TWO TONGUES REVIEW!!!111

There is rarely a “super group” in the music industry who gets my metaphorical musical sex drive going. But there was something that sparked my interest with Two Tongues. This little beaut’ is comprised of Chris Conley of New Jersey legends Saves The Day and LA pop-punk rock man Max Bemis of Say Anything (yes, aptly named after the awesome John Cusack movie) and two other dudes from Say Anything (Dave Soloway [Saves The Day] on bass and Coby Linder [Say Anything] on drums). So clearly, this has to be good, right?
Who can really deny how good Saves The Day’s (In this authors opinion) defining album Stay What You Are was for the power pop/pop punk/emo (Please don’t list Fall Out Boy as an emo band… Do yourself a service and Wiki [Since Wikipedia knows all] “Emo” and read up. It does not include black hair dye and black, tight clothing) genre that has been grossly over commercialized for the tween masses of the word. I mean who can really say that the chorus to “This Is Not An Exit” is bad? It brings back awesome memories of growing up and being in junior high, listening to pop-punk and all kinds of weird records (who else would make a mix tape for a girl with blink-182 and The Temptatoins on it?) while surrounded by kids who idolized Dave Matthews.
So naturally when I heard about Two Tongues and the awesome music connection that is Max Bemis and Chris Conley. The record opens with a rather awkward note, which left me extremely flat. Very quickly the record changes pace and goes up to my expectations on track two, ‘If I Could Make You Do Things’. The other highlights include ‘Tremors’ and the almost do-wop-y feeling ‘Don’t You Want To Come Home’.
Overall, this feels rather blasé. It seems like Say Anything without Parker Case (Anyone remember Jamisonparker?) and those other dudes…. And Chris Conley. I don’t know whether to find that comforting or not. But over all, the record isn’t horrible. In fact, it’s really not too bad. Although it feels more like two EP’s stuck together and a weird Saves The Day and Say Anything place holders while they record new records.

Total: 78/100.

Playlist for 1-27-09

Howdy. I am sick so I was late, so shorter show then usual.

Bon Iver	For Emma	For Emma, Forever Ago
PHOSPHORESCENT	Pick Up The Tempo	To Willie	√
Tallest Man On Earth	The Gardner	Shallow Grave	√
Morrissey	I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris	I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris Single	√
Conor Oberst	Get-Well-Cards	Conor Oberst
Kevin Devine	A Billion Bees	Put Your Ghost To Rest
Saves The Day	This Is Not An Exit	Stay What You Are
Two Tongues	Don't Want You To Come Home	Two Tongues	√
The Get Up Kids	Valentine	Something To Write Home About
The Weakerthans	This Is A Fire Door You Never Leave Open	Left and Leaving
Gospel Claws	Sing, Dance	Gospel Claws	√
William Elliot Whitmore	Hell Or High Water	Animals In The Dark	√

Look out for a new review in the next few days.

Playlist for 1-20-09

HOLY CRAP. Twofer' Tuesday.

Morrissey	I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris	I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris	√
Morrissey	Dear God, You Have Killed Me	Ringleader Of The Tormentor
Raphael Saadiq	100 Yard Dash	The Way I See It	√
Rapael Saadiq	Keep Marchin'	The Way I See It	√
The Smiths	Barbarism Begins At Home	Meet Is Murder
The Smiths	There Is A Light That Never Goes Out	The Queen Is Dead
The Weakerthans	hymn of the medical oddity	reunion tour
The Weakerthans	Aside	Left And Leaving
The Tallest Man On Earth	The Gardner	Shallow Grave	√
The Tallest Man On Earth	Honey Won't You Let Me In	Shallow Grave	√
Sufjan Stevens	All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace	Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State
Sufjan Stevens	For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti	Greeings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State
Coconut Records	West Coast	Nighttiming
Coconut Records	Nighttiming	Nighttiming
Gringo Star	All Y'All	All Y'All	√
Gringo Star	Come on Now	All Y'All	√
Mae	Home	Singularity
Mae	Embers And Envelopes	Destination: Beautiful
Kids In Glass Houses	Pillow Talk	Smart Casual
Kids In Glass Houses	Easy Tiger	Smart Casual

Playlist for 1-13-09

It was Tuesday. HOLY CRAP. And that's cool, I guess? I played a really long song because I had to use the bathroom and get the mail and I didn't want dead air.

Blitzen Trapper	Furr	Furr	√
City And Colour	Off By Heart	Sometimes
City And Colour	Save Your Scissors	Somtimes
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan	Trouble	Sunday At Devil Dirt	√
Sufjan Stevens	All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!	Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State
The Smiths	Pretty Girls Make Graves	The Smiths
Nightmare Of You	I Want To Be Burried In Your Backyard	Nightmare Of You
Blitzen Trapper	Gold For Bread	Furr	√
Darwin Deez	Deep Sea Divers	Darwin Deez
Eye Alaska	Roll Right Over	Yellow & Elephant
Gringo Star	All Y'all	All Y'all	√
Conor Oberst	Danny Callahan	Conor Oberst
Copeland	Chin Up	You Are My Sunshine	√
Johan Johannnson	Florlandia	Forlandia	√
Mae	Sun (Acoustic)	Destination: B-Sides
The Get Up Kids	The Dark Night Of the Soul	Guilt Show
Elliot Smith	Son Of Sam	Figure 8
The Seatbelts	N.Y. Rush	Cowboy Bebop Blue

Stay tuned for another blog tomorrow.
And next tudesday too.

Radio, 1-06-09

HOLY CRAP. BRAND NEW TERM, SAME TIME SLOT, BRAND NEW YEAR.

Enjoy.

The Tallest Man On Earth	Honey Won't You Let Me In	Shallow Graves	√
Tallest Man On Earth	The Gardner	Shallow Graves	√
Elliot Smith	Waltz #2 (Xo)	XO
The Smiths	Ask	Louder Than Bombs
Darwin Deez	Radar Detector	LP
The Get Up Kids	Close To Me	Eudora
The Weakerthans	My Favorite Chords	Left and Leaving
Owen	The Sad Waltzes Of Pietro Crespi	At Home With
Kids In Glass Houses	Pillow Talk	Smart Casual
Belle And Sebastien	The State That I Am In	The BCC Sessions	√
David Bryne and Brian Eno	Home	Everything That Happens Will Happen Today	√
Her Space Holiday	Sleepy Tigers	XOXO Panda and the New Kid Revival	√
Gringo Star	All Yall	All Y'all	√
Darwin Deez	The Bomb Song	LP
The Get Up Kids	Action And Action	Something To Write Home About
The Weakerthans	Aside	Left And Leaving
Dustin Kensrue	Blood and Wine	Please Come Home

Monika was here.
And we talked about nothing. Then I left in a hurry because I had class.