Evan Dando: Stop My Head
The recent TWD Throwbacks featured the wonderful song and video for Blur's Coffee and TV. The quirky and charming animation in this video got me thinking about my other favorite animated indie rock videos from my high school days. This brings me to Evan Dando and the 2003 release of the Jon Brion produced solo album entitled Baby I'm Bored.
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It's been four days since I put the call out for straight-forward, even-keeled, unpretentious, honest pop rock. Apparently the indie rock gods heard my calls and graced me with the newest EP from Baltimore-based band Eureka Birds.
Eureka Birds – That Mountain Is A Volcano
Eureka Birds – There Was Light
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Honestly I had kind of forgotten about Mirah. I was a big fan of C'mon Miracle in college, but haven't listened to anything from her since. I do love Thao though, and I'm a recent convert to tUnE-YaRdS' crazy productions, so this team-up is pretty overwhelming.
Thao & Mirah (ft. tUnE-YaRdS) – Eleven
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The Roots make everything better. It's just science. Like I wish I could put The Roots on the sandwich I ate for dinner last night, cause that shit sucked. Anyways, Lupe Fiasco performed what is probably my least favorite song on Lasers, "The Show Goes On" on Fallon last night and it was chill as an ice cube. I think there's a formula that says "?uestlove + gospel choir + hip hop song = briliance" but I didn't really pay attention in high school Physics.
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If you like good music, beer, and want a chance to meet some of the Dig authors, you should come to the Crooked I tomorrow night to see Matty B and the Dirty Pickles. Read on for more information.
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This is my JAM. I've been stalking @XtotheV's Twitter feed for daysss waiting for this video to hit. It finally did today and it does the song justice. It's pretty damn straight-forward, but it's colorful and full of fast cuts and I'm easily entertained. Vizzy's main mission right now seems to be to work me into a fever pitch waiting for The Kid With The Green Backpack to drop. He's winning.
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Blur – Coffee and TV
There was a short period in high school when I was so into Blur that I thought they were the perfect band. Their sound was just so appealing to me that I starting telling people that if I ever had a band, it would end up sounding just like Blur.
The video for "Coffee and TV" is a classic (Animated Milk Carton category). The song also contains what is probably my favorite harmony of all-time on the line "I've seen so much I'm going blind, and I'm brain-dead, virtually" during the chorus. Whenever I'm singing along in my car I can never decide whether to take the high or low part.
This is the kind of straight-forward, even-keeled, unpretentious, honest pop rock that I miss these days. Anyone have any suggestions on where I could find it?
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Just came across the first track off of Nyle's mixtape Trailer, which drops on Friday. You may remember our man Nyle from his stellar reworking of Weezy's "Let the Beat Build" and it's single-take video. This new track keeps the percussion-section-heavy live beats and showcases a rawer side of Nyle's rhyming.
Nyle – Dundiddit (ft. Fresh Daily & Mic-L)
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You know, the reason I got into blogging was to introduce all of you to great tunes. I never really anticipated how great having a blog would be for my own musical discovery. The tight-knit community of blogbros means that great tracks and bands get passed around from band to blog to readers to blogs to blogs to readers to bands and back to blogs. Today's example is the lads of Chicago's Fort Frances and their album The Atlas, which I've been devouring for a week.
Fort Frances – Falling Down
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We have big, huge, epic news today at Those Who Dig. We are extremely honored to have been asked by Aaron of TSURURADIO to join a collective of some of the biggest, baddest, and bestest music bloggers on the interwebs today. The group is affectionately called the Paper Crane Collective and the official launch is today!! Each of the bloggers will contribute an original feature to the Collective a couple times a month.
For our part, we'll be writing a feature every other Tuesday (starting tomorrow!) called "All-Time Top 5" in which we profess our massive love for High Fidelity and present a Top 5 list on various topics, genres, themes, news stories, or whatever we feel like writing about that day – along with commentary, stories, and tunes!
So what the hell are you waiting for, get over to the PCC and check out what's going on!!
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