Go home it's cold
Parents are out
Sneak through the porch
Got your paws on me on the couch
There's nothing in my mind
And yet I can't keep up with your TV-fueled sex drive
Let's kick this week off with a fuzzy, catchy, plucky indie pop song from Liverpool based Zuzu. It's a good un! And comes complete with a terrifically done I ❤️️ Huckabee's inspired video.
RIYL: We Are Scientists, Weezer, Courtney Barnett
My brain makes drugs to keep me slow,
A hilarious joke for some dead pharaoh.
But now, not even the masons know
What drug will keep night from coming.
There are so many tools that are made for my hands.
But the tide smashes all my best-laid plans to sand.
And there's always someone to say it's easy for me,
But I revenge myself all over myself.
There's nothing you can say to me.
Kerri's not the only one excited about some new tracks from The New Pornographers, and you can bet I'm jealous and sad I'll be missing them at SXSW. To console myself, I guess I'll just listen to some Neko Case. Her voice always gives me nice little shivers and makes me think of what it'd be like to be a cat getting a scratch in that perfect spot right behind the ears.
BONUS! One of my all time favorite songs, "This Tornado Loves You", performed live:
RIYL: The New Pornographers, Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley, Aimee Mann
You can imagine all the factions
That form around high ticket attractions
High on the spirit, hopped up and mystic
After the flame baptism you’re fearlessYou know the science of falling
You have your calling
You know the songThe Magna Carta, it’s underwater
We left it there for the sons and the daughters
One day they’ll find it; they’ll be reminded
When we live undersea like we ought toDidn’t know flying from falling
Clueless the poor thing
Sad to report
Didn’t know losing from learning
Wheels were turning
You know the song
Something new from Canadian supergroup The New Pornographers! With all the breaks this band takes for their solo projects, I haven't seen them all together performing live yet. Excited they'll be at SXSW coming up quick! (Sorry, Keith. One of the many things you'll miss by having to stay and work in Sydney. Thumbs down for impending separation.) Thumbs up for Whiteout Conditions, the seventh studio album from TNP, out in April.
RIYL: Neko Case, Fleetwood Mac, Broken Social Scene
I sense the enemy, they're rustling around in the trees
I thought I had gotten away but the followed me to 02143
Oh, woe, woe is me, no one knows the trouble I see
When they hang Jeff Davis from a sourapple tree, I'll sit beneath the leaves and weep
None of us shall be saved, every man will be a slave
For John Brown's body lies a-mould'ring in the grave and there's rumbling down in the caves
So if it's time for choosing sides, and to show this dirty city how we do the Jersey Slide
And if it deserves a better class of criminal
Then I'ma give it to them tonight
So we'll rally around the flag, rally around the flag
Rally around the flag, boys, rally once again
Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom
Rally around the flag, rally around the flag
Glory, glory, Hallelujah, His truth is marching on
Listening to Ted Leo yesterday got me thinking, for some reason I'm not 100% sure of, Titus Andronicus and their classic 2010 release The Monitor. We've never featured them here, so let's fix that. Today's Most Important, the blistering "A More Perfect Union" which chronicles frontman Patrick Stickles' move from Glen Rock, NJ, to Somerville, MA. Mashed up with a bunch of Civil War references. Oh and bits from Springsteen, Billy Bragg and others. The general theme and style carries through the album and makes for a unique and interesting punk rock adventure.
RIYL: The Hold Steady, Billy Bragg, Japandroids, Cloud Nothings, Ted Leo
Now me and Jodi spent a lot of our time
Just sitting in silence, driving late at night
Maybe even wondering what was on each others' mind
Sometimes
But I know she's like me so I let it ride
She's dwelling in the quiet space left behind
Where only peace can answer why, and you abide
The birds must fly
Did y'all hear the news? Ted Leo has a Kickstarter going for a new album! That's some terrific news right there. He's been one of my favs for many, many years now and one of the few artists I have those "I love everything they do" feels for. So, you can bet I backed it and I'm really excited for some new stuff.
RILY: Dismemberment Plan, The Hold Steady, Billy Bragg, Frank Turner, Titus Andronicus
