is hotter than hell, like everything i like about folky grassy country music that I like distilled to perfection!!!!

Add his ass! (count dorkula's myspace, 2 more downloads!)

here's a song he added a while back that he took off for some reason....

Count Dorkula- Tell it like it is

van damme?

If Legowelt is the soundtrack to 70's coldwar spy dramas and italian zombie movies, WC olo Garb is 80's low budget cyberpunk and van damme movies (mostly bloodsport series). That is, if van damme movies were way more awesome. And also maybe set in space. Also this man makes the most awesome synth pron I HAVE EVER SEEN. You have got to check out his dx7 patches. Epic. shit. I totally forgot that this guy has the greatest most diverse collection of synths EVER.

EVER I SAY

Everytime i close my eyes, all I can see is future chainmail and lazer eyes.
and Jean Claude van damme.

making synth demos.

in a tanktop.

WC Olo Garb - Suicide Pop - Suicide Pop [part 1]

WC Olo Garb- Life Pump

WC Olo Garb-Cocaine Girl

RIP Daniel Hansson

http://45tribute.com/

Poor Daniel,

So young and talented.

"...In August 2007 Elektron CEO and co-founder Daniel Hansson passed away in an unfortunate auto accident. It is in large part his creative vision and eye for detail that have made Elektron's products what they are today. The 45 Tribute pays homage to his creative genius and his philanthropic spirit. Artists from the Elektron community have taken their time and energy to contribute to this project freely in his honor.
All purchases of the 45 Tribute should be viewed as donations, as that's what your purchase translates to. All proceeds collected from the 45 Tribute will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund. So you pay $5.00 for 30 songs, and you get to be a philanthropist in the process! POW!"

*ALL* These tracks are really good, you should go buy them!

BUY THEM I SAY!

http://45tribute.com/

the king of chiptunes

WOAH WOAH WOAH!
LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT HOMIE, THIS IS NOT A CHIPTUNE BLARG.

it just happens that the first 2 posts are about chippy artists.

HOWEVER they don't come any chippier than this mother fucker. the man INVENTED the midi-nes. Yes, it's as cool as the name implies. (it's also 89$!!!!) ASK YOUR GRAMMA TO GET YOU ONE FOR CHRISTMAS.

COINCIDENTALLY, he also makes the best chiptunes I've ever heard. period. sorry 8bit peoples. Sorry 8bit-betty. Sorry 8-bit everyone, else Xik wins. HANDS DOWN.

http://www.wayfar.net/xik/transmissions.mp3 -this one is my absolute favorite.

OMG UNICORNZ!

Evan morris has a new album out, and the thing is pretty good, but the first track is THE TITS!

it's like a 16 bit unicorn running through a 8 bit fairytale castle, only the castle is made of PURE AWESOME!

it's chippy.

(and free)

http://www.lostscience.org/