As I’ve been hinting for some time, Acute Records has a few tricks up it’s sleeve…actual RECORDS. The Disco Zombies test pressing is approved, Happy Refugees is being mastered and Trypes is almost there. What’s behind this flurry of activity? This absolute torrent of output? I don’t know, we’ll talk more about it soon, I just wanted to take this chance to help spread the word about some Speed the Plough shows tonight and tomorrow and coming up, as well as plug their new album. Speed the Plough began life as The Trypes, an early 80s New Jersey outfit with a heavy affinity for a Velvets meet Beatles take on pastoral psychedelic college rock to drop some rock crit cliche terms. Part of the “Hoboken” scene, they were eventually joined by Bill and Glenn from the Feelies during their post-Crazy Rhythms hiatus. After The Trypes released their fantastic EP The Explorer’s Hold, Bill and Glenn reformed the Feelies and the remaining Trypes formed Speed the Plough, who have recently returned with some wonderful material, their first full-length in 15 years. Check out their website here and preview/purchase via iTunes.

Tonight’s show is at Pianos with The Ascetic Junkies, Thousand Pities and Wild Carnation, Brenda Sauter of The Trypes and The Feelie’s other band. Show starts at 8pm, 10 bucks. Pianos is at 158 Ludlow Street. Last time I DJ’d there was with Mike Simonetti for New Years of 2002 or 3 or something with James Chance performing and Rub-n-Tug going on at 3am, opening with Wake Up and Make Love to Me.

Speed the Plough are also playing in Montclair tomorrow night, home of the Montclair Book Center and a really exciting show in a few weeks where they’ll be playing with a rare performance by Yung Wu, yet another Feelies-related project, that one fronted by percussionist Dave Weckerman. More info on their site and later, and more info about our exciting Trypes reissue soon.

I post playlists to an online radio station called Viva Radio. My show is called Pyjamarama. Here are the latest two shows you can likely listen to in the archives. Sorry I haven’t been posting Acute news. There will be a LOT coming soon about some exciting upcoming. I’m currently working on at least 6, for reals. For now check out these super patriotic U S of A oriented playlists. Perfect music to listen to while you read this article about how doomed we are.

Too Far Gone
1. Yung Wu – Eternal Ice
2. My Dad is Dead – Too Far Gone
3. Death of Samantha – Simple as That
4. Ego Summit – Illogical
5. 100 Flowers – Strip Club
6. The Embarrassment – Viewmaster
7. Sun City Girls – Radio Morocco
8. The Plugz – Red Eye #9
9. The Dils – Sound of the Rain
10. Savage Republic – Ivory Coast
11. Thinking Fellers Union Local #282 – Undertaker
12. Rock*A*Teens – Cherry Red Compilation
13. Meat Puppets – New Gods
14. Minutemen – The Anchor
15. Hüsker Dü – Something I Learned Today
16. Sonic Youth – Pipeline/Kill Time
17. Live Skull – 5-D
18. The Trypes – A Plan Revised

Modern Life
1. The Girls – Jeffrey I Hear You
2. Dave Weckerman – Shore Leave
3. Come On – Don’t Walk on the Kitchen Floor
4. Neptune’s Car – Lucky Charms
5. The Mumps – Crocodile Tears
6. Comateens – Late Night City
7. Pere Ubu – Heaven
8. The Student Teachers – Channel 13
9. Nervus Rex – Love Affair
10. U.S. Ape – Ignorance is Bliss
11. The dB’s – Black and White
12. The Fans – True
13. The Mirrors – Annie
14. The Styrenes – Jaguar Ride
15. Glorious Strangers – Modern Life
16. Model Citizens – Shift the Blame
17. The Feelies – Raised Eyebrows
18. The Girls – Fresco Lounge
19. The Suburbs – World War III
20. A Band – No Love