Throughout my music collecting years, I (for some reason) have striven to collect catalogs – not the mere pittance offered by greatest hits – not the piece-mail approach held-out by lowly compilations either. Perhaps I want to witness human evolution, or in the off chance that a brief flicker from the past could illuminate one’s present […]
Category: Rock
King Charles: Loveblood
I took a trip to New Hampshire this weekend and grabbed a handful of CDs for the ride. Included in this pile (of course) were my most recent favorites: Kishi Bashi, Brian López, The Shins, The Beach Boys, and King Charles. Surprisingly, one of our pals riding along in the car mentioned that he had […]
King Charles: Daytrotter Session
Not to step on ShuaiBaJ’s toes, but one of my current favorites stopped by Daytrotter this morning (9am EST) and gifted the world three more simple gems. Since releasing his first full-length album, Loveblood (which apparently we never reviewed!?), King Charles has been continuing his never-ending European tour and, as he is European, we cannot […]
Bon Iver: iTunes Sessions
Don’t ask me to say his name, apparently I’ve been saying it like a gringo for the last few years. No matter how you say it, Bon Iver is pretty great – and way better than a few other similar artists if you’ve been listening to me rant at parties lately. New recordings are always […]
Tall Tall Trees: Waiting on the Day
This is the song I’m going to choreograph a ballywood dance to: [itunes id=”496564353″].
Brian Lopez: Ultra
They say its going to feel like 109° today in Cambridge, MA. And – as I have a pile of CDs waiting for me now that I’m back from the lovely West Coast – the ridiculous weather is pushing me straight towards the Brian Lopez albums that arrived from a baking Tucson, AZ (115° today). I requested […]
The Light Years
Lest you think I only post music from Detroit, here is some music from Detroit’s fancy big brother, Chicago. This is Dan Schiller‘s project The Light Years. He records all this hip shit on his laptop with a little help from some friends. I hope you dig it. So far, I like the track Boots […]
Julio Y Agosto: Self Titled
What do you get when you blend Ozomatli, Squirrel Nut Zippers, and Where the Wild Things Are? Argentinian sympho-rockers Juilo Y Agosto‘s eponymous first album. The music speaks for itself and, as the PaisleyEast office will be closing early this afternoon for a Phish show, we will leave it at that. Enjoy.
The Beach Boys: That’s Why God Made the Radio
Of the many manifestations of California throughout the years – Gold Country (1849), Yosemite Valley & Natural Beauty (1864), Ravaged by Earthquake & Fire (1906), Glamorous Glenn (1947), Anti-War & Free-Speech Protests (1964), Valley Girls (1980), Silicon Valley (1971-present) – perhaps the most valuable & long-lasting image has been that of tanned beauties lounging on […]
Bishop Allen: November & December EPs
It was 2006. I was an idealistic Californian chasing dreams of utopia on a South facing East Bay hillside. Bishop Allen, a band I had recently discovered, was in the midst of a novel experiment in which they would release a new EP every month for a year. In October of that year I purchased […]
The Intelligence: Everybody’s Got It Easy But Me
Where is the threshold beyond which lies cacophony? Slightly proud of the discordant horizon lies frenetic, post-punk-garage-rockers The Intelligence, a mish-mash mix of artists pulled together by the oscillations of a star spinning between Los Angeles and Seattle. Lars Finberg is responsible for the insane level of output, 14 singles/splits/eps & 8 full albums since […]
Allah-Las
Another Daytrotter pick, the Los Angeles based California band, Allah-Las, were just another one of the many until their annoying familiarity struck me. With clean simple guitar, no back-beat, and audible arm-chair vocals, they’re reminiscent (to this author) of Mick Jagger and his Stones. Beyond my general annoyance with the droning of The Rolling Stones, I’m happy to […]