3 posts tagged “krecords”
These lyrics are just amazing
from Underground
so I tattoo instructions on my ass
that say "don't ever put this body is a casket
burn it and put the ashes in a basket
and throw them in the Puget Sound
I don't ever want to be under ground"
oh no, oh no
from The Composition
now people send me emails that say thanks for saying the things they didn't know how to say
and the people in my head still visit me sometimes
and they bring all of their friends but I don't mind
I play my guitar like lightning
when I sing I like it when you sing too loud and clear
different voices different tones all sayin' "yeah, we're not alone"
I got good at feeling bad and that's why I'm still here
I got good at feeling bad and that's why I'm still here
I got good at feeling bad and that's why I'm still here
I think that Kimya Dawson is an acquired taste. If you end up liking it that taste, it is just amazing.
When MP3s first started getting popular there were all sorts of ways to get them. It was not only Napster, but people would send me CDs full of them. I would get e-mails with songs in them. I would also find them on websites. Many of the songs were incorrectly or poorly tagged.
I was going through my songs once and came across two songs that were obiviouly recored at the same time. I did not know the singer, but I could tell it was the same voice on both songs. The songs are so low-fi that they sould like they were recorded in a coffee house.
When I first heard these songs my ears perked up right away. It I knew something special was going on this this music. In a world of over-produced boy bands, this guy sounded like a regular person. They song from the heart. This expressions where things I could understand. It was amazing.
I do not want to overstate this, but hearing these songs was like the first time I heard In the Areoplane Over the Sea, Castaways and Cutouts, Tigermilk, Document, or Don't Tell a Soul. After hearing these songs I just wanted more and more of these songs. Anyone know knows me knows why I love these two songs.
The problem was the track had no artist names attached to it. I searched on the internet and All Music for the name of the songs and I came up with nothing. I played these songs for my friends and they had never heard him before. No one even knew the voice. There was no record of anyone singing these songs. I had never heard the singer before. While he sounded professional, it could have been some guy.
Eventually I found a radio station play list that had these two songs listed. I found out the singer was Calvin Johnson from K Records fame (or lack there of). As soon as I heard these songs I knew that I was going to be a fan of this guy. I have liked a lot of projects that Calvin Johnson has worked on. This is really when I started to be a K Records fan.
This time last year I never heard of Jason Anderson. Now I cannot stop listening to him. There is something about his voice and his music that just resonates with me. I like his melancholy singing. I have been listening to both his album lately, The Wreath and New England.
I know the two reasons I am listening to Jason Anderson is because of E-music and K Records. Subscribing to E-music pushes me to try music I have never heard before. I am often rewarded by finding music that is amazing. It has done a lot to broaden my musical knowledge.
One of the ways I pick music is because of what lable they are on. Ever since I heard those Microphones and Halo Benders albums I was hooked on K Records. It is a record Label that has a point of view. I know their lo-fi sound is not for everyone. I know that it is just about right for me.
