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Last time we checked in on Ms. Veirs she was dueting with Colin Meloy on Decemberists song, "Yankee Bayonet". Now she's continuing on with her solo career and this time she's brought a band along with her (the Saltbreakers). From what I've heard of this album, it one-ups The Year of the Meteors on pretty much every account. While her past material seemed a bit chaotic at times, this album flows together beautifully and adds extra layers seemlessly. They lyrical phrasings of this album are very striking such as in "Cast a Hook", where she makes brilliant use [...]
Laura Veirs is streaming a new song, "Pink Light", on her MySpace. It's on Saltbreakers, out April 10th on Nonesuch. No mp3 from the new one, but Laura does have some older stuff on her site for download, including the mournful "Song My Friends Taught Me" from 2003's Troubled by Fire. MP3: Laura Veirs - Song My Friends Taught Me The Zincs have a new album, Black Pompadour, coming out on Thrill
Photography "The Wild Ones" by Kenan Akbas There are times, when you just want to take her hand, and run away to the country. Peaceful nights full of stars, full with each other... Laura Veirs - To The Country Feel like I'm running in place (everything's changed, everything's changed) [...]
Saltbreakers, c'est le nouveau nom du groupe de Laura Veirs. C'est aussi le titre de son nouvel album qui sortira en mars/avril chez Nonesuch. Pink Light est le 1er extrait dévoilé. Laura Veirs - Pink Light (MP3)
Just the two for you today. The first is another song by Regina Spektor; I'm sure it's been uploaded before, but I fell in love with her take on the Biblical story of Samson and Delilah and the way the love can be a more powerful force than the pressures of history. "Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one And history books forgot about us And the bible didn't mention us, not even once" Download Regina Spektor's 'Samson' Buy 'Begin to Hope' [...]
Six, or seven, weeks to go until the music starts at SXSW (March 14th), I won't be there, but I guarantee you that the buzz that'll build in the indie music community will be like a pot of strong coffee to me. Last year SXSW had a massive amount of music and the same will be true this year. You may already know that the festival for the past couple of years has hosted hundreds and hundreds of mp3s of bands that were showcaseds at Austin, although this year's showcase mp3s aren't online yet, last years are still [...]
Okay, I'm a bit skitterish about this one, so please bear with me. Back in early December, I went group-by-group, song-by-song through a long list of artists I found at the 2006 South-by-Southwest festival website . I sampled every song I didn't already know and prepared my own list of the ones I liked best, old friends and new. For various reasons totally uninteresting even to myself I've just never posted a big bloc of the songs, some of which are by some of my favorite current artists. Soooooo, I'm simply [...]
Thursday Night represented two firsts for me. The first time I had seen Laura Veirs and the first time I had seen a show at The Basement. Firstly Portland, Oregon's Laura Veirs provided a gentle night of sweetly sung songs. She was on guitar for the whole night, with Tucker Martine providing drums on about half of the songs. Now I only own Ms Veirs' latest work "Year of Meteors" so I wasn't overly familiar with everything she played, plus she previewed quite a few songs from "Saltbreakers" her upcoming album due in March. Despite this I quite [...]
74. The Acorn-Blankets. Ottawa?s own quiet, melodic, complicated shoegazers make music that will enrapt and encapture you. All they gave us this year wasa four-song EP, "Blankets!", but it was enough to get them here. Excellent acoustic arrangements. Blankets-The Acorn . Plates and Saucers-The Acorn . 73. The Long Winters-Putting the Days to Bed. More retro beautiful harmonies Pushover-The Long Winters . 72. Wes McDonald-1:50 in the Furnace. Wes? 2006 release, [...]
For a website that likes moustaches as much as this one does, the video below, featuring Joe Somar of the band The Fugue, made our week. OK, our month. It's a glorious exit interview from an episode of " The People's Court ," and though we haven't seen the full episode, we can infer that Somar won his case (woot!), since the winning litigant exits the courtroom second. Somar's interview is so laden with irony, that the generally smug and unflappable "Hallway Guy" Curt Chaplin is left all but speechless. The most genius [...]
Ok this is really exciting and also very important...Its that time of year again for " Neiles Life Year End Lists " A list of top albums and songs of 2006...Why so early?? Because I did my list for 2005 around this time last year. Actually it was November 24 of last year that I did my favourite albums of 2005...I believe its the best time to do these lists. A) Cause there isn`t a lot of good albums that come out in December anyway, except for those BullShit albums that the major labels push on us [...]
Jesus Christ's Rapture Mix EP 01 Anthony And The Johnsons â€" Rapture.mp3 02 Laura Veirs â€" Rapture.mp3 03 R.E.M. â€" It’s The End Of The World…(Acoustic).mp3 04 Sonic Youth â€" Do You Believe In Rapture.mp3 It actually does start with an earthquake, but not quite like one you’ve ever felt before… kinda like how the world has really only seen one great [...]
So it seems there's a CD called The Young Rapture Choir ; this album is a collection of songs written by Laura Veirs and performed by a choir of school children in Cognac, France. The one track that's floating around is their version of Magnetized ; aside from the oddness of hearing Laura's lyrics in a French accent, it's even odder to hear one of her songs done rhythmically straight, with all of her odd leaps and syncopations ellipsized. It's no better or worse than one might expect, I think, but still interesting to hear. [...]
So...hmm. Man, I usually have something to tell you guys. Oh, well, if you haven't already, follow this procedure: 1) If you don't own a turntable, go to step 2. If you have a turntable, continue to step 3. 2) What age are you from? The millenium ? Get your ass over to your nearest pawn store and get yourself a record player! If you don't have a car to get over there, I suggest flying on Tom Cruise's shoulders. When completed, continue to [...]
I hope no one minds, but I'm going to get a little bit political today. I usually try to keep that sort of stuff off the blog, but I cannot ignore the great injustice which is being done. Next week the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union will meet in Prague to discuss what it means to be a planet. They assembled a panel to provide advice, and they have basically blown the walls down, recommending that the number of planets be upped to 12, including Ceres (the asteroid), Charon (Pluto's largest [...]
As promised, we're continuing our trip to the Audio Zoo today. I hope you like this group as much as yesterday's. Burning Sensations - Belly of the Whale Meryn Cadell - Sharkhead Sean Lennon - Winged Elephants Dungen - Panda George Michael - Monkey Juliana Hatfield - My Pet Lion [...]
Daytrotter's next set, which goes up 7 August, is Thao Nguyen. I've heard a song or two of hers, but Daytrotter's sets are nice because they give you an EP's worth of material . . . enough to get a feel for a musician. Also, it seems Thao is touring with Laura Veirs and the Tortured Trombonist and Drummer in Europe this summer. Only in Europe, dammit! Relevant tags: [Music] , [Daytrotter] , [Thao Nguyen] , [Laura Veirs]
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