Waves

Pixies - Wave of Mutilation

Apples in Stereo - Tidal Wave



Clap You Hands Say Yeah - Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood

I Like American Music Pt 32 of 50 - ABCs of American Music part A of Z

Running out of ideas to tie songs together so were going with bands in alphabetical.

Apples in Stereo - Motorcar

Atlas Sound - Walkabout

Autolux - Capital Kind of Strain

I Like American Music Pt 20 of 50 - Elephant 6 Collective, Earth Air and Sea

  We resume our trek across America where our previous post left us in Athens, Georgia. 

Elf Power - World is Waiting

 Down to Ruston, Louisiana with......Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane over the Sea 

                                  

Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel and Robert Schneider of Apples in Stereo were childhood friends in Ruston who along with Will Cullen Hart and Bill Doss formed the Elephant Six Collective recording label.
  Apples in Stereo - Shiny Sea

Magic Stick Warm-up Bands

  Often at the Magic Stick the warm-up bands were just as good the headliners.  In June '04 The Stratford 4 stole the show from headliners Beulah.  The song Telephone inspired me to make a mix CD and sneak it into the disc player of my oldest daughter's car on her 22nd birthday.  It featured this song plus Spacemen3, Primal Scream and T Rex, Belle and Sebastian and the Bunnymen. 

    In May of '04 Apples in Stereo came to the Magic Stick and their drummer Hilary Sydney, worked double time as she also played guitar and sang lead for the High Water Marks.   The High Water Marks also feature one of my favorite drummers Jimmy Lindsay.  I talked to him at the merch table and told him his style reminded me of Keith Moon.  I later found an old interview with him online where he was asked which historical figures he would like to have dinner with.  Of course, Keith Moon was one of his choices.

High Watermarks - Good I Feel Bad

     Imaad Wasif's band alaska! was first band on for an Ash/Bravery show in April '05.  Ash had started the tour as headliners but by the time they reached Detroit, the Bravery had a surging single that gave them top-billing and let me call it an early night.
  alaska! - Real Is Your Control

 

Winter is Coming

  Saw my first Snowy Owl of the season today and the first snow is forecast for tomorrow.  Time to break out the winter themed songs.

  Bonus points offered for those who know the connection between Elf Power and Apples in Stereo.