Song of the Day: Murder City Devils - Rum to Whiskey

Spencer Moody was far to drunk, drinking his own bottle of whiskey on stage, to sing virtually ANY of the verses to this song at the reunion show at the Showbox last night (Let alone the right words to a number of songs.) He pretty much just jumped right to the chorus and repeated it over and over...I'm not going to try to complain though, the audience (including myself) ate it up. After listening to the band since my junior year of high school, I'm pretty damn ecstatic to have finally seen the crew live, they tore the house down, and I without a doubt will be first in line to get a ticket the NEXT time they decide to reunite. One of Seattle's best contributions to the realm of music, period.

Song of the Day: The Walkmen - Four Provinces

The Walkmen truly are, without a doubt, my favorite band. Their music is a sparse, depressing, multi-layered menagerie of drunken hopefulness. This video seems to convey that quite well. Pretty pumped that they are heavily rumored for Sasquatch this year, because seeing them live is an incredible treat.

Song of the Day: Leonard Cohen - Diamonds in the Mine

Forgot how awesome this song was until I stumbled upon it on one of my mix cd's while driving to Seattle today.

The Nightlight Lounge is back...

And what a way to get the ball rolling:

March 30 can't come soon enough.

Song of the Day: Yes- Roundabout

I sort of had the epiphany while listening to Yes the other day the profound influence this period of their music has on so much music today. Bands like Minus the Bear, Battles, Don Cabellero, Faraquet (and for that matter any of the Math Rock genre) took so much from their absurd time signatures and prog heavy spacey sounding finger tapping.

New Cursive Album, Stat!

From a MySpace Bulletin this morning:

Hey all,

We are pleased to announce we are releasing our new record Mama, I'm Swollen as soon as humanly possible. This means March 10, 2009. Just a little over a month from now. We are extremely thrilled to share it with everyone.

Tracklisting:
1. In the Now
2. From the Hips
3. I Couldn't Love You
4. Donkeys
5. Caveman
6. We're Going to Hell
7. Mama, I'm Satan
8. Let Me Up
9. Mama, I'm Swollen
10. What Have I Done?

PREORDER IT HERE

Due to the short prep time vinyl will be delayed until April 21st. It should be worth the wait, we plan to do 180 gram vinyl and cool deluxe packaging.

All the Love,
Cursive

Now if they'd only book a damn Seattle show.

I proudly salute the "criminals" who did this