ana ng by they might be giants
christine by the house of love
suzanne by moose
miranda by slowdive
valerie by broadcast
joan of arc by orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
celeste by the telescopes
irene by caetano veloso
judy by papercuts
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Emoetry, or...How Does It Feel to Feel?
When I was 17...I apparently had some pretty sappy taste in music.
I first heard the term "emo" in 1996 at my first high school marching band practice. After grilling each other on our tastes, two of my drumline-mates (who happened to be twin brothers and my future bandmates in my first band) brought me a stack of LPs and 7"s to digest and the following weekend invited me to my first "real" show.
I had to lie to my parents about where I was going, as the catering hall where the show was happened to be in a pretty bad neighborhood. Needless to say, it completely blew my mind. Although the only band I could remember playing that night was Miracle of 86 and a friends band - The Greyfind Sequence - I couldn't believe people barely older than I was at the time could book shows and put out their own records. However, the most impressive aspect of the whole experience was that instead of macho hardcore or knucklehead punk, they were singing about more introspective and personal topics. I spent the rest of that night in my bedroom listening to those records on headphones and reading zines by flashlight.
To that end, this post is a collection of songs from that era: before emo became glam pop-punk and makeup was for Kiss.
blue boy by texas is the reason
gloria by mineral
radio by christie front drive
roses in water by sunny day real estate
burning bridges by the get up kids (coalesce)
forget me by the promise ring
it's not funny anymore by lifetime (husker du)
everything i feel is more than everything you feel
I first heard the term "emo" in 1996 at my first high school marching band practice. After grilling each other on our tastes, two of my drumline-mates (who happened to be twin brothers and my future bandmates in my first band) brought me a stack of LPs and 7"s to digest and the following weekend invited me to my first "real" show.
I had to lie to my parents about where I was going, as the catering hall where the show was happened to be in a pretty bad neighborhood. Needless to say, it completely blew my mind. Although the only band I could remember playing that night was Miracle of 86 and a friends band - The Greyfind Sequence - I couldn't believe people barely older than I was at the time could book shows and put out their own records. However, the most impressive aspect of the whole experience was that instead of macho hardcore or knucklehead punk, they were singing about more introspective and personal topics. I spent the rest of that night in my bedroom listening to those records on headphones and reading zines by flashlight.
To that end, this post is a collection of songs from that era: before emo became glam pop-punk and makeup was for Kiss.
blue boy by texas is the reason
gloria by mineral
radio by christie front drive
roses in water by sunny day real estate
burning bridges by the get up kids (coalesce)
forget me by the promise ring
it's not funny anymore by lifetime (husker du)
everything i feel is more than everything you feel
Sunday, August 9, 2009
get down under
sorry by the easybeats
ragged patch by house of nimrod
pyromaniac by the verlaines
hold on to the rail by the great unwashed
it's kind of funny by josef k
point that thing somewhere else by the clean
she speeds by the straitjacket fits
dream by dream by the chills
part I
Monday, June 22, 2009
girls
victoria by the kinks
christine by jk & co.
genevieve by angel pavement
alison by slowdive
mary anne by spacemen 3
jennifer by faust
lucia by a. more
ana by the pixies
jenny artichoke by kaleidoscope [uk]
girls girls girls
christine by jk & co.
genevieve by angel pavement
alison by slowdive
mary anne by spacemen 3
jennifer by faust
lucia by a. more
ana by the pixies
jenny artichoke by kaleidoscope [uk]
girls girls girls
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
doc mailman: is it too doc mailman
featuring the blog's namesake
doc mailman is always marc maffei and dave maffei and now mike reilly and formerly gordon faylor and sometimes justin marino and casey jost
well, is it?
psychic reins: summer, part one
speak like a child by the style council
rumours in town by the exploding hearts
days of broken arrows by the idle race
modulated tones by spacemen 3
my face is on fire by felt
coming down by the united states of america
motorbike by wooden shjips
cool your boots by ride
will smith
rumours in town by the exploding hearts
days of broken arrows by the idle race
modulated tones by spacemen 3
my face is on fire by felt
coming down by the united states of america
motorbike by wooden shjips
cool your boots by ride
will smith
Thursday, May 28, 2009
psychic reins: summer, part two
silly things by tom spacey
when you were mine by the church
& jury by colin newman
sleeping gas by the teardrop explodes
this can't be today by the rain parade
working nights by camberwell now
celebrated summer
when you were mine by the church
& jury by colin newman
sleeping gas by the teardrop explodes
this can't be today by the rain parade
working nights by camberwell now
celebrated summer
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