
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Like pretty much every artist but the Beatles these days, if you want Brandi Shearer 's new CD, 'Love Don't Make You Juliet,' all you have to do is open iTunes and add it to your cart. But if you want the new EP, 'Live at the Soiled Dove,' you're going to have to go to an indie record store and buy it in the flesh. Those who do, and play their cards right, will get the added bonus [...]
"To Say Brandi Shearer has a great voice...would be like saying Michael Jordan has a good jump shot or that the Grand Canyon is a pretty big hole in the ground," one obviously smitten critic writes of the San Francisco singer/songwriter. "The fact is Shearer's voice...is such a thing of beauty that even an adoring description tends to fall short." Adoring accolades aside, there's certainly no doubt in our minds that Shearer has an incredible gift in the vocal department. At times, as on her softer, jazzy ballads, she has a warmth and tenderness to rival a Norah [...]

[Salutations to birthday guy Carlos Santana today. Here's what's up tonight:] NYC shoegaze/jangle-pop quartet the Pains of Being Pure at Heart [pictured], who played great shows at SXSW and at Spaceland earlier this year, return to L.A. — fresh from the Pitchfork Music Festival — for an engagement at the Echo. ... If you like a little more sizzle on sweltering summer night, there's plenty for you too: The Growlers and Sweaters provide support for Japanese Motors' residency at the [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Brandi Shearer : "When You Wake Up" [mp3] from Love Don't Make You Juliet (out September 1st) other Brandi Shearer posts at Largehearted Boy Ceu : "Bubuia" [mp3] from Vagarosa other Ceu posts at Largehearted Boy Chris Hickey : "Down" [mp3] from [...]
"To Say Brandi Shearer has a great voice...would be like saying Michael Jordan has a good jump shot or that the Grand Canyon is a pretty big hole in the ground," one obviously smitten critic writes of the San Francisco singer/songwriter. "The fact is Shearer's voice...is such a thing of beauty that even an adoring description tends to fall short." Adoring accolades aside, there's certainly no doubt in our minds that Shearer has an incredible gift in the vocal department. At times, as on her softer, jazzy ballads, she [...]

As promised, we begin more Best of 2007 counting down. Every Friday from now until the end of the year (expect next Friday as I'll be on vacation), I will focus on a list of TEN best of's. We start with a look back at this year's Guiltiest Pleasures . Kelly Willis ( original post ) Alt-country blond babe: Kelly Willis ~ Nobody Wants To Go [...]

Abra Moore ~ Sorry Brandi Shearer ~ Swampland The Great Outdoors ~ The Land Of My Deceased Over The Rhine ~ The Trumpet Child State Bird ~ I Saw the Light Ozomatli ~ Magnolia Soul Zookeeper ~ Trumpets More: 7 from '07s Many of these artists are available for your 25 FREE DOWNLOADS from [...]

Brandi Shearer's bio reads like a the dust jacket of a good novel. The lady has been through a lot. With oodles of life experience, it is no surprise that her music is full of vim and vigor. Her latest album is titled " Close To Dark ". Which is the perfect title for this collection of songs. 13 tunes that sound like twilight. A well-balanced batch that runs from piano ballad to straight-ahead pop to psychedelic-dream-folk. She has vibrant alto voice that reminds me of some The [...]
Ferraby Lionheart - "Small Planet" ( MP3 ) Grand Ole Party - "Look Out Young Son" ( MP3 ) Tiger City - "Dark Water" ( MP3 ) Clockclean Er - "Vomiting Mirror" ( MP3 ) State Radio - "Unfortunates" ( ZIP ) The Go Station - "All Together Now" ( MP3 ) Holler, Wild Rose - "Marylawn Hair" ( MP3 ), "Sun Vines" ( MP3 )| Para One - "Dun Dun" ( [...]