Archive for December, 2009

Lizards Cover Cuttlefish’s “Canceled”

Posted in Music with tags , , , on December 30, 2009 by Matt

I should have already posted about this since we released this tune last week and it’s already on the Dalecast (see post below), but, well, life being what it is….

Rarely have the Lizards covered a song with permission (we were practically famous in the old days for using songs without the permission of their original groovsters), but our friends from the oh-so-unfortunately-now-disbanded punk group Cuttlefish gave us the thumbs up to cover their awesome tune “Canceled.” Hear the original Cuttlefish tunes, including Canceled on their Reverbnation site (now all tunes available for free download).

I originally intended to do a nice acoustic cover to this song, but somehow as I began working out the music I realized it made a good dance tune. LFA have never done a dance-rock tune, so I took the opportunity. I think it turned out great.

Thanks to Choppernewt, too, for an awesome vocal track. Gordon and the rest of the Cuttlefish crew: you guys rock! (Needless to say I love the lyrics and groove to this tune.)

Hear the Lizards From Afar “House Mix” of Canceled HERE. (Freely downloadable, as always.)

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New LFA on Dalecast

Posted in General with tags , , , on December 30, 2009 by choppernewt

The very dance-friendly “Canceled”, LFA’s cover of the a Cuttlefish hit, has cropped up on the Dalecast. Dude puts out a podcast DAILY. Insane. But good for you, music-hungry public, as it’s free content for your iThing. Go get it!

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Bugcast #89

Posted in General with tags , , on December 20, 2009 by Matt

The guys over at the Bugcast just gave a spin to our punk rock piece “Special Boy” in their episode #89. Amidst the amusing chatter, they play some interesting music (other than our own). To give it a listen, here is their site:

The Bugcast

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We Got Iceland!

Posted in General with tags , , , , on December 10, 2009 by Matt

I noticed that we finally have a hit from Iceland. By the Scandinavian gods, I hope that person also listened to our music.

LFA was on the podcasters’ radar at one point, but we apparently didn’t seize the opportunity (ha!). Now we seem to be doing nuthin’ much. I recently ordered a new microphone stand to mic my new amp, but I’ve noticed when playing guitar the past few weeks that my inspiration levels have sunk to a new low. Can’t imagine what I’ll record that anyone will care to hear. Not at this point. I don’t even want to hear what I have to play.

But, for some reason I can’t fathom, we had 241 hits just five days ago. 241! That’s a huge number for this blog, and I can’t account for it at all. Perhaps some of those hits got to the music, which is what it’s all about anyway. Whatever LFA is doing now, we have some good new stuff out there.

I’ve considered making the old music available again, but I’m not sure who would want it. Probably we’ll keep it “upon request only.” So if there are any old-time Lizards fans still out there who’d like the old tapes on mp3, send us a message here.

Cheers,
the Gecko

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