Blog: The Ghost Of Electricity

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Happy Holidays, my friends. I hope you get to enjoy the days with the family and friends you love.

James Blake 's new video for his cover of Joni Mitchell 's classic "A Case Of You". I was in love with the song already, and then he had to go and cast Rebecca Hall ("The Town") and make it even better. The EP, titled Enough Thunder , is out now.

Mind blowing music. Less-theatrical version (the album version...) And... Live @ KEXP

The War On Drugs has to be one of my favorite finds this year. Slave Ambient is their second album, released this year, and it features "Baby Missles", seen here.

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'We climbed a ladder to the top of my house never letting go of your hand as the sky trades the moon for the sun.' The Avett Brothers - 2005-11-10 Little Brother's - Columbus, OH 01 - Intro 02 - All My Mistakes 03 - Please Pardon Yourself 04 - Distraction # 74 05 - One Line Wonder 06 - Pretend Love 07 - Pretty Girl From Raleigh 08 - Swept Away 09 - Wanted Man 10 - My Last Song To Jenny 11 [...]

"I see the end of the rainbow, but what more is a rainbow, than colors out of reach? If you come down to my window, and I climb out my window then we'll get out of reach" - The Avett Bros. "Swept Away" The Avett Brothers 2005.07.20 Byrne's Pub, Columbus, OH Source: SBD > Sony D-8 Transfer: Unknown [...]

• Hesitation Blues.mp3 » The Avett Bros. d2t06-HesitationBlues.mp....mp3
• I Killed Sally's Lover.mp3 » The Avett Bros. d2t07-IKilledSally_sLove....mp3
• Swept Away.mp3 » The Avett Bros. d1t14-Swept Away.mp3

So many of my musical memories and spiritual joys are tied up with the band Phish . You can be as dismissive as you want, or as jaded as you want, that's fine. But the quartet from Vermont has brought me a wealth of enjoyment that few people will ever be able to fully understand. And when all is said and done, and I have met my maker, I know that I will look back on my life and be certain that Phish will be the ones responsible for having laid the path, the groundwork, that would have led [...]

Watching this makes me feel ...good. I'm speechless.

The Canadian songstress released her 2nd album on Jan. 26th. here is her performance of the hauntingly beautiful "The Shore" on La Blogotheque. Basia Bulat - The Shore - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo . . Original: http://www.blogotheque.net/Bas ia-Bulat,5264

"But he smells like ranch dressing!" Two genius videos from the perpetually-prolific Black Keys . The duo released their follow-up to 2008's brilliant Attack and Release . The album, entitled Brothers , hit shelves in May.

Donald Glover, aka Troy on the NBC TV show Community , rocked 2010 with a stunning amount of material to his credit, under the moniker Childish Gambino. Here's I Am Just A Rapper (Two Weeks) from the mixtape of the same name: http://www.childishgambino.blo gspot.com/ (Donald on Community below the break) Troy and Abed on Community :

I don't know much about the tortured soul that is Antony Hegarty, but what I can say is that the man can bring it to the table. Usually known for some pretty morose compositions, Antony stepped out in 2010 with a song that seethes with ...therapy? Check out 'Thank You For Your Love' off of 2010's Swanlights .

My favorite untraditional Christmas song. Brings a chill....

Image by lalala_ via Flickr Long? Yes. Dense? Sure. Harp-y? Still. Absolutely gorgeous? Of Couse. Nothing less would be expected from Joanna Newsom . This year saw her release her quote-unquote "magnum opus" in February, amidst fervish curiosity about the speculative rumors that the album would be a triple disc affair. Branching out from the Newsom we saw on her 2nd album Ys , 2010's Have One On Me [...]