Austin Improv

Holy Moly, I can't stop listening to

Cat Power: Jukebox



Chan Marshall's covers of "Rambin' (Wo)man" and "New York, New York" are just stunning. Reworked deconstructed versions of classics made totally her own.

This image might be
bigger than how much
I like this album but
I do like this album.

THIS WEEK

Unwound - New Plastic Ideas
Unwound - The Future of What
v/a - Nigeria Special
Mulatu Astatke - 4-song ep
Caetano Veloso - s/t
The Kinks are The Village Green Preservation Society
and more more more Sic Alps

I just discovered last night that a new Saul Williams cd, Niggy Tardust, has been out for a couple months.






Also, the Mars Volta released a new album with a new drummer.

TexasImprovMassacre wrote:I just discovered last night that a new Saul Williams cd, Niggy Tardust, has been out for a couple months.

What? Dude, I told you about this the night it came out! Because it was a free download and it's produced by Trent Reznor and sounds like Nine Inch Nails if it NIN were rap.

you never listen to me, Cody Dearing

Lants wrote:

TexasImprovMassacre wrote:I just discovered last night that a new Saul Williams cd, Niggy Tardust, has been out for a couple months.

What? Dude, I told you about this the night it came out! Because it was a free download and it's produced by Trent Reznor and sounds like Nine Inch Nails if it NIN were rap.

you never listen to me, Cody Dearing

Are these the kind of things you've been talking at me about? I certainly should certainly start listening . . . and maybe one day, remembering.

It does sound very NIN. I've only made it through once. No report yet.

I just found out about Jeffrey Lewis. Anyone else know who he is? He's coming for SXSW

jeffrey lewis - the chelsea hotel oral sex song


When Nick Ramirez and I were riding to Austin Park and Pizza I let Nick pick the tunes and he put on Liberation Frequency by The Refused.

Anyone else like the refused?

TexasImprovMassacre wrote:I just found out about Jeffrey Lewis. Anyone else know who he is? He's coming for SXSW

Yeah, I randomly got a CD of his once, that includes that song. I actually really enjoy the CD whenever I find it. "The last time I did acid I went insane" stands out as well.

Apparently, Jeffrey Lewis is part of the anti-folk scene, whatever the crap that means... but so are The Moldy Peaches, so I guess that's good.

Also, his history of punk rock is pretty incredible.

Roy Janik wrote:

TexasImprovMassacre wrote:I just found out about Jeffrey Lewis. Anyone else know who he is? He's coming for SXSW

Yeah, I randomly got a CD of his once, that includes that song. I actually really enjoy the CD whenever I find it. "The last time I did acid I went insane" stands out as well.

Apparently, Jeffrey Lewis is part of the anti-folk scene, whatever the crap that means... but so are The Moldy Peaches, so I guess that's good.

Also, his history of punk rock is pretty incredible.

I just watched that video earlier. I'm going to get more of his stuff. Do you know what the album you have is called?

my friends are in anti-folk band. it means music where the focus isn't necessarily on the musicality of the songs.

TexasImprovMassacre wrote: my friends are in anti-folk band. it means music where the focus isn't necessarily on the musicality of the songs.

I think it means more than that... I think it's about not taking yourselves so seriously... Beck was considered anti-folk... labels like anti-folk get so convoluted, especially after they've been around for a long time... once Fugazi was an emo band.

Stephanie made me listen to Patrick Wolf... I had not before... I will more now.

TexasImprovMassacre wrote:I'm going to get more of his stuff. Do you know what the album you have is called?

"THE LAST TIME I DID ACID I WENT INSANE and other favorites"

Lants wrote:

TexasImprovMassacre wrote: my friends are in anti-folk band. it means music where the focus isn't necessarily on the musicality of the songs.

I think it means more than that... I think it's about not taking yourselves so seriously... Beck was considered anti-folk... labels like anti-folk get so convoluted, especially after they've been around for a long time... once Fugazi was an emo band.

Stephanie made me listen to Patrick Wolf... I had not before... I will more now.

That makes sense. My anti-folk friends the plastic assassins don't give a fux, and aren't good at their instruments, but they make good music.

...Fugazi was pretty emo. That mostly came from Guy being in Rites of Spring.

will you share the wolf with me?