Flight of the Conchords - Mutha'uckas
It has only been two years since the second (and abruptly final) season of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, but it feels longer than that. The New Zealand-based duo have separately appeared in several...
View ArticleFrightened Rabbit - Square 9
While lying on the beach the other day listening to random stuff on the i-pod, it hit me that I've a lot of songs that are associated with numbers. (in post A RATHER OBVIOUS COUNTDOWN (Part 1) from...
View ArticleMoby - After
They’ve all been there for decades and they’re all still glowing. I bring you the un-outdatable. Portishead – Glory Box Sade – Love is found Moby – After -Dom (in post Fashionably late from Avenge the...
View Article13th Floor Elevators - May The Circle Remain Unbroken
photo: ‘party crashers’ song: 13th floor elevators – “may the circle remain unbroken” [stream only] (buy) ‘we don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.’ – anais nin pain is an amazing thing,...
View ArticleYeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts
Karen O at the Creators Project in San Francisco. (Ryan Mac/treeswingers) Austin is far away. For most San Franciscans, it’s too far away. But for two weeks in March every year, the hipster holdout in...
View ArticleSigur Rós - Svefn-G-Englar
Frank YangEven though Sigur Rós’ show at the Air Canada Centre on Saturday night was announced back in November, I was on the fence about attending, rationalizing that I had seen them twice just last...
View ArticleSnake River Conspiracy - How Soon Is Now?
Originally of course released as the b-side on the 12" of William....the belated release in January 1985 of How Soon Is Now? sold enough copies to get to #26 in the charts and a TOTP appearance on 14…...
View ArticleSolomon Burke - Can't Nobody Love You
Words of Wisdom - Jump, Little Children (mp3) Can't Nobody Love You - Solomon Burke (mp3) Baby Alligator - Red Pens (mp3) Disclaimer: I am not a Constitutional Scholar. Here's what we know and what I...
View ArticleGarbage - Push It
With Bottom Feeders we take a look at the songs on the Billboard Hot 100 that only got a slight bit of recognition. It’s an A-Z look at songs that charted no higher than #41 in the decade.… (in post...
View ArticleBlur - Me, White Noise
Fritter about on the margins of success. Get signed. Release a hit single. Release a hit album. Tour bigger venues. Release a small run of future classic singles with killer b-sides. Release further...
View ArticlePeter Hammill - Betrayed
Meet a bitter Peter Hammill, from a Peel session recorded around the time his intense divorce album Over came out. "I don't give a damn anymore, I've only wound up betrayed..." Peter Hammill - Betrayed...
View ArticleAfghan Whigs - Faded
top of the evening… been listening to this quite a bit this week and still stands as one of the best whigs shows ive ever heard. this version of “my curse” its particularly stunning. 1. intro 2. papa…...
View ArticleBuilt To Spill - I Would Hurt a Fly
Built To Spill est un groupe américain formé en 1992, à Boise (Idaho). Iniatelement composé de trois membres dont Doug Martsch, depuis remanié de nombreuses fois, Built To Spill est un groupe d'Indie...
View ArticleDo Make Say Think - The Landlord Is Dead
keine ahnung, warum ausgerechnet münchen in den genuss kommt. denn derzeit wird die bayerische landeshauptstadt in möglichst vielen tourplänen außen vor gelassen. was zum teil sehr ärgerlich ist, weil...
View ArticleBonnie 'Prince' Billy - Death To Everyone
You know the score. MM is a blog that (musically) tends to favour the seedier side of life – murder ballads, heartbreak, despair, stories of the downtrodden, the down-on-their-luck, and the downhearted...
View ArticleFrightened Rabbit - Square 9
Square 9 - Frightened Rabbit (mp3) Unwritten Road Trip Rule #2: Never leave a bag full of empties dangling outside of the back passenger door. Sure, this sounds like an easy thing to do, an easy rule...
View ArticleSpiritualized - Cool Waves
Is there a better way to spend Valentine’s Day than getting to watch Spiritualized perform their crowning achievement, Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, live and in person? What about if...
View ArticleSneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Perfecto Mix)
Hey y'all got this Monday off thanks to the great British tradition of bank holidays, thought I'd take the opportunity to hook you up with some of my tunes from today. Tracks after the art! Indie184 -...
View ArticleBarenaked Ladies - Enid
"Enid" by Barenaked Ladies Oh, and speaking of adulting, there’s this rant from this BNL gem: I can get a job, I can pay the phone bills I can cut the lawn, cut my hair, cut out my… (in post "Enid" by...
View ArticleToday Is the Day - Simple Touch
There’s a certain kind of weariness that overcomes us when we aren’t having as much fun as we should have. Life gets in the way of the enjoyment of one’s life. Make sense? I so look forward to… (in...
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