new music mini-post: august 14th

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featuring (sandy) alex g, brittany howard, michael kiwanuka, common, goo goo dolls, julien chang, sui zhen, sean o'hagan, chelsea wolfe, vivian girls, sleater-kinney, big joanie, quiet luke, clipping, pearla, calexico & iron & wine, tamino, montaigne, ashanti, j rick, & more:

(sandy) alex g | "southern sky"

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(sandy) alex g | "near"

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Comments

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Why is (sandy) alex g stylized that way? What do you call him?

The guy from the Goo Goo Dolls... :o

Looking forward to the Sleater-Kinney album on Friday.

I feel like a lot of Vivian Girls songs (the singles, anyway) sound the same? It's not a bad sound, but kind of repetitive. I read a recent interview with them where they talked about how indie music was a real boys club when they first broke out, and that's one of the reasons they stopped making music, which is shitty.

Ever since the Better Oblivion show last weekend, I've been watching/listening to live concert videos of BOCC, and Conor solo, and Phoebe solo. My favorites are the professionally recorded concerts, like this

and this

because you get the live music vibe without having to leave your house, and it sounds a ton better than a fan recording from the audience (though I watch the shit out of those, too).

I am so glad this project existed because while I've been a huge Bright Eyes/Conor fan for many years, I didn't know any of Phobe's stuff, or any Boygenius material, and now I'm pretty well acquainted with a lot of it. Phoebe's a talented lyricist, too.

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i think it may be silent but i always whisper the "sandy" in my head whenever i read his name.

johnny rzeznik looks healthy (all things considered).

i'm excited for new sleater-kinney too, especially because i think it will be a while if we get another album from them.

i agree, but part of me was also happy about the break up because i enjoy frankie rose so much as a solo artist and iirc, she mentioned a while back that she probably wouldn't have gone solo if the band hadn't broken up.

i love professional live recordings too! it really does give you the vibe and sound quality of a live show with from the comfort of wherever you choose to watch. i also love unique arrangements and singular qualities of live performances.

did you listen to the julien chang, sean o'hagan songs yet? if so, what do you think?

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did you listen to the julien chang, sean o'hagan songs yet? if so, what do you think?

Just gave them a listen! I like the Julien Chang song (gives me slight Fleet Foxes vibes), but the ding dongs from the Sean O'Hagan one is gonna be stuck in my head in a bad way for the rest of the day, lol. I've never heard of either of those artists before before!

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I don’t know how to embed on my phone but I rewatch the hell out of this one: https://youtu.be/C4qaNE-Q2XY

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Omg, yes!! I love this one.