30 milkshakes

NP: “Head Rolls Off” – Frightened Rabbit. What do I need to say?.
NP: “These Are The Eyes” – Bodies Of Water. This record is not as good as this song may lead you to believe. It’s inconsistent, and not just because every song sounds like a different band. But when it clicks, it’s pretty great.
NP: “Tonight The Streets Are Ours” – Richard Hawley. The fact that such a perfect classic pop song can actually exist just makes me happy.
NP: “Rockist Part 1” – School Of Language. Wow. Pretty amazing.
NP: “Bright Tomorrow” – Fuck Buttons. I must admit… the bloggers have got it right to rave about this one. Well, perhaps they shouldn’t be raving, but Fuck Buttons are an intriguing and challenging listen.
NP: “Strangers In The Wind” – Cut Copy. This isn’t a high-quality rip, but it’s just so good I need to add it. This is pure synth-pop bliss. I have a feeling this album just may be my summer soundtrack.
NP: “Keep It Real” – Plants And Animals. Rock Plaza Central is going to be doing a couple of dates with these fellow-Canadians. I love the record, and then getting to see them at SXSW made me have a whole greater appreciation for them. They’re the real deal. Great songwriters with great voices who can pull it off live and on record. Impressive.
NP: “Horse To Water” – R.E.M.. Surprise #1 is that the album doesn’t make me gag. Surprise #2 is that most of the album is guitar-songs. Surprise #3 is that a couple of songs are actually pretty good. This is one of the three that fall in that category (and the single is one of the other two).
NP: “Kings & Compromises” – Sleepercar. Jim Ward (ex At The Drive-In / Sparta) is back with this new project that I can only really describe as Replacements-y. Unfortunately, it’s “All Shook Down” era Replacements, but that’s still pretty damn OK in my book.
NP: “Michael Myers Resplendent” – The Mountain Goats. This is the original boombox demo version of the song from Heretic Pride that makes my heart stop flutter (I have an infarction). Still beautiful, but in a very different way. [Special shout-out to Andy Espenshade for giving me this .mp3!]
NP: “30_milkshakes__2008_03_19.m3u” – stream all of the above songs.
NP: “30_milkshakes__2008_03_19.rar” – rar file of all of the above songs.
NR: 2/3rds of the way through 5 different New Yorkers, 1/4 of the way through 3 other New Yorkers, and 10% of the way into an Edith Wharton novella that I can’t even remember the name of.

OK, so… I’m going to try to start doing this again. We’ll see how well I do, but… I *have* been listening to a lot of new music lately. So… what the hell!Will start doing some show picks as well. But not this week. This week is all about the Frightened Rabbit:

Thursday, March 20 – Lit – Listening Party / DJ Party / Drinking Party
Saturday, March 22 – Mercury Lounge – w/ Longwave
Sunday, March 23 – Johnny Brenda’s (Philadelphia) – w/ Sons And Daughters, Bodies Of Water
Monday, March 24 – Middle East Downstairs (Boston) – w/ Sons And Daughters, Bodies Of Water
Tuesday, March 25 – Union Pool – w/ Right On Dynamite