Quick review: Two Cow Garage – Lydia (single)

New Two Cow Garage single Lydia was released last friday and it’s freakin’ awesome. If you are a regular reader, you are well aware that I’m totally addicted to Micah Schnabel and Two Cow Garage and I’m eagerly waiting for their upcoming album Sweet Saint Me. I even went and bought this mp3 single and I’m not sure have I ever done that before (because I’m still an old-fashioned guy that prefers to buy records, but this time I couldn’t wait). Lydia is such a fantastic song and the ultimate punk rock Lolita. The lyrics are pretty marvellous altogether and that power pop chorus is stunning. Kind of like Elliot Smith meets The Replacements if we get into that scary and pointless namedropping. There’s no need though, because all that matters is that Two Cow Garage is one of the best rock bands out there right now and Sweet Saint Me is going to be one hell of an album.

Two Cow Garage Website
Two Cow Garage at myspace
Suburban Home Records at Bandcamp (you can listen to and buy the single in here, you’ll get a non-album b-side as well)

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News & Video of the Day #18: Treehouse

Treehouse is a new finnish band and Back In School is the promosingle of their upcoming debut album. Due out later in 2010. The members have previously made an appearance in such fine pop outfits like The Scaramangas, Streetcar, Flannelmouth, Waterloo. Treehouse probably has a little more country and folk flavours than their other/earlier groups and I have nothing against that. All bands should have a banjo in their instrument arsenal. I’m looking forward for more.

 
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Treehouse at myspace

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Video of the Day #17: Hayward Williams

I’ve watched this video several times during the past week or two, so I suppose it’s time to make it the video of the day. I don’t know much about Hayward Williams, but I definitely should buy some of his stuff, because I really like this song. Both the voice and the melancholy reminds me of Jason Molina. Maybe more the early work under the name Songs:Ohia than Magnolia Electric Co.
 

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Hayward Williams Website

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