Jonah in Hoboken!!

I know there hasn't been a lot of action on here lately, but I wanted to leave a quick note for anyone into Jonah Matranga or anyone who was intrigued by m's post "onelinedrawing: Jonah Matranga". I just got his latest email update which included his tour schedule. He'll be in Hoboken for his Album Completion Party at the beginning of April which is super exciting news for those of us in the NYC area...I've included the whole schedule for those residing elsewhere....

**Upcoming Shows**
2.28.07 Santa Barbara, CA - UCSB - The Hub - DAYTIME, noon
3.03.07 SF, CA - Swedish American Hall - DAYTIME, 3pm-ish
3.03.07 SF, CA - Makeout Room - Doors 7pm, Show 7:30, Jonah 8:30
3.13.07 Houston, TX - Super Happy Fun Land
3.14.07 San Antonio, TX - The Sanctuary
3.15.07 Austin, TX - Plush
3.16.07 Austin, TX - Epoch - DAYTIME -1pm
3.18.07 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
3.19.07 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory
3.20.07 San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
3.21.07 Davis, CA - Delta Of Venus
3.22.07 Sacramento, CA - Old Ironsides
4.03.07 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwells - Album Completion Party
4.14.07 Monterey, CA - Black Box Cabaret, CSUMB
4.15.07 Pomona, CA - Glass House
4.16.07 San Francisco, CA - Adobe Books
4.24.07 UK - Aberdeen, Scotland
4.25.07 UK - TBA
4.26.07 Paris, FR - Le Batofar

music to slit your wrists by

so here's a band i love. i first heard them on joey guisto's weekly indie rock show around 1997. I instantly knew that it was one of the bands that would later shape my musical taste. later that week, i bought their album “Developer” and listened to it every waking moment for weeks.

ah, Silkworm... how i thought i was a fan. that was until i started the research for this little post. that's when i found out that they had produced 9 full lengths over almost twenty years (1987-2005). And apparently, their drummer was killed when he was intentionally hit by a car. i'm not 100% on what that means. (edit: i found out while reading the aol biography)

but these guys are amazing. They are everything that indie rock should be. Slow, driving rock, a pained voice and some riproaring guitar. lyrically? genius. please listen and tell me you think i'm a prophet.

Here is a excerpt of one of their songs

Waiting on a Train

I've been waiting on a train
She runs from stoplight to hydrant
I asked her where the fire was
And put it out
I've been waiting on a train
She runs on green rice and mint toothpicks
And her tracks go up my back

God, these guys are amazing. I just listened to a bunch of their tracks off of myspace including Bourbon Beard (how perfect are these guys?)

i couldn't find any downloadable music but here are some fun links
Silkworm's Homepage
AOL's Bio on Silkworm

YOU is the best name in the world

So sunday i'm sittin' around and i happened to come across a brilliant new artist called Loney, Dear. I really like this guy (aka Emil Svanängen). So, after trying to find some of his music to buy I find out he's recently been signed to Sub Pop and is coming to the US to tour with Low. I'll be sure to check this out. I'll let you know how it really is once i get the album and give it a once over. Check out this video in the mean time.

The second stinkin' Swede is Herman Dune. Now this might be the HAPPIEST video ever. I love the music as well. I'll do some more investigation on this guy as well.

What i hear so far I LOVE.

Damn Swedes (and damn Canadians!!!)

go ahead, judge me.

Hey all. I just saw this article and thought it applicable to our little group discussion here:

Personality Secrets in Your MP3 Player.

I completely agree with the premise of this article (except for the fact that 57% talk about music and 38% talk about everything else combined… does that mean that 5% just sit in slack-jawed silence?)… But here is my question to you…

Do you judge people on their taste in music? I know it's one of the top five questions I ask a conversation partner and I will usually form a pretty strong opinion on them based on their answer (not that all these opinions are necessarily bad) and I have walked away from people when the answer was bad enough.

Yeah. I’m a bad person. Tell me your sins.

Deathcountry will own you: Elliott Brood

Let me preface this with the statement:

I really don’t like country. (With the notable exception of the 1996 Ween Album: “Twelve Golden Country Greats”)

But... I dig Elliott Brood, a pretty new deathcountry trio. I really, really, like their sound. The trio is made up of a banjo, guitar and drummer (which according to wikipedia, uses a plastic suitcase in lieu of a bass drum (fuck yeah!)) and the vocals often have bit of retro reverb hollow sound to them. The guys voice is fucking amazing too… something just enough different to keep your attention without being unlistenable at all.

I found out about him on XM radio with his song “Oh Alberta!” (this guys a Canadian… we won't hold that against him), a really catchy poprockcountryfolk song about the provinces. It kinda reminded me of a school house rocks song or something from my childhood. But I loved it anyway.

So Mau got me his first full length. “Ambassador” I admit that I don’t love the entire album but a few of the songs have made it on my daily listening list.

Check out President (35), Wolfgang and Second Son at first. Then you can deny being a country fan too.

His website has five vidoes on it (including Second Son) and there is a link off the homepage to http://radio3.cbc.ca/ where have five live recordings. So far they are pretty nice. Check him out and let me know there is nothing wrong with being a little bit country.