When I first started this blog nearly a year ago, I had grand visions of having a "Jay Farrar Friday" every few weeks. To date, I have had two " Jay Farrar Fridays ." I get easily distracted and forgetful. Two things reignited my desire to post about Jay Farrar this week. One, on Wednesday night I had a dream I was a guitar tech for Farrar and that he was playing a small acoustic show in Toronto. This was clearly a dream as I know nothing about playing, much less tuning, a guitar. And, I have actually never seen [...]
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Shockingly I actually don't mind some country rock every now and again. Now remember it is country rock for a reason. I aint talken about that Garth Brooks bullshit. I am talking about the lines of Wilco, Drive By Truckers, Johnny Cash, Band Of Horses. The always reliable folks at Toolshed sent me over a new Son Volt track. Now I won't lie, this is my first taste of Son Volt. I know the name, and that they are pretty popular among critics. I can say I thoroughly enjoyed their new song "Down To The Wire", which will [...]
What "they" are saying. "this is as good a pure Americana album as you'll hear all year" "the melodic succinctness of the band's debut album Trace" [...]
Counting down to the new Son Volt album. ...his finest work yet ...the melodic succinctness of the band's debut album Trace ... rarely does a musical work do powerfully capture the zeitgeist of it's historical moment, while also honoring the traditions of rock & roll with such rawboned grace Do we believe the hype? Liking this is lot. Down to the Wire [...]
I know- third week in a row that I've slacked on the blog. It's summer, and I've gotten pretty busy lately. Plus, I'm just not hearing a lot that I really like. Argh. I promise to try to think about being a better blogger this week. Tracklisting: All Get Out - Water And God Annuals - The Giving Tree Ben Sollee - How To [...]
1. *MP3 : Sun Volt - Down To The Wire The low-key alt-country ambience (lead by the usual Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, and soft, but persistent drum work) make the latest from Son Volt palatable. But a little more excitable elements—perhaps more emotion from vocalist Jay Ferrar, a faster tempo—would help to make "Wire" more memorable Grade: B- 2. *MP3: Gay Beast - "Expanding" A cacocophonous blend of noise-pop, free jazz, and lord knows what else (prob. polka for all [...]
Last time I saw Son Volt live was at First Avenue when they were touring for Okemah And The Melody Of Riot. Jay Ferrar was something else, the guy just stood there and barely moved the entire show. But somehow, for some reason, if you're Jay Ferrar, you can stand in place and do practically [...]
Brantley Gutierrez It'd be foolish to suggest that the guitar has fallen out of its place of supremacy in the indie rock universe - the six-string remains ubiquitous - but there's a case to be made that the guitar solo is on the wane. And I'm not talking about the concise melodic instrumental break but the full-on, 32 bar, eye-closing, fuzz-spraying, fret-shredding SOLO. That, you don't see as much of these days. So for those of us for whom that's not a positive development, the impending June 23 arrival of Farm [...]
Image From Here I want to be free Free from these chains of life Free from the bondage that surrounds me Free from anxiety, fear and depression Free to live my life in peace Free from the worries of the world Free from all that is bad Free to enjoy all that is good Free to see things as they really are Free to experience true love Free to experience happiness and joy [...]
I spoke with Jay Farrar of Son Volt about his upcoming album, American Central Dust , which drops July 7th on Rounder Records . It was an honor to be able to speak to someone whose music I've enjoyed so much for over a decade. If you consider yourself a Son Volt/Farrar fan, you're going to be very pleased with American Central Dust . Could you lend some information on the recording process of the [...]
Jun 10, 2009, 7:26am
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Oops. Looks like I missed posting anything in the month of May. Ah, how one gets lost. Which I guess is an apt comparison to my relationship with Son Volt. For an album or two in a previous century, Jay Farrar had what I was looking for. Grit, wistfulness, steel guitar. And then there was Wide Swing Tremolo , and I don't know. When I saw that Son Volt had a new album out an a free and legal MP3 to post, my first though was something along the lines of hoping [...]
Son Volt return with a new album this summer. American Central Dust is being released on July 7 on Rounder Records.Down To The Wire - Son Volt
Son Volt - Tear Stained Eye ( buy ) "Walking down Main Street, getting to know the concrete, looking for a purpose from a neon sign..." After the unfortunate demise of Uncle Tupelo, I´ve been stubbornly putting my money on Jay Farrar´s Son Volt, as opposed to Jeff Tweedy´s Wilco. Sales figures have proven me wrong of course - story of my life - but maybe you´ll understand where I´m coming from if you check out the beauty of Tear Stained Eye . " Saint Genevieve can hold [...]
Saturday special: A pair of videos plus new single releases from this past week. First video: A dude who really, really loves Sabbath (the Dio version , no less). Thanks to Glam-Racket for finding this little gem. The second video is an indie-music inside joke. Buzz band Passion Pit is covered by Manchester's Run Toto Run in this home movie. Children of the Sea - Black Sabbath [...]
Next week, anyone with a shred of sense will be traveling to Manchester, Tennessee for the Bonnaroo Music Festival. Ok, so maybe that's not entirely accurate, but a lot of people will be going, including yours truly, many CoS staff members, and a slew of the publicists and artists who supply us with the mp3s needed to create the Friday Mixtape each and every week. Needless to say, creating a new Friday Mixtape for next week, isn't going to be all that easy, and thus, we've made the decision to scrap next week's edition and resume the week after. [...]
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Son Volt is returning with American Central Dust on July 7th, an album that will be " an epic lament for the heartland " according to the folks Rounder . The official Son Volt site says the new album is reminiscent of " the melodic succinctness of the band's debut album Trace ". Good news, as that album is one of the classics of the mid-90s alt country heyday and is by far the best thing Farrar's done since he unwisely (but thankfully) disbanded Uncle Tupelo. "Down To The Wire" [...]
It's really sad that Jay Farrar's band Son Volt has gotten little to no attention from online media after Uncle Tupelo broke up. All praise continues to fall on Jeff Tweedy's Wilco as they grow and grow to huge levels of success. Well low and behold Son Volt has a new record coming out July 7th called American Central Dust and we just found first single "Down to the Wire" today on the internets. Farrar still has one of the best voices in the modern alt-coutry era. Download: [...]
bevor ich Euch mit meinem schnarchnasigen festivalberichten einschläfere, spendiere ich mal zwischendurch eine ladung mp3s und diverse kaufempfehlungen. aber keine angst, das obs wird weiter konsequent ausgewertet... eine neue single zur preorder (kommt am 24.06.) auf labrador : the radio dept. - david auf thee sheffield phonographic corporation gibt es eine neue free single zum download, beide songs hier bei uns zum reinhören, gitarrenlastig, mit groove und unsentimentaler frauenstimme: [...]
Jun 2, 2009, 2:52pm
MBV
Jenny Jimenez As I've been complaining to anyone who'll listen , the fact that it was the first of June yesterday - less than three weeks to Summer - and only ten degrees centigrade on my bike ride to work (that's 50 Fahrenheit for you residing in non-metric backwaters) was simply unacceptable. But maybe it's the result of some sort of climatological karmic balancing act to make up for one of the Summeriest records of the year so far, the almost self-titled debut (the record title has an "!" tacked on) from Seattle's [...]
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