It’s an EP. “Go-Between” is first and has a peppy rhythm that would make Space Ghost proud. It’s a trio of teenagers, but they sound older than that. “Visions of You” is a Bettie Serveert knockoff. Well, a lot of the tracks are. There’s a lot of Manifold Splendour in there as well.”Everything Is Not Mine” has great guitar and an awesome chorus. Power pop fans should love all this stuff.
“Beck & Call” is a little less rock ‘n’ roll and a little more country. Neko Case comes to mind here. “Love That Beats My Heart” sounds like Superdrag but with a female lead singer. It’s also pretty good.
“Mercy Line” is last, which is where it belongs. It’s good, but it is not as good as the rest. All the tracks on here are pretty amazing, though.
Modern Superstitions “All the Things We’ve Been Told”
October 31, 2010Joel’s Hit Show, Episode 84, 27 October 2010 Playlist
October 27, 2010Cotton Jones, Somehow to Keep It Going
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, 103
Bitesize, Sugar Car
Azure Ray, Signs in the Leaves
Anna Oxygen, Aviva
Peaches, I Feel Cream
Reporter, Click Shaw
The Peechees, No Heart
Pee Shy, Mr. Whisper
April Smith and the Great Picture Show, Movie Loves a Screen
Jemina Pearl, I Hate People
Julie Peel, Broken
Clara Luzia, Queen of the Wolves
The Peekers, Sweet Singin’ Birds
Liz Phair, Polyester Bride
Lower Dens, Plastic and Powder
Pizzicato Five, Good
Gretchen Phillips, Swimming
Dead Heart Bloom, Don’t Worry for Me
Persephone’s Bees, Nice Day
Petracovich, What If I Came to Get You?
Cloud Cult, The Escape – Running With the Wolves
Peggy Sue, The Conservationist
The Pillowfights, Buzz Buzz
Margaret Cho, I’m Sorry
PJ Harvey & John Parish, Pig Will Not
Picture Me Broken, Echoes of an Empire
Soft Cotton County, Easy Goes It
Pixies, Head On
The Pieces, Soda Machine
Miriam’s Well, More Than I
Picnic, Chalkboard
Please Do Not Fight, Up Up Up
Glasser, Treasure of We
Polysics, Baby Bias
Plastiscines, Bitch
The Hundred in the Hands, Pigeons
The Pipettes, Pull Shapes
Polite Sleepers, Driving Ohio
Tito Puente & Celia Cruz, Pachito Eche
Polynya, Orlando
The Prids, Fragile
Land of Talk, Cloak and Cipher
KT Tunstall, Universe & U
Jemina Pearl, Undesirable
Chaka Khan, Goldfinger
Original Broadway Cast, Rent
Joel’s Hit Show, Episode 83, 20 October 2010 Playlist
October 27, 2010Clara Luzia, Queen of the Wolves
Minipop, Generator
Morcheeba, Cut to the Bass
Azure Ray, On and on Again
Mt. Eerie, Julie Doiron & Fred Squire, Lost Wisdom
Juana Molina, Desordenado
Andreya Triana, Daydreamers
The Mood Swings, Crush
Monkey, This Life
Sarah Jaffe, Wreaking Havoc
The Muffs, Really Really Happy
Mum, If I Were a Fish
Cotton Jones, Dream on Columbia Street
Mt. St. Helen’s Vietnam Band, Masquerade
Music Go Music, I Walk Alone
The Hundred in the Hands, Young Aren’t Young
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, Bowling Green
Me’Shell Ndegeocello, Slaughter
Dear and the Headlights, Strangers
The Newloud, Secrets
Joanna Newsom, Peach, Plum, Pear
Defiance, Ohio, Hairpool
Negativland/Chumbawamba, Smelly Water
Nous Non Plus, L’Amant
Agent Ribbons, Grey Gardens Dada Girlfriend
Nneka, God of Mercy
The No-No’s, The Damage Done
Jupe Jupe, Invaders
Night Driving in Small Towns, All Together Now
Kate Nash, Later On
Miss TK and the Revenge, Saturday
Of Montreal, Lysergic Bliss
OP8 Featuring Lisa Germano, If I Think of Love
Fitz and the Tantrums, L.O.V.
Tara Jane O’Neil, Your Rats Are
Orenda Fink, Blind Asylum
Rogue Valley, The Warming Moon
Beth Orton, Central Reservation
O+S, We Do What We Want to
Jesca Hoop, The Kingdom
The Operators, Punch You Out
Operation Makeout, Life on Your Windowsill
Carissa’s Wierd, Drunk With the Only Saints I Know
Diana Krall, Peel Me a Grape
The White Stripes, The Union Forever
Thao, Big Kid Table
Episode 1556 is up (Santa Clara County Judges/Justices)
October 26, 2010Episode 1555 is up (California State Assembly District 24)
October 26, 2010Episode 1553 is up (United States Senator)
October 26, 2010Glasser “Ring”
October 24, 2010This is not be confused with Leigh Glaser, one of the Bay Area’s sexiest meteorologists (and now a MILF).
“Apply” gets the album off to a solid start, reminding the listener of a subdued Sarah McLachlan, Kate Bush or Sinead O’Connor. The rest of the songs just go along, following the template, until “Treasure of We.” I feel like I am at a teppanyaki restaurant, and I don’t even care where my server is from. I’m just getting ready to catch food in my mouth. The music could double in an EA Sims title, and the vocals themselves are equally captivating.
No wrong answers on this record, but “Treasure of We” glitters and sparkles among the rest.
Lower Dens “Twin-Hand Movement”
October 24, 2010This is some loud, dusty post-new wave stuff that reminds me of The Cure when they released “The Head on the Door.” A key difference is that a woman sings, although it’s rather androgynous, so don’t expect anything overly melodic or poppy. The darkwave nature makes me think of Lackadaisy, a bit.
As far as the songs go. They all sound the same, and they are all pretty good. “Plastic and Powder” has numerous bridges and takes you on a journey. “Holy Water” also confirms the easy-to-make female Cure stereotype.
“Rosie” has a long introduction so if you like to talk over songs, this is the one for you. Perhaps this track has more a Bauhaus edge to it.
Pretty straightforward approach here. You know what you’re getting yourself into.
Mad Caddies “Consentual Selections”
October 24, 2010It’s your standard greatest hits CD with two new tracks, which although they weren’t good enough to be released at the time they were recorded are now the enticement to get you to buy the record. It makes no sense to fault Mad Caddies for this. Bands have been doing this for a long time. To make sure you don’t get too excited for the new tracks, they stuck them at the end, and this is a 24-song record!
But all your friends are here. “Leavin'” is one of my favorites. All kinds of ska greatness from six records, shoehorned into an album. You really can’t go wrong. If you want something a little slower, give “Drinking for 11” a try. Some people like Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” so maybe you’ll like this one.
“Mary Melody” is what I think of when I think of Mad Caddies. A little more guitar than some ska bands, but still a very accessible late-’90s pop-punk sound. And whistling. Don’t forget the whistling. “The Bell Tower” is another one of their best.
“Silence” is a bit hornier than the rest, if you’re into that sort of thing. “The Gentleman” has the same melody as the freecreditreport.com punk ad. They probably stole it from Mad Caddies, because who would know? Me, that’s who.
My girlfriend blames Sublime for this band, which is exactly what you would expect her to say. Really, that is a seal of approval if there ever were one. She also thinks they sound like Gogol Bordello, so whatever.
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