Video of the Day #19: Jim Bryson & John K Samson

I’m pretty excited about the upcoming album Falcon Lake Incident by Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans. I can’t say I’m familiar with Jim’s work (I probably should be), but I absolutely love The Weakerthans. The album is out on october 19th and this is the lead off track Raised All Wrong. This already sounds great to me, even though there’s just two guys singing a short song somewhere around town. I love it and I can hardly wait to hear the album.

 
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You can also listen to the first single Metal Girls from the upcoming album here on their bandcamp page.

Jim Bryson Website
The Weakerthans Website

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Quick Review: Eels – Tomorrow Morning

Eels: Tomorrow Morning (2010)

This album proves that I’m an asshole. I loved the previous Eels album End Times. It was bare, beautiful, sad and broken. Tomorrow Morning is far more optimistic and happy, but I don’t enjoy it as much. Occasionally I even find myself a little bored. I hope it’s not just because it’s happier. I know I’m a sad case, but hopefully not that sad. Anyway, even the weaker Eels albums have their moments and are must have items. What I Have to Offer is the key track for me. It may be simple, but it’s oh so beautiful.

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News: Russian Love

A brief history lesson. Russian Love was a great band from the northern part of Finland. Their early gothic rock isn’t my cup of tea at all, but in the mid-90’s they were one of the best bands in the country and gave birth to some fantastic indie rock / power pop albums. Especially Gala Brutale is a magnificent album and regarded as a classic (at least in my heart). They vanished around 1998 and I’ve been missing them ever since. Now twelve years later, Russian Love’s last recorded single Never Say Goodbye have seen the light of the day. It’s available at least on iTunes and on Spotify. I hope there are more treasures in the vaults, because this is a fantastic song.

Russian Love at myspace
Never Say Goodbye at iTunes
Never Say Goodbye at Spotify

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