Tindersticks (with Ann Magnusson) - Buried Bones from Curtains (1997) /chamber pop/((“Turn around and it’s winter, darling.Look in the mirror and it won’t be you.So you’re an old, old dog,you’ve been around the blockSo many timesand it’s the same old turns,same old feelings straight down the line.Yeah, I can love you.Grab that leash and drag […]
Augie March - This Train from Strange Bird (2002) /gosbullrockabill/((“Pods of wealthy blonde gobbets with red-rind eyes getting pecked at by the heroin sparrows of the western skies, It may be married to the tracks but this train flies and it’s taking no passengers. “We’ll stand on his hand, that’s how you pin your man, […]
Not one of my best efforts, (or maybe it is.. I don’t know) but definitely listenable, and the best named. Tending towards a bit eclectic angle than some of my efforts.
Annie - Heartbeat from Anniemal (2004) /elEktrOPoP/((“Majestic sound round and round and round, glad you’re next to me. There was a time everybody was around and I was dancing with you, don’t know you your name, making me ashamed to feel the way that I do. I won’t forget the greatest times I […]
This is a non update sort of update that merely exists to change the front of this damn site. I’m not allowed to take time to add more. Just to spend it on other even less useful things. Funny to think that way on the holidays, but I have decided to write […]
Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass from The Silent Alarm (2005) /nu.wave.disco.punk/((“It’s so cold in this house. It’s so cold in this bed. I can’t eat, I can’t sleep. I can’t sleep, I can’t dream. I’m aversioned to light. Like drinking poison. Like eating glass.”The lights flick off in succession. It’s restless inside. Someone’s knocking […]
The Decemberists - Eli, The Barrowboy from Picaresque (2005) /folkpop/((“They laid his body down in a curchyardbut still when the moon is out, with his pushcartHe calls down the day.Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown -made of gold and silk Arabian thread.But I am dead and gone and lying in […]
Kings of Convenience - I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From (Röyksopp Remix) from Versus (2001) /mellow electro ballad/((“You called me after midnight,must have been three years since we last spoke.I slowly tried to bring backthe image of your face from the memories so old.I tried so hard to follow,but didn’t catch the […]
Doves - Darker from Sea EP (1999) /biting alt britpop/((“Bad snow freeze my throatand numbs my soul.Eats me whole to pick me up.Thats where you know;free to go.You call the jones.Makes me old before I’m old.Its all you love.”Another gust throws ice and muck into his face. He blinks it off and lowers head […]
Animal Collective - Leaf House from Sung Tongs (2004) /psych fop/((“This house is sad. Because he’s gone. mee-oww. Kitties! mee-oww. Kitties! mee-ow. Kitties! me-owww.”The burning yellow straw is globuled over with sticky syrup. Every one is singing and holding hands, but they don’t know why. Rain drops of oily sheen […]