Confessions of a Fanboy

We bring Watermelon Slim Week to a close with something of a sequel to yesterday’s Day 4 post. Yesterday, I gave you the Cliff’s Notes version of his self-titled record. Today, I’m doing the same thing with The Wheel Man. Again, you should really just take the plunge and buy the album [...]

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It’s easy to forget that Pete Doherty is an artist/musician with the long-running series of headlines for everything except music.

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I have found a special love for The Blinding EP since buying it last year. I have Down in Albion and there are moments of brilliance there, but the [...]

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We get into our “Way Back Machine” as Watermelon Slim Week rolls along. We’ve been talking about Slim’s new album, The Wheel Man, a lot this week. Today, we’re going to talk about his previous album, Watermelon Slim & The Workers.
Naturally, I think you’d do well to go out and buy the record [...]

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I got a package in the mail a month ago from a contact at Blind Pig Records. The first disc I listened to was Wish I Had You by The Rounders. My first attempt to talk about “Through No Fault of My Own” turned into a review of the full album, [...]

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I’m going to compile a playlist, probably more than one, called “When It All Goes Wrong.” When I do, you can bet Mark Lanegan and Elliott Smith will make the list. So, yeah, I suppose you could translate their presence on the list to mean today was not the greatest day in the [...]

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I’ve had this one written for awhile, but decided to hold off on any Nirvana-speak until after the anniversary of his death had passed. I did listen to some Nirvana as well as some Alice in Chains around that time, but I did that of my own accord. Now that some [...]

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Before I listened to Watermelon Slim’s self-titled release, I was suspicious of present-day blues records and artists. I also formed a certain bias against white bluesmen as a reaction to the legion of Stevie Ray Vaughan-abees whose music seemed so inauthentic to my ears.
I am a Chicago blues junkie. When I [...]

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I tipped my hand on today’s listening with the other posts. I started out in need of an anthem, so I listened to some Springsteen. By the way, that version of “Ramrod” from the NYC album is the definitive version. In addition to the Springsteen, I also spent a fair amount [...]

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I’ve declared it Watermelon Slim Week here at COAF, and today is the release date for his new album. Oh, glory, the day has finally arrived! Watermelon Slim & The Workers’ The Wheel Man is in stores and you can be among the first read my review. You can either read [...]

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Some mornings I have a specific song in my head when I wake up. Some mornings, I feel the need to ease in to my day and I will look for something sonically gentle. Then there are mornings like today when I feel the need for an anthem.
The first one that came to [...]

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