25 posts tagged “rock”
Souljacker's probably the best eels album, and
this is one of my favorite cuts from it (though not my favorite -- that
honor goes to "Fresh Feeling", which I've probably either shared
already or will share in the future. Either way, though. I
wasn't sure what I was going to post tonight, since I am actually
pretty tired so I started doing a few random searches. "Sleep"
was one so here we are. I just really dig this song, particularly
the bridgey bit, about the Man's dream. Also, just the imagery of
the lyrics -- "metal box under the stars" for one. E's a great
lyricist/composer. More folks should be E, really.
Whoa! I am BACK! Finally!
Hooray! I've also ripped in almost all of my CD library, so I'll
have even more stuff to choose from and all sorts of other stuff.
Anyway, by request -- here's a cut from Sgt. Major, one of the most
awesome bands in the Seattle area. If you're in town, check them
out. If you're not, pick up their first record. Either
way. This cut is a cover of the classic Who song, and it's so far
unreleased, but it looks like it's slated for their second album,
tenatively titled "On Green Battery Street". Whether or not it
appears will remain to be seen, but hopefully it does, because the Who
are awesome, and Sgt. Major is awesome, and they basically nail this
song. And it's kinda cool hearing it sung by a woman
anyway. So there you go! Rock!
Since it's Halloween and all, I figured I might
as well post a halloweenish song! This is a not terribly inspired
choice, but it is a wicked awesome song, so I'm gonna go with it,
because I saw it on a LJ post comment off of this post by calamityjon,
whose LJ you should probably be reading anyway, but whatever!
Someone mentioned this song, and then included a note along the lines
of "even though it sucks", then clarified that they weren't being
clever, they actually didn't like this song. Which is strange,
because it's really, really awesome. I am surprised that folks
don't like it. Oh well! Their loss, i suppose! But
anyway, if you don't agree with that dude, you win, and you win the
opportunity to listen to this song now! Hooray! It is the
best prize ever.
This is one of my favorite Elvis Costello songs,
and I figured I may as well share it for everyone. It's from the
second album, and the first with the Attractions, This Year's Model,
which may also be my favorite Elvis record. Either that or
Imperial Bedroom, probably. Both of those are outstanding.
This has a lot more edges to it, though, and a really great drum
part. Some of it reminds me a bit of Drums & Wires-era XTC,
though it adds the one thing that that era XTC lacked -- really awesome
organ, played here by Steve Nieve. Such a great song,
really.
Here's a rare cut for y'all -- this is the flip
to the 7"-only "Good Day" single, although it also appeared on the
100th release from Important Records, a compilation
that was given free with any order. I don't know if they still
have copies, but you can check it out. There's actually quite a
bit of good stuff on that compilation, too -- I'm probably going to
have to order some more stuff from them. Anyway, to tell you the
truth? This isn't the best Dresden Dolls song in the world -- in fact,
it's in the "Oh, this was a b-side for a reason" category, but hey,
it's still neat to hear, particularly since it's actually -- gasp --
guitar driven. It's just odd to hear from the Dresden
Dolls. If you want this, go to the Important Records link -- the
original single is way, way out of print, but hey, the comp is
cool. The Amazon link goes to their first record, just because
that's from the same era as this album, and it's a very good
record. And the A-side of the original single both a) Rules and
b) Is on this album, so there you go. Check it out. (Also,
I keep wanting to call this song "A Good Night At The Roses", which I
think is conflating the title with both the A-side as well as "A Good
Year For The Roses" by Elvis Costello (and, well, George Jones, but I
like Elvis way more than No-Show Jones.)
I really, really dug Cracker's last album for
Virgin Records, Forever, though I guess not a lot of people did.
I always thought they should have released this song as a single, too,
although listening to it in the car today with my mother made her turn
down the solo part and say "Well, that's hardly annoying", which
perhaps is why it wasn't a single. Still, though, it was better
than "Shine". And I don't find the solo annoying, so there.
Also, this song is keen because it references encryption. More
songs should reference encryption. Anyway, though, I dig this one
a lot. Check it out, and pick up the record. Cracker is
keen.
Nash The Slash is another anonymous musician,
only instead of being from the US like the Residents, he's from
Canada. This is a cool sounding song, and it's pretty rad. I
enjoy it! It's from his album Thrash. Um, I got distracted
again and am posting this at the last minute. Bloo had a $15
bill. Amazon doesn't have this album, so you can get it from his site.
I was first turned on to this song when Stephen Notley posted an mp3 of it to go along with this strip, and my GOD it's just a gorgeous song. It really truly is. It's also incredibly catchy, but, well that doesn't even half mention the utter beauty and sweetness to the song. This is one of those songs that, I don't know, I'm thinking it's kinda in the Miyazaki file of "If you don't like this, you are worse than Hitler". Perhaps not quite as strong as not liking, say, Spirited Away or Kiki's Delivery Service or My Neighbor Totoro, but man, if you don't like this song, you'd best check yo'self before you wreck yo'self. For reals. Oh my god.
I'm tired and not really feeling too terribly
well, so I'll make this kinda brief. This is a good song from Liz
Phair's (unfairly) maligned most recent album, Somebody's
Miracle. I don't get why everyone slagged it, it was real good, I
thought. Anyway, this is actually a really old song of hers, too,
from some of the origiinal cassette albums that she just never
re-recorded until now! So, yes. Here it is! Dig it.
