Crain’ll Knowledge
Posted by Cindy on January 8th, 2007
If Zac Crain doesn’t win the votes to become our next Mayor, then he at least deserves some sorta award for putting together what is, quite possibly, the best compilation CD of the past decade. But he’ll win.
Extra special props goes out to Kris Youmans who was the driving force behind this double CD.
The Zac Crain for Mayor campaign is already doing right by the city, with 32 great songs for one low, low price. Featuring rare and previously unreleased tracks from Ben Kweller, Tim DeLaughter of the Polyphonic Spree, Rhett Miller, the Paper Chase, and Centro-matic, and new songs by Pleasant Grove, Red Monroe, and Pikahsso (among others), this double-disc set is a pretty swell return for a relatively cheap campaign contribution. But it also works just fine as a survey of local music. So enjoy. And vote!
Disc 1
1. The Ballad of Zac Crain FISHBOY
2. Julianne THE CRASH THAT TOOK ME
3. When the Stereo Broke Its Back PHILIP E. KARNATS
4. Luzern PLEASANT GROVE
5. Atlanta CENTRO-MATIC
6. Oh! The Horror! The Horror! THE PAPER CHASE
7. God for a Day PIKAHSSO
8. Love is a Racket SHANGHAI 5
9. These Paper Walls I LOVE MATH
10. Darling HERE, IN ARMS
11. Taking Its Toll SMILE SMILE
12. Grown Man SORTA
13. My Bionic Hand THE DUTCH TREATS
14. What Turns Inside DOVE HUNTER
15. Our Love RED MONROE
16. Winter Wonder Slumber TIM DELAUGHTERDisc 2
1. Pokky Pokky SHIBBOLETH
2. Magic BEN KWELLER
3. Summer Ship AMERICAN WEREWOLF ACADEMY
4. She Loves the Sunset RHETT MILLER
5. Japan VOOT CHA INDEX
6. Secrets That You Keep J. D. WHITTENBURG
7. That Girl RADIANT
8. It’s My Dream SALIM NOURALLAH
9. Lone Star Uprising HYDROPONIC SOUND SYSTEM
10. I’m Jinxed JOHN DUFILHO WITH ROBERT SCHNEIDER
11. Bitchin’ Into Oblivion SABOTEUR
12. …you know the world is wonderful PILOTDRIFT
13. You Deserve Better OLOSPO
14. Midnight on the M Streets ROSE COUNTY FAIR
15. The Fall HARDIN SWEATY AND THE READY TO GO
16. Zac Crain Ain’t No Laura Miller DAVE LITTLE
You’d best getcher orders in post haste my friends…
Here are a couple of splendid tracks:
Below Courtesy of New Times and Robert Wilonsky of the Dallas Observer
Luzern.mp3 by Pleasant Grove
What Turns Inside.mp3 by Dove Hunter