Stupid Thing I Rigged Back When I Had a Thing for Lead

After an extended absence (I'm lazy, so sue me), I return to post a song I've been listening to a lot lately. Since I don't feel like typing much, I'll go straight into it. The song is Prism Me by Warren Hixson. The song is an intimate little acoustic ditty. Warren Hixson was a member of the now defunct band Tadpole Fad, and currently makes music that sometimes sounds like Elliott Smith, and sometimes sounds like...a wussier Tadpole Fad. This song is more Elliott Smith-y, and included are the studio version (off Moose), and a live performance for an Arkain Records podcast.

Warren Hixson - Prism Me
Warren Hixson - Prism Me (Live)

Who Was Your Friend

Daniel Johnston is a magnificent songwriter. While his voice may be off-putting for some, his genious is almost unparalleled. The perfect remedy to this may very well be the final track off Matthew Good's newest album, 'Hospital Music'. Performing a cover of Johnston's Iconic track, 'True Love Will Find You In The End', Matthew Good's smooth, reverb drenched vocals cascade over a calculated strumming guitar, adding a coat of polish and a personal touch to the decade-plus old 'classic'. While it may not be quite as good as the original, it may very well introduce fans of mainstream radio to the works of Daniel Johnston, or, at the very least, give people an appreciation of Daniel Johnston's work, even if they don't know it.

Posted is the original Johnston track, as well as the updated Matthew Good track. Decide for yourself which is better. And while you're at it, pick up Hospital Music. It's definitely a welcome surprise, and features an amazing first single, in Born Losers. Also, for good measure, the Beck cover of True Love, from 'The Late Great Daniel Johnston'. Just for the hell of it.

Maybe you should also buy some of Daniel Johnston's back catalog. If you can find it...











Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In The End
Matthew Good - True Love Will Find You In The End
Beck - True Love Will Find You In The End

I Shall Keep With Thee

Here Marshall, this is the song I was telling you about.

Yeah, it's a good, americana song. Listen to it. Love it.

I'm not going to make a long post.

Royal City - I Am A Raw Youth

Keep the losers feeling lucky

I heard this song a few nights ago on the Arkain Indie Podcast, and it absolutely blew me away. It's by Unbunny, and it's called In A Way. The album is called Black Strawberries. That's about all I could figure out. All I know is that the song is amazing. The lyrics paint such a wonderful picture, the vocals are wonderful (and double-tracked, for those who like that, ie. me), and the song has a nice pop feel. I really don't know how much more I can push this, it's just an amazing song.



Unbunny - In A Way

Let Your Long Rope Down

I can't believe it's taken me this long to post this song, but late is better than never. M Ward's music makes me feel really melty inside. Not only is he a great lyricist and vocalist, but his guitar work is just amazing. The layered vocals add a fuller effect to the song, and when he reaches that high note in the chorus, you just can't understand how anybody could do something like that, but you wish more people would.

This post if I were "Said the Gramaphone":

M Ward's music flows through your heart like a river of mercury. It poisons your veins with it's melody and lodges its death into your head. It's a death that seems so very worth it. If this is how beautiful death is, one must wonder why they lived for so long. The vocals intertwine upon each other like newborn birds awaiting food from their mother, climbing over each other and trying to reach the top of the pile. The guitar plinks along with the song, never exactly conforming to it, yet never pulling too far away, like if the Tiananmen Square fiasco had merely been a shouting match, as opposed to a massacre. The song shows that beauty can exist in the world, even if one wishes to escape from it.


This is what happens when you read all the posts on the front page of Said the Gramaphone.

Translation: This song= awesome.


M Ward - Helicopter

Best. Music Video. Ever.

Just so everyone knows, this was all in one take, and there was no editing save for the text at the beginning.

Maybe You'll Make the Evening News

I saw his video on Muchmusic's The Wedge a week back or so, and now that I got my internet back I had to post this track.

Just Jack's Starz in Their Eyes is not flawless, but damn is it catchy. His style reminds me a bit of Mike Skinner (of The Streets), and that's not just because he's British. It's less grimy, and a little bit more electronic and glammy, but it's such a fun song. If British rap does anything for you, check this out.


Just Jack - Starz in Their Eyes