…about getting the blog started again? Well, see, there’s this thing called Twangfest…and I should never try to do anything in the weeks leading up to it, or for that matter in the week after it. I’ve barely looked at a computer other than at work this whole week.
I’ll do a write-up of Twangfest later, I think. This is just a stealth post in the meantime that has the dual purpose of keeping the blog sort of active and reminding me that a potential record of the year is coming out next week: The Dreadful Yawns’ new one, after a long hiatus. I write that as though I know something about the band, but in fact I just heard of them this morning, via the Miles of Music weekly e-mail. The description intrigued me, so I found some clips, and it was pretty much love at first hearing. I am leery of judging anything based on just a couple of 45-second clips, but I can’t imagine hating the rest of the record. (Famous last words.) So I’m posting this in part to remind myself to buy it when it comes out on Tuesday.
Also recently heard and liked: Columbus, Ohio’s the Squares. They have an EP out. I have philosophical objections to EPs, especially ones with only four or five tracks, but I might buy this one just to show support. And then there are the St. Louis bands I’ve been liking lately, like the Love Experts and the Gentleman Callers and the (now defunct, sadly) Phonocaptors. Plus Glossary have a new album coming out that they’re already sold out of; I’ll be buying it when the second pressing is available. And then there’s…well, suffice to say that my months of buying very few CDs have come to an end. Stupid good bands, they keep costing me money.