I’m coming to realize this week that holidays (vacations) as I knew them are over. In the past, holidays with Dr. O’C have been leisurely affairs – sleeping late, consuming novels like candy, leisurely walks on the beach, wandering through the ancient cities of Europe, luxurious dinners. Well, with the introduction of a toddler terrorist [...]
Drive-By Truckers - "Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife" [3:06m]:
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Mates of State - "The Re-Arranger" [4:29m]:
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Just a reminder of where we’ve been thus far:
10. The Hold Steady – “Stay Positive”
9. The Black Angels – “Directions To See A Ghost”
I was really struggling to come up with a way to write about the latest LP from Mark Kozelek (aka Sun Kil Moon). I knew I loved it. I knew it was [...]
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It was Boy Z and Papa Party Day today which means that I am, as usual, brain dead. Lucky for me I already wrote a pretty thorough review of my choice for the ninth best album by an unsigned artist or an artist signed to a truly independent label. So, I’m going to take the [...]
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The Black Angels - "The Return" [4:32m]:
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Craig Finn is an Everyman’s rock hero. He’s living proof that you don’t have to look like Jon Bon Jovi or Michael Hutchence to be a rock star. Finn, who leads Brooklyn’s The Hold Steady, could pass as an engineering graduate student anywhere in the world but he leads one of the most blistering rock [...]
The Hold Steady - "Yeah Sapphire" [3:37m]:
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No, not Christmas. Christmas can bite me. I’m talking about the time for end-of-year Top 10 lists. I love a good top 10 list and have always wanted a venue on which to present one. When I was thinking of starting a blog, and this is true, one of the things that motivated me to [...]
Teaching kids that were born the year I graduated from high school is sometimes a slightly demoralizing experience. I like to consider myself a relatively “cool” guy – down with the kids, so to speak. But nearly every day my students come up with some bit of slang that just mystifies it entirely. Clearly they [...]
Joie De Vivre - "Sundays" [3:55m]:
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Starting off with an old favorite. Okkervil River, who featured on A Free Man’s Top 10 last year is back next week with their fifth full length record, “The Stand Ins”. I’ve heard a bit of it and it sounds as good or better than last year’s gem “The Stage Names”. If you’ve not heard [...]
Father’s little helper and I are grateful that the weekend’s upon us. It means a brief reprieve from ten plus hour days. Here’s hoping that this weekend’s also free from flat pack furniture. Damn Swedes.
Wanted to take the chance to point you all at a band that’s been burning up my iPod this week. The [...]
Let’s kick things off this week with the sultry, smoky voice of Melody Gardot. Her debut LP, “Worrisome Heart” is out and what I’ve heard of it so far is just stunning. Gardot was seriously injured after being hit by a car whilst riding her bicycle in 2004. One of the treatments suggested for her [...]
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