New Orleans native Life Goes Off has a good informational section on his blog about where to get non-cable-news disaster information, as well as links to relief efforts, etc . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard […]
Month: August 2005
Bob Mould: Part Two of Two
Two from Workbook. Two from Sugar . None from his electronica album. LISTEN: Bob Mould – Sunspots Bob Mould – Poison Years Sugar – Judas Cradle Sugar – Changes
This Album May Be Haunted…
Wow. This past week I bought the Castanets debut album Cathedral and it is outright spooky. I’m not entirely sure if there is a even genre for this yet…Avant-Country? Apparently this was recorded in a secluded cabin […]
George Benson: The Other Side of Abbey Road
As a rule I am not one for covering The Beatles. 9 out of 10 times it’s just a really bad idea — that’s not the case here though. George Benson released ” The Other Side of Abbey Road ” shortly […]
Greetings From Georgia
Greetings from Georgia , my home state. This is the kickoff post for my ongoing “state’s project.” Combining my love for old U.S. travel postcards and MP3’s, I will be posting native tunes from all 50 […]
Steely Dan – The Lost Gaucho Album
As a longtime bona fide Steely Dan freak, I was thrilled to see this unreleased, alternate version of the Gaucho album appear online (and up for download.) And free at that. This is Fagan and Becker in all their coke-rock sicko glory.Dig […]
Cover: Papa Was A Rodeo
Mmm, covers. Copy, Right? is hosting the Kelly Hogan cover of the Magnetic Fields’ “Papa Was A Rodeo.” Do yourself a favor and cop this. — been a favorite of mine for years… Best […]
Radiohead: Towering Above The Rest
Sonic Youth: Peel Sessions, October 19, 1988
Sonic Youth: Peel Sessions, October 19, 1988. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 01. Rouche […]
Sonic Youth Sundays
Sonic Youth – Winner’s Blues Sonic Youth – Peace Attack Check out Saucerlike.com , an unofficial Sonic Youth site…
SONIC YOUTH: ONE OLDIE, ONE COVER
Sonic Youth – Expressway To Your Skull Evol by Sonic Youth Sonic Youth – Superstar (Carpenters cover)
Pet Politics Swedish Style
Last week I received an email from a musician named Magnus Larson hailing from Sweden. He apparently contacted some other folks too. Larson creates under the name Pet Politics, and writes & records out of his bedroom, […]
Will Oldham or Palace or Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy or…
More Begonias Hype
Do you hear that? Listen close. That’s the sound of me beating the dead horse. Flogging it, really. I am again posting about Thad Cockrell and Caitlin Cary’s duets album Begonias . Old-school country duets like Nashville used to produce. […]
Vic Chestnutt’s Brute Influence
While digging through my iPod last week on vacation, my brother put on some Brute which I had neglected for some time. Out of all Vic Chestnutt’s catalog the two Brute albums remain my favorite. While a big fan […]
