Moving Targets

One of the problems I have with my passion for music is my inability to express how I feel about any specific band or album in any detail. I can tell you how much I like it, but as far as writing a review, forget it. I don't know if it's laziness or A.D.D., but I just can't do it.

So, I read other people's reviews a lot. And I end up discovering a lot of great new music. Sometimes I also come across a review of a band or album (notice I still use that word? Yeah, I'm old-school) that I love, and I end up rediscovering some great music, and feel like sharing.

Like with the band Moving Targets. In the late 80's and early 90's, I listened to a lot of bands on the Taang! label, like Bullet Lavolta, GangGreen, the Hard-Ons, early Lemonheads and MM Bosstones, and Moving Targets.

Moving Targets was a three-piece led by Kenny Chambers, who happened to also play guitar in Bullet Lavolta. Their music was a great blend of punk and the post-punk alternative of the era, and I bought every cd they released.

So today I saw that Kenny Chambers had released a new solo cd, and upon some searching, found out that this new one was more or less in tribute to his bandmates in Moving Targets, both of which had passed away in recent years. I did some more searches, and came across this blog post on the Moving Targets double cd, "Brave Noise / Burning in Water". "Brave Noise" was one of my favorite cassettes (there's the old-school again) back in 1988.

Here's the link:

Moving Targets - Brave Noise & Burning in Water (1986-88, Taang!)

My latest favorite (music) blog.

It's no secret I'm a music junkie. I think I've said that more than a few times on this very site. One of my Saturday morning rituals is to drink coffee and scan blogs for fresh and exciting new music.

My Google Reader account has about 20 RSS feeds that showcase some very cool music blogs, and Can You See the Sunset from the Southside? is a great one. A kindred spirit where the love of music is clearly expressed and shared.

I can't even list all the bands I've been exposed to via this blog, but No Friends, Spanish Gamble, The Menzingers, Daylight, Gunner's Daughter, Juniper Tar, Gatorface... that's just a few.

He also does a "Pop Punk Junk" series that samples some great Pop-Punk, which I've always been a sucker for. Here's the latest one: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 14