.I've been out of the loop for the last week... I should have been posting on my fantastic Secret Santa gift from Jenny ( www.mog.com/jenny ) (sorry about that!)... This post should put that right...For those that don't know her, Jenny is a music writer based in Philly. ...and not only does she have excellent taste, but she did her homework and checked out the kind of stuff that I listen to... ...
This weekend, the editors at Dusted asked a bunch of us to contribute a paragraph on our favorite records of the year so far. The feature, which went up today, has entries for records you'll probably have heard of (Panda Bear, Devin the Dude), and others that will most likely be new to you. But don't be scared. It's just music, really, and these guys have excellent, if somewhat off-the-beate...
Michael just posted about The Far Now, David Kilgour's latest album, and I told him it was my favorite for the year so far. It's a wonderful album, inexplicably passed over...I know everybody's into Arcade Fire and all, but come on, make some time for this. Here's my review, which ran in PopMatters in mid-January:David KilgourThe Far Now(Merge)US release date: 23 January 2007UK release date:...
David Kilgour, onetime leader of the New Zealand rock band, The Clean, has a new solo album, his sixth, The Far Now, and you can stream the whole thing right now at the Merge Records site. And if you like great pop rock in the Dylan meets The Beatles tradition, check it out.http://www.mergerecords.com/index.phpKilgour and his band begin a U.S. tour April 5.David Kilgour Tour DatesApril 5th; New...
... and he has a new album out. There, I've said it. It's as wonderful as always and you should all go and get it. It's out on Merge Records. Mr. Kilgour is one of the greats of the New Zealand/Flying Nun label music scene and used to be in the totally legendary band The Clean. Hamish Kilgour, his brother and bandmate in The Clean, once came to one of our New York shows a couple of years ago an...
I had to do best-of lists for PopMatters this week, and I don't have anything else to put up at the moment, so I thought I'd throw it out there. My list has changed a little bit since I submitted it to Harp a month or so ago...it would probably change a little bit every time I looked at it. I've never been very good at setting my preferences in stone. I guess I'd better not run for president...
.I've been out of the loop for the last week... I should have been posting on my fantastic Secret Santa gift from Jenny ( www.mog.com/jenny ) (sorry about that!)... This post should put that right...For those that don't know her, Jenny is a music writer based in Philly. ...and not only does she have excellent taste, but she did her homework and checked out the kind of stuff that I listen to... ...
Michael just posted about The Far Now, David Kilgour's latest album, and I told him it was my favorite for the year so far. It's a wonderful album, inexplicably passed over...I know everybody's into Arcade Fire and all, but come on, make some time for this. Here's my review, which ran in PopMatters in mid-January:David KilgourThe Far Now(Merge)US release date: 23 January 2007UK release date:...
This weekend, the editors at Dusted asked a bunch of us to contribute a paragraph on our favorite records of the year so far. The feature, which went up today, has entries for records you'll probably have heard of (Panda Bear, Devin the Dude), and others that will most likely be new to you. But don't be scared. It's just music, really, and these guys have excellent, if somewhat off-the-beate...
David Kilgour, onetime leader of the New Zealand rock band, The Clean, has a new solo album, his sixth, The Far Now, and you can stream the whole thing right now at the Merge Records site. And if you like great pop rock in the Dylan meets The Beatles tradition, check it out.http://www.mergerecords.com/index.phpKilgour and his band begin a U.S. tour April 5.David Kilgour Tour DatesApril 5th; New...