James Murphy is such a mystery to me. At times it seems there is little separating the witty speak-sing schtick of songs like Losing My Edge from the likes of Pepper, the Sunscreen Song, or, the recent wienieeisms of Thou Shalt Always Kill. And yet somehow, miraculously he avoids such pitfalls. [...]
Archive for April, 2007
LCD Soundsystem
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Rivers Cuomo
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I’m pretty much gay for this guy. Pop genius. Harvard educated. Likes sitting alone in a closet for 12 hours at a time. He gave up sex for 2 years (saving himself for me??). And the millions of home demos he’s recorded that have never been released on a proper album [...]
Thom Stone & The Barrow Gang
Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If the gritty b&w promo shot wasn’t reason enough, here’s several more perfectly good reasons to like Thom Stone:
1) Has the same first name as Thom Yorke
2) Has badass british accent
3) Has more myspace friends than me
4) He’s sort of like a young british Ryan Adams, except without the craziness
5) He’s rocking a serious [...]
Fennesezesszcqz
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Van Gogh, after listening to Fennesz?
I’ll admit I find out about a decent amount of music from the self-righteous indie behemoth known as teh p4k, even if the 2004 exit of Brent DiCrescenzo in a blaze of douche-y glory marked the end of both the height of its hedonistic excesses as well as [...]
Everclear
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Thread: Defend the indefensible: Everclear
Just saw a commercial on television for their new greatest hits record. Hearing all their hits back to back like that confirmed the suspicion I always had: the band only ever wrote one song, “Santa Monica,” and then just re-recorded it countless times with different lyrics and titles.
– Johnny Fever
his [...]
Joanna Newsom
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Oh Joanna Newsom…. I’m not sure why I tolerate your elvin harp music….at first I hated it….and then it grew on me a little…and grew some more…and now I cant really tell if I actually like your music or if its simply a byproduct of the fact that I found myself fantasizing about you, [...]
I am Now an Expert on Italian Culture
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The other day, I read a characteristically circle-jerkish thread over at ILX about Italo Disco, re: how awesome it is, isn’t it awesome, god we’re awesome for listening to it. Aweeeesooome. Inspired, I turned to soulseek to begin wrapping my head around this mystique-filled genre. After all, I love spaghetti westerns, ramen noodles [...]
Bruno Deneckere???
Posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I lay awake at night and dream of my ultimate fantasy super band….an awesome “collabo” (industry speak for a collaboration) of Creed, Nickelback and Three Doors Down. The coalescence of this holy trio into a unified front of power chord umpphh will truly be like Christmas times a thousand….maybe even ten [...]
Jesse Malin
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Take a listen to this guy. He has messed up hair…. He wears lots of denim…. He likes pretending he lives in a ghetto NYC studio apartment where all he has is his finger gun to protect him from the mean streets below. Also…and more notably so then the other factoid gems that [...]
Lucky Soul
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here at Midnight at the Lab, we often like to stay ahead of the curve by staying behind the curve. (No one will ever look for us there!) Lucky Soul has already done the music blog rounds, touted on the likes of Torr, The Torture Garden, and Scatterbrain. But while we [...]
