If you were alive and living in Boston in the late 80's (and had quirky taste in music) you may have heard of Ed's Redeeming Qualities . Also if you were a college radio dj you may have spun their one hit "Lawndart" which could be found on one of those CMJ samplers which were ubiquitous back then. I don't remember when I first heard the band but it was a musical changing point for me. The band played a variety of folky instruments (ukulele, violin, and coffee-can percussion) and sung mostly off key. But [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Ed's Redeeming Qualities This weekend, Breeders violinist Carrie Bradley will go back to her roots -- the Boston alternative rock scene of the late '80s. Bradley's first band, the quirky folk-rock act Ed's Redeeming Qualities , retired in 1997 but is reuniting and returning to Boston for a one-off show at TT the Bear's club on Saturday, Jan.22. The event celebrates the [...]
Remember I posted that fine cover version of Drivin´ On 9 by the Breeders a while back in Wild Weekend Vol. 7 ? Well, I finally managed to track down the original. Listening to Ed´s Redeeming Qualities and their lofi rendition of Drivin´ On 9 , it´s easy to see why the Deal sisters were charmed enough to try their luck with it. After a somewhat shaky start Ed & co. audibly gain confidence, and the forceful fiddle takes it all the way home. "You´ll sure look [...]
It's Day #3 of The Submarines' Vinyl District Blog Takeover and John's pulled some tracks that are right up our collective alley: Tonight I went over to our friend, Jebin Bruni's house. We met Jebin while touring with Aimee Mann last year and he's a super talented keyboardist who's also played with Fiona Apple and Liz Phair. So, when I walked in to his studio the first thing I saw was this! (Aside from being [...]
Well this is a little bit embarrassing…I've been working on this post so long that it's almost out of date. It was meant to be put up at the end of the school year as a way to kick off the summer, yet here we are in August and the summer is almost over! I even had to remove two "school is over" songs, since it seems kind of cruel to post them now, with the start of school only a few weeks away. The rest of them are related to summertime, so let's all enjoy it while it lasts. [...]
Well I did it. I waited `til after Thanksgiving to post my Christmas mix. So far a lot of these songs are from last year (or years past), hell I even recycled the photo from last year's post. I'll do my best to update this mix as new songs appear. I love these songs. They are some of the best Christmas songs you're likely to hear and for a large part they are ones I've dug up first. So Enjoy and Merry Christmas (three weeks early). P.S. I'm so low tech it's not even funny [...]
I usually don't just throw a bunch of songs up at random, but Christmas mixes are the one good reason to do such a thing. So here's my Songs:Illinois Christmas Mix. The two newer songs are both slow burners; one by perenial S:I fave Chris Garneau and the other by S:I overlooked Benji Cossa. P.S. If you have any of the Christmas songs I've posted in the past from Antsy McClain can you please send them to cbonnell@gmail.com so I can add it to this mix. Sorry for lack of a .zip, I'm surprisingly inept [...]
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This Is Not The End (Gui Boratto 2012 Mix)
The Animal Kingdom: Gallo del Cielo
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