I am saddened to hear that one of my favorite bands that I've been following over the past few years, Pela , has broken up. I was bummed out all weekend, because I've been waiting for their new CD (no word on that) to come out this fall. Hopefully it will still happen, but that is a minor point - this band KILLED it live. A new CD will not bring back the passion they had on stage, or the energy they created in the pit. I will miss them. [...]
The folk song Knoxville Girl was made famous by the Louvin Brothers in their opus "Tragic Songs of Life," but was merely a tradition of several hundred years of folk tales, street songs, and eventually folk songs. Recorded first in the United States by the Carter Family (that I know of), Knoxville Girl is the story of a man that kills his girlfriend/acquaintance in a fit of passion. The song is usually not very explicit, but through the various bluegrass renditions and into the country/alt-country renditions it becomes much darker and detailed. Nick [...]
I was in the northwoods of Minnesota all weekend, and I am horribly embarrassed that I missed this. I don't have a whole lot to say that other people haven't already said, so I will leave you with a song, and links to a few eulogies and other such sundries. 1994 - Jay Bennett & Jeff Tweedy - Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down My Old Kentucky Blog Ryan's Smashing Life NPR "Another Brilliant Champaign-Urbana Death," [...]
The Handsome Family - Honey Moon Coming straight from the mid- to late-90s alt country scene, The Handsome Family have a reputation for solid laid-back country styles woven with sparse, effective harmonies and gritty, tearing lyrics. Brett's nasal delivery has enough boom to carry the weight of the lyrics and scratches enough to transfuse the pain directly to the listener, and Ronnie's harmonies lift the lyrics into stark, empty, starless space. The feeling is truly a grounded, earthly feeling... while stretched hopelessly upward to the heavens. In a slight change [...]
Delta Momma Blues , one of Townes Van Zandt 's earlier albums, is not as cut and dry as one might think. While the title-track drifts by slowly and gives off a somewhat lazy-river feeling, it contains a double-meaning from the songwriter. "Delta Momma," as Townes referred to it, was cough syrup with codine (Robitussin DM = Delta Momma), and was easily available over the counter. As the lyrics suggest, it made the consumer feel removed and relaxed. On the other hand, it is violently addictive (as a opiate) and it's ingestion with the other ingredients of cough syrup [...]
I was in New York City last weekend - definitely for a little bit longer than I wanted to be, but that's ok. I got a chance to see some great music and check out some parts of NYC I hadn't really been to before. Also, I was introduced to the joys of the Chinatown Bus, something I will try to avoid using for the rest of my life. And the Moneynotes The first thing I had a chance to see was at [...]
I am back for real this time. The server move is complete, and my email is working again. I will most definitely have some reviews coming up - I haven't forgotten. By the way - do not, for any reason, go with "aheadservers.com." You will regret it.
Sorry! I've been have server problems the last few weeks. I'm back up now and everything is going smoothly. If you've sent me an email over the past 2 weeks, chances are I haven't gotten it, and never will. Please resend them!
It seems like everyone has drank the kool-aid recently, and even though I recently upgraded my system to once again include a turntable, I have always had a decent vinyl collection, thanks to my parents. Even so, I think it's safe to say that I'm not very unique in my listening, and it's more likely I'm just another one of the faceless hipsters that listens to and buys records. Even so, I am not one of the pierced hundreds at Newbury Comics talking about all their new "vinyls" they have, and whether or not a USB turntable is [...]
I had the pleasure of finally being able to see Bon Iver at the Wilbur Theater in Boston last Sunday. It was a great show, albeit in a weird space. I always enjoy general admission over sitting, but sometimes bands (or managers) like the relaxed atmosphere and extra space provided by larger venues. It's always been my opinion that people pay to hear the music, and do not pay for comfort. When I bought my ticket I was somehow under the impression there would be no general admission/standing room space. I was wrong. [...]
Jay Reatard ( blog ) has been around for a few years now, and he is still making waves in the Rock n Roll world. Most recently he was signed to Matador Records to do a string of 73 singles, ending with a full album of Collected Matador Singles . He is best known for his consistent stream of quality output in 73 form, and for his debut record in 2006, Blood Visions ( In The Red Records ). I've been hearing about him for a while, ever since my wife was [...]
In the United States we are unfortunate to have so little contact with music from other countries. To listen to a band from Britain is enough for most people, and the only contact with Australian music comes from pop groups like Silverchair, pop/country acts like Keith Urban, and pop/folk groups like The Waifs. "Goth Country" is a genre pioneered ("pioneered" is a term I used lightly when talking about country) by groups out of the western US; bands like 16 Horsepower and The Handsome Family (also on Carrot Top Records ), from Colorado and New Mexico, respectively, have shaped [...]
...except for omitting spaces. It's confusing to me. The dirty rockabilly-esque sound and tight drums representative of Jon Langford and the wailing (in a good way) vocals and experimental sounds of Kat Ex string together quite nicely in this new collaboration from KatJonBand. The minimalist guitar riffs are a kickback to early punk and 3-piece rockabilly. Add in a driving sixteen beat, and you have a strange post-country-folk-punk thing going on. The sound varies from straight, driving, call-and-answer (Do You?) to a more British folk-shanty feel (Albion). [...]
I've been gone for a long time, and my sitemeter stats are really showing it. Not that I had hundreds of visitors before, but now it's really tapered off to nothing. I will update soon, and I've got huge roadtrip playlists to upload. Not only did I have to drive the 24-26 hours from Massachusetts to Minnesota, but I also took a little honeymoon up to the North Shore of Lake Superior, so that tacked on another 8+ hours of roadtrip driving. Needless to say, I did not create a roadtrip CD that would cover all [...]
Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. - Dylan Thomas Townes Van Zandt - Black Crow Blues Download audio file (2-03 Black Crow Blues.mp3) 16 Horsepower - Hutterite Mile Download audio file (01 hutterite mile.mp3) Calexico - All Systems Red Download audio file (11 All Systems Red.mp3) Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye [...]
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