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For a long time, saying Sons & Daughters to me meant the song by The Decemberists that is the reigning champ of my iTunes playcount (I'm a sucker for a round). I was checking out the new music release on Super Duper Godzilla Tuesday on iTunes and I saw this band - Sons & Daughters. I listened to the samples. The band immediately passed the "every sample on iTunes kicks ass" test. I bought the album.
Hell. Yeah.
Go buy This Gift right now.
http://www.sonsanddaughtersloveyou.com/
They're coming to Rock N' Roll Hotel in March. I already purchased my tickets.
Hell. Yeah.
Go buy This Gift right now.
http://www.sonsanddaughtersloveyou.com/
They're coming to Rock N' Roll Hotel in March. I already purchased my tickets.
The lasting effect that Israel has had on me is a taste for Bissli. What's even more exciting is that the Potomac Yards Harris Teeter carries Bissli now! Seriously! And here I thought I would only be able to find it at Wegmans! WOOO!!!!
Fine dining is a lot of money for delicious by tiny portions. Restaurant week is a bargain??!!??
As someone who has spent years playing guitar, and harnessing their craft - I find Rock Band to be an abomination. A fantastically fun abomination.
Norman Mineta would've approved Metro to Dulles. But instead we're stuck with these anti-transportation assclowns. And to your people bitching about the tunnel, Bechtel built the rest of the system with a design/build no-bid contract, and they did a fuckin' good job. Plus tunnels = cost overruns. And honestly, those of you trying to scuttle the elevated track, you weren't for the tunnel either - you wanted to kill the damn project either because of some misguided notion of "slow growth" or because you didn't want to hand a political victory to a primary rival. But I digress. Assholes. We need that train.
I downloaded all of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass's Going Places album because I wanted to expand my collection of cheesey music. But I'll be damned if Tijuana Taxi isn't a catchy song. Is it possible I'm starting to ACTUALLY enjoy Herb Alpert instead of just IRONICALLY enjoy him?
Fine dining is a lot of money for delicious by tiny portions. Restaurant week is a bargain??!!??
As someone who has spent years playing guitar, and harnessing their craft - I find Rock Band to be an abomination. A fantastically fun abomination.
Norman Mineta would've approved Metro to Dulles. But instead we're stuck with these anti-transportation assclowns. And to your people bitching about the tunnel, Bechtel built the rest of the system with a design/build no-bid contract, and they did a fuckin' good job. Plus tunnels = cost overruns. And honestly, those of you trying to scuttle the elevated track, you weren't for the tunnel either - you wanted to kill the damn project either because of some misguided notion of "slow growth" or because you didn't want to hand a political victory to a primary rival. But I digress. Assholes. We need that train.
I downloaded all of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass's Going Places album because I wanted to expand my collection of cheesey music. But I'll be damned if Tijuana Taxi isn't a catchy song. Is it possible I'm starting to ACTUALLY enjoy Herb Alpert instead of just IRONICALLY enjoy him?
Earlimart's new album Mentor Tormentor has the privledge of being the first of my musical discussion here. Like another one of my recent favorites, Stars of Track and Field, I discovered Earlimart through KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. I think it was actually my sister Lauren who initially introduced me to this fantabulous radio show and podcast.
Mentor Tormentor has a unifying feel throughout the album, which I can almost best describe as a sort of constant energy level. Certainly the songs rise & fall, but their is a continuous feel from the first song to the last song - when intentional (which I believe it is here), this is a sign of a great producer and great mastering work.
The instrumentation is deceptively deep - only upon repeated listens do you pick up on all the various melodies and counter-melodies being played in the background. Lots of solid guitar & piano work, and two vocalists who back each other up in a fashion not often seen since the rock n' roll of the '60s.
Standout tracks for me include Happy Alone, as I am always a sucker for a female-voiced mid-tempo rock song, and Gonna Break Into Your Heart - with it's clever arrangement, and poppy chorus.
Mentor Tormentor has a unifying feel throughout the album, which I can almost best describe as a sort of constant energy level. Certainly the songs rise & fall, but their is a continuous feel from the first song to the last song - when intentional (which I believe it is here), this is a sign of a great producer and great mastering work.
The instrumentation is deceptively deep - only upon repeated listens do you pick up on all the various melodies and counter-melodies being played in the background. Lots of solid guitar & piano work, and two vocalists who back each other up in a fashion not often seen since the rock n' roll of the '60s.
Standout tracks for me include Happy Alone, as I am always a sucker for a female-voiced mid-tempo rock song, and Gonna Break Into Your Heart - with it's clever arrangement, and poppy chorus.
