I’m a complete sucker for bands, songs, or just about anything from/about California. So Paul Curreri’s new song/album “California” was a no brainer. First of all I like Paul Curreri and second of all I like his wife Devon Sproule. Paul’s music is unpredictable – it can be folksy and charming at times and then loud and rambunctious. He’s a talented musician, producer and songwriter.
California is out now in the US and can be picked up here through CD Baby.
I’ve written a bunch about Adam Carroll. I’ve covered his solo records (here), a duo record with Michael O’Connor (here) and now a live from Flipnotics Cafe record.
To quote myself here’s what I originally wrote about the song “Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler” when it first appeared on Adam’s record Old Town Rock N Roll:
The song is about a loner who roams the land getting into and out of trouble, both mortal and of the soul. With lines like “drivin’ down the west coast highway”, “songs out the window was all he had to lose” (can’t you just picture the songs floating out the window?), “cuttin’ heads on the chitlin’ circuit”, and “snorting cocaine off a buck knife” Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler is as timeless as the Oklahoma dust bowl and the howling winds of West Texas.
I think that pretty much nails it, except to say that this live record features production and playing by Scrappy Jud Newcomb and along with the older songs Adam throws in a couple of new ones. If you are an Adam Carroll completist like myself you’ll want to buy this one (here). Catch Adam Carroll at Flipnotics on 9pm on Friday night and then stay for friend and Austin legend Beaver Nelson (or go a little early to see Scrappy Jud Newcomb).
I know I should be doing a SXSW preview, but this new music from Roy Davis is a pressing matter and it couldn’t wait. Roy Davis’ new record is called We Are A Lightning Bolt and came out back in January. I wrote about Roy Davis back in 2008 and thankfully Roy remembered and followed up with me. He sent three songs from the new record ranging from experimental folk to full on rave up Americana. It’s the song “Stranger’s House” with its chorus of “I’m not going to fight you in a stranger’s house” that immediately had me singing along though.
P.S. Don’t worry I’ll be back tomorrow with more SXSW pointers including exclusive new music from someone you should definitely check out while in Austin.
It’s so rare that I get to do a post that fits on both Songs:Illinois and Swedesplease. I like to do them too because I can expose a worthy artist to both groups of readers. Lucas Dawson is certainly worthy. He is a native Australian who moved to Europe, then London, and now resides in Stockholm (thus the Swedesplease connection). His new CD Another Way To Say Goodbye is a slow burn of a record that hashes and rehashes a recent breakup. It’s bitter at times and features J Tilman-esque vocals and instrumentation with occasional blasts of electric guitar. That is to say Lucas has a mellow delivery that is contradicted at times with searing music. This combination helps portray his feelings of pain, hurt, disgust, resignation, and anger. To give you an idea of the theme of the record here are just a few of the song titles: “I’m So Miserable Without You”, “Ain’t Life Cruel”, “I Hate You”, “What Am I To Do”, and “We Were Too Young”.
“Four Catastrophic Years” is the first track on the album and it’s a good example of what I’m talking about. Easiest way to buy the record is here through CD Baby or through Bandcamp here.
The Coal Porters are an odd little band based out of London. They are led by American, and Long Ryders founder, Sid Griffin. They recorded their new record Durango over two weeks they spent in that Colorodao town. They will be returning to the states to bring their brand of bluegrass to SXSW on Wednesday, March 17 at 11:00 PM at Opal Divine’s Freehouse. But they’ll be playing a bunch of other shows in Austin:
Mar 17 2010 3:00P SXSW: The Independent Austin, Texas
Mar 17 2010 11:00P SXSW Official Showcase: Opal Divines Freehouse Austin, Texas
Mar 18 2010 8:00P SXSW: Waterloo Records Austin, Texas
Mar 19 2010 3:00P SXSW: Waterloo Bicycles Austin, Texas
Mar 20 2010 1:00P SXSW: Flipnotics Austin, Texas
Mar 20 2010 3:45P SXSW: Yard Dog Austin, Texas
Mar 20 2010 5:30P SXSW: Antones Records Austin, Texas
Here’s a new song from their 2010 release Durango. Buy it here.
No More Chains (the song takes a few extra seconds to load)
I had the misfortune of listening to a couple female singer-songwriters with records out today. I won’t name names. But really? Is that really the best you can do? Does your music have any real passion despite being technically proficient? Luckily my pallet was cleansed when I heard a new song from Sarah Jaffe’s upcoming record Suburban Nature. This is her debut record and it will be out soon on Kirtland Records (Bob Schneider’s label).
While this is a solo release the song “Clementine” has a full band sound with cello, fervent drums, and Sarah’s impassioned vocals. It shares more in common with the best of Rilo Kiley than it does with some of the female singer-songwriter schlock that gets pushed to AAA radio.
Sarah just returned from tour opening up for Midlake. I hope she gets the attention she deserves with this spring release.
I don’t know if this kid from England just emailed me or if he did a huge blast to every music blogger in town. For selfish reasons I hope I’m the only one, but for his sake I hope he at least hit up all the A-list music blogs. How does a kid like this just appear fully formed, with videos, songs, artwork and beautiful songs (did I say that yet)?
I’m going to give partial credit to the British school system and the rest to endless nights listening to Nick Drake, Felt, Bon Iver, and probably a fair amount of The Smiths.
The songs i’ve put online are 7 of over 100 written since i was in pink converse and wearing headphones at the dinner table (about 16).
The fact that people can hear them is terrifying.
The fact that the people they’re about might hear them is mortifying.
I cannot play stairway to heaven. I struggle with bar chords. My songs are unashamed self indulgence and my only defense is that i didn’t think they would ever be heard.
They were recorded in my bedroom mainly, and occasionally in friendly studios, with help when needed from talented friends and family members.
I started charging for illustration in order to afford studio time. And got carried away.
My plan in the coming months is to release a limited edition cd in case anyone wants one, which would be madness.
I hereby promise not to blog about meals i’ve eaten, cool things ive bought or hilarious videos containing cats. I’m not entirely sure what that leaves to blog about but we’ll have to see.
i think that’ll do for now.
This is the song that struck me first and heaviest (although “Nests” below is steadily gaining ground with every listen).
Will Kimbrough is known as a modern day musical renaissance man. He has produced, played with, written songs with and performed with all the A-listers in the americana scene and a few that are outside of that scene (namely his work with Jimmy Buffet). I’ve been into his stuff since he first surfaced as leader of Will and the Bushmen. I love his work with the band Daddy and his solo records have been consistently great.
He’s back in 2010 with a new record called Wings. There are a couple references to angels and miracles on the record. But this one that describes the three women in his life as three angels is especially nice. Pre-order Wings now through Village Records here.
If you’re a guy reading this I encourage you not to play this song for your significant other/spouse. If she is anything like mine this will be a complete turnoff. The Legendary Shack Shakers are not afraid to make a ruckus. Their brand of punk infused hillbilly blues has even been taken up a notch on this new record with the presence of a new guitarist and percussion provided by a blacksmith’s forge.
The new album is called Agridustrial and is purported to be fairly political but I think a lot of that may well get lost in the mix and in the band’s rowdy live performances. Here’s “Sin Eater” from the new record.
The new record from Danny and the Champions of the World has been very widely praised in the UK. It’s just been released (Jan. 25) and already has received major kudos from Mojo, Uncut, Q Magazine, The Independent, The Mail and The London times. But strangely enough a cursury glance at Elbo.ws and Hype turned up nothing. The new record Streets of Our Time is out now on London’s Loose Records which is also home to The Felice Brothers, The Duke and the King, Willard Grant Conspiracy, and The Handsome Family.
The 9 songs on Streets of Our Time share a sound with label mates The Felice Brothers. The band and lead singer Danny Wilson channels Dylan while the music is a blend of alt-country, acoustic folk, and americana. The lead off track “Henry the Van” tells the tale of an old, cranky van that has grown long in the tooth and may have to be retired to the junkyard. It’s a surprisingly bitter sweet song about a van.
If you asked me what one of my favorite records of all time is you’d get kind of a strange answer. It would probably be this little record from Bob Cheevers called Gettysburg To Graceland. While it was up for a Grammy in 1998 it was mostly overlooked by music industry types. I couldn’t put my finger on it right at the moment but when I do find it we are going to have a nice reunion that CD and I.
In the meantime Bob Cheevers has a new record out in Europe that will see the light of day here in the states on February 14. It’s a concept album about Texas called Tall Texas Tales. And seeing that certain parts of Texas are also some of my favorite places (namely Austin) it was a no brainer to point this one out to you. Bob Cheevers is a storytelling songwriter and this record (like the title suggests) is full of wonderful stories about Texas and its unique people.
Tall Texas Tales comes out officially on Feb. 14 but you can buy it early now via Cd Baby here.
Music Bloggers get a lot of email and that’s the truth. Most are hard sell from bands or promo people with photos, quotes, tour dates, reviews and proclamations of greatness. Here’s just a tiny sampling of artists that sent out overblown pr missives from the last couple of days: Paul Weller, the National, Riley Etheridge, Sander van Doorns, Dynamic Truths, etc, etc, etc. So it’s refreshing to get an email that simply says:
hey there
here’s a copy of my new album: http://jonathanburks.bandcamp.com/
cheers!!
Loudmouth Soup is a record mostly about drinking (of course it’s no surprise then that Jonathan Burks is a resident of Milwaukee). Style wise you get a mix of Billy Bragg, Lou Reed, and Merle Haggard. There’s a little honky-tonk rapping thown in as well. It works. The record is available as a free download here.
P.S. I don’t want my mention of Adam Carroll and Michael O’Connor’s record Hard Times to be a one and done situation. But I don’t think I have permission to post another track. So if you missed my review check it out here. More reviews here and here. You can also stream the whole record here.
Take my word on it and buy it here. You won’t be disappointed. Here’s “Bernadine”:
I went a little bit off the deep end for the songs of Jon Jackson about two years ago. As a result I’m now a lifelong fan. So much so that I actually prefer the songs he’s written to any number of cover songs he’s performed over that time. Nonetheless Jon’s latest release is a 5 song EP of Magnetic Fields cover songs. I know those guys have plenty of cult fans so I hope this does well for Jon.
While it’s a pleasure to hear his idiosyncratic voice once again, I just wish these were his songs instead. Jon is selling these handmade creations on his website for $5. Head on over and get a couple or email jon here- jon@trailerparkjackson.com.
I don’t do product reviews. I don’t do website or app reviews. I don’t have any intention of being the next Stereophile, Engadget or Gizmodo. So if you ever catch me doing any more reviews in the future please email and complain. With that said what follows is my first attempt at doing a review of high end speakers. The combination of serendipity and coincidence that led me to these speakers and prompted me to do this review was too strong to ignore.
See a couple of weeks ago I read an article in the Chicago Reader about a small scale instrument/amp/speaker manufacturer based in Chicago called Speciman Products. Their latest product is a speaker called the Little Horn that is increasingly getting praise and attention from local musicians, press, and hi fi fanatics. Later that same week I visited my favorite locally owned toy store to purchase a present for one of my son’s friends birthday parties. There in the shop, on display behind the counter, were a pair of the most interesting and unusual speakers I’ve ever seen. Low and behold they were the same model by this very same local company. As I discussed the speakers with the store owner a woman came in and said she saw a piece on local TV about this very same company earlier that morning.
So that did it. I contacted Specimen Products and got a review pair hand delivered this past Saturday. The back story is that these speakers are designed by Ian Schneller who was a student at The Art Institute of Chicago in the `80’s. He also is a musician who founded the bands Shrimpboat and Falstaff. Out of his loft space he produces guitars, amplifiers, and now these horn speakers. His work is perhaps best known through his association with Andrew Bird who uses a number of Specimen Product speaker designs in his live show.
Andrew Bird with his intro to “Nervous Tick” surrounded by Specimen horn speakers:
Before I start the official review first some info about my present system. For an amp I use the 200 watt McCormack DNA 1 Deluxe amplifier, an Art Audio tube preamp, a Classé Cd player, and a pair of Soliloquy 6.5 speakers. All told with cables, accessories, power chords and assorted gear it’s a $10,000+ system. The regular price for a stereo pair of Little Horn speakers is $1850 a pair. My reference speakers alone are 4 times the price of the Little Horn and twice as big weighing in at 150 lbs. So while the a/b comparisons weren’t exactly fair, the Little Horn more than held its own.
Little Horn speakers are fine to use with such a high powered setup, but they are also ideal to use with a single ended amp with only a few watts of output. That’s because a horn is inherently more efficient than more traditional designs (note its 90db sensitivity).
This may seem like a lot of money in a world where few value high end audio anymore and most people think getting 5.1 speakers in a box from Best Buy for $199 is the best sound you can achieve. But if you love music (like no doubt many of you do) I think it’s a fair price to pay for speakers that will last a lifetime and bring you a lifetime of enjoyment; let alone speakers that are can be considered pieces of handmade art/sculpture. Not to mention the speakers you find in those box systems and any other mass produced speaker from a big box store (including anything from Bose) will be made out of either plastic, cardboard, and/or pressboard and assembled with cheap parts that will wear out long before they should.
In the case of the Little Horn the construction of the base cabinet is made from Baltic Birch and the horn is made from high density fiberglass. The Little Horns are 36” tall overall, the bell of the horn is 14” across, and the base is an 8” cube and will sit nicely on a 10” deep shelf. Here are some of the audio nerd specifications:
* 8 ohms
* 90 db sensitivity
* 77Hz – 23kHz frequency response
* Power handling: 24 watts maximum
I first set up the Little Horns with an accompanying subwoofer from Specimen Products. This system is built to be used with all manner of iPods. The sub is powered and also shoots 25 watts to each Little Horn.
Set up was a breeze with two speaker cable runs going from the subwoofer to each Little Horn, a power cord to the wall, and a stereo cord to the Nano (or any iPod). There are three knobs and a switch on the back of the subwoofer. The top knob is the volume control for the Little Horn, there is a level control for the subwoofer beneath that, and the final knob adjusts the subwoofer’s crossover frequency. There is also a switch that boosts the 40khz level (I left that on as that’s the way it came from the factory).
The fit and finish of all three pieces was perfect. The Little Horn’s base was a light maple color, with a metallic silver horn arising out of the base with Ferrari red accents. Though these speakers can be customized in a wide variety of colors and finishes.
My son and I played a number of large scale orchestral pieces from John Williams’ Star Wars soundtrack that sounded rich and persuasive through his hand-me-down Nano played through this system. We also did an a/b comparison between this system and my more powerful system. I found that while my reference system went louder and played deeper the Little Horn did an amazing job of reproducing both the midrange and the bass on any number of indie rock tracks. For instance the bass kick from the subwoofer could be felt literally across the room on Beck’s “Hell Ya”.
This would be an incredible system for a small space where shelf space is limited and especially if you wanted to downsize and get rid of all your amps, CD players, turntables, cords, interconnects, etc., etc. That it nearly matched my reference system which has a price tag that’s ten times higher is hard to even admit to myself. And I refuse to mention that fact to my wife.
I also used just the Little Horn without connecting the subwoofer. This is the configuration that I imagine is most popular owing to it’s ease of use and expense. Hooked up to my reference system the Little Horns were very expressive, if a little bass shy in my relatively large living room. On Holly Cole’s version of “I Can See Clearly Now” the soundstage and her vocals were crisp and clear even at the annoyingly loud volume my wife insists on playing this track. On Rosie Thomas’ “Much Farther To Go” the many layers of the song from the gently plucked guitar to the swirling strings to the layered vocals were easily located within the Little Horn’s wide soundstage. It’s this ever present soundstage that extends far beyond the width, depth, and height of these relatively diminutive speakers that is perhaps their most impressive trait. I think I could have even gotten more out of these speakers if I played around with placement and stands.
One final note on the Little Horns and particularly on their W.A.F. If you are an audio geek you already know that stands for “wife acceptance factor” and it’s a key element in whether a pair of speakers actually wind up in your living room. These are beautiful speakers that are equally suited to serving as a conversation starter at your next swanky cocktail party as they are to being accurate transducers through which you can explore and reacquaint yourself with all the music in your collection. I highly recommend the Specimen Product Little Horn Speakers. Let me know if you get a pair; then invite me over for a listening party and watch me drool with envy.
More information here at the company’s website – http://www.specimenproducts.com/amps/littlehorns.html
I made a promise to myself in print that I would post this song on Songs:Illinois today (as well as over at Swedesplease). So here goes; something new from Swedeish native Jenny Björkqvist.
There was only one record in 2009 that put me in a tailspin. And that was Sam Baker’s cotton. Here’s my original post and a song from this amazing record.
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I can’t pretend to be anything but a fanboy of Sam Baker. I’ve been anticipating this release since I first heard about it 6 months ago. I truly believe Sam Baker is a poetic soul who despite (or perhaps because of) impossible obstacles has become one of the greatest singer songwriters the country has ever seen. cotton (Music Road Records) is the third in a trilogy of albums that are an attempt by Sam to deal with an event that happened over 20 years ago. I’ll cut and paste rather than rewrite the bio:
“In 1986, at age 32, Baker was traveling in Peru when, as he says, “I got in the middle of somebody else’s war.” A terrorist bomb (the Sendero Luminoso or “Shining Path” Maoist group) blew up the train he and some friends were riding on. Several passengers died, including a German boy and his parents, who were sitting next to Baker. Though he nearly bled to death, Sam survived but suffered a constellation of injuries and aftereffects—shrapnel in his leg, renal failure, brain damage, even gangrene.”
Sam Baker’s songs have the most carefully chosen lyrics you will ever find. Because of the permanent brain damage he incurred it’s tough for Sam to access the words he needs for his songs. As a result the songs on his three records have fewer words than typical. But each word is a labor of love; worked on, shaped, and chosen because it’s the perfect fit. Sam Baker is spoken of in hushed voices and with great reverence by the most respected singer songwriters, by his fans, and by members of the music press.
cotton picks up where 2007’s perfect world left off. Namely with stories of Mennonites who have lost their way, references to the Virgin Mary, Palestine and the Traveling Nazarene, and the homeless. Here’s just a small smattering of phrases that resonate with me:
The moon got lost tonight
Drank beer by the quart out of mason jars
A laundromat in Natchez; It’s not exactly what I dreamed
She wears an all night wrinkled shirt
There are a thousand ways a person in the snow gets lost
One Day he just walked away; kicking up dust; right in the middle of the day
She was standing at the bar; holding court; a push up bra for extra support
I think music bloggers on the whole are constantly questioning how much good they can do. I have the same doubts as some of my favorite blogs that have gone dormant over the years. By and large the blogs that I love are trying in their own small way to make a difference in the lives of the artists whether that is through promoting a new CD, helping with a concert, or simply pushing their favorite bands on their friends. I’m the same way. I don’t want recognition/praise for my actions, but I do want to succeed in spreading the word about each and every artist reviewed on Songs:Illinois.
So here’s the kicker and the reason for the prologue above:
Songs:Illinois will be on hiatus until we prove we can make a difference when/where it counts (namely $$$). So email me at cbonnell@gmail.com when you have pre-ordered the Sam Baker CD or purchased the download (we’ll just have to use the honor system). When I get enough emails I will return to the site with voluminous thanks and gratitude to everyone that helped hit the goal (not sure yet if the goal will be ten people, a hundred people, or a thousand people buying the record).
So, long story short, I’d like you to help me help Sam Baker. Pre-order his new CD here through Amazon or download cotton legally through Amazon here (for only $8.99) or for those of you in the UK here.
Check out “Signs” below and buy the record so I can return to writing about and sharing the music I love.
I wrote about a bunch of big names in June of `09 but few songs from that month have struck with me or made as much of an impact as “Grandmother Moon” by unheralded folkie Drew Nelson.
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Well this week has turned folksy in a hurry. But that’s the way things play out sometimes. It took me a couple of weeks to get permission to share this song from Drew Nelson since he was on tour in UK. But I’m glad I finally did. In a number of ways this song, “Grandmother Moon”, reminds me of Greg Brown. The ending chorus when Drew repeats the phases “Shine a little brighter now” and “Just a little bit, just a little bit of moonshine” is right out of the Greg Brown playbook, as is the theme of small town life altered for eternity by large corporations (most notably in Drew’s lyric “the empty shell of what used to be our neighborhood hardware store”). This is all a good thing (the comparison to Greg Brown that is) since I think Greg Brown has lost some of his lyrical thunder of late and we need younger singer-songwriters to step up.
Drew’s new record is called Dusty Road To Beulah Land and is available now on the Chicago based folk label Waterbug Records (here).
Surprised to hear from me on New Years day. So am I, but I survived my vacation and now literally have only a minute to post. Here’s something memorable from 2009. And don’t just take my word for it as Madam Pamita’s new record caught the ear of the Grammy nominating committee for folk music. Stay tuned for a few more “Best Of” posts and then back to a more regular posting schedule come the first week of January.
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Madame Pamita is a strange duck. I’m sure she’d have no problem with that statement. Here’s a modern woman living in California who has recorded her new record on wax cylinders (ironically the same songs have been digitized and are for sale at a name your own price on her website). Furthermore at her live shows she dons a mystical outfit and reads fortunes of her audience members all the while strumming her ukelele and singing her odd songs. Her songs and those she chooses to cover are about sex, drugs, and not really rock `n’ roll (but plenty of references to death and prison and liquor).
In a world where everyone is doing some semblance of the same old thing Madame Pamita is a breath of fresh air. Her new record Madame Pamita’s Wax Works can be picked up here (comes with a fortune, a good luck penny from the 1800’s and an origami made by Pamita).
It’s Sunday and I usually don’t post on Sunday but I found a bit of time during this busy holiday season so here goes. I’m anything if not predictable so if there’s a new Salim Nourrallah record you can bet it’s going to make my “best of” repost series. His latest record Constellation was released in Germany which is really an affront to my National pride. Can’t we release music like this in the states first?! Here’s two songs off the new record plus a nice sampling of his earlier work.
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I was first introduced to Salim Nourallah by way of his group Nourallah Brothers that he had with his brother Faris. Ever since hearing that record I’ve tried to keep up with the output from both brothers. But it’s become increasingly difficult as Salim’s records become harder to find and Faris’ recording output continues to slow. Take for instance Salim Nourallah’s new record Constellation (produced by Austin based singer-songwriter Billy Harvey). There’s no mention of it on his website (which actually hasn’t been updated since 2007). And only a cursory mention on his blog and is only widely available on the German label Tapate Records. The record, like other stuff from Salim, is very personal pop music. It deals with the struggles of his childhood, his feelings of alienation, and a little bit of his life in Texas (as an outsider).
I’m drawn to the song “Western Hills” as it’s a completely autobiographical tale of growing up with his dysfunctional family. Listen to the lyrics and enjoy the sumptious pop sounds Salim surrounds them with. Buy Constellationhere from Dallas’ Good Records.
P.S. Btw there’s an excellent YouTube video bio of Salim here.
P.P.S Whenever I do a Salim post I always link to his back catalog songs since they’re timeless and to encourage you to track down all of his solo records. They are a joy to behold.
Wow it’s crazy around here. I won’t be updating Songs:Illinois (or Swedesplease for that matter) much over the next wee or so. But I did carve out a little time to update both today. Here’s a record from back in March that would make a Songs:Illinois “best of” the year list (if I bothered to do one). And this one gets extra points for being so stealth. I mean, really, have you heard or read about this record anywhere else? I thought not.
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The Moore Brothers’ new record Aptos has been out since the beginning of March. That’s a very short time, except for music bloggers that are now covering releases that are coming out in June and July. Clearly The Moore Brothers didn’t hire any of the seemingly hundreds of pr companies cropping up to promote to music blogs or they would have been all over Elbo.ws and Hype by now whether they deserved it or not.
Deserve it they do. The new record has received great reviews from a few high profile online outlets that tend to delve deeper into these sorts of things than your generic pr driven indie rock music blog. This is the band’s fifth record (wrote about them here, here) and to my ears it’s their most accomplished yet. On the surface the songs seem simple but they are not. Some songs pulsate with a stop and go rhythm that propels the songs forward almost dangerously (those are the odd numbered songs) and some are quieter but no less forceful (those are the even numbered songs). The band has hooked up with friend Joanna Newsom who sings and play harp on a song or two and producer/artist Kelley Stoltz for production duties. Each brother (there are two) takes turns by composing/writing alternating songs; one doing the even numbers and one doing the odds.
Aptos is a modern day classic, that had it been released by the Beach Boys or CSNY or even The Beatles would have fit within their catalog of songs. Here’s an odd numbered song written by Thom Moore. “Variety” features upper register vocals that reminds me of prime Game Theory with vocal harmonies that recall the best of the Beach Boys. It’s a short little pop song of the highest order.
Glad you found me at my new url. Songs:Illinois is committed to writing about music that is under-appreciated and unique. I've found that the music I write about shares a couple of traits. And they are: lyrical integrity, musically diverse, and written/performed by compelling characters.
Most songs found here are free and legal and have been provided by either the artist or label. If for some reason you'd like to have a song removed, please email me at cbonnell (at) gmail.com.
