This past weekend, I spent some time record shopping in Vancouver, BC. Visiting Vancouver sure beats dealing with the horrors of Seattle traffic. Plus, the exchange rate favors the US Dollar right now.
5 Songs by The Black Lips Better than “Odelia” (Their New Song)
Alright. So Black Lips are back with a new song called “Odelia”. And after a few listens, I’m not the biggest fan. So I devised an idea: let’s see if I can find 5 songs in my collection by Black Lips for you to listen to and enjoy more.
20 Years Later: The Cherubs EP by Arab Strap
August marked the 20th Anniversary of the Cherubs EP from Arab Strap, the 12″ (which recently found its way into my collection). Twenty years, and I’m just one year into truly being an Arab Strap fan. What was I thinking?!?
Michael Kiwanuka: Hero (Video Review)
Michael Kiwanuka has a new album out this fall, and recently gave us a video for “Hero”. Let’s take a look…
Darlings Debut LP “Yeah I Know” 10-Year Anniversary Reissue
For its 10-year anniversary, and a few years after the band called it quits, Famous Class Records reissued “Yeah I Know” by Darlings as a highly limited 150-copy release on hand-poured colored wax.
“Days of the Bagnold Summer” by Belle & Sebastian
Could we be seeing a turning point for the band? (A band, mind you, that I would elevate to the claim of being within my top five bands of all time.) Hint: quite possibly.
Wolf Parade Shares New Song “Against the Day”
“Against the Day” is the band’s first new material since their 2017 LP Cry Cry Cry. In this post: hear the song, watch the video, and revisit their 2005 debut LP.
Club 8 Releases “SÃ¥ Underbart Va Livet”, First New Tune of 2019
On “SÃ¥ Underbart Va Livet”, their first new material of 2019, the Swedish duo Club 8 continue with softly ambient melodies similar to what they gave us on their previous LP, Golden Island (2018).
Declaration of Fuzz: A Tribute to the Awkward 80s Garage Rock Revival
The compilation is very well-rounded. The tagline dubs it “An International Garage Band Compilationâ€, which is quite suiting as the bands included span the continents.
Bunkbed: Substance Abuse 7 Inch Single
This isn’t a single to blast loudly. This isn’t a song for the outdoors. It’s one to play on an overcast fall day, much like today. In a place like here, a small town in NW Washington where the wind blows heavy and rain streams down icy and cold. It’s solitary, isolated. Alone.