My favourite bit of this song is when Becca Wilhelm's voice enters the fray within the first minute. A classic indie pop moment and one that the rest of the piece works hard, but narrowly fails, to top. Seems the other half of the Light Footwork Jay Underwood spent a good deal of time in Ireland which meant the distance between Light Footwork records was extremely spacious (not like a Celtic Tiger box apartment). The debut One State Two State arrived in 2006 and was no so quickly followed up by National Historic Landmarks just last [...]
Given the volume of music available for consideration on One Track Mind, we invariably have to pass on a lot of tasty morsels. [tweetmeme] In a desire to share even more great, free music with you, the Sunday Sampler will offer a handful of tracks without the usual critical and biographical write-up. Less talk, more tunes: The Light Footwork "Carlsbad Irrigation Project" from National Historic Landmarks (released 2/23) [ download ] [...]
The Light Footwork - Rock Island Arsenal The Light Footwork, the band who penned one of our favourite songs of 2005 finally have a new album out. I've only listened to a couple of songs so won't hasten to lavish praise on it just yet. However, so far, I'm liking what I'm hearing. You can buy the old albums, pre-order the new one, or get yourself a birthday present (in the form of a lovely band T-shirt) over here . * Sunglasses. It's not even April and yet everyone's [...]
It's no secret that The Light Footwork were one of the bands that caused me to start this blog in the first place. I discovered them back in 2005 when their debut One State Two State came out, and spent a lot of time bemoaning why bands like them weren't more recognised. There was a list of about ten or so bands at the time that I wanted to push onto people. I've largely forgotten about or drifted away from most of them at this point, but I've continued to enjoy One State Two State in [...]
It's no secret that The Light Footwork were one of the bands that caused me to start this blog in the first place. I discovered them back in 2005 when their debut One State Two State came out, and spent a lot of time bemoaning why bands like them weren't more recognised. There was a list of about ten or so bands at the time that I wanted to push onto people. I've largely forgotten about or drifted away from most of them at this point, but I've continued to enjoy One State Two State in [...]
Well in all the chatter about the Beeb this week I was strongly considering ignoring it completely in this podcast and giving everyone a welcome break from the wailing and gnashing of teeth... but naah, that was never going to happen, was it. So there's a lot of railing against the Beeb and the threat to 6Music and yaddah yaddah you know the script don't you. Sadly, and somewhat ironically, we spend so much time talking about the state of the Beeb and the loss their support of small bands will represent, that we actually forgot to talk [...]
Some listening suggestions for you as you wait for the weekend to begin: 1) Check out 2 songs from Swedish pop-folkies Let's Say We Did over at their Myspace page . Both songs are included in a limited edition EP they'll be releasing on Sunday - scroll around the Myspace page for purchasing info. There's also a Withered Hand cover on the EP, so you know the band has good taste. 2) Give a listen to this airy little number from David Seume . I can't tell if that [...]
Palo Alto, CA After five long years of waiting for new music from The Light Footwork, we finally get the sophomore album today... and I didn't even know about it until last week. I love surprises like this! Please support the band by ordering National Historic Landmarks directly from their website . "Carlsbad Irrigation Project" The Light Footwork on MySpace [...]
The Light Footwork's sophomore record National Historic Landmarks came out yesterday and to celebrate the group are offering up a second MP3 for you to enjoy. We already heard the Fiery Furnaces-sounding "Rock Island Arsenal," now we get to enjoy the bounce of "Carlsbad Irrigation Project." MP3: The Light Footwork - Carlsbad Irrigation Project Man, I really [...]
i often think or actually know that im missing out on a lot. i know i have mentioned this before, but my unwillingness to give much else a chance, at least musically, is not really helping in "expanding my horizons." i hope that if mention this character flaw enough that i will see the errors in my ways and give myself a much needed kick in the ass. also, im going to throw it out there that i'm actually pretty nervous about this whole cruise deal goin down in less than a week. im a huge pussy, i know. anyone [...]
The Light Footwork , "Rock Island Arsenal" Hey gang – I'm excited to be able to tell you that THE LIGHT FOOTWORK are set to release their second LP, National Historic Landmarks , next Tuesday, February 23rd!!! The Light Footwork were one of the first bands that I ever wrote about on this blog – way back in February 2006 . More importantly, they were one of the first bands that I "discovered" as part of the process of having a blog (and religiously reading other blogs, and press [...]
California's The Light Footwork first caught my eye a few years back when I stumbled upon them via a blog I no longer remember. They're set to release their new album, National Historic Landmarks . This new tune features trade-offs between the male/female vocal parts, and the song definitely has an oddball sense of storytelling. It's a nice little afternoon number. Download: The Light Footwork - Rock Island Arsenal [MP3]
Tune in today for My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU ! Channel 26 on SIRIUS & channel 43 on XM. The program starts at 12pm ET, last two hours, and is replayed again at Midnight ET! Lo-Fi-Fnk - Marchin' In Burnt Ones - Gonna Listen To T Rex (All Night Long) Burnt Ones - Alright (Sha-La-La) Burnt Ones - Come Back Home DJ STV SLV - Blowin Money At The Deli (Drake vs [...]
If you've been reading YANP for a long time, you might remember that I spent much of 2005 obsessed with The Light Footwork. Their debut album One State, Two State kicked my Beulah-loving butt up and down the coast and now they're looking to repeat the feat with a new album out this year. National [...]
I've finally given in to the pressure and created a musicforants.com twitter account . Social media is now dominating every part of my life. Not like I was ever against twittering, but since I discovered that I can both feed my blog to my twitter and update it from my iPhone with picture-taking + GPS location tracking (I'm using this app ), it's made it much more appealing. Plus it's 2009, people, anything can happen. I'll probably be making some more song recommendations on here, quoting 30 rock, and taking pictures of random stuff and posting [...]
Whaddya get for Christmas then? Assuming your nearest & dearest failed to locate a 'pirate memory game' - get over to ebay and snap one up for £5.99. Failing that, enjoy some related tunes that I rather like. ♫ A Pirate's Confession III -- And the Moneynotes ⓘ buy @iTunes from New Cornucopia - on Prairie Queen - 2008 ♫ Pirate Karate -- The Light Footwork [...]
The Light Footwork have been off my radar for a while now. It's been a couple of years since their debut album, and with only one EP since, I've perhaps paid them less attention than I should have done. That changed suddenly upon watching the excellent Beulah documentary, A Good Band Is Easy [...]
Ida, my my cosmic autumn rebellion rebellion time time keeps on slipping slipping through the sensors. image via blu
Yep, I may just get this done in time for the 2008 list. - 26 Walker Kong - Andy Warhol & The Honey Bees This is one of those songs that you listen to once, think it's okay and then don't really come back. Then you hear it again, wonder what it is and think it's rather good. By the time you've heard it four or five times, it's that catchy song that you already seem to know all of the [...]
Musikkah Day Seven Muh-muh-muh-wha? [ Post ] The dualities post, a mix I've come to appreciate more and more ever since I resurrected it as a playlist on my iTunes. As you can imagine, this mix is a far cry from the last one, but I wanted to make sure Musikkah ended happily and with luuuurve. Shoving this to the end also allowed to me to insert one of the tracks from that movie Juno. Despite all that happy, the [...]
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