When They've Collected All Your Tragic Endings

Josh Rouse today, a sidestep inspired by an enjoyable post a couple of weeks ago on Josh Ritter, courtesy of Charity Chic Music. I have very little music by either, though I've enjoyed what I've heard: not enough for a Josh Ritter selection and just about enough for Josh Rouse. The selection leans heavily on a couple of mini-albums/EPs - Chester, with Lambchop's Kurt Wagner, and volume 2 of Rouse's Bedroom Classics series. It's also very focused on a specific period between 1999 and 2005, the remaining tracks coming from various free CDs with music magazines. From what I can see, Rouse has released around a dozen albums since 1998, the most recent being The Mediterranean Gardener by ISLA, an "improvised electronica" project featuring his wife Paz Suay, which emerged on 1st April 2021. I really need to immerse myself in more of Josh Rouse's music. Any suggested starting points and recommendations very welcome!

 

Side One (20:00)

1) Soul'd Out (2005)

2) Winter In The Hamptons (2005)

3) For The Turnstiles (Cover of Neil Young) (Live In Session @ KCAW, Sitka, Alaska) (2005)

4) Straight To Hell (Cover of The Clash) (Live @ Morning Becomes Eclectic With Nic Harcourt, KCRW 89.9, Los Angeles, California, 27 August 2003)

5) Table Dance: Josh Rouse & Kurt Wagner (1999)

Side Two (19:33)

1) Neighbor-Hoods (2005)

2) Somehow You Could Always Tell: Josh Rouse & Kurt Wagner (1999)

3) My Love Has Gone (2005)

4) Oh, I Need All Of The Love (2005)

5) Rise (2003)

 

1999: Chester: A5, B2

2003: 1972: B5

2003: White Riot, Vol. 1: A Tribute To The Clash (Uncut magazine promo CD): A4

2005: Bedroom Classics Vol. 2 EP: A1, B1, B4

2005: It's The Nighttime EP: A3

2005: Nashville: A2, B3

 

Side One (20:00)

Side Two (19:33)