Wednesday, April 23, 2003

 

may I hip you to some new and exciting sounds? m'man.... I say... m'man, you must listen to some of these songsby some of today's masters of the genre called pop music.

I may be the only kid on the block with this opinion, but I believe Evan Dando has made a damn fine album. Its called Baby, I'm Bored. After seven years gone, this ex-lemonhead returns. He's cleaned up, and claims to drink non-alcoholic beers. It once was, he'd record his vocal parts from the floor of the studio on account of him being too high to sing standing up. His voice sounds great on this record, tho. Mellow, like a cool breeze. In the very same way that Beth Orton can wrap a song into her voice like its a blanket on a cold night, Dando writes these ditties so he can emerge from the song. And therein lies the beauty of good music. Its the songwriting. And with the songs he's crafted some perfect pop music that I can't get out of my head. I think you can listen to the whole album on his website.





Oh, and by the way, most of these songs are collaborations of one sort or another. He beds down with Ben Lee, Royston Langdon (singer from Spacehog), and the guys from Calexico.

Jon Brion,too. Jon Brion is a guy who, in Hollywood, is known as the creme de la creme. Who sounds great, but I think his mind for production gets in the way of his performance... that's just me. He can produce records like a mufuggah. He plays regularly in LA's hot spot, Largo. Which is right across the street from the very best Jewish Deli in the entire world,

Canters.






Man, I could have me a sammich, right about now.

Oh, and if yer in the mood for that dreamy, folky lo-fi sound that the kids have been putting out, go get yorself a copy of the My Morning Jacket record called Tennessee Fire. Its so sweet, I want to cry. Especially the song called "I Will Be There When You Die." I swear to God I almost break down and cry.

posted by Hog 10:01 PM