The ‘A Cold Sweat’ ethos has always been to discuss whatever is in your ears at the moment, and not what the newest, hottest shit out there is. But at the moment, Blind Pilot happens to be both.
Blind Pilot’s record “3 Rounds and a Sound” came out in 2008, but I didn’t spend much time [...]
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blind pilot – there, fine, i said it. happy?
Posted in folk, rock on February 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
just when i thought stars couldn’t get any DUMBER, they release an ep like this… and TOOOTALLY REDEEM THEMSELVES!
Posted in elec, rock on November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Editor’s Note: I had to edit the title of this post from reading “STUPIDER” to “DUMBER,” thus proving who the stupid one here actually is.
I, like many others, got my first taste of Stars in 2005 thanks to their fantastic album Set Yourself On Fire. The indie rock soap opera that is that album’s opening [...]
the best band named after a gay weatherman i’ve heard in quite a while
Posted in rock on October 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I don’t know how, but I had a Sam Champion song in my iTunes library called “You Can’t See The Stars In This Town” prior to buying their new release Heavenly Bender. Like other lonely songs that sit without an album to call home in my library, it is a mediocre song that– more than [...]
how bob lefsetz made me rank my favorite ryan adams records today
Posted in country, rock on September 17, 2008 | 9 Comments »
To know who Bob Lefsetz is is to have a strong opinion about him and his well-known newsletter. Personally, I find him to be a cantankerous old sonofabitch with an axe to grind and an overwrought writing style. One thing I will give him, though, is that he is always thoughtful, he’s clearly passionate [...]
ron sexsmith – canada, eh? allllmost made it.
Posted in rock on September 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I first picked up a Ron Sexsmith CD at the Borders on Church Street in Burlington, VT while Christmas shopping about 7 years ago. I threw on some headphones and listened to his album Cobblestone Runway.
Sexsmith has an awesome voice. It’s got an interesting timbre and depth, and you can tell he’s in complete command [...]
the ‘all my friends’ olympics
Posted in miscellany, rock on August 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had planned on writing a post today about a certain type of song that really pisses me off: The Lament of the Trappings of Fame and Fortune. I have your predictable everyman’s kneejerk reaction to this particular brand of song, despite the fact that artists I love and admire are some of the primary [...]
sometimes i question my ability to pick friends
Posted in folk, rock on July 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
An actual IM conversation I just had with a “friend” (typos included; links added after the fact):
11:42 AM Shane: yo
me: hey
Shane: I got to give a listen to Astral Weeks and Blood on the banks
I really like Astral Weeks, very good
me: tracks…. blood on the tracks
Shane: Though, I know this [...]
evil vs. the powerman
Posted in rock on July 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This one’s been stewing for quite a prickly while. For the record, I hate mgdistrict’s iPod. It’s shiny-new, could eat fifteen of my turd-sized nanos and still be hungry, has a killer-sweet screen interface-thing… beautiful eyes…. I mean, come on!
And then… AND THEN!!!1!$!!… that bastard of a gadget goes and preempts a post I’d been [...]
if you’d written a bunch of really good songs, they’d vote for you
Posted in miscellany, rock on July 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m guessing the chances are pretty good that the following two statements are true: (1) you’re a Radiohead fan, and (2) you don’t have anything important to do for the next 90 seconds.
If I’m right, go to this site and fill out the form.
Listen, I know what you’re thinking (because, if you’re anything like me, [...]
a wisftul romp down fingerpicking lane
Posted in folk, rock on July 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My dad plays guitar (of the acoustic variety), and pretty much the only kind of music he ever played, at least when I was growing up, involved fingerpicking. I think he taught himself — both guitar generally and fingerpicking specifically — by listening to records, including Mississippi John Hurt, Doc/Merle Watson, and Jerry Jeff Walker [...]
