A letter from Bloodshot Records on Election Day !

Music Lovers:

The protest song is one of our oldest musical traditions, so it’s no surprise that in the 15 years Bloodshot Records has been releasing records, it’s artists have been vocal participants, with biting social commentary and damn fine music. We offer you, in honor of the coming election, the Bloodshot Records Election Mix ‘08.

The Waco Brothers’ “Cowboy in Flames” is as relevant as when it was written 12 years ago: “All the rest on the bottom / oil men still on top.” Graham Parker uses his rapier wit to pillory the current administration’s policies on “Stick to the Plan.” On “Cure for the Common Cold,” Ha Ha Tonka’s Brian Roberts — a cancer survivor — takes the US health care system to task: “Don’t get sick in America.” Chris Ligon is just one of the many musicians who gathered on The Executioner’s Last Songs, an album that calls for a moratorium on the death penalty. Andrew Bird’s contribution to the Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook collection is “I Shall Not Be Moved,” a traditional hymn that was later adopted by labor union singers in the ’40s. And while Andre William’s “Can You Deal With It?” could broadly describe the worst-case scenario, we include it on the mix for the fun fact that Andre Williams and John McCain are the same age.

Below is a online stream of some of Bloodshot’s best protest moments, enjoy it and don’t forget to vote!

BLOODSHOT RECORDS ELECTION MIX ‘08: (login required)

TRACKLIST:

1. Cordero, “En Este Momento” (from En Este Momento)
2. Firewater, “Hey Clown” (from The Golden Hour)
3. Ha Ha Tonka, “Cure for the Common Cold” (from Buckle in the Bible Belt)
4. The Bottle Rockets, “Align Yourself” (from Zoysia)
5. Waco Brothers, “Cowboy in Flames” (from Waco Express: Live and Kickin’ at Schubas Tavern)
6. Graham Parker, “Stick to the Plan (from Don’t Tell Columbus)
7. The Meat Purveyors, “Look On Your Face” (from Someday Soon Things Will Be Much Worse!)
8. Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, “I Never Thought I Could Feel This Way For A Boy” (from Live at KEXP: Volume 4)
9. Andrew Bird, “I Shall Not Be Moved” (from Old Town School of Folk Music: Volume 4)
10. Chris Ligon, “Great State of Texas” (from The Executioner’s Last Songs)
11. Starkweathers, “Burn the Flag” (from For A Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records)
12. Andre Williams, “Can You Deal With It?” (from Can You Deal With It?)

For more information on all of these artists and albums, please visit: http://www.bloodshotrecords.com

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Bloodshot Records artist Charlie Picket will showcase during the CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival. Photo by Jill Kahn.

Bloodshot Records will present an array of musical talent at CMJ Music Conference this year, with nine separate performances around town and the notoriously riotous CMJ Fiesta at Union Pool in Brooklyn Saturday afternoon, October 25th.

From Cordero’s Latin indie rock to the offbeat songwriting of Ben Weaver, from the honky tonk of Justin Townes Earle and the dark jungle primitivity of Dex Romweber Duo to the rock & roll of The Silos, Ha Ha Tonka and Charlie Pickett and uncategorizable I’m Not Jim, Bloodshot outdoes itself year after year in presenting the cream of the musical crop.

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CMJ Showcases

Wed. Oct. 22

• 10:00pm — Ha Ha Tonka @ Kenny’s Castaway’s - 157 Bleecker Street between Sullivan & Thompson Street
• 11:00pm — Dexter Romweber Duo @ Red Bull Space - 40 Thompson St (Paste/KCRW showcase)

Thurs. Oct. 23

• 9:20pm — Justin Townes Earle @ 92nd Street Y - (w/ Charlie Louvin, Oakley Hall) 1395 Lexington Avenue @ 92nd Street

Fri. Oct. 24

• 7:00pm — I’m Not Jim @ Village Underground - 130 W. 3rd between 6th and MacDougal
• 8:30pm — Charlie Pickett @ Rodeo Bar - 375 3rd Avenue at 27th Street
• 11:30pm — Ben Weaver @ Googie’s Lounge (upstairs from The Living Room) - 154 Ludlow between Stanton & Rivington

Sat. Oct. 25
7:00pm — The Silos @ Hiro Ballroom in the Maritime Hotel - 371 W 16th by 9th Ave
9:00pm — Justin Townes Earle @ Red Bull Space - 40 Thompson St (Paste/KCRW showcase)
9:00pm — Dexter Romweber @ Southpaw - 125 Fifth Ave in Park Slope, Brooklyn

Saturday Afternoon 10/25 Bloodshot CMJ Fiesta @ Union Pool - 484 Union Ave. at Lorimer in Brooklyn

• 12:30 — doors
• 1:00 - 1:40 — Dexter Romweber Duo
• 1:50 - 2:30 — I’m Not Jim
• 2:40 - 3:20 — Ben Weaver
• 3:30 - 4:10 — Ha Ha Tonka
• 4:20 - 5:00 — Cordero
• 5:10 - 5:50 — Charlie Pickett
• 6:00 - 6:40 — Justin Townes Earle

Tickets $8 adv / $10 door, free w/CMJ badge - come early for free beer & tacos - Sponsored by Blurt Online & Oskar Blues Brewery.

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