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New album: tUnE-yArDs – “w h o k i l l”
This post originally appeared on tympanogram.com on April 20, 2011, here. There has been much talk online about w h o k i l l, the 2nd full length album from Merrill Garbus’ near-solo project tUnE-yArDs. Every review places it … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, miscellaneous, music, news, songs, tympanogram
Tagged 4AD, merrill garbus, music, tUnE-yArDs, w h o k i l l, whokill
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Record Store Day, 2011
Record Store Day this year is April 16th, this coming Saturday. In case you aren’t aware, it is the annual celebration of independent music stores. If I remember correctly it started out as a pretty small endeavor with only a … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, miscellaneous, music, news, personal, thoughts, Uncategorized
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New Grand Lake single
Grand Lake, having recently released their truly wonderful EP “Leaves Ellipse” has now put out the 2nd single from that EP. “Christmas, California”, described perfectly by Grand Lake bandleader Caleb Nichols as “drenched in springtime sunshine, total California ear-candy.” It’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, miscellaneous, music, news, songs
Tagged caleb nichols, california, download, ep, grand lake, leaves ellipse, single, song
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New Wonder Wheel on the way…
Friend of the blog, Wonder Wheel, has dropped a line to inform the internet public (that’s you) that their first proper full-length release is coming via a cassette release available through Burger Records in the coming months. Said release will … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, miscellaneous, music, news, songs, Uncategorized
Tagged brave new world, deep in the bottle, download, free download, IMHO, music, mywonderwheel, paul a rosales, Rosales, single, SoCal, wheel, wonder, wonder wheel
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A Music Monday Mixtape
I recently made this mix for some friends. I burned a few copies and sent them off, hoping that it doesn’t just end up collecting dust in some corner of their place, or thrown on the passenger seat of their … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, miscellaneous, music, personal, songs
Tagged arcade fire, beach fossils, calgary, deerhunter, hurricane bells, liars, male bonding, motorifik, music, neil young, public strain, Real Estate, rock, titus andronicus, Tokyo Police Club, women, wonder wheel, working for a nuclear free city
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Blog philandering
I wrote a post about a mixtape that I made for some friends that appears today on my friend, Adam’s, blog. His blog is located at Never Had to Fight.com. My post is here, tons of music. It will come … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, miscellaneous, music, writing
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Sonic Youth Exegesis 1: “Hey Joni”
I started doing this on twitter where periodically I would take a line from a Sonic Youth tune and expound upon it. The idea just came out of me being goofy and bored while listening to Daydream Nation one night. … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, miscellaneous, music, songs, thoughts, writing
Tagged classic, creative reworking, daydream nation, exegesis, expounding, hey joni, music, sonic youth
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A few cover songs
I’m not going to say anything overbearing like that these are the best cover songs, or that these are my top 5 cover songs of all time. Instead I just want to share a few that I have enjoyed recently. … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, miscellaneous, music, songs
Tagged big black, cover songs, covers, dead kennedys, Dillinger escape plan, Flaming Lips, james husband, japandroids, Louis Armstrong, matthew good, of Montreal, soundgarden
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A by no means complete list of emotionally devastating lyrics
Musicians are of that breed of individual that wear their emotions on their sleeve. They seem to feel them more intensely than others, or are at least worse at hiding their emotions than everyone else. So many musicians, that didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, miscellaneous, music, songs, thoughts
Tagged andrew bird, depressing, honesty, hurricane bells, lyrics, pain, songs, steve schiltz, titus andronicus, tom waits
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The beginners guide to Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt, on the surface, seems simple enough. Two guys, Brian Gibson on Bass and Brian Chippendale on drums, are responsible for making enough noise to fill stadiums. Their music is an all out aural assault, yet it’s not all … Continue reading