Halloween Toss Off
Sorry about all the stubs I’ve left littered on the front page recently. I got blindsided by a sudden rush of school. By way of a meager apology, here are a couple tracks I haven’t fully decided about yet. Both come from albums that don’t hold up for the full listen, but the songs stick. [...]
The Rumble Strips
Rumble Strips – Time Rumble Strips – Alarm Clock There are certain things I’ve come to expect from underdog Brit bands. Vaguely classical bridges, obvious accents, some horn assistance, and a focus on the girl that should have been. In these aspects, the Rumble Strips give Dexys Midnight Runners the best go for their money [...]
Terry Radigan
Terry Radigan – My Love Is RealTerry Radigan – Everything Starts Out Small There is an intimate, seductive quality to Terry Radigan’s self-titled 2000 release. The rough pulsings of rhythm guitar push like a nervous heart through My Love of Real. As the song builds, though, the guitar is buried, her nervousness forgotten in the [...]
Rahsaan Kirk- My Girl
Rahsaan Kirk – My Girl Mr. Kirk‘s cover of My Girl comes from a Europe tour in the 1972 released as Brotherman in the Fatherland last year. eMusic put it on my radar and the whole album occupied me during the overcasts of last spring. I love the very simple sonic base of piano and [...]
Bix & Tram
Mississippi Mud Singin’ The Blues Bix & Tram were white guys milking the black music of their time – the late ’20s. They came into my life through the first LP I ever purchased, seven years before I bought a turntable, and I’ve loved them ever since. That said – I’ll let the liner notes [...]