I like oddities. I like things that are different and a little twisted. And I like quaint as meaning pleasantly odd, eccentric or unconventional as well as the more common meaning of old-fashioned or sweetly charming. I like singer/songwriters, a lot more now than for the past few decades or so. It seems the popularity of singer/songwriters ebbs and flows and for the last few years, thanks to Jarvis Cocker, Bon Ivor, Ray LaMontagne, A.A. Bondy etc. it has made a welcome resurgence. The fact that I like singer/songwriters isn't really surprising since a lot [...]
Africa mp3 It's Ok, Be Anxious , Jadiid ..... buy it I was writing up a review of this album by Jadiid and when I went searching for lyrics... well damn, up popped a review I wrote for it already! ok fine So here it is again, because Jadiid are having their CD release party this Wednesday at The Tonic Room and you'd better go buy this album. I love it even more now, all these months later. from Dec 18, 2008: [...]
Africa mp3 Jadiid It's Ok, Be Anxious Matt from Jadiid sent me their new album the moment it was finished. I listened to it. It was good. And then I sat it down and buried it under a pile of this and that and never reviewed it. Well that Matt is a diligent person and he checked back a few times, I told him to keep bugging me about it because I knew I wanted to get to this, and wow! am I glad. I've listened to It's Ok, [...]
Sometimes when you first open your eyes, you already hear the song playing. As you lie in bed, listening intently, you play out the events that will unfold today. You're editing the montage of events that will define your life, at least for today. By the time the first musical interlude passes in "Africa", you would have finally gotten out of bed, and lived out the moments you imagined. The way you stare at yourself in the mirror as you brush your teeth, it's slightly different from regular days. The cereal you eat seems to provide nourishment rather than the [...]
Jadiid is an interesting band. If you asked me to give you their overall "sound," I suppose I'd say something about acoustic guitars, folk, soul, and the like, but it wouldn't be a fair description. The band's full-length, It's OK, Be Anxious , definitely has an acoustic bend to it, but it also features electric guitars, drums, bass, trumpets, strings, piano, and one of those world-weary vocal tones that commands your attention. With all these instruments comes the tendency for the songs to meander - none of the 11 songs on the album are shorter than [...]
Yes, darlings, this is a very thinly veiled attempt to catch up on my inbox. Can you believe I even have this problem!? It was only a few months ago that I was jumping up and down in my living room because someone had finally sent me something to post. But it's true, now folks send me stuff and I am so happy about it. And I write things about the music and mostly I write about how it feels, because you know, I'm really a dilettante. I'm no musician, I can't critique something technical, nor do I [...]
The mailbox flooding continues and the past few days I've been busy reading, deleting, downloading, deleting, listening and deleting. As always I have probably listened to 10 songs for every decent one I have found. So to be able to post these 8 songs I have listened to at least? Oh well, you do the math. Have a rather busy day ahead of me, so I'm afraid that the music will have to speak for itself today. + The Memories Attack - Peaks & Valleys + [...]
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