July 31, 2010
- Think about your favorite female singer. Seriously, take a second and make your pick. Got it? Alright, now click the link below to hear Lissie’s song “Bully,” and prepare to reconsider. Lissie is an Illinois native who’s debut EP, last year’s Why You Runnin’, was nothing short of gorgeous – mostly...
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off, and we... - Here at MOKB, we like to think we can smell a winner. A while back we sounded our barbaric yawp over Dan Mangan, a Canadian singer-songwriter whose Nice, Nice, Very Nice (2009) stamped his ticket as a musical talent to be reckoned with in the very near future, despite the puzzling cover art. Apparently, some [...]
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July 30, 2010
- A few days ago I was pontificating on the importance of NEU! in the evolution of modern music. Case in point, Bot’Ox, a project from French DJ/producer Benjamin Boguet (alias Cosmo Vitelli) and drummer/sound engineer of Julien Briffaz of Tekël. On October 23rd, they will release Babylon By Car, a pop, post-punk and electronic music [...]
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off, and... - Finally got my copy of Revolver’s Music For A While in the post. First off, I’m somewhat pained to report that after setting the bar so high with Get Around Town, nothing else on the record quite reaches that level of undeniable pop perfection. Like young Icarus, the French trio of Ambroise, Christophe Musset and [...]
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July 29, 2010
- Chances are you wouldn’t know Paul Dempsey if you had to step over him on a New York City street, but in his native Australia, this guy is pretty much the cat’s pajamas. As the vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter for rock trio Something For Kate, Dempsey’s mantel is overburdened with awards, yet he remains [...]
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off, and we're... - I don’t care where you grew up, every elementary school had a pair of weird brothers. You know the guys I’m talking about: would eat anything for a dollar, brought cat skeletons and unexploded WWII grenades for show-and-tell, wore corduroys in gym class. And at least once a year they contracted some sort of exotic [...]
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July 28, 2010
- Sean Bones puts on a great live show. I think I’m gonna like his upcoming, Frenchkiss-released album, Rings, as well. Well, I hope so. If this latest single, Let’s Do Something Else – perfect for Summer Pina Colada sipping, is any indication, I will. Also check the video released earlier this [...]
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off, and we're sorry.... - Truth be told, Pete Yorn is another one of those cats I never had much use for, but when Frank Black invites an artist to swing by and record some music, and those sessions eventually become a record, I am forced to sit up and take notice. Those two seem like the Oscar and Felix [...]
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off, and we're sorry.... - Austin, TX-based psych-rock trio, Woven Bones have signed to Hardly Art Records and will be releasing a limited 7″ with two brand new songs – I’ve Gotta Get and Hey Kid – on Tuesday, August 10th. Woven Bones is also heading the road and will be doing dates with Coathangers and Frankie Rose & the Outs. [...]
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off, and we're... - If you caught the two previous MonkeyEatsMonkey videos from the MOKB Presents Greg Laswell at Radio Radio show, then you likely saw our mention of Harper Blynn. Harper Blynn, formerly known as Pete & J, is comprised of a half-Jewish state champion baseball player from Chicago named Pete Harper, a curly-haired choir boy from [...]
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