Picked up Dimmer at Other Music last week. Really solid folk/jazz from Jim Elkington and a backing band of Thrill Jockey friends. Think Jim O’Rourke or the Sea & Cake guys’ recent solo outings. Dimmer‘s a dark but pretty slow-burner that we’ll be cueing up many a Sunday afternoon this summer. You can catch Zincs live at Mercury Lounge this weekend. In the meantime, here’s a sample.

Zinc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... , stories, and facts about the element Zinc in the Periodic Table
Photograph of zinc metal, with a penny to show scale.
Hi-Res Images of Zinc
Zinc Glut Expanding to Almost Two-Decade High Threatens Rally: Commodities
The largest glut of zinc in almost two decades is threatening to curtail a rally in prices as record production expands inventories to the highest since at least 1984. Supply will outpace demand by 539,000 metric tons, the most since 1993 ...
Zinc futures down 0.29 pc on weak global trend
New Delhi, Feb 14 (PTI) Zinc futures fell by 0.29 per cent to Rs 102.80 per kg today as speculators reduced their positions in tandem with weakness in base metals in global markets. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, zinc for delivery in March shed 30 paise ...
Comments (6)
  1. this is indeed good stuff..i am into chill out twang at the moment with a twist of ramones..so this is right up my street. Love the fiddles…will be checking out this band straight away. Its raining here in scotland hope it’s better wherever you are!!!

  2. Krissy  |   Posted on May 19th, 2005

    This band is awesome. Especially the bass player.

  3. I agree, this is a really solid disc…

  4. Suckeredyou  |   Posted on May 19th, 2005

    I saw them open for Spoon in Chicago a few weeks ago. They were a real snooze live. It seems like a couple of you are enjoying the disk so I’ll give it a listen.

  5. > I saw them open for Spoon in Chicago a
    > few weeks ago. They were a real snooze live.

    Adam Shore would not like them. ;)

  6. I agree with Krissy! I mean, really! I agree!

Leave a Reply

Login

You must be logged in to post, reply to, or rate a comment.

%s1 / %s2