The first and last time I was in a Bojangles’ Famous Chicken ‘n Biscuits was on a muggy trip down to Jamesville, North Carolina. I couldn’t help but sing a little Mr. Bojangles in my head as the bacon cheddar biscuit quickly clogged up my heart. Mr. Bojangles is an inadvertent topic of this post […]
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The Barr Brothers: Self Titled
The Barr Brothers are on NPR this morning. Most of you will know these two characters, Brad and Andrew Barr, from one of my favorite pseudo-jam, folk, rock bands, The Slip, which is currently paused while the brothers chase down women and musical inspiration in Canada. I have already talked about The Barr Brothers self-titled […]
Crooked Fingers: Breaks in the Armor
Crooked Fingers is one of those bands who can’t decide where they’re from. But, it’s OK, we don’t blame them, I don’t want to live in Atlanta either. Their most recent album, 2011’s Breaks in the Armor, is my favorite of the many I’ve heard. It is more refined and calm than most, except perhaps Reservoir […]
Crooked Still: Friends of Fall
I managed to drown out the dog barking by playing Foreigner Acoustique as loud as I could bare it. “Say you will!!!” As many of you know, I’m switching coasts tomorrow morning. Leaving the sunny shores of California for the frost bitten bays of Boston, MA. So, I’m looking on the bright side of all […]
Cuff the Duke: Morning Comes
When I hear Ontario’s Cuff the Duke, I cannot help but think of another of my favorite Canadian bands, Islands. Their fifth album, Morning Comes, is an emotional album and very good. There is a dog down the hill from my house that has not stopped barking since 7am this morning. I refuse to write […]
Coeur de Pirate: Blonde
In light of the fact that our favorite Américaine, Losie, recently joined our blog, I figured I would admit at least this much: I enjoy female French pop vocalists. There are plenty of them and, the best part is, there doesn’t seem to be much difference between ’60s bublegummer France Gall and American contemporary April […]
Mike Oldfield: Incantations
The year is 1978 and you are actively participating in the drug-induced, free-love, new age, pre-Ronald Reagan, wacky movement. Disney’s magical theme park has just opened Space Mountain (damn those drugs, it actually opened three years earlier.) and giddy, you are first in line to be shot through the stratosphere! Oh, what joy! But whats this? Rather […]
Of Monsters and Men: My Head is an Animal
In 2010, Of Monsters and Men managed to win the Icelandic “musical experiments” competition: Músíktilraunir, becoming just the second band in the competition’s 29 year history to win with a name Americans can actually understand (previous winners include Dáõadrengir and Soõin Fiõla). Naturally this probably means that they will be a smash hit in the […]
Blues Heroes: Howlin’ Wolf & Robert Johnson
Today I’m listening to a pair of collections of blues greats: Robert Johnson and Howlin’ Wolf. It is hard to say what kind of an impact Robert Johnson would have had on the world had he lived longer. Johnson was killed at the age of 27 in Greenwood, Mississippi, after consuming poisoned whiskey while flirting with […]
Willie Wright: Telling the Truth
The PaisleyTunes Blog is taking a day off and heading down to Santa Cruz for a bit of surfing and football. Preparing for such a pleasant drive down the coast got me thinking about just what music I’d need while skirting along the Big Sur cliffs high above the Pacific Ocean. And.. yeah, of course a […]
The Rolling Stones: Some Girls
Hell, its the Stones. What more do I have to say? [itunes id=”478458017″] Amazon
Death Cab for Cutie: Codes and Keys
Death Cab is Death Cab. Codes and Keys is their new album and its pretty good. But at the same time, it kinda sounds like every other album they have ever released. Someday I am expecting Death Cab, The Decemberists, The Postal Service, and The Shins to form an IndieHipstified-Emo-Megatron capable of destroying the entire […]