So, we return to you after months of absence. What can we say to explain ourselves? ......What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas . That probably does not satisfy your curiosities, but it will have to do for now, because we have business to attend to. To get back into the swing of things, we are starting off small with a few words about a tiny show in Baton Rouge, LA. Lafayette locals The Class War get the honors of kicking off our brand new blog segment about live music, and it [...]
If you were to take the fantastical storytelling of Neutral Milk Hotel , the reckless spirit of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah , the folk sensibilities of Iron and Wine , the stoic brilliance of Sufjan Stevens , and the short attention span of The Unicorns , toss them all into a cauldron, season the mixture with ukuleles, tape loops, trumpets, toy pianos and all sorts of other things that go dink , ping , or bang! - you would end up with a delicious batch of "Mostly Ghostly" [...]
For those of us who are giddy with glee at the onslaught of colossal groups like Architecture in Helsinki , Broken Social Scene and Hallelujah the Hills that cover the stage and cry out in a cacaphony of chaotic yet carefully composed counterpoint cantabile, a time for rejoicing is at hand. But for those of you who are growing tired of these runamucks with their counter-rhythmic tendencies, stacked polyphony and safety-in-numbers mentality, please, I beseech you, in the name of all that's good, before you close the gate to these types, allow one more. [...]
"My Drag" by Squirrel Nut Zippers , from the album "Perennial Favorites" (1998) - The punk rockers of the mid-90's swing revival released their finest work to date in 1998: "Perennial Favorites." This bona fide masterpiece is chocked full of flavors from big band to blues, from gypsy jazz to klezmer, from dixie to tango, and a little acid-trip/dream-sequence circus serenade thrown in for texture. One of the shining stars in this stratospheric LP is track 7, "My Drag." When you put Katharine Whalen's smooth, seductive, Billie-Holiday-back-from-the-g rave vocals together with a tango bridge full of bari sax beef [...]
Although it may be considered slightly slow on the uptake to dish my opinions on an EP that was released in July of 2007, the latest solo release from Canadian indie music's hardest working woman was a big part of why we started this blog in the first place. So, all judgement towards my irresponsibility as a proper blogger aside, on with the Revue. "What Is Free To A Good Home?" is a collection of previously unreleased tracks recorded during the sessions for Haines' 2006 LP [...]
In times like this, when such beautiful blogs are born (let us have our moment), it only seems fitting to commemorate the occasion with a few touching words. Poke Prod Rub Knead Grope Enough "touching" words. We hope you enjoy what we do. Keep reading. We promise the posts will get better.
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