Review: Beirut – Gulag Orkestar (or) postcards from across the atlantic
First, congratulations to Nate from Bethesda, MD who is the lucky winner of the signed copy of the new Ben Folds album Supersunnyspeedgraphic album. You lucky bastard! Secondly, if I had a dollar for every time I missed the “next big thing,” I’d be at least a few bucks richer. When all you other bloggers (Read more…)
Kicking some niner tailfeather
Bethanne from Clever Titles Are So Last Summer (or CTASLS or the only other blog with an acronym even close to as horrible as mine) has evidently decided to close up shop over there, just as Jennings from Rbally has decided to do the same. Too bad that two great music blogs are calling it (Read more…)
Review: Trail Of Dead – So Divided (or) spin your little head around
I’ve never been a huge fan of …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. In fact, I haven’t really heard much from the band at all, and I’m not sure why. I always meant to check out their 2002 album Source Tags And Codes but never did. Sometimes these things just sneak (Read more…)
Review: The Transit War – Miss Your Face (or) we might never see you again
I think it was almost two weeks ago that the wife and I headed down to Chicago’s Beat Kitchen to see our old-friends (and former band mates) in Allister before their 2-1/2 month tour of Japan. We expected to have some drinks and a good time, but we didn’t expect The Transit War. San Diego’s (Read more…)
The periodic table of elements
Paul Duncan (who’s Be Careful What You Call Home was one of my favorite releases of 2005) just got done recording his second album for the Boulder-based Hometapes label. They’ve pointed us in the direction of a new song that is unmastered and fresh from the studio and (from this cursory sample) it sounds like (Read more…)
An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 14)
Here is a really obscure entry into this series. Back when the third wave ska/punk fusion was all the rage in the early and mid 90’s, one of Chicago’s finest was The Eclectics. They put out a few records on Jump Up! Records, including Idle Worship which was recorded with (none other than) Steve Albini. (Read more…)
Happy first birthday Hailey
Our little ladybug is one year old today. MP3 | Elizabeth Mitchell – Ladybug Picnic You Are My Flower
Workin’ for the weekend
My brother is getting married tomorrow and my daughter celebrates her first birthday on Sunday. Can you believe it? Seems like only yesterday that we welcomed her into our lives. Needless to say, it will be a busy weekend, so I’ll be back here late Sunday with some more musical goodness for y’all. Most likely, (Read more…)
Win the new Ben Folds album (contest)
How many of you know that Ben Folds has a kick ass new album called Supersunnyspeedgraphic coming out on October 24th? We’ll that’s the truth. Another bit of (awesome) truth is that we here at Can You See The Sunset… are giving away a signed copy of the new album. That’s right, a signed copy (Read more…)
