Some things change, and some things stay the same. This month, I kicked off my ninth calendar year here in Nashville, which means it's been more than 100 months since the first person I met in town said " The Features are my favorite local band." And for nearly that same length of time - since the first time I heard "Walk You Home," and certainly since I first saw them perform at Exit/In - I've been able to say the exact same thing. It's not that other Nashville bands haven't earned [...]
A selection from Saturday's page from A Year Of Sunshine . The grand essentials of happiness are, something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. - Chalmers I would also add - something to look forward to. Things I'm currently looking forward to: the Features at Mercy Lounge this Saturday, the release of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close on the 20th, SXSW and spring! Spoon - " Something to Look Forward To " (from Kill [...]
SXSW is just a little over two months away, and I'll be making my return in 2012 as a legitimately badged representative of SoundLand, the music festival I coordinate. (HOORAY!) Having taken two years off from South By and the better part of a year off from new music in general, it's no surprise that the first three rounds of announced acts playing the music portion of the fest are chock full of a shitload of unfamiliar names. So I'm checkin' 'em out, one by one. Let's dive in, shall we? ------------------- [...]
This book, published in 1884, will be my daily devotional in 2012. From the January 3 page: Defeat may be victory in disguise: The lowest ebb is the turning of the tide. - Longfellow The Walkmen - " Victory " (from Lisbon )
In which I preview Foster the People at Cannery Ballroom and request that Wilco release their new album on my birthday. Download Out the Other, Volume 3 The playlist: 1. Foster the People - Miss You ( Torches ) 2. Canon Blue - Indian Summer (Des Moines) ( Rumspringa ) 3. Shabazz Palaces - Swerve... The Reaping of All That Is Worthwhile (Noir Not Withstanding) ( Black Up ) 4. SBTRKT - Hold On ( [...]
Download Out the Other, Volume 2 In which I play great new releases from this week, like Bon Iver, Viva Voce and Digitalism and talk about how I'm too old for bands that could directly lead to me getting kicked in the head. And yes, I know I need to learn how to talk into a mic that isn't wrapped in foam. The playlist: 1. Bon Iver - Minnesota, WI ( Bon Iver ) 2. Bon Iver - Holocene ( [...]
So yesterday I decided to give podcasting a whirl! Out The Other: Volume 1 - 06.14.11 by Janet Timmons Or download the podcast directly .
If you don't follow me on twitter , you may (or if you suck may not) be missing out - since I am excited BEYOND WORDS that I'm finally getting the opportunity to see Paul Simon tomorrow night at the Ryman, I'm counting down by listening to his entire solo catalog, in chronological order. And tweeting about it! Follow along and you might learn a little about one of my favorite singers and songwriters of all time, like who's the chick on the cover of The Paul Simon Songbook [...]
If you tuned in to yesterday's show (or if you checked out the playlist/archive ) you know that the Featured Album of the Week was the new Miracle Fortress , Was I The Wave? , which came out yesterday on Secret City Records. I've been in love with Miracle Fortress (aka Montreal's Graham Van Pelt) since 2007's dreamy Five Roses , which was one of my favorite releases that year. To me it that album was starting to kick off chill [...]
This morning's show was the first of the summer semester - but in the same timeslot, since I'll be sticking to Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon for the next few months. I hope you like the time as much as I do, because it works well with my new gig and to me it seems like I have more listeners than ever. Even if you don't find yourself near a radio on Tuesday mornings, remember you can also listen to the show live via http://wrvu.org or via either our iPhone or Android app. [...]
Excellent news from WRVU - I'll be staying in the same timeslot for the summer semester! You'll still be able to catch Out the Other every Tuesday morning from 10 a.m. to noon, and now all I have to do is start lining up some earlier risers for the Summer of Guest DJs. I still haven't decided whether you're lucky enough to get a second summer of the Peach Pit After Dark... but there ARE some openings in the schedule. The Felice Brothers - " Radio Song " (from The Felice [...]
Hello - " Tell Him " (from 1975's Keeps Us Off the Streets )
It's been a little while since we heard from OtO favorites The Privates, but I still refuse to believe that they've called it quits - we've had to say goodbye to too many amazing Nashville bands in the past few years (see: And the Relatives and Hotpipes), so until it's officially official, I refuse to let them go. That said, I'm pretty excited to hear that Privates frontman Dave Paulson has a new project up his sleeve - going by the name of Norm . Last month he put the Norm EP up on [...]
Basically every time local boy Evan P. Donohue (Nashville's own Elvis Costello, as I tweeted yesterday), plays a show in town and I play a track on OtO to preview that show, I get it in my head that I'll play "Twickenham Garden," from his full-length Rhythm & Amplitude . And then I remember he drops the f-bomb in this tune, and I sigh and play something else (that something else is always awesome as well, but this track is particularly awesome). It's about time I shared this. [...]
#1. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (DFA/Virgin) How do I love This Is Happening ? Let me count the ways... First it was the soundtrack to idyllic days of post-layoff "vacation" - afternoons spent in the yard while the bunny frolicked in her pen in the grass, and I lazed on a chaise in the sunshine and cleared my head of every last cubicle cobweb. By June it officially became my favorite when I declared [...]
Thank you, Coachella lineup, for reminding me about one of my favorite workout songs. Queued this one up at the gym this morning - forgot how freaking awesome it is. Death From Above 1979 - " Black History Month (Alan Braxe and Fred Falke Remix) " From 2005's Romance Bloody Romance
#2. Caribou - Swim (Merge) Caribou's 2010 release, Swim , was a pleasant surprise - not only had Caribou never really entered my radar before this album, but it's like they appeared in my world as this perfect combination of Hot Chip's playful party music, the Whitest Boy Alive's delicate delivery of dance beats, and Glenn Kotche's solo sense of rhythm. True, Daniel Snaith has been releasing music for years, since 2000 as Manitoba and since 2005 since he changed his pseudonym to Caribou, but he [...]
#3. Menomena - Mines (Barsuk) It's no secret that I have trouble describing exactly what I like about the music I love. With little to no grasp of technical terminology, a musical education that ended after nine years of playing flute in grade school, and absolutely no skill when it comes to drawing legitimate comparisons to other musicians, if you peruse the pages of this blog you'll see how often I fall back on enthusiastic adjectives and hyperbole. But let's give this a go - I'm going to [...]
#4. Yeasayer - Odd Blood (Secretly Canadian) A year ago at this time, I was convinced that nothing could dethrone Yeasayer's latest as my favorite album of 2010. From the moment I heard "Ambling Alp" I knew we were in store for something even more exciting than 2007's excellent All Hour Cymbals , and Odd Blood absolutely didn't disappoint. From that first springboard of a single to "Madder Red" with its Veronica Mars-eriffic video, from the crazy rhythmic chaos of "Mondegreen" to the passionate "woah-ohs" [...]
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Lana Del Rey - Without You (Kill Paris Remix) [Dubstep]
Download: James Blake Live Album (Unofficial)
My Funny Valentines
Miike Snow - “Paddling Out” Jacques Lu Cont Remix (MP3 Stream)
Iron & Wine and Patty Griffin
