Of course: It’s in reference to your heart. And you shouldn’t even have to ask anymore. Andrew Bird again fills an album with transcendent guitar & violin and a little whistling. Bird has absolutely mastered making this type of album. It will be interesting to someday see a box set with all his music lined […]
Author: Architorture
Tom Waits: Frank’s Wild Years
See, this is the kind of weirdo music I could get behind. I think Tom Waits is actually insane. He is the musical manifestation of the instant when deliciously aged bourbon is spilled from a crystal tumbler, is soaked up by a vomit stained bar-rag, and is transformed into the smoking wick of molotov cocktail […]
Toro Y Moi: Freaking Out
People have been freaking out over Toro Y Moi lately. Not me, I can’t get behind a band someone discovered before me, and this particular band was trotted out daily by my avitar’s friend, and serious music aficionado, Schillfactor on Turntable.FM. I guess I could get behind Sides of Chaz, Chazwick Bundick’s side project… but […]
Question: Interludes & Interpretations
We recently had a request on the blog for music that wasn’t as mopey. So, assuming that is my fault and not Shuaiba’s, here is an artist that everyone is sure to enjoy. Question is a guy from Southern California, a self-proclamed beatsmith, who melds jazz, vocal, and orchestral melodies into tight hip-hop backing tracks. […]
Orgone Accumulators: An Aleatorial Mathematical Approach to Deciphering the Radio Broadcasts of Ancient Astronauts
All this Penguin talk reminded me of another kooky band that covered Walk Don’t Run, the Orgone Accumulators. As some of you may know, the Accumulators don’t actually make music, they mearly capture and translate alien signals being broadcast from the Sirius constellation to a “shadowy creature lurking in the depths of Loch Ness”. Consider […]
Wilco: The Whole Love
I don’t have much time, but I want to post something about this album. Towards the end of last year (Sept. 2011), Wilco released The Whole Love and it is stunningly pure. Normally I would debate the merit of industry based awards – however this album, and Wilco in general, manage to tame my raging […]
Randy Newman: Good Old Boys
The deeper I delve into Randy Newman’s discography, the more I am struck at the incredible extent of his talent. February 1st, 1973: Newman recorded a heavily annotated, 13 track demo for a new concept album he was interested in producing, the kernel being the life and thoughts of a (deep) southern everyman named Johnny […]
Smokey Robinson: Time Flies When You’re Having Fun
Oooooooooh, smooth. It’s Valentines Day, light some candles and dust off your Smokey Robinson records. While everyone else on the block is listening to Marvin Gaye, you’ll be kickin’ back to some ultra romantic Smokey. BUT! Do not use this album lightly, Mr. Robinson does not mess around. His 2009 album, Time Flies When You’re […]
British Sea Power: EP 1 & 2
The indie-rockers British Sea Power have put together a few nice EPs lately, they seem to be an ongoing series. I am a big fan of these EPs, as they are a little sampler platter. Nothing wears your ears out too much because they are just short enough. And, if you love them (the way […]
Bill Tapia: 1908-2011
I just heard the sad news that ukulele legend, Bill Tapia, passed away in December of 2011. Tapia played ukulele from the age of 7 until his death, in Westminster, CA, at 103 years old. As described by the San Francisco Chronicle: “Born in Hawaii to Portuguese parents, Tapia could recall playing “Stars and Stripes […]
Islands: A Sleep & A Forgetting
It’s true that I have been craving some new Islands music since posting about Cuff the Duke at the beginning of January. Finally, the Canadians have come through for me. This Valentines Day they will be releasing their fourth album entitled, A Sleep & A Forgetting (for some reason I have yet to pick up Vapors, their […]
The Rosebuds: Night Of The Furies
I recently rediscovered this band. I can’t figure out why they ever left my regular rotation, too much other music to play I guess. The Rosebuds are another North Carolina band, we’ve had a few of those on here lately. There must be something in the tobacco down there. Formed in 2001, they sound a […]