You always seemed so sure That one day we’d fight in In a suburban world your part of town gets minor So you’re standin’ on the opposite shore But by the time the first bombs fell We were already bored We were already, already bored – Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs” Only Spike Jonze could bring […]
What do you get when you add one Garrett “G Love” Dutton, two serves of Avett Brothers, and one incredible vision? You get one friggin’ excited Burgo is what you get. More importantly, you get the new G Love album, “Fixin’ to Die”, due out February 22, 2011 on Brushfire Records. Before I get to […]
So, it’s been, by my reckoning, about 10 years since I first stumbled across Syd‘s stuff. I know that definitely it’s definitely been at least 8 years since his “Week Days, Weak Knees” EP came out, but I’m pretty sure I’d heard his stuff prior, with a killer live cover of Blink-182’s “Dammit”. “Picking Up […]
Over the last few months, two “Marionette Music Videos” were released that really caught my eye. The first was Josh Ritter‘s “The Curse”, and the second, Chris Garneau‘s “Dirty Night Clowns”. Josh Ritter – The Curse Josh Ritter‘s drummer, Liam Hurley, is a skilled marionette puppeteer… so of course, when it came to telling the […]
On Wednesday night I finally managed to catch Joe Pug live, on his first Australian Tour. My love for Joe is no secret… after all, I’ve written about the dude about six times (yes, every one of those words is a link to a different post), the first time being over two years ago. So, […]
If you’ve read this blog before, chances are you already know of my love for Ryan Adams. The dude is arguably my most important musical influence of all time, and has soundtracked… well, a lot of my life. So it shouldn’t come as any surprise just how freakin’ excited I am about the latest post […]
You know, I’m probably not the biggest fan of the Kings of Leon “Radioactive” single. But this cover from Cee-Lo Green has me rethinking all that. Add some understated piano and muted riffing to Cee-Lo’s unmistakable croon, as I’m seriously in love. Cee-Lo recently performed the tune – along with others – on a BBC […]
Like a house made from spider webs and the clouds rolling in I bet this mighty river’s both my savior and my sin Oh, my savior and my sin – The Tallest Man On Earth, “Love Is All” It’s been quite some time since I originally wrote about Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man on […]