January 2010
32 posts
somesongsconsidered:
“Sucked Out” – Superdrag ...
I still don't feel like I've nailed it where The...
I probably shouldn’t have tried to write these posts at 3 AM. Sorry guys.
For the record, here’s a much earlier attempt at going over the same ground covered in those last few posts. It might not be any better, but uh, it’s different.
The Sundays - Skin And Bones
“Skin And...
1993
tomewing:
1993 in Britain was the apex of scene-a-week genremaking by the music press: history focuses now on the proto-Britpop stuff (because it ‘won’ and because it was pretty good) but at the time that wasn’t such a sure thing at all and there was a forest of other stuff going on.* Such as!
New wave of new wave - reputationally poor punkiness, aggressive and political (SMASH, These Animal...
ittookseconds:
Five minutes and forty-eight...
Redd Kross - After School Special
“After...
WatchHere’s the video for “Fix Me,” one of the three singles from Crush that The Doughboys released. I’m pretty sure the video tag it’s got is from when it aired on MuchMusic, aka the Canadian MTV. Which is fitting. I would have posted the video for “Shine,” the album’s biggest hit, if I could find it. As it is, youtube has multiple videos in which the...
suspendedlikespirits:
Losing A Whole Year |...
boatzone3:
Swervedriver, “Feel So Real” from...
ittookseconds:
Six minutes and two seconds: “For...
Watchunbornwhiskey:
songsthataregood:
I was watching the video for Sonic Youth’s Empty Page yesterday, and it starts with ageless noise-Fonzie Thurston getting the words “I AM NOT BECK” scrawled on his tshirt. It reminded me of the best interview ever recorded, ever. It took some trawling, but here it is, in all it’s hissy, taped-over-once-too-many-times glory. The best interview ever recorded. ...
The Forward 4 Wiz Trust →
After the breakup of Mega City Four, Wiz Brown played with several other bands, doing time on guitar in both Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and The Doughboys (both major candidates for future posts here), as well as forming two different bands with MC4 bassist Gerry Bryant, Serpico and Ipanema (follow that link to hear Ipanema’s music). It was as Ipanema was preparing their first full-length...
Mega City Four - Clown
One thing I’ve...
Slowdive - Catch The Breeze
In addition to...
