Providing Musical Distractions for our Sick, Sad World
Video of the Day: Deadbolt – Swamp Witch We don’t even know WHAT to say about this! Sometimes the Internets throw up something weird and ya gotta just roll with it. And, this is REALLY Weird but, it’s our kind of weird. We are not even sure if the band, Deadbolt is in anyway connected …
UNDERRATED Album Hall of Fame: A. C. Newman – The Slow Wonder (2004) Our favorite New Pornographers album is actually their leader A.C. Newman‘s solo debut The Slow Wonder! It’s one of those rare records that engages immediately from the first notes and continues to reward repeated listens for years to come. Each concise, catchy song has …
Song of the Day: Marshall Crenshaw – Monday Morning Rock Marshall Crenshaw is kind of a weirdo. He actually Likes Mondays. He enjoys getting back to work. He is glad to have all the socializing and ugh, Partying behind him. We cannot identify. But, we do love us some Marshall Crenshaw anyway. And, we certainly …
Video of the Day: NRBQ – Me and the Boys (AFV version) Some of the Infinite Jones Crew is getting together tonight for a Boyeez Nite. Hilarity will no doubt ensue.
Song of the Day: The Bottle Rockets – Monday (Everytime I Turn Around) The Bottle Rockets hail from Festus, MO which is just up the road from the original Infinite Jones HQ so, we feel like they are old friends and good neighbors. Here is a great Monday song from their fine 2015 album South …
Infinite Jones Recommends: Electric Rock Music (1994) by the Ass Ponys Why have you never heard this album? Could it be the terrible band name? Or, the completely generic album title. Or, singer Chuck Cleaver’s high reedy voice (a definitely worth acquiring, acquired taste)? Maybe it is just bad luck because if you haven’t heard Electric …
Video of the Day: Robyn Hitchcock – Uncorrected Personality Traits Robyn Hitchcock provides an insidiously catchy, A Capella psychology lesson. Enjoy.
Song of the Day: Ambiguity Song by Camper Van Beethoven Here’s a song for one of those days when you are just not sure what to do next. It is from CVB’s 1985 album Telephone Free Landslide Victory which is as randomly eclectic as the name implies. Bonus: As a bonus, here is a video …
Song of the Day From Paul Westerberg’s 1993 Solo debut, 14 Songs, this beautiful little charmer is really just a demo. Paul reportedly could not remember the tuning he used when it came time to re-record the song for the album so, he just let it go as is. The lo-fi looseness adds to the …
Song of the Day “For the People, By the People, Yeah!” In honor of Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday which is still sorta celebrated in Infinite Jones’ home state of Illinois, here is a cheeky little rocker from semi-legendary Ohio band The Great Pains. This is originally from their 1984 album Born in a Barn but, …
