Thursday, August 143, 2008 For about the last week Noah (SOTO's Saturday Columnist, if you didn't already know) has been nagging me to no end to check out Light In The Attic's latest reissue. Normally, he isn't so insistent, so just to mess with his head and nerves I didn't bother giving Sixto Rodriguez's Cold Fact a listen for at least a good five days or so. Unfortunately, the joke ended up being on me, as that guy's long lost album is [...]
I've been enjoying Rodriguez's reissue of Cold Fact for a little while now. I was introduced to it by my metal-loving co-worker at CD Central; so imagine my surprise when it was actually some dreamy pop! Thanks to Aquarium Drunkard for the MP3 as well, as I've yet to actually pick up the record... MP3: Rodriguez [...]

During my morning Internet routine, I came across an article claiming that the official Tr2n ( Tron 2 ) trailer leaked this morning from Comic-Con in San Diego. More importantly, though, is that no information from the LOST panel has leaked yet. Also, no information from the Watchmen panel has leaked. I'm waiting, nerd. Send me some top-secret news that I could use to break a story. Hey, that's not so bad. I should call these weekly news posts "News You Can Use". I'm sure CNN and FOX News would be jealous [...]

A lost classic from 1970 is seeing the light of day on Light In The Day records. The album is Cold Fact , originally released on Sussex Records - distributed through Buddah - and according to the LITA web site, what's more intriguing is that its maker - a shadowy figure known as Rodriguez - was, for many years, lost too. A decade ago, he was rediscovered working on a Detroit building site, unaware that his defining album had become a cult classic. [...]
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[MP3] Rodriguez - Teresa Rodriguez is a forgetten piece of indie rock history. The long lost record, Swing Like A Metronome would put todays competition to shame. Created by some of the greatest names in indie rock, Matt Ward, Kyle Field (Little Wings), and Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) it's a wonder that we haven't seen a re-issue yet. "Teresa" is the third track on the album and is sung by Matt Ward, sounding like a discarded b-side to End of Amnesia or Transitor Radio and right at home in my heart next to [...]
His name is Rodriguez...Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, and, among other things, he sang about "jumpers, coke, sweet mary jane," and would reportedly only gig at "hooker bars, inner city dives, and biker bars." Sounds like a party, no? If you haven't heard of him, it is most likely because he dropped out of [...]