
DOWNLOAD: Death Vessel - Mean Streak (MP3) Death Vessel was the surprise opener for Beck Sunday night ... "Nothing melts a jaded man's heart like the sound of a beautiful female voice singing songs of love, loss, and longingâ€"even when they're being sung by a guy. Joel Thibodeau, a slight young man with a freakishly high-pitched (but gorgeous) voice who goes by the name of Death Vessel (which could also fall under the "Best [...]
Of Montreal - "The Past is a Grotesque Animal". These days we at Gramophone are very nervous about posting songs without permission ahead of album releases. Labels v often collaborate and collude with blogs when it comes to promoting releases, but advance leaks are still a touchy subject. So we're cautious; we try to do it only when we're really, really excited, and can't help but share that excitement with you. (See, most recently, Joanna Newsom.) (Can I also say that two more of my favourite albums of the year aren't going to be out, I don't think, until 2007? [...]

I was a little confused and unsure about José González playing the Vista movie theater last week. I guess it is an appropriate venue: he is big enough now to fill it up, and his soft-spoken songs are great but can create some pretty tired and sore legs in standing-room-only venues. Hearing that it sold out, I was worried I'd be staring at a speck of light from the back of the theater, so I showed up early... ok, on time, and ended up front & center in a spot that was closer to him than the [...]