Excellent list from The Hairpin - Songs about musical genres that are not done in the style of said musical genre. Often list posts are just dull, but this is a my-kind-of-music list! One that I can get behind, as they have the excellent Blame it on the Bossanova as their opener, and include The Mountain Goats, The New Pornographers, Mogwai, Dean Martin, etc... perfection.
Go forth and enjoy.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
RISE ABOVE
Yes, an all caps title is warranted in this case. Some days you just need some classic Black Flag.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Every sentence has its cost
Going through some of my older songs. Trying to find ones I was obsessed with, which led me to one of my first posts here, which included old fav by Maximo Park. So then I had to go listen to some bits from their albums, and some video searching. And they have a new album coming out that I am eagerly awaiting.
And then I remember that I had RT'd the video from the new single a few days/weeks ago? So I should probably be posting that here as well (though I don't keep up with every thing I RT). It's cute. Lots of dancing around by a very British boy.
"Hips and Lips"
Because let's be real, sometimes you just need to watch some dancing/thrashing around. "Our Velocity" has that energy (and some to spare).
"Going Missing" has some nice thrashing as well (undressing, hitting things, jumping, seated, I love the twitching... when I saw them live there was also awesome dancing. They are not afraid of committing to the the crazy dance. And far, far, far, above average face-making. I adore that. Gold stars.)
"Books from Boxes" is less dance-able (given the subject matter), but only slightly less so. I love how she seems to float/slide in front of him the whole time, especially the bit from 1:11-1:29 where they appear to be in some kind of old-fashioned garden/cemetery or something... it's very romantically bleak.
They go a bit introspective with "The Coast is Always Changing" - I am young and I am lost.
Anyhoo, that's it for now. For my few loyal readers, heads up - posting will be even more sporadic than usual through June.
And then I remember that I had RT'd the video from the new single a few days/weeks ago? So I should probably be posting that here as well (though I don't keep up with every thing I RT). It's cute. Lots of dancing around by a very British boy.
"Hips and Lips"
Because let's be real, sometimes you just need to watch some dancing/thrashing around. "Our Velocity" has that energy (and some to spare).
"Going Missing" has some nice thrashing as well (undressing, hitting things, jumping, seated, I love the twitching... when I saw them live there was also awesome dancing. They are not afraid of committing to the the crazy dance. And far, far, far, above average face-making. I adore that. Gold stars.)
"Books from Boxes" is less dance-able (given the subject matter), but only slightly less so. I love how she seems to float/slide in front of him the whole time, especially the bit from 1:11-1:29 where they appear to be in some kind of old-fashioned garden/cemetery or something... it's very romantically bleak.
They go a bit introspective with "The Coast is Always Changing" - I am young and I am lost.
Anyhoo, that's it for now. For my few loyal readers, heads up - posting will be even more sporadic than usual through June.
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