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Monday, May 25, 2009

Music: What Happened? #44

Yes, it's back at last -- and today, Scott writes about 2002 and happens to list one of my personal favorite songs, Spoon's "Jonathon Fisk." Here's the band's video.

Monday, May 04, 2009

Music: What Happened? #43

We're in the home stretch of "Music: What Happened?" and it's time for 1960. Coming up next: 2002, 1961, 1994, 2003, 1958, 2005, and 1957.

Friday, April 24, 2009

125 Recommends: Failing in Biology by Simon Felton

If you are a fan of Anton Barbeau and Statuesque, you need to pick up a copy of Failing in Biology, the first solo album by Simon Felton. Simon is the guy behind the U.K.'s Pink Hedgehog Records (which released a couple of Anton Barbeau CDs) and he previously played bass with the band Garfield's Birthday. The CD was produced by Anton and Alan Strawbridge (The Lucky Bishops), which might make you expect something psychedelic, and there is a dash of that in the mix, but it leans much more strongly in a pure pop direction. Clocking in at a concise 30 minutes, Failing in Biology will charm you with tunes like "Mister Magic Eyes," which sounds like a lost 1970s AM radio classic, and the sweet pop gem "(It's Not) Rocket Science," which opens with the line: "In the time it takes to sing this song/You could probably write a better one." Not likely, Simon! The album's release date is May 18 but you can preorder it at Pink Hedgehog.

Listen to "In the Attic" (MP3)

Monday, April 20, 2009

Music: What Happened? #42

It's back! Relive 1998 in today's installment.

Please note: we've moved loudfamily.com back to its own domain, so if you follow a link to the old 125 Records subdirectory, you'll be automatically transported to the main page of loudfamily.com.

Monday, April 13, 2009

What happened?

If you're wondering what happened to "Music: What Happened," Scott is taking a couple of weeks off. We'll let you know when a new installment has been posted.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Music: What Happened? #40 & 41

Somehow, it escaped me again last week to post a link to the new edition of Music: What Happened?, so here are two: 1999 and 1980.

Also, I am pleased to announce that soon, loudfamily.com will once again be its own domain instead of a mere redirect to 125records.com.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Music: What Happened? #39

Scott wrote about 1974 last week, and we were late in posting it because we were out of town. This week, Scott is feeling too exhausted to write a new entry, but he did give us the order in which he'll write the rest of the posts. So stay tuned.

1999
1980
1998
1960
2002
1961
2003
1958
2005
1957