cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:41 pm

III Fuzz

Clams wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 03, 2020 4:14 pm

Zip City wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 12, 2020 1:09 pm

The Neverly Boys - Dark Side of Everything

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:19 am

Iowan out there searchin' for a truer sound.

Clams wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:30 am

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:19 am

Iowan out there searchin' for a truer sound.

I remember there was a music blog by the same name. IIRC it might be where I first discovered Ray Wylie Hubbard.

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 2:17 pm

Clams wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:30 am

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:19 am

Iowan out there searchin' for a truer sound.

I remember there was a music blog by the same name. IIRC it might be where I first discovered Ray Wylie Hubbard.

There was. However, it is no longer with us. I did stumble across this playlist as I was trying to find some information about what became of A Truer Sound.

cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:19 am

Iowan out there searchin' for a truer sound.

On Friday, The War On Drugs will release Live Drugs, an old-school live album from a band known for faithfully adhering to old-school classic rock principles. Adam Granduciel has discussed using Bruce Springsteen’s Live 1975-85 — an expansive hodgepodge of recordings compiled over a decade and sequenced like a single show — as a template. Live Drugs takes that idea one step further by Frankenstein-ing several different versions of a song into a single super live track. It’s like The War On Drugs on steroids.

The result is a true rarity: an excellent live record by a contemporary rock band. It also feels like a capstone for their Lost In The Dream/A Deeper Understanding era, when The War On Drugs went from being a cult-ish indie act to one of the more popular and acclaimed mainstream rock bands of their generation. While the live versions don’t radically divert from their studio counterparts, the lushness and flat-out bigness of Live Drugs culminates the atmospheric and insistently anthemic heartland rock of the last two studio records. Granduciel set about to make grand music that could envelop the largest rooms, and Live Drugs shows that he achieved that goal. Whatever the band does after this will feel like the start of a new era, The War On Drugs 2.0.

Clams wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:21 am

New Music Friday....



The War on Drugs, Live Drugs

From Steven Hyden:

On Friday, The War On Drugs will release Live Drugs, an old-school live album from a band known for faithfully adhering to old-school classic rock principles. Adam Granduciel has discussed using Bruce Springsteen’s Live 1975-85 — an expansive hodgepodge of recordings compiled over a decade and sequenced like a single show — as a template. Live Drugs takes that idea one step further by Frankenstein-ing several different versions of a song into a single super live track. It’s like The War On Drugs on steroids.

The result is a true rarity: an excellent live record by a contemporary rock band. It also feels like a capstone for their Lost In The Dream/A Deeper Understanding era, when The War On Drugs went from being a cult-ish indie act to one of the more popular and acclaimed mainstream rock bands of their generation. While the live versions don’t radically divert from their studio counterparts, the lushness and flat-out bigness of Live Drugs culminates the atmospheric and insistently anthemic heartland rock of the last two studio records. Granduciel set about to make grand music that could envelop the largest rooms, and Live Drugs shows that he achieved that goal. Whatever the band does after this will feel like the start of a new era, The War On Drugs 2.0.

Clams wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:21 am

New Music Friday....



The War on Drugs, Live Drugs

From Steven Hyden:

On Friday, The War On Drugs will release Live Drugs, an old-school live album from a band known for faithfully adhering to old-school classic rock principles. Adam Granduciel has discussed using Bruce Springsteen’s Live 1975-85 — an expansive hodgepodge of recordings compiled over a decade and sequenced like a single show — as a template. Live Drugs takes that idea one step further by Frankenstein-ing several different versions of a song into a single super live track. It’s like The War On Drugs on steroids.

The result is a true rarity: an excellent live record by a contemporary rock band. It also feels like a capstone for their Lost In The Dream/A Deeper Understanding era, when The War On Drugs went from being a cult-ish indie act to one of the more popular and acclaimed mainstream rock bands of their generation. While the live versions don’t radically divert from their studio counterparts, the lushness and flat-out bigness of Live Drugs culminates the atmospheric and insistently anthemic heartland rock of the last two studio records. Granduciel set about to make grand music that could envelop the largest rooms, and Live Drugs shows that he achieved that goal. Whatever the band does after this will feel like the start of a new era, The War On Drugs 2.0.