- Remember how I was just bitching about the sorry state of affairs Music ’07? Well, I think I’m half right. The New Pornographers’ Challengers phones in more of the same mid-tempo pop they recorded for Twin Cinema. The best part of “My Rights versus Yours” steals the opening guitar chords from “Good Day Sunshine.” Check it out for yourself [That version won’t have two blips at the end.]
- Or you can totally buy the hype at Gorilla vs. Bear. [You know, credit for posting repeatedly throughout the day, but wow, this is straight up PR copy. Par for the course…]
- That Spoon album? Idolator’s sentiments more or less hit the mark. More latent Billy Joelisms than those on Gimme Fiction, but for its high points [“The Ghost of You Lingers,” “You Got Yr Cherry Bomb”] it feels too much like the second half of Kill the Moonlight.
- Speaking of Idolator, I was just speaking to a certain nameless someone about how Idolator at times seems like that member of the Gawker family who left for college only to graduate to a life of slacking on Mom and Dad’s couch. Well, that may be true, but posts like this one really make my day.
- In light of those two aforementioned albums, I’m worried to listen to the new Art Brut too closely. Too late! It sounds more polished and professional than the last record [see also: Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, Spoon, et. al.] but no more likely to make a crossover splash than the last record.
- Here’s k‑punk on a new dubstep comp. As with so many new genres that are coming and going almost simultaneously, it feels like folks are lining up to give eulogies at birthday parties.
- If you’re a Fishtowner, this is totally amazing.
- This is practically within my grasp, although this probably takes precedent.
- Anyone with thoughts on the Kodak v705, leave comments. My SLR-lite camera has not only never had the tight focus I’ve needed, nor the fun possibilities of a slim point and shoot. In short, WANT!
2 responses to “Remember that some folks work on the weekend.”
Good day sunshine? WTF are you taliking about . Wow, are you ever a malcontent dork.
Glad you deemed yourself to be ‘half-right’ on a such a subjective statement.
Malcontent dork? Really? Is it unfair to expect more from a band that breathed new life into power pop? Also: you don’t hear “Good Day Sunshine” in those opening chords as the electric guitars come in?