Sleepless greetings from somewhere in limbo between California leaving and Colorado arriving. True story: I am supposed to be catching a few slim hours of shut-eye before my superbly early flight in the wee hours of Monday morning, but the couple in the hotel/motel room next to me are going at it so loudly that I (and surely several neighbors in either direction up and down the hall) can't sleep. Gotta love priceline.com motel finds for the best buck. On the bright side, I now have the gift of knowing that my neighbor is a "bad girl" as [...]
the manner by which these songs have been slowly permeating the blogosphere seems so typical for the artist. it has been slow. not slow-slow, not jumpy, not neglected or forgotten or rejected. but they're taking their time. they're moving at their own pace. and... on... it... goes... what i have come in the last few days to affectionately call The Nine Sampler (just called "9") is a step ladder: it goes up from the music Damien Rice produces that I find very difficult (unless i have or want a razor to my wrists) - to the kind of [...]
Good Weather for Airstrikes » Damien Rice: “Rat Within The Grain†Good Weather for Airstrikes has the B-side to Damien's first single ('9 Crimes') off his new album due out next month. Yet another great acoustic gem from Mr. Rice. And apparently another track off that's actually on the new album is 21 and half minutes long ...that could be a bit tedious. "...I wouldnt' want you to want to be wanted by me, [...]
"Red Paint" - The Promise Ring (via Jade Tree Records ) "I Remember" - Damien Rice (via official site ) "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" - Mike [...]
MONDAY Mini-Mix I've been wanting to post this every Monday for a long time, but I always forget. 1. MP3: Jon Brion - "Later Monday" - let this one be your theme song today. From Jon Brion's amazing work on the I Heart Huckabees soundtrack, this song is perfect for a pleasant Monday and really comes together in the last lines of the song, "Nothingness... somethingness... nothingness..." Just like Monday. 2. MP3: Damien Rice - "Moody Monday" - [...]
There are some artists that you just connect with. The first time that I heard Ireland's Damien Rice , was on a live EP that I received in the mail about 4 years ago. As soon as I listened to that, I was hooked. I immediately purchased O and he has been in my early morning, chill out afternoon and late night playlist ever since. He blew up quite a bit after that. His songs were featured in several movies and it seemed like he was everywhere for awhile. Then, [...]
That's one long post title. These are some nice live covers from these scruffy-looking singer/songwriter guys. This time, I'll leave the comments up to you. But I can tell that they all sound quite nice, and the Killers cover is my most favorite of the bunch. Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright - Careless Whisper (George Michael Cover) Damien Rice - Creep (Radiohead Cover) David Gray - [...]
I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS: Album news from Damien Rice: "the new one will be called '9,' and will come out in November in Ireland on Rice's own Heffa label. " Pretty excited to hear that as I'm a big fan of Mr. Rice. Heard 9 Crimes on KCRW this morning so I had to seek it out. I've listened to it like 15 times in the last 3 hours so yeah...I kinda like it. [...]
Autumn is finally here and I couldn't be happier. It's always been my favorite season, with the leaves changing and the weather getting cooler. In honor of that, I've put together a mix that reminds me of fall. Most of these songs have nothing to do with the season, but they are all songs that I associate with this time of the year. I hope you like! Van Morrison - Into the Mystic Laura Nyro - Eli's Comin' Rufus Wainwright - Crumb By Crumb [...]
Il sottoscritto si accoda a Lonox nel manifestare le sue perplessità nei confronti di 9 crimes, nuovo singolo di Damien Rice appena diffuso dalla sua etichetta 14th floor records . Una ballata molto classica per piano, violoncello e lisahannigan (ormai uno strumento al servizio di Rice, pare), che annoia presto e non mantiene nulla di quanto promesso dai carichissimi live o dagli EP più recenti del cantautore irlandese. Una bella canzone, per carità, ma quasi ogni pezzo di O (o degli EP) è in grado di superarla per forza, originalità e atmosfera. Speriamo in meglio per il [...]
But thankfully he WILL FINALLY release his follow-up to O on November 21st. It will be released on Rice's own label Heffa. First single will be '9 Crimes'. Album title is '9'. There are 10 songs on the album. You figure it out! The tracklisting for '9' is: '9 Crimes' 'The Animals Were Gone' [...]
Over on NME.com, you can read a delightful report of a happy report of Bono introducing Damien Rice at some sort of fashion launch event for Bono and wife's Edun range of vaguely ethical clothes. It's notable for the complete oversell Bono does on Rice: What you're about to hear and see is like being at a Bob Dylan gig in the early Sixties or a Cat Stevens gig in the early Seventies or James Taylor, or something extraordinary. "Damien Rice is able to still and distil the storms into [...]
So, in some sort of ironic twist it turns out my rant the other day was rather popular. Cant entirely tell if that was cos of the mp3 I put on there, or if word did genuinely spread bout some cracker having a moan! But either way, people were clicking buttons out there. You may have heard of the stencil graff artist Banksy , well Mark B sent me a link to a story on Banksy's latest stunt - although I'm not sure why it took the BBC nearly three months to write [...]
(Photo by Ergun&Aytaç'ın sayfası ) I've never really been able to get Prince . Sometimes I think I'm missing out, sometimes I think it's for the best. There's a part of me that goes around internally yelling purple rain.... purple rain! And another part of me that thinks of the more embarassing scary dwarf connotations. But, it's impossible to deny that the man has written some seriously great songs. Maybe the finest is Nothing Compares 2 U, it's quality maybe only apparent in it's Sinead O'Connor incarnation, and [...]
...V ale muito dar uma espiada no blog 'I am a fuel, you are friends' trazendo faixas novas de 'Damien Rice' (que promete para Dezembro o tão aguardado segundo disco), umas raridades (e das boas!) de 'Jeff Buckley' e a fantástica história das 500 fitas encontradas dos 'Beatles', da sessão do 'Let it be' , com mais de 200 covers, de 'Elvis' a 'Rod Stewart' ... Surrupiadas de lá: [...]
Well it looks like Kylie is almost certainly headlining Glastonbury 2007, but can anyone figure out who the Friday night mystery guests are going to be? Eavis has only said that they're a band who haven't played together in 35 years and that they were once one of the biggest bands in the world (read the full story at NME ). Perhaps Paul and Ringo? Or Free? While you're musing over that, have a listen to these Glasto-classics and make your ears smile. DOWNLOAD: "Creep/The Blowers Daughter (Radiohead [...]
1, 2, 3... 1, 2, 3... Take my hand and waltz with me to these wondrous songs of 3/4 time and melodic quality. I really do think 3/4 time is my favorite. Not completely unoriginal like 4/4, not as cooky and confusing as 3/8. Just smooth and gliding, and 1, 2, 3... 1, 2, 3... mp3 Elliott Smith- Waltz No. 1 m4a Cary Brothers- Blue Eyes mp3 Sufjan Stevens- Say Yes! To Michigan mp3 Okkervil [...]
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