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LxListening: Consistency is a Virtue

12 Apr

psychedelic

Keeping in line with our post yesterday, highlighting what we believe to be the ten best psychedelic rock albums of all time, I decided to cull a few choice nuggets from my personal library and say a few words.  Seeing as our list of albums yesterday stuck mostly to the classics (and understandably so), I decided to keep most of the tracks on here a bit more modern.  In a bit of a hurry today, so I’ll let you get right to the action.  Enjoy.

Kurt Vile – “Wakin on a Pretty Day”

Todd, Wes, and I had a little text conversation yesterday about Kurt Vile’s new album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze, and while we couldn’t decide whether it was superior to his previous release (Smoke Ring For My Halo), we all agreed its pretty damn good.  Album opener, “Wakin on a Pretty Day”, to me, shows Vile is becoming completely comfortable in his strengths and abilities.  And unlike many of the bands that are harkening back to another time that are much-lauded today, I feel Vile alludes to his influences more than mimics them.
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Lxlistening: Back in the Game…Kinda

15 Mar

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I have been ungodly amounts of busy/occupied pretty much since the new year.  Lots of work mixed in with intense bouts of play has made my attentiveness to what’s new in music quite low.  Well, it’s about time that changed.  I’ve made it my goal to catch up on everything I have missed, starting perhaps with maybe actually reading my co-writer’s posts from the past month and a half to see what’s good.  The process may just be beginning, but with a little work, I’m sure I’ll be up to speed in not time.  Here are a few newer nuggets that have struck me in the past week, and one old standard.  Enjoy.
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LxListening: 5 Podcasts to Pass the Time

25 Jan

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Without a computer, and an influx of new music, I have been spending most of my “listening” time checking out podcasts to pass the time in the car and at work.  I’ve tried a few music related podcasts, but to be completely honest, I would rather call Wes or Todd for music recommendations than listen to some windbag with a microphone clue me in.  In lieu of music-related podcasts, I have trended more towards comedy podcasts, and have found quite a few that entertain.  Here are five that are more than worth a listen, in order of how much I enjoy them.

5.  The Nerdist with Chris Hardwick

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The Nerdist probably landed the biggest “pull” of 2012 by getting Tom Hanks to agree to do a podcast.  Chris Hardwick does a good job of interviewing his guests, keeping things light, and focusing on the nerdier aspects of each guest.  Hardwick also does probably the best job of any host on this list of bringing in a large range of guests, from comedians to actors to directors.  If you want t hear Ron Perlman talk on his love of Frank Sinatra karaoke or Timothy Olyphant divulge about his early days as a stand-up comic, check out The Nerdist.
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LxListening: The Time is Nigh

16 Nov

We are inching closer to our end of the year lists.  It’s really just a month or so away until we release the definitive account of the year in music, including albums, songs, and new artists.  With that in mind, I want to recognize more artists who have made a mark on 2012.  I hope everyone enjoys these five songs we put out most Fridays, but more than anything I like to use these lists just as much for myself.  It is convenient to have a record of what music we were enjoying at particular moments during the year.  I can look back to a LxListening post from early in the year and refresh my memory as to why I liked a certain track or was digging a certain artist.  It’s kind of like Todd’s sex journal, only instead of trying to refresh his memory to figure out who gave him the clap, I identify certain moods or trends in my musical tastes.  After that tasteless jab, I have no choice but to press on and give you five more tracks to brighten your Friday.
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LxListening: Four Ladies and a Little Man

26 Oct

This post is kind of like this…but not at all.

For this week’s Lxlistening, I wanted to highlight several tracks that have come out this year whose album we failed to review.  Even though each album was noteworthy enough for me to go, “Hey guys, I’m gonna review this”, for some reason reviewing another album (or life in general) got in the way.  Good or bad (mostly good), I hoped this week to give you a some brief feelings on the album as well as the chosen track.  And yes, surprise surprise, my focus is mostly on strong female singers this week.  But hey, even the only man on the list is attracted to dudes, so I have some semblance of a theme.  Here we go.
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