Thanks to my sloshing buddy, I've been heavy dosing on John Vanderslice's Emerald City recently, and man do I love this record. Not as richly analog sounding as the previous Pixel Revolt (which I just got recently on an incredible sounding 180gm 2-LP gatefold 45rpm set straight from Barsuk for $21 postpaid), but there's a restless urgency to it, recorded quickly live in the studio, it's got a dirtier sound, more electronic processing, the guy is on a roll and producing some of the best pop music of our times, especially since moving more onto political ground with the last two, openly questioning some of the idiocy surrounding the Iraq occupation by the US and the events leading up to it, but sadly to a very small audience. There's a cool live in the studio take on the opener Kookaburra at the Stereogum site - give it plenty of time to load before playing or it gets out of sync a bit since it does have much better video than normal youtube type junk ... New John Vanderslice Live Video - "Kookaburra" - Video - Stereogum





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