“You know, if I ever do get my money together I’m gonna take care of all of my friends I’ll buy an island run a phone line Call them tell them all to get fucked, oh That oughta take care of them Just be me and my money and my compliments and my publicity Sing it with me Money, the compliments and publicity”
Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith 's down-to-earth approach to the universe comes from a rural farmstead childhood and a train-hopping past. And so, where other folk artists walk with their fans, Eaglesmith takes trains: both literally - Eaglesmith is known for his rail tours - and as a dominant subject, setting, and metaphor for a narrative approach more broadly grounded in engines, their various rural incarnations, and the escape they embody. Eaglesmith's delivery is raw as the bawdy stories her tells between songs in live performance: couched in a voice that [...]
16. Cory Branan – Mutt It seems like every review of Mutt talks about there being this style, then this style, then another, and what they never say is that every song on Mutt is incredibly well written. Every song on Mutt is incredibly well written, I said it twice to make up for other’s neglect. Badman 15. The Sparklers – Crying At The Low Bar The review of this album generated a good bit of positive feedback. I was surprised people liked it [...]
The following appear in no specific order. Todd Snider - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables S ometimes I wonder how many songs exist that I'd love if I ever just got the chance to hear. This is certainly what drives people to blog about music. "People need to hear Todd Snider." But when I say "people," I don't mean blog readers. I mean that Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables should be played over loudspeakers at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial because this is what recession music sounds like. (Instead, [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 122 with freebie downloads for mp3s by CrimSane, Beach House, Howler, Japandroids, The Mountain Goats, The Lumineers, Shovels and Rope and more! So much more! DATE: 12-14-12 WRITER: Don Loder Ohwowohwowohwowohwow are youse eva lucky Junky, Ya know what time o' da year it is, right junky? I's supposed ta be da time o' year when i's supposed ta be betta ta give thin receive an' all'at nonsense (who eva bu-leaves dat shit anyway?), but [...]
Todd Snider : You Got Away With It [ purchase ] WARNING—VITRIOL AHEAD: I wasn’t fast enough to make this a transitional post from “Disasters” to “Elected Officials,” which I wanted to do, because I do believe that George W. Bush, the subject of this song, was a disaster. In my opinion, his regime was responsible for hugely inflating the deficit by fighting two wars, one of which was based on completely phony intelligence, while cutting taxes to mostly benefit wealthy people, by being complicit in the outing of an [...]
The Old Ceremony, the orchestral-pop quintet Django Haskins has led since 2004, just released its fifth album, Fairy Tales And Other Forms Of Suicide. The band’s first LP for Yep Roc is also its first to receive a vinyl pressing, as well as its first to be released in Europe. In other words, it’s the [...]
Something about America's pastime inspires whimsical paeans from even the generally sports-ambivalent world of indie rock. Just ask Death Cab For Cutie frontman Benjamin Gibbard, who took a break from prepping his solo debut , Former Lives (out via Barsuk 10/16), to post a long-dormant track titled " Ichiro's Theme " to Soundcloud. Gibbard was reflecting on yesterday's bittersweet trade that sent his beloved Seattle Mariners' Hall of Fame-bound international superstar, Ichiro Suzuki, to the New York Yankees. But Gibbard is far from alone among musicians when it comes to tributes to the Boys [...]
Stereogum Something about America's pastime inspires whimsical paeans from even the generally sports-ambivalent world of indie rock. Just ask Death Cab For Cutie frontman Benjamin Gibbard, who took a break from prepping his solo debut , Former Lives (out via Barsuk 10/16), to post a long-dormant track titled " Ichiro's Theme " to Soundcloud. Gibbard was reflecting on yesterday's bittersweet trade that sent his beloved Seattle Mariners' Hall of Fame-bound international superstar, Ichiro Suzuki, to the New York Yankees. But Gibbard is [...]
TODD SNIDER | TIME AS WE KNOW IT : SONGS OF JERRY JEFF WALKER AIMLESS RECORDS It’s fitting that prolific singer/songwriter Todd Snider pays tribute to the man who inspired him to launch his solo career on his latest full length, Time As We Know It: Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker . With backing by the band Great American Taxi and legendary [...]
As Todd Snider's career has progressed, he has become more and more vocal about the plight of the poor, and about the powers that he views are keeping them there. I had been sitting in a pew in St. David's Historic Sanctuary for most of the night, resting my feet and back from a long day of bandhopping at SXSW 2012. I had just taken in the Thirty Tigers showcase. So far, it had been excellent, and after all was said and done, the showcase would stand as one of the festival's highlights for me. The church, which had [...]
Nelsonville Music Festival Sunday, May 20, 2012 M. Ward Dawes Todd Snider M. Ward Dawes [...]
It's a shambling, half-tossed study of an artist who epitomised the shambling, half-tossed record, executed by a musician who has made his career out of shambling, half-tossed performances. Brilliant. One night we were sitting there listening and Trogg put on this CD of this guy I'd never heard before. Jerry Jeff Walker. Who some of you might have heard of... If you haven't ever heard of him the main thing that people know him for is the song "Mr Bojangles" but he's got a ton of great songs. And, I had never heard that kind of music before. I [...]
Todd Snider : Keep Off the Grass [ purchase ] Todd Snider : Keep Off the Grass (live in Boston) I know we already have a post about grass, but I can't come up with anything else. Plus, grass is so vital to everyday life. It covers our yards and public parks, it covers our sports fields, there's even fake grass for indoor sports, we complain about mowing it yet we spend hours making it look perfect. Is [...]
I think we can all agree to disagree most of the time... but sometimes we have to just agree to agree. This is one of those times my friends! What are we all agreeing on? Exactly! Enjoy your audio! Airiel: Kid Games EP Anders Osborne: Black Eye Galaxy Ane Brun: It All Starts with One Bobby Conn: Macaroni The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Aufheben [...]
photo by Morgen Schuler Electro-pop artist Grimes has recently delved into jewelry design, courtesy of her collaboration with Montreal's Morgan Black. Unfortunately, the female body part depicted in said jewelry line cannot be appropriately discussed in any gentlemanly detail, so with that, check out the pictures here. Reading and Leeds Festivals, BBC Radio 12s Hackney Weekend, summer festivals in general: All things that Azealia Banks has dropped out of due to recording commitments. Details on the artist's recent cancellations can be found here [...]
Why does the western world seem to be getting more and more conservative? I don’t seem to have any friends who are conservative, but apparently that is just because I don’t have that many friends. Back home in Alberta (Canada), they just had their provincial election. Now, Alberta has always been extremely conservative, but this year it got even more conservative. A new, even further to the right party — the Wild Rose Party — was threatening to over take the already right winged Progressive Conservatives. And a lot of people who normally would have voted for a [...]
Wine Enthusiast offers lists Paris's literary bar scene. The TM Daily Post is streaming Todd Snider's new album, Time As We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker (out May 1st). The Atlantic profiles author and filmmaker Stephen Elliott . Los Angeles Review of Books founder Tom Lutz talks to [...]
Real Estate perform on Friday as part of Little Big Show #2 with proceeds benefitting Coyote Central photo by Dave Lichterman This weeks shows start off with Jeff Magnum (of Neutral Milk Hotel) performing the first of two nights at the Moore Theatre on Monday night, and Porcelain Raft at the Crocodile. On Tuesday, Absolute Monarchs start their local reign with a performance at Easy Street Records in Queen Anne. Wednesday night, The Moondoggies are at the Triple Door, The White Buffalo is at Crocodile, Pontiak, [...]
Todd Snider - Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker cover)
hi54lofi
Cover Lay Down
Nine Bullets
Music Savage
Ground Control
Star Maker Machine
MAGNET
Stereogum
Groove Radio PT
Record Dept. Music Reviews
PopMatters![Todd Snider - In The Beginning [Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/youtube/HK7b1FL5yE8_130.jpg)
donewaiting.com
Electric Mustache
KEXP Blog
largehearted boy
gbabuts
Holy Ghost! "Dumb Disco Ideas"
The Weeknd - Kiss Land
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Unboxed
Kendrick Lamar - Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (Explicit)
MØ - Waste Of Time (Audio)
MVSCLES- Sweet n Sour
The National
James Blake- A Case of You (Joni Mitchell cover)
Video: Kanye West – Black Skinhead / New Slaves (Live on SNL)
