[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/love-on-a-budget.mp3|titles=Love on a Budget Benji Hughes ] Somewhere between the high-browness of Stephin Merritt’s Magnetic Fields and the endearing inanity of Brad Neely’s Baby Cakes, there’s a brilliant songwriter named Benji Hughes. Hughes’ 2008 album A Love Extreme is some true, cool stuff.
Month: April 2010
Can You Feel It? Can’t You Hear It?
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/can-you-feel-it.mp3|titles=Can You Feel It? (Can’t you hear it?)] Apples in Stereo’s New Magnetic Wonder from 2007 is an amazing collection of hooks and fuzz and pure energy oozing from almost every one of the 24 tracks. One of my favorite parts of the album is found at the end of the lead track, Can You…
Beeing Healthy in Oakland
On Wednesday of last week, a week that was already super shitty, I came home to an infestation of bees coming in and out of a small gap in the siding of my building, directly above my door. I called my landlord who said she’d drop by with some spray. When my upstairs neighbor came…