Five covers of the godfather of alt-country, from people who just had to sing for the sake of the song.
Since 2000’s Blue Horse Vancouver’s The Be Good Tanyas have held a special place in UK folk/ roots lovers’ hearts. Their sparse three album output, enhanced by this year’s A Collection with two new tracks, stands apart for their soulful fragile beauty. Even if they did no more, they’d be guaranteed greatness. For their first UK tour since 2008’s hiatus, The Be Good Tanyas are without founding member Sam Parton, unable to travel following a car accident in the Fall. For the UK tour Frazey Ford [...]
Live music picks for TUESDAY OCTOBER 16 through SATURDAY OCTOBER 20, 2012. TUESDAY OCTOBER 16 / THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS / THE DANFORTH MUSIC HALL / 147 DANFORTH / $34.50 / ALL AGES New Wave legends The Psychedelic Furs played Lee's Palace back in March, and by all accounts it was a spectacular show. This time around, they're playing a larger venue (the Danforth Music Hall), and it's an all-ages show. This band has a pretty substantial cult following, and while they may be best-known for [...]
Now that the Fall Fundraising Drive is over here at the station (thanks to everyone who donated), Rocktober marches on with another great week of shows ahead. On Tuesday, everyone's favorite Gossip plays at Showbox at the Market, and on Wednesday night Das Racist plays there too. Thursday night, Admiral Fallow is at Tractor Tavern. Friday is definitely the busiest night out with a ton of great choices, including the third annual Reykjavik Calling , a free show presented by KEXP with Icelandic artists Apparat Organ Quartet , Sudden Weather Change , [...]
The Be Good Tanyas - Junkie Song
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Hot night in the city, to dredge up a line: ► The Sunset Strip Music Festival goes all-out on the eve of the fifth annual event's big street festival: X , doing their album "Los Angeles" headlines the Roxy Theatre (Ray Manzarek is X's special guest, and the Stripminers support). Hank III holds forth at the House of Blues. And James Ingram rocks the Whisky. ► The Play MOCA series at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA continues with Zola Jesus and Active Child performing. [...]
Additional contributions to this article by Dakin Hardwick. All photos by Jonathan Pirro except where noted. Saturday dawns with nary a clue that the fog and mist are clearing, and the massive greenery of Golden Gate Park continues to beckon to those who would walk onto its already-heavily-trodden surface, tickets in hand and heads held [...]
Every year, every festival in America claims to have the "best line up ever!" Well, San Francisco's Outside Lands Music Festival has made to its 5th year, and they really are going to have a seriously difficult time topping this year's event. Of course, this means that there are conflicts galore! You've got six stages [...]
The Be Good Tanyas - Gospel Song
This week is one of exploration for us. We recognize groups such as Citizen Cope and Boys Like Girls, but the true heart of this week's releases falls in the cracks on the Top 40. If you want the best this week, check into Honest Engines and William Becket. Since 20092s EP Captain's Log , the guys from Honest Engines have built a solid foundation for fans of their lo-fi rock that entwines keyboards with some interspersed electric guitars and bass riffs. The show-friendly group presents each song with a story behind it, much like [...]
The Be Good Tanyas - Scattered Leaves (New Mix)
I had other plans last night - dance class chaperonage and an early fast food supper out with the kids; a long school committee meeting; a late-night blog entry that bowed to a particularly delicious crop of video-driven mailbox coverage. But Mother Nature had a different idea, and here, in a town ravaged by October blizzards and June tornadoes, we've learned to listen to her insistent ways. And so, after months of startling sun and warmth, and what was surely the driest season on record, winter came at last to our little pocket of [...]
In January, the marvelous website couchsurfing.org brought us a terrific set of houseguests: a couple from the beaches of California asked to stay in my home while they came to Colorado to pick up the due-any-day baby that they had just been chosen to be the adoptive parents of. For two weeks we got to host them and their brand new little guy, all wide eyes and stretching fingers. It was, in a word, magnificent. We forget that they make people that little, that new. Light as air and just about perfect. As I am wont [...]
Download and watch new Christmas covers from Norah Jones, Idiot Glee, Beta Radio, and a ton more! Everything from the traditional to the irreverent.
This is from The Be Good Tanyas debut album Blue Horse, released in 2000.
Yeah you heard it, there is a leak ! It's a pretty interesting leak actually by Modeselektor . His album Monkeytown due at the end of this month has leaked throughout the pipes of the interweb... It was getting late, it's been out for a week already ! Berlin feat. Miss Platnum - Modeselektor ANYWAYS ! Pretty decent stuff on this album, usually not a big fan of his but I like the fact that [...]
Almost done... DAMN ! That TV Show is driving me completely insane!! I've watched 3 seasons of Breaking Bad in the last week and it is EPIC. This whole story of a boring father/chemistry teacher starting to cook meth and run over people with his car after being diagnosed with lung cancer... It's pretty crazy, but MAN do I like it. Anyways, apart from the TV show itself, I've heard some pretty sweet songs in a few episodes that I wanted to share with you guys. So here it is [...]
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