best of 2013 :: records and such

top 20 albums of 2013:

1. tartufi – these factory days (southern records)

2. sun angle – diamond junk (new moss records)

3. fidlar (mom + pop records)

4. gregory rawlins – bottom feeder fellowship (la grande music)

5. old death whisper – the traveler (self-released)

6. hillfolk noir – what’s the hat for? (self-released)

7. bitterroot – the valley of peace (self-released)

8. ex cops – true hallucination (fat possum)

9. firefriend – witch tales (self-released)

10. red jacket mine – someone else’s cake (fin records)

11. redtenbacher’s funkestra –  the cooker (wooden hat records)

12. gringo star – floating out to see

13. rose windows – the sun dogs (sub pop)

14. unknown mortal orchestra II (jagjaguwar records)

15. suicidal tendencies – 13 (suicidal records)

16. youth lagoon – wondrous bughouse (fat possum)

17. colleen green – sock it to me (hardly art)
18. no age – _an object_ (sub pop)
19. radiation city – animals in the median (tender loving empire)

20. kory quinn & the comrades – at the end of the bar

these are some of the other albums which rightly should have made the list.  but it is a top 20 list and there is only so much room at the top, right?

sharon jones & the dap kings – give the people what they want (daptone)
wooden indian burial ground – problems (ep)

bad penny pleasure makers - t'aint no sin (self-released)

strange americans – a royal battle (self-released 2012)

current swell – a long time ago (wea international, 2012)

grandma kelsey – something special for you (self made, 2012)
janelle monae – the electric lady 
psychic ills – one track mind (sacred bones)

vista chino – peace (napalm records)
skyline pigeons – house of mysteries (retro face music, 2012)
furious jones – bread & circuses (self-released)

travis ward – jump ups & jollities  (junkerdash)

garage voice – amenin (self-released)

pagiins – good things take time, bad things don’t (20 sided records)

public service broadcasting – the war room (test card recordings, 2012 ep)

keller williams & traveling mccourys – pick (sci-fidelity, 2102)

hatebreed – divinity of purpose (razor & tie)

japanther – act like lisa, eat like bart (recess records)

bleached – ride your heart (dead oceans)

jello biafra & the guantanamo school of medicine – white people & the damage done (alternative tentacles)

eternal tapestry – tour cd (mindmelting space rock show at the old library)

firehorse – pills from strangers (self released) (kooky, not brazlian music)

skip & die – riots in the jungle (crammed discs) (kooky, brazilian music)

css – planta (SQE) (not kooky brazialian music)
experience & mtk – the revelation

jerry fels & the jerry fels – and the light said  (kooky portland songster)

wasted lives – choose your partner (old time country from new orleans)

jonathan warren & the billygoats – on this very evening  (boise stompers)

light heat – and the birds (ribbon music)

bloody knives – death [ep] (sainte marie records)

american sharks (the end records)

jonathan presents: a perfect storm

redwood plan – green light go (seattle dance rockers)

otonana trio – the ramen war

sun blood stories – the electric years (self released from high stakes boise entertainers)

ty segall – sleeper (drag city)

kaleidascope jukebox – infinite reflection (rhyme records)

king krule – 6 feet beneath the moon (xl/true panther)

naughty boy – hotel cabana (naughty boy recordings)

vijay iyer & mike ladd – holding it down: veteran dreams project (pire records)

lance herbstrong – meth breakfast (self-released)

magic sword (self-released from mysterious boise noise mixer)

these, among about 1000 other cds that i know were released, but have not yet heard...:

hank III – brothers of 4x4 (self-released)

melvins – tres cabarones (ipecac)

some of the rabble rouser show's more notable features for 2013!

yoko ono :: box set selections :: throughout january

echo returns :: at KEOL

v-day :: pole dancing & anti love songs (assist to radio dave)

KBVR, corvallis :: guest show in april during radio conference

45s for 45 minutes :: weekly sets all winter & spring

willie aikens :: safe at home :: read throughout spring

joseph heller :: catch 22 :: read mornings throughout june  

gg allin :: two-hour set (20^th anniversary)

jfk & the unspeakable :: read from 4^th of july – thanksgiving (50^th anniversary of JFK assassination)

medgar evers :: rabble rouser hall of fame (50^th anniversary)

cassette only! :: back to school special (end of september)

some other KEOL highlights!
double y-ed sports show (january thru june with dj yeti)

   best sports songs of all time

   ladies basketball (plus blog for lagrandelife.com)

   eou track coach ben welch in-studio chat (june 10)

grande review (monday afternoons all summer with dj panda)

   joe bell tracking

   beau baker interview

sugar shack with the diabetic yeti (final show october 1, no comment from me on this one)

big news stories around la grande:

joe bell & jadin bell tragedies

la luz accident

canadian tour bus accident

some of the flashback albums played this year!

charles mingus – black saint & the sinner lady (50th anniversary / impulse, 1963) 

swans – filth (debut album 30^th anniversary / neutral records, 1983)

rollins band – lifetime (25^th anniversary)

suicidal tendencies (debut 30th anniversary / frontier records, 1983)

suicidal tendencies – how will I laugh tomorrow…when i can  (25^th anniversary / epic, 1988)

slayer – south of heaven (25^th anniversary / def american, 1988)

no means no – the day everything became isolated & destroyed (25^th anniversary / alternative tentacles, 1988)

iron maiden – piece of mind (30^th anniversary / emi, 1983)

iron maiden – seventh son of a seventh son (25^th anniversary / emi, 1988)

pixies – surfer rosa (debut lp! 25^th anniversary / 4AD, 1988)

sonic youth – daydream nation (25^th anniversary / geffen records, 1988)

coroner – punishment for decadence (25^th anniversary / noise records, 1988)

vio-lence – eternal nightmare (25^th anniversary / megaforce, 1988)

albums of the month for 2013:     

january :: ex-cops - true hallucinations (fat possum)
february :: unknown mortal orchestra II (jagjaguwar)
march :: youth lagoon - wonderous bughouse (fat possum)
april :: tartufi - these factory days (southern)
may :: sun angle - diamond junk (new moss)
june :: rose windows - the sun dogs (sub pop)
july :: bad penny pleasuremakers - t'aint no sin (self-released)
august :: bitterroot - the valley of peace (self-released)
september :: gregory rawlins - bottom feeder fellowship (la grande music)
october :: gringo star - floating out to see (my anxious mouth)
novemeber :: fanno creek - monuments (sohitek)
december :: xperience & mtk - the revelations [ep] / sharon jones & the dap kings - give the people what they want (daptone)



a good many of the great concerts that came thru eastern oregon:

old death whisper (stage door theatre, la grande)

eou darkside :: dark side of the moon (mckenzie theatre, la grande)

great circle :: featured bitterroot + hollow wood + the ruby pines + conjugal visitors + gregory rawlins w/ mike surber + ghost wind + others (4h center, la grande)

keol fest :: featured finn riggins + johnny unicorn + strange americans + current swell + wooden indian burial ground + mike surber + bitterroot + strangled darlings + sun blood stories + others (benchwarmer's/max square, la grande)

finn riggins + built to spill (private barn party, la grande)

eastern oregon film festival :: after parties featuring finn riggins + hillfolk noir (at ale house) + dirty moogs + and and and + lions web (at arts center at the old library) + jd kindle & the eo playboys (at ten depot)

grandma kelsey + gregory rawlins + hillfolk noir (satge door theatre, la grande)

eternal tapestry + cat skills (arts center & the old library, la grande)

dear rabbit (JSD, la grande / house show, la grande)

urban rural fringe :: featured bag of hammers (ale house, la grande)

strangled darlings (stage door theatre, la grande)

wooden indian burial ground + couches + cat skills (benchwarmers, la grande)

kory quinn w/ left coast country (ten depot, la grande)

george devore w/ spike coggins (earth & vine, baker city)

psycho adorable (great pacific, pendleton / house show, la grande)

red jacket mine (great pacific, pendleton)

danny barnes w/ matt sircely (house show, la grande)

holiday friends (ten depot)

heligoats + jd kindle & the playboys (great pacific)

bad penny pleasuremakers (joe beans, la grande/terminal gravity, enterprise)

musee mechanique (arts center at the old library)

kelly thibadeaux & etoufee (lg brewskis, union)

carter freeman (lg brewskis)

west my friend (lg brewskis)

elwood (ten depot)

low down whiskey rebels (ten depot/great pacific)

bitterroot (about eight or ten different places)

there is no mountain (ten depot)

vikesh kapoor (great pacific)

scene is back 2 :: featured dredge + held in contempt + others

emma hill  (great pacific)

sean flinn & the royal we (great pacific)

when the broken bow (great pacific)

wild ones (great pacific)

one from many (arts center at the old library)

plus, a few out of the area concerts i was lucky enough to see:

mdc + faithless saints + others (slabtown, portland)

leftover crack + faithless saint + others (branx, portland)

gregory rawlins (at marcy’s lounge, walla walla)

bumbershoot :: featured fidlar + breeders + eric burdon & the animals + the zombies + red jacket mine + down north + grizzled mighty + the physics + redwood plan + zz ward + many others (seattle center)

ranchfest :: featured old death whisper + finn riggins + eternal tapestry + grandma kelsey + others (tumbleweeds, idaho)