Dat de Rotonde van de Botanique een fijne zaal is met een heel aparte sfeer, wisten we natuurlijk al. Ook de artiesten die er optreden, merken het met plezier op. Zowel voorprogramma Led To Sea als Laura Veirs spraken afgelopen maandag lovend over de zaal, die hen tot prachtige concerten dreef. Led To Sea is eigenlijk Alex [...]
An early contender for local festival line-up of the year: Pickathon 2011. The annual festival celebrating indie roots music is held on an 80 acre farm in Happy Valley, Oregon and this year's line-up boasts diverse acts such as Mavis Staples, Fruit Bats, Damien Jurado, Vetiver, Sonny & the Sunsets, Bill Calahan, Laura Veirs, AgesandAges, [...]
Wide-eyed, Legless is a track from Laura Veirs 7th album July Flame and marks our first engagement with the Colorado folkie. To this point her music has passed us by in an unassuming, albeit pleasant, way but this track for all its simpleness has an unbeatable hook. Veirs along with boyfriend Tucker Martine have been plugging away for over a decade and can count respected indie label Bella Union amongst her fans. Wide-eyed, Legless is reminiscent of our very own Boca Chica with its fleeting orchestral washes and a centrepiece that features a [...]
The other day I was listening to Damien Jurado’s “Ohio” and I realized that I miss my home state. What better way to remember my home than compile a list of my favorite songs about Ohio? The list also had contributions from Matt, Sean and Shiloh. Hope you enjoy, and learn something about Ohio as [...]
Seeing as we’re still in January (just) and the nominees for this year’s Choice Music Prize were announced exactly a fortnight ago, I thought it might be a good idea to include a run-down of my favourite album releases by ... Continue reading
Got interviewed today by a local weekly paper. Weird & fun! Got me thinkin' and now workin' on a new mixtape, this song came in my head. And I love this song. Less-than-three you Veirs!!! Less. Than. Three. Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers G'night.
Photo taken by the amazing garmonique - Flickr I'll be honest with you, this collection of songs was compiled with nothing but mixed emotions and by that I mean, I wasn't able to put my finger on any real understanding of what Winter should feel like. Happy or sad? The undertones of what is otherwise pleasing to look at in nature often strikes differently in the depths of the mind where everything tends to get lost. Although I guess that's just it for me, using music as an instrument to bridge [...]
From Portland to Melbourne, Happy New Year Mates!!! Hope you all had a great party and traditional fireworks last night, and are happily recovering from the night. Have a bloody Mary at that cool bar down in Chinatown, *(ooops that's a secret) Welcome to 2011!!!! The future for all of us here in the US of A. Catch you on the flip side soon! For all of you in town, Laura Veirs and her Two Beers Veirs band (featuring Annalisa and members of The Decemberists) are gonna be down at Laurelthirst pub tonight, we [...]
2010 Top Twenty from Craig 1. Shadow Shadow Shade – S/T: Out of nowhere a sonic tour de force from the L.A. band previously known as Afternoons . The album is packed with operatic indie rock tunes. It’s clear that these are seasoned musicians, but the album returns to a common theme among nascent song writers – ruminations on young love/lust and the misunderstandings that surround it. This album immediately grabs you. The opening track Is This a Tempest [...]
I'd say it's been a pretty good year in my musical world... and a pretty good year other wise too! I'm about as blessed as a girl can be and the end of the year always makes me incredibly aware of it! But enough of the mushy stuff... let's get down to the nitty gritty! [...]
On termine l’année avec le traditionnel classement de mes albums préférés de l’année 2010. Pour chaque album, un lien vers un de mes articles ou un d’un collègue si je n’en ai pas parlé, une toute petite explication de la présence du disque dans le top en passant la souris sur la pochette et un titre en écoute dans le lecteur en bas de page. #30 Clogs - The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton [...]
For a very long time, I've made a mix entitled Music to Combat Commuting Doldrums. It started as a joke for a friend who graduated college before me, and was now faced with a daily commute. If you've ever tried to navigate the highways outside of a major metropolitan area, you can identify with the title. The MCCD series is now limited to a spring mix and an end-of-year mix. It's not intended to be a "best of" mix, but rather a bunch of songs I enjoyed from the past year. I am also mixing a Best of Blogophilia for [...]
Photo by Michelle Brennan These are my favorite songs of 2010. Hope that you enjoy them as much as I did. Download the MP3s of the entire list HERE 20. Gorillaz – “Stylo” (feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack) (Chiddy Bang Remix) A great collaboration: Bobby Womack, Mos Def and Gorillaz, remixed by the up-and- [...]
Picking up where I left off yesterday... 10. The Head and the Heart - The Head and the Heart : Live from the PNW, it's The Head and the Heart! This was a late discovery for me (thanks to Heather Browne ), and I am glad I held back on posting a top 20 until now. Their debut album is something spectacular. The PNW has a phenomenal recent history of producing great indie folk artists, and [...]
Black Keys - "Tighten Up" from Brother It's scary to think of a time when Dan and Patrick will be responsible for the well being of youngsters. The Avett Brothers - "Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise" from I and Love and You I love a video that takes an egregious amount of time to produce. This Jason Ryan Mitcham video took 2,600 alterations of the same painted to create. Great [...]
After writing for TWJ for about a year now, I have mutated into a spider of the Interwebs. I creep across my familiar threads and pluck tasty morsels from the regular traps with ease. Now that I seem to be officially a blogger (*gasp*), I have become more of a “Song” fiend, who sees and [...]
Holy shit how is 2010 over? Like, it's done. Finished. Dunzo. This year flew by and we're all finding ourselves one year older and staring 2011 right in the kisser. Some interesting stuff happened in 2010, didn't it? For one thing, we started this blog and have existed in the blogosphere for seven months now. Imagine that! Let's give the blogosphere a big round o' applause for not swallowing us up into oblivion. So, regardless if you had a good 2010 or a mediocre 2010, I think we can all agree that it was a pretty ridiculous year [...]
Here we go again. A glorious musical year ends. Full of exploration and extremes. Still writing. Still posting songs. Still ruminating over what this music does to me and putting it to words. Last year’s list was shorter and arranged at my brother’s apartment in Tel-Aviv. On the other side of the world, it rained incessantly. This year the list was compiled in this haven of mine on Park Road. On the first snow-covered day. It was time. Because precipitation and dark skies make me reflect. I guess. 18 is a random number, but it’s the most [...]
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