Radio Dick – Welcome Aboard Edition
We’ve been trying to look for a good time to mention some big changes at Citizen Dick, and we decided the weekly Radio Dick feature is as good a time as any. We’ve been experiencing some heavy growing pains in the last couple of months and after we wound down from the madness of our Pitchfork Festival coverage, we decided it was time to expand a little. The nature of our blog, and our ethos, is always simple. We review only material that we love, and we leave the album bashing to other places. If a review makes it onto our site, it means in one way or another that we think it’s worth discussion. In this endeavor, it’s difficult to keep tabs with just me, Brian, and James. So, as we wind down a growing path, we’re excited to announce our expansion. We’re bringing two new folks into the Citizen Dick family, and we’re stoked as hell about it.
Citizen Justin and Citizen Rob are two new additions to our staff. Justin’s our college professor entering the mix, and his musical knowledge and scene awareness is outstanding. He’s been pulled in a lot of directions here in Cleveland and we’re pumped he made the choice to come over and contribute here. In our initial talks, it became apparent that we weren’t his only option. Bringing him on board hopefully juices up our content and adds to our music reviews. He’ll be beginning tomorrow, so make sure to stop in and say hello.
Citizen Rob is another Clevelander and long-time friend of our co-founder, Brian. He’s skilled in all things social media, so it’s an added bonus to bring him into the mix of things as we grow. We’re doing pretty well on our own, but Rob should help us get the word out even more effectively. Likewise, he’s been running our blip.fm feeds since the beginning, and a more formal title gets him more involved. He’s super into obscure music none of us have heard of and his ability to find what’s fresh and new will no doubt be a boon when he contributes to the site. He’s looking to add some reviews to our Vault section over time and will also regularly produce reviews for us.
So, consider this our formal welcome to our added staff here at the Dick. We’re confident in their ability and the three of us (Brian, James, Kevin) handpicked them carefully. While they are trying to get their feet wet, the train rolls on. There’s a lot of big and heavy hitting albums coming out in the coming months, and tracks are getting released like crazy. Some of today’s Radio Dick includes music from upcoming albums, and also some we find super interesting. For example, Friendly Fires cover of Lykke Li’s 2008 jam, “I’m Good, I’m Gone” popped into my email somehow and I found it intriguing, at least. Yo La Tengo released the first single off of their upcoming album earlier this week, and a killer new track from Washed Out was posted by Chris at Gorillavsbear originally and we wanted to share it with you. Electronic pop is usually not our strongest suit, but several tracks toe that line and do it well. The funky Bag Raiders remix is definitely worth a listen, and the Gets The Girl song is definitely pop-folky but impossible to put down.
The rest of the list is pretty typical of what you normally expect around here. Cymbals Eat Guitars performed a new track in a WOXY.com lounge act, and The Thermals just wrapped up another Daytrotter session. Enjoy both of those. The Monsters of Folk super-band that’s bound to cause panic on ticket-sales day has leaked the first track, as well. Stay tuned for upcoming reviews on many of these upcoming albums, and enjoy the bag of songs today. Have a good work week, and say Hi to our new staff!
Monsters of Folk – “Say Please”
Cymbals Eat Guitars – “Plainclothes” (Live on WOXY.com)
Bag Raiders – “Shooting Stars” (Shazam Dub Mix)
Friendly Fires – “I’m Good, I’m Gone” (Lykke Li Cover)
Washed Out – “Feel it All Around”
Circulatory System – “Overjoyed”
The Thermals – “I Let it Go” (Daytrotter Session)
July 27th, 2009 at 2:34 PM
good stuff! Welcome, all!