SOTD #750 – So Cow
Ah-ha! It’s just as I suspected. I have this habit of trying to imagine songwriters through their lyrics – and especially in the car, where this side compartment in my imagination works on overdrive. Thus – there’s this one guy Brian Kelly, and he’s got this band So Cow, except in this case it isn’t […]
The return of Everett True | 150. The Vanilla Milkshakes
Here’s how it works. Grab my attention, and I’ll listen. Ten seconds, that’s normally all I need. How to grab my attention? I couldn’t say, and even if I could say I wouldn’t say cos that’d just be dumb and then there would just be some other whole new way of grabbing my attention in […]
Song of the day – 497: Shonen Knife
What would Craig Montgomery say?
The Legend! live (with Shop Assistants, Galaxie 500, Nirvana, Calvin Johnson)
Thought I’d upload a couple of songs onto YouTube.
Song of the day – 477: The Maxines
Bands rooted in genuine friendship, with a great minimal garage sound. Inventive, disruptive, tied only by the understanding that the more basic you keep it the more freedom you have. In every respect.
The 4-track DIY aesthetic of The McTells
I used to love their scratchy, fragile, poignant, personal music. They always seemed like scurrying little creatures bringing light to the deepest shadows.
Hello from Olympia, WA – 2: Morgan And The Organ Donors, Hooded Hags + The Maxines, live at the Midnight Sun
I like a band that takes the time to dress up, it makes them seem cohesive and prepared.
Song of the day – 416: Kimya Dawson
It’s rare that hearing a new song will start me crying.
Riot Grrrl – the collected interviews
Riot Grrrl is a myriad of contradictions. And that’s to the good.