Flash Back: My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello
I can’t get enough of good records on vinyl. This album is one of my top 60 albums of all time. Elvis Costello’s 1977 /78 US release of My Aim Is True is one of those rare debuts that pack a lot of honest guitar sound under 35 minutes. Though my favorite Costello album will always be Imperial Bedrooms as musically it’s style is all over the spectrum.
Desaparecidos Resurrected! - Conor Oberst
If you have not already heard, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes has resurrected his 2001-2002 band Desaparecidos. Personally I am ecstatic to hear something that is not folky rock but more gritty, lo-fi, garage rock. Unlike his solo efforts, Bright Eyes, and Monsters of Folk, Desparecidos packs a lot of energy and engages the listener to, do I dare say it, head bump. Desaparecidos will be doing a short tour mostly on the west coast. That is a HUGE disappointment for all the Midwest and East Coast fans.
Below is one of the two new songs Desaparecidos have been playing, “Left is Right.” The quality is not that great but man can you feel the intensity their music brings.
And of course from Read Music/ Speak Spanish, “Manana”
South By Southwest (SXSW) Band:
Titus Andronicus is a punk rock/indie rock band New Jersey formed in 2005. I could not help but instantly like this band after hearing “A More Perfect Union,” the first track from their 2010 album The Monitor. The vocals in that song remind me of one of my favorite bands Desaparecidos fronted by Conor Oberst. The old-school punk rock and indie-rock influences in Titus Andronicus’ music are easily noticeable. Titus Andronicus has the trademark sound of old-school punk rock with the guitar-heavy sound and an overall stripped down arrangement of instruments. Later this year the band is going to be releasing a new album: LP3.
Mind Spiders - Meltdown
It has been awhile since I heard good lo-fi, post-punk/surf rock music that I can sit through from start to finish without getting bored. Mind Spiders (from Fort Worth, Texas) take the key components of the aforementioned genres and produce a blend of great hooks, nice synth, and brassy vocals, that in turn makes for a album that is definitely not boring and gives you the right blend of sounds to shout and move to.
Listen to the album below and purchase it at: http://www.greennoiserecords.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=23803&osCsid=c739e7aa6508f73ee39fa78fd62395e7
