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Sunday, November 15, 2009

I almost forget how to write a column about music, that's how much of a shmuck I've been over the course of the last two, three months of not in any way fulfilling my responsibilities as author of The Good, The Bad, and The Misunderstood.

I would say this is an apology, but it's not. I'm more excited as I've listened to countless new albums in the last two, or three months and have nothing but the good, the good, and the good to thrust upon you, eager listeners of music.

So lets get to it.  Forgive my absence.  It hurt me too.

As always, thanks for reading.


Who/What:  The Sandwitches - Back To The Sea
Where Did I Find It:  San Francisco, California, bastion of all things amazing.

Why Do I Like It:  I would say it's because this is an entire album of cheeky, fuzzy garage-sounding modern day girl group pop, but I'd be wrong.  This is a diverse album of excellently performed albums that spans everything from country to American gothic to the above mentioned fuzzy girl pop.  It's at times energizing, at times haunting, and at all times entirely enjoyable.  This one might be a contender for my end of list.

:The Sandwitches - Back To The Sea:


Who/What:  Atlas Sound - Doctor (Five Discs Cover)
Where Did I Find It:  Gorilla v. Bear, you know it, you love it, just admit it

Why Do I Like It:  Atlas Sound skirts the edge of 60s pop, the distant, dark, creepy edge of 60s pop.  Don't disagree, Bradford Cox loves himself some 60s pop, and in the far-off corners of his music, you can hear it's up-jumpity influence.  And that's why I like this track Doctor, it discards the weirdness and just head first dives in to a gritty, lo-fi doo-wop track.  It makes my heart, cold and rock-like as it is, pulse with a gentle bit of love.

:Atlas Sound - Doctor (Five Discs Cover):


Who/What:  King Khan & The BBQ Show - I'll Be Loving You
Where Did I Find It:  I stalk these fellows, it's a problem and a reality.

Why Do I Like It:  King Khan & The BBQ Show are included in my list of favorite musicians currently performing.  See them live, listen to them on record, or just remember their tunes in your throbbing brain matter and you'll see why.  This is a genre flipped and turned all the while paying impressive, knowledgeable homage to what came before.  Invisible Girl isn't my favorite of their releases, but I'll Be Loving You bounces with the same fervor of the best tracks from their last album.  I'm a little sad this album is out, because now I have to wait another year or so for another new one.

:King Kahn And The BBQ Show - I'll Be Loving You:


Who/What:  Budo - Walk Away
Where Did I Find It:  Full disclosure, Budo is a great friend of mine, and this, his first album, was given to me directly by him

Why Do I Like It:  I've been a Budo fan for years.  We've lived together, smoked endless cigs together, talked about the state of hip-hop together, and vandalized a single bulldozer together.  I couldn't be happier that his new album is as good as everything else he's created.  The man's prolific, so give it a year and I imagine this burgeoning producer will be a household name.

:Budo - Walk Away:
 

Noah Sanders is the blog/news editor at Light In The Attic and a contributor at Sound On The Sound and the KEXP blog.  He also has his own Criterion-based film site, Criterion Quest.   If you'd like to contact Noah in regards to his writings here at Side One: Track One then please do so here.

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