I was really hoping that the link was about fishing.
Unfortunately not ... that would have been good though. I nearly never think of the clever response until well after the fact (both here and in person).
The new Andy Stott album (Faith in Strangers) is really, really good. I can't stop listening to "Violence" in particular, but there are three or four other good tracks as well.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbnG4AcAqkA
The other thing that I got interested in this week was this song from an Icelandic group called Fufanu. It was featured on one of the music podcasts I listen to (KEXP's mix tape show) and I keep coming back to it. As near as I can tell this is all that's out there from this group.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tQxgReoV5A
But DG, other than obscure Icelandic post-punk bands that haven't released an album yet, what are you listening to?
* Smash - The Offspring - Smash
* Hatch the Plan - Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
* Tarpit - Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
* The Warden - Chelsea Wolfe - Pain is Beauty
* BIrds of Paradise - Chromatics - Kill for Love
* Thomas - A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
* Torn & Frayed - The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
* We R in Control - Neil Young - Trans
* Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
* Rosetta Stoned - Tool - 10,000 Days
Oh, right. When I couldn't wait for November to come for the Andy Stott, I got distracted by Hello Saferide.
I need to get on that.
I very much enjoyed both of the songs you posted. Is Andy Stott's older material similar in any way to his newer stuff? I vaguely remember listening to his last album once or twice and being sort of disinterested, but I've liked everything that I've heard lately.
Stott has evolved quite a bit in a pretty short time.
His most recent albums (We Stay Together (2011), Passed Me By (2011), Luxury Problems (2012)) are all building to this album in a very direct way I think. Anything before that is in a very different vein. My favorite of all of that is "Execution" off Passed Me By, most of those three albums I would find one or two songs that I liked. On Faith in Strangers the entire middle (tracks 2-7 out of 9) are good.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y10924MkAHQ
I like the Stott. Has a nice Brian Eno After the Heat feel
1. Lifter Puller - "Lonely in a Limousine" - Fiestas and Fiascos
2. Nirvana - "About a Girl" - Bleach
3. U2 - "In God's Country" - The Joshua Tree
4. Plain White T's - "Someday" - Big Bad World
5. Ha Ha Tonka - "American Ambition" - Lessons
6. The Flaming Lips (feat. Phantogram, Julianna Barwick & Spaceface) - "She's Leaving Home" - With A Little Help From My Fwends
7. The Tallest Man On Earth - "Revelation Blues" - There's No Leaving Now
8. Weezer - "Ain't Got Nobody" - Everything Will Be Alright In The End
9. The New Pornographers - "These Are The Fables" - Twin Cinema
10. The Shins - "Caring Is Creepy" - Oh, Inverted World
She's Leaving Home is one of my faves off of SPLHCB. Is that Flaming Lips deal any good?
If Julianna Barwick is involved, the backing vocals must be heavenly.
Paired with a full orchestra, Bryan Ferry knocks "SLH" out of the park.
httpv://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RKGHu3Wq2JQ
Holy Crap! That. Is. Awesome!!!
I have mixed feelings about it. I think it's very well done and each song keeps elements of the original and expands on them. It makes for a very interesting listen. Still, it's not really something I want to jam to in the car, while the original is.
So, for the last couple weeks I've totally been on a Foo Fighters kick. With the release of Sonic Highways, I went back and picked up a number of their older stuff from the library. Been really getting into Wasting Light and Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace. Friend lent me their first disc and Colour and the Shape. Then, last night when I was waiting to pick up my daughter from girl scouts, the radio played their Baker Street cover. My day was made.
1. We Are the Willows “Yellow Dress” Daytrotter Session, 6/15/2010 a. Fox Sparrow (Red) “Song” (Cornell Master Set)
2. Dolfish “Your Love Is Bummin' Me Out” Daytrotter Session, 3/30/2012
3. Säkert!* “The Lakes We Skate On” På Engleska b. Common Grackle “Calls and Song” (Cornell Essential Set) c. Acadian Flycatcher “Song”* (Cornell Essential Set)
4. Einstürzende Neubauten “Bili Rubin (bonus track)” Ende Neu d. Nashville Warbler “Song Type A1”* (The Warbler Guide) e. Common Yellowthroat “Song”* (Cornell Essential Set)
5. The Pharcyde “Runnin' (Jay Dee Remix)”* Drop
6. Säkert!* “Can I” På Engleska f. Northern Parula “Song Type A”* (The Warbler Guide)
7. KRS-One “Mad Crew”* Return of the Boom-Bap g. American Black Duck “Flight Quack Calls”* (Cornell Essential Set)
8. Neotropic “In Reverse Order” La Prochaine Fois
9. Björk “Undo” Vespertine h. Willow Flycatcher “Creet Call & Song”* (Cornell Essential Set) i. Great Gray Owl “Female Whoop Contact Calls” (Cornell Master Set) j. Red-bellied Woodpecker “Drumming” (Cornell Master Set)
T. Coil “Bang Bang” LIVE FOUR
*Notes:
3,6. Hello Saferide, in her Swedish-language alias, but this album is English versions of some of her Swedish songs.
c. "Pizza!" (allegedly)
5. Jay Dee = J Dilla
7. Somehow, my iPod has this as "Mad Cow"
h. "Fitz-bew!
Anyone who went to (or is otherwise interested in) the PJ show at the X: our very own bootleg.
1. Yet Again - Grizzly Bear
2. Christmas - Rogue Wave
3. Black or White – Michael Jackson
4. Idiot Wind - Bob Dylan
5. Kinda Dukish & Rockin’ In Rhythm - Duke Ellington
6. The Gamma Goochee - Joe Walsh
7. Marry Me - No Doubt
8. Parachutes - Coldplay
9. Underdog - Imagine Dragons
10. Breathe You In - Stabbing Westward
B. The Walk - Imogen Heap
Woo boy CoC, not sure about that list.
yeah ... I thought it was looking so-so up until the turn. Then it got all Corn circa 2001 on me.
1. (I Am) The Upsetter - Lee "Scratch" Perry - Love of the Common People
2. Some of Shelly's Blues - Michael Nesmith - Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash
3. Perfect Day - Lou Reed - Transformer
4. Time Will Tell - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Kaya
5. The Eternal Triangle - Sonny Rollins - Sonny Side Up
6. Here Lies Love - Diana Krall - Glad Rag Doll
7. Flaming Pie - Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie
8. I Saw Here Standing There - The Beatles - Please Please Me
9. Over You - Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
10. I Me Mine - The Beatles - Let It Be
B. Didn't You Know - Bunny Wailer - Liberation
Stuff I've been enjoying recently:
- Johnny Cash, Unearthed
- Gene Clark, No Other & White Light
- Gram Parsons, GP
- Pure Prairie Leauge, Bustin' Out
- Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsys
- Bill Frisell, Big Sur & The Intercontinentals
- Gillian Welch, Time (The Revelator)
- Leon Russell, Hank Wilson's Back
- Steve Earle, Copperhead Road
- Love, Forever Changes
- Chet Atkins, The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
- Dwight Yoakam, Blame the Vain
Happy to see some Gene Clark on your list. No Other might be one of the most overlooked GREAT albums of the 70's.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvavhLZO2_0
It was my first time listening to the whole album, which I really enjoyed. I've been working my way through the solo catalogues of a few of The Byrds, and Clark's is quite rich. I took a strong liking to White Light, which - though perhaps less significant than No Other - seems underappreciated, too.
Sadly, his whole career was underappreciated.
I don't think I've told this story before:
A few years ago I happened to wait on a really hip, older couple at work. He, in particular, struck me as somebody I should know--a writer, maybe. An actor, perhaps? An artist, for sure. Anyway, they just had a really cool and welcoming vibe about them and we had a nice light conversation about the city (MPLS). Anyway, when they had finished eating, he signed the meal to a room charge. As I walked away I noticed that he had written Chris Hillman. I walked back out to their booth and inquired if he was the Chris Hillman--co-founder of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Bros. and the guy who had played on nearly all of Gene Clark's solo works? His wife laughed, and Hillman gave me a slow and satisfied grin. "So, you're a Gene Clark fan, are you, Matthew?", he asked. We spent the next 10 minutes talking about his career--and Gene Clark.
I served them breakfast the following two days, as well, as his band Desert Rose was playing two nights at the Dakota. He put me on the guest list for their second show, and when he played the Clark-penned "Full Circle" he said it was for "his friend, Matthew." It was a really cool moment. Chris Hillman is a mensch.
Wow, that is awesome. I don't know if I would have had felt comfortable walking back out to ask, so good on you. Clearly he enjoyed the interaction with you as much as you did!
I have similar feelings about Art Garfunkel. Back when I was cooking in Minneapolis he came in to eat a late supper after a show at Orchestra Hall (we were right across the street, and the restaurant was the hot new thing at the time). I'm pretty sure the kitchen stayed open later than normal to serve Art's party, though I don't remember exactly how late. After their meal was over he sent a $50 tip back for every single person working in the kitchen - line cooks, expediter, and the dishwashers. I was living paycheck-to-paycheck at the time, going to school during the day and cooking every night and all day on the weekends. That extra fifty bucks felt like a thou.
Nice.
You always seem to hear about celebs being assholes, it's cool to hear when some of them are kind. (What restaurant, btw? )
Vincent. I remember some of us on the line there discussing a expensive burger that had just debuted at a restaurant in New York (at one of Daniel Boulud's restaurants?); I never would have dreamed Vincent would do his own burger and it would be served at a ballpark.
I should go back sometime.
Great stories, you two. Thanks for sharing.
Normally I wouldn't post a fan-made video, but this one is pretty fun--dancing scenes from moviedom set to Marc Bolan's ode to boogie.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eiQTFcFPDY
I enjoyed playing "Name that Film" during that video.
"Fantasy Girl" - .38 Special
"Sweet Jane" - (live) - Lou Reed
"Son of a Preacher Man" - Dusty Springfield
"Sloop John B" - The Beach Boys
"Mustang Ranch" - Black Joe Lewis
"And We Danced" - The Hooters
"Rats" - The Kinks
"Fist City' - The Little Willies
"Giddy Up!" - The Hives
'Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson
I could definitely see Brooks constructing a story using the song titles from this list.
1. Cool Planet -- Guided By Voices -- Cool Planet
2. Psycho Therapy -- The Ramones -- Ramones Mania
3. Turtles All The Way Down -- Sturgill Simpson -- Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
4. (I Got A) Catholic Block -- Sonic Youth -- Sister
5. The Ballad Of El Goodo -- Big Star -- #1 Record
6. Minneapolis -- Lucinda Williams -- World Without Tears
7. Until The End Of The World -- U2 -- Achtung Baby
8. Where Did You Sleep Last Night -- Nirvana -- MTV Unplugged In New York
9. Enemy -- Buffalo Tom -- A Sides From Buffalo Tom
10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine -- Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Chronicle Vol. 1
B1. Vampire Girl -- Jonathan Richman -- Action Packed: The Best Of Jonathan Richman
B2. A Hard Day's Night -- Otis Redding -- Live On The Sunset Strip
Comment.
I'm all about that bass, bout that bass, no treble
Man, fix your EQ settings.
All about that bass?
I was really hoping that the link was about fishing.
Unfortunately not ... that would have been good though. I nearly never think of the clever response until well after the fact (both here and in person).
All about that brass?
The new Andy Stott album (Faith in Strangers) is really, really good. I can't stop listening to "Violence" in particular, but there are three or four other good tracks as well.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbnG4AcAqkA
The other thing that I got interested in this week was this song from an Icelandic group called Fufanu. It was featured on one of the music podcasts I listen to (KEXP's mix tape show) and I keep coming back to it. As near as I can tell this is all that's out there from this group.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tQxgReoV5A
But DG, other than obscure Icelandic post-punk bands that haven't released an album yet, what are you listening to?
* Smash - The Offspring - Smash
* Hatch the Plan - Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
* Tarpit - Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
* The Warden - Chelsea Wolfe - Pain is Beauty
* BIrds of Paradise - Chromatics - Kill for Love
* Thomas - A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
* Torn & Frayed - The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
* We R in Control - Neil Young - Trans
* Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
* Rosetta Stoned - Tool - 10,000 Days
Oh, right. When I couldn't wait for November to come for the Andy Stott, I got distracted by Hello Saferide.
I need to get on that.
I very much enjoyed both of the songs you posted. Is Andy Stott's older material similar in any way to his newer stuff? I vaguely remember listening to his last album once or twice and being sort of disinterested, but I've liked everything that I've heard lately.
Stott has evolved quite a bit in a pretty short time.
His most recent albums (We Stay Together (2011), Passed Me By (2011), Luxury Problems (2012)) are all building to this album in a very direct way I think. Anything before that is in a very different vein. My favorite of all of that is "Execution" off Passed Me By, most of those three albums I would find one or two songs that I liked. On Faith in Strangers the entire middle (tracks 2-7 out of 9) are good.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y10924MkAHQ
I like the Stott. Has a nice Brian Eno After the Heat feel
1. Lifter Puller - "Lonely in a Limousine" - Fiestas and Fiascos
2. Nirvana - "About a Girl" - Bleach
3. U2 - "In God's Country" - The Joshua Tree
4. Plain White T's - "Someday" - Big Bad World
5. Ha Ha Tonka - "American Ambition" - Lessons
6. The Flaming Lips (feat. Phantogram, Julianna Barwick & Spaceface) - "She's Leaving Home" - With A Little Help From My Fwends
7. The Tallest Man On Earth - "Revelation Blues" - There's No Leaving Now
8. Weezer - "Ain't Got Nobody" - Everything Will Be Alright In The End
9. The New Pornographers - "These Are The Fables" - Twin Cinema
10. The Shins - "Caring Is Creepy" - Oh, Inverted World
She's Leaving Home is one of my faves off of SPLHCB. Is that Flaming Lips deal any good?
If Julianna Barwick is involved, the backing vocals must be heavenly.
Paired with a full orchestra, Bryan Ferry knocks "SLH" out of the park.
httpv://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RKGHu3Wq2JQ
Holy Crap! That. Is. Awesome!!!
I have mixed feelings about it. I think it's very well done and each song keeps elements of the original and expands on them. It makes for a very interesting listen. Still, it's not really something I want to jam to in the car, while the original is.
So, for the last couple weeks I've totally been on a Foo Fighters kick. With the release of Sonic Highways, I went back and picked up a number of their older stuff from the library. Been really getting into Wasting Light and Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace. Friend lent me their first disc and Colour and the Shape. Then, last night when I was waiting to pick up my daughter from girl scouts, the radio played their Baker Street cover. My day was made.
1. We Are the Willows “Yellow Dress” Daytrotter Session, 6/15/2010
a. Fox Sparrow (Red) “Song” (Cornell Master Set)
2. Dolfish “Your Love Is Bummin' Me Out” Daytrotter Session, 3/30/2012
3. Säkert!* “The Lakes We Skate On” På Engleska
b. Common Grackle “Calls and Song” (Cornell Essential Set)
c. Acadian Flycatcher “Song”* (Cornell Essential Set)
4. Einstürzende Neubauten “Bili Rubin (bonus track)” Ende Neu
d. Nashville Warbler “Song Type A1”* (The Warbler Guide)
e. Common Yellowthroat “Song”* (Cornell Essential Set)
5. The Pharcyde “Runnin' (Jay Dee Remix)”* Drop
6. Säkert!* “Can I” På Engleska
f. Northern Parula “Song Type A”* (The Warbler Guide)
7. KRS-One “Mad Crew”* Return of the Boom-Bap
g. American Black Duck “Flight Quack Calls”* (Cornell Essential Set)
8. Neotropic “In Reverse Order” La Prochaine Fois
9. Björk “Undo” Vespertine
h. Willow Flycatcher “Creet Call & Song”* (Cornell Essential Set)
i. Great Gray Owl “Female Whoop Contact Calls” (Cornell Master Set)
j. Red-bellied Woodpecker “Drumming” (Cornell Master Set)
T. Coil “Bang Bang” LIVE FOUR
*Notes:
3,6. Hello Saferide, in her Swedish-language alias, but this album is English versions of some of her Swedish songs.
c. "Pizza!" (allegedly)
5. Jay Dee = J Dilla
7. Somehow, my iPod has this as "Mad Cow"
h. "Fitz-bew!
Anyone who went to (or is otherwise interested in) the PJ show at the X: our very own bootleg.
1. Yet Again - Grizzly Bear
2. Christmas - Rogue Wave
3. Black or White – Michael Jackson
4. Idiot Wind - Bob Dylan
5. Kinda Dukish & Rockin’ In Rhythm - Duke Ellington
6. The Gamma Goochee - Joe Walsh
7. Marry Me - No Doubt
8. Parachutes - Coldplay
9. Underdog - Imagine Dragons
10. Breathe You In - Stabbing Westward
B. The Walk - Imogen Heap
Woo boy CoC, not sure about that list.
yeah ... I thought it was looking so-so up until the turn. Then it got all Corn circa 2001 on me.
1. (I Am) The Upsetter - Lee "Scratch" Perry - Love of the Common People
2. Some of Shelly's Blues - Michael Nesmith - Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash
3. Perfect Day - Lou Reed - Transformer
4. Time Will Tell - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Kaya
5. The Eternal Triangle - Sonny Rollins - Sonny Side Up
6. Here Lies Love - Diana Krall - Glad Rag Doll
7. Flaming Pie - Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie
8. I Saw Here Standing There - The Beatles - Please Please Me
9. Over You - Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
10. I Me Mine - The Beatles - Let It Be
B. Didn't You Know - Bunny Wailer - Liberation
Stuff I've been enjoying recently:
- Johnny Cash, Unearthed
- Gene Clark, No Other & White Light
- Gram Parsons, GP
- Pure Prairie Leauge, Bustin' Out
- Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsys
- Bill Frisell, Big Sur & The Intercontinentals
- Gillian Welch, Time (The Revelator)
- Leon Russell, Hank Wilson's Back
- Steve Earle, Copperhead Road
- Love, Forever Changes
- Chet Atkins, The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
- Dwight Yoakam, Blame the Vain
Happy to see some Gene Clark on your list. No Other might be one of the most overlooked GREAT albums of the 70's.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvavhLZO2_0
It was my first time listening to the whole album, which I really enjoyed. I've been working my way through the solo catalogues of a few of The Byrds, and Clark's is quite rich. I took a strong liking to White Light, which - though perhaps less significant than No Other - seems underappreciated, too.
Sadly, his whole career was underappreciated.
I don't think I've told this story before:
A few years ago I happened to wait on a really hip, older couple at work. He, in particular, struck me as somebody I should know--a writer, maybe. An actor, perhaps? An artist, for sure. Anyway, they just had a really cool and welcoming vibe about them and we had a nice light conversation about the city (MPLS). Anyway, when they had finished eating, he signed the meal to a room charge. As I walked away I noticed that he had written Chris Hillman. I walked back out to their booth and inquired if he was the Chris Hillman--co-founder of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Bros. and the guy who had played on nearly all of Gene Clark's solo works? His wife laughed, and Hillman gave me a slow and satisfied grin. "So, you're a Gene Clark fan, are you, Matthew?", he asked. We spent the next 10 minutes talking about his career--and Gene Clark.
I served them breakfast the following two days, as well, as his band Desert Rose was playing two nights at the Dakota. He put me on the guest list for their second show, and when he played the Clark-penned "Full Circle" he said it was for "his friend, Matthew." It was a really cool moment. Chris Hillman is a mensch.
Wow, that is awesome. I don't know if I would have had felt comfortable walking back out to ask, so good on you. Clearly he enjoyed the interaction with you as much as you did!
I have similar feelings about Art Garfunkel. Back when I was cooking in Minneapolis he came in to eat a late supper after a show at Orchestra Hall (we were right across the street, and the restaurant was the hot new thing at the time). I'm pretty sure the kitchen stayed open later than normal to serve Art's party, though I don't remember exactly how late. After their meal was over he sent a $50 tip back for every single person working in the kitchen - line cooks, expediter, and the dishwashers. I was living paycheck-to-paycheck at the time, going to school during the day and cooking every night and all day on the weekends. That extra fifty bucks felt like a thou.
Nice.
You always seem to hear about celebs being assholes, it's cool to hear when some of them are kind. (What restaurant, btw? )
Vincent. I remember some of us on the line there discussing a expensive burger that had just debuted at a restaurant in New York (at one of Daniel Boulud's restaurants?); I never would have dreamed Vincent would do his own burger and it would be served at a ballpark.
I should go back sometime.
Great stories, you two. Thanks for sharing.
Normally I wouldn't post a fan-made video, but this one is pretty fun--dancing scenes from moviedom set to Marc Bolan's ode to boogie.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eiQTFcFPDY
I enjoyed playing "Name that Film" during that video.
"Fantasy Girl" - .38 Special
"Sweet Jane" - (live) - Lou Reed
"Son of a Preacher Man" - Dusty Springfield
"Sloop John B" - The Beach Boys
"Mustang Ranch" - Black Joe Lewis
"And We Danced" - The Hooters
"Rats" - The Kinks
"Fist City' - The Little Willies
"Giddy Up!" - The Hives
'Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson
I could definitely see Brooks constructing a story using the song titles from this list.
1. Cool Planet -- Guided By Voices -- Cool Planet
2. Psycho Therapy -- The Ramones -- Ramones Mania
3. Turtles All The Way Down -- Sturgill Simpson -- Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
4. (I Got A) Catholic Block -- Sonic Youth -- Sister
5. The Ballad Of El Goodo -- Big Star -- #1 Record
6. Minneapolis -- Lucinda Williams -- World Without Tears
7. Until The End Of The World -- U2 -- Achtung Baby
8. Where Did You Sleep Last Night -- Nirvana -- MTV Unplugged In New York
9. Enemy -- Buffalo Tom -- A Sides From Buffalo Tom
10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine -- Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Chronicle Vol. 1
B1. Vampire Girl -- Jonathan Richman -- Action Packed: The Best Of Jonathan Richman
B2. A Hard Day's Night -- Otis Redding -- Live On The Sunset Strip