I'm trying to come clean here, so if you're already a fan let me just say I have no excuse for missing Shut Up, Dude when it was first put out. I have no idea why I avoided it, and if you think a little less of me I will understand. Perhaps I should do some sort of musical penance being that I'm confessing here. Maybe I should be forced to listen to the complete discographies of Nickelback and Creed in order to make up for this injustice. And I would be willing to do that if it didn't take [...]
Fizzy, fuzzy, yum, yum. Album out 2/15 on Fat Possum .
This is how music used to look. I used to love making mix tapes and still love making mix CDs and playlists. Whether its a road trip or, just as today, a way to avoid doing work, putting one together is one of my favorite past times. Without further adieu, here's a quick play list (and a brief explanation for each song) that is getting me through today and ready for the weekend: Black and Yellow - Wiz Khalifa - I live in [...]
"You guys are cool with me wearing fish net to the photo shoot right?" Jane's Addiction has seen the departure of Eric Avery (yes again) and has enlisted Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio to join them as part of their "creative team" (Thanks Pitchfork and AV Club for the heads up). Normally any Jane's Addiction news may be glossed over, but there might be something to this. Adding Sitek might actually bring Jane's Addiction's sound into this century. On the other hand, Dave Navarro's penchant for fish net [...]
Dig your feet into the sand until you reach the cool layer just below the surface. Feel the sweat of your beer bottle slowly drip over your knuckles. Smell the hot charcoal and cool cocoa butter. Lean your head back, close your eyes, and watch the sun through the pink of your eyelids. Summer is gone but not forgotten. Here are some tunes to help you remember. Download: CMI's Infinite Summer Tracklist: The Drums - Let's Go Surfing Surf City - [...]
The coming months will see not one, but two new releases from Stephen Pastel and company. Let your inner pop geek rejoice.
Devon already weighed in with his favorites of the year so far. I considered being patient (we're 2/3 of the way there - dammit!), but here's my list anyway. Let's Wrestle - In The Court of the Wrestling King The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - s/t The Drums - EP Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix God Help the Girl - s/t My Teenage Stride - monthly [...]
Not to be confused with Uncle Scrooge and his mischievous nephews, Ducktails chooses not to cut through the late summer haze but instead embrace it like a long and sweaty hug. Landscapes LP out now. MP3
So 2009 is a little more than half-way over (and there was much rejoicing). Anyhow, with the year rapidly moving by, there existed a need to document the records that have been occupying my turntable and iPod like the Germans did France circa 1940 [too soon? No, it's never too soon!]. While I did go through the effort of culling the releases of the year into this list; the efforts required to actually reflect enough to number them was far too great only being this far into our orbit around the sun. However, I was willing to expend enough effort [...]
Bad habits are hard to break. In our case, we keep posting our Sunday night feature on Monday mornings. Luckily the beginning of the work week haze is perfectly suited for a nice time sink. Grab a cup of coffee, avoid your boss (you have a "work related" tab open in your browser -right?) and sit down with this week's video picks. Ponytail - Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From an Angel) We recently recieved a letter* from a reader asking if we could find a video that was guaranteed to give them a headache if [...]
We all grew up on a steady diet of MTV's 120 Minutes. Many a Sunday evening was spent zoned out in my parent's living room, scribbling artist names on scraps of paper or notebook covers. This is our condensed, 21st century version where we highlight 4 videos (roughly 12 minutes) of visual goodness. (NOTE: We apologize for the delay in posting - we suffered a bit of a web hosting hiccup last night). Cymbals Eat Guitars - Wind Phoenix (Live on KEXP) Local Natives - Cecilia We recently got tipped [...]
NPR's All Songs Considered is streaming a live Sonic Youth performance from D.C.'s 9:30 Club. Aquarium Drunkard has posted two more volumes of Neil Young's A Perfect Echo, a collection of chronological soundboard recordings of old Shaky. Pitchfork lists their guide to the upcoming releases of 2009 . The always great magazine from McSweeney's, The Believer , has just released their annual music edition. Nova Science teaches us how Auto Tune works Beck interviews Tom Waits [...]
Another installment of 12 Minutes - four more hand-selected music videos to help waste away your work day. Holiday Shores - Phones Don't Feud In case you haven't noticed, we here at Colour Me Impressed are a sucker for a jangly guitar. So that's why we (or at least I) am so excited about the Holiday Shores record that will be coming out this August on twosyllable records . The Needle Drop summed up their sound nicely, "The trebled six-string echoes of Abe Vigoda and the Walkmen [...]
The news that struck us as important/interesting now condensed for your intake and review. Galaxie 500's first 3 albums getting the reissue treatment - order it from www.fierybreeze.com . I'll pick them up, sit in a hamock, drink lemonade and listen to "Way Up High." Give Dean & Britta an email address and they'll give you a free MP3 of "Fourth of July." Beck serves up the jigsaw jazz and get fresh flow with a mix-tape on his site called Planned Obsolescence . [...]
We're a little late this week (again). I know we've promise to get our act together before, but the lure of the summer sun proved too strong this weekend. Anyway, here's what caught our eye last week. Attention: garage rock supergroup Almighty Defenders are releasing their album on September 22, clear a spot on your Year's Best Records list now. Pure Groove has exclusive rights to the new Cymbals Eat Guitars 73 - buy low sell high! Total bummer - Sub Pop announces Oxford Collapse [...]
In what we are hoping to become a regular feature, here is our first installment of 12 minutes. The concept - find 4 music videos (4 videos x 3minutes [approx.] = 12 minutes) and aggregate them here for you. These videos may be old, they may be new, they maybe live, but they probably won't be the video for "Thriller." Pixies - Plant of Sound (Live on 120 Minutes) I guess since we sort of owe MTV for the name, we should pay them some sort of homage. Anyhow, back in the [...]
Here comes the weekly round up father's day edition. Hope you hooked your dad up with some cool schwag and didn't complain when he burnt the burgers. Mos Def wants to set-up the ultimate rap battle at the Superdome. Beck - Sunday Morning (VU cover) The A.V. club lists the "best" music of '09 (so far) Help Polyvinyl save some CD's Popmatters interviews the Dirty Projector's Dave Longstreth [...]
Look, I know you probably don't need my review of this album. On the other hand, I don't care, and feel like I need to discuss this, so you're stuck with me. Most of you already know what you're going to get out of Grizzly Bear. In the off chance that you've been living in a hole that doesn't get exposed to good music, or maybe you've been putting off getting this, wait no longer. Sure this is more expertly crafted pop music, but there just seems to be something extra. Veckatimest makes you feel like you're sitting [...]
Sorry for the delay in posting this week's round up. Here are a few of the notable news stories from the past week. The Guardian celebrates 20 years of Blur WXPN is streaming a live Meat Puppets session Conor Oberst, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and M. Ward have officially announced that they will be releasing a collaborative. humbly titled, album. Fender announced the Sonic Jazzmaster , a signature guitar series sponsored by Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo and I [...]
It goes something like this: Pitchfork -> Drive Like Jehu -> Hot Snakes -> Obits. So has been the career trajectory of Eric "Rick" Froberg aka Rick Fork aka Rick Farr. For the benefit of full disclosure, I listened to my copies of the Pitchfork, Jehu and Hot Snakes records ad nauseum, so there wasn't much doubt in my mind that Obits would garner my affection. But when the needle touched that sweet, sweet vinyl for the first time, I was a little surprised by what happened. I was immediately enamoured of this record. This is surprising, because all of [...]
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