contest alert! contest alert! in conjunction with the recent, well 11.20.07, release of nirvana’s unplugged on dvd i got a copy to give away. so all you gots to do is leave a comment with your favorite movie quote that i may use for a later post headline. the contest will end on monday.

if it were the end of the world, i know i would be taking atlanta’s ben trickey’s pretty little wave with me. hell, even if such a scenario never plays out, i’m still holding it close just in case. trickey creates a pre-apocalyptic folk record that is akin to the calm before the inevitable shit storm. these climatic changes, at least in me, always instill a sense of dread and uneasiness and pretty little wave leaves you with the same kind of feelings. this is not a record that by the end you think every thing’s going to be ok, but it doesn’t leave you bummed out either, just kind of indifferent. which can be directly attributed to the mixed signals trickey and his band, the east atlanta honky tonk choir, give off over the course of the seven tracks that make up pretty little wave. a brief glimmer of hope does arise when he sits down at the piano for the last track “tangle” only to end abruptly, leaving the listener with no sense of closure as the last key is hit and the record ends. pretty fuckin awesome stuff.

prize fighter off pretty little wave

fire off pretty little wave

soldier

saving grace(how you doin?)

cheap wine and cigarettes

absence

ben trickey site/ myspace

i dont know anything about caroline, but i do know i dig this song, which happens to be a remix of her song “all i need.” usually the glitchy, beeps and blips arent my thing, but there is something particularly intoxicating about her voice and the way it mingles in with the music. this track and nine others can be found on her murmurs mixes record. its only available through itunes and was released on tuesday, 1.8.08.

all i need (owen vallis remix)

sunrise off murmurs

where’s my love off murmurs

caroline myspace

if you think pj harvey crossed with a little sparklehorse might sound like your thing then you may want to check out miwa gemini’s this is how i found you. from what i have heard of it thus far, i must contend that its pretty cool. check her out!

this is how i found you is out on 3.18.08 in the us and europe, but for some reason is already out in canada.

traveling man

pieces

whiskey moon in new orleans off forgetful oceans and other strange stories

charlie chaplin broke my heart off forgetful oceans and other strange stories

miwa gemini site