From the monthly archives:

November 2008

You Look Reeeeeeeeal Funny

November 26, 2008

Ssion (pronounced shun) have been on my to-check-out list all year, but it wasn’t until Mrs. H slipped me this remix that I finally got some in my ears.
Ever finally find out about a band and then really regret not having done so earlier? Like, maybe two months ago, when they brought their insane-ass flamblistic [...]

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Holy Moley Alert!

November 25, 2008

I just found out about this guy.
His music speaks for itself, but if there’s just a link and no picture or words, maybe it won’t look like something you should really be paying attention to.
Slow down, dear hearts!
Spend your holiday with Shugo! Get Exit and play it all weekend! ?this is a really good idea.
Shugo [...]

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Keep Your Drawers On, Girl — It Ain’t Worth The Fight

November 24, 2008

I got 350 heads on a 305 engine
I get ten miles to the gallon
I ain’t got no good intentions
When you look like this and your name is Mike Cooley, what else are you going to do but play rock-n-roll guitar?
With Jason Isbell off on his own now, the man they call the Stroker Ace is [...]

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Fluevog Toe Jam

November 21, 2008

Daniel Smith has a singing voice that would make even uninteresting lyrics sound good. And a brain that makes that point irrelevant.
How would you like to hear Danielson sing a song about feet?
Danielson – Flip Flop Flim Flam from their perfect compilation Trying Hartz

http://www.danielson.info
http://www.myspace.com/danielson

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Solely In My Chest Is My Heart, A Drum Of Water

November 20, 2008

I’ve waxed about brotherly harmonies before, but let us not forget harmonies of sisters, from McGarrigle to Andrews, all the way back to Biblical times, when Ruth did a few numbers with her forgettable sister.
Hey, go see these guys open for M83 at the Fillmore and let me know how it was!
School Of Seven Bells [...]

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Nimble As A Tree Frog

November 19, 2008

DJ Format feat. Abdominal: Battle Raps

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It’s All Because Of You, Girl, Or Your Thousand Other Names

November 19, 2008

Pere Ubu was a real eye-opener for me as a young musical explorer. I was proud (in the way only a high-schooler can be) of my big-tent attitude towards rock, and Pere Ubu was the first band to make me go, “Ummmm… whuh?” NOT READY
If I had bought their first album instead, however, I would [...]

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That Pig Made Me Feel So Bad

November 18, 2008

I guess I can blame not knowing about the new Antony And The Johnsons EP on the fact that I was out of the country, but that doesn’t excuse me not telling you about it, dear ones.
If you haven’t heard their 2005 album I Am A Bird Now, I beg you — please do. And [...]

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We Joke A Little And Then Go On Our Way

November 17, 2008

Still in the afterglow of her show last night at the Fillmore, so of course I’m posting Lucinda Williams.
Listen to me! No! Listen! Don’t you know!!! ?>??
Honesty to the level of awkwardness, from someone who’s been a songwriter for thirty years and a bona fide star for ten. A lover of music who isn’t afraid [...]

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She Got Suspicious Of My Intention

November 14, 2008

Neon Neon is a side project between two guys.
I think their album Stainless Style has a concept or something, because every Neon Neon picture you see either has a DeLorean, or John DeLorean, or the two guys in the band standing next to a DeLorean.
All I know is there is some sweet 80s pop [...]

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