Random thoughts:
1. Someone mentioned the Alabama Shakes' Daytrotter Session yesterday. I'd like to recommend Dolfish's session from last week.
2. Not exactly sure how to describe Dolfish: Simultaneously Emotionally bare and witty, blues-and-punk tinged singer-songwriter, deep but very brief. Oh and he sounds like a woman.
3. Minute-for-minute and dollar-for-dollar, nothing has entertained me more lately than his debut EP, Your Love is Bummin' Me Out (five songs in eight minutes, absolutely free). Do yourself a little favor today and cough up your e-mail address for the download. "Dear Voicemail" is the best. (Plus, I don't think I've received a single Spammy e-mail from him.)
4. What I love is how he cuts straight to the core of his point, gets everything and then some across in one verse. His lyrics are very specific but relatable.
5. Crap, I'm doing a horrible job of explaining any of this. The title song is a bit lyrically gimmicky, but if you find the sound interesting and what like to hear something deeper from the same guy, hey: that's the other four songs on the EP!
6. Still thinking about that Haggard concert at the State...
7. Lydia Loveless! Triple Rock, July 20th! No idea if she's opening or what, it's not on the venue's calendar yet. I'll probably extend my Ha Ha Tonka offer (I'll buy your ticket or an album).
8. Speaking of... Ha Ha Tonka, Triple Rock (opening for Langhorne Slim), June 2. $12.
9. For Good Friday, here's Hilliard Ensemble takes on Arvo Pärt's musical setting of the Passion of St. John:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogkFEb7rnWk
T. I really enjoy modern classical composers' taking on canon. I like seeing how they fit the proscribed words to their modern ideas. Maybe this is why I like choral work more than Daneeka's Ghost: I'm looking for that connection to things from centuries ago. Could be why my favorite Reich piece is Tehillim (depending upon day of the week). That said, the piece I linked above, Passio is hard for me to follow.
Enough random for my brain, what does your device have?
Superdrag "Sucked Out" 4 Track Rock!!! 92-95
Hold Steady "Magazines" Stay Positive
Beta Band "Wonderful" Best of
Monk "Off Minor" Genius of Modern Music
Bright Eyes "Four Winds" Cassadaga
Miles Kurosky "Housewives and Their Knives" Notes From The Polish Underground
Sam Cooke "Touch the Hem of His Garmet" 30 Greatest
Okkervil "Unless It Kicks" Stage Names
Bowie "Panic In Detroit" Aladdin Sane
Ozma "Rocks" Rock and Roll Part III
I was worried I wouldn't get a classic rock song in there to keep up my hipster cred.
classic rock song
Superdrag counts. #IAmOld #WeAreOld
Good Friday? I almost have to lay down a list on this particular day.
01. Black Label Society - "Dead Meadow", The Blessed Hellride
02. Epica - "Martyr of the Free World", Design Your Universe
03. Amon Amarth - "Under the Northern Star", With Oden on our Side
04. Blind Guardian - "The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight", A Night at the Opera
05. King Diamond - "Midnight", The Puppet Master
06. The Misfits - "Scream", Famous Monsters
07. Testament - "Blessed in Contempt", Practice What You Preach
08. Nevermore - "Forever", Dreaming Neon Black
09. Viperine - "Obsession", The Predator Awakens
10. Death - "1,000 Eyes", Symbolic
'Zorba the Greek' - Herb Alpert Classics, Vol 1
'Hey Nineteen' - Steely Dan A Decade of Steely Dan
'Henrietta' - The Fratellis Costello Music
'45' - Elvis Costello When I Was Cruel
'Sky Pilot' - The Animals Retrospective
'Lookin Out My Back Door' - CCR Cosmos Factory
'Til the End of the Day' - The Kinks The Kink Kontroversy
'Good Girls Dont' - The Knack
'Wild Horses' - Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
'Star 69' - REM Monster
I didn't notice this earlier but real nice list DW
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1. Blueprint - "Wanna Be Like You" - Adventures in Counter Culture
2. Delphic - "Doubt" - Acolyte
3. Craig Finn - "Rented Room" - Clear Heart Full Eyes
4. Peter Bjorn & John - "Young Folks"
5. Pink Floyd - "Any Colour You Like" - Dark Side of the Moon
6. Uncle Tupelo - "No Depression" - 89/93: An Anthology
7. The Replacements - "Kids Don't Follow" - Don't You Know Who I Think I Am
8. Arctic Monkeys - "Mardy Bum" - Whatever People Say I Am, That Is What I'm Not
9. Arcade Fire - "Empty Room" - The Suburbs
10. Cake - "Bound Away" - Showroom of Compassion
B. Billy Bragg & Wilco - "Christ For President" - Mermaid Avenue
The Minneapolis Police intro on "Kids Don't Follow" was recorded at my friend Tom's studio "rent" party in the Harmony Building back in 1980. Sadly, I hadn't met him yet. Tom passed away last month from cancer. He was 57.
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01. Train in Vain - Clash - London Calling
02. Are There Any More Real Cowboys - Neil Young/Willie Nelson - Old Ways
03. So This Is Love - Dave Brubeck Quartet - Dave Digs Disney
04. Fallout! - Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn
05. El Gusto - Los Lobos - Just Another Band from East LA
06. Red, Red Wine - UB40 - Labour of Love
07. Old Devil Moon - Lena Horne - X5 Free Sampler
08. Forward March - Derrick Morgan - The Story of Jamaican Music
09. Cleaning Windows - Van Morrison - Beautiful Vision
10. This Is the One - Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Bonus Duppy Conqueror - Bob Marley
1. The Cinematic Orchestra “Flowers” Ma Fleur*
2. The Field “Leave It (Walls Remix)” Yesterday & Today Remixe
3. Frank Black “Thassalocracy” Teenager of the Year*
4. Dex Romweber Duo “Climb Down” Is That You in the Blue?*
5. Demdike Stare “Of Decay And Shadows” Tryptych (III: Voices of Death)
6. Ice Cube “Integration (Insert)” The Predator
7. Poe “Hello” Hello
8. Lana Del Rey “Video Games” Born to Die
9. Young Man “Five” Boy
T. Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Worried, Unhappy, Lonesome And Sorry (Bonus Track)” Someday We'll Look Back
E. Dolfish “I'm Proud of You Joanna”* Daytrotter Session 3/30/2012
*Notes:
1. Japan-only Bonus Track
3. I have nothing from the Pixies but regularly listen to TotY and the Breeders' first two LPs. I'm weird, right?
4. I so loved so many of the albums that Bloodshot released last year (and the year before and the year before...) that I thought I should check some of the releases I hadn't.
6. Back when "skits" were actually still good pieces of music. This track is clips Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, and Phil Donahue over a beat. (I never thought to look up who these people were before this morning.)
E. OK, here are the entire lyrics:
So much wonderful there, I just love that rhyme sequence. It seems plain and simple but it's got so much more there, and there's nothing unnecessary: reminds me of what I like about Robert Frost. And the sudden ending is something I've loved about Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Also, when I first heard this, I thought he was Joanna, giving herself a pep-talk. (Again, he sounds like a woman. Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
1. Superhumans -- Flaming Lips
2. Pretty Girl -- Fred Eaglesmith
3. C'mere -- Interpol
4. Ever Fallen In Love? -- The Buzzcocks
5. Blowin' in the Wind -- Bob Dylan
6. I'll be your Mirror -- Velvet Underground
7. Away with Murder -- Camera Obscura
8. Girlfriend -- The Suburbs
9. Unfaithful -- The Wedding Present
10. Sprawl (Flatland) -- Arcade Fire
Bonus: Summersong -- The Decemberists
Also it got buried under a bunch of cool baseball stuff yesterday but don't miss my review of Gang of Four's Entertainment! from yesterday.
Instead of listening to my random 10, I piped the Hilliard Ensemble through the old headphones at my desk. Breathtaking. Nice selection AMR. No iPod today – from my Pandora account:
1. Grown Ocean Fleet Foxes
2. Going To Kansas City Jay McShann & Al Casey
3. The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Billy Eckstine
4. Sound Check (Gravity) Gorillaz
5. Sick Rhymes (Instrumental) The White Shadow
6. Love Is Here To Stay Bill Evans
7. The Sound Of Settling Death Cab For Cutie
8. O Green World Gorillaz
9. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) The Beatles
10. That's All (live) Joe Williams
B. Lorelai Fleet Foxes
Also Tool 11!!!!1!!1 and DMB will headline the River's Edge Music Festival, a new outdoor music event planned for June 23-24 on Harriet Island in downtown St. Paul. Spendy tickets ($99) but could be worth it. Also performing: The Flaming Lips…and some others.
Tool and Puscifer! but A Perfect Circle isn't on the bill... yet.
"The Piano Has Been Drinking" - Tom Waits - Small Change
"Travelin' Man" - Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man
"Cruel To Be Kind" - Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust
"Walking After Midnight" - Patsy Cline - Patsy Cline
"Satellite" - Dave Matthew's Band - Remember Two Things
"Collect Call" - Metric - Fantasies*
"Breakin' Up" - Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
"Waving Flags" - British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?"
"Multi-Family Garage Sale" - Land of the Loops - Bundle Of Joy
"Violet" - Jeremy Messersmith - The Reluctant Graveyard
Bonus: "I Will Buy You A New Life" - Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow
If last week was good, this week is pretty much a perfect representation of my rarely-skipped songs listening. Just a nice random selection. Very happy with it.
*I freaking love this song.
Numbers 1, 3, and 4 are excellent. Then it's all blown away by the Dave Mathews Band. The horror.
http://www.philosofickle.com/2006/01/after-6-years.html
I used to loathe Dave Matthews Band. Now, if they're in light rotation (and I possess like 3 or 4 songs at most, so out of thousands, they come up rarely) I don't hate them.
Yes. Great song.
I would definitely do Langhorne Slim and HaHaTonka in June.
I'll talk to ya at the game in two weeks.
Sounds good.
seems the best place to put this:
R.I.P. Amplifier Pioneer Jim Marshall
Free At Last - Antony & The Johnsons - I am A Bird Now
Distance Equals Rate Times Time - Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
Say No To Love - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love
Other People's Lives - Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out Of Something
Banner Year - Houston - Overhead
Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys - The Sounds Of Science*
Lover's Rock - The Clash - London Calling
Pennyroyal Tea - Nirvana - In Utero
New Dawn Coming - Cowboy Junkies - Miles From Our Home
Citrus - The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls
b. The Old Days - Dr. Dog - Fate
*I got arrested at the Mardi Gras for jumping on a float. I can't wait to move to New Orleans.
b. The Old Days - Dr. Dog - Fate
boop bop beep boop beep boop bop boop, boop bop beep boop beep boop bop boop, boop bop beep boop beep boop bop boop
also, meat, i've always felt i have a lot of overlap with your tastes, so (pretty much based on name alone), i sampled a bit of the pains of being pure at heart. the press seems to think they're indie darlings, though at first glance (and first album only), it sounds like a poor man's (or rich man's polished) jesus and mary chain. does it get better?
(+1 more parenthesized fragment)
Willie Nelson covers Pearl Jam's Just Breathe.
That Dolfish download is an 8 minute EP? Not what I expected. I like it more than I thought I would. I definitely wish there was more of it.
Better late than never random 10.
* Down - Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4
* Vade Mecum - The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
* Requiem for the Static King Part 1 - A Winged Victory for the Sullen - (self-titled)
* Consoler of the Lonely - The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
* Going to California - Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won
* Just Like You Imagined - Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
* The Dope Show - Marilyn Manson - Lest We Forget (The Best Of)
* Picture Shows - Giant Sand - Long Stem Rant
* Hypomania - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack
* ATWA - System of a Down - Toxicity
Yep, 8 minutes, 5 songs, and they're not like breakneck punk or anything.
He's got a longer song ("Grownups") on the Daytrotter session.
I wonder how long his concerts are.