January 2009
4 posts
The Softies - Sleep Away Your Troubles
When I decided to get serious about mp3bloggin’ again, one of the first things I put online was a handful of songs by The Softies, who I’d just found out about.
The thing to know here is that I have the biggest crush ever on Rose Melberg, who was half of The Softies (and also fronted Tiger Trap, who are also totally great, and has a few solo records that are pretty nice).
So, The...
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Not that anyone really needs me to tell them about a Decemberists record, let alone one from 2006, but:
I was relistening to some records today - something I actually don’t do all that often, since I try to be always working through my enormous stash of records I haven’t even listened to yet - and I put The Crane Wife on and instantly remembered what a good record it is.
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Low Motion Disco - Things Are Gonna Get Easier
This has been my jam for a few weeks now. Samples heavily “O-o-h Child” by The Five Stairsteps (it’s basically a remix) (also I can’t talk about that song without thinking of the reference to it in The Beastie Boys’ “Intergalactic”, which probably says something). Anyway, this is slowed down and smoothed out - calm, sensuous, optimistic. Low Motion...
