Man, is this a sight for sore eyes and ears. This clip from London garage poppers Mazes will have Gen Xers pogoing in their seats, and the clip, which is an animated 8mm-style clip of some kids skateboarding and getting into trouble, is vintage “120 Minutes” material. So tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1991.
Mazes – Most Days from FatCat Records on Vimeo.
Sorry, couldn’t resist this one. It was too obvious. Man, wouldn’t it be nice if Wainwright would allow himself to write a jaunty pop song again instead of this deathly serious brooding that he’s been wallowing in lately.
On an unrelated note, go Cubs and Tribe.
Let’s get straight to the point: Diego Garcia’s solo debut Laura is one of the most gorgeous albums you’ll hear this year. In some parallel world, where songs like “Walk Away Renee” still rule the earth, this album will be king.
Pity this is not that world, and so Garcia’s string-kissed acoustic ballads face an uphill battle vying for attention in an overcrowded market. But let us just say this: if someone attempts to assemble a “Garden State”-type soundtrack in the next couple of years, you better believe that “You Were Never There” will be on it.
Laura hits iTunes April 5 and shelves April 12, but NPR is streaming the entire record now. Check it out. You’ll be glad you did.
We realize we’re about 30 years too late, but better late than never; the English Beat is coming to town this weekend, and we are there, dude. So what if Dave Wakeling’s the only remaining member of the band? (Well, this incarnation, anyway – Ranking Roger leads the Beat on the other side of the pond.) It’s Dave singing songs by the Beat. We’re in.
Since the entire music world is in Austin this week for South by Southwest – which reminds us of a great quote that Jon Fratelli gave us, that “you get to Friday and you think, ‘That should be it.’ You get to Saturday, and you’re like, ‘I’m sick of music. Fucking hate music.’” – we’re staying at home and enjoying the relative email silence while our publicist friends stay up until four in the morning working showcases. But fear not: we have a rabid concert goer on the premises who will be giving us rundowns of the day’s biggest hits.
Anyway, this seemed a fitting track to describe everyone’s travel plans for the week. Pity the band broke up right after this album came out. It seemed like they were just on the verge of breaking through. We suppose the world will have to settle for this, their song “A Girl Like You,” and their funky cover of “Mama Told Me Not to Come.” Could be worse, we suppose.
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