i wanted to again speak briefly about joel plaskett and his joel plaskett emergency. if you havent checked out the emergency’s decade hopping concept record, ashtray rock hit yo self in the nuts or for the ladies, your awesome boobage. the more i listen, the more i love it. definitely one of the “funnest” and “hookiest” records i have heard in ages. i dare ya to try and resist singing along to either one of these tracks.
speaking of joel plaskett, he has just launched a label and the first artist to be released on new scotland records is fellow canadian dave marsh - those canadians are always stickin together. in fact they all kind of look a like too. anyway, dave marsh’s true love rules supposedly, if you are lazy, can be compared to big star’s #1 record and bowie’s low and after listening to these two tracks i can say that’s definitely the lazy man’s reference point. until i hear more, thats about as far as i will go.
true love rules is out on july 29 on new scotland records.
Really. What are our rock options these days? Just “rock.” Rock not encumbered by prefixes like “indie,” “dance” or “artdamagedpoptronicafolkmetal.” Just “rock.”
Here’s one: The Novaks. I caught the St. John’s Canada foursome at SXSW 2006 and they were one of my favorite finds. They came with no hype and the place, a dance lounge by night (it was night but this is SXSW), was blissfully empty (blissful for us, not them). The guy I was with, who can write along with the best of em, said, “That kid’s a star,” referring to Mick Davis, the singer. They were our secret, we would say we saw them when. When’s when? We’re still waiting.
These are sweet, ragged tunes smothered in hooks that unabashedly tip the hat at Sirs Petty, Jagger and Richards. Judging from their MySpace, they are working on a new album, which will come out in the US on Little Steven’s Wicked Cool Records. A few songs, which we’d file under RIYL Petty/Stones/Dylan/Sloan, to get you acquainted:
