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(I Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson

2012-05-24T05:30:23-07:00

I've long contended that John Frusciante was the driving genius behind RHCP's old stuff (no diss to Kiedis who is the nicest man you'll ever meet.) Or that I like Joe Walsh more than the rest of the Eagles. Now Black Book states that Belle & Sebastian's Stevie Jackson(Say that 5x fast!) is responsible for all the band's hooks? This must be investigated!

It's a good thing that Action Jackson fell for "the chicks" or else he might be somewhere as an assistant occupational therapist being mistaken for Walter Mathau.

Fast forward to the 2 minute mark, his new album is out July 7th.

++Ooh this track In Dreams by Tomemitsu is dreamy. Needs a video, pronto!

++"DEVON!? What are YOU doin' here?"

Cool Beautiful Shirts

2012-05-23T05:15:00-07:00

++Great. So some of the commenters on You Tube are comparing Nick's narration in Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby to Ted Mosby's in How I Met Your Mother and now I can't Baz Luhrmann un-hear it.

++If given the chance, I might've bought tickets to go see this?*

++I've been pondering the resurgence of the saxophone for a couple of weeks now and how bands must have to think it over and exercise caution before adding it to a song. It's a bold choice, like cayenne pepper. It's being used mostly ironically these days, as a nod to the 80s, but it can also be the perfect element when used seriously and in tiny doses.

Here's a good example, an old video by Strange Boys who I wrote about last year.

Additional reading: Strange Boys' lead Ryan Sambol lays out some of his faves including this slow burner by Group Inerane.:

*Be all up in the front row, like...:

Words Like Knives

2012-05-22T16:25:55-07:00

Am still so busy! Here's something summery from the inbox. Aussie trio Atlas Genius have a new EP coming out June 12 through Warner Brothers called Through the Glass. They must get their deliciously airy sound from the drummer's phantom drum sticks (above).

No tour dates. As.of.yet!

Atlas Genius - Back Seat by Atlas Genius

With Sincerity

2012-05-22T05:53:55-07:00

Oof, am a little busy but I did find a live one! I highly suggest being buried in Girls Names "Wall of Sound" this morning. Though the Belfast band has only been around since 2009, what a sound they've formulated. This is off an album from October of last year.:

Koolatron

2012-05-21T05:15:00-07:00

This song by Gus Gus has a too long intro, which these days means over 5 seconds. The danger is that people with short attention spans won't get to the musical round perfection that happens roundabout minute 3:37.:

++Earlier this year Gus Gus gave away a remix of Bang Gang's Sacred Thing, that was originally done in 1999.

The girl in the video really knows how to chill, lolololololololol!!1!

Quickies

2012-05-21T05:07:00-07:00

++Forget the education connection girl or the free credit report band, when are we going to hear more MCing from the JoS. A. Bank announcer? That guy could get you to buy the shoes you're wearing.

++Poor Beach House being deluged this year. They need like a War Room or maybe one of those planning tables that generals are always upending in movies out of disgust.

++I enjoy reading MusicOMH's reviews which are concise, have a rating system/sample video and often provide catty comparisons to other acts. I like reading them to myself in the Randall Honey Badger voice.

Roundup: Best Songs of the Week

2012-05-17T16:41:20-07:00

Ummkay, so it's technically the past two weeks. 'Silver' seemed to be the theme that emerged. Without question, the song that got the most play over here was 1) Sylver Tongue/Charlotte Hatherley's Hook You Up. I'm going to to put it up again just because it makes me swoon so. Thumbs up!:

2) Angus and Julia Stone: I'm Not Yours. Breathtaking.

3) Beachwood Sparks: Silver Morning After

4) Metronomy: Thing For Me Breakbot Mix

Some Bands

2012-05-17T06:25:46-07:00

++Just like Health yesterday, Yppah's music has been used in the videogame trailer for Atari's Alone in the Dark.

++Illinois about to get overrun by a lot of Lil Sebastians/a lot of cuteness.

++Seems like a common theme in music is people/women in song saying the opposite of what they mean and making weak arguments for not missing their lover when they really are...I don't think those cases will hold up in court, ladies!

++Some bands/lead singers just seem to scream model bait to me, and when they play they'll attract lanky blond types that'll come crawling out of the walls like a pest control commercial.

A Thousand Reasons

2012-05-17T05:20:00-07:00

It's been many many years since I first wrote about brother and sister act Angus and Julia Stone. Here's another case, like M83 vs. Mandy Lee's Midnight City where I like both the original and cover of a song for diferent reasons. The original has a sad, bleak, wintry thing going on and is so dang gorgeous.

On the flip side of the coin, Patrickreza's dubstep version takes Julia Stone's voice and makes it more distant and futuristic, like it's the year 2090 and she's a hologram or has been cryogenically unfrozen and is *still* giving the guy sh-t. The only thing is I wish he'd included more lyrics from the original song, which is my complaint about dubstep covers in general. (There's some unwritten rule about not being wordy, I guess.*) Anyway, one song's chocolate and the other's peanut butter and would love to hear them rolled together into a better egg.

*Wouldn't want to confuse "The Club."

Quickies

2012-05-16T05:10:48-07:00

++Aux TV has a sampling of the score Health has done for the new Max Payne game. It's understandable why Health was chosen but this seems a little more staid than their usual stuff. I wonder if they were assigned to create an atmosphere without being too distracting to the gamer?

++Perhaps the internet needs to take a breather, a little time out to make up its mind.

++The Dirty Guv'nahs have been added to Bonaroo. Nothing to add to this, just like saying Dirty Guv'nahs.

++"Children's literature research club" sounds so much more serious than comics club. Also, a couple of trims to the beard and a new hat and Miyazaki could give Johnny Depp's superfan a run for his money.

++I love any song that injects passion into cold electronic and frankly have always wondered what it would sound like if The Boss did darkwave. Also: The Klinik seem real chill; would probably give you erroneous street directions.

Let me hear your body talk? I would *not* have pegged them as Olivia Newton John-ophiles.