The second of three posts in the Elvis Costello series focuses on the song Indoor Fireworks from King Of America (1986). It's no secret that Elvis Costello is a fan of classic country music--one of the many styles to have shaped his sound over the years. While Indoor Fireworks is not a straight-up country song like Stranger In The House or Radio Sweetheart , the country influence definitely shines through, especially when performed by country singer Laura Cantrell. This should be no surprise, as Elvis was conscioulsy [...]
Whew. I'm exhausted from yesterday's post. The hardest part of doing the survey was seeing how many great albums only got one, two 1. Matador Matador houses artists as diverse as The New Pornographers (and, of course, A.C. Newman), Belle & Sebastian, Cat Power and (formerly) Interpol. And just about all of them got votes. There were votes for albums by Pavement, Yo La Tengo, Mogwai, The Ponys, The Frogs . . . Even Laura Cantrell got one for "Humming by the Flowered Vine." [...]
Here in Southern Ohio it's a lovely 73 degrees today. I spent an hour sitting on the balcony of my 3rd floor apartment reading the Paste magazine that arrived in the mail for me today, listening to ye ol' iPod and watching a resident groundhog scamper around on the ground below. I also saw the first bees of the season, it indeed must be Spring. To celebrate here are a few nice calm and enjoyable songs about bees... The Softies - " Me and the Bees " ( left [...]
"We've had our differences, Tom, but you have my utmost respect." -- Scratchy Record, giving it up to his old buddy "I think I need to bring you like a schmata or something to wipe up with there." -- Laura Cantrell, looking for an old cloth to remove the sweat from Tom's brow "You get to blend things at Thomas Sweet's!" -- Tom on the Hub City's frozen mash-ups "It's like midnight basketball for the 21st Century. It keeps kids off the street." -- [...]
Jens Lekman offers his personal end-of-summer mix of songs as a single 36mb mp3 download, including America and Ennico Morricone (via Pitchfork)The NYC restaurant I'm dying to dine at, Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction, is holding their first anniversary shindig tonight, featuring buckets o' talent including Laura Cantrell and comedians Eugene Mirman and Todd Levin (of the longtime net great
Het nieuwe album van Calexico er wezen, alleen had hij wil iets langer mogen zijn, de totale speelduur bedraagd slechts een dikke 40 minuten. Maar goed beter zo dan een dik uur muziek waar niet doorheen te komen valt. Om de feestvreugde enigzinds te verhogen leek het mij een aardig idee om op nieuwe Audiosport verzamelaar eens stil te staan en aldus geschiedde. Vijftien fijne songs van, aan Calexico gerelateerde bands of projecten én de meesters zelf natuurlijk, dat de verhoudingen tussen Burns en Howe Gelb enigszins verstoord zouden zijn, mag voor ons de [...]
Setting The Woods On Fire
THE CULTURE OF ME
Berkeley Place
Curiously Tasty Music
Recidivism.
Indiefolkforever
audiosport
I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
BAND OF HORSES – The Funeral (Sound Remedy Remix)
Angger Dimas – Ribon Dooh (Preview)
Video: Dreamers - "Appaloosa"
