The Walkmen – Seven Years of Holidays – You and Me (2008)
Category Archives: Music
CD Review: Skin and Bones
Band: Flashy Python (Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
Release: 2009
1. “Let Us Hallucinate Together” – 9.2
2. “The Lady Is A Ghost” – 9.7
3. “Ichiban Blues” – 9.2
4. “Skin and Bones” – 9.4
5. “Obscene Queen Bee” – 9.8
6. “In the Darkness” – 9.6
7. “Cattle’s New Clothes” – 9.1
8. “Avalon’s Snake Breath” – 10.0
Comment: If anything can be said about Alec Ounsworth it’s that there is really no limit to what he can produce. His voice can work wonders on just about any song. The album is filled with what I would like to call psychedelic folk…it’s more intricate than what we know as folk and it’s faster and deeper than pure modern neo-psychedelia.
Final Grade: 9.5 out of 10
Song of the Day!
Weezer- Suzanne (1994)
Chris
Vintage Black Lips
November 8, 2002 with the late Ben Eberbaugh
That’s not at all:
Black Lips – Halloween 2002 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d3bpnTF9Kk
The Spooks – Halloween 2002 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5TJAv5RqLI
King Khan & BBQ Come To Mid-East Downstairs!
Ohhhh snap! Invisible Girl tour!
10-17 Portland, OR – Vice Garage Festival
10-28 Northampton, MA – Pearl Street Nightclub
10-29 Cambridge, MA – Middle East Downstairs
10-30 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
10-31 Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House
11-01 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
11-02 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
11-04 Atlanta, GA – Lennys
11-05 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree
11-08 Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
11-10 Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone Cafe
11-11 Nashville, TN – Exit In
11-12 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
11-13 Lawrence, KS – The Jackpot Saloon
11-14 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
11-16 Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room
11-17 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
11-18 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
11-20 Portland, OR – Dantes
11-21 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
11-23 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Red Room
11-25 Calgary, Alberta – The Warehouse
11-26 Edmonton, Alberta – Pawn Shop
11-27 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Amigos
11-28 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Royal Albert Arms
11-29 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
12-01 Milwaukee, WI – Mad Planet
12-02 Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium
12-03 Cincinnati, OH – Northside Tavern
12-04 Toronto, Ontario – Lees Palace
12-05 Ottawa, Ontario – Babylon
Unfortunately an Almighty Defenders show is not possible. The Black Lips will be in Nashville playing at the Mercy Lounge on October 29. Poor timing, but I wouldn’t rule out an early 2010 Almighty Defenders gig. I’m pumped!
New Editors Track On BBC Radio
Editors Facebook:
Zane Lowe will be playing Editors’ new single, ‘Papillon’ on his show tonight (Monday, 24th August), which starts at 7.00pm. He will also be speaking to Tom about the new record. Make sure you let Zane know what you think about ‘Papillon’ by texting in on 81199!
I, for one, am really digging this very danceable, very ’80s post-punk…sort of like a more advanced versions of Handsome Furs’ Face Control:
Old Classics of the Week: Letters (A + F)
Animal Collective – Feels (2005)
1. Grass
2. The Purple Bottle
3. Did You See The Words?
Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
1. Rebellion (Lies)
2. Neighborhood Tunnel #1 (Tunnels)
3. Headlights Look Like Diamonds
Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
1. Fluorescent Adolescent
2. Brianstorm
3. Old Yellow Bricks
(Heavy) Songs of the Week!!!
Melvins- Honey Bucket (1993)
Primus- Too Many Puppies (1990)
Sepultura- Refuse/Resist (1993)
MDC- Chicken Hawk (1984)
Chris
Upcoming Album Releases/Reviews
Look for these albums to be reviewed on here in the coming months:
Band – Title – Release
The Thermals – Now We Can See – April 7, 2009
Sufjan Stevens – Rub Rabbit Run – October 6, 2009
Julian Casablancas – Phrazes for the Young – September 2009
Stellastarr – Civilized – July 7, 2009
The Raveonettes – In and Out of Control – October 6, 2009
Cotton Jones – Paranoid Cocoon – January 27, 2009
Muse – The Resistance – September 14, 2009
Mission of Burma – The Sound, The Speed, The Light – October 6, 2009
Lupe Fiasco – Lasers – December 2009
King Khan & BBQ Show – Invisible Girl – November 2009
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum – June 6, 2009
The Horrors – Primary Colours – May 4, 2009
Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand – January 26, 2009
Editors – In This Light and On This Evening – October 12, 2009
Regina Spektor – Far – June 23, 2009
Devendra Banhart – What Will We Be – October 2009
Alec Ounsworth – Mo Beauty – October 20, 2009
Almighty Defenders – Almighty Defenders – November 2009
CD Review: Lessons in the Woods or a City
Band: Talbot Tagora
Label: Hardly Art
Release: 2009
1. “Mixed Signals Through Miles of Pilgrimage” – 9.2
2. “Ichthus Hop” – 9.0
3. “Bounty Hunter” – 8.7
4. “Solar Puppets” – 8.9
5. “Hunger Strike” – 8.7
6. “Black Ice” – 8.2
7. “Mouth Rainboy” – 9.1
8. “Hidden Note” – 9.0
9. “Hairspray” – 8.8
10. “Johnny Lazor” – 8.6
11. “Replacing the Northwest” – 8.7
12. “Perception Stick” – 9.0
13. “Belt of Cancer” – 8.4
14. “Ephemeral Summer” – 8.9
Comments: You’re going be like “whoa this is Wavves” (or better yet an incredibly unpolished No Age influenced trio) while listening. There’s really nothing revolutionary going on on this album besides a lot of experimenting with guitars and drum beats that scream, intentionally or otherwise, lo-fi surf-punk. Somewhere and somehow, at least on some of the songs, sense can be made. Noise rock making sense! That’s the No Age comparison. Most of the tracks don’t have an overly catchy flair — they are more like sophisticated jams. So say, for instance, you went to a Talbot Tagora concert for the first time without ever listening to them before. You’re going to have a good time rocking out. And if you have listened to them before, you are going to have a bitch of a time deciphering songs. Admittedly I got a little bored with this after a while. I kind of just wanted to change it up and get my noise fix from the Losing Feeling EP…or the Talking Heads (alphabetically next on my playlist).
Grade: 8.3 (I haven’t done this yet, but I have to take off .5 points because it lacks originality to a sad point.)
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 