Free Music Friday 23! (The "I-think-Blake-will-like-this-edition")

There's something to be said about slightly balding and aging musicians, with a bit of a gut that wear glasses. They make bloody good music, they don't wear much clothing and they're great performers. Case in point:

Pink Eyes from Fucked Up (okay, he doesn't wear glasses):

Dan Deacon:

Les Savy Fav:

And now, I'm going to introduce you to another contender, Clint Maul:


Now I don't know about his live show (hey, he could be an animal and not wear much clothing), but his music is sublime. My album reviews have been falling behind all week, mainly because I've been listening to his three EPs on repeat.

As far as I can tell, Clint Maul is stuck back in the hey-day of alternative rock: the early 90's. To me, it sounds like he channels Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr, writing some beautiful songs with a very distorted, noisy undertone. It's everything I loved about alternative rock of that time. I wish I could be more eloquent about it, but after reading this quote, I can't describe it any better:

“Taking the audience back to the halcyon days of alternative rock — when acts overtly indebted to the pure-pop genius of Westerberg’s Replacements signed to majors and dated Wynona Rider”
— The Washington Post

It's just amazing. It's everything I love.

You can "name-your-price" for his three EPs at his bandcamp right here.

I am going to chalk this up as my best find so far of 2011. I just hope he puts out a full album out soon that I can rank it high on my end of year list.