I live in Manila and there’s basically two seasons: hella rain vs no rain. We’re in the hella rain period. This is when all the typhoons, monsoons, storms, floods, etc. happen and it goes on from June to November.
So to commemorate the middle of the rainy season, here’s a live performance by Lola Amour performing “Raining in Manila”. I’m not familiar with them but the song is a little jazzy and all the dudes crammed in that bus are totally all in sync.
Fairytale of New York is getting a lot of well deserved attention, but the fact remains that Shane is responsible for a fair share of the most beautiful songs ever written.
This song, ‘Danger! High Voltage’, and a few others are so goddamn amazing, yet most of their songs are pretty subpar, they’re just really inconsistent. I can’t even understand how it’s the same group sometimes. I want to love them, but there’s just not enough there.
I tried a few times with some of the indie darlings like Wilco and Neutral Milk Hotel. I didn't hate them--some okay songs here and there--but I didn't want to start a new religion to them like a lot of people seem to feel after hearing their albums.
The album 'pride' is originally what got me into him. It's really good and has a weirdness to it I love. But I agree - song for zula is one of the greatest. The rest of this album didn't do it for me either.
However, seeing them live is fucking fantastic. You don't need to like their songs to have a good fucking time. Their passion is contagious.
I love unique voices. From Michael Stipes mumbling slight twang to the nasally whines of Gordon Gano from the Femmes, Jeff Mangum from Neutral Milk, and Colin Meloy of Decemberists. The voice is the glue that makes or breaks bands for me.
But if I can indulge and push the envelope of what is “alternative” a smidge, one of my very favorite voices of all time loves to sing of love and fantastical environments, who feels almost genderless and ethereal, and whose music rarely dipped into the mainstream (just once or twice). Is prog alternative? Probably not, but it ain’t mainstream.
So many songs to choose from that I love so much, but I’ll narrow it to 3.
A beautiful song with one of the best bass drops in history from what’s considered one of their best albums Close To The Edge: “And You And I” - youtu.be/IwpB6b6mhUM?si=rUuD9jr7hr7e7ovu
And finally, a much later epic from Keystudio, a song called “Mind Drive” which dips toes into almost-jazz fusion jam - youtu.be/zvBknHFa8PQ?si=ocB4VViT1RH71sjS
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