Nov 2, 2009, 1:58pm
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Photo: 1964 Indy 500 Crash Chad Vangaalen - "Corvette" This is a song of metaphors. Most of them are obvious. Lyrics about a he and a she , manifested as corvette and jumbo jet . Lines about millions of miles , wheels going around . But it has quieter metaphors too. Two drums represent time. An electric guitar stands in for the grim truth of life's indeterminacy. A soft clang for accident and miracle. I'm still figuring out [...]
Chad Vangaalen - "Corvette" . This is a song of metaphors. Most of them are obvious. Lyrics about a he and a she , manifested as corvette and jumbo jet . Lines about millions of miles , wheels going around . But it has quieter metaphors too. Two drums represent time. An electric guitar stands in for the grim truth of life's indeterminacy. A soft clang for accident and miracle. I'm still figuring out the harmonica. [ free download of Chad's Soft Airplane b-sides // buy [...]
Two big bands in one day for me. What can I say? Go big or go home. Manson Family Picnic is a five-piece from Brooklyn, NY with all sorts of wooden instruments and a knack for creating tight freak-folk tunes. Strings in odd places, background voices for no apparent reason, dissonant male/female harmonies, and bells just for the hell of it (don't take that the wrong way - I'm partial to bells, you know of my Anathallo obsession of course) somehow make Manson Family Picnic worth listening to. For you NYC concert-goers, Manson Family [...]
Monday 8/17 * Band of Skulls, Jemima Pearl, My Best Fiend, The Mean @ Mercury Lounge * Brendan Benson, Sean Bones @ Bowery Ballroom ( MP3: "Dancehall" by Sean Bones ) Tuesday 8/18 * The Breeders, The Whispertown 2000 @ Bowery Ballroom ( VIDEO: "Saints" by The Breeders ) * Lemonade, Cale Parks, Dinowalrus, Teengirl Fantasy @ Santos Party House [...]
David Rosengren - No Regrets (mp3) * Mellow Swedish acoustic folk-rock. His album is not yet available for purchase, check his site for details. *mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of UNA Promotion ****** Mona Nylin - My Love (mp3) * Soulful Swedish folk with a robust voice. Her album is not yet available for purchase, check her MySpace for details. *mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of UNA Promotion ****** Manson [...]
There are artists who leave an undefinable mark and feeling on you when you listen to their work. When you feel compelled to smile or get cheered up, even move your feet in a little dance but at the same time the lyrics are provoking or just plain fun. And through it all a certain feel of madness is in the air, of unpredictability. Yeah, that's my impression of Manson Family Picnic, whom I've posted about before . I couldn't just leave them like that though. Here's an interview. Q . Manson Family picnic [...]
Well I've written about so many famous bands this week you'd think I was aspiring to be Pitchfork, but fear not, I'll always find the smaller fish more interesting, and it's about time we got back to that way of thinking on the pages of Toad. Apart from the new Camera Obscura album, of course. Oh, and Elvis Perkins. And Bill Callahan. Anyway... Manson Family Picnic are a deft bunch and this is a short but brilliantly assembled little record. There are lots of nods to neat little pigeonholes in this music, but the band somehow manage to [...]
Worried about the title of this post? I was a little worried when this band popped up in my inbox the other day too. Vague images of death and debauchery were quickly banished from my head though when I pressed play and proceeded to listen to 'The Mistakes' compulsively several times. Not only does it have an infectious and totally non-threatening sound, but the lyrics are fantastic. Lines like 'do you ever feel like you're crazy? Do you ever feel like someone's watching you?' jumped out at me immediately, and it doesn't take long before you find yourself singing along. [...]
My first impressions from NYC's Manson Family Picnic were these: 1. Adorable. 2. What's with their name? 3. Where have you been all this time? The five piece band induces true smiles (that come from within) with a unique combination of folk, pop, psychedelics, jazz and even punk. There's more than a little madness involved, expressed in genuine enthusiasm, while maintaining a thorny hold on reality. "Do you ever feel like you're crazy? I do. Do you ever feel like someone's watching you?", ask the opening lines in "The Mistakes". Sometimes it's fun to be crazy. [...]
Said the Gramophone
Knox Road
EAR FARM
Muruch
Laughing Evergreens
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