in case you forgot… i’m a huge fan of jens carelius’ debut album the first songs. it’s one of my favorite albums so far this year. and when you think of some of the other albums that share that distinction (trouble in dreams… lookout mountain, lookout sea…), that really is saying something. check out [...]
mp3: zombies – care of cell 44
i just got put on some new medication for my back problems and while searching for some info on the stuff i came across this person’s hilarious account of the side effects…
“Wow! What a trip~! U all shuld have been there!(or was that u all?) I thought everyone in [...]
forgot to mention this when it was put up about 2 weeks ago, but i think it’s some good evidence in support of my position on what cassie adds to lookout mountain. how many people can honestly say they weren’t a little disapointed when she didn’t pipe up on “we’re coming outta the black patch!”? [...]
the silver jews will be playing at the black cat on wednesday, september 10 @ 8:00pm! tickets are $13 and go on sale tomorrow, june 27.
“how to rent a room” live in asheville, nc circa 2006
john tyler
stream:3 tracks from beck’s upcoming modern guilt, here. that song featuring cat power everyone was talking about is pretty anticlimactic in the cat power regard. great song, but it’s more like “orphans” (song that chan marshall heard while walking down a hallway adjacent to the studio beck was recording in and liked the tune, [...]
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mp3: magnolia electric co. – werewolves of london
when i was about 5 or 6 years old, warren zevon’s “werewolves of london” was my favorite song. i would sit in a gi joe play tent thing identical to the one above, with a lunchbox-sized tape deck playing and rewinding side a of excitable boy [...]
there’s one complaint about silver jews’ new album lookout mountain, lookout sea that seems to keep popping up…. some people feel that cassie’s vocals are too high in the mix, while a few may even go so far as to say they should have been omitted altogether. but i just don’t get it, i love [...]
mp3: the stairs – the aunts & uncles of threemp3: the stairs – stop me, stop me, stop me before i get creative
it was the unnatural bridge that once attracted me to the stairs, but in addition to those impressive joos covers the band made some good music of their own before breaking up in [...]
the silver jews excellent new album lookout mountain, lookout sea is due to be released tomorrow. in celebration, i’ve dedicated the cover of the week to the joos. some of these have been featured here before. others not. enjoy… and buy the album!
mp3: silver jews – i loved them everyonetg sheppard cover
mp3: silver jews – [...]
mp3: old 97’s – stoned ……. [buy hitchhike to rhome]mp3: old 97’s – timebomb …………… [buy too far to care]
i’ll admit it’s been 7 years since i last purchased an old 97’s album, so i’m not exactly up to date, but this video caught me totally off guard. it’s about the last thing i would [...]
