Song: MadmanArtist: The JayhawksAlbum: Rainy Day Music Why is it that the same people who celebrate the alt-country genius of The Jayhawks also dismiss The Eagles as being a bunch of fluffy baby-boom wankers? Listening to “Madman” makes me wonder how long will it be until someone from The Jayhawks releases a solo album called No Fun Aloud.
Featuring Adam Tymn of VAUX and members of Arkham and Places To Park, Ride The Boogie is set to release their self-titled LP on Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Tymn took the time to give some insight on the track “Mustache Riders” and the struggles of being both an artist and a parent. “The song is about two guys, infamously known… Read more »
Song: KathleenArtist: Josh RitterAlbum: Hello Starling The opening line of “Kathleen” is one of the best declarations of love I’ve ever heard.
Song: A Gallon of GasArtist: The KinksAlbum: Come Dancing with The Kinks: the Best of 1977-1986 If this is one of the best songs The Kinks recorded between ’77 and ’86, I’d hate to hear the stuff that didn’t make the cut.
Song: Cold BloodedArtist: Tim ArmstrongAlbum: A Poet’s Life When “Cold Blooded” started, my first thought was “Huh, this must be some King Tubby or Impact All Stars song that I never noticed. Cool.” It’s not King Tubby, though, and it’s not Impact All Stars. It’s Tim Armstrong. As in, Tim Armstrong, the dude from Rancid. Could I have paid this… Read more »
Song: Miracle CureArtist: The WhoAlbum: Tommy Thank God this is only 13 seconds long. If it were longer, I would have to dismiss The Who as a bunch of Broadway-lovin’, showtune-writin’ saps. Which they were, but in a good way. Not this, though. This is capital-B, capital-A, capital-D. It makes me wonder if maybe Andrew Lloyd Webber was the secret… Read more »
Label: VH1 Classics Released: June 3, 2008 A few months back, I heard a few pre-release tracks of this project which reunites Def Leppard’s Phil Collen with former Girl bandmate Simon Laffy and brings in ex-Sex Pistol Paul Cook. The line-up certainly sounds like it could be flirting with disaster, but that preview raised my hopes that this would be… Read more »
Song: SecondsArtist: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-StarsAlbum: In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 This has great energy. It’s obviously a U2 cover, but the All-Stars completely made it their own. Best of all, they made it African without compromising the basic Western roots of the song. I wish more world music was like this. (By the way, Bob reviewed… Read more »
Here’s a cool video from Thao’s very cool We Brave Bee Stings and All album.