Archive: New (?) Smell
New Favorite Thing: Eddy Current Suppression Ring - "Which Way to Go"
For the past few months I was pretty sure that Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!" was going to be my favorite album of the year. Now I'm not even sure that it will be my favorite Australian album of the year. That's because the cumbersomely-named...
By David Malitz | October 2, 2008; 03:05 PM ET | Comments (4)
Best Song of the Year That Sounds Like It's Going to Be "Boys of Summer" For the First 10 Seconds
"Taking the Farm" - The War on Drugs Seriously, doesn't it sound like it's going into Henley territory at the beginning there? But instead it veers off into Bruce-at-his-most-Suicide (the band)-obsessed-ville, which is a good place to be. The Philly band's debut, "Wagonwheel Blues," is one of my most-listened-to albums...
By David Malitz | September 19, 2008; 10:41 AM ET | Comments (2)
New Favorite Thing: Vol. 2, No. 1
That 'stache has power. The artist: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds The sound: A slightly demented Australian poet with a heavy Biblical fixation is backed by a half-dozen brilliant musicians who can serve up everything from dark, moody piano ballads to chaotic rock rave-ups. The song: "Dig, Lazarus,...
By David Malitz | January 11, 2008; 08:37 AM ET | Comments (0)
New Favorite Thing: Vol. 1, No. 1
The artist: Vampire Weekend. The sound: Paul Simon follows David Byrne to the Rhode Island School of Design before trekking to "Graceland." (Or, as Vampire Weekend says on its MySpace page: "We are specialists in ... 'Upper West Side Soweto.'") The song: "Mansard Roof" (though "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" is...
By J. Freedom du Lac | December 30, 2007; 10:40 AM ET | Comments (0)
