GYPSY MOONConservative Weasels (Homaid 180) Recorded at the old Doobie Shea studio before it burned down with Mark Dalton, Chris Fairchild, Brian Hall, Vince Martin and Ernie Power. This is an extremely rare momemt for BHall actually recording in a 'real' studio. Gypsy Moon blends acousic folk and bluegrass here.
the songs:
Hard Luck Dreams. Already In North Carolina. Is It Just The Moonlight.
$6 on compact disc $4 on cassette
CD / Tape
BRIAN HALL
Rubbing Shoulders With The Echoes And The Angels Did Engage (Outside Records 17)
the songs:
Only A Feeling.
Legal Optimist.
Let's Build A Boat.
Pale Songs For American Times.
Work Song Chant evening.
Wup Wup.
Heyday.
And So The Turning Begins A Revolution.
Work Song Chant morning.
Protect The Messenger.
$11 on compact disc
Performs In The Dark (Outside Records 16) Released December 20th. Recommended if you like Lifeguard and Roy Montgomery.
the songs:
Commence.
Courtesy Of The Impact Growing In The Dark.
Approaching Montgomery.
Finding Content In The Turbulence (theme stated).
Finding Content In The Turbulence (theme explored).
What The Satellite Heard One Night.
Can You Tell Me Where I'm From.
Trying To Get To A Deeper Part Of Me.
Ditch Lights Pulsating.
Jealous City Surveillance.
Lewis's Garden Between 4:10 & 4:40pm.
As The Fair Invaded The Grocery Store Parking Lot, Hurt, Summer 1983.
Dead City Day.
Sunday Out My Window Taping Clouds Of Grain.
Lazy Surf.
Departure:Angel Rides The 2:30am Bus To Macon Georgia.
$11 on compact disc
This Machine Loves: Catching Up To The Boy In The Country Flannel (Outside Records Homaid 217)
a boxed set
CD / Tape
I Got A Little Secret Soul (Outside Records 12) This album hearkens back to the days when albums were shorter. A soul recording as filtered through rural Virginia.
'we can now speak frankly of our love for things we'll never have... young is the night... you will break before the dawn... the rest is a mystery & designed to expand'. Released July 18, 2000.
the songs:
Introduction. Eclipse. Overcoming The Freeze-Out Part One. Guiding Missiles With Her Thoughts.Then Girlfriend. Soul. Blando Bello Triste Blues.
$11 on compact disc
Guiding Missiles With Her Thoughts (Outside Records 11)
More indie-styled funk & soul with lots of vocal harmonies. The single from I Got A Little Secret Soul. Released July 17, 2000.
the songs:
Guiding Missiles With Her Thoughts. The Waitress.
$4.50 on compact disc
MY DEAR ELLA
Songs Of Our Times (Outside Records 15) Released May 18th from our pals from Chapel Hill. We are so lucky to have them. If you havn't had all of your nerve endings removed, they will rock your soul. This is a beautiful collection of songs with many layers that will unveil another little nuance with each spin of the disc. Recommended if you like Dylan, Neutral Milk Hotel, Radiohead, The Beatles or fine music not sold in all stores.
the songs:
anima dream. home III. the morning immediately following our talk. terrascope. birth. lullaby. bored in the usa. the last great pleasure. five four.
$11 on compact disc
NATION GADDY
Live 929 (Outside Records 19)
the songs
Never Go Outside. Axis. Return. One Note. Cretin Stomp. Complex Scene. Seekers.
$4 on compact disc
S.G. SWAIN
Doin' What A Boy Does Best (Confessions Of An Ectomorph Vol. III)
(Outside Records 20) The long awaited sophomore album from S.G. Swain is finally
here. He’ll raise an eyebrow; he’ll raise social awareness. His take on pop
culture will have some laughing and others, at times reminiscing and perhaps
fighting back the tears. S.G. moves forward unafraid.
the songs
Strummer.Doin' What A Boy Does Best. Let's Go Surfing. What The Meaning Of Is
Is. Virtual World. Guitar Lessons. Who Wants To Marry A Multi-Millionaire?. Quittin'
The Beatles. Airball. William Crazy Legs And Bucky Harvey. Something About Mary.
alt.fetish.body.piercing.love.
Zapruder Super-8.
Bob Dylan's Early Morning Shower Song.
$11 on compact disc
S.G. Swain's Confessions Of An Ectomorph (Vol. 1) (Outside Records 6) 30 songs! A retrospective of sorts with a great variety of sounds and subjects from folk to garage rock. The mysterious S.G. knows way too much, but he's willing to share some of it with us. If you Hear this, you will think and you will feel. The cassette version contains two bonus tracks.
the songs:
Vichyssoise. Mystery Woman. Marin County Backyard BBQ. In A Hundred Years. Cowboys Make Me Sick. Cuttin' Russell's Grass. Ballad Of Nickle Joe Swain. C.S.A.. Witness. (Not The) National Anthem. Buy Me Things. Human Race. Soldier. The Carson Show. Dallas Day Afternoon. Elvis Was An Idiot (part 1). Old Fashioned $2 Haircut. High On Heaven. I Will Sleep When I Die. Better Never Than Late. Poor Baby. To Be Loved. Say When. Poor Baby (reprise). Jamie Lee Curtis. Scarecrow. Look At Me. Four Letters Has Love. Darlin' Do You Think Of Me?. Dear Michael. Mystery Woman (reprise). Boulevard Lady. All You Need.
$11 on compact disc $6 on cassette
CD / Tape
S.G. has written a book 'Warren Grubber's Guts' from Ectomorph Press. It's a powerful story and makes a nice companion piece to the 'Confessions' cassette. Highly recommended from the Outside staff !
SHYTOWN
The Piedmont Session (Outside Records 8) Thier only studio effort recorded one weekend at the Piedmont Center in Lynchburg, Virginia. Released August 21, 1998.
the songs:
AM Station. Want You To Be Mine. When She Breaks Your Heart. Picture. Plane Crash. Cafe Song. Part. Is It Just The Moonlight. 10,000 Angels. Nameless Town Passage. Freshman Fight Song. Cypress. As I Still Wish For You. Walking Around.
$11 on compact disc
All the Girls (Outside Records 5) b/w When She Breaks Your Heart, the first single, recorded before the band's current and final lineup was established. All The Girls rocks out while When She Breaks Your Heart is a mimimalistic jazz piece with pensive vocals on baby blue 7" vinyl, printed in a limited edition of 500 with hand-done sleeves.
$3.75 on vinyl
SNAKE FORCEFIELD
Treble With The Sweet Snake Prize (Outside Records 10) This record is a bit like sun through a thin haze of warm clouds after awaking from a nap in the summer's long afternoon. This album confronts and embraces the art of driving through small towns and the memories it evokes. Can you rock and shed a tear at the same time? Released July 21, 1999.
the songs:
Begin On The Fade.
Our Town.
I Will Get By.
Due Date In The Operation Area.
Jean Jean.
Siren (On The Way In).
In Search Of The Red Queen.
Wherever.
Key Largo.
The Original Theatrical Trailer Parks.
Front Man.
Knees Knees.
Anchor Anchor.
Siren (On The Way Out).
Film Edit.
I’m Behind You If You Need A Yesterday.
When Caution Blushes.
Never Gonna Ride Again.
$11 on compact disc
I Hope I Didn't Disturb You (Outside Records 7) This is the diverse debut exploring mild cases of alienation and the longing effects of broken pacts from Brian Hall and club. Released October 15, 1998.
the songs:
Aboulia. Misfit. Commercials On The Airwaves. Lifeguard. Luna Lounge. Thirteen. Dêclìnâre. Out There. Orange Counterfeit Sky Watchman. Turn Around. I-40 Blues. Our First Summer. Open Late. Anita Pours Coffee.
$11 on compact disc
The 3:30 Whistle video directed by Garrett Atkinson is now available on the BLACKBEAN VIDEO COMP #3 VHS VIDEO. More great indie videos from an international cast of Blackbean friendly bands: WATOO WATOO, STEWARD, MODESTY BLAISE, MATHLETE, RABBIT IN RED, BRIDESHEAD, THE BOYISH CHARMS, LARZ, SNAKE FORCEFIELD. Available on PAL and NTSC so popfans worldwide can enjoy. It's only $8. Get your copy here! Blackbean
THE HAPPY ENDING MACHINE
Learning To Let You Down (Outside Records 21) Todd and Alexis are back
with the sound we’ve come to expect from them, but some new colors are on the
palette as well (¡somebody’s been listening to Tom Waits!). Released September
1, 2003.
the songs
Hang Around. Out Of Season. Time Alone. The Second Silence. Half-Time Murder
Mystery. I’m Not Elvis. When Werewolves Dream Of Monsters. Heaven Help Us. Room
To Fall. For The Record. Field Of Leaves. My Best Defense. Interesting Scars.
Galaxy Girl. Hearts Scratched In The Dirt. Sweet Hearts.
$11 on compact disc
Less Than Heroic (Outside Records 18) A melody and a poet lies just beneath the rock and roll noise of Alexis, Bob and frontman Todd. This is the trio's debut album released December 31, 2001.
the songs:
Sunshine. I'm Into You. The Last To Know. Pretty. Moment Of Truth. Safer With Strangers. Fifty 7. The Recklessness Of Water. A Voice Not Out Own. Invasion Force One. Gone Girl. Myths And Legends. Saturday It Will Rain.
$11 on compact disc
TOMATO LOVE APPLE
Aerodynamical (Outside Records 9) 17 songs! This is TLA's best line-up yet with the addition of Brian A on guitar. More powerful than ever-this album Rocks!
the songs:
whore (so help me god). pipeliner. mentiroso. change 0. hot rod. transmission. #9. z song. caliente. aerodynamical. lazy bone. nova scotia. sunset strip. spacious. wheres ricky. little maria. surething.
$11 on compact disc
VARIOUS ARTIST
Let's Go Outside !
(Outside Records 13)
This is our first compilation celebrating 5 years of making sounds and friends. It's specially priced for you.
the artists and songs:
Stephen - Some Rare Footage *
Transit Way Song - Tomato Love Apple *
The Paine Twins - Grind *
One Minutes Time - Waxing Moon Hats *
Use Stairs, Use Elevators - Agent Ink *
Crutch - Clyde *
Spooky Sums - The Sums *
Lost In The Fray - Jeff Dernlan *
Already In North Carolina - Gypsy Moon *
Something About Mary - SG Swain *
The One You Need - Mike Tyree *
The Way It Goes - Rumbleseat *
Twilight - Shytown *
Agent Ink - Tomato Love Apple *
I Will Follow (reprise) - Gang Wizard *
A Brother’s Lament - My Dear Ella *
Never Fail - Rumbleseat *
Santa Maria - Indy Rockwell *
Virtual World - SG Swain *
September Single - Snake Forcefield *
Static Sound - Some Rare Footage *
Brian Hall - It Must Be Cold Outside
$7 on compact disc
