Paz Lenchantin is my new bass hero. Listening to Entrance Band records is one thing, but watching Paz perform live is another. I couldn’t tell for certain from my vantage point, but she looked to be playing a vintage p-bass that sounded SO good with a tiny mesa boogie amp.
It almost seems unfair when people make their craft look effortless. However, to get that good requires a ton of practice, and Lenchantin definitely has the chops to make any bass player blush.
I visit Anthology Recordings at least once a week. If you are looking for something you haven’t heard before, this is the site to check out. They specialize in digital reissues of some seriously off-the-beaten-path stuff. If I have one of those days where I feel like I’ve heard it all, I go buy a record from this site. My favorite find to date? Night Sun!
I’m glad my basic cable subscription includes the channel that airs JBTV, because I tuned in last night and learned that Dinosaur Jr. has a video for a song off their latest record. It took me about 45 seconds to realize it wasn’t the band doing all the cool tricks, but a fun video nonetheless. If you do not have this record, what the hell are you waiting for?
Get in on the ground floor of what could be the next big instrument sensation.
Its Yngwie meets Linus Torvalds meets Guitar Hero.
Introducing the Misa Digital Guitar!
This looks like it could be really fun, but if I had my druthers, I’d still learn how to play the Chapman Stick first.
It’s hard for me to accurately put this into words, but I really don’t know where my present day musical tastes would be had I not picked up a Cap’n Jazz record. The ironic thing is, I went to the same high school as most of these guys, yet the only exposure I had to them was seeing them perform at a couple of high school sponsored variety shows, and the whole experience admittedly went right over my head.
It wasn’t until the summer after high school that really latched onto it, and really opened the doors to basically all the music that shaped my late teens and early to middle 20’s. There is no record that I hold more sentimental value to than this one, and if you knew how much I loved a few other records of mine, that statement would blow your friggin’ mind.
That all came to a head last Friday when I got to see Cap’n Jazz reunite at the Empty Bottle for a short, 4 song set, part of a Joan of Arc curated show for their latest record, Don’t Mind Control.
Everyone has their own desert island record, and the sentiment of this one is enough for me to make it mine. Although I don’t listen to them nearly as much as I used to, every time I hear the beginning of the song Little League, it’s like hearing it for the first time. Sounds cheesy, I know, but it was the right record at the right time, and seeing them play this weekend was something that made me extremely happy.
Here it was (sound quality not so great, i know) …
How ’bout some Emerald for breakfast?
Eric and me singin’ something from Appetite for Destruction. One from the vaults, holiday party wine drunk style.
If I told you how many times I have sat in front of the computer to find guitar tabs on songs I’ve been obsessing over, it would be an embarrassing admission. I found a site today that will no doubt increase the time nerding out to other people’s music.
Check out Songsterr.com! I never thought the bass line for Lucretia went exactly like this, and its much harder than I thought! Isolating the bass/drums from the guitar tracks is a super cool feature. Now that I have all these songs to learn, I’ll be locking myself in my room for a year or so. See ya…
First 90 Day Men song I ever heard was My Trip To Venus… and I was hooked. Their sound morphed a lot over the years, but every time I listen to this EP I am reminded of why I wanted to come live in Chicago. The ending jam on this, Hey, Citronella… also a total jam!
Die Antwoord?
This video has been floating around the internet for quite some time now (Vice was all over them last year…pshh), but I just stumbled upon it last week (thanks Quinn/BoingBoing). After letting the song digest after a couple of plays, I decided that I liked it, and then embarked on a good, old-fashioned internet search to find out more about this group. From what I can gather, the group seems to be more tongue in cheek than for real, but honestly, who cares? The song has a great hook, a hot beat, and this dude can really flow. For a joke, this is pretty damn amazing and a lot better than most of the stale hip hop I hear coming from the ol’ USA.