While listening to albums is one of the great joys in my life, my true passion is live music. These were the 10 best moments of my year: St. Vincent - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn While I may have recently praised the looks and skill of Ms. Stern, Ms. Clark is my one true love. Slinky green dress, piercing eyes, a collection of fuzz pedals. Her red lips matched her red airliner guitar. With a live band perfectly capable of re imagining the songs on 2007's Marry Me , I [...]
Whether you call it growing up, maturing or simply learning the act of good showmanship, I have to say that the Bradford Cox that was on stage at Lee's Palace on Wednesday night was significantly different than the one that I read about from the last time Deerhunter was in town. Gone were the dresses and general audience alienation and, in its place was a charismatic and appreciative frontman who blasted through a fabulous set of shoegazey ambient punk rock. As Springsteen's Born To Run blasted through the speakers, it quickly became apparent that [...]
Some of the most talent musicians in the world remain practically unknown despite an abundance of quality material. There is no concise explanation for it, even if the most common response is related to the lack of accessibility in actually obtaining the music. It simply proves that recognition, while beneficially attributed, has little merit in determining an artist's level of talent or commitment. Today's feature chronicles two artists at dramatically different stages in their music careers. One, Piano Magic , has been producing quality music for over a decade with an undeservedly low amount of recognition, while the other, [...]
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I saw a story titled " Spot On: The music of Braid " pop up on Gamespot when I was looking around the internet tonight. I was like, "No way! Is Braid going to be in Rock Band or something?!" Braid is a classic late-wave emo band/post-hardcore band/shutthefuckup band/Japanese doom metal from Hell band. Cool stuff. I, however, was disappointed. The piece had nothing to do with the band. But, "Fear not!" I thought. "I can still post links to Youtube videos of Braid, can I not?!" So I shall. Braid - [...]
All of the sub-genres of independent music at sometime or another jump the shark and become yet another category of music disdained by the elite. New wave, grunge, hip-hop inspired rock were initially seen by the music industry as foreign. But as the music industry became better and better at establishing youth culture in America these sub-genres became victim of a force more interested in financial potential than artistic integrity. In the last ten years, no sub-genre was more affected by these market forces than so-called "emo". Culling a bloodline that starts with Rites [...]
Stand By Me- Fugees Bohemian Rhapsody- The Braids If I Fell- Sammy Kershaw I Want To Hold Your Hand You Really Got a Hold On Me- She Him Lovefool- The Morning Benders Dreams- The Morning Benders Just Like Heaven- Katie Melua Time After Time- Jake Shimabukuro Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)- Bat for Lashes 99 Red Balloons- Kevin [...]
When talking with friends, I always show a lot of Wilco love, to a point where anyone would reasonably assume that Wilco is my favorite band. I've even convinced myself. But in truth, as much as Wilco will always hold a special place in my heart, I can't say they are my absolute favorite. Not over Cat Stevens. I am in love with his older music (sorry Yusuf). Even though I listen to Wilco more regularly, and overall probably like more of their songs than Stevens, the songs of Cat Stevens that I do like, are earth shattering. They are [...]
Braid: Trompe Le Monde I heard this over the airwaves at my local furniture store the other day. True story.
VIDEO I lost count of how many times I have watched this, but it just never gets old. It might be the best video on YouTube...ever. MUSIC So...cover songs. I love cover songs. To find a true cover song is a rare thing these days, more often than not bands copy songs, but fail to add a their own flavor or twist to [...]
Home Video - I Can Make You Feel It Make Believe - Just Green Enough * Liz Janes - Wonderkiller * Braid - Killing A Camera Shannon Noll - Loud
Steve Malkmus and The Jicks A nice collection of both new and old songs to chew on this fine winter weekend. Nada Surf - See These Bones - from Lucky Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Beat (Health, Life and Fire) - from We Brave Bee Stings and All Chris Walla [...]
In this installment i give you Braid. This band hailing from Chicago was one of the greatest bands to be mixed up in the whole midwestern mid 90's Emo scene. Their has been and inspiration to me over the years. Every song they wrote was crafted perfectly. With the guitar lines and vocals of both Bob Nanna and Chris Broach, as well as the amazing drumming of Damon Atkinson and Roy Ewing (in the early days), every album they put out was better than the last. If you don't know Braid you [...]
SIDE A 1. Bright Eyes - Method Acting 2. The Gloria Record - Cinema Air 3. Death Cab For Cutie - A Movie Script Ending 4. John Vanderslice - Promising Actress 5. Mogwai - Stanley Kubrick 6. Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film) 7. Matt Pond PA - The Moviegoer 8. Hayden - Hollywood Ending SIDE B [...]
R ainy Sunday mornings are perfect for mixes especially when you may have been kissing the bottle the night before. Some individuals seem to think that way to many of my posts lately have sucked (admittedly, a few have). Hopefully this will go at least a little way towards absolving me of any past mistakes. MP3 | Wilco - I Must Be High MP3 | Pteradon - Broadway [...]
Aloha - Protest Song Low - Monkey Jens Lekman - Black Cab Of Montreal - Disconnect The Dots * Final Fantasy - Peach, Plum, Pear (Joanna Newsom cover) * Liz Janes - Wonderkiller Rainer Maria - Breakfast Of Champions The Antlers - I'm Hibernating (Accordian) The Earlies - No Love In Your Heart Pissed Jeans - I've Still Got You (Ice Cream) Braid - [...]
Congratulations to Dan from New York City who won the Ultimate Ears giveaway. Here are some cover songs paired with the originals for your listening enjoyment. Have a lovely Saturday morning. MP3 | Frente - Bizarre Love Triangle MP3 | New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle MP3 | The Hard Lessons - Hey Hey My My [...]
Way before what teens today think of as emo, the term was shorthand for emotional hardcore. It was not a dirty word that referred to the lifestyle that gets so much negative press these days. Originating in the Washington, DC music scene of the mid-1980's, some so-called "first-wave" emo or emocore bands included Rites of Spring, Embrace, and Moss Icon. Then came Fugazi (featuring ex-members of Rites of Spring and Embrace), Jawbox, and so on from there... This is (according to me) a brief history of emo in music only. Yes, it will be incomplete in some [...]
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