Music Blur

So begins the countdown to Austin City Limits (ACL).  Although I will not be in attendance on Friday, Thievery Corporation will be, and you should check them out.  The word on the street is they will also be playing an after-ACL show at Stubb’s on Saturday.
“Lebanese Blonde” was the first song I heard from Thievery [...]

I told you I wasn’t done with the BJM, and I won’t be done after this post either.  They have so much amazing, untouched material.  I had many Brian Jonestown Massacre songs that I wanted to share, but Who? really stands out.  It just sounds like it should be mainstream.  I mean, why didn’t this [...]

All of this talk about Just Like Honey got me a bit nostalgic about that song, and how much I love it.
So imagine my surprise and delight when yesterday, while listening to NPR’s All Songs Considered podcast, they featured a band called Headless Heroes.  The host, Bob Boilen, said that the album was filled with [...]

What?   You don’t know about The Brian Jonestown Massacre?  I guess that’s not too strange.  I certainly didn’t either until a friend recommended the documentary DiG! to me.  It follows the careers of The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols over a seven year period.  I am now recommending it to you, so do what [...]

Ween, you are great. Roses are Free is just a crazy song.  I’m a big fan of their album Quebec, but this song is off of Chocolate and Cheese.  I’m not really sure what it means, but I’m thinking it’s kind of religiously skeptical or skeptically religious.  Either way, I’m digging it.  The sound [...]

The Flaming Lips are described as, “an acid-bubblegum band with as much affinity for sweet melodies as blistering noise assaults, their off-kilter sound, uncommon emotional depth, and bizarre history firmly established them as true originals.” (AOL Music)
I first heard this song when I was still in college, and it instantly caught my attention.  It wasn’t [...]