“Champion. I’m home. What’s cooking?”
“Egg sandwiches. Oh, and bacon, too.”
Okay, please hurry, it’s almost time for the Jay Reatard show.
It’s 7 AM in the fucking morning. Why is the show so early? It’s because the man is a provacateur. He took an ordinary task and decided to multiply that by at least twenty eight. His ability to merely craft a song so infectious and rebellious and unconforming to typical standards. That’s why. He was a living legend. Right a long with the likes of the man himself, Robert Marley. Do you hear those train keys? He said “just gotta push on through” while at the time the lightest, most graceful of keys kicked in. The duration is short, but the fact that everything is going to be all right is the real indication. Anyway, brush your teeth we’re heading out the door soon.
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Interview W/ Ty Segall, The Next Jay Reatard
It’s an honor to be called that says Ty. I’ve been listening to him a lot lately and he really does have the songwriting/production chops to be mentioned along the lines of Reatard. Ty’s music is much more fuzzy than Jay’s was, but the similarity is in their ability to craft an addicting pop tune. I wouldn’t be surprised if within a year or two, Ty and his band surpass the threshold of popularity that Jay was able to attain in his short solo career.
Here’s the interview which was conducted by the Dallas Observer: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2011/02/qa_ty_segall_talks_his_favorit.php
Here’s a recent video of Ty Segall at a protest of KUSF:
New Gangbang Gordon EP: Lean Front
G Gangbang Gordon is on a mission to release 75 tracks in 2011. He’d also like to go into a studio so that his listening audience will better be able to realize his talents. You see, he has a lot of ideas, but the limits of home recording and computer room trickery have really held back Gordon. He hopes to play a few local shows in the coming months. He has some top secret ideas up his sleeve pertaining to his live show. Y’all will have to wait and see. Here is Lean Front, his first EP of many in 2011. “Neptune” is a twangy solo-guitar son of a gun about going to the planet without your jacket. “Red Syrup” is Gordon’s most expansive effort to date, playing up his Jay Reatard influence and incorporating a range of instruments. “The Earth Is Flat” is an 8 minute trip down random lane. If you have the patience, there are many a surprise embedded in the tune. “Freebase Crack” featuring the likes of a spoon as percussion and looped whistling is about a young drug dealer of the awfully redundant freebase crack.
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard (Trailer)
Panda Bear – “Bros”
The verdict has not been reached on whether Tomboy will top Person Pitch, but that Person Pitch album is a keeper. From the Tomboy singles, it’s not looking as though that LP will be as awesome, but it’s hard to gauge that kind of thing from a mere three singles. Anyway, here’s “Bros” (off of Person Pitch):
Thee King of Limbs = Radiohead New Album
Cover art and release dates for an LP typically are announced a good two or three months before one can hear the damn thing so finding out about an (extremely popular band) album’s release five days before the actual day itself is pretty much unheard of. Radiohead has done some pretty unheard of things in the past and so here it is, their newest album coming in digital form on Saturday, February 19.
SOTD: Ty Segall – “The Drag”
Before KLYAM becomes “that site” with six straight days of Ty Segall vids featuring beautiful women…let’s get this one out o the way.
SOTD: Ty Segall – “Girlfriend”
Back In Time: Angry Angles On WFMU
Jay Reatard, Alix Brown, and Ryan Rousseau play a set on WFMU back in 2006 on WFMU. Included in the set is “Blood Visions” and “Nightmares,” both of which were kept around as Jay Reatard solo songs on Blood Visions.
CD Review: Smoke Ring For My Halo [2011]
Band: Kurt Vile
Release: 3/2011
Label: Matador
1. “Baby’s Arms” – A-
2. “Jesus Fever” – A-
3. “Puppet to the Man” – B
4. “On Tour” – B-
5. “Society Is My Friend” – B
6. “Runner Ups” – C+
7. “In My Time” – B+
8. “Peeping Tomboy” – B-
9. “Smoke Ring For My Halo” – B-
10. “Ghost Town” – B
Comments: Vile’s live show (with the Violators) has always been one of noise and layer. On record, however, the childish prodigy has excelled at displaying a softer side that, while layered in realms of noise, is more delicately catchy and intriguing than the in-person experience. Following the KISS [Keep it simple, stupid…not the band] principle that I’ve always been fond of as a fan of music, Vile can really do a lot with a little. Unfortunately, this record is a continuation of a trend I’ve noticed in Vile’s music over the years: lack of differentiation. I don’t really blame him, but just about every song flows and sounds quite similar to the previous/next one. “In My Time,” which was first released as the title track of his 2010 EP of the same name, belongs in the category of Vile’s stronger set of songs. It features a prominent electric guitar and more memorable melody. In the end, this album don’t impress-uh-me much (to quote Shania Twain), but there definitely are some good listens to be enjoyed in the sea of repetition.
Grade: B (84)
