Blog: Logical Logic

Honor!

Nov 23, 2011, 11:38pm Logical Logic
I was asked to contribute to this wonderful article on Rose Melberg. You can read it here!
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Wild Flag

Sep 30, 2011, 12:26am Logical Logic
What can be said about Wild Flag that hasn't already been said? For a band that has existed for such a short time there sure has been a lot written about them! I assume that if you've found this post then you know the history of the members who make up the band. I don't want to bore anyone with repetitive detail. What I will say is that both Helium and Sleater-Kinney rank amongst the best live shows I ever had the pleasure of seeing so I was anticipating this record from the second I heard about it. When it [...]
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Artist:Wild Flag
Title:Future Crimes
Link Text:Future Crimes
File Name:08 Future Crimes.mp3
Bitrate:254 kbps
Genre:Punk
Year:2011

Lush

Aug 2, 2011, 2:44am Logical Logic
Lush. A band that I liked from the get-go. I always made a point to go see them live and always thought that they were great. It was nice to get proof of that with the release of some live stuff. Some bands that I thought were great back in the olden days (um, the mid 90s) were really quite terrible! Youtube is a double-edged sword, right? Live shows used to be about being in the moment and enjoying what was happening right in front of you. Now all you have to do is go home and look it up [...]
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Artist:Lush
Title:Lovelife
Link Text:Lovelife
File Name:06 Lovelife.mp3
Bitrate:208 kbps
Genre:Shoegaze
Year:1994

Eleanor Friedberger

Jul 18, 2011, 1:07pm Logical Logic
I am pretty dang sure I've posted on the Fiery Furnaces before. I would imagine that the post talked about my love for the more straightforward songs. The sad songs. Well, Eleanor Friedberger has released her first solo record. Guess what song is my favorite? Yep, the straightforward sad song. I am as predictable as a clock but that's okay. The favorite is I Wont Fall Apart on You Tonight . I think the rest of the album will be a grower because off the bat this is the only song that really grabbed me. The record is a [...]
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Artist:Eleanor Friedberger
Title:I Won't Fall Apart on You Tonight
Link Text:I Wont Fall Apart on You Tonight
File Name:08 I Wont Fall Apart on You Tonight.mp3
Genre:Alternative
Year:2011

Allo Darlin'

Jul 16, 2011, 3:27pm Logical Logic
Allo Darlin' are an awesome band from England though two of the members are originally from Australia. I first saw them in 2010 at the NYC Popfest where they charmed the audience who then demanded an encore after they played their set. The band were so flattered and humbled that night by their reception and for some reason that always stuck with me. In this day and age of bands coming and going every 5 seconds, to see a band that was clearly not expecting such a rapturous response really warmed my heart. For some unknown reason, I did [...]
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Artist:Allo Darlin'
Title:Silver Dollars
Link Text:Silver Dollars
File Name:03 Silver Dollars.mp3
Bitrate:183 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2010

Dean and Britta

Oct 25, 2010, 12:19am Logical Logic
It dawned on me recently that I'm becoming something I never thought I would - more mellow in my musical selections. Music that would have (or did) bore me in the past is now comforting. I prefer going to shows where I get to sit and relax and enjoy the band playing rather than being jostled around and standing on my feet for hours on end. Once in a blue moon I'll feel inspired to go to a looser and less regimented show but it's less and less often. Mostly, now, I am satisfied to go to a theater and [...]
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Artist:Dean & Britta
Title:Eyes in My Smoke
Link Text:Eyes in My Smoke
File Name:12 Eyes in My Smoke.mp3
Bitrate:197 kbps
Year:2010

Run DMC & The Beastie Boys

Jul 29, 2010, 1:27pm Logical Logic
Oops. How have 5 months passed? I've been in a weird place with music. Bands aren't grabbing me by the heart/mind lately. I've found myself going back to my youth and loving the stuff that had me obsessing when I was a child. Run DMC and the Beastie Boys to be exact. Raising Hell and Licensed To Ill were my favorite records (yes, vinyl) in 1986/1987. As documented before, they were also my first concert. I was born in 1976 so I am not exaggerating when I say child! What's interesting to me is how did [...]
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Link Text:She's Crafty
File Name:Shes Crafty.mp3
Bitrate:200 kbps
Artist:Run-DMC
Title:Proud To Be Black
Link Text:Proud To Be Black
File Name:12 Proud To Be Black.mp3
Bitrate:199 kbps
Year:2005

Emma Pollock

Mar 2, 2010, 1:00pm Logical Logic
I think that we can all acknowledge that very few artists make albums anymore. It's more about the one catchy song that everyone will download or Apple will use for their iPod commercial. As a former musician, I do not begrudge this stance - musicians need to eat! As a fan, I miss the days of going on a journey with the artist. I'm not talking concept records (which I mostly despise) but simply an album which you know the songs were meant to be played together to get the big picture. It could be for thematic reasons or simply [...]
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Artist:Emma Pollock
Title:I Could Be A Saint
Link Text:I Could Be A Saint
File Name:03 I Could Be A Saint.mp3
Bitrate:187 kbps
Year:2010

Dum Dum Girls

Feb 27, 2010, 3:46pm Logical Logic
I don't think I'll surprise anyone by stating that I've been sort of unexcited about most of the music that's been coming out for the past few years. I fully admit that this has caused me to write stuff off on the basis of one or two songs. Even worse, it's caused me to discount some things just based on the hype. The Dum Dum Girls fall into that category completely. At x-mas time I downloaded the Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls track and was super into it. Thought that perhaps the time had come [...]
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Artist:Dum Dum Girls
Title:Jail La La
Link Text:Jail La La
File Name:02 Jail La La.mp3
Year:2010

Red House Painters

Feb 26, 2010, 8:16pm Logical Logic
I got into the Red House Painters while working in a record store in the mid 90s. I actually found the live performances to be where the band really shined. The first time I heard Mark fill a room with his voice off mic I was blown away. The recordings are a bit much for me. I was never a huge fan (I think it's clear that I generally like more concise pop songs) but over the past few months I've been obsessed with this version of Smokey . It's the demo version taken from the Shanti Project Collection [...]
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Artist:Red House Painters
Title:Smokey (Demo)
Link Text:Smokey
File Name:04 Smokey (Demo).mp3
Year:1999

The Great Danes

Feb 9, 2010, 1:11am Logical Logic
The Great Danes is a solo project from One Happy Island member Rebecca. She writes some of the most charming pop songs I've heard in ages! When she sent me some songs I was thrilled and have been meaning to ask her if I could post one. As you may note, time has gotten away from me here... Anyway, I'm here now! Milling is a catchy little pop ditty that takes often hijacks my brain. As the song builds so do perfectly nuanced little layers of instrumentation. Her voice is maybe [...]
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Artist:The Great Danes
Title:Milling
Link Text:Milling
File Name:Milling.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2009

Darlene Love

Dec 5, 2009, 1:36pm Logical Logic
I'm not a fan of x-mas particularly. I especially hate being aurally assaulted over and over by Jose Feliciano's version of "Feliz Navidad" which seems to be the most popular x-mas song played in NYC. I'm not even sure I had ever heard his version before moving here. There is one x-mas song that I never tire of though. I just spent a few minutes thinking about why I love Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , aside from the fact that it's just fantastic, of course. Rather predictably I've come to the conclusion that I love it because it's [...]
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Artist:Darlene Love
Title:Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Link Text:Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
File Name:11 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1963

The Kinks

Oct 20, 2009, 12:54pm Logical Logic
While on the subway yesterday my iPod shuffled to The Kinks and I was immediately put into a better mood when the distorted chords of All Day and All of the Night were ringing out into my ears. It occurred to me that this may be one of the best love songs ever written. It seems that most bands feel that to write a love song they have to slow down the tempo, get rid of the distortion, and be really sensitive and emotional. No. This song proves otherwise. Yes, we get that he wants to bone his [...]
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Artist:The Kinks
Title:All Day and All of the Night
Link Text:All Day and All of the Night
File Name:All Day and All of the Night.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps

Let It Be Me

Sep 19, 2009, 2:46pm Logical Logic
I wonder how many songs get their own wikipedia page? The song Let It Be Me has quite a history that I only learned of fairly recently. The internet is magical in that way! My own history with the song is simple - my mom had a cassette tape in her car that had the version I'm posting on it. I must have heard the Everly Brothers singing it and probably the Elvis rendition as well while growing up but I have no recollection of this. It was as a twenty-something that I first remember hearing it, not [...]
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Artist:Betty Everett and Jerry Butler
Title:Let It Be Me
Link Text:Let It Be Me
File Name:08 Let It Be Me.mp3
Bitrate:64 kbps
Year:1991

The Feelies

Sep 19, 2009, 12:30am Logical Logic
Over the last year and a half I happened to see The Feelies twice - once opening for Sonic Youth (way back on the 4th of July in 2008) and again opening for Yo La Tengo on New Years Eve. They've been getting the reissue treatment and rightfully so! I love many of their songs but lately this one has been hitting me in all the right places. While maybe not as interesting or exciting as some of their songs I think it's a straightforward enough song for even the casual listener to attach themselves to. Especially if said casual [...]
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Artist:The Feelies
Title:It's Only Life
Link Text:It's Only Life
File Name:Its Only Life.mp3
Year:1988

Ribbons

Jul 14, 2009, 4:59am Logical Logic
This post will only be meaningful to one other person on the planet but that's ok. It's Bastille Day today. There was an uprising of emotions in a person on this day 4 years ago. Their emotions almost killed them. It was a coincidence that it happened on the French holiday. Though, in retrospect, seems fitting. I didn't know this little tidbit until a couple of days ago when it came through a text message. I didn't know about this song until just a bit ago. It all coalesces. Sometimes you owe people more than [...]
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Artist:The Ribbons
Title:Bastille Day
Link Text:Bastille Day
File Name:03 Bastille Day.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2008

Lord Cut Glass

Jun 2, 2009, 12:49pm Logical Logic
On June 23 the debut album from former Delgado Alun Woodward (under the Lord Cut Glass moniker) will be released. I've been waiting for years for this date and can't believe that it is almost here! Look After Your Wife is the first single from the album. It may seem like an odd choice for the uninitiated but I think it's perfect. Enjoy! In other news, this will quite possibly be my last post here for awhile. I've become overwhelmed by real life which you may have suspected due to the lack of regular posting. [...]
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Artist:Lord Cut Glass
Title:Look After Your Wife
Link Text:Look After Your Wife
File Name:01 Look After Your Wife.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2009

Yo La Tengo

May 1, 2009, 3:44pm Logical Logic
I've been going to shows since I was 11 years old. My first show was the Beastie Boys/Run DMC "Together Forever" tour. I LOVED both groups and would spend hours spinning the vinyl on my record player in my room. The show was at Cal Expo in Sacramento - an outdoor ampitheater. Not a super loud concert experience. In fact, of all the shows I've ever seen the loudest show ever was this past New Year's Eve. I had never seen Yo La Tengo before. My girlfriend had several times but didn't warn me of the sound levels [...]
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Artist:Condo Fucks
Title:What'cha Gonna Do About It?
Link Text:What'cha Gonna Do About It?
File Name:13 Whatcha Gonna Do About It_.mp3
Year:2008
Artist:Yo La Tengo
Title:Madeline
Link Text:Madeline
File Name:11 Madeline.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2000

Modest Mouse

Apr 29, 2009, 5:34pm Logical Logic
Modest Mouse are one of those bands that at one time meant a whole lot to me. I haven't heard their last 2 or 3 records. The last one I picked up was The Moon and Antarctica and I just kind of lost interest after that. To be fair, that record has such a strong association in my mind of a person, time, and place that it's maybe more due to that than anything that I moved on from the Mouse. After that record I actually stopped listening to them for many years and only recently did I [...]
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Artist:Modest Mouse
Title:Trailer Trash
Link Text:Trailer Trash
File Name:Trailer Trash.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1997

Horowitz

Apr 23, 2009, 12:42pm Logical Logic
Rather embarrassingly I dropped the ball on a post I wanted to do. This post! Over a month ago I received an email from Darren who is behind Filthy Little Angels . Very nice email exchange we had and he turned me onto some great stuff! So first up will be Horowitz who have put stuff out on various labels, including Filthy Little Angels. Horowitz are an indie pop band from England. This song, Sweetness, I Could Die in Your Arms , has fuzzy guitar running throughout which really saves [...]
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Artist:Horowitz
Title:Sweetness, I Could Die in Your Arms
Link Text:Sweetness, I Could Die in Your Arms
File Name:Sweetness I Could Die in Your Arms.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
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