Hello all. I'm am ceasing posting on this blog and moving it to a new venue. Why? A number of reasons. I like change. I like the wordpress platform more than blogger. I like new starts. This blog has become mostly inactive, and I hope to be a bit more active on the new blog.
So, please update your bookmarks and subscriptions accordingly.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Totes Magotes: Bahamas and the Challenge of Meeting Expectations
Totes Magotes
Random thoughts on what I'm listening to or thinking about lately
My #1 album of the year in 2012 was by Toronto-based musician, Bahamas. Barchords was an unexpected hit for me. Stylistically it wasn't really like anything else I was listening to, but for some reason I couldn't turn it off. The song, Lost in the Light, got particularly heavy airplay.
So, I was excited a few weeks ago when I heard that Bahamas was returning with a new LP, Bahamas is Afie. Big expectations. This, of course, creates a problem. On my first listens of the new album, my brain is constantly checking it against his previous Barchords. So, I wonder if I am not giving it a fair listen. There are some good tracks, but I sense myself feeling a little let down. I am hopeful that after a few more listens I will be able to appreciate for what it is - instead of judging it for what it isn't (Barchords, v. 2.0).
In any case, here's a standout track - All the Time
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
New Zookeeper Album - Pink Chalk! Whoa!
Just a few days ago, I posted an OLD track from the band Mineral. The band put out a couple great albums and 7"'s, but then broke up. The singer, Chris Simpson when on to front The Gloria Record - which was hands down amazing. After that, he has done a project called Zookeeper. Some good tracks. Great news - Zookeeper just announced a new album.
Very exciting!
For good measure, here is a Gloria Record and Zookeeper track to further whet your appetite!
Song du Jour Nr. 117: The Letterpress - Falling Away
Here's one you've never heard of. Mid-2000s band from Arizona. 2 basses + drums. No guitars.
Good stuff.
Good stuff.
You should buy it.
Or here.
Or here.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Song du Jour Nr. 116: Mineral - February
They just don't make non-album track 7" singles like they used.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Totes Magotes: Spoon - They Want My Soul
Totes Magotes
Random thoughts on what I'm listening to or thinking about lately
Ah Spoon. I didn't really like their first albums, really liked a few songs off of Gimme Fiction and Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, and didn't like Transference at all. But now you're back with They Want My Soul and I'm completely sold on this one. So good. Front to back, I love it. I have listened to it while running (opening of Rent I Pay is perfect for starting a run), while mowing the lawn, while driving, while cooking...what can't this album do?!
Go get it.
Some samples:
Monday, July 21, 2014
Best Albums of 2014, v. 2.0 (January - July)
Best Albums of 2014
Version 2.0 (January - July)
For previous years see
Best of 2007
EPs
Singles / 7 inches / Misc
LPs
- The GOASTT - Midnight Sun
- Beck - Morning Phase
- Braid - No Coast
- Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain
- The Hold Steady - Teeth Dreams
- Damien Jurado - Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
- S. Carey - Range of Light
- The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine
- Mogwai - Rave Tapes
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Are We Not Men? We Are Diva!
- French Style Furs - Is Exotic Bait
- Matt Pond - Skeletons and Friends
- Andrew Bird - Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of...
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Produce Vol. 1 (mixtape)
- Say Hi - Endless Wonder
- The Bar (Prometheus Brown and Bambu) - Barkada
- RA Scion + Vox Mod - Sharper Tool: Bigger Weapon
- Sun Kil Moon - Benji
- Jonah's Onelinedrawing - Me and You Are Two
- Fanfarlo - Let's Go Extinct
Live Albums
- Death Cab for Cutie - Live 2012 [ft. Magik*Magik Orchestra]
- Band of Horses - Acoustic at the Ryman
- David Bazan - David Bazan + Passenger String Quartet: Vol. 1
EPs
- Damien Jurado - Sisters of the Eternal Son
- American Football - American Football Deluxe Edition bonus materials
- The Hold Steady - RAGS
Singles / 7 inches / Misc
Monday, May 12, 2014
Selling Some Vinyl on Ebay
I have a few 7"'s and LPs in my collection that I realize I never play, and probably won't. So - I'm selling them. Check it out!
Includes Death Cab for Cutie, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Panic at the Disco, RARE Damien Jurado 7"'s, Maritime, Joshua James, Rocky Votolato, The Get Up Kids, RARE custom Hoquiam LP (Damien Jurado), Pele, Rogue Wave, Jimmy Eat World, and more!
Includes Death Cab for Cutie, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Panic at the Disco, RARE Damien Jurado 7"'s, Maritime, Joshua James, Rocky Votolato, The Get Up Kids, RARE custom Hoquiam LP (Damien Jurado), Pele, Rogue Wave, Jimmy Eat World, and more!
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Best Albums of 2014, v. 1.0 (January - May)
Best Albums of 2014
Version 1.0
For previous years see
Best of 2007
EPs
Singles / 7 inches / Misc
LPs
- Beck - Morning Phase
- The GOASTT - Midnight Sun
- Damien Jurado - Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
- The Hold Steady - Teeth Dreams
- Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain
- The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine
- Death Cab for Cutie - Live 2012 [ft. Magik*Magik Orchestra]
- Mogwai - Rave Tapes
- Band of Horses - Acoustic at the Ryman
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Produce Vol. 1 (mixtape)
- RA Scion + Vox Mod - Sharper Tool: Bigger Weapon
- The Bar (Prometheus Brown and Bambu) - Barkada
- Sun Kil Moon - Benji
- Jonah's Onelinedrawing - Me and You Are Two
- Fanfarlo - Let's Go Extinct
EPs
- Damien Jurado - Sisters of the Eternal Son
- American Football - American Football Deluxe Edition bonus materials
- The Hold Steady - RAGS
Singles / 7 inches / Misc
- Prometheus Brown - This Ain't a Seahawks Anthem [single]
- Sunny Day Real Estate - Lipton Witch (from Circa Survive split 7")
- The Hold Steady - Easy (from Deer Tick split 7")
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
My Vinyl Collection, February 2014 Update
I started collecting vinyl in January of 2008.
Here is what I have amassed.
Here is what I have amassed.
(updated February 2014)
AC/DC
Back in Black
American Football
American Football
Andrew Bird
Armchair Apocrypha
Appleseed Cast
Illumination Ritual
Bahamas
Barchords
Band of Horses
Everything All the Time
Infinite Arms
Battles
Gloss Drop
Mirrored
The Beach Boys
Endless Summer
The Beatles
1962-1966
1967-1970
Abbey Road
Hey Jude
Let it Be
Magical Mystery Tour
Rubber Soul
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beck
Modern Guilt
Odelay
The Bee Gees
Best of Bee Gees Vol. 1 [pre-disco]
Saturday Night Fever
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Blackalicious
A2G [EP]
Blazing Arrow
The Craft
Deception [12" single]
Its Going Down (Sit Back) [12" single]
Nia
Bon Iver
Bon Iver
Brendan Benson
Alternative to Love
Bright Eyes
Four Winds [12" EP]
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Built to Spill
Don't Try / The Source [7" single]
The City on Film
In Formal Introduction [marble gray vinyl]
Cake
Motorcade of Generosity
The Clash
London Calling
Colin Meloy
Colin Meloy Sings Live [autographed]
Common Market
Connect For [12" EP]
Tobacco Road
Counterfit
Super Amusement Machine for Your Exciting Heart [red vinyl]
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Chronicle
Daft Punk
Random Access Memories
Damien Jurado
Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son 2xLP w/ Sisters [EP]
Caught in the Trees.
Hoquiam
I Break Chairs
Motorbike [7" single]
On My Way To Absence
Saint Bartlett
Trampoline [7" single]
Dear and the Headlights
Drunk Like Bible Times [Ale colored vinyl – 10" double LP]
Small Steps, Heavy Hooves [translucent gold colored vinyl]
Death Cab for Cutie
I will Possess your Heart [7" single]
Narrow Stairs
Plans
The Decemberists
Castaways and Cutouts
Colin Meloy Sings Live [autographed]
The Crane Wife
The Hazards of Love
Her Majesty
Picaresque + Picaresquities
The Tain + 5 Songs
Dent May
The Feel Good Music of Dent May and his Magnificent Ukulele
Dinosaur Jr.
I Bet on Sky
Dr. Dog
Fate
Shame Shame
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Sun Giant EP
The Format
Dog Problems
The Fruit Bats
Spelled in Bones
G. Love & Special Sauce
Baby's Got Sauce / Cold Beverage 10"
The Get Up Kids
Four Minute Mile [translucent gold vinyl]
Guilt Show [red vinyl]
A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts / Off the Wagon [7"]
On a Wire
Red Letter Day [10" EP]
Simple Science [12" EP]
Something to Write Home About [lavender vinyl]
The Gloria Record
A Lull in Traffic [12" EP] [Marble white vinyl]
Grand Archives
Grand Archives [signed by the band]
Grand Archives – Sleep Driving / George Kaminski alt. versions [7"]
Great Lake Swimmers
Lost Channels
Hey Mercedes
Every Night Fireworks [SIGNED by the band]
The Hold Steady
Boys and Girls in America
Heaven is Whenever
Stay Positive
Iron & Wine
The Creek Drank the Cradle
In the Reins
Our Endless Numbered Days
Woman King
J. Tillman
A Year in the Kingdom
Minor Works [French Import]
Wild Honey Never Stolen / Borne Away On A Black Barge 7"
Jack Johnson
Brushfire Fairytales
On and On
Sleep Through the Static
Japandroids
Celebration Rock [white vinyl]
Jimmy Eat World
Clarity [2009 reissue]
Pain/Shame [7" clear green]
Josh Ritter
So Runs The World Away
The Animal Years
Joshua James
Build me This
The Sun is Always Brighter
Winter Storm / Lovers Without Love [7"]
Led Zeppelin
IV (Zoso)
Lifesavas
Gutterfly: The Original Soundtrack
Spirit in Stone
Local Natives
Gorilla Manor
The Long Winters
Putting the Days to Bed
The Mamas & the Papas
If you Can Believe your Eyes and Ears
Maritime
Glass Floor
Heresy and the Hotel Choir [clear vinyl] [hand numbered limited pressing]
We, the Vehicles [hand numbered clear blue vinyl]
Witches and Snowmen / Boy From School [limited edition 7" white vinyl]
Marvin Gaye
Every Great Motown Hit
Midnight Love
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Take a Break
Michael Jackson
Bad
Thriller
Mike Doughty
Haughty Melodic
Minus the Bear
Highly Refined Pirates [blue swirly vinyl]
Omni
They Make Beer Commercials Like This EP [fruity pebbles colored vinyl]
The Mountain Goats
Get Lonely
Heretic Pride
The Mr. T Experience
Love is Dead
Mumford & Sons
Sigh No More
The National
High Violet
The New Amsterdams
At the Foot of my Rival
Nick Drake
Five Leaves Left
Okkervil River
Black Sheep Boy
The Standins
Onelinedrawing
Visitor [clear transparent vinyl]
Owen
At Home with Owen
No Good for No One Now
Panic at the Disco
Nine in the Afternoon [7" single]
Paul Simon
Graceland
Greatest hits, Etc
Pele
Enemies
Phantom Planet
Raise the Dead [marble blue vinyl]
Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Pinback
Autumn of Seraphs
The Postal Service
Give Up
The Promise Ring
Wood/Water [double 10"]
Radiohead
In Rainbows
King of Limbs
OK Computer
The Bends
Ratatat
Ratatat
Reggie and the Full Effect
Inside the Dust Sleeve (under the tray)
R.E.M.
Accelerate
Automatic for the People
Dead Letter Office
Document
Fables of the Reconstruction
Green
Life's Rich Pageant
Monster
New Adventures in Hi Fi
Reckoning
Wendell Gee [12" single]
Rogue Wave
Descended Like Vultures
Rocky Votolato
A Brief History [10" on opaque yellow vinyl]
Rocky Votolato s/t LP [yellow & orange vinyl]
Rocky Votolato & Seth Warren [7" on white vinyl]
Suicide Medicine [marble white vinyl] [autographed + set list]
Rush
2112
Saves the Day
Stay What you Are
Shearwater
The Golden Archipelago
Sigur Ros
( )
Ágætis Byrjun
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Takk
Simon and Garfunkel
Bookends
Bridge over Troubled Waters
The Graduate
Greatest Hits
Parsley, Sage Rosemary and Thyme
Sounds of Silence
Wednesday Morning, 3 AM
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Pershing
SSLYBY / Puzzle split [7" split - lavender marble vinyl]
The Thrills
So Much for the City
The Weakerthans
Left and Leaving
Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre
Reconstruction Site
They Might Be Giants
Don't Lets Start [12" Single]
Factory Showroom
Flood
John Henry
Lincoln
They Might be Giants
They'll Need a Crane [12" single]
TV on the Radio
Nine Types of Light
Vampire Weekend
Modern Vampires in the City
Weezer
Weezer [The Blue Album]
Wilco
Being There
The Wooden Birds
Magnolia
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