http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/07/i-have-it/ yet another audio blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/07/i-have-it/comment-page-1/#comment-315329 the of mirror eye » Sounds Dumpy Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:31:31 +0000 http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/07/i-have-it/#comment-315329 [...] There must be something totally liberating about lo-fi four-track recordings that causes musicians to come back to it, again and again. James McNew is a perfect example. As bassist for Yo La Tengo (look here and here), he already has an outlet for his musical demons and decent studios to work in and yet, he still breaks out the ole four-track and gives it a while every once in awhile as Dump (look here). [...] [...] There must be something totally liberating about lo-fi four-track recordings that causes musicians to come back to it, again and again. James McNew is a perfect example. As bassist for Yo La Tengo (look here and here), he already has an outlet for his musical demons and decent studios to work in and yet, he still breaks out the ole four-track and gives it a while every once in awhile as Dump (look here). [...]

]]> http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/07/i-have-it/comment-page-1/#comment-275543 the of mirror eye » I Got It Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:05:33 +0000 http://ofmirroreye.net/blog/2005/07/i-have-it/#comment-275543 [...] Despite my obvious penchant for all things noisy and psychedelic, sometimes I like to kick back and do some soft-rockin’ to the old indie standards. And when those urges hit, I usually turn to this band, Yo La Tengo (look here). Together since the early ’80’s, the band only really started to come together in the early ’90’s with the release of this album, Painful. [...] [...] Despite my obvious penchant for all things noisy and psychedelic, sometimes I like to kick back and do some soft-rockin’ to the old indie standards. And when those urges hit, I usually turn to this band, Yo La Tengo (look here). Together since the early ’80’s, the band only really started to come together in the early ’90’s with the release of this album, Painful. [...]

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