Uptown Avondale


Uptown Avondale is an EP by the band The Afghan Whigs. It bears the Sub Pop catalog number SPCD 53/215 and is representative of the Cincinnati band's soul influences. The EP contains covers of 4 classic Stax/Motown-era tracks:
It also contains a stark, robotic remix of the Whigs song "Milez Is Ded" as a hidden track — the original was itself a sinister, funk-tinged hidden track on the 1992 album Congregation. This version takes the song and gives it a bit of a menacing dancefloor tweak, complete with a looped drum track and some heavy effects on the vocals and guitars. The band playfully referred to the new mix as "Rebirth of the Cool," as a pean to the Miles Davis album Birth of the Cool.

Track listing

  1. "Band of Gold"
  2. "True Love Travels on a Gravel Road"
  3. "Come See About Me"
  4. "Beware"
  5. "Rebirth of the Cool"