{"id":381,"date":"2007-03-14T22:58:19","date_gmt":"2007-03-15T02:58:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-03-14T23:03:14","modified_gmt":"2007-03-14T23:03:14","slug":"quick-hits-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/quick-hits-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kqIeZSjs9wE?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nAny thoughts on the new <strong>Wilco<\/strong> album? I missed its official debut the other night. I heard it described somewhere &#8211; here? &#8211; as sounding like the slow songs on <em>Summerteeth<\/em>. In the basement some dudes were saying that Tweedy&#8217;s voice had changed. For the better or worse?<\/p>\n<p>Will <strong>Radiohead<\/strong> ever do anything that captivates people again, or are they headed for the departure of that guitar player and the eventual drafting of <strong>Johnny Marr<\/strong> for a politely ignored send-off album?<\/p>\n<p>Wait &#8217;til you get past the &#8220;Read more!&#8221; link and see the way <strong>Ian Hunter<\/strong> lifts a tiny background singer to get closer to his mic on the break in this second clip? Think that <strong>Bright Eyes<\/strong> guy will ever have the confidence to pull a move like that? Someone from this generation needs to. And how &#8217;bout Hunter&#8217;s cavalier laugh as the break wraps up? <strong>Cavalier Rock Laughs<\/strong> are an art we take for granted. Can you think of other songs that feature such a laugh, usually at either a song&#8217;s intro or the beginning or end of a solo or middle eighth section.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9oBYWgMNLIc?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhen I&#8217;m browsing through a digital download service, such as <strong>eMusic<\/strong>, in search of New Rock &#8216;n Roll music, how would you suggest I locate albums that rock and reach in the rollicking way of a band like Mott the Hoople? I can easily locate severely segmented subgenres, such as Power Pop, Garage Rock, Indie Rock, and Albino Pygmy Pop, yet I have trouble finding a slew of rock &#8216;n roll bands in one tidy setting. I know they exist &#8211; I&#8217;ve got a <strong>You Am I<\/strong> record, a <strong>Figgs<\/strong> record, and such &#8211; but where do I even go to find some band like <strong>Old 97s<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>I know some of you aren&#8217;t troubled by essentially one-and-done hitmakers like <strong>Gnarls Barkley<\/strong> and <strong>Arrested Development<\/strong> long before them. You are comfortable with the ephemeral nature of pop music, right? More power to you! Townsman Sammy worries about bands out of time. I&#8217;m hung up on bands with a certain sophomore slump and subsequent disappearance in their near future. I admire those of you who let the good times roll.<\/p>\n<p>Did <em>anyone<\/em> go to see <strong>The New Cars<\/strong> (with Todd Rundgren, without Rick Ocasek and Benjamin Orr) on tour last year? Anyone who&#8217;s been in the company of a woman within the last 8 years? Did I read correctly that they&#8217;re going on tour again? A New Cars concert strikes me as a pocket calculator-carrying male scene. (I will have to say that <strong>Elliott Easton<\/strong> comes through with yet another fantastic 14-second solo in the clip that kicks off this post. I suspect that guy will be making some free-agent visits.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any thoughts on the new Wilco album? I missed its official debut the other night. I heard it described somewhere &#8211; here? &#8211; as sounding like the slow songs on Summerteeth. In the basement some dudes were saying that Tweedy&#8217;s voice had changed. For the better or worse? 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