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 […]
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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 […]
Hunter S. Thompson: Final Sendoff
Steely Dan via Naked Lunch
Last week I re-read (most) of William S. Burroughs’ ode to heroin Naked Lunch . It packs just as much or more of a sordid punch as I remember. Mad junkie jibber-jabber. In honor or the […]
FIVE EIGHT
These guys just don’t stop. 15 years on and they’re still beating the shit out of their audience. A friend in college turned me on to Five Eight , and I have been following their career ever […]
Richmond Fontaine: Hardcore Troubadours
Richmond Fontaine’s latest release, The Fitzgerald , was an album I had ignored far too long. I have now remedied that. An acoustic downtrodden affair, The Fitzgerald spins tales of two-time losers trying to make it through the […]
Son Volt’s Medication
I’ve been listening to this new tune off Okemah And The Melody Of Riot a lot the past month. Has a very “eastern” vibe to it. Smoke yourself something and listen. He did. Son Volt: Medication
Who Killed Laura Palmer?
Twin Peaks . Let the weirdness begin. I’ve been a fan of both the television series and it’s offical soundtrack for years. Both have staying power. The Angelo Badalamenti scored OST paints the perfect perverse backdrop […]
