Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the first half of the year. I've also got music from Hallelujah the Hills, She Sir and The Collected Fictions.
Show notes:
Recorded at Clicky Clicky World HQ
A farewell to Moviefone
JB: Forced to listen to lite rock radio at work
Frozen vs. High School Musical
Rock stations play the same old catalog stuff
Regional radio leanings
JK's radio show Stuck In Thee Garage is almost a year old
The debut of Clicky Clicky Live
JB's honorable mentions: New Mendicants, Steiner, The Collected Fictions, The Wrong Shapes
Ovlov's breakup/reunion
JK's honorable mentions: Hallelujah the Hills, The Hold Steady, Krill, Speedy Ortiz, Mastodon
JB: La Ligas Menores makes good indie pop out of Argentina
JK: The War on Drugs' Lost in the Dream has an '80s feel
JB: Krill has best song imagining oneself as poop
JK: F'd Up combines gruff vocals with intricate arrangements
JB: She Sir is a two-piece from Austin that takes its time
JK: New Cloud Nothings record continues a winning formula
JB: Speedy Ortiz continues to impress
Touring non-stop despite loss of guitarist
JK: Gord Downie and the Sadies recorded album over several years
Punk-influenced sound from roots rock artists
To be continued
Music:
Hallelujah the Hills - Pick Up an Old Phone
She Sir - Condensedindents
The Collected Fictions - Talk
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The Hallelujah the Hills song is on the album Have You Ever Done Something Evil? on Discrete Pageantry. Download the song for free at Stereogum.
The She Sir song is on the album Go Guitars on Shelflife Records. Download the song for free at Largehearted Boy.
The song by The Collected Fictions is on the band's self-titled EP. Download the EP for free (in exchange for your email address) at Bandcamp. The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.