FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS GIVEAWAY

Coming this month to HBO will be Flight of the Conchords, a new comedy series that appears (to me) to be in the spirit of Extras, one of the best half-hour shows of this century. The show follows “New Zealand’s fourth most popular folk-parody duo”, who are Bret McKenzie of The Black Seeds and Figwit [...]

MODEST MOUSE

Modest Mouse–A few live cuts from November 2006 We’ve Got Everything-Modest Mouse Dashboard-Modest Mouse Invisible in Your Car-Modest Mouse We Know . . . -Modest Mouse . . . Plus the PICTURE OF THE DAY:

THAILAND-”Motorcade”

Thailand have begun getting the buzz around the blogs, so when they sent me their CD I was curious to see what it was like. I was very surprised. This is music that is uncategorizable, jumping from hard n’ heavy riffs to electronica, featuring both female and male vocal tracks, going from Wire-type punk, through [...]

SONGS: OHIA 11/16/01

Songs: Ohia, as far as I know, is dead. It was essentially singer-songwriter Jason Molina’s project from 1999-2003, when he established the Magnolia Electric Company. Jason posts lots of songs (and live shows in lossless format) at the Magnolia Electric Company website, so it’s not hard to find their stuff. I tend to go hot [...]

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WELCOME TO THE FIRST BERKELEYPLACE BOOK REVIEW—“REDEMPTION SONG”

I’m not much of a reader. I read once a year, when I go to the beach. Other than that, I’m just too busy. But for a bio about one of my favorite musicians ever, Joe Strummer, I made an exception. “Redemption Song” by Chris Salewicz is two-pounds of text, telling the tale of Strummer [...]