OMG new Chvrches!!! The Wombats & this I've been meaning to post for a couple of weeks (thankfully Keith is filling in some of my gaps). Are you as excited as I am for another full album from these Glaswegians (Love Is Dead, later this year)?? I feel so lucky that I've seen Lauren & the boys live twice, and from up close, as they reside in the very heart of my musical sweet spot, and I'm starting to get away from that urge to rush the stage... well, because my BF would rather hang in the back of the crowd but anyway we ARE getting older, and Chvrches crowds are getting much larger.
RIYL: Depeche Mode, Grimes, The Naked and Famous, Eurythmics
St. Vincent - Los Angeles
I've been such a TMIS slacker this year. Sorry friends! I've been too busy to even keep track of what Keith was posting until this week. Phew! Glad he's keeping us in good taste. As for me, I'm not, historically, a huge St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) fan but this track has got under my skin in a really good way. Maybe it's thanks to Jack Antonoff producing this album, and probably also her recent work with David Byrne and Chemical Bros. Anyhoo, loving this Most Important song and hmmmm, she's got two nights at the awesome ACL Live venue here in Austin next week...
RIYL: Phantogram, Angel Olsen, Jay Som, Chairlift
Upcoming Shows
R.E.M. & Natalie Merchant - Photograph
I found this photograph,
Underneath the broken picture glass.
Tender face of black and white,
Beautiful, a haunting sight.
Looked into an angel's smile,
Captivated all the while.
From the hair and clothes she wore,
I'd place her in between the wars.
How about a little throwback to get us back into the swing of things. R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People, while not my favorite, I prefer their older stuff, it is a terrific album and it's recently been re-released for its 25th anniversary. As part of that release, "Photograph", a song that, as far as I know, is not on the album, showed up in my release radar and, wow, I'm amazed at how well it holds up.
RIYL: XTC, 10,000 Maniacs, The Replacements, James
Wild Cub - Thunder Clatter
Sad hopes I'd hidden under
Tangled inside of me
You spoke like broken thunder
Deep into the center of me.
I couldn't say what I was thinking my
Heart shrinking, two sad sparks blinking in the sun
Wait one minute I
Had to listen for it
It was hidden in the fall
Hidden in the fall
Waiting on love to call
Hidden in the fall
I hear it call in the center of it all
You're the love of my life, the love of my life
I have Sirius Radio back for a while and of course that brings my attention to random, forgotten (or new) alternative hits. This one from 2014 sounded new to me! Sorry for the lack of love & attention to our Most Important blog but our real life has gotten a bit busy. In mostly good ways! Anyway, sending this spark of dancy, happy love out to our followers and my partner.
RIYL: St. Lucia, Bleachers, Ra Ra Riot, Youngblood Hawke
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MGMT - Little Dark Age
I grieve in stereo
The stereo sounds strange
You know that if it hides
It doesn't go away
If I get out of bed
You'll see me standing all alone
Horrified
On the stage
My little dark age
A shiny new single from MGMT, released in advance of new LP arriving early 2018, so be looking for tour announcements around that time as well. I love love loved their debut album that came out (gasp/gulp) ten years ago now. Wow, can "Electric Feel" really be that old? (Yes) Anyway, I like the sounds in this track and the sentiment -- not of actual depression but just a little, almost playful, toe-dip into the darkness - definitely shown in the Cure-esque video.