namelessnumberheadmen

how to attract love

well, yeah, possibly the worst band name since, i don't know, chicago...? thankfully the band is a lot better than its name. basically electrotinged (?) pop a bit like hood or perhaps slowdive. that sort of reverb fueled pop but more pop. how to attract love doesn't really kick in until after 2 min. so be patient. & then the pop-bliss only lasts for about 22 seconds. quite nice though. & worth the wait.

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12 rods

accidents waiting to happen

pitchforkmedia reports that 12 rods is no more. it is sad b/c after strikingly uneven career they really hit gold with last year's lost time, which was perhaps one of the best albums last year. ironically that album was released by the band itself after the left (kicked?) their major label. at any rate, lost time is great in the same way that weezer is great. great pop dressed up as rock. great fun. definately stuff to sing in the shower.

ratatat (reakwon remix)

smith bros.

ratatat may just have scored the song of the year with seventeen & their album was one of this year's most interesting propositions laying stale 80s guitars and synths over hip hop beats to a surprisingly great effect. althought the hip hop beats weren't terribly obvious their latest release of hip hop-remixes confirms that the hip hop influence wasn't just a happy accident but a real influence. so this time around ratatat rework missy elliot, raekwon, dizzee rascal, jay-z and some other rappers of varying "quality". and strangely enough, they pull it of again. the 80s guitars are not as noticable but somehow the manage to interject a touch of melancholy into the songs and, frankly, it adds a whole another dimension to these songs. in some ways a lo-fi version of rjd2's work with cannibal ox (which IS the best rap album since public enemy' it takes a nation of million to hold us back) without the paranoia. considering what they throw into the mix one might say the sum is greater than parts but more accurately one could say that they turn shit into gold.

gallon drunk

now and forever

somehow gallon drunk disappeared from my sights until recently. and frankly they never got the attention they deserved way back when. anyhow, they released their last album, black milk, maybe a couple of years back & it is finally now that i had the sense to track it down. sure it doesn't quite match the their old stuff and it is a lot more mellow. interestingly enough, gallon drunk's james johnston is now one of nick cave's bad seeds. interesting, because black milk actually sounds quite a bit like barry adamson who is an old bad seed. so once again the world makes sense.

playmusicmagazine.com

the idea of putting a magazine online always seemed a bit stupid to me. simply because it is much nicer to sit down with a coffee on a comfy couch to browse/read. staring at the computer screen which you probably do all day anyway can get a bit tiring. but this one goes at least halfway towards convincing me otherwise. the content isn't that great but it adds some stuff to what paper magazines can't achieve. background sounds, music to go with the fashion spread, animations. kinda neat.

ghostdogjr goes podcasting

well, well. apparently one of my two readers resents having to click on the links to download the music samples. my kind nature quickly implemented his suggested solution of setting the blog up for podcasting. more accurately, i needed some excuse not to do some other less exciting things. for those of you not in the know (which was me until a couple of days ago) this means that with the appropriate software the songs will be downloaded automatically and automagically to your computer and ipod (if you are lucky/rich/cool enough to have one). you can check www.ipodder.org and various other places on the net to find the software. an added bonus of using podcasting is that you no longer have to read the crap i write! but that would naturally make me quite sad and eventually bored with posting things.....

air novoselic

well, well .....

kingdom flying club

the closer i get

just a nice pop song from the album non-fiction. sometimes simply is good, sometimes great.