I’ll be working on a recap of Noke Codes this week. Sorry it is a bit later than anticipated. I know you are anxious to read about it, so let me relieve you of some of that stress.
Listen to Kiiara.
Category Archives: Tunes
“I’ve Been Bored,” Superheaven
I’ve been listening to Aural History this morning, which is a music podcast from Alex Ezell, an SDM for Rackspace down in Blacksburg.
Really good stuff all the way around, including a song from Bully called “Trying” which I’ll definitely be listening to again soon.
However, the track that has really grabbed my ears holes is this far-out rock and roll jam by Superheaven.
Get to slam dancin, y’all.
**UPDATE: Superheaven is the grunge band I wanted to hear in 1993. 24 hours later, I’m completely sold. Unexpected chord progressions! Melody! These guys are awesome…like Weezer covering Where You Been-era Dinosaur Jr. If you like the song I posted (and if you don’t, what is wrong with you?), then let me recommend “Leach,” “Downswing,” and “Dig Into Me” from the same album, Ours Is Chrome. Also, note that, for legal reasons, the band had to change their name, previously being known as Daylight. The stuff they recorded as Daylight is just as good…maybe better. Here’s a link to their album Jar, recorded under their old name.
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“Next To Me,” Emeli Sande
I first heard the last half of this song coming in scratchy on the fading signal from some Adult Contemporary station the Seek button found for me outside Richmond a couple of years ago, hurtling down twisty Huguenot Trail at a fairly reckless speed, fingers popping and snapping unconsciously against the steering wheel — catching the rhythm and matching the irresistible forward propulsion of the drums, like the constant chuffchuffboom thrum of a tugboat diesel churning at harbor.
Not a great song, but a darn good one.
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“Sleep It Off,” Woolens
Sometimes what you’re looking for is right in your own backyard. In my case, I guess that means I ought to be looking for an electric lawnmower with the blade removed; however, if what you seek is new music, I heartily endorse Roanoke-based Woolens.
YouTube says this video has 24 views. That is a real Why The Frown statistic.
Come on, Dear Readers, let’s push that number beyond 27!
You might also consider checking out their website for more tunes and following them on Twitter for show announcements: @WoolensMusic.
And speaking of electric lawnmowers, peep the coolest video to ever feature direct current sod shearing. One of my all-time favorite songs.
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“Vampires,” The Dance Party
I once heard Tom Verlaine on NPR talking about the fundamentally inauthentic mix of radio-friendly pop music. The human voice should be mixed at the level of all the other instruments, but never is.
I think about this.
And now I implore you to consider The Dance Party.
I’ve known the singer, Mick Coogen, a long time. He’s a great guy, and if he weren’t now old as hell, he’d make a great rock star, in a “good Irish Catholic boy” sort of way.
Please feel free to love this band. At one point they moved to LA and made a professional quality video for their song “Sasha Don’t Sleep,” replete with hot chicks. It is also a really fun song, but I prefer this video.
That being said, I hate dislike how flat the drums are in this recording.
…dat Mick, tho…
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“Peggy Sue,” Buddy Holly
Did you know RDF saved the world from the Nazis? Its true.
RDF – better known now as RADAR – was the British acronym for “radio direction finder” and it was essentially the sole reason the Brits were able to repel the larger and more advanced Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Using RDF, the Brits were able to “see” the Nazis coming and efficiently deploy scarce assets to their best effect.
FUCK yeah! Technology.
Oddly, Buddy Holly’s dope scattershot guitar solo in “Peggy Sue” reminds me of this ever’ dang time I hear it.
Not a song to which you can goosestep.
Let freedom ring.
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“Lifted Up,” Passion Pit
When it rains, it pours…
Meet my new co-favorite song of 2015 (so far):
Check back later today for a recap of Star Tank.
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“Hallelujah,” Panic! At The Disco
It has been quite some time since I’ve been as smitten with a pop song as I am with the new single from Panic! At The Disco. I’m a sucker for a giant chorus, and the horns in the mix here give the song an impressive Wall of Sound vibe. If Phil Specter wasn’t so busy killing transvestites, he’d really dig this recording. To me, though, the real workhorse powering this song toward greatness is the snap of the snare drum. Really, really like this song.
Nobody ever listens to the songs I post. Break the ice; try this one. You won’t regret it.
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