jenny lewis put up this sneak peek of the title track from her forthcoming album on her website earlier this weekend. on first listen, i wasn’t too keen on the nearly overpowering backing vocals. but, after a few plays i think i may be starting to come around.
though the vocal accompaniment on “acid tongue” does [...]
i check out what’s on food network nearly every time i turn on the tv. i’m a huge fan of good eats, as well as everyday italian, throwdown and of course, iron chef. i’m also a wii and ds owner who doesn’t mind booting up a more casual gaming experience every now and then. so, [...]
mp3: frank black – hate memp3: frank black – this is where i belongmp3: frank black – amnesia
seeing that “headache” video the other day reminded me of these songs from the headache single released back in 1994. i like putting up old singles & eps like these since they usually can only be found in [...]
i forgot to mention i updated the lyrics to lookout mountain, lookout sea with the included guitar chords a while ago for anyone who’s interested. and don’t forget, the joos will be in dc september 10!
video: silver jews – candy jail (live)
man, these are so good! i like how black alludes to his pong obsession in the “hang on to your ego” video and then a year later, of course, he lays it on thick with “whatever happened to pong?”. also seeing the “fu manchu” that black didn’t want to lose in the “los angeles” video [...]
mp3: frank black – freedom rock
they tried to give me advicedown at the record shopi said “sit down boys, this may come as a shock!what’s all i listen to?it’s all freedom rock”
video: freedom rock commercial (1987)
mp3: caw! caw! – organisms
i usually don’t pay much attention to press releases, but the lead on this one caught my eye…
“CAW! CAW! specializes in cosmic pop songs for space explorers, time travelers, pill-popping lovers, miniature golfers and teenagers making out.”
finally, music written for miniature golfers! well, supposedly… i’m not catching any themes uniquely relevant [...]
andre ethier – untitled
mp3: andre ethier – on liesthe andre ethier who wrote “on lies” and the andre ethier who is responsible for the untitled painting shown above are the same person. pretty amazing, right? what’s almost as amazing is it took me 10-20 minutes of inquiry to confirm that the musical and visual artists [...]
mp3: christopher perdue – emilymp3: joanna newsom – emily (live)
yesterday, the 1989 turbografx16-cd title ys book i & ii — check pr below for more details– was finally released on the wii shop channel! i’ve been wanting to get my hands on ys (the game) for a long time now and was thinking doing a [...]
mp3: human highway – the sound
while i don’t usually do this, a friend summed up the past week’s releases so well that i figured i might as well just post a section of his email here. thanks to brendan!
What a fucking week in music! First Byrne and Eno’s new CD drops on Monday with their [...]
