This morning I rolled out at 7a and made the first pot of coffee. I stopped by Indy's best independent music shop, Luna, after work last night and bought a couple of new cd's; Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Centro-Matic - Fort Recovery, and Flaming Lips - 20 Years of Weird(Fearless Freaks SXSW cd handout w/live tracks + 1 new song from the Mystics). I'm appreciative of the Luna gents that they will sell something before the street date if you ask them. I hate my commute to the office every day, but if I didn't work there, I wouldn't drive by Luna.
Back to coffee, very good this morning, put Neko in the player, and then signed in to see what's going on in the world. I checked out Jeff Stepp's blog and left him a message. Being a blog novice, I need to figure out pictures and managing format of this site.
I gotta tell you Neko sounds great. The cd case does not have a picture of her, anywhere. Also the cover is only artwork. The spine is the only place with the name of the album and artist. I see she's on Anti now. This cd sounds very organic, acoustic guitars, with fat electric guitars courtesy of the Sadies, sounds dusty courtesy of Jon & Joey from Calexico. Of course Kelly Hogan's lovely voice is present and surprise Garth Hudson plays some keys. I must see Neko live sometime. I've missed her three times here in Indy, once with New Pornographers (balls!)
I've heard a couple of the Centro-Matic songs and can't wait to dig into that. Their cd Redo the Stacks is one of my Top 20 all time favorites.
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