lost socks' politics & indie music blog: lost socks' indie music blogthoughts on mostly "indie" music and related topics...my political blog is here...My 80's Rant And Much Much More part 1- February 27, 2004 A lot of people have begun (well...it's been going for a while now) to do retro 80's shows. They'll play music from the 80's on both commercial stations and college stations and fine I'm biased on this but I think they do it all wrong. For one thing, the prevailing tone is "ooooo I'm soooooo ironic" but there's no reason people can't do a show of GOOD songs from the 80's and not just treat the decade like a funny joke. I'm listening to a show now. It started with the Go-Go's "Our...http://blogs.salon.com/0002750/categories/indieMusic/2004/02/27.html#a119 (Untitled)- February 7, 2004 Has there ever been a better song than "Fell From The Sun"...This classic track picks up where Rain Parade's "Emergency Third Rail Power Trip" left off...David Roback's beautiful overdriven leads piercing through acoustic guitars with Kendra Smith's detached reverb-drenched vocals over it all...Roback is an unheralded production genius. I just listened to the Clay Allison version but it was also done by Opal on the Early Recordings LP (both groups led by Smith and...http://blogs.salon.com/0002750/categories/indieMusic/2004/02/06.html#a96 (Untitled)- February 2, 2004 Hartford! It's Gotcha Covered! Anyone who lives in the central Connecticut area is probably used to driving out of state to see any decent shows. Well...that is non-punk or ska shows. There used to be a pretty thriving punk and ska scene around here though it never seemed to really get any real coverage in the Hartford area. None of the bands seemed to actually be from Hartford and the Hartford Advocate never wrote about the scene much at all. The city has not exactly been...http://blogs.salon.com/0002750/categories/indieMusic/2004/02/02.html#a91 |