May 14, 2008
Paste #42
Tunes to Check Out:
- Cass McCombs "Dropping the Write" *
- Little Birdy "Hollywood" (Aussies, part '80s goth)*
- The Republic Tigers "Keep Color" (Eno/Death Cab/XTC)*
- The Death Set (punk)
- Ashleigh Flynn "American Dream" (country-blues flavored)
- Foy Nance "Hope"
- Micah Dalton "Pawn Shop"
- Billy Bragg "Mr. Love & Justice" ("wiser & more playful approach than ever")
- Colour Revolt "Plunder, Beg and Curse"
- M83 "Saturdays = Youth"
*recommended by Alexandra Patsavas (music supervisor "Grey's etc)
They did NOT like either the new Counting Crows ("Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings") or Griffin House ("Flying Upside Down"). As to the former, I don't think it's a great album, but it's certainly better than their last, and I enjoy a couple of the fast songs. I could do without the second half. And as to the latter, I agree, the album is kinda boring...but I've seen him do those songs live twice now and I loved it both times. It's mixed blandly / maybe he needs a new production team / but until he puts out a live album, this is what's out there. (And I really like the song "I Remember (It's Happening Again)" which they clearly hated [they call it a "ham-fisted anti-war anthem"].)
Book: "The Hakawati" by Rabih Alameddine
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