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While well received by critics upon its release, Nothing's Shocking failed to make much of an impression on mainstream radio and MTV. Eventually it was ranked #312 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All-Time." Nothing's Shocking is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
The term “transatlanticism” was coined by Ben Gibbard to define the incomprehensible emotional gap between two lovers separated by comprehensible distances—the continental United States, an entire ocean, or, most likely, just a couple floors in your freshman dorm.
In a 2009 interview with Clash Magazine, lead singer Ian Brown explained that he "didn't actually want people to adore me. I was trying to say then, if you want to be adored, it's like a sin, like lust or gluttony or something like that."
Now expanded to a four-piece, Ellis is the project of Linnea Siggelkow and they're scheduled to release an EP this fall. Here’s what Siggelkow had to say about "The Drain":
"The Drain" is one of the first songs I wrote for this project. It’s probably also the most hopeful. It’s about self-sabotaging a relationship because you’re afraid of how deep it’s getting, but then saying “fuck it” and diving in anyway.
"The Drain" is one of the first songs I wrote for this project. It’s probably also the most hopeful. It’s about self-sabotaging a relationship because you’re afraid of how deep it’s getting, but then saying “fuck it” and diving in anyway.
Describing "Teflon," Spesh say that it
"was written to capture a short blip in time which everyone experiences at least once, if not many times in their lives. A beautiful, confusing, sad, and wonderful feeling that cannot be articulated in words, but is more of a feeling. It was written in early January of 2018 in Seattle, WA and inspired by drab rainy weather, and the lack of opportunity to spend any significant amount of time outside. Where better to spend your time but in your own head with a friend from your past and a pretty tune?"
"was written to capture a short blip in time which everyone experiences at least once, if not many times in their lives. A beautiful, confusing, sad, and wonderful feeling that cannot be articulated in words, but is more of a feeling. It was written in early January of 2018 in Seattle, WA and inspired by drab rainy weather, and the lack of opportunity to spend any significant amount of time outside. Where better to spend your time but in your own head with a friend from your past and a pretty tune?"
Upon its release, "Vapour Trail" received critical acclaim. Pitchfork voted it as number 145 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s, and said that the song "remains immense, standing tall as the most gripping four-and-half-minutes of their career."
You can watch Lush performing this song live here: https://n.pr/2vLUcjL
Treasure was remastered and reissued earlier this year on vinyl. You can find it here.
"New Amsterdam" was the KEXP Song of the Day on July 9th as chosen by DJ Kevin Cole - www.kexp.org
No too much should be read into the lyrics of this song. As Paul Simon explained in an interview with Rolling Stone:
"Every day I'd come back from the studio, working on whatever we were working on, and I'd play this pounding thing. So then I said, 'Let's make a record out of that.' So we copied it over and extended it double the amount, so now we have three minutes of track, and the track is great. So now I pick up the guitar and I start to go, 'Well, this will be like the guitar part' - dung chicka dung chicka dung, and lyrics were virtually the first lines I said: 'You're breakin' my heart, I'm down on my knees.' They're not lines at all, but it was right for that song, and I like that. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, but it works."
"Every day I'd come back from the studio, working on whatever we were working on, and I'd play this pounding thing. So then I said, 'Let's make a record out of that.' So we copied it over and extended it double the amount, so now we have three minutes of track, and the track is great. So now I pick up the guitar and I start to go, 'Well, this will be like the guitar part' - dung chicka dung chicka dung, and lyrics were virtually the first lines I said: 'You're breakin' my heart, I'm down on my knees.' They're not lines at all, but it was right for that song, and I like that. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, but it works."
Signed, Sealed & Delivered was released on this date in 1970. This was Wonder's first album on which he was given producer credit, though he actually only produced two of the tracks and co-produced three more. He wrote or co-wrote seven of the tracks.
Hopp í polla" is Icelandic for "Hopping into puddles" Happy anniversary to John & Amy!
Disintegration became the Cure's commercial peak, charting at number three in the United Kingdom and at number 12 in the United States.
Byrne said this was the first love song he ever wrote. "I didn't try to compromise this time and say 'love is nice'" he said in an 1983 interview.
In an interview, Chris Cornell said:
"Right after Andy died, we [Soundgarden] went to Europe, and it was horrible, because I couldn't talk about it, and there was no one who had loved him around. I wrote two songs, "Reach Down" and "Say Hello 2 Heaven". That was pretty much how I dealt with it. When we came back, I recorded them right away. They seemed different from what Soundgarden naturally does, and they seemed to fit together. They seemed like music he would like. I got the idea to release them as a single, and to get at least Stone and Jeff, or all of Love Bone, to play on it. I had the idea for a couple days, then, with an artist's lack of self-confidence, I decided it was a stupid idea. Somehow those guys heard the tape, and they were really, really excited. Stone and Jeff and our drummer, Matt, had been working on a demo for what ended up being Pearl Jam, so we had the idea that we would make an EP or a record, and maybe even do some of Andy's solo songs.
"Right after Andy died, we [Soundgarden] went to Europe, and it was horrible, because I couldn't talk about it, and there was no one who had loved him around. I wrote two songs, "Reach Down" and "Say Hello 2 Heaven". That was pretty much how I dealt with it. When we came back, I recorded them right away. They seemed different from what Soundgarden naturally does, and they seemed to fit together. They seemed like music he would like. I got the idea to release them as a single, and to get at least Stone and Jeff, or all of Love Bone, to play on it. I had the idea for a couple days, then, with an artist's lack of self-confidence, I decided it was a stupid idea. Somehow those guys heard the tape, and they were really, really excited. Stone and Jeff and our drummer, Matt, had been working on a demo for what ended up being Pearl Jam, so we had the idea that we would make an EP or a record, and maybe even do some of Andy's solo songs.
Metric are releasing a yet-to-be-titled new album on September 21 via MMI/Crystal Math Music. They'll be at Key Arena on the 24th!
The Twilight Sad are playing The Crocodile on Friday, October 19th. Tickets here.
"Judy Staring at the Sun" featured guest vocals by Tanya Donelly. On the single mix, Donelly performed the song's chorus and second verse; on the album, however, her vocals appeared only in the chorus, and all verses were sung by Rob Dickinson.
The Capsize release party is September 14th at the Columbia City Theatre!
Bright to Death is Film School’s fifth album and first full-length since 2011’s Fission. Recorded over 8 days in November 2017 on the outskirts of Joshua Tree it is due out this September on Hauskat.
Recorded entirely over the course of one evening, “Silver Dollar” imagines the fallout of a hit-and-run, with the culprit leveraging their social status to avoid justice for their actions. This single is their Hardly Art debut.
The video is set in a messy warehouse...totally rock n' roll. Watch it here.
World Shut Your Mouth was written during Cope's 1983 retreat to the village of Drayton Bassett (close to his childhood home of Tamworth), following the breakup of Cope's former band The Teardrop Explodes. Two of the tracks, "Metranil Vavin" and "Pussyface," had in fact been intended for The Teardrop Explodes and different versions of each appear on the belated 1990 release of the band's scrapped third album.
Rubblebucket released “Annihilation Song” today, in anticipation of the full album Sun Machine out Aug 24 on Grand Jury. They're playing Neumos on November 9th!
There's something you're supposed to be texting to win Jack White tickets....
More happy birthday to Kristin Hersh!
Throwing Muses were formed in 1983 by Kristin and her stepsister Tanya Donelly. Tanya's band Belly play The Neptune on the 12th and then will be live on The Morning Show on the 13th!
Jack White is at the WaMu Theater on Monday! You did text in to win tickets, right?
IDLES will be live on the Morning Show on October 4th. This one is for broadcast only so be sure to tune in! On October 6th they're playing the Sunset. Tickets here.
"The proudly suburban Ontario band’s first album uses styles as different as indie pop, shoegaze, and post-hardcore to dramatize frontman Brandon Williams’ journey from despair to rage to resilience." -Pitchfork Here is the full review: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/chastity-death-lust/
Come down to this Friday's Concert at the Mural. It is the special Sub Pop 30th kickoff with Afghan Whigs, Yuno, & Mass Gothic! https://www.kexp.org/events/kexp-events/2018-kexp-and-seattle-center-concerts-mural-afghan-whigs-mass-gothic-yuno/
"I first discovered The Twinkeyz 45 'Aliens In Our Midst' in the late '70s when I was working for Subway Records in Cincinnati, Ohio," Chuck Cleaver wrote in a note to Noisey. "White vinyl with a picture sleeve and a comic book insert (I still have it). I loved the raw simplicity of it and thought the words were particularly wonderful. Wussy started playing it in our live sets a couple of years back and it’s gotten such a positive response that we decided to record it and put it on our newest record, What Heaven Is Like. Not to slight the others, but it’s actually my favorite song on the album. And considering the current shit storm, the words are as relevant as they’ve ever been. ALL HAIL THE TWINKEYZ!!!"
I wonder if someone on this Third Man release could be playing in Seattle Monday? If only there were a way you could win tickets...
Sub Pop #1198 - only a digital release. https://www.subpop.com/releases/kristin_kontrol/baby_are_you_in
They're playing the South Lake Union Block Party on Friday, August 10th! More info: http://www.slublockparty.com/
Jenn Champion is playing Chop Suey on August 9th. That's Thursday! https://www.ticketfly.com/event/1701680-jenn-champion-seattle/
The duo returned to the Moog Sound Lab to re-imagine "H.S.K.T." from 2014's Sylvan Esso.
From the ground up, Sylvan Esso (Nick Sanborn and Amelia Meath) rebuilt "H.S.K.T" into a pulsing tune thick with synth, using a bunch of gear found in the Moog Lab. See it here.
Phantogram contributed this song, "K.Y.S.A" to the Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack; the track appeared in "The Lab" radio station and was also included on the digital and physical versions of the Welcome to Los Santos album.
This song is a tribute to the '50s and '60s actress Jayne Mansfield. The song includes Manfield's cathphrase "divoon."
Sub Pop #1199. Check out the Pitchfork review of Strange Peace https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/metz-strange-peace/.
This is Sub Pop Number 1200 (!!) in KEXP's Sub Pop Countup. Watch Father John Misty perform this song (and others) live in the KEXP studio: www.youtube.com