Blog: Between Love & Like

Sound and Vision: My Talk with Charles Bissell and Kevin Whelan of The Wrens

Sound and Vision: My Talk with Charles Bissell and Kevin Whelan of The Wrens Ever since seeing them at SXSW this year, my fingers have found themselves choosing The Wrens on my Ipod pretty consistently. Their live show was a total force of nature, a tsunami of hooks and energy, that left me slackjawed and thrilled; it had been a long time since I had a band knock me on my backside like that. Their history is one of music-industry legend, similar in some respect to YHF-era Wilco , so although they've been around some 20 years now, they've only put out three full-length records and a [...]
Link Text:Black Boys On Mopeds-Charles Bissell (live, Maxwells, 9/26/04)
File Name:Charles Bissell of The Wrens_10_Black Boys On Mopeds.mp3
Link Text:Brightest New Year-The Wrens
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Link Text:It Ends with a Fall-Charles Bissell covering Will Sheff
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Link Text:Life Stories of the Union-The Wrens
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Link Text:North to Nothing-The Wrens (from Abbot 1135)
File Name:Indie - Abbott 1135 - The Wrens - North To Nothing.mp3
Link Text:This is Not What You Had Planned-The Wrens
File Name:The Wrens_13_This is Not What You Had Planned.mp3
Link Text:This Machine-The Wrens (from Abbot 1135)
File Name:Indie - Abbott 1135 - The Wrens - This Machine.mp3
Link Text:Vincent Come Down-Brainiac
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