Filed under: Punk
The founding fathers of “psychobilly”, none other then The Cramps. Here I found this weird vid with footage from old B-horror movies. Appropriate, but still a bit disturbing though. Here’s Human Fly;
p.s. For all the curious among you. Check the following blogs out. (they even have rapidshare links);
Filed under: Mellow
I just got home from the F.A.C.T.S. convention and I’m so damn tired. I need something to clear my head and to relieve me from those aching legs. The solution; an apple and some apple juice, but I still need a mellow tune to go with that…
The other day I was talking with a mate of mine, ’bout some recent songs I had already forgotten, one of those was “Hayling” from the “triphop-ish” band FC Kahuna. With a very minimal approach they still succeed to fulfill my musical needs.
So kick back and enjoy the orgasmic blips and bleeps, I quote” Don’t think about all those things you feel, just be glad to be here.”
Filed under: Soul
Probably one of those songs that falls into the category; “I-have-wild-sex-on-that-one”. Although, the content isn’t that sexy, but that’s Marvin Gaye’s demise. All his songs sound kind of hot. It’s actually about the government spending money on riches rather then helping the poor.
Enjoy this fine tune; Inner City Blues (Make me wanna holler) by Marvin Gaye.
A new song by the strokes, it’s supposed to be a Jim Morrison homage of some sort, but I for one think you can widely interpret that. It’s just a great song. Julian is really pushing his voice to the limits here.
On the other side performed by the Strokes.
This one’s a Marvin Gaye cover together with Eddie Vedder. The original is also worth your time, but then again, Mr. Gaye often sweeps me of my feet.
Mercy, mercy me – The Strokes and Eddie Vedder
(btw, the footage is from the late 80’s/early 90’s series: Captain Planet, very hilarious show. One of the first educational Super Heroes.)
One that’s been stuck in my car for a while is Maximo Park’s “Going Missing”. Many a time, I sung along to this delightful tune, nodding in time with the beat. The slightly deranged singer (Paul Smith) adds lots of charisma and feel to the somewhat straight forward songs. But anyway, it’s just plain fun.
Well it’s about time I throw in a few cult bands. For the obscure music-hunters among us, today I am your servant…
The Chameleons, could’ve, would’ve and should’ve been big. They never were for some dark reason.
Second Skin;
The following band has a very interesting guitarist, but I’m not a big fan of all their work. Gang of four.
To hell with poverty
This is a little more my kind of song. Performed by the Kitchens of Distinction.
Drive that fast
The Stone Roses conclude my post with this rock anthem.
Love Spreads
Filed under: Rock
The Editors‘ latest album is yet another bullseye. Not only their distinct sound but also the profound and deep lyrics Tom Smith delivers are beyond compelling. Very few people are able to write about death and loss, on the same level he does. Some excerpts from the song bones that I find moving;
In the end all you can hope for
Is the love you felt to equal the pain you’ve gone through
Bones, starved of flesh
Surround your aching heart
Full of love
I’m going to skip the whole comparisons with Interpol, because as you can see, that’s irrelevant.
The song bones, with some random video footage;
An incredible acoustic version;
And a pounding live version (a bit sad that guy has to screw the beginning of the great video over);
One of the greatest punk/pop song’s ever written. Simple but honest. That about summarizes most of Eric’s work. There should be a tribute album out any time soon, so i’ll be keeping my eyes open for that one as well and report here a.s.a.p. .
A live version of the song;
Will ferrell givin’ it a go in the movie “Stranger than Fiction”.
These fine young lads from Iowa are probably born a few years to late (i’d say about 40) cuz their sound is as retro as crystal chandeleers.
The long awaited album review;
They start off by introducing themselves with a rock ‘n roll Hendrix-esque vibe. It’s fun and such, but I don’t think you’ll play this particular song quite often. Frustrating sound, their second track on the album, opens with a bass as fat ‘n greasy as a mexican cab-driver. They are known to surprise us with a sudden change of pace now and then and this one is probably their signature song, when it comes to changing the tempo. The following song tries to bring back the spirit of Jimi Hendrix and eerie enough, I think they actually succeeded. Luckydutch shreds all boundaries between blues and rock to pieces. Lickslit, another instrumental, is bayou meets pshycadelic rock, a mixture that seems to work really well. Mistreating Queen and Whatever happened are much alike, same pounding drum beat and shrieking guitar violence. Next in line is Timebomb, a darker sound, here he reminds me a bit of Wolfmother, the guitar almost sings along to the song. Deep blue see is a BB King anthem of some sort, with a classical sticky blues rhythem. The next oriental excerpt is called Ordovician Fauna, a mentally disturbing vibe rings through your head after listening to this reminding you to not do drugs, or is it the other way around? Fuse, again another instrumental powerhouse, concludes this psychadelic journey, suddenly giving me meaning to the statement “Blues Explosion”.
In my humble opinion, the singer could use a little more power or confidence in his singing voice, he’s more of a guitarist then he is a singer, which often takes away the credibility and durability of the songs, but on the otherhand it kind of suits the music as well. You decide…
Filed under: Rock
Silversun Pick-ups, or simply sspu, is a californian rockband, that brings this fresh breeze of scorching “noise-rock”. Lazy eye is their current radiohit and in case you were wondering, the band has in fact a male leadsinger (Brian Aubert). Altough he has a feminine singing voice, he doesn’t quite look that way.
A catchy guitarriff, tight drums and a fat bass, they’ve got everything they need to become a legendary rockband.
