Good Ambience: A Winged Victory for the Sullen
Even if the band name is too precious by half, this sounds really good.
Category: Music
Flashy zines and other assorted commentary.
Jack White Aims to be the Man of the Hour
Yeah, that’s what I took from the news that he’s now working with Tom Jones. Jones is taking part in Third Man Records‘ Blue Series of singles, which features songs produced by White at his Third Man studio in Nashville. For his single, Jones recorded “Jezebel” and the blues song “Evil”, made famous for Howlin’ Wolf. Previous participants in the… Read More Jack White Aims to be the Man of the Hour
Imagine All The People…Liking Better Songs: A Fisking of John Lennon
I hate “Imagine” by John Lennon. Hate it. I hate it’s sappy, maudlin piano riff; I hate it’s dull, lazy structure. I hate the video featuring Yoko just off to the side like some soul-engulfing gargoyle. I hate the insipid cartoon image of Lennon that packages the song. But most of all, I hate the lyrics,… Read More Imagine All The People…Liking Better Songs: A Fisking of John Lennon
“We Are the Ramones in All Their Egalitarian Glory…”
“…yet we crave the virtuosity of the Satriani elite.” Smitty makes an excellent metaphor to describe the difficulty of the Tea Party and the Conservative blogsophere vis-a-vis the GOP establishment and primary field. Never forget that the Ramones, and the Sex Pistols, and the Clash, and the Dead Boys, and everyone else wanted to sell records.… Read More “We Are the Ramones in All Their Egalitarian Glory…”
It Might be the Sam Adams Irish Red Talking
But Japandroids on vinyl doesn’t sound too bad. They’re all fuzztoned out, but I find myself digging the spirit.
New Music: Black Keys, Yuck, John Scofield
And when I say New Music, I mean new for me: El Camino by the Black Keys was a Christmas gift. It sounds pretty good so far, but I’m really still absorbing it. It’s definitely a departure from Brothers, and I haven’t decided if that’s a good thing yet. Yuck is Magnet’s Album of the Year, and… Read More New Music: Black Keys, Yuck, John Scofield
I’m Listening to Echoes of Silence Right Now…
…and all I keep thinking is “How the hell do you pronounce ‘Weeknd’?” Do you just pronounce it normally, or do you say it like ‘weakened’? Because that’s pretty irritating.” Anyway, go ahead and download it here.
OMG Vinyl Fills Me With Envy.
When I was a young fool, I wanted a record label all my own. OMG Vinyl is a blog with its own record label, Sweat Lodge Guru.
The Song You Can Expect to Hear During the Sad Part of Every TV Show For the Next Year…
UNDER COVER: Ke$ha – “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”. This means, of course, that Ke$ha won’t be going away anytime soon.
Rating My CD’s: A Cheaper Kind of Love Song
51. Red Sammy — A Cheaper Kind of Love song [For the first 50 of this series, go here.] I first mentioned Red Sammy a good few months ago, at Genre Confusion. I described them as a “a country-blues-folk band with some pretty serious soul.” Better than that, they were serious gents, and gave me… Read More Rating My CD’s: A Cheaper Kind of Love Song
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