A thread for random thoughts about music (The Critically-Acclaimed Part IV)

you guys ever hear of milburn? they sorta remind me of arctic monkeys. i love that song "lipstick lickin"

 

Is Huey Lewis really that much worse than Foreigner, though?

 

They toured with Arctic Monkeys last year...good stuff.

Here are some downloads in .zip form:
"Brewster"
http://www.milburnmusic.com/music/Brewster.zip
"December (Demo):
http://www.milburnmusic.com/music/December_Demo.zip

 

I thought / I heard your voice.
In a bar / making a choice.

But, no / It-was-just-someone-who-sound-ed-a-lot-like-I-remember-you-do!

'Cause that's impossibe, that's IM--!
That's impossibe, that's im-POSS--!
That's impossibe, that's IM-POSS-I-BLE!

'Cause you're in New York--but I'm not.
You're in Tokyo--but I'm not.
You're in Nova Scotia--but I'm not.
Yeah, you're Everywhere That I'm Not (I'm Not, I'm Not, I'm Not)

>>>>>>>>

KALX Berkeley comes through again for the morning commute . . . .

 

Art Brut Tour Dates

01-24 Cologne, Germany - Stollwerck
01-26 Milan, Italy - Rainbow
01-27 Florence, Italy - Sonar
01-28 Bologna, Italy - Covo
01-29 Rome, Italy - Zoobar
01-30 Roncade, Italy - New Age Club
02-01 Bordeaux, France - Angouleme
02-02 Nantes, France - Olympic
02-03 Evereux, France - L'Abordage
02-04 Rennes, France - L'Ubu
02-06 Paris, France - La Maroquinerie
02-07 Dijon, France - Le Grand Mix
02-08 Lille, France - La Laterie
03-15 Austin, TX - The Parish (SXSW)
03-16 Austin, TX - TBA (SXSW)
03-17 Austin, TX - Emo's Annex (SXSW)
03-19 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
03-20 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
03-21 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
03-23 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
03-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
03-25 Seattle, WA - Neumos
03-28 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
03-30 Chicago, IL - Metro
03-31 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
04-01 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
04-02 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
04-03 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
04-04 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-05 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-07 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
04-08 Haverford, PA - Haverford College
04-09 Washington, DC - Black Cat
04-10 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
04-11 Brooklyn, NY - TBA

Lots of small rooms on that schedule. It's going to be a tough ticket.

 

If you like Doves.

You have to get the DVD "Where we're calling from"

Has a good documentay about when they were Sub Sub

 

I think this is one of the greatest publicity stills I've ever seen for a band (in this case, The Subways):

 

Last night I am browsing cd's and I come across a CD by Jamie Foxx. Yeah, the actor who played Ray Charles.

The CD is called Unpredictable.

Really Jamie? How do you figure?

I mean was there anything unpredictable about Jamie Foxx coming out with a CD soon after playing Ray Charles in the movie? I mean, it's so rare for actors to wanna be music stars and vice versa.

 

They totally rip off The Fastbacks

 

You'd think ad companies would just stay away from Tom Waits. As the article notes, there also an another suit against Opel, and having just heard that ad...he'll probably win again. That'll mean he's 3/3.

 

There's a million similar photos, and the Fastbacks were hardly the first...I just think compostition-wise, that Subways shot is perfect.

But thanks for getting me to fire up some Fastbacks today!

 

Apparently some members of the Velvet Underground will be played in an upcoming film by guys from Weezer.

********ing WEEZER?

 

I just try as much as possible to promote the Fastbacks.

 

Then there's the vertical factor -- that Subways dude is getting some serious lift.

 

i bet he jumped off a ladder or something like that

 

Pretty good but still not as good as this band photo:

 

I recently bought tickets to see Mogwai in Atlanta. They're playing some place called Whirly Ball which looks like a game that's a cross between bumper cars, jai-alai and basketball. I wonder how that's going to go over.

 

Woo-hoo! I'm the subject of a blog post on false45th!!!!!!

 

I need an Ibanez tube screamer, a boss compressor, and a noise canceller and my rig will be set.

 

Whirly ball is a fricking BLAST. So much fun. I have gone multiple times.

 

http://false45th.blogspot.com/2006/01/chipmunk-toaster.html