Songs of the Week #13- Editors Pick
“I like a song that can swell well, and this one is a tidal wave”
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MATTY:
"Boardwalk" -- Tijuana Panthers
Maybe it's because my parents are older than most of my friends'. Maybe it's got something to do with all the doo-wop, or soul, or 50's era music that was always playing in the car. Or maybe, like a ton of other people, I'm hankering for more throw-back shit to the 50's and 60's because I've watched Mad Men one too many times at this point. If you dream of an era where it's more appropriate to wear a hat at all times, and clothes were a bit more stylish, and crooners had a prominent position in the cultural marketplace, then Tijuana Panthers "Boardwalk" should do you right. Warning -- this is a long video with a cinematic point of view, and some distraction from the song itself, but it's the official one. Search YouTube for a non-official one to hear the song in an unadulterated fashion.
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SHENYAH:
“Fragment Two” -- These New Puritans
I was recently introduced to this band and absolutely love everything I’ve heard so far! I am particularly moved by the structure of this song, unfolding in pieces, adding new elements as other elements are taken away. These New Puritans go for it all with their instrumentation -- piano, drum kits, synths, guitars, live Foley techniques, percussive crashes, vocal layers, string sections, and a brass-woodwind ensemble! They have been known to perform with all of the above plus multiple melodic percussionists and a children’s choir! A seriously talented group of musicians who make me want more!
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CARRIE:
"Buriedfed" -- Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
This song captures the wild freedom that is Death and End. It reminds that those universal concepts unite us in our humanity, through the voices that join his as the song goes on. I like a song that can swell well, and this one is a tidal wave.
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ROY:
"Damn Machines" - The Gary
A true Luddite diatribe should not be made with guitars and amps and recorded to tape or hard drive. It should be written down with pencil on paper and left in a desk somewhere. Or spoken softly into a pillow late one night. Or shared as only a long stare into the dark of a deep woods. But I like this short song, barely shaking its fist at the mechanized world. The band doesn't even get that worked up about it, the singer losing no cool. It is the shaken cry of the beaten.
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JOHN:
“Time” -- Merchandise
This week I have fallen in love with the Tampa band, Merchandise. They bring electro clash elements of post-punk pop with hints of punk of yore -- Morrissey on acid, some punk drunk love and every other bullshit word ever used to describe a band. I know I love a band if their music hits me in the heart, and Merchandise does just that.
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