As the first official week of fall winds to a close 5 songs reminiscient of the season today. What's your favorite song that makes you think of fall ? 1 : Joni Mitchell - Urge For Going Buy Hits 2 : Dumptruck - Autumn Light Buy Positively Dumptruck [...]
There are some pretty obvious picks here - Big Star , who people seem to stumble upon late in their indie-listening careers and find themselves completely destroyed by, or the Left Banke , who with a single song ("Walk Away Renee") basically invented the Belle & Sebastian twee pop sound as we know it. And then there are my more recent favorites - my beloved Softies , or the short-lived but glorious Sea Snakes , whose Clear As Day, The Darkest Tools remains my favorite album of the last four (!) years. But what [...]
"Last week was like a year ago/ Five years, just like yesterday." In einem einzigen Lied schlagen Citay (wer ist das? wo kommen die her?) einen Bogen von Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, Luna, Galaxie 500, Big Star rüber zu den Byrds. Hier wird nicht getanzt, hier wird nicht Tempo gemacht. Hier wird jedes Instrument sparsam eingesetzt und erstmal in die Echomaschine gejagt. Nur nichts überstürzen. Der perfekte Soundtrack für die Vorstadtwagenburg an einem Freitagabend im Herbst. mp3: Citay / First fantasy Ach, auch Band of horses [...]
You have to wait for it. And pop isn't necessarily about waiting. Does anyone else actually fast-forward songs to the best part and listen to only that part over and over again? Sometimes I think I am alone in this. People have too much respect for the artist's vision or the album format or some bullshit. Would it be so good if we didn't have to wait? You'd think fast-forwarding would answer this question, but you've already internalized the full-song experience. Cultural expression need only be contextualized once; it's not like you have to read 5 [...]
Download: Big Star - "Don't Lie to Me" Download: Justin Timberlake - "SexyBack" Download: Dr. Dre - "Let's Get High" Download: Frank Sinatra - "You Make Me Feel So Young" Download: AC/DC - "Have A Drink On Me" Download: Marvin Gaye - "Keep Gettin' It On" Download: Al Green - "I Can't Get Next To You" Download: Husker Du - "New Day Rising" Local legend Dave Campbel has been assigned the duty [...]
Photo by David Greenwald For many of us (not me! At least not yet...), it's back to school time. Which is reason enough for an end of summer mixtape, wouldn't you say? 1. Ben Folds Five - "Where's Summer B?": mp3 2. All Girl Summer Fun Band - "Brooklyn Phone Call": mp3 3. Ryan Adams - Nuclear (demo): mp3 4. The Field Mice - "September's Not So Far Away": mp3 5. [...]
Photography by Gabriele C. This has got to be one of the more interesting & fun vinyl rips for me. Why? well, let me tell ya... I asked my good friend Peanut, of the infamous and incredible Peanut's Playground to recommend which album I should rip next, any album he wants. If I don't have it, I'll go get it. He came back with Big Star's #1 Record. I'd actually didn't think I ever even heard of this album or this band, but a promise is a promise. [...]
Okkervil River "Our Life is Not A Movie or Maybe" This song crossed over the blogs a couple months ago and now has been resurfacing due to the release of Stage names today. I have heard the album and it is great. They are still depressing, but this album has a little more punch and melody over all. Where the last album I could only listen to in the right mood, this album is one I could throw on anytime. And it's because of this song, the album lead in and the first song released, [...]
photo by Darwin Bell The good news, it's Friday. The bad news, it's Friday the 13th - again ! To help deflect any possible bad fortune coming your way, we threw together a collection of songs and videos that we hope will be your evil eye charm for the day: Jimmy Tamborello, recently known for his contributions to The Postal Service, has been working as Dntel for thirteen (!) years, and his latest album, his first in six years, is entitled Bad Luck . Here's [...]
gimmick post time This is my first loop mix. You'll see what a mean in a second here. A "loop mix", as I'm calling it, is a mix where every song is tangibly linked to the songs before and after it and the last song is linked to the first, forming a loop. This mix, the links are by covers. the "Rules" : unusual covers or covers with a big of the "huh?" or "what were they thinking" quality were preferred the song [...]
Dear friends, We've been to a few places in the past year. We have been to Belmar and Isla Mujeres. We made it to Chincoteague but we didn't see the swimming ponies. We went to Woodstock and endured well water showers and overcame bear-nerves. Also Moosebeck!, where were we listened to Vivaldi in a pseudo hobbit house. Sometimes we don't go too far. We went to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden and
"Joey Kramer's got a yacht because of this album. Because of those muted browns." -- Tom on the Aerosmith drummer's luxurious toy aquatic "Yesterday I had a conversation about salami with somebody." -- Daniel, Twittering away his days "I got nothing to be arrogant about." -- Hesh, coming clean on his sad life "I've taken up cigars because someone told me they aren't as bad." -- Frederick Douglas, receiving some odd health advice "I wanted a vegetable panini! Does this look like a [...]
Love Is A Mix Tape just absolutely knocked my socks off. I devoured this book in one weekend and enjoyed every single page, heartily . This is ostensibly a book about mix tapes, and looking back at a life spent seeing the world in a series of 45-minute vignettes (then, of course, you flip the tape over). Rob Sheffield has penned an honest (yet wildly entertaining) book that affected me more deeply than any book I've read in recent memory, woven throughout with a genuine and bleeding love for music. It's electric. [...]
by David Klein Let's get this straight right from the start: Twelve is not one of those cool numbers. Say the word "twelve" out loud a few times and you might stop believing there really is such a word. Its lack of euphoniousness is no doubt responsible for the dearth of 12-titled songs. Nevertheless, one has to work with what one has. I had to cast aside "12 X U" by Wire because it's sung "one-two-ex-you," but that's probably a good thing because Wire looms Giacometti-like on the numerical horizon. Other songs to be considered [...]
Je crois bien avoir déjà utilisé cette bien belle chanson pour remplir cette chronique, alors c'est pas très honnête, mais peu importe car la musique est bonne (bonne, bonne, bonne)... Un tapis de guitare acoustique qui évoque à la fois la naïveté et l'ennui qu'on peut avoir à 13 ans. Un texte impressionniste qui évoque tour à tour les flirts, l'école, la piscine et le Rock'n'Roll (man). Il ne reste plus qu'à relier les points et se faire son petit film personnel. C'est évocateur, c'est intelligent. Une bien belle chanson, vraiment. Big Star: [...]
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Big Star: Thirteen [1972] from #1 Record This gets right to the punch. Nostalgia for innocent first love in one's teen years is the theme, and it never strays. Boy, does it ever hit the mark. It also cuts deep if you're in the beginning of a relationship and you don't know if the other person feels as strongly as you do, yet you're fearful to show your hand. Alex Chilton on vocals, after his days as a teen phenom singer with The Boxtops. >>posted [...]
Big Star: Try Again [1972] "Lord, I've been trying to be understood..." Ardent Studios turns 40. Where Jody Stephens, center back in the photo, is now running the show. Buy the album just down the block at another Memphis institute, Shangri-La Records. This store has all the goods. Hell, they even boast their own in house 70s musuem.
This one features the beautiful voice of singer/songwriter/guitarist Caroline Schutz . A wonderful song from the bands 2003 release Put Danger Back In Your Life . I am looking forward to new material from this excellent band. mp3 Closer To The Ground Folksongs For The Afterlife - Put Danger Back In Your Life This one, the gorgeous closer to 2005's ethereal Mercury , is a slow burning ballad full of orchestration and soaring guitar. The whole disc is full of melodic anthems, [...]
I've noticed over the years that whenever Big Star creeps into my daily listening habits, I, in turn, find myself listening to a hell of a lot more power pop in general - and vice versa (see: The Broken West). Lately, I have been obsessing (again) over the Radio City album, the band's 1974 [...]
bag of songs
The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
itstoolong
All Time Champion
Minneapolis Fucking Rocks
Locust St.
T S U R U R A D I O
Quarterlifeparty
KEXP Blog
ipickmynose
soft communication
Recidivism.
I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS
Merry Swankster
Un violon, un jambon
Art Decade
Songs in Space
An Aquarium Drunkard
summer camp//always
Friday Remixes
Song Of The Week: Glass Candy "Life After Sundown"
Princeton – Grand Rapids (RAC Remix)
