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By Scott Reid | 14 August 2012
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With thanks to all of the artists involved, CMG Podcast 121—our most RAWK-centric mix in ages, just in time for summer’s long wind-down—is dedicated to the release of Chris Reimer’s The Chad Tape, a gorgeous song from which you’ll hear below. From Chris’ Bandcamp page:
Some time ago Chad VanGaalen approached Chris Reimer of Women offering to reproduce a cassette tape of Chris’ solo work. Chris started work on this but passed away before completing the project. His closest friends have assembled the songs he intended for the tape, laid it out with Chris’s own writing and artwork and now this tape is available here for you.
All proceeds from The Chad Tape will go to the Chris Reimer Legacy Fund, an organization run by Chris’ family and friends that is dedicated to providing scholarships for children in music and dance education. You can read more about the Legacy Fund, and Chris, here: christopherjohnjosephreimer.com
It’s well worth your ten bucks, especially for those of us who recognize Reimer’s contributions as a major reason why Women will stand as one of Canada’s all-time greatest bands. It also serves as a terrific late-night companion to this definitely more aggressive (Ty Segall, the Men, a Thee Oh Sees track that kinda sounds like old Dandy Warhols except not shitty, somehow), melodic (new Chad VanGaalen, Each Other, Micachu, Deerhoof), and Books-y (five cuts from their Oddities collection, because…well, because the Books are fucking awesome) podcast. One which also features a closer from the Swans that, with the right candles and incantations, will summon Michael Gira to devour you whole. Maybe I should’ve kept that part a surprise; enjoy anyway, I guess:
[44:59]
1. The Books: “Pig”
- (0:01 – 0:15)
- from Music for a French Elevator and Other Oddities (Temporary Residence; 2012)
- thebooksmusic.com
2. Deerhoof: “The Trouble With Candyhands”
- (0:16 – 3:14)
- from Breakup Song (Polyvinyl; 2012)
- deerhoof.net
3. Micachu & the Shapes: “Holiday”
- (3:15 – 5:35)
- from Never (Rough Trade; 2012)
- micachu.biz
4. The Cyrillic Typewriter: “Dizzy & Blessed”
- (5:36 – 7:16)
- from French Door (JAZ; 2012)
- jazrecords.com
5. The Books: “Egaberte”
- (7:17 – 8:06)
- from Music for a French Elevator and Other Oddities (Temporary Residence; 2012)
- thebooksmusic.com
6. Each Other: “Ash Mound”
- (8:07 – 11:22)
- Single (Self-released; 2012)
- eachotherssongs.bandcamp.com
7. Chad VanGaalen: “Ripped Islands”
- (11:23 – 14:25)
- from The Green Corridor #02 (Altin Village/Mine Records; 2012)
- altinvillage.bandcamp.com
8. Chris Reimer: “First Cut/TV Water”
- (14:26 – 15:49)
- from The Chad Tape (Self-released; 2012)
- chrisreimer.bandcamp.com
9. Ty Segall: “The Hill”
- (15:50 – 18:26)
- from Twins (Drag City; 2012)
- ty-segall.com
10. Thee Oh Sees: “Flood’s New Light”
- (18:27 – 20:56)
- from Putrifiers II (In the Red; 2012)
- theeohsees.com
11. The Books: “A Long Villainous Sequence”
- (20:57 – 21:05)
- from Music for a French Elevator and Other Oddities (Temporary Residence; 2012)
- thebooksmusic.com
12. The Intelligence: “The Entertainer”
- (21:06 – 23:12)
- from Everybody’s Got It Easy But Me (In the Red; 2012)
- intheredrecords.com/pages/intelligence.html
13. The Young: “Don’t Hustle for Love”
- (23:13 – 25:29)
- from Dub Egg (Matador; 2012)
- theyoungblog.tumblr.com
14. The Books: “You’ll Never Be Alone” / Dustin Wong: “Evening Curves Straight [excerpt]”
- (25:30 – 26:51)
- from Music for a French Elevator and Other Oddities (Temporary Residence; 2012)
- thebooksmusic.com
15. The Men: “Presence”
- (26:52 – 34:11)
- from Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones; 2012)
- sacredbonesrecords.com
16. Swans: “Apostate [edit]”
- (34:12 – 44:29)
- from The Seer (Young God; 2012)
- younggodrecords.com
17. The Books: “It’s Music!”
- (44:30 – 44:59)
- from Music for a French Elevator and Other Oddities (Temporary Residence; 2012)
- thebooksmusic.com