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Kris Kristofferson – In The News 2008-03-27 22:53:00 Read about the sorry way he done somebody's daughterChained her to a heavy thing and threw her in the water And she sank into the darkness with their baby son inside herA little piece of truth and beauty died Burning up the atmosphere and cutting down the treesThe billion dollar bombing of a nation on its kneesAnyone not marching to their tune they call it treasonEveryone says God is on his side See the lightning, hear the criesOf the wounded in a world in Holy warMortal thunder from the skiesKilling everything they say they're fighting for Broken babies, broken homesBroken-hearted people dying everydayHow'd this happen, what went wrongDon't blame God, I swear to God I heard him say Not in my name, not on my groundI want nothing but the ending of the warNo more killing, or it's over And th
Switches - Killer Karma 2008-04-07 22:18:00 This starts off with an acoustic guitar, but it is very easy to picture this song being played in an arena with 8,000 kids singing along. Play it loud and wake up with a smile, despite the lyrical content. It’s the energy that feels exciting. “We’d all like to know what our lives have yet to show, but there’s one place we can go and that’s minds. We’d all like to be with who our eyes have yet to see, but there’s no one fooling me cause that’s a lie.” Sounds real good here, would sound even better in the arena with loads of kids singing along. Good job! Switches Read more:Killer
Drive-By Truckers - Perfect Timing 2008-04-06 16:44:00 Upbeat pleasures for a Sunday afternoon, with lots of humor to kick up the heels. “I used to hate the fool in me, but only in the morning. Now I tolerate him all day long.” Love that motto, think I’ll steal it for my own. Would look great on my desk at work. The group is a fantastic mix of artists because everyone takes turns singing on the album, and every song sounds different from each other. One minute I feel like we’re influenced by Merle Haggard, the next by Lou Reed. Fills me with pleasure because my ears remind me all music is from the same source, and life is made for the living. Shoutouts include Bob (“goes to church every Sunday, every Sunday that the fish ain’t bitin’. . . he always had more dogs than he ever had friends”), A Ghost to Most (“Skeleton’s ain Read more:Perfect
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Killing Time With A Good Time Saturday Night Shuffle 2008-04-05 22:04:00 Alan Jackson - Good Time
b/w I Still Like BolognaAllison Moorer - I Want A Little Sugar In My BowlPresidents Of The USA - Flame Is Love b/w WarheadBilly Bragg - M For Me b/w Sing Their Souls Back HomeVincent Vincent & The Villains - Sins Of Love (Wah Do) b/w Killing
Time & I’m AliveEileen Rose - Failure To Thrive b/w Old Time Reckoning She And Him - Sentimental Heart b/w Black HoleOh Laura - Black N' Blue b/w Black N' Blue & Raining In New YorkNick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! King Blues - Mr Music Man b/w Chimp In A 3 Piece Suit & We Ain't Never Done “We come here for this music tonight, and we are gonna dance until the mornin' light..” Read more:Saturday
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Heath Street - Song For Jim Carroll 2008-04-04 22:58:00 It’s been a tough week, and I can’t bing myself to get up and dance tonight. Just want to kick back, have a glass of wine, enjoy the sunset and listen to a guy sing me some thoughtful tunes. HeathStreet
fits the bill perfectly. This particular song is fun because it has me thinking about Jim Carroll
, who used to make me dance frenetically. I don’t know the relationship between Heath Street and Jim Carroll, so I have to make one up. Jim Carroll and I used to run around with the same sorta crowd and our memories had to be cleansed, and Jim did a wonderful cleansing for myself and many others with All The People That Died. “In the middle of the daylight I'm walking through the valley. In the middle of the daylight, coming around, I hear the good sound”I’ve created a (false?) scen
Phoebe Killdeer and the Short Straws - Big Fight 2008-04-03 22:37:00 Finger snapping reminiscent of the jets, along with a flowing flute. I’m tasting a full-fledged broadway show with. A trumpet warms in jazz style with Tom Waits hanging out on the corner smoking cigarettes watching the excitement. A satisfying fantasy pop tune. The shout-out Licorice Skies is a slow jazz flavored tune that evokes deeper thought and emotion. Phoebe Killdeer Read more:Short
Robby Lochner - Call Of Monsoon 2008-04-09 22:18:00 I was attracted to Robby’s playing on the latest Dig Jelly CD because his playing was an integral part of a group sound. His playing skills were obvious, but he never went out of the way to overwhelm the group, but added the spices to make the album the exciting rock and roll that it is. The only thing I could have asked for on the album was to have one song where the musicians could stretch and share their abilities to jam. Didn’t hurt the album not to have that, but could possibly have enhanced it. Well, here we have Robby stretching and showing off his skills on his own album. There are other players here, but it’s definitely Robby’s show, and that’s alright because his guitar solos never get to the point where they dawdle and start boring the listener. He keeps himself reigne Read more:Monsoon
Chicane Theory - Decision 2008-04-09 22:16:00 The hump day dance party continues loud and proud. Guitars happily introduce the narrator who “feels so good to be home and lose track of time.” Although the narrator initially sounds depressed, after reaching home he makes a firm commitment to “decide to live”, and sings in chorus with band mates to the happy guitars making the dance a joy to swirl to. Chicane Theory
Anouk - Ball And Chain 2008-04-08 22:59:00 “I know the drill, you got your ball & chain.” First, let’s take a private moment & say Happy Birthday Anouk! 10 years in the recording business, and still singing powerfully! Now on to the real business at hand – this song starts off with a voice, close to sneering, but definitely in the rock tradition. The guitar & bass quickly join the story. “Don’t wait for things to blow up in your pretty face.” Uplifting song that spreads the message – be alert, be yourself, live your life to its fullest potential. The orchestration is close to being overwhelming, but Anouk’s vocal meal has the strength to match the intensity. Tasty addition to a fine body of work through the years. Anouk Read more:Chain
Everyone I Know Is Listening To Ten New Singles 2008-04-12 22:08:00 Baby Bash - Thrill Is GoneJoan Osborne - Natural HighJohn Power - Calling You Back b/w StormbreakerLightspeed Champion - Flesh Failures b/w Everyone I Know Is Listening
To CrunkMatt Costa - Mr. Pitiful b/w Miss Magnolia & Lovin’Morcheeba - Au DelaSay Anything - Shiksa (Girlfriend) b/w That Is WhySongbirds - Take Me As You Find MeSons And Daughters - ChainsTarrus Riley - Let Love Live Read more:Singles
Worth Dying For – Revolution 2008-04-11 23:07:00 We start this Friday night praise dance with the band singing loud and proud “We are the sound of a revolution”. A revolution in pop-rock pogo-dancing and raising our hand in love to my first shoutout, “the reason I dance” (Let It Out). Rock with a purpose and an eartaste of love everlasting. An extra shoutout for The Change (“a generation who will not live an unholy life”). WorthDying
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Maggie Walters – Fingerprints 2008-04-13 16:59:00 “I wait for the rain to come wash the fingerprints that you left on my face, in my heart, in my veins.” Extremely poetic music singing strong lyrics about a relationship that probably is not worth giving a second thought. Of course we all do. Maggie
gives words to pain that is difficult to describe, and we can thank her for that. I know I’ll ‘borrow’ these words for memories that haunt me – “Shoved it inside and said I’d deal with this later”. And, of course, later never seems to arrive. The entire album is a meditation on life and relationships; some fun “I loved a madman once, I loved a felon once, I did it just because” (Midwestern Hurricane), and others more serious, “Made you love the little things about me, the very things you loved in me are the things you to Read more:Walters
Cycles 2008-04-16 21:46:00 A few weeks ago I had a ton of cool CDs - too many I thought to ever talk about, so I set up several days just listing cool singles for you to seek out. The past few days I've been through 100+ CDs and have not found one cut to talk about. I don't think this trend will last, but I wanted to post here so you don't think I fell asleep on the job. My ears are tired right now, so I'll take a break and start fresh again tomorrow. Read more:Cycles
Atomic Atoms - Still Ain't Comin' Home 2008-04-28 22:14:00 “This story is a long one, the characters are flawed. There’s no happy ending, just a lot of moving on.” Well, the moving on is the part the band picked up on and this cut moves joyfully despite the melancholy lyrics. Up and attem! This is not music to sleep away a Monday morning to. Wakes up all my muscles, and makes me glad to be alive! “Never seems to disappear, it was always in my head!” Shoutout for Here We Go Again, a fantastically fun romp through psychedelia. Atomic
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Steve Vaclavik –Run Mary 2008-04-27 18:19:00 A story about Billy and his sister Mary. “Billy sees things none of us see”. Steve
’s sound is augmented by Luis Torres, a sensitive percussionist who enhances the nuances in this memorable story. I won’t give away the story, but will let you know the plot that Steve masterfully weaves into 3 minutes will take 2 hours to display on a movie screen. The rest of the album serves up a complete meal, with 8 movies to watch in your ears. When The Water Comes Running Cold (“I’ve rebuilt before and I’ll rebuild again”) is a song about a flood that ends with inspired brilliance. Smile With Me is a hilarious take on music fans and the movies they play in their heads while listening to music. “Listen up people, this song’s for you, you can listen to it anyway you want to. You can t
Bravo Johnson - Sacrifice Yourself 2008-04-26 22:14:00 “Let me clean it up best that I can so that when you return I’ll be a better man.” Put the needle down anywhere on the album and ask your neighbor to name that tune. Sounds like we just tuned into Classic Rock on the radio and these are long-lost songs by some of the best groups of the 60’s & 70’s. In fact, I had to do some checking to be sure this wasn’t a lost “best hits” of some obscure group from middle America that I missed out on. Take a BIG mixing bowl. Add two cups of the Grateful Dead, a cup of The Band, a cup of The Heartbreakers, ½ cup of Dylan, ¼ cup each of Steve Forbert, Rickie Lee Jones, Steely Dan, Santana and Sheryl Crow, and tablespoons full of the Allmans and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Mix together well and allow to sit in the freezer for 30 years. Take out and ba Read more:Bravo
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Gabriella Cilmi - Sit In The Blues 2008-04-25 23:12:00 In the corner waiting for a person who makes lots of promises but never fulfils them, nursing a glass of red red wine signifying the sacrifices one makes for relationships. Nice, slow blues dance to sway with alone or with a partner. The lyrics are by an honest narrator who has these deep understandings that something is wrong with this relationship, yet has a struggle “cause I can’t explain why I can’t let go.” Amen to that. We cling to things we know aren’t working, for no good reason. We allow ourselves to remain in circumstances that will never get better, and we “can’t explain.” Shoutout for the faster dance rhythms and horn-like synthesizers of Cigarettes and Lies. Gabriella Cilmi Read more:Blues
Frank Turner - Reasons Not To Be An Idiot 2008-04-24 22:41:00 “She’s not as pretty as she thinks she is. Imagine her after she’s had kids.” Cynical narrator, heavy strumming acoustic guitar that morphs into an electric, with just plain pop for the final high school dance party. Great fun. “So get up and get down and get outside. It’s a lovely sunny day to go and hide yourself away!” The narrator takes off and becomes cynical on several other characters, all in fun and all so close to the truth but with the end result that he’s constantly looking outside and never inwards. No matter, “that’s not the point anyway.” The point is “you’re not designed to be alone.” Shoutouts for Photosynthesis and Love Ire & Song . FrankTurner Read more:Reasons
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Estelle - Pretty Please (Love Me) 2008-04-23 22:10:00 “Do you believe in love? Yes, I believe in love!” I love the way this hump-day party song sneaks up on me. A few tinkles, then – no lie – goodvibrationsbeachboys explode from nowhere. Picture Brian Wilson co-producing with Ike and getting Tina to sing her heart out with the Supremes singing back-up. “Come along with me!” Party! Estelle Read more:Pretty
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Gnarls Barkley - Who's Gonna Save My Soul 2008-04-22 22:12:00 “Got some bad news this morning, which in turn made my day.” When bad news makes your day you know you’ve got the blues. Spiritual blues. “How will my story ever be told?” Tasty confessional performance. “I know I’m outta control now.” Gnarls Barkley Read more:Gnarls Barkley
Counting Crows – Sunday 2008-04-21 22:31:00 “It feels like love, I better get a little of it in me.” How come you’re listening to Sunday
on Monday. I knew you were going to ask that, just as you know I was going to say – it’s a wake-up song. Besides, he says, “I don’t believe in Sundays, I don’t believe in anything at all.” Too bad for him. I believe he got me outta bed feeling happy, which is all I need to believe. Bright, energetic, and mind-juices flowing into a dreamy meal of crunchy granola. Up-beat & smiling despite the lyric. I have no idea what the point of the song is, but that doesn’t matter. “Try to remember what you might forget.” CountingCrows
Lizz Wright - Coming Home 2008-04-20 18:14:00 “Coming home to your shelter, coming home where I stand. I go down in the water, and I won’t turn away.” Take a bit of Saint James Infirmary, add a perfect voice, and a well-tempered percussion player and life is sweet so sweet. “You may not understand me, but I hear you so well. You’re a voice comes in the cold wind, a tune I know so well. I can see you through any darkness, you’re a light that leads me home.” Whichever plane you decide to listen to this song, physical or spiritual, it’s a beautiful performance. Shoutouts for My Heart, Another Angel, and When I Fall. Lizz Wright Read more:Coming Home
The Weepies - All This Beauty 2008-04-19 22:42:00 “We traveled all night, we drank the ocean dry and watched the sun rise...” Upbeat happiness in a petulaclark kinda maryhopkin story. “Let me assure you, friend, every day is ice cream and chocolate cake.” Shoutout for Hideaway (“I try to be honest, I try to be kind, and honestly leave when I know that it's time.”) The Weepies Read more:Beauty
James Rabbit – George Gershwin 2008-04-18 22:58:00 “I had to write a song about it.” Wanna just party with humor? Me too. These guys fit that bill just fine. A big bottle of Chianti with orange juice (I use ¾ orange with ¼ wine so I can dance longer), a buncha folks who love to laugh at real stories that happened to all of us, and Friday night is alive! Mom didn’t like the music you liked. Until one night, something clicked, then she’s partying with you! Yep, them’s the good days and the good times. I heard that. Someone just whispered I’m not describing the music. Well, that’s the beauty of JamesRabbit
. They fool you. They crawl into the hole and you follow and an undiscovered world is found. It’s pop, but with a twist of lemon. Its psychedelic, but with a dose of joyful jazz. Shoutouts for Welcome Back (“don’t have Read more:George
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly - Young And Lovestruck 2008-04-17 22:42:00 “All my infatuations, they never made it past the internet or a night you'll regret, and all the fashion types are shagging indie types and teaching them how to smoke and how to dress. And they're dressing to impress. And they're dressed like all the rest.” Upbeat summer song. This one will be on the top of the party list all summer. “You never know why.” Great with BBQ and any other party food. Dance before you eat though or all the shaking will leave stains down your front. “I'll pretend that it's for you and with that sentiment intact, please keep the first line as a fact. You never know, you never know, you never know why” Get Cape Wear Cape Fly
Steve Lukather - Jamming With Jesus 2008-04-16 22:21:00 “I’ll clean out your mind.” Heavy duty promise – done with some hefty ear washing guitar licks that taste absolutely marvelous. “Just walk on the water, just catch the next wave.” Fun dance with some of God’s wine to guide. SteveLukather Read more:Jesus
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Tues Asa – Jailer 2008-04-15 23:20:00 Interesting look at prison from the inside. The folks guarding the prisoners are just as much prisoners of the state as those behind the bars. “I wear uniforms, and you wear uniforms too.” Of course, we get the deeper message that everyone is being held down by a jailer in one fashion or another. “So you treat me like a modern slave.” We all kinda know that, so what makes this song worth eartasting? The music of course. And the voice. We are treated to some reggae flavored jazz dance with Asa keeping the tension just right in her voice to keep my attention smiling. Shoutouts for Bibanke and 360 Degrees. Asa
Hayseed Dixie - That's It, I Quit 2008-04-14 22:34:00 “I’m busting outta this cell”. Wake me up with a happy tune and a freedom song & I’m up yelling whoopee yah ti ye in Texan. These guys don’t pull any punches in the caffeine department – no extra outside lift needed with Hayseed Dixie
playing loud. “You think I’m dumb sitting under your thumb and following your rules. Making YOU money, bet you think that’s funny, bet you think that I’m your fool! That’s it, I quit!” Well, shoot, Maynyrd, didn’t you listen to the American history class about hows capitalism took slavery out from under the carcasses of the farmer man and stuck it in the factry? It grewed up from there to be what it is today – a few rich greedy folks and the rest of us. What the heck you thik you’re gonna do when you quit, Maynyrd? Live offa your
Jim Stubblefield - Gitana Mora 2008-04-29 22:56:00 The guitar work is superb, but what makes this album stand out is the addition of violas transporting my spirit to a Moorish village to watch the dancers pronounce benedictions on Ruben, Randy, Bryan and Novi enchanting Jim on to flourishes that are found only when inspired by other superb musicians bringing out powers previously unknown. A powerful group effort bringing a vision to my ears that allows me to travel far distances in mere moments. I have to also make special mention of Novi Novog. All the musicians add depth to this music, but the interplay between Novi and Jim on several tracks is breathtaking. Shoutouts for La Selva Negra, Rumba Arabe, Eye of the Sun Pt 2, and A Gypsy's Kiss. Jim Stubblefield
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