Monday Morning Live: Gomez

Your weekly dose of high quality live recordings (no audience boots here!).

It just feels like a Gomez kinda day today. Must be the craptastic summer heat that has descended on the Philly area. My kingdom for Seattle's summer weather here on this coast... Anyway, this is a rollicking live version of Gomez's "Ping One Down", the studio version of which is on the sweet, sweet LP In Our Gun.

Gomez - "Ping One Down (live)"

Buy Gomez's music here.

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Previous Monday Morning Live Tracks:

Alice In Chains - "Love, Hate, Love"
K's Choice - "Believe"
Soundgarden - "Beyond The Wheel"
Lucinda Williams - "Which Will"
Doves - "WWCF --> Pounding"
U2 - "Staring At The Sun"
Damien Rice - "9 Crimes"
A Perfect Circle - "Brena (acoustic)"
Juliana Hatfield - "Nirvana"
Ryan Adams - "New York, New York"
Tool - "Intolerance"
Idlewild - "Love Steals Us From Loneliness"
Josh Ritter - "Thin Blue Flame"
Radiohead - "Creep" + bonus tracks
QOTSA - "A Song For The Dead"
Son Volt - "Bandages And Scars"
Coldplay - "Everything's Not Lost"
Sheryl Crow - "No One Said It Would Be Easy"
Muse - "Stockholm Syndrome"
Steve Earle - "Hard Core Troubadour"
Neko Case - "Hold On, Hold On"
Avril Lavigne - "Girlfriend"
Foo Fighters - "Stacked Actors"
Screaming Trees - "Caught Between/Secret Kind"

B-Side Of The Week: Gomez

A friend just pointed out that I've tragically neglected to post anything from Gomez, a band with a bevy of outstanding b-sides, in this weekly feature. Until now, that is.

This track is an alternate version of the first single from their In Our Gun record. It starts out slow and trippy and then goes off the charts into noise rock land. Methinks the boys in Gomez may partake of the good bud from time to time...

Gomez - "Shot Shot (Folk Shot)"

Buy Gomez records here.
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Previous B-Sides Of the Week:

Centro-Matic - "Not Like Anyone Would Mind"
Nirvana - "Even In His Youth"
Radiohead - "Bishop's Robes"
Catherine Wheel - "Capacity To Change"
The Black Crowes - "Waitin' Guilty"
Jeff Buckley - "Thousand Fold"
Idlewild - "Good Times Wasted"
Foo Fighters - "Baker Street"
Muse - "Fury"
Screaming Trees - "Silver Tongue"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Loaded Gun"
Stereophonics - "Carrot Cake And Wine"
Oasis - "Let's All Make Believe"
Guns N' Roses - "Shadow Of Your Love"
Ryan Adams - "What Sin Replaces Love"
Chris Cornell - "Sunshower"
Feeder - "Bruised"
Snow Patrol - "Post Punk Progression"
Jeff Buckley - "Strawberry Street"
Rainer Maria - "Automatic"
Radiohead - "Coke Babies"

Cover Of The Week: Gomez does The Beatles

According to the number of downloads they're getting, folks seem to love these Beatles covers. My friends would enjoy the irony since I don't ever listen to The Beatles. They've always been one of those bands that I appreciate but don't really like. I much prefer to hear other bands I like cover their songs. So here we go with another Beatles cover, this one brought to you by Gomez. They contributed to the recent covers album, Endless Highway - The Music Of The Band, which I've definitely got to pick up.

Gomez - "Getting Better"

Buy Gomez's music here.
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Previous Covers Of the Week:

M.A.C.C. - "Hey Baby (Land Of The New Rising Sun)"
Gov't Mule - "30 Days In The Hole"
Veruca Salt - "My Sharona"
Soundgarden - "Come Together"
Pearl Jam - "I've Got A Feeling"

WBOS Live Sessions

I stumbled across these live performances on the WBOS website. There are a bunch more sessions from lots of different artists at the site. These are just a couple of my favorites.

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Matt Nathanson's 2-song set features a new song, "Bulletproof Weeks".

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Bulletproof Weeks

Brandi Carlile's set features the new song "Cannonball".

What Can I Say
Cannonball

Gomez's acoustic set features two tracks from their latest, How We Operate, plus a rare acoustic version of "Get Miles", a track from their first album.

How We Operate
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Get Miles

Gomez Preorder Treat

If you preorder the forthcoming May 2nd Gomez release How We Operate from ATO Records you'll receive a bonus live CD containing five tracks from Ben, Ian and Tom's recent acoustic tour. If you need something else to whet your appetite, here's a track from the new album thanks to Aquarium Drunkard.

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Chasing Ghosts With Alcohol (mpeg)