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THE EXPERIMENTAL BUNNIES

Music For The Integrity Tone Scale

(coming soon!)

Our second digital release is the debut by instrumental sound-scientists the Experimental Bunnies! An original score for Noodle Brain Productions' TV episode on the Integrity Tone Scale. To conjure each one of the 16 states of integrity on the scale, the Experimental Bunnies conceived and recorded their themes as spontaneously as possible into an analogue 4-track recorder, resulting in a score that careens through psychedelic noise, despondent mood pieces, post=punk, surf music, Krautrock, and even disco. The results can either be enjoyed for their own sonic appeal or in the context of a valuable self-awareness tool.

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THE BLAME

The Full Disclosure Principle

Ear Candle Productions' first digital-only release is a five-song EP by The Blame. The Full Disclosure Principle ranges from innocent pop-folk tunes to noise-laden workplace psychodramas to stirring anthems of empowerment. Includes a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Democracy", the Davis Jones tour de force "Worker Bee", and the cowbell-rock showstopper "Unexpected Impact".

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X-TAL

Who Owns Our Dreams?

San Francisco's X-tal were one of the great unsung bands of the 1990s. Combining the sly pointed lyrics of J Neo Marvin (and others) with a Velvet-y wall of guitars and the twangy crunch of Neil Young and Crazy Horse, X-tal forged a distinctively American sound while daring to shine a light on the flaws of both their country and themselves. WHO OWNS OUR DREAMS? collects, for the first time domestically, some of the best songs from their final albums, which were previously only available on German labels.

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J NEO MARVIN & THE CONTENT PROVIDERS

Freedom Fried

FREEDOM FRIED, the third release from J Neo Marvin & the Content Providers, has just been reissued for those who missed it when it first dropped in 2004. 12 songs for the "new American century", Freedom Fried ranges from melodic folk-pop to snarly garage-rock and beyond, all adding up to an unflinching portrait of the state of the union in the first decade of the 21st century. It's music for Americans who have found their home transformed into an occupied country, for foreigners who no longer recognize the once-admired, now scarier than ever, land of rock and roll, blue jeans and silly pop culture, and for any and all human beings who refuse to be stomped into submission.

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J NEO MARVIN & THE CONTENT PROVIDERS

What Is Truth?

WHAT IS TRUTH? takes its inspiration from psychedelic classics like Their Satanic Majesties Request and Magical Mystery Tour, resulting in an anything-goes approach that stretches the music in whatever direction each song calls for, from the Dylan-goes-to-New-Zealand folk-rock of "Primate House (1731 11th Ave)", to the darkly sad chamber-punk of "Ex-Supernova" or "Stick Figure", to the thumping "Mark E. Smith in Turkey backed by a jazz combo and a Rasta drum circle" ambiance on "Fiscal Year Zero (Charge Of The Lite Brigade)", the catchy Celtic Mariachi drone of "Formerly Boomtown", and the full-on joyful noise of "Kite Song". 28 musicians and singers from all over the musical map contribute to the resulting sonic crazy quilt. Recorded exactingly yet spontaneously in good old-fashioned lysergic 16-track analog by the incomparable Wally Sound, WHAT IS TRUTH? will astonish you with its musical twists and sharp songwriting.

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J NEO MARVIN & THE CONTENT PROVIDERS

Slowly I Turned

J Neo Marvin resurfaced in 2001 with his first set of new songs since the breakup of his old band X-tal and the sudden death of his longtime companion Maati Stojanovich. Aided by a small group of family and friends, including Rico Bell of the Mekons, Carrie Bradley of Ed's Redeeming Qualities, and Alan Korn of the Cat Heads, SLOWLY I TURNED is an intense yet melodic set of chamber-punk missives, filled with grief, desperation, dark humor, and hope.

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Ear Candle Radio's Top 20, June 2008


1. The Langley Schools Music Project - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft - Innocence & Despair
2. MC5 - Looking At You - The Big Bang: The Best of the MC5
3. Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras In New Orleans (Bonus Track) - New Orleans Piano
4. The Damned - Curtain Call - Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976-1987
5. Housecoat Project - Wild Wimmin - Wide Eye Doo Dat?
6. Big Youth - House Of Dreadlocks - Dreadlocks Dread
7. Superaquello - Como Campana - Little Darla Has A Treat For You, Volume 23: Summer 2005
8. The Pretty Things - Private Sorrow - S.F. Sorrow
9. Loop!Station - Towering - Obey Your Signal
10. Paleface - World Full of Cops - Paleface
11. Linda Smith - I Just Had To - Till Another Time (7" single)
12. The Dirtbombs - Ever Lovin' Man - We Have You Surrounded
13. Bob Dylan - Political World - Oh Mercy
14. Yoko Ono - Listen, The Snow Is Falling - Sometime In New York City
15. Sara Jaffe - Port Authority - Salt & Water
16. Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day And John Coltrane - Pieces Of A Man
17. The Cannanes - Frightening Thing - International Pop Underground Vol. XXXVII
18. The Mekons - Cockermouth - Natural
19. Robert Wyatt - Out Of The Blue - Comicopera
20. Love - The Daily Planet - Forever Changes

About Ear Candle Radio

Ear Candle Radio, the station where "the sound of light hits the underground brain", broadcasts 24 hours a day on the Live 365 online radio network. Your DJs, Neo and Davis, travel the spaceways and burrow through the subterranean depths to bring you the finest mix of old and new music. Indie-rock, punk, post-punk, folk, psychedelia, experimental, international, dub, oldies, occasional forays into jazz, classical and pop standards: in essence, anything that floats our boat and, we hope, yours. Listeners have the opportunity to vote on each song, and the results are tabulated and posted in our monthly Top 20. If you would like to submit your own music for consideration on our station, contact us and tell us about yourself.