Debbie should be in pretty good voice - she's been singing with the Jazz Passengers since the 90s.
Heh, just came across some folks in LJ talking about the Bubblegum Book, and speculating about the fact that Kim will be writing one of the Continuum Books about
In The Aeroplane Over the Sea.
It feels kind of weird to pop in and say, "You'll love the new book!" But it also reminds me of the scene in
Annie Hall
when Alvy pulls Marshal McLuhan into the frame to talk to the blowhard.
Uh, not that anybody was being a blowhard.
That reminds me that I really ought to buy the Joe Pernice one.
That reminds me that I really ought to buy the Joe Pernice one.
After reading the review, I wanted to get it myself.
Real fast because I'm about to go to bed.
Found a new band- new to me, actually, they're big enough now to be touring with Coldplay- give them a listen. They're called Eisley.
My batting average in buying cds has been pretty good of late, if not fiscally responsible.
Purchased today:
TV on the Radio,
desperate youth, blood thirsty babes
The Innocence Mission,
befriended
The former is spunky, surprising and rocking. The latter mellow and lush (and, yet again, Christian artists - what's going on here?).
I had remembered previous posts (Jon?) mentioning the goodness of TV on the Radio, but I really bought both because the music store I spent forever in today (ahh the time of empty-music-store browsing that joblessness allows) does such a great job of cutting out reviews and attaching them to the name cards for each band. Every music store should do that.
<pokes head nervously into music thread> Does anyone here know anything about a band called "Rasmus"? I think they're from Finland. I saw a video called "In the Shadows" (or possibly "From the Shadows") which hit some of my buttons. (Said buttons tend to hover around Bowie, alt-feminist-rock, and weird combos of Mexican and Irish folk music like The Mollys, but show up in other odd places.) Anyway, I liked the single. Does anyone know if it's representative of their sound in general? Suggestions on where I can find out more?
Allmusic gives that album by The Rasmus a good review.
Thanks, Jon! I'll check it out.
Allmusic gives that album by The Rasmus a good review.
"The tone of the song is lightweight and resembles an edgier or meaner Ace of Base." That's funny. (Seems meant in earnest, FWIW.)
The latter mellow and lush (and, yet again, Christian artists - what's going on here?).
This made me think of Ollabelle. Dr. Tepper & I saw them open for Linda Thompson last year (pre-emptive correction: "You mean they opened for Rhett Miller.") and I liked them a lot. Three excellent singers, including Levon Helm's daughter, Amy. The Ollabelle search led to this link for a Richard Manuel bootleg, the connection of course being that Levon Helm & Manuel were members of the Band. Cheapest copy I found was $30+shipping. Kinda steep, but he's one of my favorite singers & the set list is intriguing. ("Miss Otis Regrets"!) The linked page has some clips. And if that isn't enough to get you to look, David, there's this quote from Van Morrison: "Me and Richard Manuel were thinking of making an album of Ray Charles songs." And out of the 15 gigs worth of songs on my player what popped up while I was reading the page? Yep, "Whispering Pines," the title track and one of the most haunted vocals from poor, fucked up Mr. Manuel, who killed himself just months after the live recording was made. RIP, sir, I hope you found some peace. Levon Helm: "Richard was always our lead singer - and I always felt real confident with Richard in The Band. I knew that nobody had a better singer than what we had."
