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[King Tubby]

"SG " wrote:

Thanks AGAP interesting article,they mention Henry Threadgill who I was just listening to(as part of the jazz trio Air)

That’s the band I saw Sunday night. Definitely worth checking out.

I used to see Threadgill a lot with the Make A Move band about 10 years ago when they would do residencies at the Knit. Incredible shows.

[AGAP]

can’t wait to hear this…

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07116/781015-388.stm”>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07116/781015-388.stm

Quote:

KARL HENDRICKS ROCK BAND ‘THE WORLD SAYS’ (SURPLUS ANXIETY)

I knew this was going to be awesome when I turned the CD over and saw a track sitting there at the end with the running time of 11:47. It was hard not to just jump right to it.

But I resisted. Better to start at the beginning.

If you don’t know Karl Hendricks by now, it’s not too late to get on board. The Pittsburgh-based rocker has kept a pretty low profile since releasing "The Jerks Win Again" four years ago on Merge.

Now he returns with vigor and volume blissfully intact on "The World Says," an indie-rock guitar record that restores one’s faith in indie-rock guitar records. The dueling instruments of Hendricks and Alexei Plotnicov are sublime — sizzling and snarling with the big fat tones of guitar gods Neil Young and J. Mascis.

There isn’t a single song here that doesn’t explode into some glorious Dino Jr.- or Crazy Horse-style jam (with bassist Corey Layman and drummer Jake Leger), even during the tight three minutes of "Mediocre Advice."

More than a mere guitar hero, though, Hendricks is a singer with a wonderful sense of melody and a world-weary lyricist with a subtle hand. The eight-minute leadoff track, "I’m Not Crying, Karl," finds him encountering his friends’ tears, whether sniffing through "E.T." as kids or reflecting on real-life miseries. He runs into a guy named Frank who tells him he sees dotted lines across his wrists, and says, "You stare so hard at your dreams they turn into blank walls/the compromises you settle for leave you shocked and appalled." The walls of frenzied guitars are well-earned after that.

Hendricks cleverly digs below the layers of communication on "Irony Fails Me" ("I count on the world to be [messed] up/It surprises me sometimes") and probes the nature of discontent on "Banned for Life ("Spend so much time/trying to fill a hole that you can’t find"). "The Last Uncompromising Hardcore Band" is a sludge-fest that rolls the credits on angry rock, as Hendrix, watching with indifference, sings "passion just seems silly anymore."

Now, to the 11:47. The song is "California in October." Hendricks is staring over the ocean cliffs, pondering life, death, breath and how "every day’s another stupid miracle." Then the scene cuts to Pittsburgh where gun shots ring out in an alley, "deep in the morning," and all you can do is "breathe in … breathe out." Before and after, Karl and Alexei shred and shred some more, in the manner of Built to Spill attacking "Cowgirl in the Sand."

It might be absurd to call this one of the best-sounding guitar records in years, but it wouldn’t be a lie.

[severedlips]

hey Wilco fans……..for those of you who haven’t heard the new album ("Sky Blue Sky") yet, the boys in the band have kindly posted it on their website for free streaming until its official release (may 15th). i’ve been listening to it for a few weeks now…via SoulSeek…..and it grows on me a little more with each listen. give yer ears a treat HERE! ………….rock out, peoples……….

[severedlips]

WOOHOO!!………new Okkervil River album, titled "The Stage Names" ready to drop on Aug. 07th……..been looking forward to this one sine the black sheep boy appendix……can’t wait!

[Hairy Cornflake]

Demo of the new Smashing Pumpkins single

http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/new-music-tarantula-by-smashing-pumpkins/”>http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/new-m … -pumpkins/

[Spooksie]

"severedlips " wrote:

hey Wilco fans……..for those of you who haven’t heard the new album ("Sky Blue Sky") yet, the boys in the band have kindly posted it on their website for free streaming until its official release (may 15th). i’ve been listening to it for a few weeks now…via SoulSeek…..and it grows on me a little more with each listen. give yer ears a treat HERE! ………….rock out, peoples……….

good man, another wilco fan. i’m not big on sky blue sky. it bears all the Wilco hallmarks of excellent lyrics, flawless musicianship etc etc, but it just doesn’t grab me like others do. That thing critics were getting all flustered over, the really iritating optimism of the lyrics, was there for me too. Not a bad record though, but still: I doubt theyll ever do another quite as good as Summerteeth eh.

"Hairy Cornflake " wrote:

Demo of the new Smashing Pumpkins single

http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/new-music-tarantula-by-smashing-pumpkins/”>http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/new-m … -pumpkins/

thats the actual song, not a demo. I’ve never been a fan of the Pumpkins, but the harmonic intro’s grown on me.

[King Tubby]

"Hairy Cornflake " wrote:

Demo of the new Smashing Pumpkins single

http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/new-music-tarantula-by-smashing-pumpkins/”>http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/18/new-m … -pumpkins/

I heard those assholes are releasing their new album in four different editions, each only available in a particular corporate chain store (Best Buy, Target, etc.). In order to get all the songs, you have to buy all four editions of their crappy record. This is one instance where I wholeheartedly support people ripping that piece of shit (or all four pieces, as it were) to file sharing sites the second they get their hands on them. No one should spend dime-one on that band after they’ve pulled something like this. Billy Corgan’s a third-rate douchebag who sounds like he’s straining over a shit when sings/whines, anyhow.

I’m not a fan, as you might’ve guessed………

[Spooksie]

"King Tubby " wrote:

I heard those assholes are releasing their new album in four different editions, each only available in a particular corporate chain store (Best Buy, Target, etc.). In order to get all the songs, you have to buy all four editions of their crappy record.

if thats true, those uncle fuckers can whole heartedly suck my cock.

-EDIT-

fuck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist_%28The_Smashing_Pumpkins_album%29#Alternate_Versions”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist_ … e_Versions

corgan, you CUNT why the fuck do you release a record for HMV? could be any less rock n’ roll?

i’m sure as hell not buying it. *rants about feeding the beast*

-Another edit-

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/43795-smashing-pumpkins-to-fans-indie-stores-fuck-you”>http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/n … s-fuck-you

i <3 pitchfork

-yet another edit-

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n70XYjg_I3s”>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n70XYjg_I3s

HAHAHAAAAA!!!! *from the bottom of the pitchfork review*

as you can tell, i’m extremely displeased by this revelation. and now want to murder corgan.

[fata morgana]

God, get over it. Just don’t buy his stuff and don’t go to his shows. It’s simple.

[Spooksie]

"fata morgana " wrote:

God, get over it. Just don’t buy his stuff and don’t go to his shows. It’s simple.

hah, i know. i was just messing.

[built_to_spill]

Enjoying Adam Franklin’s "Bolts of Melody" a lot.

Just got "Let’s Drag Our Feet" by Boat…

When Boat released their Magic Marker Records debut, Songs That You Might Not Like, last year, the title implied uncertainty, a lack of self-confidence — but it was done in such a way (with illustrations of cartoon character groupies on the cover) that it seemed tongue-in-cheek. A cheekie sort of announcement: “Here we are,â€

[ovaldisc]

Yeah, I’ve listened to that first song off Adam Franklin’s new cd about 8 times today.

[built_to_spill]

Anyone familiar with "Ghosts I’ve Met" ?

"GHOSTS I’VE MET Featuring players from Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Sleater-Kinney, Sparklehorse and Actual Tigers, Ghosts I’ve Met is composed mostly of former Seattleites, some of whom now live in Brooklyn. The group’s contemplative, melancholy tunes never descend into nostalgia or self-pity—fitting for a band that requires a cross-country trip just to practice together. Though never officially released, the album the band recorded at Kitty Wells’ studio in 2005 garnered significant airplay on venerable Seattle indie station KEXP. They retuned to Wells’ studio a few months ago and recorded another record, providing fodder for this cross-country tour, the band’s first. Though sometimes compared to Ryan Adams, Ghosts I’ve Met eschew the mercurial troubadour’s erratic flashes of listenability in favor of an even, expansive sound that nearly always succeeds in its intentions. If the alt-country scene is a house party, Ghosts I’ve Met aren’t the drunk guy in the lampshape. Rather, they’re the quiet guy in the corner spinning fascinating yarns for anyone with the attention span to listen." — BEN WESTHOFF

[fata morgana]

"built_to_spill " wrote:

Anyone who says otherwise thinks they’re way too cool for school.

That’s a Mike Watt quote.

[built_to_spill]

Saw the Heartless Bastards earlier this year. An excellent trio out of Cincinnati, O. At times, it seems like Erika Wennerstrom is channeling Joplin & Plant. She has big talent and will find her own way. Mike Lamping (bass) & Kevin Vaughn (percussion) are superb musicians, as well. Go see them, if they’re in your vicinity!

Sep 7 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, O.

Sep 8 Southgate House Newport, Ky.

Sep 10 Blueberry Hill St. Louis, Mo.

Sep 11 Proud Larrys Oxford, Miss.

Sep 12 One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, La.

Sep 14 Austin City Limits Austin, Tex.

Sep 15 The Parish Austin, Tex.

Sep 18 Zydeco Birmingham, Ala.

Sep 19 Tasty World Athens, Ga.

Sep 20 Blue Cats Knoxville, Tenn.

Sep 21 Grey Eagle Music Hall Asheville, N.C.

Sep 22 The Dame Lexington, Ky.

Oct 7 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass – Goldengate Park SF, Calif.

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