Listen: Taterbug
» Taterbug is Charles Free, "singin son of the earth," as well as a "brotherless child" with only loose connections to the Night People label. He sings and manipulates tapes that he's recorded, and some he's found, "sometimes scotchtape vocal dubs for that boy choir vibe," and if you've got him live, it's "a lot more torched." Taterbugs is an Iowa kid, so it was probably inevitable that he'd eventually run into Shawn Reed and Night People, or as Free puts it, it's "easy to find a creep in the corn."
Free doesn't have tracks, "because an old neighbor of mine ripped my tapes up to the MySpace website," so enjoy some lo-res rips.
Taterbug, "Taterbug's Chemcial Vacation"
Taterbug, "No Hippie Bus In Heaven"
He also offered up an impressive release history, with a mountain of self released tapes and CD-Rs, as well as stuff out on Night People, Moist Tapes, and Detrivore.
Charles Free's discography
Taterbug - "born into a flower" split w/Prudes (Detrivore)
Taterbug - "teenagers from afar" split w/Ryan Garbes (Detrivore)
Taterbug - "burden layer downer" (self-released)
Taterbug - "i wanna die in a sleepingbag with you" split w/Sunbear (Moist Tapes)
Taterbug - "boys of the feather" (Night People)
Taterbug - "turn on your love lamp" (self-released)
Taterbug - "no hippie bus in heaven" (self-released)
Taterbug - "featherbed in my head" (self-released)
Cosmic Charlie - "basements of my life" split w/Abelar Scout (Agents of Chaos)
Cosmic Charlie - "invisible college" (self-released)
Cosmic Charlie - "1-800-grass" (self-released)
Cosmic charlie - "grow your hair out" (self-released CD-R)
Cosmic Charlie - "jukebox monopoly" (self-released CD-R)
Cosmic Charlie - "melting in someone elses car" (self-released)
Cosmic Charlie - "strychnine from outerspace" (self-released)
Cosmic Charlie - "the revolving boy" (self-released)
Cosmic Charlie - "the revoling boy II" (self-released)
Cosmic Charlie - "play loud on slime" (self-released)
Cosmic Charlie - "partying is better than dreaming" (self-released)
Cosmic Charlie - "Guns and Doses" (self-released)
California Son - "no problem" (self-released)
California Son - "keep your cool" (self-released)
California Son - "chasin the dragon" (self-released)
Posted on April 22, 2009
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— Dex on June 17, 2009
i would love some of these recordings. really a shame they aren't slightly more accessible. if anyone could e-mail me some tape rips i'd be totally stoked and very grateful. keep it up charlie, love what you're doing.
— Dex on June 17, 2009
upon being the old neighbor mentioned in the article, i'd like to direct interest towards noisearchive.org. darbolistic rex released a split tape with a charles free collaboration on one side. it is available as a physical copy for a donation, or you can just download the mp3 for freeeee! i also have an extensive collection of his one tape recordings as mp3s. get in touch.
— Darbolistic Rex on May 28, 2009
this guy is doing some really amazing stuff, it is a shame nobody can get anything from his one tape runs if anyone can or has them on mp3 please send them to my email infinitewifes@yahoo.com can do trades for some rare stuff
— jack the horseman on May 05, 2009