Forester MichaelValery Price and Nathan Granner know what love is. The concept is simple and kind of genius: get male-female duets to sing songs about love the day after Valentine's Day. Devised by a... Continue reading "Concert Review: The Love Hangover, Sunday, February 15, at the Record Bar" >
As I said in my last post, I'm having to divide this in two... Saturday, April 19, 2008 My cousin has come from West Virginia to visit my grandmother because chances are very good that she won't go home again until we take her casket to be buried next to my grandfather's. Her health has been failing for a long time and the prognosis is not promising. I hadn't seen my cousin since before Cecily's born, since before his father, my uncle, died. [...]
Hi, I'm still staying faithful to the project. Here are 31 songs for the month of March along with the posts that I made with them. Also, there are some pictures for some of the songs, so hopefully they won't crash anyone's computer. They're not huge. As always, the month is posted here in backwards order because that is easier for me. :::: Monday, March 31, 2008 And thus ends the third month of my 365 Days of Song project. We'll [...]
Fall is upon us and September is coming to an end. Fortunately, good music continues to find its way through the region. The week starts off with the beats of Ladytron and CSS finding their way to the 9:30 Club on Monday Night. Tuesday brings Kansas City's The New Tragedies to The Sidebar. Yo La Tengo support their brand new album at the 9:30 Club. Wednesday night is kind of crazy around
One band that gets consistent play here at HQ is the New Tragedies album, Vanity Vanity . There is more goodness for those familiar and not coming straight from the bands website and upcoming tour, so make sure to keep your eyes and ears open for some refreshing music courtesy of this duo. The New Tragedies have posted a video for the song “Talk To Me†off their new full-length “VanityVanity.†The video was created by Brooklyn artist Matt Bradley, you can watch a high quality version of it at the following [...]

Kansas City, MO The New Tragedies is Aaron and Bev Weidner. The married couple is getting ready to journey out of Missouri in just a few days and will be playing selections from their debut record, VanityVanity . You can order it from New Scratch . "Lipstick Kiss" The New Tragedies on MySpace

The New Tragedies - VanityVanity it would be quite unfair of me to make any sort of comparison between the The New Tragedies and other music artists who happened to be a married couple. what this act deserves is a simplistic, stripped-down account of their lovely sound - because that's exactly what they've accomplished. over Nick Drake-ish guitar and occasional piano, strings, steel, or drums, Aaron and Bev Weidner create quiet and subdued melodies for the best fans of Americana folk-rock and harmonious pop. by far one of their best [...]

New Scratch Records hooked me up with a fantastic e-mail by The New Tragedies which I can't wait to share with you. The New Tragedies are a married couple (Aaron and Bev Weidner) doing the chilled out indie-rock thing (with a pinch of alt-country). Think Ida, The Shins, and Red House Painters. They have a new record out called VanityVanity and will be touring the Midwest region constantly and East Coast in September. Tons of info and a full stream of the new record over at www.thenewtragedies.com . The New [...]