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Absent Sounds ArchiveInterview with Frog (Danny Bateman)Happy Monday! On live (right now!) today's episode of Absent Sounds is an interview with Danny Bateman of @heyitsfrog himself :) last year the band released one of our favourite albums, GROG and on today's show we play through it along with the interview.This was a really funny interview and Danny was ever so enjoyable to chat with. Thanks Jamie ( @audioantihero ) for your help setting this up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-02-051h 16
AudioAntiheroBenjamin Shaw - A Brand New Day (Live at donaufestival)Free Single: https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/a-brand-new-day-live-at-donaufestival-single
Lead single from Benjamin Shaw's upcoming 'Live at donaufestival' album. This release is backed by a classic Dandelion Radio sessions collection.
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Recorded live on May 4th 2019 in Krems, Austria for donaufestival 2019. This was Benjamin Shaw's first live performance in five years.
The material performed here is taken albums like 'Megadead,' 'Rumfucker,' 'There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet,' 'Guppy,' 'Goodbye, Cagoule World' and 'One Day We'll Laugh About All This.'
Dissected and reconstructed, the material here evolves often from lo-fi acoustic beginnings to an electronic pop that...2019-09-2604 min
AudioAntiheroFrog - "Something to Hide"Pre-Order here: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it / Playlist here: http://sp.kud.li/FROG001
Premiered on The Grey Estates - https://www.thegreyestates.com/blog/song-premiere-something-to-hide-frog
Lyrics:
Card was declined, she walked home crying
Do you need a ride, his car was dry
Oh I, there’s something to hide with some other guy
You met on the side
There’s something to hide, you would’ve been a beautiful bride

Rented a room by the hour
Home before noon in time to shower
O wow
There’s some kinda power in the car in the shower
Oh you’re such a cowa...2018-11-3003 min
AudioAntiheroFrog - "American"Pre-Order: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it
Premiered on Various Small Flames - https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2018/11/15/frog-american/
Lyrics:
Yes by god I’m American
God is great he’s hilarious
What the fuck y’all staring at
Tall, dark, bald and arrogant
Took the tram the rain flew off the glass
Thought of you and paused to let it pass
It takes it’s things off lays them on the grass
O yes
God bless the USA
I’m Ok
Call the paramedics
Call a priest call fedex
I’m a beast I’m pretty
Fuck with me forget it
Supermarket...2018-11-2503 min
AudioAntiheroFrog - "Bones"Pre-Order: https://heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-we-probably-already-had-it
Premiered by For the Rabbits - https://fortherabbits.net/2018/11/20/premiere-frog-bones
Lyrics:
Bones, we watched bones through the laundromat’s fumes in the cold

There’s a VA hospital that you and I’d walk by on our way to diners and beggars in popeye’s and now Did you know that you are the guardian of a part of my life that I had forgotten
There’s a song that you learned from your mom and you thought if you’d call it out she’d come along And bro, you never know just what she’s th...2018-11-2502 min
AudioAntiheroBenjamin Shaw - megadead dot partyOpening track from "Megadhad - https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/megadead
"Megadead" is the new album from Benjamin Shaw. Released by Audio Antihero (UK/US) and Kirigirisu Recordings (Japan) on CD, Cassette and Digital.
Previous Press:
"Embrace this record, ‘cos it’s a true crafted thing of beauty, and no ball of sentimental aerie fluff.." - Gold Flake Paint
"You wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does." - The Line Of Best Fit
"Superb." - Drowned in Sound
"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All...2018-08-2801 min
AudioAntiheroBenjamin Shaw - Terrible Feelings!"Terrible Feelings!" is the lead single from "Megadead," the new album from Benjamin Shaw. Released on Audio Antihero (UK/US) and Kirigirisu Recordings (Japan) on CD, Cassette and Digital. https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/megadead
Atwood Magazine premiere: http://atwoodmagazine.com/bstf-benjamin-shaw-terrible-feelings
Previous Press:
"A piece of work that could stand the test of time...The solitude is palpable." - Gold Flake Paint
"It’s a reminder that some of the most powerful emotions can bloom from the simplest of raw moments, and Shaw is an expert at crafting just those instances." - Drowned in Sound
"You wouldn't want everyone (or...2018-08-2803 min
AudioAntiheroBenjamin Shaw - A Brand New DayTaken from 'Megadead' - https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/megadead
Dimestore Saints Premiere - https://dimestoresaints.blog/2018/08/23/premiere-benjamin-shaw
"Megadead" is the new album from Benjamin Shaw. Released on Audio Antihero (UK/US) and Kirigirisu Recordings (Japan) on CD, Cassette and Digital.
Previous Press:
"Embrace this record, ‘cos it’s a true crafted thing of beauty, and no ball of sentimental aerie fluff.." - Gold Flake Paint
"You wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does." - The Line Of Best Fit
"Superb." - Drowned in Sound
"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a lo...2018-08-2806 min
AudioAntiheroCloud - "Wild Flies, 25"Exclusive non-album B-Side to Cloud's "Me, Her & Lavender" single.
Free Download: https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/me-her-lavender-single
Lyrics:
Told you I was vying for to be unafraid
then you want to dance away
do you want all your friends to know
that you’re alive?
and your head is full of lies
can’t avoid the nothingness
saw it in a child’s eyes
then my arms were buzzing with wild flies
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www.instagram.com/musicbycloud2018-04-2505 min
AudioAntiheroCloud - "Happer's Laugh"Taken from Cloud's "Plays with Fire" LP https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire
Lyrics:
"true strength
needs love
to ease
violence
your eyes
are love
mixed with
bullshit
and the
cost of
true strength
is two
you were
born with
one and
a few (for example— 1.68)
then Delphine saw
a green flash on the coast
I heard
in song
there is
one more
in doubt
there lies
turns out
I’ze wrong
wrong
something’s gotta go"
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https://www.facebook.com/musicbycloud
https://www.instagram.com/musicbycloud2018-03-0903 min
AudioAntiheroCloud - "Comet Happer"Taken from Cloud's "Plays with Fire" LP musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire
"One more song before I leave, Nicole
it’s only right in the way it feels right
in the dark of a sin
as still as I ever wanted it
and it’s dark
and it is
well dark is night
and it’s wild
and your eyes are blue
and they’re wild too
no more staying on the other shore
for a wish that we’ll all be all right
but you know it’s fine
you say, “it’s only night time"
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www.facebook.com...2018-03-0904 min
AudioAntiheroCloud - "Wildfire"Lead single from Cloud's "Plays With Fire" LP - https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire / Music Video: https://youtu.be/KA_32DnBh3s
Premiered on GoldFlakePaint - https://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/new-music-cloud-wildfire
Wildfire Lyrics:
“Every flame wants to be a wildfire
every day needs to lead to something says my mind
looking back to when it all was better
hard to see photos of my smiles
i know if i want to live
something’s got to give
every night goes on as I’m mindless in it
every light’s racing towards the ends of everything
hard to hold pho...2018-03-0503 min
AudioAntiheroCloud - "Disenchanted"Taken from Cloud's "Plays with Fire" LP https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire
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https://www.facebook.com/musicbycloud
https://www.instagram.com/musicbycloud
Premiered on The Alternative - http://www.getalternative.com/track-premiere-cloud-disenchanted
Lyrics:
"to my friends
will you love me when I get
disenchanted and the light
dims inside my little eyes?
to my mom
would you love me if i stole
from my workplace every night
and pretend that it’s justified?
and in cold
could i rub a hand on you?
notice how to keep him warm
means you gotta give up your ow...2018-03-0503 min
AudioAntiheroCloud - "Plays With Fire" (B-Side)Pre-Order the new LP / Free Download - https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/two-hands-bound-single
For the Rabbits Premiere: https://fortherabbits.net/2018/02/22/premiere-cloud-plays-with-fire
Exclusive non-album b-side for Cloud's "Two Hands Bound" single. "Two Hands Bound" is taken from the upcoming 'Plays with Fire' LP on Audio Antihero (LP/DL).
Lyrics:
"I’m too tired to play with the flames
I thought I could but it’s hard for me
well fire is life, and life is good
so many nights when it lit her room
and oh so tired but can’t slow down
I hear good music but drown it out
with “...2018-02-2604 min
AudioAntiheroCloud - "Two Hands Bound"Taken from the 'Plays with Fire' LP - https://musicbycloud.bandcamp.com/album/plays-with-fire
Post-Trash Premiere - http://post-trash.com/news/2018/2/19/cloud-two-hands-bound-post-trash-premiere
"Two Hands Bound" is the second single from Cloud's upcoming "Plays With Fire" LP (out March 9th on Audio Antihero).
Lyrics:
I fell so low
some things you’ll never know
how odd to pray
tried again the other day
c’est la, c’est vous
got work in the afternoon
born to die a thousand days
and, oh, to see what life remains
‘cause losing is a way of life
and building is another way of life
says the...2018-02-2103 min
Too Many RecordsUp in the Clouds and Playing With FireFor those who have watched Matt's YouTube channel for years, you may remember Tyler Taormina AKA Cloud come on the show to talk about his last LP, Zen Summer. He's back now on the heels of an excellent new album, Plays With Fire, and he talks to Matt about his music career up until now, his excellent film-making (highly recommend Suburban Legends for fans of Pete and Pete: https://youtu.be/5pVeEGLAkvg), and of course about the psychedelic indie pop powerhouse Plays With Fire, out on Audio Antihero on March 9th (Pre-order that Vinyl now!): http://www.audioantihero.com...2018-02-2059 min
AudioAntiheroCHUCK - AmericaB-Side to the upcoming "Happy Birthday" single - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/track/happy-birthday
Thanks to For Folk's Sake for premiering the song -
http://www.forfolkssake.com/news/36030/premiere-chuck-america
Lyrics:
Running away
Across America
Cryptic decay
Guitars, harmonicas
Philly, L.A.
Woodside's still here
LAX and JFK
The Craigslist killer
Fortune and fame
And Casey Affleck
Vegas today
And Vegas tomorrow
Bikes and cars and trains
Cleveland burning
Stop for gas and say
Where's the Thruway?
I don't have to pay
Let's drive faster
Ticket on 78
My Dad's a trooper
Key Largo Bay
And men with cancer
Go to...2017-09-1402 min
AudioAntiheroCHUCK - Happy BirthdayNew Single from CHUCK - Free Download: https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/happy-birthday-single
Music Video - https://youtu.be/YtwpLMHkCXI
Third Single from the 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP -
https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/frankenstein-songs-for-the-grocery-store
Lyrics:
I wanna cut the cake
And hit the lake
Later this year
Or punch the gas
And piss on the grass
Then crack another beer
I’m a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
Headin’ home
With a southern girl
Covered in pearls
On her new cell phone
We’re living in Japan
With a lesbian
Aishita imasu Mary Anne
...2017-09-1305 min
AudioAntiheroMagana - "Oceans" (CHUCK cover)Free Download: https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/oceans-chuck-cover-single
"Oceans" is originally by CHUCK, from the 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP: https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/frankenstein-songs-for-the-grocery-store
Next Show: Sep 6th at Secret Project Robot in Brooklyn w/ MAGANA / FROG / CHUCK / SOFT YES - https://www.facebook.com/events/1954302241483185
Lyrics:
I went to the beach
With Alix and Charlie
We went swimming and talked about the party
You’re in Norway and I’m in my body
I use my phone to tell ya that I’m sorry
It’s just my job makes me feel so stupid
I wanna sw...2017-08-3101 min
AudioAntiheroCHUCK - BeckyTaken from the Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store LP - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/frankenstein-songs-for-the-grocery-store
Lyrics:
How are you today?
How’s your eggs?
How’s your brain?
How’s the girl
With all those little pains
Playin’ iPhone games
Smokin’ Mary Jane
Eatin’ Beef Lo Mein
How are you tonight?
How’s your back?
How’s your Sprite?
How’s the fear that you
Can’t control your life?
Can’t read or write?
Can’t decide?
Between red or white
Becky
You used to wanna be
A painter with a cup of tea
Cinnamon, Oolong, Iced, Green
You’ll drink what...2017-08-1904 min
AudioAntiheroCHUCK - Time [Electric]B-Side to CHUCK's "Cherry Tree" single!
Buy CHUCK - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single
Lyrics:
"Time is a friend
That you can depend
On stealing money
From your wallet and pants
And time is a curse
It’s a big dumb black hearse
It takes you for a ride
Then leaves you in the dirt
A baby was born
A mother she died
A fat guy he lied
And an innocent criminal tried
Teenagers in cars
Driving past bars
That stare as they pass
Ready for their first scars
Grandparents sing
Ice cream trucks ring
Summer is here
Then on...2017-08-0403 min
AudioAntiheroCHUCK - Cherry TreeSecond single from CHUCK's 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP (August 18th) - PRE-ORDER: https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single
Lyrics:
"Waiting for the chance to come
To piss up on a snowman
And punch him in the lungs
Feelin’ like a big fat no one
Move it along
Singing this song
Meet me by the cherry tree
I don’t wanna bite ya
But I can’t help myself
I can’t help myself (x3)
Dancin’ like you’re Mr. Fun
Hey do you wanna come over?
For a sticky bun
Schemin’ on a two mile run
Haters know I’m the o...2017-08-0203 min
AudioAntiheroCHUCK - Dogs [Studio]B-Side to CHUCK's 'New Yorker' single. Free / Pay-What-You-Want Download -
https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single
Lyrics:
"Elaine
I met you up in Maine
You held me in the rain
Now I’m crying on the plane
You claimed
You’d never pull my chain
I’d never run away
We’ll always remain
Birds and bees
Whistlin’ through the trees
Woman and man
Boston and Japan
Callin’ my name
My name
My name
Callin’ my name
My name
My name
We were one
We were a loaded gun
Sundays in the sun
The end had begun
I pursued
I was stuck to y...2017-07-2804 min
AudioAntiheroCHUCK - New YorkerFree / Pay-What-You-Want lead single from CHUCK's 'Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store' LP, released August 18th on vinyl and digital.
Download / Pre-Order - https://chucknyc.bandcamp.com/album/new-yorker-single
Music Video - https://youtu.be/AJunxJjNdUY
Lyrics:
"When I graduated college
I moved into the east village
I got a job at a cool office
I got Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits
Huh-huh-huh (x2)
I found a couple bars to lay my head
And I drove to Queens and I bought a bed
I made a whole bunch of New York friends
And I wore all black cause everyone else di...2017-07-2403 min
AudioAntiheroJeffrey Lewis - "Dictator Seeks Reichstag Fire" (from SPLC & NILC Benefit Compilation)Taken from from the "Unpresidented Jams" benefit compilation for Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Immigration Law Center - https://audioantihero.bandcamp.com/album/audio-antihero-presents-unpresidented-jams-for-splc-nilc
All proceeds to:
https://www.splcenter.org / https://www.nilc.org
Links:
www.thejeffreylewissite.com
www.jeffreylewis.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/JeffreyLewisBand
www.audioantihero.com
www.twitter.com/audioantihero2017-02-2701 min
AudioAntiheroMagana - Pages (Tour Single)FREE DOWNLOAD: https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/pages
SPOTIFY: http://spotify.kud.li/AAHS016 (Jan 20th)
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZMUa5ld2_o&t=4s
This free / pay-what-you-want single accompanies a small Magana solo tour of New York, Boston and California.
Previously unreleased up to now, live favourite ‘Pages’ is an early experiment in Magana’s ever shifting solo sound. It’s a gorgeous standalone document of her evolving creativity and expression. The song shows a more traditionally Indie Rock side to Magana's dreamy Alt. Pop output. It's heartfelt and emotional rock music with ghosts whispering through the wall...2017-01-1803 min
AudioAntiheroMagana - "Inches Apart"Music Video - https://youtu.be/U_rDJ1Jl2tc
Single with remixes from Frog & Benjamin Shaw available now - https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/inches-apart-single-feat-frog-benjamin-shaw-remixes
Originally taken from Magana's "Golden Tongue" EP - https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/golden-tongue-ep
Lyrics:
"You were born with thicker skin
And I am only oxygen
Whispering, darling please don’t stay
Because you can leave but I won’t wait
When I’m cold
And I’m lonely
Hold me in your arms
We’ll grow old
We will only
Be inches apart
I have built my cell by hand
I was dreaming of the sou...2016-10-2603 min
AudioAntiheroMagana - "Get It Right"Taken from Magana's 'Golden Tongue' EP - maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/golden-tongue-ep / Spotify: sp.kud.li/AAH016
Next Show:
November 18th - Rockwood Music Hall, Manhattan, New York
Lyrics:
With the words that are in your head
You can change my mind again
Copy from the text of old
Change the words into your own
But get it right, get it right
If you’re gonna, gonna waste my time
Get it right, get it right
If you gotta, make up your damn mind
Get it right, get it right
If you’re gonna, gonna waste my time
Get it righ...2016-10-1402 min
iPhone???????CHUCK – OceansTypically, I pick the songs I spotlight from the Fresh Cuts new music playlist I help curate at AudioBonsai.com. So that means I don’t even start weighing my favorites until the full album has been released. I like it that way for a variety of reasons. I do get quite a bit of email from small record labels and marketing type folks. I usually ignore them..for a variety of reasons.
I make exceptions though. When Jamie Halliday emails me a new artist…I pay attention.
Jamie runs the very best bedroom based music label in the known un...2016-09-0923 min
AudioAntiheroFROG - Catchyalater (Radio Edit)Frog tour the UK for the first time in January 2016. Audio Antihero are putting them on at Servant Jazz Quarters on Jan 24th with Alex Chinatown and Owl & Mouse - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/331308 / https://www.facebook.com/events/1685910334979778
Confirmed dates are as follows:
Jan 23rd - The Waiting Room, Colchester (with Roy / Sophie Nash / Chris Fox)
Jan 24th - Servant Jazz Quarters, London (with Alex Chilltown / Owl & Mouse)
Jan 25th - Fulford Arms, York (with The Drink)
Jan 27th - The Hug & Pint, Glasgow
Jan 29th - Venue TBA, Edinburgh (with Plastic Animals)
Jan 30th - DIY Space...2016-01-0604 min
AudioAntiheroFROG - Photograph (Single Version)Second single from Frog's "Kind of Blah" LP - www.heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com
Photo Credit: Andrew Piccone
Cover Design: Benjamin Shaw
Praise for the "Kind of Blah" LP:
"A safer bet there’s never been – this record is essential." - GoldFlakePaint
"A bit of a masterpiece." - 7BitArcade
"Imagine the euphoric pop of Small Wonder getting caught in a time warp to the wild west with Modest Mouse’s ‘Satin in a Coffin’ and you just about scratch the surface." - DIY Mag
"Oh, god. Help me, words. Help me convey what a blessing Frog is." - Collapse Board
"A record who...2015-08-0703 min
AudioAntiheroFrog - "Judy Garland"Debut single from Frog, the guitar band from Queens, New York. Released April 27th.
Taken from the upcoming "Kind of Blah" LP on Audio Antihero. Pre-Order here: https://audioantihero.bandcamp.com/album/kind-of-blah / http://itunes.kud.li/AAH0132015-04-2703 min