Here's some new music I'm enjoying and you might too.
White Reaper, "The World's Best American Band"
Who would like them? TR, Clarence
What do they sound like? Everything there is to love about Van Halen, Queen, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy; Japandroids if they got laid more and listened to AC/DC.
What's your favorite track? Crystal Pistol
The Regrettes, "Feel Your Feelings Fool!
Who would like them? rob, Squeaky, anyone who won't be depressed to learn that the band members are in high school
What do they sound like? An angrier harder Dum Dum Girls; a post-modern feminist take on 60's rock n roll; a cross between the Pixies and Florence and the Machine if Florence had a sore throat and recorded an album in a broom closet using old and marginally functional equipment.
What's your favorite track? It's hard to say, the whole album's really good. I Don't Like You is good, but Hey Now and Hot have actual music videos so I'll post those.
And this isn't on the album but it's worth listening to.
Talib Kweli, "Indie 500" (This isn't new but it escaped my notice until recently.)
Who would like them? Mark, maybe Dave
What do they sound like? Exactly what you would expect a Talib Kweli/9th Wonder collaboration to sound like.
What's your favorite track? Every Ghetto. This song is so sparse and so hard that it inspired me to write a post about the sparsest hardest conscious songs in hiphop history but I never wrote it.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, "The Nashville Sound"
Who would like them? Rootsy, Whitney, rob, anyone who appreciates lyrics that are simultaneously austere and a punch to the gut
What do they sound like? Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, which is to say damn good.
What's your favorite track? This album comes out June 16 and I'm writing this on June 15 so I've only heard four songs. That said, If We Were Vampires is the weirdest love song I've ever heard but it's sincere--you can hear Isbell's voice crack around the 1:56 mark.
that's some good shit all the way around, z. the isbell song is fucking beautiful.
ReplyDelete"Who like them?" should be "Who would like them?" but I think you know that.
ReplyDeletejust showed my daughter some regrettes videos. the plan, obviously, is for her to form a band and get a major label deal by the time she turns 17 so i can retire early and write more gheorghe posts.
ReplyDeleteI would and do like the Crystal Pistol...the others too but that's a good diddy. Lil bit of a Ramones sound too if I do say so.
ReplyDeleteDisappointed in the gawf thus far in WI. Would prefer to see mass struggles. This might as well be the Hartford Open. Anyone can win it.
ReplyDeleteI will remember that--I don't have your musical tastes pegged so I never cite you for "Who would like them?"
ReplyDeleteDid anybody but Zamphir play the pan flute? If so, who played the pan flute for the Thirtysomething soundtrack?
ReplyDeleteIf Joel Embid can stay healthy (obviously that's hugely questionable) the 76ers look like a monster in 3-4 years.
ReplyDeletepan halen
ReplyDeleteAndre Ward beat Kovalev on a nearly all body blow TKO. Fucking impressive.
ReplyDeleteA Van Halen cover band featuring the pan flute would be fantastic. I would also love to see Banjovi.
ReplyDeleteI had you pegged as more of a skin flute man.
ReplyDeleteDoug "skin" Flutie?
ReplyDeletehappy pappy's day, motherfuckers
ReplyDeleteI bought myself a $1,000 grill for Father's Fay. Four burner behemoth.
ReplyDeleteFor a second I thought you meant that you got fronts.
ReplyDeleteI'm going for the Paul Wall look.
ReplyDeleteThat suits you. And the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteTR is definitely regretting that he didn't get other kind of grill at this point.
ReplyDeleteMy brother in law bought me edibles for Fathers Day.
ReplyDeleteI was given two records: Hall and Oates, Wu Tang
ReplyDeleteThat actually makes a ton of sense as a coherent gift, assuming they are Big Bam Boom and Enter the Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers.
ReplyDeleteNetflix is doing a comedy/drama about Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling starring Allison Brie. That sound you heard is TR's head exploding.
ReplyDeleteOld news, Zman. Maron is co-starring. He mentioned on his podcast that he added his first-hand knowledge of cocaine use to make some scenes better.
ReplyDeleteNot the murderers' row of high profile names Fox was looking for today for the Open.
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time getting excited when I only know 1-2 of the leaders.
Then go get more beer.
ReplyDeleteBeen a White Reaper fan for a while. Polyvinyl, their label, has a ton of good bands.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, dig all the selections though.
Happy Father's day you all.