Mentioned this one last year, well it get's released tomorrow so a little reminder that the Austin based singer-songwriter's full length début Distance And Fortune drops on Tuesday. Here's a track to whet the appetite. Jonny Burke - You Wear It So Well Courtesy of Band of Heathens you can download a collaborative track with Jonny Burke which was released last week. Jonny Burke - Don't Let Me Fall Homepage Buy
Johnny Burke is a tough nut to crack. The new record Distance and Fortune is a little all over the map. There are loud rockers like the first track "Broke Again" that remind me of the louder Big Star screamers. And then there are tracks like "Little Girl of the World" which has a feel both musically and lyrically like something a young Buddy Holly might have written and performed. There's also a song that Johnny Burke co-wrote with Hayes Carll called "Don't Let Me Fall" that is slow and sedate with lyrics that [...]
Top show picks should you need aural cleansing after watching the Grammys: ► Guitarist-around-town Blake Mills (pictured) quietly released a very good solo album, "Break Mirrors," in 2010. The guy who has played with Julian Casablancas, Jenny Lewis, Band of Horses, Jesca Hoop and Simon Dawes (among others) plays a free show tonight at the Satellite. ► Chris Schlarb's Psychic Temple [whom we told you about Saturday] performs at the Smell. ► It's My Bloody Valentine night at Part Time Punks at the Echo , and one [...]
Austin, TX-based singer-songwriter Jonny Burke is set to release his debut full-length album, " Distance And Fortune, " on February 22, 2011, produced by former Black Crowe guitarist Marc Ford and with a co-write with Hayes Carll on "Don't Let Me Fall" on first listen it's sounding pretty good and one to keep any eye out for next year. Burke's musical friends who he has toured and played with include Todd Snider, Ryan Bingham, Band of Heathens , Alejandro Escovedo and James McMurtry, there's one cover on the album The Soft Boys "Human Music". Courtesy [...]
Finally, my first post of the new decade. After my ski trip, I was backed up with work, and I've had a lot of photos to edit. And for the second year in a row, the task of making my lists sort of drained the free-form fun out of what I do here. I'm ready to start finding new music as well as posting about some older stuff that had a hand in me starting this blog in the first place. Truth be told, I wanted a little extra time to refine this list as it is quite [...]
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but I've been cramming for finals. Ha. Not those... I'm done with school, remember. What I've been cramming is music. Into my ears. You see, it's that time of year again where every self-respecting blogger boils down the thousands of discs and songs they've collected over the year into structured, numerical lists. This year, my Top Albums list will part of The Bird List (for the record, I voted for The United State of Americana ) - a sort of master list [...]
Beat Surrender
songsillinois
Buzz Bands
This Mornin' I Am Born Again
Beach House covers Queen
The Bee Gees – Tragedy (Equateur Remix)
Video: Nas – “Daughters”
