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On Repeat Tonight: Odjbox – Teresina

keith — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:13:30 +0000

On Repeat Tonight: Bon Iver and Lykke Li – Dance Dance Dance

keith — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:56:03 +0000

On Repeat Tonight: Papa – I Am the Lion King

keith — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:41:27 +0000

On Repeat Tonight: Woodpigeon – Empty-Hall Sing-along

keith — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:24:15 +0000

Download of the Day: Deer Tick – Dirty Dishes

keith — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:50:05 +0000

There’s something to be said for lead singers of bands who look like they could also be serial killers in their down time. They are always really fucking good. John McCauley from Deer Tick certainly qualifies. I’m half wondering if he celebrated the release of Born on Flag Day by watching Silence of the Lambs and then kidnapping a few blondes in a creeper van while listening to Tom Petty.

I also wonder if he and Matthew Sweet get together and share creeper secrets:

John: “So I’m thinking of growing out my hair. Should I wear it in a pony tail?”

Matthew: “Absolutely not. That’s dorky, not creepy. You’ll look like an IT guy, or a tennis player.”

John: “Good call. No ponytail. What are your thoughts on the receding hairline and the mustache?”

Matthew: “Killer dude, pun intended.”

I have no idea how to classify Deer Tick’s sound. Grunge country seems fitting. I think if Kurt Cobain smoked a carton of Marlboro Reds while watching a CMT marathon on Merle Haggard and then recorded, it would probably sound something like McCauley

Download of the Day: Wild Light – California on My Mind

keith — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:25:40 +0000

First, a qualifier. I like, no love, California. I mention this because taken at face value, it appears as though the singer has grown weary of CA, and by posting the song, I am attaching my sentiment to it.

But the song has nothing to do with California. Or San Francisco, Or Oakland. Or anywhere specific. Really, it has to do with everywhere.

Most of us have lived in a place, grew tiresome of it, and remarked to a friend or to our pillow “Fuck [insert city here]” or “Fuck this place.” I have. A few times. I don’t know what that makes me. To my stay-near-home friends, I may be described as “antsy” or “unsettled.” To my mobile friends, I may be described as, well, “mobile.”

So this song isn’t about a specific location so much as it is about a feeling. A feeling when you want to leave a city, a company, a person, a …

Download of the Day: Fun – At Least I’m Not as Sad (As I Used to Be)

keith — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:21:56 +0000

First, a little background: Fun is fronted by Nate Reuss, former lead singer of the now defunct band The Format. If you lived in Phoenix in the mid 2000’s and were dialed into local music, you had them on repeat and often muttered “These guys are ridiculously amazing. Seriously.” They were the one of the hottest things to come out of AZ, besides, you know, the fucking sun.

The Format’s history makes for a decent Behind the Music episode. The band garnered critical acclaim, Reuss started dealing with a slew of relationship disasters and boozing more heavily, and the band got a shit load of dogs together, which Reuss was stuck with when The Format broke up.

Reuss is the only former Format member in Fun, but his voice is so impressionable that it’s impossible not to dub Fun the “The New Format.” Whatever. Fun’s debut EP won’t drop until this summer. Until then, enjoy “At Least I’m Not as Sad (As I Used to Be)” – which is your typical saloon-inspired, orchestra-fused indie ballad.

Download of the Day: Bon Iver – For Emma

keith — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:40:24 +0000

I gravitate towards music that was inspired by angst. All the sublimely magnificent writers, poets, and artists seemed to have it, or did have it. Hell, most classic writers had a drinking problem at one time or another. I’m at the point where I’m thinking of developing a meth problem so the metaphors come easier.

So, when buzz started to build in mid 2008 about Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and the album he had spit out after three months of solitude in a desolate log cabin following the breakup of his band, getting dumped and battling mono, I thought, “this record is going to be fucking brilliant. How can it not be?”

And it is.

“Skinny Love” and “Flume” are the two most acclaimed songs off of Bon Iver’s solo masterpiece, For Emma, but it is the title song that allows the listener to best understand how overwhelming that angst was for him.

“Go find another lover; / To bring a. … to string along.”

Just typing that hurts.

Song of the Day: Dave Grohl – Arms Wide Open [Creed cover]

keith — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:26:36 +0000

A friend recently asked me to post a song of the day by Foo Fighters. I immediately thought, “OK, we’re going to have to get creative here.” I can’t come to the table with a Top 40 hit. That’s what your local wacky FM DJ Fly Guy is for.

But then I remembered that Dave Grohl covered a Creed song a few years ago. OK, fine, so Creed sold millions upon millions of albums and made millions upon millions of dollars. Not sure how to explain that one. Let’s call it the “Nickleback Effect.”

Unfortunately, success does not always equate respect, and frontman Scott Stapp, while worth a ton of money, is unintentional comedy at its best.

Pop quiz – what’s most funny:

a) Greeting card Stapp

b) Karaoke Stapp, brought to you by the temple grab and the double mic clutch

c) Under Armour Stapp

d) Artsy Stapp

e) Dave Grohl’s mockery of “Arms Wide open”

Song of the Day: Puscifer – The Mission

keith — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:36:47 +0000

I dislike repetition of lyrics in songs – beyond the chorus of course. People don’t repeat themselves in life. You never overhear someone say, “You want to get lunch today? How about Jimmy John’s? You want to get lunch today? How about Jimmy John’s?” Then again, people also don’t sing in life (aside from annoying coworker Debbie in the cubicle next to you), so I’m not sure I have a point.

Having said that, I do like the haunting repetition of the question “What do you know?” in the Puscifer song “The Mission.” The song itself in its entirety (highlighted by that phrase and a pounding drum) reminds the time I stumbled upon the Michigan State marching band having a seance. Or something like that.

If the voice on this Puscifer track sounds familiar, then you’re a fan of Tool and/or A Perfect Circle, for the lead singer of all three is Maynard James Keenan. Puscifer is a side project.

Keenan describes Puscifer as “simply a playground for the various voices in my head, [...] a space with no clear or discernible goals, [...] where my Id, Ego, and Anima all come together to exchange cookie recipes.”

Ummmm … why don’t we move on and listen to the song.