I don't often spend money these days. It normally just disappears from my account to pay various bills. But today I decided to buy a pair of tickets to see the Replacements in September. This can be a wedding gift from myself to me.
The Waterboys' This Is The Sea has risen to the highest tier of my favorites.
Excellent log - trying to get an '80s ballot done for the poll jhereko is running and 'The Whole of the Moon' is in there as one of my top 10 or 12 songs for the decade. Have never properly worked through their full discog but will get round to it soon, hopefully.
Excellent log - trying to get an '80s ballot done for the poll jhereko is running and 'The Whole of the Moon' is in there as one of my top 10 or 12 songs for the decade. Have never properly worked through their full discog but will get round to it soon, hopefully.
Thanks. While I favor This Is The Sea considerably. Fisherman's Blues, A Pagan Place, and their self-titled debut are totally worth listening to. _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
Yesterday, I was busy cleaning the apartment and then went out for most of the night to say goodbye to my friend who's moving to LA.
Since I have the space, you guys should check out the animated series that he and his brother created. They air on PBS, and have even won some prestigious awards. The animation is beautiful and the StoryCorps stories are really really heartfelt.
This one comes from the same label as Mr Bungle-alums Secret Chiefs 3 and is a similarly instrumental multi-genre melting pot. It's good, but lacks that special something that makes SC3 so great.
First listen and this is really great. I think what really wins me over with this record is the neo-folk elements and the deep dark texture of the album.
I kind of late this band. They're total douchebags who enjoy pissing into each other's mouths on stage. But they're also a kick into the ass to an often unexciting live rock show, and every once in a while they cut a really fun anthemic garage rock song. While most of the record is rather boring. "Smiling" is a fun track, as is "I Don't Wanna Go Home"
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Back in the day, I saw Black Lips at an outdoor show. In this picture, you'll find the lead singer floating in the crowd, held up by adoring fans. Those same adoring, and a horribly drunk fans eventually, destroyed the barricade and stormed the stage, eventually cutting the show short. Then lightning bolts erupted in the sky and strong rains poured down upon us all. Trail Of Dead's set was cut. _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
Since it's my final day as the center of attention here and I selfishly never want it to end, my last day will focus on a handful of my favorite records that tend to get overlooked on BEA for one reason or another. Hopefully, you'll check them out and fall in love.
I Could Live in Hope gets all the love. It was Low's opening statement and will continue on as one of the finest representatives of slowcore. Oddly enough, BEA's love for Low kind of stops with their debut. And as much as I love how they started, the band's entire discography is thrilling, with just enough variation to keep them interesting from album to album. Many fans focus on their debut and Things We Lost In The Fire as the pinnacles of their career, while I've often seen The Great Destroyer treated as the black sheep. Lacking the subtlety of their debut, The Great Destroyer is Low's biggest sounding record to date. It's a beefy rock record with hulking guitars. But I also believe this is some of Alan Sparhawk's best songwriting and contains brilliant lyrics. It's often self-referential, shedding light on Sparhawk's struggles as a songwriter and unwillingness to thread water.
This one really hits close to home, as I've suffered from temporary deafness.
I almost decided to give my Low attention to Drums & Guns, which only appears on 13 charts, many of which are my own. It's quickly risen to be my 2nd favorite Low record, and contains possibly their best song "Murderer".
Whatever the album, Low rules. And they're certainly not a one album band. _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
Wire's first two albums appear on hundreds of charts, and 154 is also on more than a few, so it's a shame that 1980 Colin Newman's solo debut gets so little love here. As good as Wire's first three records are, Newman's debut is just as great if not better. I was never a huge fan of Pink Flag growing up, but once I heard Chairs Missing, things started to click for me. The I heard This Mortal Coil's covers of "Not Me" and "Alone". I had to see who wrote the originals. To my surprise, it was none other than Wire's Colin Newman.
A-Z feels more accessible and yet more experimental than any of Wire's first three albums, mixing in Eno-like funky synth soundscapes into Newman's oddball art pop and post punk elements.
Ennio Morricone is best known for his brilliant Spaghetti Western soundtracks, but this one is just as fabulous while sounding nothing like anything found in The Good The Bad & The Ugly or Fistful of Dollars. Mysterious easy listening lounge music.
Yesterday, I was busy cleaning the apartment and then went out for most of the night to say goodbye to my friend who's moving to LA.
Since I have the space, you guys should check out the animated series that he and his brother created. They air on PBS, and have even won some prestigious awards. The animation is beautiful and the StoryCorps stories are really really heartfelt.
Wait you know the StoryCorps creator? That's awesome. I've been following their channel for two years. They are beautiful shorts on human nature and the designs of them are so perfectly humbling.
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