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

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

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) (GD) (M)

Side Two (19:33) (GD) (M)