How Marvellous...: January 2010

Saturday, 30 January 2010

I Kiss U (la la la la)

Trying to get back into this lark - I've been trawling, nay trudging, through the icy slush of new sounds that get sent your way if you have so much as a sniff of a music blog. Dreary & grey tho much of it is, like life, ones persistence & hope can be rewarded.

This is very good I thinks, from Denver, Colorado two-piece 28-200 (twenty eight to two hundred) who are Aimée (drums & vocals) + Mister L (guitar, bass & vocals) - likely I'd lose nearly a minute off the end... short , sweet & leave 'em wanting more, that's the way - just call me picky.

♫ I Kiss U - 28-200
Video Games & Popsicle Sticks (2009)
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Friday, 29 January 2010

The Secret History - Johnny Anorak

So The Secret History have been around a while now (2007), and yet seem surprisingly little-mentioned on music blogs. Perhaps I price myself too low? . They've been busy, it seems - recording their first full album "The World that Never Was" and here's a single from it.

♫ Johnny Anorak - The Secret History
The World that Never Was (March 16 on Le Grand Magistery)
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I'd lose the football-chant intro for that, as a single release/radio-edit & let the music loose from the get-go; tho' even that seems to start out somewhat rockier for the first few bars until taking a more expected turn. Perhaps it'd make more sense in the album context?.

and by way of an introduction, at the end... from their Desolation Town EP - I rather liked this... and it may make sense of my comments above.
♫ The Ballad of The Haunted Hearts - The Secret History
Desolation Town EP (2008)
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Saturday, 16 January 2010

Swan Sung Blue

Just a dry-cleaner's wall sign, from the more well-worn end of Washington Street in Brighton, Mass.
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they've some cool signs & posters - here's another... no doubt swans come from far & wide to get a spruce up for Springtime.