First Brian Wilson finished Smile. Then Jandek played live. And now, Jeff Mangum, the elusive, fragile and possibly downright batty mastermind behind Neutral Milk Hotel, has made his first major public appearance in years, joining Olivia Tremor Control last night at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City.
More randomness:
Part 1 of 2) I forgot to post a link to You Ain't No Picasso which is where I ripped both the Ted Leo and Mountain Goats covers. Here are several counter-examples (MG, Superwolf sort of), major reaffirmers (Unicorns, Rilo Kiley...twice?), and forgettable sort-of-proves-my-point-but-who-really-cares choices (pretty much the rest) to the other day's rant. Pretty good blog, with mucho Sufjan coverage (hm, Illinois is conspicuously absent from Sufjan's homepage...HEY AWESOME INDIE ROCKERS, UPDATE YOUR WEBSITES PLEASE).
Part 2 of 2) Had a conversation about the New Pornographers the other day and for some reason had a pang of guilt about writing this stupid review of the latest Limblifter album (NP drummer Kurt Dahle's brother Ryan's band) from like six months ago, even though I'm pretty sure I was right.
So to otherwise make amends and rehabilitate the innocence of the genuine feelings, here is some Limblifter music courtesy of the website...I thought I had this album on my hard drive but I guess not. Check out "Drug Induced," which I like both in spite of and because of the first line. Also a Neutral Milk Hotel song to help nurse the wound (whatever, like I go to concerts anymore) and a song by Lovers Band, because they're from Athens and they're on Orange Twin and they might play a Buzzsaw show if we actually decided to ask them at some point.
Limblifter - I/O (free streaming)
Neutral Milk Hotel - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" (final performance)
Lovers - "Now That You're a Ghost"
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