A Considered Opinion: The Heavy - The House That Dirt Built

On their first full length release, Great Vengeance And Furious Fire, The Heavy proved to me that Prince-inspired neo-soul could be listened to without a sense of irony and without worrying about any undue effect on my testosterone levels. Tracks like “Coleen”, “That Kind of Man”, and “In The Morning” were capable of getting even this most jaded of listeners to jump to his feet and find his inner groove thing. It wasn’t pretty, but it was pretty righteous.

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Some American Radio Jan. 18 2010

On this week’s episode of Some American Radio, we fight over power pop and make a half-hearted attempt not to gang upon Jamie once again. Eamonn, however, still gets steamrolled at every turn by a never-ending deluge of innuendos and double entendres. Also, we squeezed some music in there somewhere.

The Baker’s Dozen Contents:

1. The Heavy - Sixteen

2. Hong Kong Blood Opera - Disco Sucks

3. Wu & Friends - Clap 2010

4. New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Beam Me Up

5. The Morning Benders - Promises

6. Telekinesis - Coast of Carolina

7. Follow That Bird! - The Ghosts That Wake You

8. Titus Andronicus - Four Score And Seven

9. Tobacco - Dirt (Feat. Aesop Rock)

10. Cotton Jones - By Morning Light

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Song Of The Day: The Heavy - How You Like Me Now

Neo-soul rock heroes from the rather intriguing sounding town of Noid, England, The Heavy have been restoring my faith in groove since I first laid ears on their 2007 release GREAT VENGEANCE AND FURIOUS FIRE (an album title that can only be typed with your KANYE LOCK key firmly pressed). The band has a new release, the more humbly titled The House That Dirt Built which was released by the singular Ninja Tune Records on October 2nd of 2009.

For more on the band and their stellar new album, visit their website here.

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