Pretty good blog.
As we near the middle of the year, I'm starting to revisit some of my favorite music from earlier in the year. First up on the ol' iPod is Build & Burn, the sophomore album from the Loved Ones, which was released this past February on Fat Wreck Chords. The other night, I took to my drumset and cued up this record to play along with, and let me just tell you, what may sound like simple punk beats are actually quite complex stickwork from Mike Sneeringer (dude just completely owns the hi-hat and bass drum on some of these jams). It takes skill to make a backbeat sound this easy.
I hadn't spun this record in some time, mainly because I spent pretty much the first two months of this year listening to it nonstop and it sort of burned me out. But re-approaching it with fresh ears makes me appreciate the down home rock 'n' roll goodness of tracks like "The Bridge," "The Inquirer" and "Louisiana" even more, and it also gets me supremely stoked for their show in Cleveland next month with the Hold Steady (aka the greatest band in the history of the world, at least for a few minutes until I change my mind back to Minus The Bear or Against Me!). There's still a few songs on this disc I'm not wholly stoked on, but the good ones are so good that it makes up for any shortcomings. Check out TLO's new music video for "The Bridge" -- anything with mustache humor gets an automatic thumbs up from me:
The Bridge
As for new music, I'm currently contemplating a move to Canada as the new albums from Winnipeg's the Paperbacks and Montreal's Malcolm Bauld are both brilliant. The Paperbacks' alt-country An Illusion Against Death was produced by the Weakerthans' John K. Samson, so you know it's gotta be good; Malcolm Bauld's debut solo offering, Covered In Dust, is a killer slab of singer-songwriter traditional folk-punk. If you like Bauld's voice but want more grit in your tunes, check out his old punk band the Frenetics -- their album Grey Veins To The Parking Lot is one of my favorite records of the past five years and is sorely underappreciated.
Enough about what I'm listening to; what's currently setting your last.fm charts ablaze? I wanna know, so leave me a comment!
I hadn't spun this record in some time, mainly because I spent pretty much the first two months of this year listening to it nonstop and it sort of burned me out. But re-approaching it with fresh ears makes me appreciate the down home rock 'n' roll goodness of tracks like "The Bridge," "The Inquirer" and "Louisiana" even more, and it also gets me supremely stoked for their show in Cleveland next month with the Hold Steady (aka the greatest band in the history of the world, at least for a few minutes until I change my mind back to Minus The Bear or Against Me!). There's still a few songs on this disc I'm not wholly stoked on, but the good ones are so good that it makes up for any shortcomings. Check out TLO's new music video for "The Bridge" -- anything with mustache humor gets an automatic thumbs up from me:
The Bridge
As for new music, I'm currently contemplating a move to Canada as the new albums from Winnipeg's the Paperbacks and Montreal's Malcolm Bauld are both brilliant. The Paperbacks' alt-country An Illusion Against Death was produced by the Weakerthans' John K. Samson, so you know it's gotta be good; Malcolm Bauld's debut solo offering, Covered In Dust, is a killer slab of singer-songwriter traditional folk-punk. If you like Bauld's voice but want more grit in your tunes, check out his old punk band the Frenetics -- their album Grey Veins To The Parking Lot is one of my favorite records of the past five years and is sorely underappreciated.
Enough about what I'm listening to; what's currently setting your last.fm charts ablaze? I wanna know, so leave me a comment!
Labels: best of 2008, new music
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my current playlist on repeat consists of:
A Dozen Roses- Braid
Fishing in the Sky- Appleseed Cast
Napolean Solo- At the Drive-in
We're All Thieves- Circa Survive
Run In the Front- Dear and the Headlights
Without a Sound- Forget McCarran
Comrades and Friends- From Monument to Masses (the remixed version)
Ape Dos Mil- Glassjaw
Now or Never- Hot Rod Circuit
Ice Monster- Minus the Bear
In Your Eyes- Open Hand
Long Nights- Piebald
Shaping of a Helpless Joy- Saxon Shore
Most addicting playlist I've evr made...
so here are my top ten
nighttiming- coconut records
highly suspicious- mmj
forgotten words- klaxons
focker- late of the pier
thats what she said- the automatic
magick- klaxons
attention- raconteurs
whoo! alright yeah..uh huh- the rapture
drama queen- switches
smokin from shootin- mmj
ive been going a little crazy with the british dance bands
If only I had a recording of Dicky Barrett saying "Tinker Toys" over and over and over....
My current playlist:
*Evil Urges: My Morning Jacket
*Volume One: She and Him
*Konk: The Kooks
songs:
*Thought I Knew: Weezer
*Mercy: Duffy
*Stop: Against Me!
*Do the Panic: Phantom Planet
A few great new-ish songs, that I have recently discovered -
Quiet Mouth Loud Hands - Damiera
Red Cape Diver - Foxy Shazam
Good Arms Vs. Bad Arms - Frightened Rabbit
Fit To Be Tied - Jet Lag Gemini
Sleepless - Until June
In Your Stead - Baumer
Anything by 3OH!3
Stronger - Seabird
Foxes Mate For Life - Born Ruffians
Scorpian Woman - Overview
Family Force 5's Dance Or Die EP
Have a listen.
Oh, almost forgot.
Go check out The Gay Blades.
Their stuff is awesome, and I am determined to throw their name out there.
Have fun.
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