Don’t ask me why I obsessively look to rock ’n’ roll bands for some kind of model for a better society. I guess it’s just that I glimpsed something beautiful in a flashbulb moment once, and perhaps mistaking it for prophecy have been seeking its fulfillment ever since.
- Lester Bangs
Former Field Music member Pete Brewis has gone 'solo' with this oddly beautiful self-titled new album under the name 'The Week That Was.'
I hear elements and influences in this 8 song set from all over the musical map, but for some reason when I listen to it I can't help but to think that Brewis spent a LOT of time listening to Kate Bush while writing and recording the record. Here is what I think is my favorite track off of it...enjoy:
yep, im goth.....no i dont wear anything but black, stop askin, wont change for ya either. I am who I am. can i meet an un-shallow minded human? we'll see..... Im 39....so no youngsters please (under 33 forget it, i have kids) I am studying to be a body piercer. I smoke MAD ganja, drink moderately, and have been known to take a pill here and there. LOVE heavy metal music...SLAYER, Marylin Manson, Korn, i also LOVE Insane Clown Posse!! love going to concerts, movies, graveyards, out to eat, in to eat. Scary stuff rules! the more gore the merrier! Im lookin for a like-minded human to just spend time with, w/ intentions of possibly somethin more. hit me up if ya are brave enuff! (LOL) also send a pic, u got mine after all. and if ya hit me up b4, go ahead and do it agin, we'll talk
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How do you say "DREAM GIRL" in goth?? I mean a 39yr old Insane Clown Posse fan?? My heart just skipped a beat...
(so...the song may not totally apply - Teenager? Huh? - but after reading this I just kept hearing the lyric 'wrap yourself in black, listen to the Cure' over and over again!)
OK...just ONE more from the new Blitzen Trapper album. This tune is just one that i HAVE to share...it sounds like it was ripped right out of 1967 - like it was some amazing Byrds song that was never recorded...an absolute must listen!
It was REALLY hard to pick a song to post from this incredible new Blitzen Trapper album, 'Furr.' There are so many DIFFERENT kind of sounding songs on this record...from beautiful piano ballads to funk infused rockers...and everything in between. You really need to hear this, such a wonderful listen...something for literally every mood.
I put the disc on random, and this one came up...so here you go...enjoy:
i guess working is bad and what you observe is so damm important like we care,oh your fat ass is more like it ,are you the one in a place that thinks what ever you say means anything to us we just want to jump out a window when you open your trap. go stick a cucumber in that pie hole because im sure no man would want to put up with your bull shit. your cat holds signs up saying steal me or kill me i dont like living here.come to rant and rave bitch and i will tear you up some more.
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I think I read this about 3 times...and I still have NO IDEA what they are trying to say...if anyone out there speaks crazy, please feel free to translate for me in the comment section :-)
Any band capable of writing a song as good and gloomy as 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me?' will always have a special place in my heart...so Travis has said place.
They boys from Scotland are back with a brand new studio album entitled 'Ode To J. Smith'...it comes out on September 30th. They seem to be rocking JUST a bit harder these days, but they are as introspective as ever...here is a track for you to listen to:
The always great, always under listened to Old Crow Medicine Show have a brand new full length album out entitled 'The Tennessee Pusher'...a really tremendous set of songs.
Here is my favorite tune on the album, a love gone wrong song called 'The Greatest Hustler Of All':
So I come home early from work to surprise my husband......and we both know I got the surprise. I love walking into my house, dropping my keys on the counter, checking the mail ....but wait.... is that music from the bedroom. WTF is he doing........I shouldn't have asked.
So I go upstairs.......not sneaking, mind you because it's my house and I honestly had no idea that I was going to find my husband on OUR bed with his goods in your nasty mouth.
So here is my missed connection for you:
I'm sorry my fist wouldn't stop connecting with your face for like 5 minutes. I'm sorry I didn't catch your name while I was dragging you by your nasty, bad dye-job hair, down my stairs and out my front door. Sorry my foot didn't meet your ass less than 10 times. Sorry you had to sit on the front lawn naked while my loving husband found your nasty clothes and car keys.
Sorry I was ready for round two on the front lawn and wanted to talk to you more, but I was too busy kicking the crap outta my husband who was soooo concerned with getting your clothes and keys to you.
Sorry about the flat head screwdriver in your car tire, and I'm gonna need that back- it was a Craftsman and it goes with my set! Sorry about the I'm going to hunt you down goodbye rant and rave while my husband was holding me back.
I'm sorry we didn't make a better connection. I really think there is something there. I got this feeling in my stomach that I haven't had for such a long time. WTF seriously.......Respond to this add, after your face is healed, I'm sure he would love to see you again- I'll give you his contact info- his hotel room, where he'll be living from now on. You won't have to worry about any more missed connections from me.
Just so I know it's really you, tell me what color sheets were ON my bed......oh wait you probably didn't notice since your face was all up in his goods. Ok ummm why dont you tell me what I was wearing while I was kicking your butt. Oh, you didn't catch that either, you had your eyes closed when I was punching your face. Ok so tell me my dirtball husband's name, that is if you know it or was this a NSA, FWB, 1NS from the casual encounters section?
Listen Nasty, I know you are probably a nice person, you just made a bad choice. I obviously did marrying dirtball. So 'til we meet again, I will be thinking of our time together and longing to kick your ass somemore!
Hugs and Kisses, The Wife Who Kicked Your Butt
P.S. You left your nasty grannie panties in my house! Just so you know for the next time you meet-he likes thongs!
For all you CL's who are wondering why my poor husband cheated, wasn't because he didn't get it all the time.....we're talking 10+ times a week. Wasn't cause I'm not good in bed......I am. Wasn't cause I'm fat, let myself go, or don't give him what he needs.......I'm fit(5'9" 125), hot(blonde/blue), employed(100k a year), own MY OWN home(350k), and OWN MY own car(BMW). Who knows why.......I sure don't and he can't seem to come up with a reason other than boo-hoo I'm sorry.
Any single guys out there!? LOL
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I am in NO WAY condoning cheating...but man, c'mon...it's called a hotel!
Phoenix, AZ band Dear and the Headlights are coming back with a brand new record, brilliantly titled 'Drunk Like The Bible Times'...and it's in heavy rotation at my place this week.
I think it's safe to say that I fell in love with Chicago based band Catfish Haven about 10 seconds into my first listen...it's frontman George Hunter's voice...it kills me.
They have a new record, 'Devastator' due out October 7th on Secretly Canadian records...and it will no doubt be just as infections and impossible to put down as 2006's Tell Me. Here is a tune for you.
I AM FEMALE!!!! i know the title is kind of odd for a female to use but i hope it will get me what i want.....finaly
o.k. here it is i am going to lay it all out for you one more time, i am a slave who as the pack mentality and belives in a higharcy of slaves. you may be asking what does that have to do with me, besides being a sub./slave i have a strong conection with wolves since i am pagan i found out that my animal alter ego is a pure white wolf with green eyes. I know some of you guys are reading this going....this girl is a freak.....i may be a freak...... but i am looking for the guy who is the same way or could understand why i am so conected with wolves.
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'lone wolf seeks life mate' is the funniest, most conflicted CL title I have read in a LONG time...and THEN it gets weird.
So...on Monday of this week I risked life and limb and hopped on the city bus to trek downtown for the Swell Season show(which was again, absolutely incredible). Anyone knows that such a trip can not be made without a weapon of mass distraction - an mp3 player. I mean one must supply one's own soundtrack to the festival of sights that ONLY a long city bus voyage can bring to light - streetwalkers, drug addicts, shady characters in all shapes and sizes - and that's just ON the bus, we don't have the time to get into what was happening on the actual streets.
Anway, here are a handful of songs that popped up via the shuffle mode during my ride that I hadn't heard forever and felt obligated to post...enjoy:
Glen starting the show off busker style....no microphone needed for an amazing version of 'Say It To Me Now'
3 new songs....
Van Morrison covers....(Astral Weeks)
Black Sabbath covers....(War Pigs)
A stirring version of Fitzcarldo to close the show...or so I thought....only to be topped by an EVEN more stirring version of 'People Get Ready' prefaced with an impassioned Glen Hansard plea to do the right thing, and vote for Obama...
Thank you Carly...for forever embedding this song into my head. I think the beauty of the lyrics to this song were sort of hidden from me due to the fact that it was the theme song for 'The O.C.'...but it's amazing once you take Phantom Planet and that show out of the mix, and add the harmonies of Mates Of State, you are left with a gorgeous song.
I'm From Barcelona(who are actually from...where else? Sweden) have a new record coming out in October. I like these guys on record, but to get the full effect you really have to take in a live show...it's like nothing you have ever seen...I assure you.
Here is a tune from the new album, which is called 'Who Killed Harry Houdini?'...a beautiful little song about getting lost in your music...i can totally relate.
I am guessing that there isn't much of a gray area when it comes to the music of Antony & The Johnsons. Antony's quivering falsetto is the kind of voice you either love...or hate. Me? I fall squarely on the love side. There is like a hypnotic quality to his voice that just mesmerizes me...seriously, when life gets to eventful sometimes, I will put on their 'I Am A Bird Now' record and zone out for an hour or so...so good for the soul.
The band has FINALLY finished up recording some new music in the form of this upcoming EP entitled 'Another World'...here is the title track for ya:
God bless the shuffle mode. I haven't heard this song in SO long....but just now, when it popped up on my Zune...I smiled for the entire two minutes and fifty four seconds.
It's simply one of the best pop songs ever written.
I'm posting this add hoping to find a woman over 30 that would be willing to pick my grandfather up and take him for a walk in the park or to a movie. I would be willing to pay you. He's 84. He's a nice guy. He just needs a friend to do something with. If your interested contact Sophia. Thanks.
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I think there is a term for what she is looking for - prostitute.
(I know, I know...she is doing a really sweet thing...I am just jaded beyond rehabilitation)
I did a whole series of some of my favorite uses of music in movies awhile back, and I am sure that I did at least three or four JUST on Wes Anderson movies...so sorry if this is redundant, but I just saw the Darjeeling Limited again last night and felt compelled to post.
Such a great movie with such a great, eclectic sounding soundtrack. The best song is of course Peter Sarstedt's 'Where Do You Go To My Lovely'...but in the obligatory Wes Anderson slow motion scene, The Kinks 'This Time Tomorrow' also fits perfectly. Here are the songs for you listening pleasure...long live Wes Anderson!
Im the guy your mother warned you about...50 pounds overweight, dead end job and driving a piece of crap car... what she forgot to mention is that I'll always be there for you, can make you laugh and want nothing more than to spend some quality time by your side. So if you wanna get back at mom, or just prove to them that whats on the inside really IS more important...
Breathe Owl Breathe are a nu folk duo hailing from East Jordan, Michigan. Their latest EP , 'Ghost Glacier' is just incredible...I only wish it was longer!
Hi! I'm looking for a penpal. I am currently incarcerated in Inez, Kentucky. I'm looking for a girl to write to me, maybe take a call??? Ya never know, maybe if things go right, a visit! LOL I know, I'm moving too fast! I'm looking for a friend to write to and to get a letter or two from. It's a little boring and kinda lonely too! I am single so, you should be too. You know what guys in my situation think about and like to talk about, so I don't want any men out there getting jealous of all the compliments and things I tell you!! If you want to know more about me or have any questions, email and you'll get any answers you need. Looking forward to writing with you!! James
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SINGLE WOMEN ONLY...this guy in jail can will NOT TALK TO A MARRIED WOMAN...got it?
God bless the Amish. I don't know how they do it...
There were some wicked wind storms here in Ohio over the weekend, leaving lots of folks without power for large chunks of time...myself included for just over 24hrs. This is EXACTLY why I always keep my mp3 player charged...you never know when a random act of nature will swoop in and take away all of your modern conveniences...and when that happens, I gotta have music. Seriously...as tedious has the last 24 hours have been, if I didn't have a soundtrack to kill the time it would have been SO much worse. Here are the musical highlights:
There is a new EP available from the perpetually heavy-hearted Mark Kozelek entitled '7 Songs Belfast'...It is available exclusively through his website I believe.
Here is a tune off from the EP that is the perfect sort of melancholy from the Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painter mastermind.
To JB that broke into my house..you are such a fucking dickhead and I am so glad I was not home at the time, because the cop told me that I should have shot you for dead...by the way, you missed my fiance's gun. Ya, I dont keep my money in my pillow case anymore you douche bag. Try it again..the cops know your address and your truck..they are watching you! you dumb fucker!!!!!!!
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I love when people think outside of the box when looking for reasons to post on the missed connections page!
Los Campesinos! - a band responsible for some of the catchiest songs(and even catchier song TITLES) in recent pop music history - are back with their second album of 2008.
Here is a tune from the October 13 release 'We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed.' You have to love the idea of starting an album off with the lyrics "I think it's fair to say that I chose hopelessness and afflicted it on the rest of us...but at least I've come to terms with my own mortality."
All you people coming down on the females who prefer to have an abortion because it is killing a child.
Why don't some of you raise some hell about those women who left their child in a hot car to smother to death. I mean, hell, what's the difference, well maybe there is:
Abortion kills an unborn fetus that is never outside the body, maybe not even formed, that the mother hasn't and never will hold in her arms.
Hot cars kills a child, moving, breathing, cooing and gooing, that the mother has cared,?, for over a period of time and has held in her arms but for some reason forgets that she has a baby because she thinks that her job requires more attention than her child.
Why haven't you pro-lifers been squealing about these women REALLY GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER, REALLY!
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The CL 'Rants And Raves' section is THE PLACE TO GO for intelligent, informed social debating...no doubt!! Pearl Jam - 'Porch' MP3
So...my obsession with the Scottish band Frightened Rabbit grows more EVERY day. These brilliant lyrics combined with his accent kills me. I am counting down the days til October 22nd and their show here!!
Bound Stems are back with their second full length album entitled 'The Family Afloat'. The Chicago band was formed by former Harvey Danger drummer Evan Sult in 2002.
Math rock influences are evident in their sound, but it's really pretty accessible indie rock. Here is a tune from the new record for you to check out:
Angela Desveaux's second full length album, 'The Mighty Ship' seems to veer more towards rock and a little bit away from her earlier alt-country sound. But the brutally honest, sharp tongued lyrics are still there is spades.
The record makes for a beautiful soundtrack to a dysfunctional relationship...great stuff. Here is a tune for you to check out...
Human Highway is a two man band formed by Islands frontman Nick Thornburn. Ex Islands band mate Jim Guthrie rounds out the lineup.
My research staff, which consists of me, didn't have time to confirm this...but I imagine that they culled their name from the Neil Young song of the same name...so I like them already. Here is an infectious little tune off of their brand new album 'Moody Motorcycle'
i saw you there saterday by electronics. i thought you was looking at me. i was looking thru the reduceded movie bin. i was wearing a halter top and jeans shorts. you kept looking at my huge rack...hehehe. you started to move tward me but my baby was crying and my mom was finished shopping and i had to go. you need to get with me becuase i gotta present for you.
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RUN...RUN FAR FAR AWAY!!! Or just throw a book at her...all of the properly spelled words will confuse her, allowing time for your get away....
Jenny Lewis steps away from both Rilo Kiley and the Watson Twins, with who she crafted a nearly flawless alt-country record with in 2006('Rabbit Fur Coat'), and gets a bit more adventurous with her sound on her soon to be released solo record entitled 'Acid Tounge.' There are some songs, the title track especially, that sound like they would be right at home on 'Rabbit Fur Coat'...but this disc takes a variety of different directions...I am loving it. (Thanks again Molly!)
So, I have a strange fetish. I like to wear adult diapers. No, I'm not a pedophile! I just like to wear adult diapers and like to meet other adults that are into the same.
Anyway, I just spent the last several days exchanging emails and chatting with someone who I thought was into the same fetish as myself. As it turns out, it was a great big waste of time. I was chatting today and we decided to me. When our schedules didn't line up I didn't hear back from her. Then I found out that I would be able to meet her at a time she was free. I sent her an email to express my excitement only to have it returned to me. The cause was that the account no longer existed. Same goes for the IM account.
When someone is just looking to have a good time with other like minded people, why would it be fun to spend days messing with them? Anyway, if any of you are looking for someone here on CL to share some time with, I hope you have better luck than I did.
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Um...is he looking for sympathy because somebody on Craigslist WASN'T what they said they were??? Come on man...and wearing adult diapers as a fetish????
Interpretation is in the ear of the guy with the microphone I guess. What Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins made sound like a bitter, grunge-era rocker about a confusing relationship, singer/songwriter Adem turns into a hopeful sounding acoustic number. Or maybe I was just having a really good day....either way, never understimate the effect of a good cover.
What used to be an career-making event gave away a whopping 8 awards last night...3 of which went to Brittany Spears. If there is a better metaphor EVER for irrelevance, I haven't seen it...
I am hoping that this latest Okkervil River record will be the one that breaks through to EVERYONE. Sort of the way Modest Mouse did a few years ago with 'Good News For People Who Love Bad News'...Will Sheff and company more than deserve it. They have been making stunning, consistently great records for years...I hope this is the one that brings them to a wider audience.
Run out and buy the album tomorrow...it will make a perfect Autumn soundtrack...here is a tune from the new record, enjoy:
Alright hear it goes. I'm a 19 year old guy. I'm into movies a lot, and video games as well. I don't know what I want to do with my life, and I'm currently working 2 part times jobs insted of going to school. I'm pretty much the sterotypical kinda failure. On the plus side I live in an apartment with a roommate. I don't sleep much for two reasons. I have a 3rd shift job, and i have bad case of insomnia. I don't quite know why thats a plus but it is. For a woman I'm pretty much looking for anyone who likes movies and stays up late. Thats really about it though...oh yeah no kids. Now thats it. Thanks for looking
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I would recommend that he not use the phrase " sterotypical kinda failure" in future personal ads...even ironically...it just doesn't translate well.
All hail the "Kings"...Kings of Leon's 4th studio album is due Sept 22 and I hope it vaults the boys in the band one step closer to selling out arenas. They deserve it. They seem to be forever touring, and when they do record...masterpieces happen. Here is a new one...let there be rock:
This is one of my all time favorite 'moving on' songs...I think I have put it on every mix for friends who are skipping town. I was making just such a mix today, and thought I'd post it here as well...enjoy.
The Kills continue to blow me away. They write such amazing songs and put out such incredible records. I have a feeling that they are going to be like our generation's Velvet Underground - a band that never really broke through during their prime, but one that inspires COUNTLESS people to pick up instruments and write songs.
Today my favorite Kills song is 'Rodeo Town' off of the No Wow record. I am including a Jesse Malin cover of it also, just because I think he does a beautiful job with it...enjoy.
Hi, I saw you at the Dollar Store a while back. You had quite a number of tattoos peeking out. Are you totally covered? Ink all over? I should have spoken to you but I was trapped in line as you went out. It made me think of an old friend who was an illustrated woman but sadly has left Columbus. It made me want to meet you and see your Tats. I love to see tattoos Would you be willing to show yours to a very nice guy. Be safe, Meet for coffee first. Then a private showing. Your rules respected. I have not had anyone show off their inked skin for me in too long. If you are that lady with many Tattoos /or are another lady almost totally covered with inked skin that you would like to show off, please reply. Thanks!
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Remember girls...ALWAYS meet for coffee with the guy who was gawking at you in the dollar store to show him your fully tattooed body...safety first!
The new Jenny Lewis record can not get to my ears fast enough! Not only is she my current imaginary rock girlfriend, she is also an amazing songwriter. Sometimes though, when I hear her solo stuff especially...I think she may have been half a century too late. She just has a knack for writing these classic country-ish sounding songs.
Here is a live take on the title track from her upcoming record, 'Acid Tongue'
I first caught Boston's Apollo Sunshine a few years ago when they did a couple of tours with a big local band her in Columbus, The Sun. So few Columbus bands actually sign to major labels, that you tend to remember them...and the bands they played with. Apollo Sunshine always blew me away live, but their recordings never really did much for me...until now.
This new album from AS is so good. I am loving it...and I know that I have songs that I would love to sing along with...I am sure they will never come back. But I digress...here are two of the whopping sixteen tracks off of the new record, 'Shall Noise Upon.'
then you are like me. In my moments of greatest despair, I turn to things like song lyrics to look for wisdom. I turn to the "Missed Connections" forum on CraigsList to look for hope. I turn inward to look for strength, because I have no "special someone" to look outwards at.
Sometimes you can feel yourself on the edge of greatness. You grasp and grasp, and hope and pray that it doesn't slip away. This is one of those things. This post. With it starts my relationship with you: the person who reads this, hoping it's about her. It is. I'm hoping you'll respond, so that this doesn't slip away. If you're like me, then you might not even read it to begin with. Maybe the title didn't "grab" you enough, maybe it looked too long to muddle through when you clicked it, or maybe you think I'm a raving lunatic, a loser, or just not your type. But if you DO read it, and it catches you in the right mood, and if you're as hopelessly romantic as I am, then you might write back. I hope I'm in the right mood when I read it. I am a lonely wretch.
Know what I did tonight? I wrote on a friend's FaceBook wall. I haven't talked to her in over a year, probably. She's married, but I told her that I was thinking about her the other day, and that she's beautiful. It's funny how I can scoff at FaceBook, but doing something so simple can make me so happy. I want someone of my own to tell such things to. Not someone else's wife.
Last week, as I was talking to someone online (probably someone I met on a dating site) they told me that it was refreshing to hear from a guy what I'd just said: I'm tired of being alone.
You can tell me that 1 and 1 make two, and that you have to live for yourself before you'll find anyone else, but the fact of the matter is that I believe that, instead of 1 and 1 making two, I'm looking for my other half. I wish I knew where you were. I know you're out there, dammit. Somewhere. Please write me back. I'm not suicidal, so don't get all worried, but sometimes it feels like I'd be much better off living for someone else than for myself. It's a little sad, but there ARE things I'll do for someone I care about, but not do for myself. I just wish I had the person to do them for. That could be you. If anyone actually writes me back, and responds to this, it might encourage me enough to write again. I'm not particularly artistic, actually, but I think that posting this is "me needing an outlet." I mean, I can appreciate art, but I'm not much for making it. this is what I can manage. To you, I hope, it's art. I am a: lonelywretch
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"I turn to the "Missed Connections" forum on CraigsList to look for hope" ... thatMAY in fact be the saddest thing I have ever, EVER read. I think of all the Missed Connections sub-genres on Craigslist, the 'late night rambling/cry for helps' are my favorite to read...and the most heart breaking.
Portland folk outfit Horse Feathers(with a name like that, could they really play any other genre?) have a new album coming out soon, and it's called 'House With No Home.'
Just wanted to pass along a track from the record...
Songs like this are the reason I started this little blog in the first place. Every once in awhile a 'certain song' will pop up via the shuffle mode of my i pod and I just feel compelled to share it.
That just happened. The song was 'Vice Rag' by AA Bondy, and incredibly talented and FAR TOO UNDER THE RADAR singer/songwriter AA Bondy. His album 'American Hearts' was one of my favorite from 2007...beautiful stuff.
We need an Adult Drunk Clown who is good at getting drunk and stupid. No need to do any clown tricks, just hang out and drink a shit load. We will be hopping around to different bars and want a clown to tag a long and drink heavely. He doesn't even need to socialize with anyone, just drink.
the birthday is on Friday, Sept. 5th in Bucktown. Oh, did I mention that the clown needs to get shitfaced. Don't worry, we will purchase all the drinks.
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What do you think the # will be for the over/under number of fights the 'adult drunk clown' will get into over the course of this night of bar hopping? I will start the wagering at 7...
Canadian singer/songwriter Chad VanGaalen(with his easy falsetto voice) has always reminded me of a much younger, less political version of Neil Young. That isn't so much the case on this record, 'Soft Airplane' but I am loving it nonetheless.
Hey what's up pussycats I'm new to this computer thing, but I'm just here for the most awesome, fun, rockin, kickass, kinky, tight-ass-rad-sexy chick in the city- bonus points if you are heavy metal. Basically I just need a counterpart to my sleek, excellent self. Personality is my main focus, but if I look better in spandex than you (which is very possible) or if my hair looks better than yours, then I'm going to have to pass. You have to be at least hovering around my level of sexiness- it's only fair. To the extent of my knowledge, I'm free of permanent diseases and quit the hard drugs a few days ago. I like to party, rock, fuck, and have a great time, but believe it or not I'm actually smarter than the Jetta-driving, striped-shirt collar-popping, snobby, condescending, valet-demanding, arena district frequenting young professional (with heads up their asses) douchebags you'll see ravaging this city like a plague. My main goals here are to just spread the germs of Heavy Metal and rock n roll while making your life as interesting, dangerous, and entertaining as possible, but you know maybe, if you really kick alot of ass, I might not stray too much and I'll entertain and satisfy you when it's convenient. I'm also extremely sensitive and I like to listen when you're saying what I want to hear. I use commas excessively and grammatically incorrectly, but I don't really care dude they're fun. Shoot me up- I mean shoot me back something exciting loves!
Their own record label, Merge, once described Lambchop as "Nashville's most f*cked-up country band"...a glowing assessment in my humble opinion!
The band is back with a brand new studio album entitled 'OH(Ohio)'...and while it is taking a while for me to fully digest it, as of right this second I think I am going to really like it. One thing is for sure, I love this track off of it...hope you do to.
The Brighton electronic trio Fujiya & Miyagi are back with a brand new album, 'Lightbulbs'. More of the same clever lyrics sung over infectious rhythm and catchy beats...fun stuff.
Here is the opening track off of the new record, and their video for their 2006 breakthrough 'Ankle Injuries.'
...or my email is anyway! Hey, it's me Blair...the Certain Songs staff of one. I just do this for the love of the music and am in no way trying to rip anybody off, so if you are an artist or a record label and you are not happy that I am promoting your music, or you want me to take a song down, just shoot me an email and I will most definitely oblige.
And please support the artists I post here in whatever way you can if you do download a song...go to a show, buy some merch, buy an album...these songs are the soundtrack to my life and I just love to share them. But I can only do that if the insanely talented artist responsible for said songs are able to eat.
I also love hearing new stuff...so any submissions can also be sent to my email, I will try my bestest to listen to everything and get back to you all...peace,love,rock n' roll.
csmusicblog@gmail.com
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Mission Statement
I guess you're old enough to know. Kids out on the east coast. Roughly twenty years old. Got coaxed out by a certain perfect ratio. Of warm beer to the summer smoke. And the meat loaf to the billy joel. Certain songs they get so scratched into our souls.
She goes low on the seats when she gets high in her car. She looks shallow but shes neck deep in the steamy dreams of the guys along the harbor bars. She's pulling out her shirttails and jacking up her socks. Stern and stoned and confident, coming up towards the jukebox. Born into the only songs that everybody finally sings along. B-1 is for the good girls. It's only the good die young. C-9 is for the making eyes. It's paradise by the dashboard light. D4 is for the lovers. B12 is for the speeders. And the hard drugs are for the bartenders and the kitchen workers and the bartender's friends. And they're playing it again. Ellen Foley gives us hope. Certain songs they get scratched into our souls.
I guess you're old enough to know. Kids out on the west coast are taking off their clothes. Screwing in the surf and going out to shows. They get high and ride around in gtos. I guess you're old enough to know. CERTAIN SONGS THEY GET SCRATCHED INTO OUR SOULS. - The Hold Steady