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R.I.P. Ron Asheton
The ridiculously influential Stooges guitarist was found dead in his Ann Arbor, Michigan home this morning. No official cause of death has been released. He was 60 years old.
We lost a giant today.
Ladyfinger back for more in February via Saddle Creek
With my boy Matt Bayles behind the boards, Omaha's Ladyfinger is back with Dusk, their follow-up to Heavy Hands.
Can't wait until Febuary to here some tracks? Fear not, their first single 'Little Things' can be heard right now.
You can pre-order the record now at the Saddle Creek online store and they will ship it two weeks early on January 20th!
Dusk will hit stores February 3rd courtesy of Saddle Creek Records.
Expect a review here at A Week at the Most in the coming weeks.
Maserati/Zombi Split LP coming in February
One of the best instrumental bands to come out the US in the last decade is the Atlantic, Georgia natives Maserati. Honestly, when you have Jerry Fuchs, whom is amazing drummer of Turing Machine among other things, banging the sticks can anything get any better.Their last record, Inventions Remixes, which was a re-working of their 2007 classic Inventions for the New Season, was a beast of a record and now they are back for more with an upcoming Split LP with the equally enthralling Zombi.
The February release on Temporary Residence features four tracks from Maserati and a epic length 14 minute cut from Pittsburgh's own Zombi.Maserati are currently writing new songs and plan to hit the road in March for a east coast/mid-west tour on their way to SXSW.
The Maserati/Zombi Split LP is now available to pre-order at the official Temporary Residence Limited website while a sampling of their new track 'Monoliths' can be heard now by going here.
2008/My Year In Lists
Gorgeous, star-gazing French pop. (If this were a beauty contest, it would take first place.)
09. Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
Songs that feel like they were recorded at the bottom of the ocean, by a lonely mermaid with a broken heart.
08. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Breezy, wordy pop songs about punctuation and vacation towns, this was the most fun to be had this year. (like the first day of summer)
07. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster/We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
Energetic, verbose pop straight from Wales, (& no strangers to ambition) they released two great albums in one year, a feat not many bands can claim.
06. Titus Andronicus - The Airing Of Grievances
You'd be angry too if you came from New Jersey. The best racket of the year.
05. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
A glorious marriage of their punkier early selves and the more ambient flourishes of their more recent work, Mogwai continue to make their typical trademark sound atypical.
04. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
A beautiful reinvigoration of their testier sides. Could have been perfected with a tightened tracklist. (I'm looking at you Golden Age/Dancing Choose)
03. Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
Bright, expansive songs that run the gamut from shoegaze, 90's stoner rock, doo-wop, and pyschedelic pop, this is another band who released two great albums in one year. If you are not a fan you are no friend of mine.
02. The Walkmen - You & Me
The most underrated album of the year and a return to form after their disappointing last album, You & Me is their best work yet but points to hope that it's not going to their end up their best ever.
01. Surf City - Surf City [EP]
The best kept secret of 2008 and my new soapbox.
There you go. If you're wondering where Fleet Foxes and Kanye were, check the rubbish pile. With love and squalor.
Sigur Ros really likes us. I really like us.
This promises to be so good you'll puke happiness (Vincent Morriset, the pied piper of indie kids' eyes).
Compiled from two shows in London on their 2008 tour, the band describes it as being 'purely performance-based', unlike their fabulous tour documentary/pastoral rendering, Heima. If you have not seen them live, get ready for the next best thing.
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