As stunning as the "thank god it's fatal" line in Heretics, my single favorite lyric of the year, belongs to local band - "Whalebones." Their song, "Don't You Know" (song #11 on my best of list) is like the most perfect CSNY song not penned by Neil Young. The vocals on the tune are haunting and heart-breaking; with the edge of Young's voice and the melodic ache that Jerry Garcia hit on his best nights. The line that I love so much? "Now, I'm a refugee from the things that I once loved." Everytime I hear [...]
i'm really loving these guys right now... whalebones ...they're kind of like a hard rocking country garage band with a penchant for jamming out...a little reminiscent of crazy horse...anyways, i don't know much about them except that they're based out of seattle, don't have a label, & their five song ep, which used to be available through luckyhorse industries , is currently out of stock...hopefully it doesn't stay that way. download: whalebones - another jungle download: whalebones - don't you know
gonna slow things down here a bit... it's raining again, it's dark by 5pm now with the recent time change, and i've been craving the slow jams... one of my favourite labels jagjaguwar has signed bon iver (pronouned bohn-eevair as in bon hiver en français) and will re-release his self-released album for emma, forever ago early next year. it's far too good of an [...]
This is actually a day late, but what the hell. Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of myself starting this blog. It's been quite a ride and I have received so much pleasure and joy and I have many people to thank. First off, my nephew basically built this thing and this wouldn't exist without him. There are also a few close friends who encouraged me and pushed me into starting this. I am so glad they did. The basic idea that I would just write about my passions in life has been quite thrilling for me. The best thing [...]
Sunday, September 16th: Holy Fuck @ The Prospector I missed Holy Fuck last time they played at The Prospector, and will miss them again tonight (I'm writing this from the airport in Orlando), but you shouldn't. w/Free Moral Agents Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen ( mp3 ) Monday, September 17th: Rademacher @ The Echo I wrote about Rademacher a couple times before, they have an excellent new album coming out later this year that was produced by Aaron Espinoza [...]
Sound On The Sound
the leather canary
Winnie Cooper
Oceans Never Listen
Inflight At Night
Slaughterday Weekend: Oh, good, Korn is still kicking.
Macklemore + Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us (Major Lazer Remix)
HEY ANNA-Pompette (EP)
