The Underground of Happiness

The Go! Team on the show again this week - better get used to that, it's one of the best pieces of music heard anywhere in some time. Moondog and Bob Lind to begin. An odd pairing you might say. But I wonder if Jack Nietzsche (whose genius you can hear in the production of 'Counting') was aware of the Viking of 6th Avenue? Something in that glorious swirling arrangement sounds to me like it's speaking to the marvellous rounds and overlapping rhythms and time signatures of Moondog. Drahla have a nice line in Sonic Youth esque tight jagged post punk. Lean Year and The Saxophones , two of a great current crop of American artists plying the edges of dream pop to intriguig effect. And speaking of that, one of the classics from Julee Cruise with the handiwork of Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch not far away. More on these pages. The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.face...

Thomas Truax is a mad genius. He makes his own instruments. If you don't believe me, go here to find out more - http://www.thomastruax.com/instruments.html . He's also just released the first in a series of monthly journals for 2011, a song called January egg race dream . It's available to download for free here. January Egg Race Dream by Thomas Truax It's got a strolling, slightly sinister, atmosphere with a voiceover by Thomas and it all sounds quite like something from a David Lynch film. Which is appropriate, because Thomas' last album was called Songs from the films of David Lynch . I spoke to Thomas when he played in Cork around the middle of 2009, when that album came out. You can listen below. He's charming, he walks through the audience when he plays, he's met David Lynch and the great man admired his shoes. Listen on. Thomas Truax UOH Interview Podcast by underground of happiness