Brad feels like a longshot that came in. This 20-year-old side project somehow managed to skirt the perils that doomed so many of their Seattle peers: the decline of grunge, flannel shortages, Courtney Love. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone , Brad guitarist Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) attributed their longevity, in part, to the band being an outlet for making music with no expectations. On United We Stand , this anything-goes atmosphere yields what could be leftover Rage Against the Machine cover art and a record that begins with quintessential Brad and ends [...]
buttercup off shame // brad site Tags: brad , shame , shawn smith , stone gossard
I love me some Shawn SmithCheck out his Brand New channel at Entertonement http://www.entertonement.com/s hawnsmith/
Shawn and I were sitting at a table in Brooklyn's Littlefield (site of this weekend's After The Jump Fest! ) the other day when the topic of album of the year came up. I told him it was hands down the Rural Alberta Advantage. He said no. He said he hadn't even listened to them yet. After my heart finished breaking and my anger subsided (this took quite some time...), I calmly informed him that I was already planning on hijacking the Radio Exile end of the year best album poll. Holly is [...]
Shawn Smith is known by a lot of names. Sometimes he's a solo artist, but most of the time it seems he drifts from side project to side project. Occaisionaly he hooks up other notable Seattle musicians, occasionally he strikes out on his own. He lists a slew of influences for his style of music and I guess if you listen closely enough you'll find each and every one. I personally hear a lot of Joseph Arthur in his solo work. There's a certain relaxed complexity that each of them share. mp3 : Shawn Smith - Leaving [...]
back with another roundup of new music, none of which we can say we went out and found, though we're quite happy all of it found us. quite a strong group here, so let's don't piddle too much time away swinging our legs over the edge and simply dive headlong: amy speace - shed this skin (live) new york country & folk singer amy speace [...]
Above: The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville. Below: A handful of songs that have been ringing in my ears. As always, support the artists. If you hear something you like, buy the record, CD, song, or whatever. My Morning Jacket - I Will Sing You Songs (Live) Jeff Klein - All I Want Tunng - Pioneers (Bloc Party Cover) M. Ward - Post-War Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Josh [...]
Shawn Smith - Suffering (Live) Isobel Campbel and Mark Lanegan - The False Husband Concrete Blonde - Little Conversations Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - God Is In The House The Replacements - Answering Machine (Live) Dirty Three - Long way to Go With No Punch The Twilight Singers - The Lure Would Prove Too Much
Consequence Of Sound
Captain's Dead
Music vs Music
Radio Exile
The World Forgot
anyone's guess
Visions and Revisions
Sleeve: “1991″ by Azealia Banks
Loreen - Euphoria
Video: Chromatics – “These Streets Will Never Look the Same”
