i fucking love the new radicals. great record, great hooks, great melodies, great story.
checkit.
hippy music guy hates music industry. hates pop music. still writes one of the best pop albums of the last 20 years, and gets sucked in. hates where his band is going, and where the industry is taking home. says "fuck you, you can't have me". breaks the band up.
for those of you who only think of "you only get what you give" have to get your heads out of ur arses and check this record out.
I can't believe I've gone this long without mentioning practically my favourite band of all time, Clutch.
Their album "Blast Tyrant" (this is the short form of the albums name... the long form is Blast Tyrant's Atlas of the Invisible World Including Illustrations of Strange Beasts And Phantasms) is my favourite of theirs. Some prefer the stuff they did before this record, and some prefer after. I prefer after. Fucking gold.
So, here's a live video of them playing "mercury" and "profits of doom" from Blast Tyrant.
Well, this was gonna be a weekly Friday Top Five Update, but I didn't do it Friday.
So it was going to be a weekly Saturday Top Five Update, but then I went to bed at like 7:30 or some shit.
So here it is. A Sunday afternoon Top Five Update.
This week: Guilty Pleasures.
Now, most peoples guilty pleasures are things like "blow off of a hookers arse crack" or "17 liters of Chunky Munky Ice Cream" or some ridiculous shit. But this is a music blog, so here they are, in particular order.
1. R. Kelly's Ignition Remix
I so don't feel guilty about it, but I want to post about him again.
2. Fallout Boy - This Ain't a Scene (It's an Arms Race)
There's something about that little monkey's voice on this tune. It's almost sounds MoTown. Plus he has pretty nice sideburns...
forgive the shitty audio in the youtube link... universal won't let me link their vid, and apparently kids who like fallout boy sux at teh internetz
3. Phish - Farmhouse
I hate Phish with everything in this excellently toned body of mine, but for some reason this song slays me. This is a live version, so they'll probably "jam" this song out for like 3 days or some shit, but at least listen to the first minute or two... BECAREFULFORTHECHILDMOLESTER!
4. slipknot
I can literally feel myself getting stupid when I listen to slipknot. But at the same time, a lot can be said for the happiness of stupid people.
IPUSHMYFINGERSINTOMYEYESFTW!
5. Paul Potts
AMG says he's not really opera, but then again, they gave Madonna's POS Ray of Light 4 stars, while Kings of Leon's "Because of the Times" gets 3...
Paul Potts was a cellphone salesman in England, and he won the first "Britain's Got Talent." He was so good, he made the hot chick who found the dead body cry. Before she found the dead body.
Anyway, he did a KILLER version of "Everybody Hurts. Go listen.
So, that's the top 5 for this week. If you think I'm a douchebag, you're probably right. If you hate this music, you're a douchebag, too.
Jason Isbell used to be in The Drive By Truckers. As far as I'm concerned, he was the best songwriter of the lot of them. I mean, they're all great, but he was my favourite.
Every once in a while you'll catch a song that just fucks your shit up. For me, "Goddamn Lonely Love" written by Isbell and recorded by The Drive by Truckers on the record "The Dirty South" is one of those songs.
Download a live version brought to you buy the guy who runs http://www.southernshelter.com/. Drop by his site and see what he has to offer. He's got a great archive of the music scene in Athens, Georgia. Fantastic.
Anyway, quit being a douchebag and download the song.
I agree 15000000000% with The Hives when they say they are the best band in the world. Sure, I don't listen to them a lot, and sure there are bands I like more, but technically and egotistically speaking, The Hives are the best band in the world.
"Hate To Say I Told You So" is the best song Danko Jones didn't get a chance to write.
"Tick Tick Boom" is the lead single from their new "Black and White Album".
I don't know why, but apparently good alt-country music comes from England now. Jinder's last record "I'm Alive" pretty much owns anything most alt-country bands have done in the last few years.
My only damage with Jinder is when he tries to be honky tonk. He sounds better as a sad bastard. If he cried the whole record, I'd like it more. But I'm a whiny bitch, so whateva.
Gallacticus is probably one of my favourite heavy bands. They sound like whiskey, weed and DOOM! They feel like 100% rayon.
If you dig "stoner rock" and bald men with beer guts, and men with mighty beards, you'll probably really like Gallactus a lot. I mean, those are some of my favourite things and I thing Gallactus rules pretty hard.
Zuku played Moncton a few months back. The Motorleague opened for them. I sassed and didn't stay for Zuku. Turns out it was apparently the biggest mistake of my life.
Big props to Kyle THE BAND MEN HAI McDonald for hooking me up with the ep until the next time they hit town.
Check out a video of them playing their song "Without a Doubt" live at the Bovine Sex Club in Toronto.
Also check out their myspace page and listen to the song Shuuugar. If it doesn't slay you, then you're obviously some sort of super vampire that even Buffy couldn't fuck with.
So Friday night I went to see my friends The Motorleague (http://www.guntohead.com/) play at The Manhattan in Moncton, NB.
They've played a few times in the last few months, but since I don't get out often, I like to bet on a sure thing.
The last time they played, they opened for a band called ZUKU and the next day everybody was raving about ZUKU. This time I would not be left out.
The Motorleague was opening for White Cowbell Oklahoma. I said to myself "I'll stay for two songs, and then go home." During the first two songs all I could say was "Holy Fuck" and "Unfuckingbelievable". They were phenomanal.
I couldn't find any full mp3's online for you to download, but here's a video clip of the tune "Monster Railroad".
I was putzing around on Rogers On Demand yesterday afternoon, and I came across a Danko Jones video.
Now I've heard a few tunes by Danko, but never really got into him. After listening to this tune "Baby Hates Me" I decided that the next band I start will sound like Danko.
His stage persona is all cock and swagger. But seeing him in interviews, he comes across as very meek.
He plays a lot of shows in Sweden where he's huge. Well, maybe not huge, but popular. More popular than he is in Canada at least.
Anyhow, do yourself a favour and go listen to some Danko.
