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On today's episode, I talk to musician Fred Thomas. Originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan, Fred started playing music as a teenager, and in 1994 founded the math rock band Chore. The band broke up two years later, and he joined the brilliant His Name Is Alive, and in 1999 started the well-known indie rock band Saturday Looks Good to Me. They would release eight albums, mostly on Polyvinyl, before Fred retired the band in 2013. As a solo artist, Fred has been recording albums since 2002, and his 14th album Window in the Rhythm was just released on Polyvinyl, and it is fantastic! This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter. Check out my free philosophy Substack where I write essays every couple months here and my old casiopop band's lost album here! And the comedy podcast I do with my wife Naomi Couples Therapy can be found here! Theme song by the fantastic Savoir Adore! Second theme by the brilliant Mike Pace! Closing theme by the delightful Gregory Brothers! Podcast art by the inimitable Beano Gee!
Episode 128 of Pudding On The Wrist finds your host, Frozen Lazuras, spinning choice cuts from Saturday Looks Good to Me, Dorothy Ashby, Suicide, Buffy Saint-Marie, Adam Green, Glyders, and so much more.Northern Soul, Doo Wop, Bollywood Hits, Jangly Guitars... Everything you have ever wanted is here in Pudding On The Wrist.
SUPPORT ME ON PATREON WATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE I love naming things. Songs. Albums. Podcasts. Children. The list goes on. Names are powerful. So naturally I'm fascinated by them. In researching this podcast, I wanted to see if anyone has tried to make a comprehensive list of every band name ever in history from all types of music. Nope. And I was kinda happy about that because I would have probably read the whole thing. Instead, I decided we'd have a little fun. I found five CDs from bands that have days of the week in their names. I looked up ALL the bands with day names that have made any kind of impact (i.e. that I could actually find), and it turns out there are HARDLY ANY. I thought since there are hundreds of songs with day names in them that there'd be at least a few dozen bands, but I could only find 17. Of those only 6 (#s 1, 4, 11, 12, 16 & 17 below) have had any measure of fame. And really it's only FIVE because one of them (#12) changed their name to Radiohead before hitting it big. I was shocked that the list is that small. Here it is: 1. Blue Monday – hardcore punk band from Vancouver 2. Happy Mondays – Manchester Brit pop neo-psychedelia band 3. Hey Monday – pop punk band from Florida 4. See You Next Tuesday – deathcore & mathcore band from Michigan 5. ‘Til Tuesday – new wave alt rock band from Boston 6. Tuesday – punk emo band from Chicago 7. Dead by Wednesday – heavy metal band from Connecticut 8. Wednesday – Ontario pop vocal band 9. Wednesday 13 – aka Joseph Michael Poole – lead singer of Murderdolls 10. Wednesday Night Heroes – Edmonton punk / street punk band 11. Thursday – post-hardcore, screamo band from New Brunswick, NJ 12. Friday Night Boys – pop punk electronica / power pop band from Virginia 13. On a Friday – Radiohead's original name for their first few years 14. Saturday Looks Good to Me – experimental indie pop band from Michigan 15. The Saturdays – British-Irish electro pop girl group 16. Taking Back Sunday – emo, post-hardcore, pop punk band from Long Island 17. The Sundays – dream pop alt rock band from London As for the five that I have – one album from The Sundays, two from Thursday, and two from Taking Back Sunday – none of these bands are seriously active right now, but when they were I was really into them. The Sundays were one of the best dream pop bands to ever exist. Thursday was one of the pioneering screamo bands, and hailed from my Rutgers University alma mater town, New Brunswick, NJ. Taking Back Sunday blended pop punk with screamo, and came up with some excellent tunes. Those last two bands had TONS of energy you could feel right through the stereo. There's absolutely no question these bands influenced me. The Sundays showed me it's possible to be soft and cool. The other two bands gave me templates for merging melody and sheer force the way Foo Fighters et al. have done. Check out the album below for some major dream pop influence, and listen to the song after that to hear some major force: REC – Sympathy for the Weird REC – “Three More Minutes” Do you remember ANY of these bands? Do you know of other bands with days in their names? Discuss dammit! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nick-dematteo/support
For this episode of Renaissance Soul, I’m joined by indie singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, and all around jack of all music trades, Fred Thomas, band leader of Saturday Looks Good To Me as we talk about their 2003 album All Your Summer Songs. Coming from the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor area, Fred Thomas’ contributions to the Michigan music scene are just as prevalent in Detroit. With a couple local releases for Saturday Looks Good To Me in 2000, All Your Summer Songs was the first real album for this project of Thomas’ – released via Polyvinyl Record Company in 2003. While many of us have a place in our hearts for this album, Thomas’ did face mixed feelings and confusion about what exactly this project is, which we talk about during this episode. The songs for this album were recorded between February 2000 and December 2002 mostly on four-track in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Livonia, and Detroit, Michigan; Louisville, Kentucky & The Grange Hall of Rhode Island. Along with diving into the origins of this project, we go track-by-track through the album with Thomas sharing stories about the writing/recording and the collaboration between all the players on this album. Around 20 years later, All Your Summer Songs is an important part of Michigan’s music history. Follow Fred Thomas: Twitter: twitter.com/fredthomasmusic Instagram: instagram.com/fredthomas Follow Saturday Looks Good To Me: Bandcamp: saturdaylooksgoodtome.bandcamp.com Polyvinyl: polyvinylrecords.com/artist/saturday_looks_good_to_me SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW FRESH IS THE WORD: Subscribe on all major streaming platforms. Please rate and review on Apple Podcast and Stitcher. List of where Renaissance Soul streams: podlink.to/RenSoulPod or just search “Renaissance Soul”. Also available on IHeartRadio. THEME MUSIC Courtesy of STEVE O. Check out more music at eyeamsteveo.bandcamp.com. Support via Patreon If you want to support Fresh is the Word, please consider pledging via Patreon at Patreon.com/freshistheword. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
We review new records by Cloud Nothings (Cleveland), Joan of Arc (Chicago) and Fred Thomas (ex-Saturday Looks Good to Me, Ann Arbor). Also, fuck Donald Trump, fuck Mike Pence, fuck Steve Bannon, fuck all those guys.
This edition of the Talkhouse Music Podcast features Fred Thomas, longtime mainstay of the beloved, idiosyncratic lo-fi indie-pop band Saturday Looks Good to Me, with musician, motivational speaker, producer, nightclub impresario, advice columnist, and TV and radio host Andrew WK. It's a little-known fact that Mr. Thomas and Mr. WK go back a long way — 20 years, to when they were teenagers in the very weird and wild Ann Arbor, Michigan underground music scene. They're still good friends, and WK even guested on a song on Thomas' debut solo album All Are Saved, which came out this spring. These are two very thoughtful, well spoken and very experienced musicians, and conversation is filled with really great insights about what it's like to be a musician — any kind of musician. This is the kind of thing you won't get in an ordinary interview, so listen closely for an explanation of why your audience is your enemy, a great discussion about the value of criticism, a realistic definition of artistic success, musings on the intersection of life and art, and an attempt to pin down the mysterious miracle of artistic inspiration.
Will and Barrett discuss the latest releases from Dirty Beaches and Baths, plus the Kinks, Saturday Looks Good to Me, and a debate on whether their podcast is as good as NPR's All Songs Considered.
Stereoзвук - это новинки современной альтернативной музыки. Артисты, модные на Западе, но почти неизвестные у нас. Каждую неделю автор и ведущий программы Евгений Эргардт знакомит вас с редкой музыкой. Время выхода понедельник 23-00. C 26 Августа 2013 Года, Программа Выходит в ПН в 22:00 Трек-Лист Выпуск - 28 01 Courrier - Stained Glass Window 02 Austra - Home 03 CHVRCHES - Now Is Not The Time 04 Saturday Looks Good to Me - Invisible Friend 05 Kate Nash - Fri-end 06 Millionyoung - Nao 07 She & Him - Never Wanted Your Love 08 Depeche Mode - Broken 09 The Virgins - Wheel of Fortune 10 Magneta Lane - Burn 11 Moon King - Appel 12 Hey Champ feat. BeuKes - Comet
Stream: Download (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #571Playlist:Dum Dum Girls – He Gets Me High (He Gets Me High EP) 2011Ringo Deathstarr – Do It Every Time (Colour Trip) Sonic Unyon 2011Crocodiles – Hearts of Love (Sleep Forever) 2010Frankie Rose and the Outs – Candy (Frankie Rose and the Outs) 2010Crystal Stilts – Shake the Shackles (Shake the Shackles 7”) Slumberland 2010The Pink Mountaintops – Execution (Outside Love) 2009Station Break Yacht – Waste of Time *Fabulous Stains cover*The Raincoats – Lola (The Raincoats) 1979 *Kinks cover*The Sandwitches – Lightfoot (Mrs. Jones’ Cookies) 2011 *Drops 3/29*Saturday Looks Good to Me – Your Small Heart (Sound on Sound) 2006Heavenly – C is the Heavenly Option (Le Jardin de Heavenly) 1992Hunx & His Punks – Lover’s Lane [mp3] (Too Young to Be in Love) Hardly Art 2011 *Drops 3/29*Station Break Vivian Girls – I Heard You SayThe Jesus & Mary Chain – You Trip Me Up (Acoustic) (The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities) 2008Eternal Summers – Eternal (Silver) 2010The Raveonettes – Forget That You’re Young (Raven in the Grave) 2010Here We Go Magic – Hands in the Sky (The January EP) 2011 *Drops 5/10*Don't Put Out:
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