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HearYa Live Session 25: Samantha Crain and The Midnight Shivers
Artists mentioned:You may have noticed that the image above is a bit better than pictures of past live sessions. There’s a good reason for that. We forgot to take one. See that one on the right over there? We didn’t take that one either. I considered pulling out the old Crayola’s...(read full post)
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The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
Artists mentioned:Man, I do this once every couple months. I spend quality time with a phenomenal album and then never even mentioned it to you. We first saw The Black Angels at South By Southwest 2007 while randomly hanging out with Joe Simpson in the crowd. It was really surreal seeing...(read full post)
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Fleet Foxes on Letterman, My Morning Jacket Bootleg, and New Wilco MP3
Artists mentioned:Last night was my two year anniversary and we’ve got a sick infant at home, so the blog may suffer from a lack of creativity this week. Luckily other blogs are putting out stellar content. Sound on the Sound tipped me off to Fleet Foxes performance on Letterman. It took...(read full post)
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Lollapalooza 2008, Woody’s Roundup
Artists mentioned:I took in the Lolla festival for Friday and Saturday. I caught about 20 some acts. Here are my 3 surprises: 1. Cat Power - I have always been a casual fan of Ms. Marshall but after this set, I am jacking up my interest. I only knew a couple of...(read full post)
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Lollapalooza 2008 - Day 1 Recap
Artists mentioned:Ah, there it is. Tha familiar all-over body soreness that can only mean two things. Either a) I’ve been moving to a new apartment all day or b) I’ve been at a music festival. Luckily for me, tonight’s soreness is due to Option B as I spent the whole day...(read full post)
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Wild Sweet Orange - We Have Cause To Be Uneasy
Artists mentioned:Wild Sweet Orange is the best band I’ve heard that’s named after tea. I first heard of the Birmingham, AL outfit last year when they released The Whale EP and I’ve been anxiously awaiting We Have Cause To Be Uneasy after hearing the riveting track, “Ten Dead Dogs.” It’s been...(read full post)
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Pitchfork Festival - Saturday Recap
Artists mentioned:I got myself a hall pass to catch the Saturday’s day proceedings at Pitchfork Festival. As the day started, I was a little worried that I might need an ark to get me downtown. Finally the rain stopped and, while not sunny, it was good enough to watch music and...(read full post)
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Under the Covers: Long Black Veil
Artists mentioned:You may have noticed that the man pictured above is not Johnny Cash. His name, as etched in his guitar, is Lefty Frizzell and he’s responsible for the original version of “Long Black Veil.” The song was written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and recorded by Lefty in 1959....(read full post)
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HearYa Live Session 21: Joe Pug gives y’all 7 exclusive tracks
Artists mentioned:Sometimes I find myself sitting in Shirk’s studio, feeling like a no-talent assclown, wondering what I did to deserve to be in the presence of such incredible musicians. When Joe Pug came through the studio a couple weeks ago I was wondering the same thing, but I was standing instead...(read full post)
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I Woke Up Today and wished I was in Port O’Brien’s new video.
Artists mentioned:Our blog crush on bay area band Port O’Brien runs even deeper. I would have loved to have been in this video for “I Woke Up Today” with a patch over my eye and a parrot on my shoulder…maybe a pipe in my mouth. You can also check out our...(read full post)
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Fleet Foxes - Self Titled
Artists mentioned:I was at a barbecue recently and we started talking about music and their favorite albums of all time. Word got out that I was the legendary blogger from HearYa and my opinion was immediately sought out. I was drunk and had a stomach full of encased meats, so without...(read full post)
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The Great Outdoors - Spring EP
Artists mentioned:It’s always nice when bands do something to set themselves out from the mass of music being made today. A while back, Jonathan Coulton announced he would post one new song a week to his blog, and garnered him significant attention. More recently, Vancouver’s The Great Outdoors have unveiled their...(read full post)
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Under the Covers: Lucero - Kiss the Bottle
Artists mentioned:The Attic Tapes is a must buy album for any Lucero fan. It’s an uncut diamond. This batch of demos make up this first effort by Lucero and it shows the roots of the punk-country band, without polish or studio production. The standout track is “Kiss the Bottle,” a cover...(read full post)
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Sunday MP3 Roundup, 6.15.08
Artists mentioned:Happy Father’s Day! Here are the tracks we discussed this week… Patterson Hood - The Assassin Jason Isbell - The Assassin (Live at a 2005 Patterson Hood solo show) My Morning Jacket - I’m Amazed Albert Hammond Jr. - GfC Sam Champion - Be Mine Everyone Against Me! - Thrash...(read full post)
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XM Tracks: Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
Artists mentioned:You may have noticed that most have my posts have discussed single songs lately. That’s a byproduct of my newborn not giving me the time to listen to more than one track before I feed, wipe, burp, feed, burp, wipe, wipe, wipe… The other day I changed her and went...(read full post)
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Sam Champion - Heavenly Bender
Artists mentioned:The Brooklyn foursome, Sam Champion, is getting ready to release their follow up to 2005’s excellent Slow Rewind. Sam Champion has been getting tons of buzz around the NYC area for quite some time, but are just now starting to pick up some national acclaim. Heavenly Bender is going to...(read full post)
