Above is one of my favorite concert photos from last year, Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade at the Henry Fonda Music Box last July.
Welcome to our new blog buddy, Sean at Battery In Your Leg, whose latest discusses the musical differences between Morrissey and Marr, who are both big favorites of ours.
I didn’t know that [...]
01.15Lower Heaven: Ashes
All the time I’ve spent listening to the best music of 2008 has made my ear a mite picky, so it’s with some surprise that an album has already caused me to create a Best of 2009 folder. The band that made that happen is Silverlake’s Lower Heaven, and the album is their debut [...]
Time Travel Tuesday goes a short distance this week, back to 2005, to an album I discovered only a few months ago.
One of my happiest discoveries in 2008 was Joel Thibodeaux, AKA Death Vessel. I picked up both his 2008 album Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us and his 2005 album Stay Close at [...]
01.10Casador
Argentine-born Alessandro Raina released The Puritans EP in mid-December, his first work as Casador, having previously had both solo works as a member of Giardini de Mirò in Italy, where he now resides. As Casador, he has opened shows for Wilco, Sparklehorse, and Ra Ra Riot.
“Basically,” he says, “I write songs where I admit [...]
01.09Finally Friday
Above, one of three reasons why the house never gets warm. Also, ugly wallpaper that must go this year. Viva la resolution!
Muruch, who has been around a long time but is new to our blogroll, also has a new address for 2009. Read her excellent list of Top 21 albums of 2008 [...]
This is volume 2 of the Should-Haves, music that should have been on my Favorites of 2008 lists but wasn’t (Vol 1 is here), and I think my last words on 2008.
I didn’t like the Rural Alberta Advantage at first listen even though I was seeing some rave reviews elsewhere. Then I [...]
01.07Loquat and Leu
These two songs and the voices of two lovely ladies prove that pop does not have to be wimpy or bland.
Kylee Swenson provides the stunning vocals of San Francisco’s Loquat on their second full-length Secrets of the Sea. The haunting, echoey “Harder Hit” the standout track.
Loquat: Harder Hit from Secrets of the Sea (2008)
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There is always some amount of regret that occurs after publishing one’s Favorites of the Year. My last few words about 2008 concern favorite songs from CDs I think I should have spent more time with–they might have wound up on the favorite albums list. It’s just difficult to listen to everything that [...]