Kasey Anderson – One Chord To Another – A Finnish Pop Site https://www.onechord.net Country, Americana, Folk, Power Pop, Indie Pop Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:01:47 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 19026954 Video of the Day #48: Kasey Anderson & The Honkies https://www.onechord.net/2011/03/20/video-of-the-day-48-kasey-anderson-the-honkies/ Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:01:47 +0000 http://www.onechord.net/?p=2883 Portland-based singer-songwriter Kasey Anderson was one of my big finds last year and therefore I’m a little bit ashamed that I still haven’t written anything about his latest effort. The new album Heart of a Dog was released in february and it’s pretty damn good. I admit that I’m not the biggest fan of this opening track The Wrong Light, because I think this goes a little too far to the blues rock territory and out of my comfort zone. A great song, but not totally my kind of stuff. However, most of the record is totally my kind of stuff and I really love songs like Exit Ghost and Sirens and Thunder. Oh and one more thing. Nowadays Kasey Anderson has a band called The Honkies and there’s a really familiar name behind the drum set. It’s Ex-Posies drummer Mike Musburger. Watch The Wrong Light below. It’s beautifully illustrated by Keith Carter.

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Kasey Anderson Website
Kasey Anderson at Bandcamp

]]> 2883 Albums of the Year 2010 – Part one 40-31 https://www.onechord.net/2010/12/10/albums-of-the-year-2010-part-one-40-31/ https://www.onechord.net/2010/12/10/albums-of-the-year-2010-part-one-40-31/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:50:33 +0000 http://onechord.wordpress.com/?p=1973 part two 30-21, part three 20-11, part four 10-1

40. Olavi Uusivirta: Preeria

There won’t be many major label releases on the list, but I suppose also those big boys need to get the credit when they deserve it. Olavi Uusivirta’s latest album Preeria was a beautiful 70’s kind of pop album. A couple of horrible songs as well, but I can forgive that, because this is mostly either great or really good pop music.

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39. Belle & Sebastian: Write About Love

Oh yes, I know this is a shocking place for Belle & Sebastian. Maybe I just haven’t really listened to this one enough, but you have to earn your ice time on hockey and I suppose an album has to earn the “air time”.  Write About Love is definitely a good album. Even a really good album. It might be a bit unfair, but I always expect something special from Belle & Sebastian and therefore just a good pop album feels like a minor disappointment.

38. The Hold Steady: Heaven Is Whenever

Pretty much the same goes here. Basic goodness from The Hold Steady, but nothing really earth-shattering this time around. Well apart from Soft In The Center and Weekenders. Those two songs are pretty damn wonderful and I love them to bits.

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37. Kim Curly Band: Kim Curly Band

Kim Curly Band’s beautiful debut album has gotten criminally small amount of attention on this blog. It ain’t perfect, but it’s still a pretty convincing debut album. If you are looking for finnish americana, look no further. For example Beauty and Through My Window are such a magnificent songs.

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36. Chatham County Line: Wildwood

Chatham County Line wrote possibly the greatest song of the last decade, The Carolinian. New album Wildwood doesn’t  contain equally stunning songs, but the band is still in very good form and deliver beautiful bluegrass and americana songs.

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35. Kasey Anderson: Nowhere Nights

Kasey Anderson was a new find for me and what a great find he was. A wonderful singer-songwriter capable of writing powerful country rockers and captivating folk ballads. Nowhere Nights isn’t perfect from start to finish, but there’s a bunch of really fantastic songs in here.

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34. Drive-By Truckers: The Big To-Do

Certainly not their greatest album, but the highlights like Fourth Night Of My Drinking and Birthday Boy are freakin’ awesome. I think that this time they really succeeded with those rockin’ country tunes, but some of those slower numbers didn’t quite rise to their standard level.

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33. Topi Saha: Verta ja lihaa

I’ve been waiting for this album since I heard Hämeentie 61 a couple of years ago on myspace. Topi Saha is a young finnish folk singer-songwriter and this is his debut album. It’s mostly gorgeous. Hämeentie 61 still sounds perfect and there’s at least 5-6 almost equally wonderful songs. There are a couple of “just ok” tunes, but hey.. it’s a debut and pretty damn impressive one.

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32. The Gaslight Anthem: American Slang

Maybe the weakest The Gaslight Anthem so far, but still pretty impressive stuff. And I’m not sure is it the weakest either. It could be just the fact that the thrill of finding them is gone and therefore it’s harder to find the same kind of excitement as before. It sounds like they have just one song, but thankfully that one song is so damn good.

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31. Lemonator: Shake, Shake, Shake

Most welcome comeback. Lemonator returned to the ball game and made a beautiful 60’s influenced pop album. I’m still not a big fan of the single and title track Shake, Shake, Shake, but the album is indeed a very good one. I’m still addicted to Lasse Kurki’s warm voice.
List continues (probably) tomorrow.
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Kasey Anderson: Nowhere Nights (Red River Records, 2010)

Kasey Anderson is a singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon and his new album Nowhere Nights is pretty marvellous. I assume that Kasey was probably sitting on Bob Dylan’s imaginary couch when Steve Earle was standing on Bob Dylan’s imaginary coffee table stating that Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the world.  Especially it seems that the name Steve Earle has to be mentioned on every review. Well now I got that under way and I can focus on the songs.  Kasey Anderson is a great songwriter and a damn fine storyteller. The songs range from hard-edged and country-tinged rockers to heartbreaking and/or thoughtprovoking ballads.  I might have added one tough rocker to the latter half of the album, because the only minor problem I have with this great album is that the listening experience starts to get a little heavy towards the end if I’m not in the right mood. However, the quality never drops when the balladry kicks in and therefore this is just a case of personal preference. I’m just loving those damn brilliant rockers like All Lit Up and Nowhere Nights more than the slower material.

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Kasey Anderson Website
Kasey Anderson at myspace

]]> 1155 The Fox Hunt and more https://www.onechord.net/2010/02/12/the-fox-hunt-and-more/ https://www.onechord.net/2010/02/12/the-fox-hunt-and-more/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:17:35 +0000 http://onechord.wordpress.com/?p=1073 During the last few days I’ve been totally addicted to a country and bluegrass group called The Fox Hunt. All I need is banjo & fiddle & beautiful harmonies. Just fantastic country songs. A new album out apparently soon and I’m definitely going to buy it. I’ve been also trying to find their earlier album Nowhere Bound. I did order it from cdbaby but I’m not sure can they still get it because it was backordered. I hope they can, because those two old songs from that album on their myspace are also marvellous. Oh why it’s always so difficult to find the albums you would love (I’m still looking that Lenny & The Piss Poor Boys album as well).

The Fox Hunt at myspace
The Fox Hunt website

I probably should change the title of this blog to POP & COUNTRY blog, because all I seem to listen to it country music. Today I ordered Tim Barry’s new album and Have Gun Will Travel’s second album from Suburban Home/Vinyl Collective. Besides that I’ve been also enjoying the music of Kasey Anderson, Micah Schnabel, The Takers, Prison Book Club… and the list of records to buy just keeps on growing and growing.. and I’m also waiting for the new Jason & The Scorchers album.

Have Gun Will Travel at myspace
Tim Barry at myspace
Tim Barry Website
The Takers at myspace
Kasey Anderson Website
Kasey Anderson at myspace
Micah Schnabel at myspace
Prison Book Club at myspace
Jason & The Scorchers Website
Jason & The Scorchers at myspace

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