Only 151 Shopping Days…
[ 2 Comments ]Posted on August 4, 2008 by admin in Music
Monday, August 4th, 2008…and this JingleBabies CD is already driving me nuts.
…left until Christmas, and this collection of samples of baby sounds turned into Christmas carols is going to drive me nuts. If I don’t buy it now, I’ll forget about it until Christmas, when I’ll be saying to myself “damn, I wish I’d bought that JingleBabies CD, it would be really fun in this Xmas mix I’m making”. If I DO buy it now, when Christmas rolls around, I’ll be saying to myself “damn, what a waste of twelve bucks, this was really only funny for about ten seconds as an audio preview”. Decide for yourself. Listen to Silent Night, as sung by babies.
Kiss Me On The Back Porch Video
[ Comments Off ]Posted on August 2, 2008 by admin in Popular Media
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008Or: call your album 49:00 because you were 20 in the 80′s
This is not Paul Westerberg.
I just thought the hair captured the essence of the post |
The crazy $0.49 download of 49:00, the new release by Paul Westerberg
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
[ Comments Off ]Posted on July 31, 2008 by admin in Music
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Unless they happen on August 4th
Except the release of Brian Eno & David Byrne’s album of the same name, which will happen on August 4th, 2008. The music will be available exclusively at everythingthathappens.com with free previews and a free song, and it actually goes on sale two weeks later. Can’t wait for some new Byrne & Eno? Then make your own by remixing studio quality tracks from the 1981 release Bush of Ghosts
More Pitchfork 50 in 25: Arcade Fire, The National, The Tough Alliance
[ 2 Comments ]Posted on July 26, 2008 by admin in Music
Saturday, July 26th, 2008See the first of these posts for an explanation of these clips & summaries. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible Echo & the Bunnymen merge with the Pixies and set out to create Bruce-Springsteen-like anthems… The National – Boxer The Church doing an Alt-country soundtrack for a Gus Van Sant film. The Tough Alliance -A New [...]
See the first of these posts for an explanation of these clips & summaries.
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
Echo & the Bunnymen merge with the Pixies and set out to create Bruce-Springsteen-like anthems…
The National – Boxer
The Church doing an Alt-country soundtrack for a Gus Van Sant film.
The Tough Alliance -A New Chance
All those too-queer-blonde-guys in Haircut 100 get old and do a parody of themselves with more synths and samples, except now they’re, um, Swedish.
Khalid Hanifi – Pamplemousse Presse
[ Comments Off ]Posted on July 23, 2008 by admin in Music
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008A quick listen to Khalid Hanifi’s catchy new radio-ready CD, Pamplemousse Presse
On his new release Pamplemousse Presse, Khalid Hanifi pulls off something any pop songwriter could admire, drawing from the pop palette without resorting to pop cliché, and effortlessly (well, maybe he worked on it…) blending excellent hooks with solid song craftsmanship. This collection of songs is solidly listenable from beginning to end, and in fact (whether I like it or not) remains pretty listenable in my head when the songs get stuck there. Very catchy stuff. Although you could toss off comparisons to a wide variety of singer songwriters (Rufus Wainright, Joseph Arthur, Joe Jackson, Michael Penn and others spring to mind) Hanifi has a maturity and purity of pitch in his voice and delivery that he clearly owns. You can only really compare Khalid Hanifi to Khalid Hanifi. Well paced, produced & mixed with exceptional clarity, strong melody, and nicely placed, sophisticated harmonies, this CD has only grown on me more with each listen. This is a seriously radio-ready (people still listen to those, don’t they?) artist who would fit comfortably into an adult alternative rotation as easily as an alt-country mix. If this is what Khalid Hanifi does when he’s not pursuing his music career full time, I can’t wait until he gets serious about it. Purchase a downloadable version on DigStation for USD9.99, or pick up the CD at CDBaby for USD12.97.