I have to tell you, for my money, it doesn’t get much better than Tom Petty’s 1985 song “Don’t Come Around Here No More” from the album Southern Accents. The song came from Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics. According to this website, he mentions in his book and in an interview he did with Howard Stern, that this song was inspired by Stevie Nicks, who had recently had a breakup with Joe Walsh. Dur
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Songkick – Where Have You Been All My Life?
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My Current Obsession: Bear In Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool
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I have a lot to write about. Today I just bought – yes bought – two great albums: the Alabama Shakes debut, and Bear In Heaven’s third LP, I Love You, It’s Cool. While I was initially more excited to grab Alabama Shakes, after listening to both records, I became completely consumed by this Bear In Heaven record. I keep playing it over and over again. Always a good sign. Based upon the so-so
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My Current Obsession – Father John Misty
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One of my absolute favorites, J. Tillman, has announced he is leaving the band Fleet Foxes. While on one hand, this could have potentially really bummed me out, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I’ve always loved his solo work – quiet, beautiful acoustic songs. He has a new project Father John Misty, who will be releasing their LP on May 1 2012.I had the pleasure of sharing a beer with J
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My Current Obsession – School Of Seven Bells – The Night
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Came across this new track from School of Seven Bells the other day. It looks to be the first single from their forthcoming LP Ghostory, which is set to be released Feb 28 2012 (I refuse to use the term “drops”).Just the right mix of 80s pop/new wave and shimmery synths – think Cocteau Twins meets Inxs. Looking forward to the full album if this single is at all reflective of their work. I had t
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Lost Classics – Eat A Peach
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“I ain’t wasting time no more – because time goes by like hurricanes, and faster things” – it’s damn near time I saw the Allman Brothers. I’ve passed up probably 20+ opportunities in my 32 years to see the Allman Brothers, but, unbelievably, I never actually have seen them live. My friends in high school all went to a number of Allman concerts, but at the time I was too busy listening to Dr. Dre
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Lost Classics: Beggar’s Banquet – Well OK, Not Exactly a “Lost” Classic
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Talk about bending the rules – not only is Beggar’s Banquet FAR from a lost classic, it’s also being blogged about by an author who wasn’t alive when it was released. I’m completely unqualified to write this post, other than the fact that I’m a huge Stones fan. I’m hoping by me writing this instead of John, it may inspire him to awaken from his blog posting slumber. With a gun to my head, I woul
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The Giant Panther’s Top 20 Albums of 2010
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Editors Note:Yes, I realize how ridiculous it is to post a Best Albums of 2010 writeup in October of 2011. I thought I had finished this long ago, but turns out it was sitting in my draft queue gathering dust. Any other post I would have thrown away, but I love to look back years from now on how silly my taste was at the time. So here it is in all its glory.Happy New Year ...
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It Came From The Campfire: My Favorite Party Game
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We threw a small end of summer bbq that went long into the night. The last few stragglers that remained into the twilight all gathered around the firepit with a drink, and we started playing my favorite game, one that I love to think I invented. It’s basically giving everybody a chance to be the DJ for a song, a mix between a jukebox, and that game where you start telling a story and then the ne
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Album Review: James Blake
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I’ve been putting off reviews of two of my most loved albums of 2011 for two long now. Given both these artists recently collaborated on a track together, I figured it was good timing to finally dust off this review. The two artists in question are non other than Bon Iver and James Blake. Judging by playcount, these have been my two most listened to new releases of 2011 so far. They recently c
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The Giant Panther Ponders Foul Weather
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As a New Englander, we get a bit jaded around here. I find it really hard to take overblown (get it?) prognostications of foul weather very seriously. I distinctly remember one time it cost me dearly though. I was working in Framingham, MA and there was a big snowstorm in the offing. Why I went to the office that day I’ll never know, but I think I was scheduled to have lunch with a friend of m
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Album Review: Gil-Scott Heron/Jamie XX – We’re New Here
I came across a track from this new 2011 LP on a MOG mix done by David Byrne, which was quite eclectic and enjoyable.
Album Rievew: Washed Out – Within Without – TGP’s Album Of The Year Decided Already?
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I fell in love with Washed Out the minute it hit my ears in what seems like forever ago, but was only back in 2009, when Earnest Greene aka Washed Out released his first EP. He hasn’t made a bad song since as they have slowly leaked over the last year or so, and now
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My Insipid Record Collection – The Kills
These days I listen mostly to Seattle’s fabulous radio station KEXP and if you are endlessly curious about music like I am, you run into absolute gems on this listener powered commercial free slice of musical heaven. It’s what radio should sound like. Their main DJs; John Richards, Cheryl Waters and Kevin Cole respectively, are what DJs should sound like. Sharp, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, und
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My Insipid Record Collection – Paul McCartney
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A Living Legend. A National Treasure (who cares what Nation?). A Game Changer. There is nothing this humble blogger could write that hasn’t already been written, but that’s never stopped me before has it? I don’t know if the folks who asked me to help promote a contest they are running for graphic artists around the world are going to see these records the way I see them, but this isn’t pay f
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My Insipid Record Collection – Some Summer Thoughts
Summer, Summer, Summer…it turns me upside down. Well, not really. I live in the Northeast, as I’ve said in the past, because I’m not that big on the heat. A lot of folks love the summer weather. Heck, half of them don’t even need air conditioning. That’s definitely not me. I don’t mind a good dip in the ocean, but I’m not going to work that hard to make that happen anymore. Something abou
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