Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 02:26PM Recently my buddies at Hook and Line asked me to speak about my current favorite artists.....here they are.....and yes the great Peter Lodato is #1:
Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 02:01PM Did you recently Dutch Oven your partner in bed? Did you get a little too tipsy and make some harsh comments?....Have you got her/him (him for beau) flowers multiple times in a row?....Here's something original for that special person....The Tallest Man on Earth is a badass.....Matter of fact this kid is pouring his heart OUt...his most personal feelings right there in the song....And he makes it seem rad.....part Dylan/folk/acoustic luv songs/unique vox......damn good and super consistent at this point:
LISTEN HERE:
The Tallest Man on Earth "1904" mp3
The Tallest Man on Earth "Theres No Leaving Now" mp3
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 09:09PM Goodbye Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros....You've been great...You were the darlings of the underground press.....You made all of us sound so cool when we were the first of our friends to recommend you.....You made me wanna be a hippy....all over again.....I wanted to sell my car and travel by train....grow my hair long (again) and drink beer out a brown paper bag and finger bang hairy bushes.....but...you've been summonsed....The world needs you....Arenas need to be filled....The ranks of Arcade Fire and Coldplay await...Now, there is absolutley nothing wrong with that.....You've got to be a super talented badass band to get that big....This album is spectacular.....The soundtrack of summer 2012 fo'sho'.....In true Edward Sharpe style, these yippies deliver their message of peace, love, and beatles flawlessly.....And now they explode......Such a rad listen:
LISTEN HERE:
Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeros "Fiya Wata" mp3
Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeros "Dear Believer" mp3
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Monday, May 21, 2012 at 02:55PM I've been pretty adamant about my favorite album so far this year.....Father John Misty's "Fear Fun". It's a mastpiece in the vien of a classic Neil Young album or Highway 61 Revisted....It's been the benchmark for me in 2012.....On my walk to the studio this morning I threw on the new Walkmen record....It's close...Damn close, to the best album I've heard this year.....The Walkmen have grown up.....The Walkmen have a progression....starting with Bows & Arrows, then You and Me, then Lisbon.....now Heaven.....each album gets a little better. Heaven sounds like it's title.....orchestral vox/great stories/wall'o sOUnd/modern indie rock/amazing arrangements.....Fleet Foxes, Robin Pecknold even sits in to sing on a track.....Now I wanna run to the studio....I wanna complete every half-way finished project all at once....and dear lawd is there a lot of ace on the Venice b-walk today...i wanna slap them all and take off running like a fiend...ha...oh mane...I've used that before...(who says that twice!?!?!?!).get this:
LISTEN HERE:
The Walkmen "The Love You Love" mp3
The Walkmen "Love is Luck" mp3
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Friday, May 18, 2012 at 02:04PM wow....No matter how many artists, painters, musicians, I read about there are always ones you miss or just somehow have never heard of.....Otto Dix is one of those artists. This German painter was waaaaaaayyyy ahead of his time and his influence is very evident today....a little Van Gogh a little Crumb:
