5 Songs is a weekly series where we point out the strange, the grand, and the unique connections between our favorite songs. Let's get weird. Words by Chris Growing up in Western Pennsylvania, there was always this weird anti-Ohio attitude that cut deeply. Although without Ohio, none of us in Beaver County, living on the border, would be drinking any beer in high school. So thanks, East Palestine, for your beat-up 7-Elevens. It's a [...]
Eef Barzelay ( of clem snide ) is an artist to be discovered.
I recently came across a Clem Snide EP of Journey covers on Bandcamp, and it is quite lovely (especially his take on ' Faithfully '). And it reminded me of their album ' The Ghost Of Fashion ' (which this track is off) and of how much I used to listen to it. There was a stretch of months where I enjoyed the shit out of this album, in a way that was hard for me to put a finger on. Or more accurately, I always had trouble finding someone else who shared my enjoyment, which made me question why I [...]
Cakecast? Yes, the Cakecast, because I turn thirty-six today, and in the absence of a real cake and in honour of the fact that I have a gig tonight at the Wee Red and will hence be working, I decided that at least a picture of some cake was in order. I don't worry about age particularly, but I have to confess that thirty-six sounds suspiciously more like 'nearly forty' than it does like 'thirty-something'. Curse you time and your unrelentingly linear nature! Anyhow, as I said, tonight we have Gummy Stumps , Weird Era [...]
While normally we reserve Tuesdays for posts related to technology, yesterday after months and months of rumors, and a Beta launch earlier this summer, Google finally unveiled its latest project, Google Music , to the masses. The cloud-based service, which allows for up to 20,000 songs or roughly 300 gigs of music to be stored in your personal library, now has additional features and services that are looking to compete with the likes of iTunes and Amazon for your attention. In addition to aforementioned cloud storage, which allows users to seamlessly listen [...]
Clem Snide frontman Eef Barzelay brings his unique sound to covers of Eurythmics, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bob Dylan, The Bee Gees, Nine Inch Nails and others
They say that the road ain't no place to start a family. Well I could say more about Journey but what would be the point considering everyone already knows all the lyrics anyway. Back in 2010 Eef Barzelay and his band Clem Snide took part in the Onion AV Club's undercover series where they did Journey's 1983 epic "Faithfully". This all led to an EP recorded and mixed in Nashville by Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Calexico, Silver Jews) featuring Eef Barzelay on vocals/baritone uke and Tony Crow on piano. The cover art is by Jen Uman with graphic design by Melissa [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alyssa Graham : "Watching the Sky" [mp3] from The Lock, Stock & Soul EP [mp3] search for more Alyssa Graham posts at Largehearted Boy Anna Rose : "My Body [...]
No, they're way much more than that. Or at least they were. But now that Eef Barzelay has gone out on his own, he's trying to make a (few) bucks. You can buy the Clem Snide Journey album for just six bucks , and get a bigger, broader covers collection for name-your-price bucks . That means free, for you cheap sonsabitches! Great stuff! Especially the Neutral Milk cover, below. Download Clem Snide In the Aeroplane Over the Sea-Neutral Milk Hotel Clem Snide In the [...]
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I've said before that I honestly think Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide is one of the most piercing, insightful, weirdly-perfect songwriters making music right now. I saw him live a few years ago in support of his 2009 release Hungry Bird , and his literacy and ability to emotionally incise caught me in an ambush. I commented that it was like an SAT study party, and we could invite John Darnielle and Colin Meloy and I would die happy. Around that time, this was one of my [...]
This past weekend, the always quality pop culture arm of the immensely popular Onion , The A.V. Club brought their expertise into the real world with the first annual A.V. Fest in Chicago, Ill. Hosted by the legendary Hideout, A.V. Fest was a time of hearty pop culture reflection, with a smattering of under-the-radar or nearly forgotten acts. Not to take away, most every band on the bill was necessary, and gave further insight into The A.V. Club and what the editors value as far as art is concerned. [...]
Clem Snide - Beautiful [Christina Aguilera] | od | zs
Frankly, I've no fucking idea what Friday is this week. Between our Electric Circus gigs (yes, good guess, the second of which is indeed tonight, and look, only a fiver in - what value!) keeping up with the blog and the minor matter of actually trying to run a record label I don't know whether I'm bloody coming or going at the moment. One of things I like about putting on gigs at the Electric Circus is that I get to DJ inbetween and after the bands. It's much like writing a blog, releasing records or putting on [...]
Clem Snide - Pray Major holidays invariably become about the vice directly opposing the moral that the holiday is supposed to champion. Christmas, once a celebration of humanity and the squalor of feces-scented births, represents consumerism and corporate interests. New Year's Day, ostensibly about fresh beginnings, starts in the same tired hangover haze as any given Monday. So of course all of Ramadan's self-discipline virtues have quickly made way for the my favorite vice of all: gluttony. Except for the pious, fasting month is all about the food. [...]
- Doctor, doctor... cuando era soltera tuve que abortar seis veces, pero ahora que estoy casada no consigo quedarme embarazada. - Evidentemente, usted no se reproduce en cautiverio. Doctor, mi hija no se encuentra bien. - Dígame... ¿su hija esputa y excrementa? - Mi hija es puta, pero no escarmienta. Mark Ronson - Valerie Ft. Amy Winehouse Clap [...]
For their first festival , the Onion 's A.V. Club has unleashed an impressive lineup with performances by the reformed Archers of Loaf, The Thermals, Tokyo Police Club, Telekinesis, and Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide Plays the Music of Journey. And if an amazing group of acts weren't enough, they've also dropped a bombshell: there will be no tickets to the festival. As the whole thing goes down on public streets, organizers can only ask for a $10 per day donation for the Rock For Kids charity. So if you're a terrible person, that [...]
They've been giving us exclusive and unexpected covers (like this one , that one , and this other one ) for two years now, and now the gang over at The Onion 's A.V. Club are throwing their hat into the festival circuit by announcing the A.V. Fest . The festival will be held on September 10th and 11th outside the Hideout on West Wabansia in Chicago. Self-proclaimed as a "seat of our pants" kind of endeavor, the festival will feature 12 bands over the two days. Thus far [...]
The Raincast is so called because we have had three days of sporadic, but at times absolutely torrential rain here in Edinburgh this week. The leak in our ceiling has sprung back into action with some vigour, although this time it manifested itself in a manner which didn't ruin all sorts of my vinyl, which was generous of it. We really must get that looked at before the whole bloody ceiling comes crashing down. The rest of my day will be spent sticking things into envelopes to publicise the Lach release, which is really, really soon, as well [...]
News International (I do not need to tell you) is one of the most repellent organisations in the world, but this whole business might just end up working out to their advantage, in a twist of supremely Machiavellian achievement. NI decided to close the News of the World a long time ago, as you can see from this Guardian article detailing the plans being set in place to deal with its disappearance, dating from weeks ago. The sunonsunday.com URL was registered before any of this even kicked off. As much of a [...]
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