| Okkervil River's new record due out August 7th, set to open for Lou Reed next week (Austin Chronicle) Clem Snide's Eef Barzelay dropped in for a Daytrotter Session this week (includes 4 free songs for download) Keeping it Unreal: We consider the "primitive" music of blues singers such as Leadbelly to be more authentic than that of the Monkees - but all pop musicians are fakes (New Statesman) MP4 blogs may represent the next chapter in music blogging (Billboard) [... ]
| | | 4:09pm | | | | [img] Ola Podrida has come a long way since I first wrote about them just over a year ago. At the time, singer/songwriter David Wingo was circulating some demos of his home recording project around to friends, putting together a band, and hoping to eventually be able to put out a record. Now, fresh off a recent well-received SXSW appearance and several months of blog love from heavy-hitters like Pitchfork, Gorilla vs. Bear, and Said the Gramophone, Ola Podrida is all set to put out their debut record. The self-titled record will be released by [.. .]
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| | | | April 19, 2007 | | | | 5:02pm | | | | Sean Nelson, lead singer of Harvey Danger (and a fantastic writer for The Stranger, among other things) , performed this earnest Beatles' cover at Seattle's Town Hall on December 8, 2006 - the 26th anniversary of John Lennon's passing. Bonus Sean Nelson/Harvey Danger Goodness: "Cream and Bastards Rise" - Harvey Danger (via Kill Rock Stars) Download Harvey Danger's entire last record, Little by Little, for free via their official website Sean Nelson's side project Nelson Sings Nilsson [. ..]
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| | | | April 18, 2007 | | | | 12:32pm | | | | [img] Well, it looks like all us music blogs/sites not named Pitchfork can now officially post the new Elliott Smith track for free and legal download (thanks to Heather for the tip). It was really hard for me not to post the song once it showed up at Pitchfork, but I have my rules here at the site and I was determined to stick to them, even in the case of my very favorite musician in the whole wide world. I'm sure plenty of you went to Pitchfork over the weekend and [.. .]
| | | 11:54am | | | | [img] This live track appears on a recently released compilation entitled Cross-Pollination: The Mixtape Vol. 1. The record features tracks from Cloud Cult, My Brightest Diamond, and more, and Family Records is making the whole thing available for free download here. It's got some great stuff on it, and I'd definitely recommend checking it out if you're looking for something to listen to today. You'll Only End Up Joining Them" - Kevin Devine (follow link)
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| | | | April 15, 2007 | | | | 7:18pm | | | | Researchers explore scrapping Internet, starting over (Yahoo) God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut (The Nation) The Great Big Cat's Cradle in the Sky: Remembering Kurt Vonnegut (Slate) Traveling Through Time: M. Ward's Influences Span The Genres And The Decades (Hartford Courant) Just Feist. Just Wait. (New York Times) The Smudge of Ashen Fluff has the recent Bright Eyes in-studio performance at KCRW (with M. Ward!) The National Join Arcade Fire for [. ..]
| | | 2:08am | | | | I originally posted on this song several months ago, but it seems as if it's making a slight resurgence into the public consciousness lately thanks to its inclusion in Quentin Tarantino's latest film, Death Proof (his section of the new double-feature, Grindhouse). I will of course take this as obvious and irrefutable proof that Mr. Tarantino reads my blog obsessively, or at the very least, that I have good taste in lost soul classics. If you somehow haven't heard this song yet, do yourself a gigantic favor and watch this video of Gayle McCormack and [. ..]
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| | | | April 12, 2007 | | | | 1:15am | | | | [img] "Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt. " - Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five The world lost a tremendous man tonight when Kurt Vonnegut passed away at the age of 84. Vonnegut was my first literary hero, and probably the only writer that I love every bit as much today as I did when I was sixteen. I've read every single thing he's ever published; his voice was utterly unique and distinctive, his writing continually inspiring, hilarious, and brilliant. The kid I was and the adult I am are both very, very [... ]
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| | | | April 11, 2007 | | | | 4:25pm | | | | ECEU reader Travis from Los Angeles submitted his "Reader Recommendations" post a bit late for the original weeklong series, but it was a good post so I decided to go ahead and put it up in its entirety for all of you today instead... enjoy! -------------------------------- It's funny how much we care about death. So many artists write songs about death, or in a depressed state, and yet they continue to earn money, not that money is the key to happiness; it's not. Artists who die unexpectedly develop somewhat of a cult following, whether or not they [... ]
| | | 1:56pm | | | | [img] Ever since Dave wrote up a brief and glowing post on Arrah and the Ferns back in February, I've been honestly meaning to check them out. Well, I finally got that chance this weekend and, as it turns out, Dave got it exactly right (as he usually does). This indie pop trio from Muncie, Indiana knows how to craft a damn fine song. Take for example "Science Books" - the very best song from their debut record, Evan is a Vegan - a song that manages to sound old and new all at once, [... ]
| | | 4:06pm | | | | [img] The new Bright Eyes record will be officially released tomorrow, and I'm sure there are a lot of you out there wondering if you've outgrown old Conor Oberst by now (or, if he's outgrown you). The early word on Cassadega is fairly positive, though it's been somewhat interesting to note the lack of fawning/gushing on the part of the press in reaction to the latest record; they seem finally ready to accept him is as just another musician - and have adjusted their expectations accordingly. The comparisons to Dylan have started to fade (rightly so), and [. ..]
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| | | | April 8, 2007 | | | | 12:21pm | | | | The Shins, Wu-Tang Clan, Crowded House to play this year's Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Various stars set to cover Sgt Pepper's to celebrate album's 40th Anniversary; results to be aired on BBC Radio 2 in June (BBC) Study: Many Diagnoses of Depression May Be Misguided (New York Times) A new short story from Don DeLillo (The New Yorker) A Tax You (Legally) Don't Have to Pay this Year : "Remarkably, the Internal Revenue Service has made it easy to request the [. ..]
| | | 12:17pm | | | | [img] "Exit Music for a Film" (Radiohead cover) - Glen Phillips (live, via Archive. org ) "Two of Us" (Beatles cover) - Jack Johnson (live, via Archive.org ) "Lost Highway" (Hank Williams cover) - Devon Sproule Paul Curreri (via her official site) "Here Comes the Rain Again" (Eurythmics cover) - Death Cab for Cutie (live, via Archive.org ) [. ..]
| | | 8:46pm | | | | 80 Years of Gabriel Garcia Marquez: tributes mark writer's birthday (The Guardian) Former Bush Top Aide Details a Loss of Faith in the President (New York Times) New Study: Some People Love to Provoke Anger (LiveScience. com) Indie record companies are using controlled leaks of new music to generate buzz (Christian Science Monitor) Beatles music catalog to be available through iTunes? EMI to hold news conference tomorrow (AP) Conor Oberst: Not just watching the world go by (The Guardian) Watch the entire first episode of "This American Life" for [.. .]
| | | 3:06pm | | | | [img] There's a certain something in the films of Michel Gondry ( Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ) that absolutely pulls me in every single time. Even when the movie itself isn't exactly a masterpiece ( Human Nature ), it's still an experience, something unlike any other movie out there. You can't say that much in Hollywood these days, and that's why directors like Gondry are so particularly important; not just anyone can make movies that are at once decidedly outside of the box and yet entirely watchable. And [.. .]
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| | | | March 29, 2007 | | | | 1:41pm | | | | For as many wonderful songs as Clem Snide has, this is the one that always does it for me on sunny days like today. It's spring - which, when it's not raining, is an absolutely beautiful time to live in and around Seattle - and I don't have to work for a few more hours, and this just seems like the right thing to be listening to right now. This video comes from a solo performance by Eef Barzelay (lead singer/songwriter for Clem Snide) in Nashville, TN on August 26th of last year... [... ]
| | | 2:32pm | | | | [img] Looks like Page France is getting on board the "every good band must release a record in 2007" wagon, as they are all set to release their follow-up to the wonderful Hello, Dear Wind in early May. It's going to be called Page France and the Family Telephone, it's coming out on May 8th, and below you'll find the very first song they've made available from the new record. It doesn't grab me in quite the same way that "Jesus" did a couple of years back, but it's still certainly worth he after their [. ..
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