The Music Box.
Entries about the music I like.
Nouvelle Vague – Nouvelle Vague
The one thing that kept her going through a set was the promise of a beer, some fries, and a big burger on the other end. As she breezed through one lounge cover after another – from a smouldering rendition of Love Will Tear Us Apart through an absent-minded interpretation of Making Plans For Nigel to a non-punk version Teenage Kicks – all she would visualise was that meal: bar food on bar china.
Reuben — Racecar is Racecar Backwards
This record taught me three important things. First, it taught me that racecar is indeed racecar backwards, whoda thunk it? Second, it taught me that I had shed my distaste for sing-then-shout vocals. It was possible for me to exit the ‘either shout or sing well, choose one’ camp. Third, it taught me that I could fall in love with an album primarily based on the (analog) drumming, which is what contributed to my first several listens of this album many years ago.