Well, it’s that day again, the day to gather around with family and rub a long fork like utensil and a knife over a very dead piece of poultry. Pass the cranberry sauce ’cause Grandpa is going to tell you about the weather and the news. It might be time to start bracing yourself for an extended amount of time with your nuclear family. Time to find your zen, get in your happy place and endure the hot coals of superficial niceties.If you find all this togetherness a little awkward (Like Me), it’s also the day to trace your hand and turn it into a poorly rendered turkey! Check out this tom to the left! Pretty handsome eh? Anyway, I’ve composed a mix of entertaining Turkey-Day tunes. Enjoy!
November 27, 2008
Have a Very AZLTRON Thanksgiving!
July 24, 2007
Clever Girls Like Clever Boys…
I wrote about the pop-smithery of Pelle Carlberg a while back, citing his pastoral pop sound as something of a cross between Jarvis Cocker and Belle and Sebastian, while the sound and the feeling is something unique to itself. The heartfelt ballads and folk tunes are sure to put a smile on your face, whether he sings about endless love or just scraping by to make ends meet. I know that the first few times I listened to opener “Pamplona” the hair on my arms stood on end. It’s like a Springsteen rally call to the downtrodden indie kids. “I Love You, You Imbecile” is about the most fun you can have with witty lyrics and gentle Swedish Pop and “Clever Girls like Clever Boys…” sprawls into the catchiest song on the album. If “In a Nutshell” is just a light snack for Pelle, I look forward to the day that he prepares a full meal.
MP3 – Clever Girls Like Clever Boys – Pelle Carlsberg
MP3 – I Love You, You Imbecile – Pelle Carlsberg
MP3 – Pamplona – Pelle Carlsberg
July 2, 2007
Pelle in a Nutshell
I don’t know what they’re putting in the water up there in Sweden, because they just keep producing timeless pop album after pop album up there. Pelle Carlberg’s second solo album “In a Nutshell” is another bastion of quality Swedish pop.
Pelle knocks out songs using bouncy pastoral instrumentation that is immediate and catchy like early Belle & Sebastian. And just like early Belle & Sebastian , he distracts you with head bopping tunes while going directly for your heart with witty touching lyrics. From the bright boy-girl “I Love You, You Imbecile”, to the infinitely catchy “Clever Girls Like Clever Boys…” Pelle executes his songs with the earnest cool of Roy Orbison and the emoting lyricism of Jarvis Cocker.
MP3 – I Love You, You Imbecile – Pelle Carlberg
MP3 – Clever Girls Like Clever Boys… – Pelle Carlberg
