Yep, there's few better than Randy for stinging indictments of God/religion.
Yep, but also capable of songs of heartbreaking beauty and subtlety like "I Think It's Going To Rain Today."
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.
Yep, there's few better than Randy for stinging indictments of God/religion.
Yep, but also capable of songs of heartbreaking beauty and subtlety like "I Think It's Going To Rain Today."
Something I've always loved about Randy is how he can make a bouncy, cheerful sounding song, like Great Nations, that becomes so heartbreaking when you actually listen to the lyrics. Sail Away and Burn On do a similar thing, but they're slow and beautiful rather than bouncy and cheerful.
Anyone here listening to Feist? She is in heavy rotation on KCRW and that means her music is probably on a lot of ads and soundtracks I don't know about, as there's a lot of spillover from KCRW playlists. I just got her new CD and am liking it--like Amy Winehouse on 'ludes. She's an interesting songwriter and is also playing around with sound a lot.
eMusic has one song by her - on the Folk Off compilation. [link] I'll have to grab that when I get home.
There's a new Feist album out. Which I see now Robin just said. It's pretty swank. Her earlier album(s) are also worth looking in to.
I have to say, I wasn't a big fan of her last album, but I'm liking her new single. My friends saw her perform last year and were blown away.
Hey, David: Michaelangelo Matos compares The Clientele to the Auteurs in this review. Figured you'd like that.
So.... Deerhunter.
Good? Or very good?
They played a small club here a couple of weeks ago and I'm kicking myself for missing them. Word from people I trust who went was that they were very good.