The Mountain Goats – Get Lonely – 2006 Get Lonely will always have a very special place in my heart. If you scroll down this blog you’ll see the video for “Woke Up New”, a song that perfectly describes my feelings of loss after my daughter Lizzie died. The album Continue Reading
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Listening Post: The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree
The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree – 2005 The soft piano, the brushes on the drums, something’s a little different on The Sunset Tree. Now, albeit I have refused to go deeper into the past of The Mountain Goats. I’m not interested in all that lo-fi stuff recorded on Continue Reading
Listening Post: The Mountain Goats – We Shall All Be Healed
The Mountain Goats – We Shall All Be Healed – 2004 John Darnielle is a fantastic storyteller. At once confessional and then, hard right turn to observational. Comfortable in 1st person, 3rd person, 2nd person, he’s what you should think of when you hear the term “Rock Poet Laureate”. He Continue Reading
Listening Post: The Strokes – Angles
The Strokes – Angles – 2011 5 years is a long time in rock and roll. In five years the Beatles went from lovable mop tops to Sgt. Pepper. Within 5 years Punk had exploded and imploded and disappeared from the scene. In 5 years cultural tastes change more times Continue Reading
Listening Post: The Mountain Goats – Tallahassee
The Mountain Goats – Tallahassee – 2002 There are a few great pieces of art that make you realize that you will never be able to achieve…that. For some it’s Van Gogh. For others it’s Gatsby. For me it’s, among many other things, John Darnielle’s Mountain Goats album Tallahassee.See, I’m Continue Reading
Listening Post: The Strokes – Julian Casablancas – Phrazes for the Young
Julian Casablancas – Phrazes for the Young – 2009 Before I even start this I have to wonder: Why? Isn’t Casablancas the leader of The Strokes? Isn’t he the visionary that started that group and, without him, aren’t they just a bunch of guys who would’ve been haunting bowery clubs?Okay, Continue Reading
Listening Post: The Strokes – Albert Hammond Jr. – Como Te Llamo?
Albert Hammond Jr. – Como Te Llamo – 2008 Hammond’s first non-Strokes record was a whimsical little foray into the lighter side of the sound of his day job band. And that made it fun to listen to. I was kind of hoping his next record would show a little Continue Reading
The Mountain Goats – Woke Up New
In about a month it will be 5 years since Liz died. This song always reminds me of her. “An astronaut could have seen the hunger in my eyes from space…” Damn I miss yiu, Liz.
Listening Post: The Strokes – Fabrizio Moretti – Little Joy
Little Joy – Little Joy – 2006 Little Joy is the side project from The Strokes’s DRUMMER. Got that? This isn’t the guitarist or the singer’s dalliances. This is the drummer. Now, I happen to enjoy the occasional drummer’s foray. Roger Taylor? Sure. Phil Collins? Why not? Dave Grohl? Yep.Ringo Continue Reading
Listening Post: The Strokes – Albert Hammond Jr. – Yours To Keep
Albert Hammond, Jr. – Yours To Keep – 2006 The Strokes all took some time off after First Impression of Earth, most likely to deal with the realization that they had nothing really to say or add after Is This It. First out of the gate? Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. Continue Reading