sngalbums: Right off the bat, I did not expect for one of my favorite records of the year to have been nominated for a Grammy. If you know me well, you know that the Grammy awards aren’t the slightest blip on my radar; I forget they exist until the nominations come out, and then I usually forget again until the ceremony, which I do not … Continue reading A Lesson in Gallantology
Right off the bat, I did not expect for one of my favorite records of the year to have been nominated for a Grammy. If you know me well, you know that the Grammy awards aren’t the slightest blip on my radar; I forget they exist until the nominations come out, and then I usually forget again until the ceremony, which I do not watch. … Continue reading A Lesson in Gallantology
The boy may have laughed, but his mother cringed; slacker rock is meant for the young at heart. “Bell Rock” is lifted from Laughed the Boy’s new LP, Here is Fine, out today. Source: SoundCloud / Laughed the Boy Continue reading
jungleindierock: Mac DeMarco – This Old Dog This Old Dog is from Mac DeMarco’s forthcoming album, This Old Dog, out May 5th, 2017, on Captured Tracks. This Old Dog Tracklist: 01. My Old Man 02. This Old Dog 03. Baby You’re Out 04. For the First Time 05. One Another 06. Still Beating 07. Sister 08. Dreams From Yesterday 09. A Wolf Who Wears Sheeps … Continue reading
sngalbums: Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. “El Paso buried under red hot lava, blazing brimstone, hollow every syllable,” the song [”El Paso”] goes, spun around a rhyme and syllable structure similar to the complex equations Joanna Newsom wrote out for the scheme of “Leaving the City.” Guitar riffs swirl like a Western ballad as blazing brimstone encircles us, but the final line of “El Paso” … Continue reading On Her Debut LP Ziemba Proves Hope is Both Never and Always
Hold On, I’m Comin’ Recorded Live at the 1972 New York & Montreux Jazz Festivals by Herbie Mann Atlantic Records, 1972 tracklist/favesA1. (Gimme Some of That Good Old) Soul Beat MommaA2. Never Can Say GoodbyeA3. Respect YourselfB1. Memphis UndergroundB2. Hold On, I’m Comin’ Herbie Mann is a name I’ve heard from music nerds around LA as well as floating in the wind around my college’s … Continue reading Herbie Mann
sngcrate: Finland by Cassandra Complex Waxtrax Records, 1990 Tracklist/ faves(side one)A. I Believe in Free Everything (Charlie Victor)AA. Let’s Go to Europe(side two)AAA. What Turns You On? (Plastic Mix)B. Fire and ForgetC. Forests The Cassandra complex is a psychological phenomenon in which an individual’s accurate prediction of a crisis is ignored or dismissed. (x) Cassandra Complex is a band with quite a history. For once, this … Continue reading Cassandra Complex
Sawdust & Gin 