If it's December, then you know it's Mixmas time at You Ain't No Picasso! Each year I get a bunch of my favorite bands to contribute themed mixes and share their thoughts about each of the tracks. MP3: Vandaveer - Concerning Past and Future Conquests Vandaveer is quietly raising the bar of classiness on folk [...]
Mixtape #6: Make the First Move - Kakkmaddafakka Lookin' Fly - Murs The Double Life - Rainer Maria Baby I Don't Care - Transvision Vamp All in White - The Vaccines Everything Goes My Way - Metronomy Tokyo Moon - Windmill Jonathan - Sean Rowe
Hear the duo cover a Neil Young classic.
Keith Klenowski While 2010 was unquestionably the year of The National with the release of their breakout record High Violet , the band haven't been entirely quiet this year, continuing to tour and also releasing a couple of new tracks for soundtracks to various things. One of them was for Portal 2 , which I'm led to understand is a video game; I'm still working on finishing Super Mario Bros so I'll have to take your word for it. But rather [...]
Keith Klenowski While 2010 was unquestionably the year of The National with the release of their breakout record High Violet , the band haven't been entirely quiet this year, continuing to tour and also releasing a couple of new tracks for soundtracks to various things. One of them was for Portal 2 , which I'm led to understand is a video game; I'm still working on finishing Super Mario Bros so I'll have to take your word for it. But rather [...]
Here is Sean Rowe live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic performing the song "Old Black Dodge" from his debut album Magic . Check out the album version of the track below. "Old Black Dodge" by Sean Rowe from Magic Related posts: The Black Keys - "Howlin' For You" Live In Studio on KCRW Black Dub - "Last Time" Live In Studio on KCRW Black Mountain - [...]
Words by Jim It's easy to take the live show for granted. It's easy to become bored with it. I've seen lots of bands perform live and man, I've seen some awesome shows. I've also seen some mediocre shows. It's no revelation that as you get older, live shows become less fun and that can be a real drag to think about. Somedays it makes me sad. Standing around for hours isn't as cool. Spending 30 bucks on drinks is money that could be spent somewhere else. I personally seem to get [...]
There's a bounty of riches on this fantastic Friday: ► Prince is back for another thrill ride at the Forum. ► The Airborne Toxic Event completes its string of album-release week shows with a gig at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre featuring teaturing the Calder Quartet. ► Tennessee rockers Royal Bangs [see our posts from March ] hit the Echo, with Superhumanoids opening. ► At the Satellite, local quintet Les Blanks celebrates the release of their new album "In Country;" [...]
Christina Venditti Who: Sean Rowe What: Implausibly deep and resonantly-voiced singer-songwriter and naturalist from upstate New York blends soul, blues and folk and yes - has a beard. Why: Rowe is currently on tour in support of his recently-released debut album Magic . When: Thursday, April 14, 2011 Where: The Dakota Tavern in Toronto (19+) How: Tickets for the show are $11.50 in advance, but courtesy of Anti , I've got [...]
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New Music Releases - Tuesday, February 22, 2011: - Adele - 21 ( Stream ) - The Cave Singers - No Witch - Dam Mantle - First Wave - Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX - We're New Here - Junip - In Every Direction EP - The Low Anthem - Smart Flesh [...]
Il 22 febbraio uscirà per Anti l'album di Sean Rowe, "Magic", originariamente pubblicato dall'etichetta Collar City Records nella primavera del 2009. Sean Rowe possiede una voce baritonale che colpisce al primo ascolto e una capacità di scrittura che rende tutt'altro che azzardati i paragoni con mostri sacri quali Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen e Gil Scott-Heron. Anti, dopo aver contribuito alla riscoperta dei Lost in The Trees , mette a segno un altro grande colpo. Sean Rowe - American
From Neko Case to Spoon, Tom Waits to The Weakerthans - there's a common thread amongst artists on Anti- Recordings that shines through on each and every release they put out; a firm belief that song craft should come before an artists image or a 'here today, gone tomorrow' mass marketing appeal. It's one of the reasons why Anti- is the ideal home for newest signings Wilco, who join the label fresh from completing their tenure at Nonesuch Records and why - upon the first few opening bars of newcomer Sean Rowe's debut album Magic - you know [...]
If you could see the amount of paper screwed up on my desk you would realise the pain that has gone into choosing my personal top 20 albums of the year. Some of them have featured on the site but for some reason I seem to have overlooked reviewing others. I have found 2010 to be a year of musical discovery as my love of Americana has grown. I hope that you enjoy and maybe discover some artists you might not of heard of. After all, that's the point of me writing the damn thing! #20 The Boy [...]
I'm frantically trying to whittle down the year in music that was 2010 to a list of 10 records that sum it all up, and I'm already penciling in one for 2011. Magic is Sean Rowe's debut platter for Anti, and it packs one soulful and powerful wallop. Each song is a hard-won victory; battered, bruised but not yet defeated. It's nearly impossible to hear Rowe's resonant baritone (particularly on numbers like Old Black Dodge ) and not immediately be reminded of vintage idiosyncratic Smog or even [...]
Having waxed lyrical about the Sean Rowe album Magic , I was excited to catch up with the man himself for a Sunday afternoon pint in Camden's Hawley Arms. Mark : Hi Sean good to catch up! For the benefit of our readers could you give us a little background information on yourself? Sean : Hi, well I have been a native of upstate New York all my life though preforming-wise I travel a bit and New York City is pretty [...]
Sean Rowe you will remember if you have been paying attention I ran an album review on a couple of weeks ago. I figured that some of you may like this free track I have clearance to share from the stunning long player !!!! Old Black Dodge is pretty representative of the album so if you are wavering about this guy I reckon it will win you over. That's about it really so fill your boots and enjoy !!!! [See post to listen to audio] Sean [...]
Sean Rowe you will remember if you have been paying attention I ran an album review on a couple of weeks ago. I figured that some of you may like this free track I have clearance to share from the stunning long player !!!! Old Black Dodge is pretty representative of the album so if you are wavering about this guy I reckon it will win you over. That's about it really so fill your boots and enjoy !!!! [See post to listen to audio] [...]
Sean Rowe is an artist I had never heard of until last week and his new album hit my doormat. Sean Rowe is an artist I am going to be hearing a lot more of now! Magic is an apt title for this longplayer, as it's dark & melancholic to the very core. This is right up there with my favorites so far for this year. There is something that moves me about singer/songwriters laying themselves bare. Sean Rowe does this in abundance throughout the album, whether it is [...]
photo: Joe Putrock There are singers, there are vocalists and there are guys with a voice. Sean Rowe has a voice, a warm baritone that was just made for singing folk-tinged blues songs and he can play guitar too, using his acoustic like a percussive instrument. His debut 27 came out in 2004 and now the long wait for the follow-up is over. Magic is an album that should never end up on the desk of the Gray's Anatomy soundtrack people. He is a secret, and working [...]
When you hear Sean Rowe start up, you can't help but picture a gothic version of the South, or what I envision what the South would be like. As I don't really know much of the real South and I am sure many residents of this mythical "South" would guffaw at this Canadian, I still have my hopes. My hopes are that there is always a haze of gritty and sweltering heat, an open field next to a rushing creek and chairs made from long dead trees. This is the South that Sean Rowe makes me think of, one of [...]
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