Tag Archive for 'once'

desire is irrelevant. i am a machine.

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gregor
on November 3, 2007
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for fans of the much loved movie, once, and/or glen hansard of the frames, he and cast mate, marketa irglova will be performing at the variety on 11.17 under the moniker the swell season. they will be performing tracks off the soundtrack and from what i hear the shows have been awesome. here are a couple of frames tracks, they as a band are pretty cool.

fitzcarraldo live - highly recommended!

sad songs from the cost

dream awake from set list

the frames site

by the way, if you are a califone fan i have reposted the first disc to the goodbye cheater comp over at thanksfornothin - disc two will be posted tomorrow. i will be using that site, amongst other thing, to repost some stuff that i think is worth revisiting.

i dont really talk about neko case too much, cause there’s really not much to say. sure, she writes wonderful songs, has one of the best voices in all of music and is mildly hot, but frankly, over the years, she seems like she has grown to be a pain in the ass. i have absolutely nothing to back this up whatsoever, other than a gut feeling and in all likelihood its probably just me. anwyay, the only reason i bring her up is because i do love her music, and while i was on the anti site i stumbled across a couple of my favorite neko tracks and here they are…

star witness from fox confessor..

train from kansas city from the tigers have spoken

neko case site

i’m mildly intrigued by atlanta’s tiger! tiger! brand of punk meets old school r&b meets garage rock. what drew me in, initially, was that damn organ they use ever so effectively. i am a huge sucker for a rollicking organ - it probably stems from my non-reciprocated love affair with nancy faust. like i said, i was pulled in by the organ but stuck around for lead tiger! buffi aguero’s sultry crooning. with that sultriness comes a hint of pent up agression that manifests into a kind of sybil like quality about her which makes the experience even more interesting. check em out…

tiger! tiger!’s new record, the kind of goodnight, is out now, i believe, on chick ranch records.

so you dont decieve me

every word is true

black daggers

tiger! tiger! site / myspace / chicken ranch

i have been in a pixies mood the past few weeks and here they are playing on 9.17.90 in madrid. its the full fm broadcast, but unfortunately not the entire show - i dont think there is an actual copy of the entire show.

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i wish tyra banks would stop talking

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gregor
on September 5, 2007
in demos, matthew sweet and the mabuses
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i am still having a hard time dealing with the recent booting off of sam on bret michaels rock of love. sure, she had a seemingly endless amount of trust issues, was white as a bob barker’s hair and had that funky gap tooth but she was cute as hell. meh, he doesnt deserve her anyway. i am sure he will end up picking heather the 32 going on 52 year old. she’s dang nasty in every conceivable definition of the word. i wouldnt even fuck her with your dick.

anyone seen once yet? i hear that its supposed to be quite wonderful.

btw, if you werent aware, senor jobs is announcing a slew of ipod stuff today, actually like right now. he’s already announced a new widescreen nano. check engadget for developing details.

i have to admit, atlanta’s gringo star’s name really annoys me. the music’s good, the name not so much. so the quandry that lays ahead of me is how can i respect a band’s music if i dont respect the name that they have chosen to share with the world? it reminds me of a high fidelity type question. anyway, like i said their music is pretty damn good and really thats all that matters. even if i have a hard time letting name roll off my tounge without grimacing, but i digress. if you are a lover of 60’s era kinks, or that oozie pop goodness that only big star can provide then the southern gentlemen of gringo star should put you into some kinda saccharin, with a splash of whiskey, induced haze

their self titled debut record is out now, i believe

no reason

gringo star myspace

sticking with my issue with band names, chicago’s head of femur gets the award for most misleading. to me, head of femur sounds like a name reserved for goth or death metal band. throw in “bloody” or “black” in front of their name and there you have it! i dont want to mislead cause i actually dig their name. what about the music you ask? im gettin there, dont rush me. they are actually kinda hard to describe, intelligently. the title track off their upcoming leader and the falcon ep, due on 10.2, starts off with a springsteen-esque tickling of the ivories then they break into e6 inspired harmonies - thats all within the first 10 seconds. from there its just good ol’ smart pop that will definitely illude the masses. call me absolutely crazy, but one thing i keep hearing throughout is the escape club’s “wild, wild west.” am i the only one?

they are doing a short tour. make sure to check their myspace page for dates.

leader and the falcon

elliot guild is in california split from hysterical stars

oh youre blue

curve that bird

head of femur myspace

if you havent checked out the mabuses as of yet please do so. their debut mabused is freakin great. if you are a fan of supper furry animals, olivia tremor control/circulatory system, etc definitely check em out.

mirth

seasider

the mabuses myspace

i dont give enough damn love to matthew sweet thats for sure. he singlehandedly changed the way i look/listen to pop music with the release of the classic girlfriend and the often misunderstood, but no less brilliant altered beast. here are the demos to the latter; a set commonly referred to as superdeformed.

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