Permalight by Rogue Wave Overproduction ultimately damns this entire record. That said, I like this song. Tootie Ma Is A Big Fine Thing by Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Tom Waits Tom Waits doing “Tootie Ma Was a Big Fine Thing” is so wonderful, that it may just be the coolest thing you hear all… [Read more…]
March 3, 2010
I’m on the plane listening to the college dropout. It brings back so many memories. When we made it I had all 6 parents, 4 grandparents and my mom and dad. Now I have my dad and my grandfather. Music is so nostalgic. Every song I listen to brings me back to when I first… [Read more…]
March 1, 2010
American VI: Ain’t No Grave by Johnny Cash The scrapings of the bottom of a barrel. Stained by longing throughout this compilation, his basso profundo thins out in spots to a ragged wheeze. Longing, not for what he is leaving behind, but for what is next. Nevertheless, he is alive and delivering each song with… [Read more…]
February 23, 2010
Bring the Light by The Smashing Pumpkins The song is made cool by little squealy guitar bits going on in the background, which gets steamrolled under Jimmy Chamberlin’s ‘roided-up drum work. Cut Me In Two by Rocky Votolato A Stripped-down and subtle acoustic folk set. Speakers Push the Air by Pretty Girls Make Graves A… [Read more…]
February 15, 2010
No One’s Gonna’ Love You by Band of Horses This is my favorite love song of the last few years. Don’t let the title fool you, the complete lyrics go: No one’s gonna love you…more than I do. You Must Be Out of Your Mind by The Magnetic Fields For those who celebrated Singles Awareness… [Read more…]
March 8, 2010
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