Today seems to be a good day in the mp3 blog universe
The new Belle & Sebastian album The Life Pursuit leaked on to the internet very recently and I must say that I haven't heard a peep about it on the blog network until half the day was over. I haven't gotten a chance to listen to it completely as I'm on my way out but I will say I am enjoying these tracks very much.
There are few albums that I'm looking forward to next year and one of those is the new Two Gallants album. I've only heard a handful of songs by them and posted a few but I'm not sure what to expect on the album other than this one song that's been floating around the blogosphere lately. Its been getting a lot of rotation in my car.
you nostalgic video game nerds out there. One of my friends called their first album his favorite release of 2004 and I just looked at him puzzled because I really trusted his musical taste. I guess no one is perfect. I'm not saying its crap I just can't rank a covers album too high.Thanksgiving with the family was fun, I ate lots of food and drank lots of brandy. Good times. Seems like year end best of lists are starting to pop up on the music blogs, I organized mine and I'm currently waited for deployment a little closer to the end of the year. Till then check out this track from Okkervil Rivers Black Sheep Boy Appendix.
How lame does a band have to be to only post a "taster" or "snippets" of songs for their fans or future fans to listen to. I can't post a "taster", that's just not my style and no one jams to a "snippet". Free publicity 101: post at least one song and a bio/info on your band on your official website. I'm resourceful so before I gave up on The Capes I downloaded the album so I can have something to post. I'm sorry guys, you cornered me into it.
Elk City is not a magical land filled with Elks that I hoped for but instead they are an indie rock band that I never really noticed or cared about until I heard that former guitarist for Luna, Sean Eden had joined Elk City. So I downloaded a song and it wasn't too bad. The material out now has shared vocals with the guitarist Peter Langland-Hasssan and bass guitarist Renee LoBue but because Langland-Hasssans departure LoBue did all the vocals for their newest album New Believers out in 2006.
I got a recommendation from one of my friends who has an ear for good hip hop. He told me that lately he was listening to Edans Beauty and the Beat and said that it was his favorite hip hop release of the year. The first thing that I noticed when I heard this album was the production. It's unlike what you normally hear on a hip hop album released in 2005. His music as well as his production has a combination of old school and psychedelic which makes this album work as well as it does. The first single, Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme got me, it seeps into your brain with that hook and that voice. See for yourself:
Edan - Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme
If you were to read a description of a band and it read "ambient doom metal", how would you stop yourself from investigating. Thats what happend when I read about Nadja's Truth Becomes Death. From this one song, I'd say more parts ambient than doom metal whatever that is. I think I like the classification better than the music. I read somewhere else where they are described as ambient-drone-metal, I guess everyones pretty sure about the ambient and the metal part, the drone vs doom is still out for debate. Hold up, I just read dronedoom at another place, that one sounds like the next possible project for MF Doom.
I was hearing rumors for the past couple of days but it seems to me that Arrested Development is really going to get cancel. I normally don't get hooked on prime time television but this show was impossible to stay away from. The 3rd and final season has been cut from 22 episodes to 13 and will start airing again on December 5th. It just seems like Fox wants them to fail with these sporadic airings and the shifting time slots. I was happy when Sundays gave me Arrested Development and the Simpsons, the best combo ever. I really hope that they get picked up by another network. Arrested Development gets canceled and that piece of shit Stacked stays on air. How are shows like Trading Spouses and Reunion still on air? I love network television rational. I feel like punching a certain executive in the face.
Englands Clearlake is slated to return in early 2006 with thier third album, Amber their follow up to Cedar on Domino. Before the new album is released, Clearlake will release a limited edition 7" single in December with the track Good Clean Fun and a remix by Caribou on the b-side. Check out couple of tracks from Amber:
I was browsing the Touch & Go website and found these. I would of pointed you to the Touch & Go video section but I didn't like the setup, a pop up comes up and you know the routine. I'm just picky.
I made a new banner just because I just finished taking a tough exam and naturally I was in lazy mode for the rest of the day. I made about 16 or so banners before I got tired and picked one that wasn't too lame. This should keep me happy for about a month or so.
I had a very nice weekend full of craziness. Friday we went to as my friends would say, "the most ghetto bar in Denton" after all the booze in our apartment ran low. It was shady but the drinks were cheap and I could play foosball in a lit room. While I was playing said foosball, I heard loud yelling but I was in the game so my surroundings didn't matter as much. But then yelling turned into 4 guys holding one girl back from beating up a large guy who just sat their and smiled like he was opening presents on his birthday. That passed, so I got focused again on the game and then I feel someone bumping against me violently so I stop playing to check it out. The bar fight that almost happen was happening 3 inches away from me. Girl bar fight though, lots of hair pulling and word play. So the bar shut down and we finished our drinks and left as the cops got there. While we walked out someone threw a stone at a cop and he drew out his gun and pointed it around. No one saw were it came from so they were pretty mad. Other than that, one of my friends got punched in the face, another got arrested, some homeless guy tried to get in my car randomly and I fell asleep with Meatloaf next to me. The food not the guy. That was just Friday, Saturday is when things got crazy.
The new My Morning Jacket album, Z took me by surprise. I wasn't that big of fan of theirs from the songs that I heard on their previous releases, so I didn't have high hopes. The first time played the album I was right about to give up on it till I got to track 4, What a wonderful man. My first thought was, that sounds like the Flaming Lips, then my next thought was if that was the one good track on there. It wasn't. I'm so used to albums that start off strong but then peter out towards the end, this one builds up. Z is a bit uneven at times but when it hits its stride, it does it well.
I've been kicking back all day, right now with a Blueberry Pop Tart and some Moroccan Pomegranate Rooibos Tea. Thats usually my Tuesdays and Thursdays. So a lazy post today going along with a lazy day.
A slew of Bloggers have posted on Hush records newest release by the Figurine like, Toothfairy. Check it here, here, here and here. Not bad.
Blueprint is bringing 88 back. Well on his latest LP 1988 he is. Most everytime I get into a drunken discussion about underground hip hop this album always comes up and my reply has always been, "yea, I need to check that out". Well I did and now I'm here to give you the heads up.
