Fact 1: The Mountain Goats are the best. Fact 2: they will be coming to Orlando in January, and I live there, and this is good news on a number of levels. Fact 3: their best album, Tallahassee (no arguments entertained) will have been released 10 years ago next year. Fact 4: the syntax of [...]
It’s completely possible that there is nothing better in the world than this song.
The Afghan Whigs: “Mr. Superlove”
Filed under: Songs-o-Matic Tagged: awesome, covers, greg dulli, the afghan whigs, things that are unequivocally the b…
I’m not going to pretend that this new Big Troubles album is particularly original, or that it doesn’t sound a lot like Pains of Being Pure at Heart (though the singer is a LOT better) or anything else on Slumberland. But I will say that I listened to quite a few other Slumberland bands today [...]
I am a nerd, and the way you can know this is that I keep an excel list of albums I want to check out. The list is sorted into various buckets – things I like enough to rank in some manner, stuff I haven’t heard or haven’t judged yet, stuff that isn’t out yet, [...]
I fell in love with this album in 2006 when I didn’t write this blog and so I didn’t share it with you then and for that I’m sorry. The Diableros actually broke up recently, which, although I’m sure it’s sad for them, isn’t really the end of the word considering that the follow-up to [...]
One of my favorite records this year is the Cloud Nothings’ self-titled debut. It’s a scrappy blast of poppy guitars and hooks that’s over almost as soon as it starts, and despite its studied amateurism, it gets by on an almost insane blast of sugar and charisma. The reason I mention this is that Male [...]
10-18-11
it’s coming.
M83: “Raconte-Moi Une Histoire”
Filed under: Songs-o-Matic
here’s some 764-hero, hype. 764-hero: “loaded painted red” 764-hero: “weekends of sound” (the last two minutes.) 764-hero: “answers” Filed under: Songs-o-Matic Tagged: 764-hero, music more people should be aware of, remembering the past fondly
I went to see the Mountain Goats in Atlanta about a month ago, which entailed a very long drive there and a very long drive back and although I wouldn’t exactly say I was disappointed, I will say that I have seen them in better form. It was just a little sloppy and a little [...]
The middle of the year, you guys. Am I right? January comes roaring out of the gate with all those records they probably could have released in November except that no one buys indie rock records for Christmas or whatever, so why bother. And so as the first three months of the year roll by, [...]