The Summer of Music

[daddytodd]

I've loved exactly 5 new "mainstream" bands in the last couple decades. They are, in roughly the order I discovered them:

Material Issue
The Flaming Lips
Death Cab for Cutie
Fountains of Wayne
Fleet Foxes

Material Issue is sadly defunct (it went when it's lead singer committed suicide in 1996. RIP Jim Ellison) Never saw them live.

However, the next 3 months are gonna be genius: Fleet Foxes at Red Butte Gardens on Friday the 22nd. Death Cab for Cutie on August 22nd at the E-Center (I can't get used to calling it the "Maverik Center".) Flaming Lips on September 17 at Saltair.

Damn!

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[daddytodd.livejournal.com]

I've been a fan of Shoes since '77, when I bought their self-released album "Black Vinyl Shoes" based on a review in Trouser Press.

And, of course, Shoe Jeff Murphy produced the first 2 Material Issue albums.

Jeff Murphy's 2007 solo album "Cantilever" is brilliant, in case you haven't heard it.

I haven't heard the new FoW, since it's, like, not released yet...

[tbrough.livejournal.com]

The FoW Cd was being streamed on Steve Simels' site. Can't wait to get it.

I love "Cantilever," as well as having been a Shoes fan since "Present Tense."