so i’ve just finished the third revision of my top 100 albums list — which to avoid confusion/arguments is a personal selection, not an attempt at a best of all time list — and to build some interest/excitement in the list beyond myself and the 1-2 other people that have traditionally cared about this i’ve [...]
mp3: wand – arriving
james jackson toth, formerly of wooden wand, is releasing an album of demos entitled hard knox or “are you sure hank jr done it this way?” on may 26 through thurston moore’s ecstatic peace label. the album is being released under the name wand, and is made up of songs written between [...]
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mp3: the feelies – what goes on
got a pretty exciting email this morning… the feelies will be playing at least 3 more “reunion” shows this year. the last of those shows will be right here in dc, at the 9:30 club on saturday march 14 (which just so happens to be my birthday)! [...]
the velvet underground & nico is going for only $5 bucks on amazon.com right now. if you don’t have the album for some reason, now’s definitely the time to pick it up… that price is only good through monday.
mp3: beck and the flaming lips – sunday morning
there are some pretty lucky people out there. they’re the people who will be in ny this friday and managed to reserve a free ticket before they were all given away last month. they’re the people who will be seeing sonic youth in battery park (for free). they’re the people who will be seeing the [...]
i’m pretty excited for the national, modest mouse, r.e.m. concert tomorrow at merriweather. i put up a few r.e.m. covers when i first heard about the show, but they were mostly other bands covering r.e.m.’s songs. these are all r.e.m. covering other bands. enjoy and see you at merriweather tomorrow?
mp3: r.e.m. – femme fatale [link [...]
mp3: david bowie – i’m waiting for the man [link expired]bowie covered this velvet underground song during a peel session on bbc radio one in 1972. it appears on his album bowie at the beeb, as well as the soundtrack to almost famous. it is no secret that bowie spent a fair amount of [...]
