Christmas Joy from Mark Kozelek

Fountain of peace and joy Mark Kozelek released a Christmas album called Mark Kozelek Sings Christmas Carols. So since it's Christmas Eve here are "2,000 Miles", "O Come All Ye Faithful" and from A Charlie Brown Christmas, "Christmas Time Is Here".

Pic from Mark Kozelek's site.

Mark Kozelek and Dayglo Abortions Killed their Mommies with Automatics. Coincidence?

In breaking news, the scourge of domestic violence spreads across North America. First afflicting Canadian punks The Dayglo Abortions and revealed on their 1986 masterpiece Feed us A Fetus, American singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek has now confessed, on his most recent album Like Rats, to the same family history. The similarity of these horrific acts is uncanny. Listen below for more on this developing story.

New Mark Kozelek: Mark Kozelek & Desertshore with Mariette

Mark Kozelek is a bit of an unknown quantity for me. A friend brought me to a Mark Kozelek solo show last year and frankly I was a bit scared. His reputation preceded him and I didn't know any of the music - except for his take on Husker Du's "Celebrated Summer". Turns out we were a well behaved audience and he put on a good show.

He's got a new project called Mark Kozelek & Desertshore with Red House Painters guitarist Phil Carney and pianist Chris Connolly. They're previewing this easy breezy track "Mariette". Lean back and soak it in.

The album will be out August 20.

Bob Mould covers Cheap Trick

Here's a video of Bob Mould covering Cheap Trick in Chicago. The video features Bob and the band doing "Downed" followed by the Husker Du classic "Celebrated Summer". When I caught Mark Kozelek a while back, he performed his cover of "Celebrated Summer". Ever so slightly different from Bob's/Husker's version.

And I just saw this great video of Bob and the band rockin' out on "The Descent".