Song of the day from album of the week, likely of the year.
Hoping I get to make it out to the secret show at the Bowery Ballroom tonight.
Let's have a toast for the douchebags, who also happen to be geniuses.
Picked this new War On Drugs EP on vinyl a little bit ago.
Love their sound.Reminds me of Arcade Fire/Bruce Springsteen/driving the NJ turnpike.
Perfect for road trips. Which I will be taking soon.
It's been out for a little bit but I'm just finally checking out Spoek Mathambo's album, Mshini Wam, and I really dig it. That said, it begs the question of how to describe it and in some ways, it's really hard to say. So many young people are now making music via this method of having every reference and no reference. It's a genre and cultural hodgepodge and I love this younger people's music that's essentially all-hybrid and no-genre. Who cares what it's called, I just know it's good.
http://www.truepanther.com/blog/announcing-glasser-ring-out-september-28
Long lost, mythical creatures...
Years ago I obsessed on Neil Young's 'unreleased/deleted' album, On The Beach, and even managed to get a vinyl copy, before it eventually saw a reissue a few years back.
Now I'm super fixated on his 1976 acetate "Chrome Dreams".
A few of these songs were even passed onto me when I used to live in Portland. Keep in mind that this was years before the ease of sharing via the internet and these kinds of songs were passed around and shared with a kind of special respect and honor that's quite different from these days.
Anyway, I don't know if it's because I watched the documentary Reel Injun last night or if it's just this autumnal thing that Neil brings out in me, but I wanted to share this jem with you:
Also, I'd say that you should nab the whole album which someone posted here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?innx4qwmygg
And explained here:
http://www.sidestreetrecords.com/articles/acetateChromeDreams.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_Dreams
http://www.carparkrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/cloudnothings