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Here’s A Fool In A Rocket Ship
This one’s another Holy Crap Alert.
I’d occasionally come across Darondo’s name — that he was a little-known but much-respected, much-collected soul/funk dude from the 70s, and that he was back touring again — but until recently I never got the chance to hear him. And… Holy Crap! Alert!
Ubiquity Records released a CD in 2006 containing [...]
Game Called On Account Of Oh Hell Yeah
Before I bayl-aread earlier this month, I managed to drag my saggy ass to get it kicked by Deerhoof at the Great American Music Hall. Locals can catch them again in a couple weeks at Mezzanine.
They’re a four-piece again, which brings them back from the prog-band ledge — now it’s a 2-2 tie, with the [...]
If This Is The Last Song That You Hear
One of the natural benefits of the festival format is getting the chance to hear music from people you’re unfamiliar with (whom you’re unfamiliar). The Treasure Island folks did a great job this year of putting top-notch local acts into the early slots.
I had heard praise for Or, The Whale over at ipickmynose, so I [...]
I Just Wiggle My Toes On A Mink Rug
Awwww yeah.
Mrs. Vegetables got to shake Rappin’ 4-Tay’s hand back in the day in ninety-foe.
I’m pretty sure that’s as far as it went.
Anyways, have a good weekend and be your own self person.
Rappin’ 4-Tay - Playaz Club from Don’t Fight The Feelin’ (insound /amazon CD / amazon mp3 / itunes)
http://www.myspace.com/rappin4tay415
Little Girls Like That Make Old Men Pee
Um, I don’t know what I can add to that headline besides “Thank God for early Too $hort.”
And oh yeah, “years.”
Too $hort - Little Girls from Born To Mack (insound / amazon CD / amazon mp3 / itunes)
http://www.tooshortworld.com
Barrels Of Rum And A Fresh Cabin Boy
The Pirate Band has inflicted traditional and original songs of plunder, mucus, and scones on San Francisco for nigh on several hundred years — long before pirates were the new spacemen and the old zombies.
They’ve recently come ashore from a trip through “Poseidon’s guts,” so Bay Area mateys who don’t give a fig for their [...]
It’s The Devil’s Due You’re Paying Now, You Understand
Hey guess what everybody!!!
Here is a song that I like! It is from a guy!
Kelley Stoltz - When You Forget from Circular Sounds (insound / amazon CD / amazon mp3 / itunes)
http://www.myspace.com/kelleystoltz
You’re The End Of The Rainbow For Me
There was a time when it was possible to make tough music and still be in love. What does Nachtmystium do when their black little hearts flutter in springtime?
Straight outta Orinda, it’s Y&T!!!
This song is a heavy Vegetable fave because it starts as a Scorpions tribute, then turns into a hard-rock screamer, only it’s got [...]
You Still Don’t Know How A Good Life Goes
It’s a fine, fine time in the Bay Area if you like rock music. You’ve got your established bands doing interesting things (Deerhoof, Howlin Rain) and what’s even better, you’ve got your just-getting-going bands showing a scary amount of promise (The Dodos, Girls).
But as you can tell from The Dodos and Girls, there is [...]
I Don’t Wanna Die Without Shakin’ Up A Leg Or Two
Let’s hear it for the power of the well-written pop song and the speed of the internet. It just takes one ear, and the next thing you know, people all over the planet are saying to their friends, “Hey, homem, você ouviu esta canção nova das meninas?”
These guys just played their first show in February. [...]
