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Some Sunday Links...
Artists mentioned:Take Away Show with Bon Iver (video, via La Blogotheque - super duper highly incredibly totally recommended!)Heather interviews Scott from Frightened Rabbit before their recent show in Denver (I am Fuel, You are Friends)Okkervil River covers ABBAWeezer covers Radiohead's "Creep" with 200 hundred other people at their 'Portland Hootenanny' last...(read full post)
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Saturday is for Covers: "Tiny Dancer"
Artists mentioned:Ben Folds:Dave Grohl:Ryan Adams (w/ Elton John) :Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1989:And of course, this is not technically a cover, but it's what you were thinking of when you saw the name of this post in the first place, so here it is:...(read full post)
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Melissa's Monthly Mix #7
Artists mentioned:Bring out the Tams!If instruments were people, tambourine would be the life of the party. He's the guy who's relentlessly happy and brings everyone else along for the ride. He sends text messages with multiple explanation points. When he plays DJ at the stereo in the corner, the whole mood...(read full post)
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you can stream if you wanna.
Artists mentioned:Goodness abounds on the internets today, in the form of several worthwhile full-album streams. Enough of them, in fact, that they are getting their own whole post. I'm going to take a listen to the Coldplay record today - which I've heard nothing but good things about, so I'm quite...(read full post)
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Some Sunday Links...
Artists mentioned:When Mom and Dad Share it All (New York Times)Messages, loud and soft, direct and oblique, reinforce contextual choice. “A pregnant woman and her husband,” Deutsch says, “how many people have asked her if she is going to go back to work after the baby? How many have asked him?”Weezer...(read full post)
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People Playing Songs I Love #17: "Do You Realize?"
Artists mentioned:Previously featured in this series:Buckets of RainI Want You BackChelsea HotelLuaThe Whole Wide WorldBorderlineI'm So Lonesome I Could CryAfter HoursWaiting for a SupermanLet's Stay TogetherBetween the BarsI Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with YouI Will Follow You into the DarkTime After TimeLa Mer/Beyond the SeaFirst Day of My...(read full post)
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The Return of Haley Bonar
Artists mentioned:It's been awhile since Ms. Bonar has graced these pages, but it's great to see her back with a brand new record, Big Star (out today!), and just about to embark on a US tour with Hayden (with a Seattle show on 6/24 at the Tractor Tavern). Now a little...(read full post)
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Okkervil River: Music from The Stand Ins
Artists mentioned:The internets have been abuzz in the past week with the official announcement that Okkervil River will be releasing a brand new record, The Stand Ins, on September 9th. Some confusion remains over whether it's supposed to be a proper appendix to their last record, as they've previously done (Black...(read full post)
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on to the White House...
Artists mentioned:(Watch the Fist Bump)"This Land is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie cover) - Country Joe McDonald...(read full post)
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Some Sunday Links...
Artists mentioned:Hurray for Hype? (PopMatters)I used to think that having too much music was a problem I would want, but I appreciated music a lot more when it was scarce. When it was scarce, I was much more likely to look for reasons to include songs in my life rather than...(read full post)
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Friday Movies: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Artists mentioned:"May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead." - An old Irish toastA well-crafted, well-paced, well-acted film is truly a beautiful thing. When it's done right, it all looks so easy - and 82 year old director Sidney Lumet has been making it look...(read full post)
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Bon Iver: Best record of 2008?
Artists mentioned:As of now, yes. By a mile.Here he is playing "Skinny Love" on British television (Later with Jools Holland) earlier this month..."Skinny Love" - Bon IverAnd just because it's my blog and I can do what I want, here's another video - my favorite song from For Emma, Forever Ago,...(read full post)
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Princeton returns, even better now.
Artists mentioned:If you're only in your early 20s, and you've managed to record an EP that would make someone like Ray Davies proud, musically and thematically, then you're probably doing something quite right. Princeton, a trio of college-aged kids from Los Angeles (two of whom happen to be twins), have pulled...(read full post)
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Some Sunday Links...
Artists mentioned:A profile of Salman Rushdie and his new novel (New York Times)“There’s a writing self which is not quite your ordinary social self and which you don’t really have access to except at the moment when you’re writing, and certainly in my view, I think of that as my best...(read full post)
