This week I decided to create a celebratory mix in honour of me returning home from grad school. It's been a trying eight months with a crappy living situation and challenging courses, and I'm relieved to be home where I have friends and family. I'm also back with my CDs and records, which I missed (digital copies will never be the same as being able to look at liner notes and watching your collection expand on a shelving unit). I may still have a lot of hard work ahead of me with writing my Masters thesis, but knowing that I'll [...]
I recently read an editorial column on a music Web site that expressed surprise at the fact that few political and protest songs were being made right now. It was a sentiment that I was wondering about myself. Considering the present circumstances of the world, one would think that artists would have more than enough to write about and against. And I'm not talking about the shallow "politics" of American Idiot . While the '60's saw numerous protests and demonstrations for civil rights and anti-war statements, there just doesn't seem to be enough protest coming from anywhere these days. [...]
Feb 27, 2008, 1:33pm
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Well, guys, it's been a slow news week. If anything big and not totally stupid (basically anything related to Mr. and Mrs. McCartney, as if anyone gives a tiny rat's ass) happened, I missed it. Here's some interesting news-ish things I did find around the interwebs. First things first, congratulations to Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova [...]
1st Down - A Day With The Homiez (spinemagazine.com) Clockcleaner - Vomiting Mirrors (cokemachineglow.com) Das Pop - Fool For Love (Aeroplane Remix) (2-4-hours.blogspot.com) Johnny Boy - You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve (popsongsltd.blogspot.com) Chocolate Watchband - I'm Not Like Everybody Else (moistworks.com) The Pharcyde - Passing Me By (kissatlanta.com) People Under the Stairs - The Dig [...]
Happy/Sad By Tess Lynch Oh no, high school plays are so embarrassing! "You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve" - Johnny Boy ( mp3) Ah, the end of summer. Target is crowded, Urban Outfitters is crowded, even Office Depot is crowded. All the tweens and teens suffering from the manic depression that is adolescence are going back to school, and it's such a relief to not be one [...]
You may remember a couple of weeks ago that I posted the song "Johnny Boy Theme" from the London duo Johnny Boy . I was lucky enough to hear it one night on WOXY and have been listening constantly ever since. What's sad about that is the fact that their self-titled debut has been around since 2005. Previously only available through a little indie label in Sweden, I think the album had finally been re-released in the UK very recently. My question is with all of the recent [...]
Image: Threadless ( buy it ) The Shuffle has been on a roll with almost a weekly showing. For some reason I really like putting these together. The songs are always a lot of fun, and the kind of music I want to kick back and relax to over a lazy sunday morning. That of which is exactly what i'm doing as i've finally finished moving all this shit into the new apartment. I swear there is so much junk that I have no clue as to why it's still around. It [...]
June ushers in summer, which is what this mix is all about. The first half of these songs are new bands trying to sound like old 70's R&B bands (think double-dutch and kids playing in the gushing water rom a fire hydrant) the second half is new bands trying to sound like 70's disco bands (think a modern version of music you would hear in your local skating rink/disco-teque). And together,to me anyways, it oozes summer. Something to help your Kool-Aid go down a bit smoother. Download [...]
Prerequisite: Understand that any incoherence is (hopefully) to do with sleep-deprivation. Johnny Boy You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve Every time I hear the new Editors' single, Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors , my mind drifts and this is the song I think of. That drumbeat is so familiar. It's not the exact same - but when recalled through hazy memories and backward glances, [...]
London, England "You are the generation that bought more shoes and you get what you deserve." "Johnny Boy Theme" Johnny Boy on MySpace
Hey Johnny Boy. What's it been, two years? How's yer ma? Is your da still working? I'm just phoning to say that I listened to your anthem at 4 am last night, and it sounded just as good as it did the first time I heard it. I think if you had added hand-claps, you might have made it big. I know I say that to everyone, and I know the whole point was that you didn't want to make it big, but it would have pleased me. Anyway, tell all your friends [...]
I felt the need to expand the above chart to twelve, simply because I wanted to feature the two bottom artists tied for 8th. I'm tricky that way. A couple thoughts on the week: I finally took the initiative and heard The Greatest and The Crane Wife , as well as another go-around of Carnavas . You've inevitably heard enough about that trio here or elsewhere, so I'll leave it at that. The high charting of the Dears and Annuals is definitely a product of that show, and [...]
Hate to confuse you more with yet another format change, although this one should be fairly simple. Classic Track Monday has officially left the building, leaving the coveted Monday slot open for an all-new 'weekly review', the purpose of which is basically to document every one of the tracks that've been posted here in the past week, in an easy to digest, bite-size format (Jesus, I'm beginning to sound like I want to help with your revision. I assure you that this isn't the case.). Really, what could be easier to understand? A few things, admittedly, but unless [...]
After weeks of agonizing (and despite a gnawing fear that tomorrow I will hear a record so good that I'll feel intense guilt for leaving it off), here's the list. I know 30 is sort of a weird number, but I really wanted to find a place for a couple of my favorite old-timers, and the line between 30 and everything below is a lot more clear than the one at 25. I may have put more work into this than I did for my thesis, so I hope you enjoy it. 30. [...]
This past Friday something amazing happened to me. I got shoes. Not just any old shoes, but shoes that I've dreamt of my entire life. Despite being a size too small, I've squeezed my fat little hogs in these babies and am looking sexier than ever. Look at it. Yeah, I know they're amazing. While there are MANY things wrong in that picture, that beautiful black stiletto isn't one of them. Unlike my friends who says they're just plain old black shoes, they're wrong. And idiots. They're Decolletes from my favorite [...]
The Liverpool duo Johnny Boy released their debut single, the deftly named, You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve , in 2004 to critical acclaim. Produced by James Dean Bradfield ( Manic Street Preachers ), the song is part Ronettes ' "Be My Baby" and part Joy Division "Atmosphere." Band member Davo describes it's unique sound as, "Church bells, boy-girl vocals, loops, twists, warps, walls of sound and edgy guitars combined to rekindle the idea of Sandinesta-era Clash [...]
Condemned to Rock 'N Roll
Song, by Toad
A.M. 180
This Recording
The Yellow Stereo
Quarterlifeparty
Say Anything Syndrome
5 Acts
The Roaring Machine
ÜberDrivel
the very bottom of everything
Heartache with Hard Work
Fire in the Stereo
CUBPOP
I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
BAND OF HORSES – The Funeral (Sound Remedy Remix)
K-Holes - "Frozen Stiff"
Angger Dimas – Ribon Dooh (Preview)
