I first met Turner Cody in 2000 at the famed Balloon Heaven studio in Jersey City, where many an antifolk record was cut. He had a session before me, a cute girl with him, and sunglasses in the late evening. From his first record, Turner’s music was always pure poetry over music, almost like Leonard
These United States vs MTV, 1993
Here’s our former Artists In Residence, These United States with a historical timepiece in the nick of time for 2010: The long-lost submission to MTV, c. 1993. They look about as old as the kids at the pool party, don’t you think? Or at least as old as the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210 did
Would you call this onomatopoeia? Vampire Weekend: White Sky
I know the ültra-hip are breaking bad on Vampire Weekend because they’ve turned up in so many places, but I take comfort in knowing that they’re wrong to do so because Vampire Weekend is still plenty good. I like stripped down versions of any act, and this version of “White Sky” is especially nice. Too
Wolfmother demands a passion for guitar tone, meaningless lyrics
I remember seeing a Wolfmother video about five years ago and thinking, that’s some kinda guitar tone. I’ll have to look into them. A couple weeks ago I saw that they had a new album out and thought, now I should check out their first album. (I usually like to be about five years behind
Billy Corgan tickles the ivories, tries on some country
I can’t decide which drippy news source to link to, so I’ll just let you Google “billy corgan jessica simpson” and see what you come up with. And who wouldn’t have an opinion on that one? But let’s get down to it, we don’t care about the elusive link between John Mayer and Smashing Pumpkins,
Light FM at Spaceland, softly
This is from a few weeks back, but there’s a nice simplicity to this Light FM song. And something special about pretty colors in soft focus.