Lots of good stuff this week, all over the board musically as we’ve come to expect. Especially of note are the artists on n5MD and the Montreal-based electronics of Onmikrom and Numéro#, as well as Megan Hamilton, who proves that folk’s not dead.
Also, The Freedom Principle ended early this week, so we got a little more Dreaming than usual, which was good for me, if no one else.
Be Bad – White Tongue – Vision Correction – Divorce
The Medium Mood – Big Bang Theory – New Alarm – NoYes
Fugazi – Bulldog Front – 13 Songs – Dischord
At the Drive-In – One-Armed Scissor – This Station is Non-Operational – Fearless
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Justice – D.A.N.C.E. – Cross – Vice
Numéro# - J'aime la Bourgeoisie – L'idéologie des Stars – Saboteur
Omnikrom feat. TTC – Danse la Poutine – Trop Banane! – Saboteur
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Chromeo – Fancy Footwork – Fancy Footwork – Last Gang
Bonde Do Role – Office Boy – With Lasers – Domino
Digitalism – Idealistic – Idealism – Astralwerks
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Montag – I Have Sound – Going Places – Carpark
Damiak – Iridescent Wings – Micalavera – n5MD
Proem – Secret Knots – A Permanent Solution – n5MD
Matthew Dear – Deserter – Asa Breed – Ghostly Int'l
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Megan Hamilton – Saint Francis – How We Think About Light – Familiar Music
Ron Leary – Years – The Road In Between – Bootbrush Music
Dean Drouillard with Jill Barber – Valentine – Dream at Harmony Motel – Drou Music
Luke Doucet – Lucky Strikes – Broken (and Other States) – Six Shooter
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Patti Smith – Dancing Barefoot – Wave – Arista
Suede – So Young – s/t – nude/Columbia
The Cure – Primary – Faith – Elektra
16mm – Beg – 16mm web site
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Gaudi + Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Bethe Bethe Kese Kese – Dub – Qawwali – Six Degrees
28 July, 2007
20 July, 2007
July 20 show
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? – A Place Called La – Pick Up Sticks – Kill Rock Stars
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Attack in Black – Inches and Ages – Marriage – Dine Alone
Shane MacGowan and the Popes – More Pricks Than Kicks – The Crock of Gold – ZTT
The Mahones – Going Back to Dublin – Here Comes Lucky – True North
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They Might Be Giants – I Can’t Hide From My Mind – Spine – Idlewild
Citywide Vacuum – Souvenirs – Pact – Eleven37
Caribou – Zoe – Melody Day single – Merge
Digitata – Diet Riot – II Daggers – Totally Gross National Product
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The Twilight Sad – Walking for Two Hours – Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters – Fatcat
The Two Koreas – Pegasus Wept – Altruists – Unfamiliar
Sonic Youth – Lights Out – Rather Ripped – Geffen
Megan Hamilton – Beautiful Girl – How We Think About Light – Familiar Music
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Do You Love Me? – Let Love In – Mute
Bellavista – River of Lust – s/t – Take Root
Black Mountain – Druganaut – s/t – Jagjaguwar
Dengue Fever – Hold My Hips – s/t –
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Suzanne Vega – Ludlow Street – Beauty & Crime – Blue Note
Pulp – The Night That Minnie Timperley Died – We Love Life – Rough Trade US
Tom Waits – Danny Says – Orphans – Anti
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Wooden Stars – Gold Dust – People Are Different – Sonic Unyon
(bonus beats)
The Long Blondes - Lust in the Movies - Someone to Drive You Home - Rough Trade
The Fall - Over! Over! - Reformation TLC - Narnack
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Attack in Black – Inches and Ages – Marriage – Dine Alone
Shane MacGowan and the Popes – More Pricks Than Kicks – The Crock of Gold – ZTT
The Mahones – Going Back to Dublin – Here Comes Lucky – True North
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They Might Be Giants – I Can’t Hide From My Mind – Spine – Idlewild
Citywide Vacuum – Souvenirs – Pact – Eleven37
Caribou – Zoe – Melody Day single – Merge
Digitata – Diet Riot – II Daggers – Totally Gross National Product
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The Twilight Sad – Walking for Two Hours – Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters – Fatcat
The Two Koreas – Pegasus Wept – Altruists – Unfamiliar
Sonic Youth – Lights Out – Rather Ripped – Geffen
Megan Hamilton – Beautiful Girl – How We Think About Light – Familiar Music
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Do You Love Me? – Let Love In – Mute
Bellavista – River of Lust – s/t – Take Root
Black Mountain – Druganaut – s/t – Jagjaguwar
Dengue Fever – Hold My Hips – s/t –
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Suzanne Vega – Ludlow Street – Beauty & Crime – Blue Note
Pulp – The Night That Minnie Timperley Died – We Love Life – Rough Trade US
Tom Waits – Danny Says – Orphans – Anti
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Wooden Stars – Gold Dust – People Are Different – Sonic Unyon
(bonus beats)
The Long Blondes - Lust in the Movies - Someone to Drive You Home - Rough Trade
The Fall - Over! Over! - Reformation TLC - Narnack
13 July, 2007
Friday the 13th set
No real theme for this one, though I did get a little in the mood at the end...
Bob Marley and the Wailers – Rainbow Country (DJ Spooky's Subliminal Funk Remix) – Roots, Rock, Remixed – Quango
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The Aggrolites – Reggae Hit L.A. – Reggae Hit L.A. – Hellcat
Westbound Train – Please Forgive Me – Ska is Dead – Stomp
Tim Armstrong – Inner City Violence – s/t – Hellcat
Madness – House of Fun – Ultimate Collection – Hip-O
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Gogol Bordello – Super Theory of Super Everything – Super Taranta! – Side One Dummy
Mando Diao – Tony Zoulias (Lustful Life) – Ode to Ochrasy – Mute
Jets Overhead – Seems So Far – Bridges – Microgroove
Arcade Fire – Headlights Look Like Diamonds – s/t EP –
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the Russian Futurists – Our Pen's Out of Ink – Me, Myself and Rye – Upper Class
the Cliks – Eyes in the Back of My Head – Snakehouse – Kindling Music
Immaculate Machine – Dear Confessor – Fables – Mint
Cities In Dust – If You're Jealous, I'm Happy – Night Creatures – Paperbag
Josef K – Sorry for Laughing – Entomology – Domino
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Built to Spill – In Your Mind – Ancient Melodies of the Future – Warner Bros.
Mirah and Spectratone International – Community – PDX Pop Now! –
Cinemascope – See My Eyes – Soundimension – Airline
Spygirl – Drive Away –
Young Galaxy - The Golden Coin – Swing Your Heartache EP – Arts & Crafts
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the Casket Bastards – Headstone Hop – demo
Guitar Wolf – Sky Star Jet – Ronk and Roll Etiquette – Narnack
Groovie Ghoulies – Zombie Crush – Re-Animation Festival – Lookout
The Ramones – Needles and Pins – Weird Tales of the Ramones – Rhino
The Jam – David Watts – Greatest Hits – Polydor
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the Weekend – There Goes My Heart – Beatbox My Heart
Bob Marley and the Wailers – Rainbow Country (DJ Spooky's Subliminal Funk Remix) – Roots, Rock, Remixed – Quango
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The Aggrolites – Reggae Hit L.A. – Reggae Hit L.A. – Hellcat
Westbound Train – Please Forgive Me – Ska is Dead – Stomp
Tim Armstrong – Inner City Violence – s/t – Hellcat
Madness – House of Fun – Ultimate Collection – Hip-O
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Gogol Bordello – Super Theory of Super Everything – Super Taranta! – Side One Dummy
Mando Diao – Tony Zoulias (Lustful Life) – Ode to Ochrasy – Mute
Jets Overhead – Seems So Far – Bridges – Microgroove
Arcade Fire – Headlights Look Like Diamonds – s/t EP –
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the Russian Futurists – Our Pen's Out of Ink – Me, Myself and Rye – Upper Class
the Cliks – Eyes in the Back of My Head – Snakehouse – Kindling Music
Immaculate Machine – Dear Confessor – Fables – Mint
Cities In Dust – If You're Jealous, I'm Happy – Night Creatures – Paperbag
Josef K – Sorry for Laughing – Entomology – Domino
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Built to Spill – In Your Mind – Ancient Melodies of the Future – Warner Bros.
Mirah and Spectratone International – Community – PDX Pop Now! –
Cinemascope – See My Eyes – Soundimension – Airline
Spygirl – Drive Away –
Young Galaxy - The Golden Coin – Swing Your Heartache EP – Arts & Crafts
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the Casket Bastards – Headstone Hop – demo
Guitar Wolf – Sky Star Jet – Ronk and Roll Etiquette – Narnack
Groovie Ghoulies – Zombie Crush – Re-Animation Festival – Lookout
The Ramones – Needles and Pins – Weird Tales of the Ramones – Rhino
The Jam – David Watts – Greatest Hits – Polydor
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the Weekend – There Goes My Heart – Beatbox My Heart
11 July, 2007
Random noises
Haven't had much chance to post more than the weekly setlists as of late, something I continually hope to remedy. I do want to give a big "thank you" to everyone who came out to the Avalon Front last week for my installment of Radio Free Thursdays. The turnout was fairly decent, and really well in comparison to previous weeks (word is finally getting out, it seems). It was a lot of fun, a little challenging, and overall a really good night, and I hope to get back in soon for the next round of scheduled nights.
And my new shift turns out to be slightly earlier than I'd originally thought - 6:30-8 p.m. Friday evenings. Good after-work time, and definitely works better with the life schedule than overnights.
In the good news/bad news department, I found out today that Placebo are coming to town, only to discover that they're part of the Projekt Revolution tour package, headlined by Linkin Park and featuring such luminaries as My Chemical Romance, HIM (who I actually enjoy as a guilty pleasure) and Taking Back Sunday. I'm not sure what Molko and co. were thinking, but hopefully they're getting paid decently and will garner enough new fans to come back on their own soon. Sometimes music is a cruel mistress indeed.
And my new shift turns out to be slightly earlier than I'd originally thought - 6:30-8 p.m. Friday evenings. Good after-work time, and definitely works better with the life schedule than overnights.
In the good news/bad news department, I found out today that Placebo are coming to town, only to discover that they're part of the Projekt Revolution tour package, headlined by Linkin Park and featuring such luminaries as My Chemical Romance, HIM (who I actually enjoy as a guilty pleasure) and Taking Back Sunday. I'm not sure what Molko and co. were thinking, but hopefully they're getting paid decently and will garner enough new fans to come back on their own soon. Sometimes music is a cruel mistress indeed.
06 July, 2007
set July 6
Digitalism – Digitalism in Cairo – Idealism – Dreamworks
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Maps – You Don’t Know Her Name – We Can Create – Mute
Shapes and Sizes – Alone/Alive – Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner – Asthmatic Kitty
You Say Party! We Say Die! – Like I Give a Care – Lose All Time! – Paper Bag
Ninja High School – Positive Laser – Young Adults Against Suicide – Tomlab
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Datarock – Computer Camp Love – s/t – Nettwerk
Klaxons – Gravity’s Rainbow – Myths of the Near Future – DGC
Arctic Monkeys – Flourescent Adolescent – Favourite Worst Nightmare – Domino
Apostle of Hustle – My Sword Hand’s Anger – National Anthem of Nowhere – Arts & Crafts
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Stars – Calendar Girl (Young Galaxy remix) – Do You Trust Your Friends? – Arts & Crafts
Autumn Shade – Seagarden – Ezra Moon – Strange Attractors
Davendra Banhart – Support Our Troops – Xiu Xiu, Remixed and Covered –
The Decemberists – O Valencia – The Crane Wife – Columbia
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the Superfantastics – Late Night Phone Calls – Pop-Up Book – MAPL
the Choir Practice – I See Things – s/t – Mint
the Pipettes – Simon Says – Judy single – Memphis Industries
Belle and Sebastian – Funny Little Frog – The Life Pursuit – Matador
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the Constantines – Sea Line Woman – Young Lions single – SubPop
Cyril Ferguson – Gonna Build a Nation – Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay –
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – Hold Tight – Death Proof sdtk – Maverick
The Gruesomes – The Deal – Cave-In! – Tyrant
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Mystery Jets – The Boy Who Ran Away
BRMC – Took Out a Loan – Baby 81
Bad Brains – Right Brigade – s/t
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Lemmy & Rollins Band – Thirsty and Miserable – Rise Above - 2.13.61
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Maps – You Don’t Know Her Name – We Can Create – Mute
Shapes and Sizes – Alone/Alive – Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner – Asthmatic Kitty
You Say Party! We Say Die! – Like I Give a Care – Lose All Time! – Paper Bag
Ninja High School – Positive Laser – Young Adults Against Suicide – Tomlab
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Datarock – Computer Camp Love – s/t – Nettwerk
Klaxons – Gravity’s Rainbow – Myths of the Near Future – DGC
Arctic Monkeys – Flourescent Adolescent – Favourite Worst Nightmare – Domino
Apostle of Hustle – My Sword Hand’s Anger – National Anthem of Nowhere – Arts & Crafts
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Stars – Calendar Girl (Young Galaxy remix) – Do You Trust Your Friends? – Arts & Crafts
Autumn Shade – Seagarden – Ezra Moon – Strange Attractors
Davendra Banhart – Support Our Troops – Xiu Xiu, Remixed and Covered –
The Decemberists – O Valencia – The Crane Wife – Columbia
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the Superfantastics – Late Night Phone Calls – Pop-Up Book – MAPL
the Choir Practice – I See Things – s/t – Mint
the Pipettes – Simon Says – Judy single – Memphis Industries
Belle and Sebastian – Funny Little Frog – The Life Pursuit – Matador
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the Constantines – Sea Line Woman – Young Lions single – SubPop
Cyril Ferguson – Gonna Build a Nation – Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay –
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – Hold Tight – Death Proof sdtk – Maverick
The Gruesomes – The Deal – Cave-In! – Tyrant
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Mystery Jets – The Boy Who Ran Away
BRMC – Took Out a Loan – Baby 81
Bad Brains – Right Brigade – s/t
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Lemmy & Rollins Band – Thirsty and Miserable – Rise Above - 2.13.61
29 June, 2007
set June 29
Airiel (feat. Ulrich Schnauss) – Sugar Crystals – The Battle of Sealand – Highwheel
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Elias – Sinking Ships – Blow Away EP
Metric – Rock Me Now – Grow Up and Blow Away
Arks – Cars on Fire – The International – Highwheel
Sonic Youth – Touch Me I’m Sick – Daydream Nation (Deluxe) – Geffen
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The Long Blondes – Heaven Help the New Girl – Someone to Drive You Home – Rough Trade
Shitdisco – I Know Kung Fu – Kingdom of Fear – Fierce Panda
Chromeo – Momma’s Boy – Fancy Footwork – Last Gang
Death to Sexy – Like a Record – Fall of the Prom Queen –
Adult. – I Feel Worse When I’m With You – Why Bother? – Thrill Jockey
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the Little Bicycles – Portland – Broken Hearts and Tired Legs – Jane Awesome
the Icicles – La Ti Da – Arrivals & Departures – Microindie
Love Spit Love – Am I Wrong – s/t
Morrissey – Interesting Drug – Bona Drag – Sire/Reprise
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Lotus Child – Had to Laugh – Gossip Diet –
Interpol – Evil – Antics – Matador
The Moonbabies – Shout It Out – At the Ballroom – Hidden Agenda
Feist – Brandy Alexander – The Reminder – Arts & Crafts
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Lavender Diamond – Open Your Heart – Imagine Our Love – Matador
The Magnetic Fields – Young and Insane – The House of Tomorrow – Merge
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T Rex – Jeepster – Death Proof sdtk
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Elias – Sinking Ships – Blow Away EP
Metric – Rock Me Now – Grow Up and Blow Away
Arks – Cars on Fire – The International – Highwheel
Sonic Youth – Touch Me I’m Sick – Daydream Nation (Deluxe) – Geffen
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The Long Blondes – Heaven Help the New Girl – Someone to Drive You Home – Rough Trade
Shitdisco – I Know Kung Fu – Kingdom of Fear – Fierce Panda
Chromeo – Momma’s Boy – Fancy Footwork – Last Gang
Death to Sexy – Like a Record – Fall of the Prom Queen –
Adult. – I Feel Worse When I’m With You – Why Bother? – Thrill Jockey
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the Little Bicycles – Portland – Broken Hearts and Tired Legs – Jane Awesome
the Icicles – La Ti Da – Arrivals & Departures – Microindie
Love Spit Love – Am I Wrong – s/t
Morrissey – Interesting Drug – Bona Drag – Sire/Reprise
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Lotus Child – Had to Laugh – Gossip Diet –
Interpol – Evil – Antics – Matador
The Moonbabies – Shout It Out – At the Ballroom – Hidden Agenda
Feist – Brandy Alexander – The Reminder – Arts & Crafts
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Lavender Diamond – Open Your Heart – Imagine Our Love – Matador
The Magnetic Fields – Young and Insane – The House of Tomorrow – Merge
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T Rex – Jeepster – Death Proof sdtk
24 June, 2007
recommendations and reconsiderations
Finally, I've gotten around to putting something here besides the weekly setlist. Well folks, grad school will do that to a person, but hopefully I can keep up a little better with this, at least til the next semester starts.
Enough of that, on to the goodness...
Stuff you should know about (in my opnion, anyway):
Girl in a Coma: Both Before I'm Gone - Texas=based three-piece doing indie guitar rock with a very heavy British influence. Solid songwriting with some definite Morrissey-isms (listen to some of the vocalisations) and they're on Joan Jett's label, so there you go.
Elias are some lads out of Canada who tread the same emotional/epic ground as Coldplay and Keane, but with more spark than a lot of groups doing the same.
The new Björk is all kinds of awesome, but you knew that already.
Now, I know what you're saying, "I don't like comic books, I don't like magic, and I don't like comic books about magic." Fair enough. But you really need to check out Phonogram. Writer Kieron Gillen takes the premise of "music as magic" and makes it literal, but then uses the story as a set-up for an examination of the heroes and casualties of Britpop and the dangers of aging hipsterism. And Jamie McKelvie's art is just spot-on. You're best off getting the individual issues, if nothing else then for Gillen's commentaries, which act as a nice primer both for the series and the scene in general.
Similarly, while you may have had your fill of mp3 blogs, Emptyfree is well worth a look. Not only because you'll find links to things such as the entire Aphex Twin discography or all three discs of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' B-Sides and Rarities for download, but because of nuggets of joy such as this. Now, if that's not worth the price of admission, well, you tell me what is.
A little while ago I sang the praises of the Chris Randall solo album. Well, recently I had the chance to get properly acqauainted with it and, well... I'm not going to go a full 180 and completely rescind my recommendation, but man, does this guy want to be Tom Waits. Not that anyone in their right mind wouldn't want to be Tom Waits, but seriously, it did get to be a bit much after prolonged listening. Still and all, there are plenty worse artists to try and ape.
Don't forget, starting this Friday, June 29th, new DiS day and time, Fridays 7-9, and July 5th, Radio Free Thursdays presents Dreaming in Stereo at the Avalon Front, 300 Oullette Ave. in Windsor. All the best tunes of the show, and the bartender's pretty cool, to boot.
Enough of that, on to the goodness...
Stuff you should know about (in my opnion, anyway):
Girl in a Coma: Both Before I'm Gone - Texas=based three-piece doing indie guitar rock with a very heavy British influence. Solid songwriting with some definite Morrissey-isms (listen to some of the vocalisations) and they're on Joan Jett's label, so there you go.
Elias are some lads out of Canada who tread the same emotional/epic ground as Coldplay and Keane, but with more spark than a lot of groups doing the same.
The new Björk is all kinds of awesome, but you knew that already.
Now, I know what you're saying, "I don't like comic books, I don't like magic, and I don't like comic books about magic." Fair enough. But you really need to check out Phonogram. Writer Kieron Gillen takes the premise of "music as magic" and makes it literal, but then uses the story as a set-up for an examination of the heroes and casualties of Britpop and the dangers of aging hipsterism. And Jamie McKelvie's art is just spot-on. You're best off getting the individual issues, if nothing else then for Gillen's commentaries, which act as a nice primer both for the series and the scene in general.
Similarly, while you may have had your fill of mp3 blogs, Emptyfree is well worth a look. Not only because you'll find links to things such as the entire Aphex Twin discography or all three discs of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' B-Sides and Rarities for download, but because of nuggets of joy such as this. Now, if that's not worth the price of admission, well, you tell me what is.
A little while ago I sang the praises of the Chris Randall solo album. Well, recently I had the chance to get properly acqauainted with it and, well... I'm not going to go a full 180 and completely rescind my recommendation, but man, does this guy want to be Tom Waits. Not that anyone in their right mind wouldn't want to be Tom Waits, but seriously, it did get to be a bit much after prolonged listening. Still and all, there are plenty worse artists to try and ape.
Don't forget, starting this Friday, June 29th, new DiS day and time, Fridays 7-9, and July 5th, Radio Free Thursdays presents Dreaming in Stereo at the Avalon Front, 300 Oullette Ave. in Windsor. All the best tunes of the show, and the bartender's pretty cool, to boot.
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