Jared Leibowich — Secret Spells (Bruit Direct Disques)
Jared Leibowich’s songs sound much larger than bedroom pop, with their massed vocals and clanging, chiming guitars. The songwriter, who got his start with Austin bands including the Zoltars and the Infinites, has made an expansive, ebullient solo album here, meriting comparisons to the Papercuts, White Fence and Peel Dream Magazine and, even, once or twice, the Beach Boys in its full multi-tracked, multi-vocaled glory.
Consider, for instance, “Can I Hear Your Story?” a sugar rush of criss-crossing vocals and gauzily irresistible hook. Around Leibowich’s main vocal melody, a chorus of overdubbed descants swirl, filling out the space, as drums pound and guitars exult. It’s such a good song, and so very different from the guy-on-stool-with-guitar-moaning-about-his-love-life standard that solo, self-recorded pop often adheres to.
These are not, in general, confessional songs. The palette is much larger than Leibowich’s personal experiences; it explores imaginative visions that are not quite real. For instance, “Without Fail,” which opens the second side, is a third-person story song about a dangerous pied piper sort of performer. He captures his audience with words and doesn’t let them go. It billows and masses and lilts in soft-focus hookiness, very much in line with Jason Quever’s best work with Papercuts.
A few of the songs rock out a little harder, shaped by sharper guitars and rowdier drums. “Don’t You Fall Down” is one of these, a jagged garage pop gem that punches as hard as it daydreams.
It’s always difficult to put a finger on exactly what makes one album of guitar pop better than another, but this is a good one, eccentric and wistfully pretty and not at all limited by the format. Leibowich is thinking in larger terms — of choirs and orchestras and baroque poetry — and making that stuff out of what’s at hand.
Jennifer Kelly
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The Beach Boys
In Concert
1973 Brother
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Tracks Disc One:
01. Sail on Sailor
02. Sloop John B
03. The Trader
04. You Still Believe in Me
05. California Girls
06. Darlin’
07. Marcella
08. Caroline No
09. Leaving This Town
10. Heroes and Villains
Tracks Disc Two:
01. Funky Pretty
02. Let the Wind Blow
03. Help Me, Rhonda
04. Surfer Girl
05. Wouldn’t It Be Nice?
06. We Got Love
07. Don’t Worry Baby
08. Surfin’ U.S.A.
09. Good Vibrations
10. Fun, Fun, Fun
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Ricky Fataar
Alan Jardine
Mike Love
Brian Wilson
Carl Wilson
Dennis Wilson
* Long Live Rock Archive
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03 | Iconic Bands as the Zodiac Signs
Aries: AC/DC
Taurus: The Beatles
Gemini: The Rolling Stones
Cancer: Pink Floyd
Leo: Queen
Virgo: Fleetwood Mac
Libra: The Eagles
Scorpio: Led Zeppelin
Sagittarius: The Grateful Dead
Capricorn: U2
Aquarius: Radiohead
Pisces: The Beach Boys
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Here’s my shot of John Stamos at the Disney+ ''Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium'' Yellow Brick Road Event. it appears that John has let his beard grow from last I saw at the Spider-Man activity at the Santa Monica Peer. @johnstamos #johnstamos #fullhouse #fullerhouse #beachboys @disney @disneyplus @eltonjohn #eltonjohn #eltonjohnfarewelltour @dodgerstadium #eltonjohnlive #dodgerstadium #dodgerstadiumtour #goodbyeyelllowbrickroad (at Dodger Stadium) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClZfXyLyJTT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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#vinyl #vinyllife #45rpm #45s #hugomontenegro #beachboys #thebeachboys #brianwilson #goodvibrations #rcarecords #records #recordcollector #pdxdj #portland #pdx #pdxdjs #nowplaying https://www.instagram.com/p/CiaQcO9Lbra/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Beach Boys
Surfin’ Safari b/w 409
1962 Capitol
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* Long Live Rock Archive
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Music History on this Day: March 4, 2024
March 4, 1963: The Beach Boys released “Surfin’ USA,” the title track of the band’s second album.
Rock‘n’roll icon Chuck Berry noticed that the tune, attributed to Brian Wilson, was remarkably similar to his 1958 hit, “Sweet Little Sixteen,” and successfully pursued the band for a publishing credit.
Although it stalled at No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100, “Surfin’ USA” spent 78 weeks on the chart and became the best-selling record of the year.
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In this "Albums That Made Me" blog. I discuss a compilation album that, as a kid, really captured my imagination and piqued my interest.
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