Volume 2! Hopefully this finds you all well.
We had a great debut week and are back for more.
FOR THE NEW FOLKS:
Anyone interested in reading the introductory sermon is welcome to do so here.
For those not so inclined the gist is this: it's a pretty open forum. There aren't really any rules but it is suggested that you:
-please refrain from bringing your very worthwhile campaign opinions here.
-you comport yourself in a civil and overall groovy sort of way.
-that you give your fellow Kossak's music a listen as you would have them listen to yours.
-that you be very gracious by providing your suggestions as to improvement of the forum.
-for those musically capable amongst you please feel free to pimp your own tunes.
-tips and recs are appreciated.
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Tommycatnyc's WEEKLY BAND THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD OF BUT REALLY, REALLY SHOULD
Matty Charles and The Valentines
A great three-piece rockabilly/ folk band out of Brooklyn. I'm not sure I could describe them better than below:
" Even in the oft quiet and cozy confines at Pete's, the audience has to lean closer to hear the delicate storytelling of Matty Charles' songs. Only occasionally does the band pick up the tempo or the volume, but Charles' slow ruminations, backed by upright bass and old-style country brushwork, reward the attention with warm, well-considered tones and poignant tales of love. The core of the music, however, is his voice, which has that rare blend of resignation and gritty hope one seldom finds this side of Guy Clark." - Village Voice (Dufresne)
" I'm not going to try to compare crooner/guitar picker Matty Charles to Chris Isaac, especially since Charles is a whole lot better looking, or Hank Williams, because he's probably tired of that. So I'll just say that Charles and his band, the Valentines, play original broken-hearted ballads that sound like they drifted in from some lonesome-wind tavern, soaked in whiskey and reverb." -Jane Magazine (Hambrecht)
Both band's albums and Matty Charles' solo album available at ITunes and CD Baby. Other info available at the band's website and the Myspace page linked above.
PREVIOUS RECS:
Crescent And Frost
JUST DROPPED
Last time out I wrote (in retrospect) a very half-assed review of the new Counting Crows album. I shall not so embarrass myself again. Instead, this week I offer you a not-at-all-comprehensive list of albums dropped in the last week or so and those coming up this week (thanks in part to the genius that is largeheartedboy):
American Babies American Babies (more East Coast bias. Defend Brooklyn!)
Anti-Flag The Bright Lights of America
Astrid Williamson Boy For You
The Black Keys Attack and Release
David Ford Songs For The Road
Fall Out Boy Live In Phoenix
Los Campesinos Hold On Now, Youngster (shout out to Jay Elias)
Matthew Ryan Matthew Ryan Vs. Silver State
Ministry Cover Up (an album of MINISTRY covering famous tunes?! how do I not have this tattooed on my forehead already?)
Paddy Casey Addicted To Company
Poi Dog Pondering 7
The Proclaimers Life With You
R.E.M. Accelerate (AMAZING, just a heads up)
Robyn Hitchcock Shadow Cat ( a re-release of sorts)
Sandrine Dark Fades Into The Light
Sun Kil Moon April (shout out to DJAdequate, thanks for the introduction)
The Sword Gods Of The Earth (shout out to revelwoodie who may have the provided the best description for band ever when he wrote 'If Black Sabbath had been raped by Vikings...you'd get this band: The Sword.)
Van Morrison Keep It Simple
COMING THIS WEEK (April 8th-):
The Breeders Mountain Battles
Colin Meloy (of The Decemberists) Colin Meloy Sings Live!
The Drift Memory Drawings
The Duke Spirit Neptune
Fixer Before The Sun
Fleet Foxes Sun Giant
Foals Antidote
Hayes CarllTrouble In Mind
Leona Lewis Spirit
The Long Blondes Couples
Man Man Rabbit Habits
Marie Digby Unfold
Meat Beat Manifesto Autoimmune
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig, Lazarus, Dig! (shout out to Angel D)
Nine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IV
P.O.D. When Angels and Serpents Dance
Spoon Don't You Evah (EP)
Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth) Sensitive/Lethal
ONE REASON THEY DON'T ALLOW ME TO WALK AROUND HOLLYWOOD WITH A BASEBALL BAT
Paris Hilton is building a private nightclub in the basement of her new Hollywood Hills home.
The socialite is currently renovating the sprawling five-bedroom mansion she recently purchased for $6m (€12.6m), and the revamp includes her very own disco.
The club will have its own entrance and will hold 200 people, according to US magazine In Touch.
A pal tells the publication Hilton wants her club to "look like a Parisian speakeasy, with lots of gold fixtures and black furniture."
Hilton is also planning to turn another space in the mansion into a recording studio, where she'll record her second album.
My first thought?
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING
I've either been asked personally or overheard at least a dozen people ask about the song that provides the soundtrack to the new Nike "My better is better than your better campaign". It is Saul Williams' "List of Demands (Reparations)". I highly suggest checking him out. Great artist.
LAST WEEK'S BIG SCORES THAT GO INTO REGULAR ROTATION
Keith Moon for bringing Black Rebel Motorcycle Club to the DKos masses.
Word Player for well representing the PacNoDub and introducing Weinland.
DJAdequate for the Sun Kil Moon and legacy intros.
LAST WEEK'S MOST UNIQUE RECS
Waytac dropped science with his post. 5 bands worthy of this distinction. I thank you mightily.
Thanks to Nonie3234 for the intro to Indigenous, a Native American blues/rock band .
And when it comes to unique you can never leave out the Quebecois. Thanks subtropolis for inspiring me to look up Call Me Poupee.
A PIMP OF THE FIRST ORDER
For being the very first artist to pimp themselves here, I heartily promote Ash Tree.
A very honorable mention goes to BDA in VA for pimping her daughter and her boyfriend or, as I'm sure they'd much rather be known, The Dewey Decimal Scam.
THIS WEEK'S SOUNDTRACK
- MLK- U2
- Changes- 2Pac (a repeat, I know, but worth it)
- Unity- Operation Ivy
- A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left- Andrew Bird
- Fuck Was I - Jenny Owen Youngs
WHAT'S UP OUT THERE? Thoughts? Suggestions?