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LANGHORNE SLIM
Artists mentioned:FOGHORN LEGHORN... er... LANGHORNE SLIM is a Brooklyn singer-songwriter with a CD he'd like you to buy. It's called LANGHORNE SLIM. The songs below are extracted from said CD.Langhorne Slim (the man, not the CD) was not always called Langhorne Slim; he was called SEAN SCOLNICK. Sean Scolnick was not...(read full post)
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THE SHORTWAVE SET
Artists mentioned:THE SHORTWAVE SET are ANDREW PETTITT, ULRIKA BJORSNE, and DAVID FARRELL. One of them is Swedish. Guess who?The Shortwave Set specialize in "Victorian funk." That's their phrase, not mine. But it sort of works.Think: Indie-pop/boy-girl vocals/'60s-'70s templates/with a hip-hop-beat sheen. (Hey, DANGER MOUSE likes them, so what more do you...(read full post)
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PETER GABRIEL - PART 2
Artists mentioned:PETER GABRIEL's HOME.[MP3] [VID] "Shock the Monkey" [1982][MP3] [VID] "In Your Eyes" [1986][MP3] [VID] "Digging in the Dirt" [1992][MP3] "San Jacinto" [1982][MP3] [VID] "I Don't Remember" [1979][MP3] "I Grieve" [2002][VID] "Don't Give Up" [w/KATE BUSH] [1986][VID] "Red Rain" [1986][VID] "Red Rain" [w/NATALIE MERCHANT & MICHAEL STIPE] [live] [1996]...(read full post)
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PETER GABRIEL - PART 1
Artists mentioned:Well, this seems the logical next step after last Sunday's posts, wouldn't you say?PETER GABRIEL on WIKIPEDIA.[MP3] [VID] "Solsbury Hill" [1977][MP3] [VID] "Big Time" [1986][MP3] "Mother of Violence" [1978][MP3] [VID] "Games Without Frontiers" [1979][MP3] [VID] "Mercy Street" [1986][MP3] "More Than This" [2002][VID] "Sledgehammer" [1986]...(read full post)
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ODDS 'N' SODS #16
Artists mentioned:[MP3] ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE IMPOSTERS/"No Hiding Place" [2008][MP3] THE RASCALS/"I'll Give You Sympathy" [2008][MP3] JAKOB DYLAN/"Valley of the Low Sun" [2008][MP3] CLINT/"Los Testigos No Descansan En Domingo" [2008][MP3] BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY/"I'll Be Glad" [2008][MP3] STARFLYER 59/"I Love You Like the Little Bird" [demo] [2008]...(read full post)
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ALANIS MORISSETTE
Artists mentioned:Call me a glutton for punishment. Call me a guy with too much time on his hands. Call me a coroner; I'm ready to surrender. Give up the ghost. Do the dutch.Because, you see, I really don't like ALANIS MORISSETTE. At all. Yet, recently, I spent the better part of...(read full post)
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BOY KILL BOY
Artists mentioned:Upon the release of their first long-player back in 2006, I compared BOY KILL BOY to THE KILLERS and THE BRAVERY. Now, upon the release of their somewhat colorless second record, STARS AND THE SEA, I'm ready to banish them from the Killers' class. But the Bravery? Sure, they can...(read full post)
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TILLY AND THE WALL
Artists mentioned:TILLY AND THE WALL -- the indie-pop quintet from Omaha, Nebraska with the tap-dancing percussionist -- release their third album today. Me likee.TILLY AND THE WALL on MySPACE.From the LP o, 2008 >>>[MP3] "Blood Flowers"[MP3] "Dust Me Off"[VID] "Pot Kettle Black"From the LP BOTTOMS OF BARRELS, 2006 >>>[MP3] [VID] "Bad...(read full post)
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FRISKA VILJOR
Artists mentioned:It was just this past November that I typed the following succession of letters:"FRISKA VILJOR are two merry music-makers from the enchanted land of Stockholm-in-Sweden. According to a free-and-convenient online translation service I spent many seconds seeking, their name means "Fresh Wills" in English. This was a disappointment to me....(read full post)
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PHIL COLLINS - PART 1 (SOLO)
Artists mentioned:Okay, so maybe this is destined to be one of those half-tongue-in-cheek entries in the Sunday Showcase series. The way that BARRY MANILOW was. Or NEIL SEDAKA. Then again, "half-tongue-in-cheek" is in the eye (and ear) of the beholder. Some may have assumed that past CARPENTERS and ABBA posts were...(read full post)
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FIVE O'CLOCK HEROES
Artists mentioned:New York City-based, retro-'80s Britpop. FIVE O'CLOCK HEROES' second album, SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE, will be released July 7.FIVE O'CLOCK HEROES on MySPACE.From the LP SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE, 2008 >>>[MP3] [VID] "Who" [w/AGYNESS DEYN][MP3] "Everybody Knows It"From the LP BEND TO THE BREAKS, 2006 >>>[MP3] "Stay the Night"[MP3] [VID] "Head Games"...(read full post)
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MY MORNING JACKET
Artists mentioned:In my 22 years of driving autombiles, I have totaled a total of two cars. On July 27, 2007, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, it was a 2005 Mazda 6. Black. Hit a tree. Was not entirely sober. My bad.On November 1, 1997, just outside of Lexington, Kentucky, it was a...(read full post)
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CAZALS
Artists mentioned:BAND: CAZALSFROM: Great BritainALBUM: What of Our FutureGENRE: "Tropical/Black Metal/Italian Pop" (according to the band, though safe to say they're takin' the piss/havin' a laugh)SOUNDS LIKE: "Somebody Somewhere" has a bit of the fidgety elasticity of BLOC PARTY, but the supercharged, staccato chorus sounds like something naggingly familiar from the...(read full post)
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LOVELIKEFIRE
Artists mentioned:It is such a very fine line.... On the one side, you have a female-fronted band like PARAMORE, playing by-the-numbers, wake-me-when-it's-over Modern/Alternative/Active Rock, and selling over half-a-million albums while they're at it.On the flip side, you have the San Fran quartet LOVELIKEFIRE, a female-fronted band playing indie pop/rock, operating on...(read full post)
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GET WELL SOON
Artists mentioned:Hey! Music from Germany! A first for us! (Unless you include BACH.) (And BEETHOVEN.) (Also: MENDELSSOHN.)GET WELL SOON is the baby & brainchild of one KONSTANTIN GROPPER. As far as I know, that's even his real name!Herr Gropper splits time between Mannheim and Berlin, but he also works out of...(read full post)
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THE FRATELLIS
Artists mentioned:In December of 2006, I bloviated thusly:"Scottish trio THE FRATELLIS play an energetic style of glam/pop/punk that evokes everyone from THE BEATLES to THE POGUES; BLUR to SUPERGRASS."By year's end, I'd slotted their debut album, COSTELLO MUSIC, in at #12 on my internationally-famous & influential Top Albums list (leading to...(read full post)
