Matty Pop Chart

To follow Daniel's Beat Happening post, I thought I would post my own idea of an essential. Matty Pop Chart has been near and dear to my heart since I discovered Plan-it X Records. He used to play drums in Abe Froman, still plays drums in Mt.Gigantic, is the brother of the also wonderful Erin Tobey, and friend to people like Half-Handed Cloud, Vollmar, and Kimya Dawson. In fact, Vollmar produced his most recent release Good Ole Water which also features an appearance from Kimya. Matty Pop Chart's music is probably best described by his name. He plays cute, poppy music on toy pianos, real piano, guitar, keyboard and harmonica. His lyrics are often playful and simple. With song titles like "I Love My Friends," "Things I Like," "I Like to Eat," and "Dancing with your Friends," it can be easy to imagine that his lyrics don't dig too deeply into poetics. Still, there is a beauty about his simplicity that makes him so enjoyable. He also is a rather talented musician. On songs like "Autumn," Pop Chart shows some good technical ability in his guitar playing. Overall, while Pop Chart may be too "cutesy" for some, the fact still remains that he would love making music for his friends and dancing and everything he does regardless of what anyone thought.

To get yourself some Matty Pop Chart, go here!
This is his first album, now out of print, but available for download via Plan-it X Records. Matty Pop Chart and Plan-it X Records will probably come up more and more, just stick around.

Beat Happening Review. By DC

Hi im Daniel Craig, and this is my first post on mouth trumpet music. today i will be reviewing Olympia Washingtons own Beat Happening. their first record in particular. upon first hearing beat happening the most striking thing is Calvin Johnsons off key, baritone Vocals. which are probably the most endearingly bad vocals in the history of rock and roll. the first track "our secret" starts off with a hypnotic guitar drone thats lasts the whole song, while Calvin sings about girls, tea, and dinnertime. an interesting thing about beat happening is the fact that none of the members stick to any particular instrument, whoever knows how to play the guitar line for a particular song plays, and likewise on drums. the technical skills of the musicians are rudimentary at best. but there is something about beat happening that just sticks. and thats the fact that there is no band that sounds like beat happening. while to place beat happening is nearly impossible, i say they sound like sloppy garage/surf rock. to check out beat happening go to:
http://www.myspace.com/beathappening

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