You know the score. MM is a blog that (musically) tends to favour the seedier side of life - murder ballads, heartbreak, despair, stories of the downtrodden, the down-on-their-luck, and the downhearted - you know the kind of things we mean. Ours is a world of lonely beer and whiskey chasers nursed in the back booths of dead-end bars, of crack-whores turning tricks in trailers while their children listen on from the next room, and of purposeless drifters stumbling broke, and broken, through dusty ghost-towns. Its just the way we like it round these parts. And [...]
If you like to bask in a haze of permanent Teenage Fanclubism then you are much like myself. A gilded chord here, a heavenly harmony there and put together with the precision of an eye for detail of a pre-industrial revolution seamstress. Whilst moving from that band of merry Glaswegians can often leave one with a sense of disappointment there are a couple of watering holes that never fail to quench the thirst for jangle pop heaven. One example being the Pernice Brothers who have in their armoury a gift for telling the same story but making it sound altogether [...]
[Joe Pernice, Bob Pernice, and Tom Shea; with Frank Padellaro of King Radio at the Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA., 7/19/2012. Photos by Michael Piantigini]. Great new info on busy Joe Pernice's current activities, including new recordings with the Pernice Brothers , Scud Mountain Boys , and with Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake (!) as New Mendicants over here . In the meantime, I'll never get tired of this one: King Radio have also been working (for, uh, awhile [...]
Frank Yang I don't think Toronto necessarily has an international reputation as a destination for expatriate pop geniuses, but apparently Canadian women hold a certain appeal for them. Joe Pernice of Pernice Brothers has been up here for the better part of eight years while Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub moved to Kitchener a couple years ago - both on account of their Canadian wives - and on Friday night, they were on stage together at The Dakota Tavern for a low-key show together. It had been advertised as a Joe Pernice [...]
Dear Protestors protesting something: Get a fucking job already. I don't care if you flip burgers or take tickets at a theater Do something so you're not sucking off your parents tit already. Learn a little respect and then once you realize how complicated things really are maybe you will contribute a little something to society. I don't care if it's in back-alley or on the corner even that is a service but as the Butthole Surfers say ...it's better to regret something you've done than something you haven't... [...]
Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala Les Paul and Mary Ford: Best of the Capitol Masters Miles Davis: Kind of Blue The War on Drugs: Slave Ambient Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo (2) Sharon Van Etten: Epic V/A: Play Music (Orange Sessions 2) Feist: Let It Die , Metals , and The Reminder Junip: Fields The Radio Dept.: Clinging to a Scheme (2) [...]
I've been listening to so many sandy voiced songwriters doused in a morass of atmosphere that when the Pernice Brothers' "Wait to Stop" came up on shuffle the other day, the clarity of Pernice's creamy voice, perfect melody, and lush strings knocked me over as if I were hearing it for the first time. Of course it wasn't my first time. The album from which it came, 1998's Overcome By Happiness , is among my all-time favorites. Though I don't listen to it with as much frequency these days, [...]
Two more re-posts to go... and three days in a row. Will there be a fourth? We'll see. Get it below. Blogophilia 20 Songs retrieved from music blogs 06.01.10-07.15.10 Gapless compilation ripped @ 320 kbps VBR DOWNLOAD ALL FILES IN ONE ZIP Tracklist 01 Space Invaders – The White White Lights 02 What Did My Lover Say [...]
>> You likely saw the news a couple weeks back that during Joe Pernice 's recent tour stop in Cambridge 75% of his revered, '90s alt-country unit Scud Mountain Boys appeared on stage for the first time this century. And you probably read that the band intends to play a few shows before the end of the year. Now comes news that Pernice's label Ashmont Records will reissue two "effectively out of print" Scud Mountain Boys records, The Pine Box and Dance The Night Away "either separately, [...]
Eleanor Friedberger: Last Summer (4) Les Paul & Mary Ford: Best of the Capitol Masters Wooden Shjips: Dos (3) The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man Etta James: Her Best Loscil: Submers The Flatlanders: More a Legend Than a Band Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues and s/t The Lovin' Spoonful: Anthology Pernice Brothers: Yours, Mine & Ours I'm not sure what possessed me to put on [...]
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 [...]
Kelley Jackson Here's a somewhat disturbing trend - bands of young'ns drawing influence from the music I grew up with, despite the fact that they probably weren't even out of diapers when it was contemporary. Disturbing mainly in the fact that it implies I've crossed some sort of generational checkpoint and the cycle of influences is looping in on itself, as it does. Case in point, Tampa sextet Sleepy Vikings , whose acquaintance I first made at NXNE last year . Despite making a non-stop 26-hour drive from there to here and [...]
Leslie Sisson It was a sad day in late 2005 when Austin's American Analog Set called it a day, or it would have been if they had bothered to officially do so. They announced prior to touring their last (as in most recent, not final) record Set Free that it would be their final tour before a hiatus, and that while they didn't have any plans to do anything else together, be it recording or playing or whatever, they weren't ruling out the possibility. And they invoked the [...]
The Bigger Lovers Little Giant Maxi Single MUSIC REVIEW: It's been 7 Years since The Bigger Lovers haunted a stage and about 10 years since their debut How I Learned to Stop Worrying came out. In celebration you can order a 500 limited edition pressing of this 2001 release. I think we need to check the math but regardless here's a fresh Little Giant Maxi Single from them. Their follow-up Honey in the Hive also delivered succinct pop songs any girl would fall [...]
Trevor from Montreal's The High Dials contacted me a few weeks ago, asked if maybe I'd throw something up on Donewaiting about his band's upcoming Columbus show. Though The High Dials have released four full-lengths since 2003, the name didn't ring a bell to me, but I took Trevor up on his offer to send me a copy of Anthems for Doomed Youth . Too bad I didn't hear this thing earlier in this year as it would definitely have ended up on my year-end favorites list. I'm not sure [...]
Seeing how our staff has distinct tastes and opinions on music, it would be nearly impossible for us to determine a 10 Albums of 2010 list as a single entity without excessive bloodshed. Therefore in the next two weeks, we’ll be posting multiple Top 10 Albums of 2010 lists as determined by Loud Loop Press editors and contributors. Today, things get hot and heavy as contributor Ross Meyerson reveals his list for Top 10 Albums of 2010. 10. In Tall Buildings - [...]
A big thanks to all these artists for putting out great music this year. I had a lot of fun listening to music this year... 20) Jamey Johnson : The Guitar Song (Mercury) – I was initially interested in this for the packaging. It’s a 3LP set with the first disc on black vinyl, the second disc on half white/half black vinyl and the third disc on white vinyl. It’s shitkicker music, but ambitious shitkicker [...]
( Sad Songs & Waltzes is a recurring feature on Muzzle of Bees, where artists share their favorite sad songs. Previous contributors include Megafaun , Delta Spirit , Damien Jurado , Conrad Plymouth , and Roadside Graves .) With the year coming to a close next month I've been revisiting a lot of my favorite records from earlier in the year. One record that has continues to amaze me is Decibully's World Travels Fast , released on Listening Party Records . I wrangled BJ [...]
En la edición número 593 de Super 45 en Radio Duna , Cristian Araya entrevistó a Gepe, a propósito de su nuevo disco Audiovisión . También revisamos estos álbumes: Grinderman - 2 , Anti- Pernice Brothers - Goodbye killer , Ashmont Sam Prekop - Old Punch Card , Thrill Jockey MP3: Super45 Podcast # 592 (26 septiembre, 2010) Suscríbete al Podcast de Super45 Suscríbete al Podcast de Super45 en iTunes
Domingo 26.09.2010 Radio Duna 89.7 23:00 hrs. Este domingo 19 no saldremos al aire por la programación especial de Bicentenario, pero el próximo domingo 26 estaremos en el estudio junto a Gepe, con quien conversaremos respecto a su flamante Audiovisión. También revisaremos los nuevos discos de Grinderman ( 2 , Anti-), Pernice Brothers ( Goodbye killer , Ashmont) y Sam Prekop ( Old Punch Card , Thrill Jockey). Recuerden que pueden suscribirse al podcast de Super 45 desde Radio Duna o copiando esta [...]
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