2/2 - Sloan (Ottawa)

Hard To Find

Nice find. Sounds promising. New record out in a couple months. Per their Bandcamp page: https://connectionsband.bandcamp.com/album/cool-change 1.In Space 2.California Raisin 3.Slow Ride 4.Lorraine 5.Steppin' Out 6.I Confess 7.It's A Start 8.Bird Has Flown 9.Vacationland 10.Let Me Eat Cake 11.Unsolv...

https://www.popsike.ch/pix/20141216/131380690572.jpg Nice to see some EC love around here. His run of work from 1977-1991 is incredible. I had a very brief summer job working concert security at Canada's Wonderland. By FAR the highlight of that job was standing a few feet away from Elvis & his then...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51BnxGq8KBL._UX425_FMwebp_QL85_.jpg Fans of mid-90s Guided by Voices will find lots to like about this 2013 album that just registered on my radar this week. Interestingly enough, Connections is also from Ohio. Indeed. Works well for me. Not just from Dayton, but...

chuckrh wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:32 pm

dime in the gutter wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:52 pm

Lou bummed a cig from me once. I was like "here Mr Reed, take the pack!".

That’s fucking AMAZING Chuck! Love it!

https://2ndgrade.bandcamp.com/album/easy-listening DAMN, that was a treat. Top shelf power pop right there. Hat tip! First listen. Fuck yeah! HIts the power pop sweet spot. Great stuff. Now listening to their first album, Hit to hit. I could fall for these guys in a big way. OTOH, a quick, rough es...

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 26, 2022 11:56 am

DAMN, that was a treat. Top shelf power pop right there. Hat tip!

I feel fortunate to have seen Jess with Slobberbone a few times and with the Drams once. https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/slobberbone-jess-barr-obit/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ&fbclid=IwAR2_iZ9ZggWxrYqfMRLXm_pKLfFpaK0E5FSG9DcLzq1rQEr0MEKmNARQvNg Fuck, picking up on this late. Never had the goo...

Rewinding 32 years...

dime in the gutter wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 17, 2022 1:35 pm

i've seen DNC multiple times over the past 3-4 years with laur joamets. white hot rock and roll.

#allpraisekevnkinney

Nice! Gonna have to revisit the back catalogue. The new one is a mellower effort, very tuneful, some great lyrics

dime in the gutter wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 17, 2022 1:21 pm

3milelake wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 17, 2022 1:18 pm

hhhhhmmm. did kk just drop something?

Yeah, Dec. 9. first solo work in a decade, it's on Spotify, first listen...very nice.

3mike is deep down the Pollard rabbit hole! Not Circus Devils deep….yet. Was surprised to learn there are 4 releases under the Cash Rivers moniker, I only thought there was one! Most likely one off listens…quirky, funny stuff, yet some of the riffs and back beats are astoundingly good and almost a ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1X7WRVBXw8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhnIBMJHZJo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeaoEnhbePk
Pivotal Film, I know from reading Pollard bio they were well oiled when they recorded this, LOVE the looseness.

Damn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8C-rQGtBlM&t=286s

...particularly 29:54 Teenage FBI...fuckin' Pollard