Harmony ,'First Date'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Tina, I'm looking at you!
And I am, as the kids say, stoked. I must rally the troops - the Feb. 22 show looks good, but may be crowded with procrastinators. I am thinking the 8th (country theme!!) or possibly the 15th (any Chicagoistas interested in going? Profile add. is good.)
I know, Jon. I read that. Still not convinced. But maybe I'm just bitter.
I'm not sure whether this goes here or in the comics/toon thread, but Blur's drummer's cartoon is going to air in the US.
Kanye West tops the Pazz & Jop Critics poll.
The Dean's List Christgau has Go-Betweens and Monk/Coltrane in the top ten.
Either they're slipping or I'm getting more hip. I actually recognize some of those artists.
Here's my Top 20 for 2005:
1. Animal Collective – Feels
2. Deerhoof – The Runners Four
3. Konono No. 1 – Congotronics
4. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
5. Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production of Eggs
6. Broken Social Scene – s/t
7. Six Organs of Admittance – School of the Flower
8. Spoon – Gimme Fiction
9. The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
10. The Decemberists – Picaresque
11. Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow
12. Antony & The Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now
13. The Fiery Furnaces – EP
14. The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree
15. The Go-Betweens – Oceans Apart
16. The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday
17. Calexico/Iron & Wine – In the Reins
18. Eric Matthews – Six Kinds of Passion Looking For An Exit
19. Danger Doom – The Mouse and the Mask
20. Lyrics Born – Same !@#$ Different Day
Also-rans: Architecture In Helsinki – In Case We Die, Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy, Clem Snide – The End of Love, Vashti Bunyan – Lookaftering
I feel like I just about new musiced myself out in 05.
I and a friend have decided on Feb. 8 for our Devin Davis at the Hideout night if any Chicago folk are still thinking about it.
You can hear a bunch of Davis mp3s right here.
You can hear a bunch of Davis mp3s right here.Oh, I didn't realize he'd posted some of the WMBR stuff. Cool!
33 and 1/3 list finally makes pitchfork news: [link]
Oh, I didn't realize he'd posted some of the WMBR stuff. Cool!
Neither did I. That is cool.