I am a child of the ’80s from the American South. Like many of my brethren, R.E.M . served as my first taste of left-of-center musical fare; what was then referred to as “college music.” Seems […]
Month: September 2006
Robyn Hitchcock :: Ole! Tarantula
Upon first listening to the upcoming Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 record Ole! Tarantula I was immediately struck with two competing thoughts: a) damn, this is really good. B) I would bet cash money that Bob Pollard is a huge Soft Boys/Hitchcock fan.This LP […]
The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes
Even today most fans still do not know that Led Zeppelin’s epic “Dazed And Confused,” off their eponymous debut , was in actuality a cover tune. During a U.S. American tour in the late ’60s the Jimmy […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: The Letting Go
Some time ago I was listening to a Will Oldham incarnation, be it a Palace project or Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy I cannot recall, but I do distinctly remember a piece of the Doors lyric “mute . . . Only the good shit. […]
30 Century Man :: 20th Century Man
The Whigs :: Six Questions
Parker Gispert, vocalist for Athens, Ga. trio The Whigs , answered six questions on a Drunkard’s mind. The band’s self-released album, Give ’em All A Big Fat Lip is on my short-list for 2006. It is also […]
SSLYBY Reissue :: Lambchop’s Damaged
Initially released a year ago via Catbird Records; Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin sees their album, Broom, reissued by Polyvinyl in the here and now of 2006. If you didn’t check out these guys the first time around, I would suggest […]
Silver Jews :: Take On Hollywood
Prior to the show, you could just feel the anticipation in the room…. the Joo’s were actually here in Los Angeles playing the Henry Fonda Music Box. Rumors were flying around that Steve Malkmus would make a cameo, but […]
WEEN :: SHINOLA VOL. 1
” SHINOLA VOL. 1 is a collection of odds, ends, and leftovers from around our studio and contains killer new mixes of a lot of songs that have been floating around. I don’t mind telling you that it’s […]
Chad VanGaalen :: Skelliconnection
Wow, where did this guy come from? Canada apparently. From what little information I gathered around the Interweb, VanGaalen self-released an album, entitled Infiniheart , which was later picked up by Sub Pop for a 2005 re-release. Fast […]
Blonde On Blonde Outtakes :: Bob Dylan
Modern Times has led me to rummaging through a lot of obscure Dylan stuff that I had been neglecting for some time. This thin wild mercury music is just too good not to share with […]
Bobby Bare Jr. :: The Longest Meow
Now Podcasting :: Episode 14
Welcome to last week’s show recorded at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. The first half of the show is dedicated to selections from Pitchfork Media’s top 200 songs from the sixties. The second hour is an ad […]
Serge Gainsbourg :: Revisited
My introduction and love of sixties French Pop began a few years ago when a friend turned me on to the decadent sounds of Jacques Dutronc . His frenetic pop music followed me via iPod on a […]
