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TwitterI’m working furiously on my Best of 2007 lists, which will begin in early December (tomorrow, possibly). I have a great plan for a month-long roll out celebration. But I’m not the only one bearing holiday gifts. Candidates for one of the best albums of the year, New York’s Robbers On High Street are giving [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Back in the 1970s, rock was a simpler affair: Sweet love songs for all ages. The Silver Seas, “High Society” is an album of that same kind of irony-free piano-driven soft rock, a sound which I for one think we could all use a little more of these days. It’s a nice counterpoint to morose, [...]
The Killer’s B-sides and rarities record, “Sawdust,” has been released, and it’s got lots of stuff that circulated, in versions of lesser quality, various blogs throughout recent years. In addition to the new single, which you’ve surely heard, “Tranquilize,” with Lou Reed, it’s got the Joy Division cover, “Shadowplay,” really good B-Sides like “All The [...]
Today, we capture that most elusive of prey: A high quality, well-played, and not synced to tape live rap show, featuring one of the top 5 rappers around today: Ghostface. I’ll be beginning my year-end wrap up in a few weeks, and I’m sad to say that Ghostface’s More Fish will not be on it. [...]
By request, some more eels stuff. If there’s interest in me doing more, I’ll keep this train a-runnin’. Drop me a comment if you want even more. 1. Rock Show (Peaches cover)-eels (live) 2. That’s Life (Sinatra)-eels (live) 3. Fucker-eels 4. I’m Only Sleeping (Beatles)-A Man Called E (live) 5. Fingertips III (Stevie Wonder)-eels (live). [...]
Oh Astro have already gotten blog love from luminaries like Stereogum and Pitchfork, so I don’t know what good a C-lister like myself can do for them, but I’m willing to throw down. “Champions of Wonder” is a another fun and semi-legal offering from Illegal Art, home of Girl Talk. My favorite track off the [...]
