my new year’s resolution for this blog is to come up with some more interesting stuff to write about. one thing i am going to try is to post a cover song i like (that means no ruby isle) each monday. i like checking out interesting covers and i have a good number of them, [...]
a few years ago when i was first getting in to smog i used to search a certain music download service for his albums, but all that ever came up was “cold blooded old times” from the high fidelity soundtrack. its a sweet song, but i already had knock knock so it was frustrating to [...]
mp3: east river pipe- all you little suckers [link expired] [buy]
my favorite older record that i picked up this year has got to be east river pipe’s 1999 album the gasoline age. i happened upon it due to an indirect recommendation from soltero’s tim howard, who i had heard talk the thing up [...]
the black cab sessions– a collaborative project between just so films and hidden fruit that documents stripped down performances by well known artists from the back seat of a taxi cab driving down london streets to no where in particular– began in may of this year and has played host to a number of notable [...]
2007 saw the release of some great albums. some of my favorites, in no particular order, included:
the national- boxer [buy]bill callahan- woke on a whaleheart [buy] feist- the reminder [buy]sunset rubdown- random spirit lover [buy] jens lekman- night falls at kortedala [buy]
but if the first quarter release schedule is any indication, 2008 is set [...]
mp3: animal collective- i remember learning how to dive [link expired] [buy]
this is one of my favorite animal collective songs, although i’m not really a big fan of theirs. it comes from the 2005 ep prospect hummer– a collaboration between the band and singer vashti bunyan. their respective styles meld terrifically, most notably on [...]
mp3: belle and sebastian- are you coming over for christmas [link expired]
merry xmas again. belle and sebastian posted this song on their myspace page last night. details, as given by the band:
written and produced by Belle and Sebastian, December 2007engineered by Steven Clarkmixed by Stuart McCredierecorded at Banchory & The Mixing Rooms, Glasgowfeatured vocals – [...]
merry christmas!
mp3: flaming lips- white christmas (wxpn version) [link expired]
mp3: neil cotterill- north- no south [link expired]
here is the promised update on neil cotterill, former member of baltimore band sylvan screen. when sylvan screen split up, neil decided to try out the solo route. it seems he had gotten bored with making music that took most of its cues from slanted and enchanted and [...]
mp3: karl blau- into the nada [link expired] [buy]
karl blau is a really busy guy. between recording with various k records’ artists– the microphones, mirah, and several others– managing his KELP! album of the month club, touring and recording with laura veirs, and maintaining his own solo career, karl has got quite a lot [...]
