duchesse de bourgogne pretty dec
The Boxer Rebellion – “Semi-Automatic”
rating: 8.1
speaking of ian brown, let’s talk some classic madchester. last i heard anything as close as the new Ruling Class, it was early oasis. not definitely maybe oasis, but EARLY oasis.. fade-in and all. Non-manc’s, The Ruling Class give a clear proper nod to the founding fathers with “Marian Shrine”, just released as a double A-side with “Sleeping Beauty”
The Ruling Class- “Marian Shrine”
The Stone Roses – “Shoot You Down”
Rating: 8
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p. Fiction Thursday.. Friday? really who gives a fuck at this point. u know the drill..
HOW DO WE PARTY WITH THIS GUY?
Sergeant – “Counting Down the Days”
Sergeant – “Swiftly Does It”
Sergeant – “K OK”
not that they’re directly changing the face of rock and roll, Sergeant make their subtle impact by simply throwing down on some proper britpop. it’s just brits doing what brits do best. yet when it comes to so many UK guitar bands nowadays, it seems Sergeant take the different path. there’s no bull shit, no fluff, and what everybody else seems to be doing… doesn’t matter. what does matter is what you can hear flowing through their veins… their roots of jangly guitar hooks, melody melody melody and yes… songs. wait, songs?! right.
after their major label conflict a few years back, the lads in Sergeant have since been hard at work on getting new and old material out to the world. “Counting Down the Days” is the new single of several which have been released via various indie’s the past few months. all of which, i can only hope are leading up to an album.. and tour in the states. right? again… eh?
when it comes to new UK artists, i always think about how the britpop explosion in the 90’s happened. for those who haven’t seen it..LIVE FOREVER: The Rise and Fall of Britpop is a brilliant documentary featuring the evolution of britpop from the 80’s to it’s “demise” in the late 90’s. it features priceless commentary on the subject from the gallaghers, jarvis cocker, damon albarn, blahblah soo many more. a great watch! check it below
rating: 8.3
Johnny Cash – “Cocaine Blues (Live)” buy it here
a blue mustached stranger does some serious bumpage in front of poor ernie (3:10). it’s only downhill from here
i CANNOT wait to hear this record, holy shit…
The Most Serene Republic -“Catharsis Boo”
off their latest …And the Ever Expanding Universe, “catharsis boo” amiably mixes counter-melodies, harmonies and syncopated layers of traditionalesque instrumentation in less-traditional ways. and while sooo many others don’t, these canucks actually justify all 7 pieces of their band.. they’d make a mean hockey team my friends
rating: 7.5
channel surfing at 3am the other night yielded this on adult swim. of course, i was like.. what the fuck?! the war scene at 5 minute-ish blew my mind. shit like this is why making weed legal could only make sense. governator you know what we’re on about. just think we can get out of debt = and be high doing it. second season, Augenblick Studios where you at?? must. have. more!!
UPDATE: So CARTOON NETWORK removed the orginal episode from YouTube, so here’s the scene I was talking about set to Lacrimosa.
Lacrimosa (C) Immediate Music
SuperJail (C) Augenblick Studios, [adult swim]
Muse -“United States of Eurasia”
this obviously is what it is. so we wont yak about the obvious, rather we’ll yak about what it is… minus the obvious. right, so isn’t king of the hill hilarious? thx to rave for the heads up.. muse’s new track is no doubt good and f’ing rocks, but is it really theirs? something tells me The Resistance due September 14 will be a whole lot more like Black Holes and Revelations, and a lot less like Origin of Symmetry.. just a hunch
rating: 8
