May 2010
3 posts
“that it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.”
– emily dickinson
April 2010
5 posts
my backwards walk
i’m working on my backwards walk walking with no shoes or socks and the time rewinds to the end of may i wish we’d never met then met today i’m working on my faults and cracks filling in the blanks and gaps and when i write them out the don’t make sense i need you to pencil in the rest i’m working on drawing a straight line and i’ll draw until i...
the national. high violet. nytimes.com. friday.
High Violet Streaming - This Friday April 23rd on New York Times web site (via the national) As you may have heard, there is a low quality leak of our new album, High Violet, spreading across the Internet as we speak. We wanted to let you know the New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com - will be streaming the real thing starting Friday April 23rd. We hope you’ll take the time to hear the album...
“there are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.”
– robert brault
March 2010
16 posts
"bicycle" by memory tapes (seek magic)
i’m in love with you, little sister we ride home in the night while under our feet, the rain paints the street with the stars passing cars with light trails behind them we could follow them on giving this town is wearing me down lets take off no one would know that we’ve gone
NPR All Songs Considered: Freelance Whales at The... →
Robin Hilton:
“This is a band to watch this year. The members of Freelance Whales (okay, it’s not the greatest name, but there’s a great story behind it involving frontman Judah Dadone’s early childhood in Jerusalem and a near-drowning in the Sea of Galilee) make incredibly infectious, jubilant music with soaring, five-part harmonies, banjo, harmonium, glockenspiel,...
falling feels like flying
Crazy Heart, right?
How about we take the song back to its roots, right here in Austin, with Stephen Bruton and The Resentments. Bruton takes the lead on his song, with Scrappy Jud Newcomb right next to him on guitar, and Bruce Hughes pickin’ up the vocal harmony (you know, the part sung by Colin Farrell in the movie…)
Austin music sure does miss Stephen Bruton. Here’s a video...
Washington Post: Art @ Work - Inside Gold Leaf... →
“A rundown building in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown has become a haven for artists and designers.”
Gold Leaf Studios is creative home to US Royalty (band), Tendai Johnson (artist), Durkl (streetwear co), and a few more.
(Click the title to read the Washington Post article on the space)
freelance whales - generator ^ first floor (aislyn... →
(click on the title duh)
this must be Passion Pit’s birthday present for me. i loooove this song. AND Freelance Whales is playing SX, in case you did not know that.
swell season does the boss
The Swell Season (Glen Hansard + Marketa Irglova) kills this cover of Drive All Night by Bruce Springsteen. Here’s the original, just because we all love him and LOVE this song:
PS22 Chorus does "Lisztomania" by Phoenix
THIS WILL MAKE YOUR DAY!!
dear austin, this evening:
see fm campers at beauty bar with mixed use media and dj digg. whether or not you have heard fm campers, take this moment in your busy/beautiful thursday to listen to their song maytown. thank you, that is all. see you this evening.
“How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be...”
–
Coco Chanel
good morning tuesday
“fader” by the temper trap
bless this mess we tried our best that’s all that we can do while the angels walk with the lonely ones in the cold rain to rescue you and this fable world’s comin’ down hard the wall’s comin’ down hard on all our homes so hold a hand for cover hold a hand for cover from harm
ROCK YOUR BRAINS OUT (benefit for chris ware)
OK wait… Charlie Sexton, Jon Dee Graham, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, and Band of Heathens are on the bill, and Aaron Behrens from Ghostland Observatory is the emcee?? TONIGHT??
First of all, you should go to this. Second, If you don’t know who these musicians are, you should. Charlie Sexton grew up in Austin under the mentorship of Stevie Ray Vaughn, and is now a highly acclaimed guitarist...
February 2010
16 posts
“And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once....”
– Nietzsche
washington dc: this is friday.
U.S. Royalty + Phil Ade + Poor But Sexy at DC’s Rock N Roll Hotel
U.S. Royalty | Phil.Ade | Rock and Roll Hotel 2.26 from Luke Adams on Vimeo.
austin: this is thursday.
PARKING + CASTLE NOVA + HOT BRITCHES! + MORRISEY NIGHT W/ DJ ALAN B + MORE
before that, I’ll be at OPA! for the Do512 Happy Hour, with friends, wine and Dana Falconberry.
perfect song for today.
Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, and that whole crew hangin’ out and playing “Bluebird Wine.” (circa 1976)
The song was written by Crowell but featured on Emmylou Harris’s 1975 record Pieces of the Sky.
WatchMarriage is a Partnership (1951) starring Pete and Dotty.
(1950’s educational film)
Yes, this really happened.
“Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via theimpossiblecool)
rain rain band of horses
jackson browne is saving my morning
people speak of love don’t know what they’re thinking of reach out to each other through the push and shove speak in terms of the life and the learning try to think of a word for the burning you keep it up you try so hard to keep a life from coming apart and never know what breaches and faults are concealed in the shape of a heart
(“In the Shape of a Heart” by...
otis gibbs
This is Otis Gibbs, Indiana-rooted songwriter / tree-planter / photographer. He’s making his way down to Austin next week, playing a show at the Cactus Cafe Friday night (2/19) at 8:30 with The Gourds. Give him a listen. Here’s a preview of his record Grandpa Walked a Picketline:
Billy Bragg heard Otis a while back. They now tour together and are dear friends.
Here’s...
no retreat, no regrets.
“Meet Me By the River’s Edge” by Gaslight Anthem
a few jersey boys, kickin’ it springsteen style. a couple people have said they sound like the killers, and they are wrong.
love the chorus:
sally said, sally said i can’t take no more regret. it cut us deep, into our souls came and climbed into our bed. and sally said, sally said meet me by the...
rainy day at the cactus
“What happens on stage is the most important thing that happens here,” he nods. “The bar is secondary. It’s not like that in other clubs. For musicians, it’s just a real nurturing environment. One thing I’ve learned is that it’s all about building relationships with people. Loyalty is an important quality in the music business. If you stick with someone,...
January 2010
11 posts
van she: don't fear the reaper
"yellow wings" by keepaway
Brooklyn-based band Keepaway just had this song of theirs featured on Pitchfork’s “Best New Tracks.” It’s from their very, very recently (2010), self-released debut EP called Baby Style. You can hear influences of that trendy Northern experimental comp characteristic of better-known acts like Animal Collective (especially in this song) that absolutely no one, I...
just a friend of mine (zoot woman)
found this video of Johnny Blake from Zoot Woman playing “Just a Friend of Mine” (from Things Are What They Used to Be) acoustic on Fritz (German radio station). He’s pretty adorable.
But… I have to admit, I think I like the original song much better:
they say hip hop was born in the bronx. but the...
Movits is a Swedish hip hop swing band. This sounds way too fun to pass up. Also, they’re playing with Zorch. Sold yet? I am.
Tonight (Tuesday, January 19) at Mohawk at 10pm.
$10 at the door.
memorable album covers (and music)
Sebastien Schuller. Evenfall.
(both images designed by collage artist Agnes Montgomery)
Biffy Clyro. Only Revolutions.
Early Day Miners. The Treatment.
Animal Collective. Merriweather Post Pavillion.
(if you focus just right, it should roll like an endless series of waves)
Dirty Projectors. Bitte Orca.
The Antlers. Hospice.
Timbre Timbre. Timbre Timbre.
(from NPR’s...
Watch“The Snow” - The Eastern Sea
They’re playing at Mohawk on Friday with The Astronaut Suit and Clay Nightingale. Looking forward to it.
I randomly stumbled upon this video and couldn’t help but share it. It’s pretty weird and there are a few familiar faces in there, which makes it even funnier. Despite the bizarre-o video, it is a very good song by a very very good...
