New Lovers, Old Flames, Part 2 is Bon Iver
posted March 31, 2009, 10:51 pm | Log In To Post Comments | 
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Tags: bon iver, for emma, forever ago, indie, folk
There's something about a man's falsetto that just pulls me closer to it. Perhaps it is the vulnerability in it, the shaky, winding sound of a little boy crying out of a man. Maybe its because it resembles a woman's voice, something familiar. I confess, it appeals to me mostly because I don't know.
Justin Vernon, like many talented artists, is full of contradictions. His voice is somewhat unrepressed but somewhat cautious, his lyrics a little sad but so profoundly wise. He hones his mys
New Lovers and Old Flames, Part One is Fleet Foxes
posted February 3, 2009, 5:05 pm | Log In To Post Comments | view comments (0)
Tags: fleet foxes, sun giant, fleet foxes ep
By now the word as gotten out about Fleet Foxes, but my own affaire de coure with them came this summer. I don't do this every time I hear a new song or band, but I enjoy listening to new music while traveling. That way I expose myself to new music in new places: music in context. It really all started in middle school, in Italy, with a br
why everyone hates coldplay.
posted July 22, 2008, 12:29 am | Log In To Post Comments | view comments (9)
Tags: coldplay, radiohead, viva la vida, alternative rock, coldplay
Recently Coldplay released their highly anticipated, ill-named "Viva La Vida," an album which is apparently inspired by Frida Kahlo. Lately they've been all over the radio and on TV, donning jackets that look like they belonged to American Civil War soldiers, joking about how they "owe Radiohead (their) entire career" (Newsweek). Lately, they are not looking like themselves. But who is Coldplay these days?
What is interesting about Coldplay is people are still afraid
reviews
posted July 21, 2008, 11:37 pm | Log In To Post Comments | view comments (0)
Tags: the finches, human like a house, folk, indie rock
I posted this already, but it's a little hard to find. I love this band, they're from my home town and they kick a lot of indie-folk-butt. Here's my two cents.
The Finch's debut album, Human Like a House, is a fine start. Half of the San Francisco-based folk duo is Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (yes, Pennypacker), who's songwriting shines through simple melodies in songs like "Last Favor" and "Step Outside" (fields of flies/they wave their wire
the first time i ever fell in love
posted February 28, 2008, 7:39 pm | Log In To Post Comments | view comments (4)
The first time i heard "These Days" by Nico was in the Royal Tenenbaums, the film by Wes Anderson. I downloaded the song a couple days later after I watched the movie. It was my junior year of high school. Like all new songs I went through a routine: I'd listen to the first half, listen to something else, then go back to it, and eventually listen to the entire thing but skipping ahead before the few final seconds.
philosophy
posted February 27, 2008, 8:01 pm | Log In To Post Comments | view comments (2)
There is a song that I like: "Salty Dog," not by Bob Dylan, but the remake by Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power. It's a beautiful song, remade with Marshall's own personal style, which, in a sense, is very Dylan-esque. Her album "The Covers Album" is all remakes of her favorite songs, ranging from the Stones to the Velvet Underground and of course Dylan. As a long time admirer, she traveled from state to sta
playlist 3
posted February 14, 2008, 8:01 pm | Log In To Post Comments | view comments (0)
Tags: the 6ths, blackalicious, air, andrew bird, neutral milk hotel
new playlist
1. as you turn to go - the 6ths
2. it's going down - blackalicious
3. surfing on a rocket- air
4. weather systems - andrew bird
5. king of carrot flowers pt. 2 & 3 - neutral milk hotel
6. transantlantique - beirut
7. spring by summer fall - blonde redhead
8. take pills - panda bear
9. no atmosphere - band of bees
10. you can have it all - yo la tengo
11. xavier says - magnetic fields
playlist 2
posted February 7, 2008, 9:05 pm | Log In To Post Comments | view comments (2)
Tags: cat power, neutral milk hotel, benoit pioulard, jaymay, jael naim, lupe fiasco's the cool, jukebox
here's my mix for this week:
1. king of carrot flowers pt. 1 - neutral milk hotel (i know this is really old, but it has magically resurfaced in my most recent playlists)
2. she's got you - cat power
3. sous la plage - benoit pioulard
4. sea green, sea blue - jaymay
5. paris - yael naim
6. for the pier (and dead shimmering) - sunset rubdown
7. la vie en rose - mai doi todd
8. song of desperation - mt egypt
9. (even
playlist
posted January 24, 2008, 12:51 am | Log In To Post Comments | view comments (0)
Tags: built to spill, cat power, asobi seksu, band of horses, saturday looks good to me
I think I'm going to have weekly playlists. Maybe monthly. Just to keep things fresh.
A mix of old and new, but they all sound great. song - artist.
1. still flat - built to spill
2. aretha, sing one for me - cat power
3. nefi + girly - asobi seksu
4. detlef schrempf - band of horses
5. meet me by the water - saturday looks good to me
6. bad girl - devendra banhart
7. feeling of gaze - mazzy star
8. please stop dancing - mag
DISTORTION
posted January 23, 2008, 11:19 am | Log In To Post Comments | view comments (1)
Tags: magnetic fields, distortion
There were two really highly anticipated albums that came out this month. One was Distortion, by the Magnetic Fields. The second, Jukebox by Cat Power, which I'll write about later.
DISTORTION: It came out the 15th and I bought it as soon as I woke up. I've been waiting for this album ever since I heard about it six months ago. Not so much because I'm a huge Magnetic Field's fan (but I like them a lot). More that it was a sequel to Psychocandy, probably one of the best albums
