4 posts tagged “scanners”

How did I get myself into this? 

A few of us SFists -- Jon (the new editor), MattyMatt and I -- will be on Madden's show on Live 105 tonight around 8pm.   At least if I faint or break out into hives, no one will be able to see it.

Tune in to my weekly column on SFist later today where I'll be giving away the new Decemberists record with a signed lithograph.

And while I'm talking about myself so much (groan), I wrote a few reviews for Venus:  Scanners and The Long Winters

What albums are in heavy rotation for you right now?

These questions always stump me;  as soon as someone asks me this all the music knowledge just drains out of my head.  I'm going to think of 2 or 3 other albums this week that I should have included...

Here are three I can think of now:

I've written about Scanners and RATATAT already.  As Tall As Lions is kind of indie-emo-rock, but I like that the singer sounds a little bit like Craig Wedren except not nearly as genius, of course.

I feel a bit self-conscious that this is all new music, but I guess that's what I've been in the mood for lately.  When I was in LA, Jason was playing the latest Fair to Midland album, inter.funda.stifle, in his dressing room.  He described it as The Mars Volta (FTM's from Denton, TMV's from El Paso) but with stronger songwriting.  I loved what I heard:  it was lush, bombastic, dynamic (Laurie, they're opening for System of a Down) and all over the place in a way that made total sense, if you were willing to go with it.  (I tried to upload their album into my audio stream but Amazon doesn't have the album cover on file.  So I had to add it the old school way.) 

What's the one CD that will totally remind you of the Summer of 2006?

I have no idea yet, but it just might be Scanners' Violence is Golden.

Listen to "Raw" and try your best not to break out into dance.  (Hurry and listen before I delete this!)

I said I'd love you and I'll love you to death
I said I'd want you till you breathe your last breath
I said I'd need you and my need is divine
Yeah like the lover who got stuck in his mind

Yeah like the twisted heart that's tortured and cold
Who listens carefully but never be told
The pain and misery that love always brings
These are my favourite things

So give me something cos I'm raw to the core

Scanners are sexy.