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it's valentine's day, and im catatonic

Wade — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:32:31 GMT

a downbeat assessment from Palace Music. happy valentine's day to all y'all

Nervous Breakdown (Whiskeytown cover)

Wade — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:33:24 GMT

Must be the only recorded version of a Gregg Ginn song with fiddles. This Black Flag cover was a good choice by Ryan et al. on this excellent early Whiskeytown disc. Happy Monday everyone.

Husker du: Eight miles high (cover)

Wade — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:41:48 GMT

check out the energy on this early Husker Du cover of the Byrds song. Bob Mould adds a shredding guitar and visceral emotion

Oops! I did it again (Richard Thompson cover)

Wade — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:48:12 GMT

Britney's had a rough go of it lately. But it takes Richard Thompson to bring out the soul and emotion in this song. I heard him play this in the studio on NPR's fresh air prgram with Teri Gross, it was hilarious and amazing.

Where's the love for John Vanderslice?

Wade — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:02:03 GMT

This dude is way under appreciated. Sounds like a really nice show he just put on down the road at Duke.

http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A161000 Fans wiped sweat from brows and Vanderslice's shirt was soaked just two songs into his set, but the heat didn't disturb his charm at all. Jovial as ever, Vanderslice led fans (including his mother, plus Dan Bryk, David Karsten Daniels and The Rosebuds) through a career-spanning set, building energy as the audience chanted along to the lyrics of "Sara Shu" mid-show. The evening climaxed in a sing-along with Vanderslice strumming his acoustic in the crowd's center. Closer "Dream Alive" was sincere and soulful, but the audience left sweaty and with stars in their eyes. —Kathy Justice

Sonic Youth partners with Starbucks

Wade — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:34:46 GMT

Thurston can make all the excuses he wants. This is lame, lame, lame. Hipster celebrities like Dave Eggers will be chosing their "favorite" Sonic Youth song for the compilation. What's next, duets with Paul McCartney?

It would be pretty cool if they could get Starbuck's to play confusion is sex though. That album is positively disturbing (and great). It might make people might spit out their non-fat soy mochas.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/09/23/modern_punk/

Bands named after Belle and Sebastian Songs

Wade — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:03:32 GMT

Well there are apparently least two: Dylan in the Movies, and Stars of Track and Field. And as a rule I generally don't give bands with names taken from songs of other bands much of a chance. But, I caught the Stars of Track and Field on the KCRW morning becomes eclectic podcast, and saw them on a DirectTV concert series and was intrigued. Now just picked up the $5.99 album on iTunes and am really enjoying it.

Sky Blue Sky

Wade — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:13:57 GMT

I was really prepared not to like this latest release from Wilco. But after finally picking it up and numerous hard listens while stuck for hours on I-95 over the week of the 4th, I gotta say: this is a very decent and challenging album. Maybe not their best, but quite good and more importantly, different and interesting. Kudos to Tweedy et al. for confounding critics and fans alike once again.

Memories Can't Wait

Wade — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:28:31 GMT

For those of you who remember the Talking Heads as just the goofy David Byrne in too big suits, here is something from their pre-Stop Making Sense Days days which may make you reconsider them and their relevance. This is from their 1979 great album, Fear of Music. With heavy, trippy and drug induced songs, Fear of Music is in my opinion, their best and most under-rated album

An unguarded moment

Wade — Sun, 27 May 2007 15:28:00 GMT

The Church were way ahead of their time, although they have lost me at times along the way with their prog rock explorations this is classic power pop that still sounds great.

There ain't shit on TV tonight (RIP D Boon)

Wade — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:49:38 GMT

Thanks to Michael Goldberg for noting here the day of D Boon's passing. The Minutemen were one of my first obsessions, and early on distanced themselves from the rest of the LA punk scene by pushing the envelope lyrically and especially musically. Double Nickles on the Dime is an essential album. I have no doubt that if D Boon were alive today he would still be making vital and challenging music. Choosing a song is hard, but I like this one, it has a spoken word quality to it. I think the lyrics are very cool:

"How can I? Make an outline of myself?"

"How do others see me? I'm worried"

"The media ...robs and betrays us..no more lies"

"We are responsible"

how about some blues explosion?

Wade — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:45:29 GMT

here's something to wake you up. man I loved these guys.

Smells like..MLB 2K7!

Wade — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:51:37 GMT

I kept hearing this and thought, no it couldn't be, must be a knockoff. But I just heard it again and checked up on it, it's true:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/41345

I know that selling songs for commercials is not a big deal anymore, but but but...Kurt hated sports! Well, Courtney has to pay for rehab, legal bills and what not.

Richard Thompson shows us how it's done

Wade — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:33:38 GMT

here's another song for guitar lovers:

My favorite built to spill song

Wade — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:05:35 GMT

This song pretty much has everything that I love about this band, great guitar, cool lyrics and off-kilter melodies. Enjoy!

Ten worst reviewed albums since 2000

Wade — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:44:25 GMT

I always get a kick out seeing who as made the all-time (since 2000) worst reviewed albums on metacritic Looks like Kevin Federline has edged out Bloodhound gang and Limp Bizkit. For the complete list check out: http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/

Bottom 100 Scores: The Worst-Reviewed Albums 1 Playing With Fire by Kevin Federline 2006 15 2 Hefty Fine by Bloodhound Gang 2005 28 3 Results May Vary by Limp Bizkit 2003 33 4 Testify by Phil Collins 2002 34 5 One by Dirty Vegas 2004 35 6 Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure by Juliana Hatfield 2000 35 7 Life On Display by Puddle Of Mudd 2003 37 8 (One) by The Panic Channel 2006 39 9 Jagged Little Pill Acoustic by Alanis Morissette 2005 40 10 Liz Phair by Liz Phair 2003 4