I'm off to Glenwood for Waterama weekend.
Ten Random music thoughts.
1. I finally got myself a new computer. So I can add and remove tracks from my iPod!
2. It had been more than two months. I can't believe I hadn't more cold sweats.
3. First things added? Lydia Loveless bootlegs (recorded by me).
4. So I've been able to listen to her new songs. I've counted four.
5. Plus, she's got a few good covers in her sets. Elvis Costello's "Allison", Conway Twitty's "Wedding Bells", and Gin Blossoms' "Hey Jealousy" (though my recorder failed me before that).
6. I don't know what I did to my recorder, but I missed recording her entire solo acoustic encore. She played "Things I Do"!
7. I go on a two-week Lydia Lull and then in concert I'm all excited about her stuff again.
8. Her set last Saturday night didn't start until 12:20 or so. I know they may do things like that in big cities on the coasts, but that's un-Minnesotan!
9. That's now her fourth show in town in 8 months. So by my calculations, she should be back in town in October and again in January.
T. I know I wrote up Lana Del Rey's first singles last year. I still like them. Her album impressed me less, but it's still good. But this cover of "Video Games" is weird. I think Boy George's vocals in it are great, with a touch of grit and rasp that makes me want to re-listen, but I really don't feel that there's a connection with the material, or something. Now maybe Lana can cover "Karma Chameleon".
B. Is there a chance that Boy George has been releasing good music lately, and I just can't be bothered to find out. Maybe he could cover some Conway Twitty.
Now, show us what you got!
'Rough Boys' - Pete Townshend The Definitive Collection
'Here Comes the Sun' - The Beatles Abbey Road
'Dumb'- Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York
'Debaser' - Pixies Doolittle
'Semi-Charmed Life' - Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind
'Im Shipping Up to Boston' - Dropkick Murphys Warriors Code
'Third Rate Romance' - Amazing Rhythm Aces
'Two Hearts Beat as One' - U2 War
'We're Not Gonna Take It' - The Who Tommy
'Creepin Up the Backstairs' - The Fratellis Costello Music
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1. Weezer - "Surf Wax America" - Weezer
2. Joy Formidable - "A Heavy Abacus" - The Big Roar
3. The Decemberists - "The Crane Wife, Pt. 3" - The Crane Wife
4. Sun Volt - "Bandages & Scars" - Afterglow 61 EP
5. Sufjan Stevens - "Carlyle Lake" - The Avalanche
6. Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah" - Grace
7. Raul Midon - "Sittin' in the Middle" - Live Current, Vol. 1
8. Beastie Boys - "Brass Monkey" - Solid Gold Hits
9. Craig Finn - "Western Pier" - Clear Heart Full Eyes
10. Flogging Molly - "Drunken Lullabies" - Drunken Lullabies
B. Uncle Tupelo - "We've Been Had [Live]" - 89/93: An Anthology
Just in time for Friday Music Day, here's a guide to which brew to enjoy while listening to your favorite classical piece.
So, Cheaptoy or anyone else had New Glarus's "IIPA"?
I'm still so in love with Leinie's Big Eddy take on the IIPA.
I haven't actually liked anything from Leinie's since 2002 or so.
I have, indeed. It is excellent, although I don't know if there's any to be found anymore. I haven't had the Big Eddy, though, so I can't compare.
My measuring stick here is Hopslam. Hopslam is angry with hops, Big Eddy IPA* is warm and inviting with basically the same flavor. Maybe a little sweeter, too.
*There's also a Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout and a Big Eddy Imperial Wee Heavy. Both were decent, but nothing that made me say "I'd get cases of this if only it was that price for a sixer. Also, that could ruin my liver or relationships.
The New Glarus would fall closer to the Hopslam. Packed full of citrusy hops, but maybe a little more balanced than the Hopslam.
That comment holds a lot of truth.
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* Losing My Religion - REM - Out of Time
* Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won
* Lost - Zoë Keating - Into the Trees
* Black Sun - Demdike Stare - Tryptych
* Fargo - Gowns - Red State
* Mother's Milk - Swans - The Great Annihilator
* Cactus - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
* 4th Movement, Symphony No. 4 in A minor - Jean Sibelius - Sibelius: Symphonies 4 & 5
* I Am the Sun - Swans - The Great Annihilator
* Americana - The Offspring - Americana
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01. Amon Amarth - "Arson", Fate of Norns
02. Shadows Fall - "The Art of Balanece", The Art of Balance
03. Pantera - "The Art of Shredding", Cowboys From Hell
04. Skyclad - "Art-Nazi", The Silent Whales of Lunar Sea
05. In Flames - "Artifacts of the Black Rain", The Jester Race
06. Despised Icon - "As Bridges Burn", The Healing Process
07. Vader - "As Heavens Collide", Impressions in Blood
08. Dio - "As Long as it's not About Love", Magica
09. Primordial - "As Rome Burns", To the Nameless Dead
10. Testament - "As the Seasons Grey", The Ritual
1. You Don't Send Me -- Belle & Sebastian
2. It's All Over Now Baby Blue -- Bob Dylan
3. Paint it Black -- The Feelies
4. The End -- The Beatles
5. Greenface -- Guided By Voices
6. Love Comes and Goes -- Stillwater
7. One True Vine -- Wilco
8. Flying -- The Beatles
9. Crying in the Chapel -- Elvis Presley
10. Love Itself -- Leonard Cohen
Bonus: Placemat Blues -- Slobberbone
“Domingo Hirsch and His Internal Flying Circus” – The Citizens, Post Cro-Magnon Drift
“Clouds” – Level 42, Retrograde
“Face to Face” – Keith Emerson, Nighthawks soundtrack
“No. 15” – Chick Corea, Children’s Songs
“In a Big Country” – Big Country, The Crossing
“Stranger by the Minute” – Porcupine Tree, Stupid Dream
“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” – Paul Simon, Graceland
“Spirits in the Material World” – The Police, Every Breath You Take: The Singles
“Pulse” – Rick Wakeman, Rhapsodies
“The Time Has Come” – Mike Oldfield, Islands
Thanks to Pandora for The Citizens track.
1. Soundgarden* “Superunknown” Superunknown
2. Chatham Rise* “Air” Chatham Rise EP
3. Sonic Youth “Candle” Daydream Nation
4. Oval “Kardio V” Szenariodisk*
5. Porter Ricks “Biokinetics 1” Biokinetics
6. Photek & Kuru “Fountainhead (DJ-Kicks)” Photek: DJ-Kicks
7. Black Dice “Cowboy Soundcheck” Load Blown*
8. Junior Marvin “Give Me Your Love” Darker than Blue: Soul from Jamtown 1973-1980*
9. Peaking Lights “All the Good Songs Have Been Written” Imaginary Falcons
T. Gene Pitney “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence”* Gene Pitney's Big Sixteen
E. Miike Snow “Animal”*
*Notes:
1. I've got the three albums from Badmotorfinger through Down on the Upside on my iPod. I've left most of the grunge I listened to in High School behind me, but Soundgarden, who was my favorite even then, still sticks with me. Is it Cornell's vox? I don't know, I never really got into Audioslave (not that I tried, either), but I think it's Thayil's guitar. He has little flourishes that remind me of the leftfield-ier stuff of Tom Morello (who approached the guitar more as a sampler, or so it appeared to me when I listened to RATM), while still being grounded in classic rock riffs, and never sounding cheesy or showoffish. As far as I can tell, a Soundgarden reunion tour would be the only thing that could get me into the Target Center or Xcel Center for a concert. I have a standing promise with a former co-worker that we'll get tickets if the tour ever materializes.
2. Sister-in-law's boyfriend's band. Droney, shoegazey. Sigur Ros minus wierdness and budget?
4. I love my (physical) copy of Oval's Systemisch, which arranges the sound of CD skips into elegant ambient pieces. Yet I never really listened to anything else from the man/band. So I tried this. I'm not so into it. CD skips are there, but the elegance is not. This song at least is more about CD-skips rather than using CD skips as a tool towards something greater. (For some reason, the comparison that comes to mind is record-scratching by DJs. Invisibl Skratch Picklz and their like use scratching as the message, while Fog's Andrew Broder used it to communicate personal atomization [I'm thinking of the song "Pneumonia", which is probably the best song out of the Twin Cities since Prince.])
7. Gotta be the best ever title for a collection of non-album Vinyl singles onto one CD.
8. Oh that wonderful Late 70's reggae.
T. The first pop song memory is my Dad singing along with this album. The next time I remember him singing, it was with Roy Orbison's "Blue Angel".
E. This is a decent pop single. Anyone else familiar with this band? Would checking the rest of the album be worthwhile, or is this an atypical standout?
Thayil's guitar
if i recall correctly, soundgarden has some of the strangest guitars tunings. it was to the point where i didn't bother learning a lot of their songs because i'd spend most of my time tuning and re-tuning (EEBBBB? what the hell is that?!). when i saw them on the superunknown tour, i was imagining the dedicated guitar tuning roadie must mutter under his breath all show long.
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1. Giant Steps - Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - Double Bass
2. 7 Nights to Rock - Nick Lowe - The Rose of England
3. The Final Taxi - Wreckless Eric
4. The Black Angel's Death Song - Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly and See
5. As Tears Go By - Rolling Stones - Singles Collection
6. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds - 20 Essential Tracks
7. I Been Hoodood - Dr. John - Definitive Collection
8. Natty Sings Hit Songs - Roman Stewart - Tougher Than Tough
9. Up In Indiana - Lyle Lovett - It's Not Big It's Large
10. Clampdown - Clash - London Calling
B. In My Life - Beatles - Rubber Soul
1. “nothing’severgonnastandinmyway (again)” – wilco – summerteeth
2. “boogie with stu” – led zeppelin – physical graffiti
3. “highway flowers” – tim o’reagan – tim o’reagan
4. “i killed sally’s lover” – the avett brothers – a carolina jubilee
5. “bottle up and explode” – elliott smith – XO
6. “razzle dazzle rose” – camera obscura – let’s get out of this country
7. “ophelia” – i’m from barcelona – who killed harry houdini?
8. “from” – dr. dog – fate
9. “take it in” – wye oak – the knot
10. “does he love you? “ – rilo kiley – more adventurous
Now I'm pretty much forced to listen to Summerteeth. I'm going to be so bummed out.
I listened to it yesterday. Still one of my favorites.
"Illegal Business" - Boogie Down Productions
"I Love You Always Forever" - Donna Lewis
"We Can Get Together" - The Hold Steady
"Spotlight" - Jennifer Hudson
"Wasp Nest" - The National
"Let It Fall" - Lykke Li
"Just A Dream" - Carrie Underwood
"Amazed" - Lonestar
"The Joker" - Steve Miller Band
"Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
Pandora list today didn't churn out a ton of variety...
1. "She's An Angel" - They Might Be Giants
2. "On The Road Again" - Willie Nelson
3. "Fidelity" - Regina Spektor
4. "Shake It Out" - Florence + The Machine
5. "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye
6. "Pumpkin Soup" - Kate Nash
7. "The Execution Of All Things" - Rilo Kiley
8. "Mexico" - James Taylor
9. "Some Might Say" - Oasis
10. "Whisper My Name" - Randy Travis
Oh, and I have THIS song going through my head, too:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8cee-FvBV0
I see Green Day is going to release 3 albums (starting in September) in the 5 months, what amounts to a triple album. Kudos for ambition, but I think the project runs out of steam halfway through the second album.
No list, but a great rare Neil Young track for all of you Shakey fans. From the Archives box, 1969.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL9lcBQh95I
1. "The Pelican" - Menomena Friend and Foe
2. "Detlef Schrempf" - Band of Horses Cease to Begin
3. "Tired of Sex" - Weezer Pinkerton
4. "Version 2.0" - Bloc Party A Weekend in the City
5. "Have You Forgotten" - Red House Painters Songs for a Blue Guitar
6. "Carolina Rain" - Ryan Adams 29
7. "Obstacle 1" - Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights
8. "Killer Crane" - TV on the Radio Nine Types of Light
9. "For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)" - Sunset Rubdown Random Spirit Lover
10. "Red Moon" - The Walkmen You & Me
Just watched Wilco live at the Newport Folk Fest on NPR All Songs Considered on-line. Fantastic as usual. They played two Woody Guthrie songs with two of Woody's grandchildren (who are probably in their 30's). I don't think they are professional performers but I literally had goose bumps. It was tre cool.
Programming note. The Alabama Shakes will be playing 1:00 Saturday on All Songs Considered. If you can get to it on what promises to be a nice Saturday afternoon, you should try to check it out. Not sure if NPR is archiving the video.