WILCO
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Holy crap, you can stream the brand spankin’ new album from Wilco right here:
DO IT!
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In-Flight Safety - Model Homes video
Q & A with Shotgun Jimmie
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How has your tour been so far?
Tour has been great, I bought an old Garnet cab in Winnipeg. Its deadly.
Is there a common theme on Still Jimmie?
The never ending battle of good vs evil.
How did the duet with Simone on “Quicksand” come about?
I’m a big fan of Simone’s singing and songwriting. I think of her as a true artist and I was actually suprised when she agreed to do it.
What’s the best thing about Tofino, BC?
The legion.
Yo La Tengo or My Blood Valentine?
Yola tengo. Always.
Loverboy or Glass Tiger?
Either. Never.
Sixteen Candles or Breakfast Club?
Breakfast club. “I taped this kids buns together”
How would you describe your guitar playing style?
A work in progress.
Does playing your songs with different backing bands make you think of the music differently?
I don’t think of the songs any differently but some times It enables me to blow out guitar solos.
What are yer five favorite albums at the moment?
1) Years by one thousand finger tips (Attack in Black)
2) Three (Joel Plaskett)
3) Blood Visions (Jay Reatard)
4) Keep it like a secret (Built to Spill)
5) Three (Joel Plaskett) come on…… its three discs, it should be aloud to be on “top lists” more than once.
New Shotgun Jimmie & Dog Day videos
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Shotgun Jimmie - Mind Crumb
Dog Day - Happiness
Filed under Music | Comment (0)Five Favorites with Dog is Blue
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Van Morrison - Moondance
I stole Moondance from my dad when I was in high school and that was all she wrote. It has been hands down my favourite album ever since the first time I even thought about having a favourite. The whole thing is just a pefectly uplifting romp with excellent melodies and a voice that can’t be beat. My dad eventually asked for his copy back, but I had to buy him a new one, as I had played it to death.
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
I found this album in a box of vinyl my uncle dropped off for me. The title alone in conjunction with Nilsson nonchalantly standing in his robe on the cover instantly won me over. If you ask me, the sheer balls it takes to put the awesome melodrama of “Without You” next to the ridiculous yet equally excellent “Coconut” says everything there is to say about Harry Nilsson. This is the sort of diverse, but cohesive mix of craziness and top-notch vocals that I will always aspire to create.
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
I always thought Blonde on Blonde would be the be all and end all of Dylan albums for me, but lately Highway 61 Revisited has crept in and stolen the show with it’s comparitively short running time (I’m a sucker for a quick listen), poignant lyrical focus and top notch songwriting. This is Dylan at his angriest and it’s an intoxicating intensity that I can only ever hope to replicate.
Rheostatics - Melville
Not a lot of people in my age group seem to give the Rheostatics any love. It’s a damn shame. Sure, for the sake of that stoic coolness we musicians covet I’d probably be safer namedropping The Replacements or Pavement (both of whom are awesome, mind you), but screw it–at their best these guys were innovative and amazing. Between Melville and Whale Music I can’t get enough, but “Record Body Count” is just so damn fantastic that it gives the former an edge. If their rendition of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” isn’t one of the best covers going then I don’t know what is.
The Kinks - Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
As far as Kinks albums go, this probably isn’t one a lot of people choose, but I could listen to Arthur ad-nauseum. It’s diverse, complex and achieves what it sets out to do: tell a cohesive and layered tale while at the same time presenting excellent individual tracks. The classic Kinks’ singles are great, but it’s the overall daring and audacity exemplified by albums like this that really resonate with me. It’s silly at times and somber at others, but always brash, bold and unrelenting.
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