Surely the similarities here have been pointed out in the past. But it just struck me today how nearly identical the guitar parts and the general tone are in both of these songs. Interesting…
“The Elevation” by Television from Marquee Moon
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE7uXtXXFtM[/youtube]
“Californication” by Red Hot Chili Peppers from Californication
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoTBeDIi64[/youtube]

As part of Washington D.C.’s Earth Day celebration, The Flaming Lips headlined a less-than star-studded lineup to help bring awareness to the now-named ‘Green Generation.’ Of course they didn’t go on until 5pm, a mere 5 hours after the event kicked off at the National Mall. To kill time until Wayne Coyne and his [...]

I’ve already gushed about John Vanderslice’s fantastic new album Romanian Names a few days back, (I’m also in the midst of writing a piece for NPR Music about Vanderslice, so stay tuned for that). But I came across a few videos on YouTube that really show off one of my favorite songs off the [...]

After a bit of a hiatus, here’s a new Song of the Day essay: This time looking at Papercuts’* new album, You Can Have What You Want.
To read the full review and hear the song click here!
*You will recall I wrote about the previous album, which you can read and hear here.
**You will also recall [...]

You can find a multitude of things while walking to work in the morning.
Here are two:

Pretty much sums up the human experience… all in about 2 city blocks.