Mikwaukee based troubadour Nick Miller kindly sent me his acoustic demo disc, which is pretty sweet. Quitters is a great track, and his voice reminds me a little at points of Jeff Buckley and sometimes a little of Anthony of "and the Johnsons" fame. It varies a great deal in the demo, from the high falsetto I've just been describing to a gruff low tenor, which is either interesting or inconsistent depending on how generous you are.
Sunday 14 December 2008
Nick Miller - Quitters
Mikwaukee based troubadour Nick Miller kindly sent me his acoustic demo disc, which is pretty sweet. Quitters is a great track, and his voice reminds me a little at points of Jeff Buckley and sometimes a little of Anthony of "and the Johnsons" fame. It varies a great deal in the demo, from the high falsetto I've just been describing to a gruff low tenor, which is either interesting or inconsistent depending on how generous you are.
Thursday 11 December 2008
Frank Bango - Angela Eagleton
I recently interviewed Frank Bango, who I've raved about before twice. His responses exceeded my expectations: they were really very interesting. It's all on sunonthesand.net, which is a site I've got involved with recently. Clicky here.
Monday 8 December 2008
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Here's a no frills blog post for you - this is a great song, one that can and should be appreciated by masses.
Thursday 4 December 2008
The Spolkestra - Open Arms
Warning - this post contains enthusing. Having said that, so do 95% of all the rest of the posts on this blog. Not sure why I'm bothering to warn you, to be honest.
My Little Pony - Macgyver Blues
In a television show from the crazy wild wild westOne of the characters stand out from the restCause he's bald or he's friendly or sometimes comes lateAnd the others always tell him he's slightly overweight.And in this other programme that I like to watchFrom back in the days when everything was top-notchWith his funny accent, now that's an old trickHe's the foreign exchange student who never gets a chick.
But if we ask him about our motif or religious beliefHe wouldn't have an answer and not cause he's briefHe's just the comic relief.Sometimes I like to make people laughand at the place where I work I'm the youngest of the staffAnd they do seem to like me though I think they're all my bossBut to me that doens't matter, authority's no great lossAnd although I'm not [can't work this word out] or commander in chiefThey all need me like golden leafI guess I am the comic relief.I guess we need it in this world of oursWhere everything is so serious that sometimes we forget to smile to each otherIt might be false beliefI think we all need a comic relief.[I transcribed those myself so they're not perfect.]
Wednesday 12 November 2008
Clor - Good Stuff
Ahh Clor, I miss you. You made one of my favourite dancey indie albums and then just disappeared without so much as a farewell. It makes me very sad.
Clor - Good Stuff
Coming out of my mouth
Into your eyes
Not once, but twice
Choosing the other's eye
Always why
Forever yielding
You should have seen your face
Can you imagine how I must appear
Let me do it for you
Let me do it for me
Let me give me some more of your good stuff
Help me out with my hair
How i have come to resemble those things you like No hidden seams are here
No happy faces
Guided by stellar voices
Now let me do it for you
Let me do it for me
Let me give me some more of your good stuff
We are the content
and we drink them all night
Out through a curly straw
Let's suck our poisonous juices!
Oh, that's good
Let me do it for you
Let me do it for me
Let me give me some more of your good stuff
Tuesday 11 November 2008
The Rapture - No Sex For Ben
You may have heard this track on the soundtrack to GTA4 (Radio Broker) - it's a wee bit of a chooooon.
The Rapture - No Sex For Ben