Music to keep you cool

Hey dudes,
Nice to see a little momentum building again for music club. So far it's been a good year for tunes but as always you need to dig to find the good stuff.
For my part my most recent revelation is the truly awesome Yo La Tengo. They are one of those bands I've always kind of known about but never really given a listen to. Then in Scotland I picked up their 2 disc anthology set for 5 pounds and wow, I was hooked right away. They make what I would call pop music (although attitudes vary on what pop music actually is) but it's very experimental. At times they are like Stars crossed with Dinosaur Jr (i.e. lovely and melodic integrated with fuzz and feedback) and at times it's like Radiohead had forgotten all about all that Kid A stuff and decided to make music with proper melodies and chorus. A good starter track would be Stockholm Syndrome which is pretty much a straight up indie pop tune but it has something about it. Anyway if anyone is interested I can hook you up with the anthology on Mp3.
Other recent faves are:
The Hold Steady - They sound like Bruce Springsteen and the E street band if Bruce was Irish and pissed.
M Ward - Cool voice with some lovely folky/blues tunes who plays in Bright Eyes band on occasion.
Clap Your Hands say yeah - Like Talking Heads all over again
The Lovin' Spoonful - Totally underated 60's band, perfect for summer in the city
oh and about 30 or 40 other bands but hey I'll save it for the next meeting.
Peace the fuck out
Alan

The Runners Four and More!

I got my hands on an advanced copy of Deerhoof's newest album, The Runners Four, this weekend. It's pretty good!

I really enjoyed Milk Man, so I picked up the album Reveille while I was in the States at the beginning of the month. I really couldn't get into it. Lots of atonal stuff and several interludes but very little on the album that could be called a "song." Call me traditional, but I love music that has a beat and some melodies. The Runners Four is much more like Milk Man, with actual songs, which makes sense, because Reveille is from much earlier in the band's career, and Milk Man was just released last year.

I've also recently picked up albums from Metric, Zero 7, Frou Frou, Snow Patrol, Postal Service, Tegan and Sara, Blonde Redhead, Mediaeval Baebes, Belle and Sebastian, Ivy, Elk City and Lali Puna, as well as some oldies I didn't have on CD, like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Dire Straits. I've been a busy girl.

It's been a long time calling...

Music club rise up!

Dudes! The summer is almost over, which means that the Music Club will rise again! How about September--before all the craziness of the spring run? Can anyone supply us with their home and sound system? Any ideas on themes? Come on people, we need your ideas!

Death Cab baby!

Death Cab for Cutie will be in Toronto October 15th. Yippee!!!!!!! Anyone else interested?

Dinosaur Jr. show in Central Park

The gods were back and the tribes were a rockin...
Show line up was as follows;

Magik Markers (New York City experimental rockers that sucked)
Radio 4(indie band from Brooklyn)
Broken Social Scene (great band from Toronto)
Dinosaur Jr. (gods)

Besides the heat and the american cigarettes that everyone was smoking(I think everyone is going to die of lung cancer in NYC), the show was incredible. It was interesting to see BSS in New York because I've only seen them in TO. Tons of energy and New Yorkers love them! It was awesome. It was great to see the original line for for Dino Jr.. J has aged quite a bit from the last time Matt and I saw him (1998) but it was just great seeing Lou Barlow up there rockin' it out with the band. If you've never been to a Dino show, they really aren't into the rock show thing. They don't have fancy lights or pyro. No jumps, no breakin' the gear. Just 3 guys rockin' it out. But seeing them and witnessing their talent. That's why you go. That's what makes them gods. Because they don't need all the fancy shite. Just the band and them rockin' out was enough to keep our smiles on our faces.

Sometimes I don't thrill you
Sometimes I think I'll kill you
Just don't let me fuck up will you
'Cause when I need a friend it's still you

Peace out