Archive for December, 2006

Friday Random Ten

Last FRT of 2006 Edition

Little Sound Disko #06 — USK
Pick Up the Pieces — Average White Band
5:15 — The Who
Shakes — The Jim-Jims
Shun the Mask — 108
Violently Happy — Björk
June — Mike Reeb
Six Days The Remix — DJ Shadow featuring Mos Def
Heavenly Action — Erasure
Björkbergspolskan — Väsen

Ten Years Ago Ten

1997
This is the year I started moving away from hardcore/punk and more into indie rock.

Trans Am
Cake
No Doubt
The Promise Ring
Beastie Boys
Shelter
Cornershop
Cibo Matto
Björk
Rachel’s

1987
I got a jambox for my 10th birthday the year prior; the first two albums I owned were Run-DMC’s Raising Hell and Beastie Boys’ License to Ill. Then, the year after 1987 I attended my […]

J. Robbins’ family needs your help.

On January 27, 2006, our great friends and Channels members J. Robbins (of Government Issue, Jawbox, Burning Airlines, and most recently Channels) and Janet Morgan welcomed their first child, a son named Callum. He was 8-odd pounds and 20-odd inches of wriggling, squirming, screaming joy, and the apple of his parents’ eye.
As Cal grew, though, […]

Friday Random Ten

TGTSIO: Thank God The Semester Is Over Edition

Act Of The Apostle — Belle & Sebastian
Move Over Jordan — Meaghan Owens
Burn — Rainer Maria
Big Morning — Aloha
Take On Me (a-ha cover) — Trash Pour 4
The Clock And The Storm — The Appleseed Cast
Dorothy Dreams Of Tornados — Cursive
Depleated Uranium Is A War Crime — Anti-Flag
Life On […]

Review: Oneida’s Happy New Year

Onieda
Happy New Year
JagJaguwar/Brah
www.enemyhogs.com

Oneida’s newest album, Happy New Year, is just plain weird. When I have seen the band live, they are certainly weird, but for the most part they totally rock. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for their latest effort.
There are some rockin’ moments though. Most notably on the Trans Am-like track “Up With […]

Friday Random Ten

Countdown to Extinction Edition

Only In My Dreams — Debbie Gibson
Retarded Cowboy Run Country Now — Hello Lobster
Nothing Better — Postal Service
Here (In Your Arms) — Hellogoodbye
Wheels of Steel — Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
You Give Me Problems About My Business — The Mercury Program
Leave The City — Magnolia Electric Co.
The Awful Truth Of Loving […]