Scene: Bunch of folks sitting around, “The Rake’s Song” by The Decemberists playing in the background. I profess my love for the song.
GIRL: I think it’s disturbing that you, as a father, love that song so much.
ME: I think it’s distubing you can’t tell good writing when you hear it.
Here’s the Saturday Night Live performance which banned Elvis Costello from the show for twelve years, all because he changed his mind live from doing “Less Than Zero” to do “Zero Zero.”
Seeing as my musical culture developped in the 90’s, I feel inclined to post “I Want You To Know“, the brand new tune by the recently reformed Dinosaur Jr. J. Mascis never looked so pale yet sounds just as awesome.
One of my favourite native Canuck bands is The Great Bloomers. And it is wonderful that they are following up on their wonderful 2007 EP with their first full-length entitled Speak Of Trouble, upon which the driving “The Young Ones Slept” can be found.
Hot diggity new Sonic Youth named “Sacred Trickster” from their new album coming out in June. Is it me, or does it feel just perfectly refreshing? Remind me to tell you about the time Thruston Moore shook my hand and told me it was soft.
Here’s a lovely song entitled “False Alarm” by The Wooden Birds, set in this afternoon to help you relax with its acoustic smoothness and soft harmonies.
When the first few bars of ”I Must Be Dreaming” by The Monolators started, I didn’t really think much of it, but I’m glad I stuck to it, because what starts off as a low-fi affair, turns into a sweeping, energetic, awesomely arranged garage-ish anthem.
Get ready for the awesomest waste of your time ever: Tone Matrix is a sound sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16step sequencer. Basically, you light up squares, and it performs your music. It is remarkable. (Via The Presurfer)
Hearing a name like Headless Heroes could easily refer to the god-awful state of the current NBC superhero show, but in this case it is attributed to the wonderous musicians of the dreamy and bittersweet “True Love Will Find You In The End“, upon which psych folk figurehead Alela Diane sings.
Here now is a 1 minute 59 second Crystal Stilts song entitled “Love Is A Wave” which is undoutebly the most upbeat thing they’ve ever done, despite managing to hang onto their mysertiousness and sinewing twangs.
Swedish indie-pop label extraordinare Labrador has released its annual Spring music sample. Twenty tracks of excellent Labrador bands await you totally free, via legal torrent on The Pirate Bay.
Yeah, I’m predictable to the bone: the initial glimmering notes from Daestro’s space pop gleamer “Parallelogram” had me hooked instantly. But trust me, there’s a bouncy charm to it which makes the song completely enchanting, regardless of whether you’re a sucker for this kind of music or not.
Wow, the last time I fell so quickly in love, I ended up spending thirteen years of my life with her and having two kids. I can only hope my relationship with “Gas The Nutsy” by Pele will be as satisfying.
“Young Adult Friction” is a completely unboring pop song from the equally unboring The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, exuberant and unamnnered, and as valuable a pop song as you’re bound to get.
Honey Claws channel Peter Gabriel alongside some of the synthiest synths possible with “Pemporer“, an unexpectedly compelling song with a true earwormy chorus.
Ah, Superchunk, how you maintained such intensity and loudness throughout all these twenty years is an inspiration to all of rock’s lower life forms. May they listen to “Misfits & Mistakes” and quiver, jelly-like.
Hüsker Dü, Sugar, or just plain old Bob Mould, it doesn’t matter, I’ve always been a fan. There is something uncharacteristically chipper about his new ”City Lights (Days Go By)” track; even his poppiest moments with Sugar retained a certain darkness to them. Try something new?
Did you know that Peter Bjorn & John’s new album is out? There’s this “Nothing To Worry About” song doing the rounds. It’s much more of a foot-stomper than you’d expect. Neat.
Black Eyed Dog seems to channel Brad Roberts at times to bring a certain broken warmth to his beautiful piano ballad entitled “Salinas“. Gorgeous.
Maybe it’s the glimmering vibraphone or the celestial vocals or the elevating harmonies which shimmer alongside the jaunty drums, but “Cherry Tulips” by Headlights has an undeniable catchiness which later translates into unconscious whistling.
