Here is a complete and very sad list of shows I will not be reviewing for you next month: Sept. 24 - Sigur Ros $145.00-$306.00!!! omg Sept. 25 - James $24.00 Sept. 27 - My Bloody Valentine $40.00 SOLD OUT whew! Sept. 28 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - $34.00 I've added the admission prices to cheer myself up, hehehe. That Sigur Ros show is really outrageous, eh!? I guess [...]
Without fail, every review of this album talks about Finn's father who was apparently the singer in Crowded House. Well, I have never heard anything by Crowded House, so the following article will have no comparisons between Liam and his father whatsoever. Because when I put this album on, I hear a brilliant songwriter introducing himself to the musical world with undeniable flare in the form of a spectacular debut. What makes the music so exciting to listen to is the fact that this boy genius did literally all of it on his own. He played all the instruments, wrote, [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =eAev1ZjE3dI Hot Chip, "One Pure Thought" (Astralwerks/DFA, 2008) The beginning sort of checks "Something So Strong" by Crowded House, and Hot Chip guy even sounds like a Finn brother there for a minute. But then the rest of the dudes start plinking on his cartoon head, and this clip for "One Pure Thought" is suddenly all Hot Chip all the time. The band's flair for quirk is part of its appeal; it's part of what makes them occasionally annoying, too, [...]
It's not clear why Brooklyn's fine indie rock outfit The Diggs named their second album after the keyboard command to lock a PC, but it's not altogether unfitting. The album, like The Diggs first, has certain monotony to it—as if it is frozen in a particular mode. In this case, that mode would [...]
1. Neil Finn - She Will Have Her Way - Now that his son Liam got a mention a few weeks ago , I figured it was time for the patriarch to get some face time. This is soooo 1998 and that's why I love it. A great melody never sounds dated. From a criminally under-appreciated album by one of the best pop songwriters of the past 30 years. [from Try Whistling This | buy ] 2. Red Admiral - The [...]
Would have posted today's tunes on my folk coverblog Cover Lay Down by now, but I kept getting hung up on two technicalities: a) Unplugged versions aren't technically covers, and b) These artists aren't folk musicians, no matter how acoustic they get I like folk music, mostly, because for me, the unplugged version is the one that really brings the song out into the open. I can't tell you how many pop songs turn out to be truly vital when stripped of their first-release production; can't count how [...]
A reader named Matthew wrote in requesting that I repost Neil Finn's cover of the Hunters & Collectors' song, "Throw Your Arms Around Me."
This morning was the Colorado Springs annual street breakfast, which sounds dodgy but means eating good food ("too early for flapjacks?") while sitting on hay bales in the middle of the street downtown. No joke, I actually get up early for this. On this same day last year (always the day before summer officially begins) I posted up my Tanline summer mix , which kept me going all through the hot months. I've been working on this year's mix pretty much since the chills of winter set in (and hung around) as a bit of wishful thinking and longing [...]
This one goes out to Mary who is a Libra just like me. Traditional Libra Traits Diplomaitic and urbane Romantic and charming Easygoing and sociable Idealistic and peaceable On the dark side.... Indecisive and changeable Gullible and easily infuenced Flirtatious and self-indulgent Libra is the only inanimate sign of the zodiac, all the others representing either humans or animals. Many modern astrologers regard it as the most desirable of zodiacal types because it represents the zenith of the year, the high point of the seasons, when [...]
Enik offers up five songs sure to brighten your corners. Featured artists: Neil Finn, The Go-Betweens, Ben Kweller, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, and Ride.
Von den Klaxons habe ich Euch ja weiland im Oktober erzählt. Aber da wolltet Ihr ja noch nicht auf mich hören. Und jetzt? Inzwischen sind ja wenigstens die Quoten gut. mp3: Klaxons / Not ever yet Nun aber – nach gefühlten 20 Liter Kaffee – erst einmal wieder runterkommen. Das Vorspiel wird mit Neil Finn langsam eingeläutet. mp3: Neil Finn / King tide Gleich darauf kommt's aber knüppelhart kuschelig... mp3: TAF / Ocean of noise mp3: Annuals / Father (live) [...]
There is nothing witty or clever about the topic of re-posts. Believe me, it's true. If there was something humorous to be said, don't you think I would have said it already? Someone wrote me asking if I could repost a particular song from the soundtrack of the depressing New Zealand flick Rain and I'm not only going to comply ( Orange and Blue ), I'm going to up the ante ( Summer Of Love [...]
There is nothing witty or clever about the topic of re-posts. Believe me, it's true. If there was something humorous to be said, don't you think I would have said it already? Someone wrote me asking if I could repost a particular song from the soundtrack of the depressing New Zealand flick Rain and I'm not only going to comply ( Orange and Blue ), I'm going to up the ante ( Summer Of Love [...]
dear lovely readers. this post comes to you wrapped in Please, Please Open This Before Christmas. Please Rejoice, Dance, Sing, Frolic even. Please Break It Down . because your insane blogger here at NfT let the insanity level rise a little too high over the last week and a half (almost two weeks, oh, my god!) and found it beyond impossible to sit down and shed a little self-importance and write for the good of other people. sigh, sigh. but now - here i am, just a few days before the holidays - and i'm getting into [...]
mp3 Where Did It All Go Wrong_Demo Version (U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing) mp3 Vacuum Boots (Brian Jonestown Massacre - Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective) mp3 Pink Cloud Tracing Paper (Asobi Seksu - Citrus) mp3 Anytime (Neil Finn - One All) mp3 I Hate Everyone But You (Push Kings - Feel No Fade) mp3 Robert Altman (The Turn-Ons - Parallels) mp3 Glory Days (Pulp - This Is
Fruit ~ Mamma, Mamma (easily the greatest 8 minute song about love ever) Frou Frou ~ Breathe In (a tasty Imogen vocal from back in the day Franz Ferdinand ~ Jacqueline (from my Girls I (Wish I Had) Dated mix ) Flaming Lips ~ Flight Test (easily one of the greatest lead off tracks) Neil Finn ~ Driving Me Mad (try to NOT to notion Sheryl Crow in the background) Feist ~ When I Was A Young Girl [...]
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REMIX SUNDAYS- May 27th, 2012
