(via Lefsetz) I wouldn’t even be surprised if this song exists in a dozen other lower profile places — it’s got the kind of tune that any decent melodist has probably whistled, at least, but maybe didn’t quite like any of the structures that fit around it, or maybe they didn’t think it was outstanding or original enough. And the [...]
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I know it’s kind of ridiculous to suggest Kanye West is underrated – considering all the coverage he gets (and he certainly doesn’t underrate himself). But maybe because of all that coverage I’ve been backing off, assuming he must be overrated. I’ve been mulling these thoughts as I listen to this song over and over. I gotta admit [...]
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I flipped to the American Music Awards a few times last night. Things in the music industry are even worse than I thought — I mean, good (I suppose) for mainstream FM radio programming but bad for people like me who like to be at least a little bit surprised and challenged. Seems like everybody’s getting too [...]
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Via Fader, … And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead are back with a new EP, Festival Thyme. The song “Bells of Creation” is available as a free download for a few days here. The folks at The Fader note that Trail of Dead have been ”responsible for many, many drunken air drum sessions.” [...]
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Lately I’ve felt a recurring, physical, visceral need to wail on a guitar. I’ve been diddling around on an acoustic for six years and donkin’ on a bass for eleven, but that hasn’t been nearly enough. The type of person who subscribes to Guitar World will hold me in contempt for this, but I don’t [...]
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I was just out walking around on the snowy and limb-strewn streets of London (trying to find season 2 of The Wire by the way – y’all gotta return that, for real), listening to music, when I suddenly had the urge to listen to The Police. It’s funny that the aftermath of intense winter weather puts me in [...]
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The title promises more than the track delivers. The beat’s too big to be electronic — it’s like an adrenalized Bobby Digital. Music that thick doesn’t sound right to me unless there’s a sense of real muscle going into it. And there’s no thirst in the vocals. I loved Mos Def, the fighter for consciousness in hip hop; Mos Def [...]
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Miles Remixed by the Apple Juice Kid, also featuring some real players and vocalists. Available for free download. Hats off to Okayplayer and Illroots. I can’t help wondering what Miles would’ve thought (and done) ProTools…
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I don’t know if people see music videos anymore — I sure don’t but I intend to make an effort to find good new ones more often – so here’s a cool video for Radiohead’s “Reckoner.” Thom explains on Radiohead’s blog it’s “the result of somebody entering a competition to make an animation to one of the tunes on IN RAINbows.”
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There could be no higher praise for a band than to say they’ve revitalized my love of rock & roll, which is exactly what My Morning Jacket did. I don’t even normally like the term ‘rock & roll’ for chrissakes, but here I am using it thanks to their show Saturday night in Detroit: I went and [...]
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