Saw the Bouncing Souls twice this weekend. Oh they're beautiful, they're so so beautiful.
Saturday was at Asbury Lanes and if you look at my shins you can see precisely how high the barricade-less stage was. Hardcore.
Sunday was a bigger venue. It was heavenly. I really cannot overstate how much everyone should see them at least once.
Neutral Milk Hotel Album Transformed For Stage: [link]
My iPod is bound and determined to have my accent be strong at work it seems..
Yesterday the last two songs as I got to the office: Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire and then Old 97s - Doreen.
Today the last three: Be Good Tanyas - Littlest Birds, Shelby Lynne - Seeker, Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces.
I swear, if it spits out Loretta lynn for me tomorrow the people in the office are going to be scared.
You Are Free
is amazing.
What Would the Community Think
is very good as well.
I first got into Cat Power via
The Covers Record,
which is what its title says. Good (and unconventional) covers - standouts for me include "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and the Velvet Underground song "I Found a Reason."
Where to start?
Frankly, her sound has changed so much over the years that it's difficult to say.
What Would the Community Think
sounds like a completely different artist from
The Greatest.
I prefer the former, but the latter sold a lot more records. I'd start with those two and go outward from there, depending on which of those you like more.
I only have Moon Pix, You Are Free, and The Greatest, and they all have their strengths.
Thanks. I think I'll start with Moon Pix.
That one may be my favorite of the three. She's backed by 2/3 of The Dirty Three, who propel her songs along nicely.