First, the first Betty Goo CD Superchthonic arrived in the mail Wednesday afternoon. I say the first "CD" because they had a debut release that was only released on cassette (want, want, WANT). I scoured the internet for Superchthonic for months until some dude in Pennsylvania finally came off a used copy of it. I found Gooicide first and LOVE it...like, in a big way. I've been looking for that debut cassette just as long but I have a feeling that search will carry on for some time to come. Anyway, I've listened to it a couple times and while it isn't quite the religious experience that Gooicide is, it is pretty sweet. Some of these Betty Goo lyrics really hit home and while that probably means that deep down I'm totally fucked up, that's cool, I've never minded that too much.
Then Wednesday night I got The Black Keys' The Big Come Up (which is their debut) from iTunes (mostly for my husband) but I listened to it this morning and all I can say is that it's like getting slapped in the face with a handful of awesome. I mean, seriously, where do these two young white boys get that sound?? Amazing.
Then, the most exciting thing ever happened (ok, maybe not EVER but it was pretty cool). My music guru (don't say "Who?" you know who I'm talking about) actually recommended an album to me. Not like, in a "Song of the Week" kind of way, but in a "Here, try this one" kind of why. Very awesome. (Can I do that? Can I use very and awesome together? Well I just did and the grammar police can suck it) Oh, and you know what the best part is? It's an album by Boy Wonder - a quartet, half of which are none other than the wicked talented Paula Kelley and Aaron Tap. Built-in amazing. So, naturally there was nothing else to do but immediately become the proud owner of a digital copy of Boy Wonder's Break the Spell, Etc. Of course, I have a sneaking suspicion that this is going to be another band that I want to see live and can't.
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