Here it is, the final portion of our chill sesh with Jeffrey Lewis in October sportin' quite the history lesson. Thank you to Jeff and his brother and Schwervon! for being so accommodating and sweet. At the end of the video you can hear Jeff's brother in the other room recording vocals on some way new and unheard tracks that we can't even comprehend right now.

Once again it's time to look back into the past. This mix starts with two covers and it even has a remix of a Passion Pit song. Luckily, the remix is by Pollination . Just what was November 2008 like? It was a little like this… Downloadables: Banned From The Roxy (mp3) by Jeffrey Lewis We Didn't Start The Fire (mp3) by The Forms Focus (mp3) by The Forms [...]

OK, so my victimhood of changiness shorted you a Vedge yesterday, so here's another double-stuff, from a fella who deserves a mega-stuff. I know all of you probably golf a lot, so I don't have to tell you about how there's always some player tagged as the BPNTWAM - the Best Player Never To Win A Major (tournament, smart guy). There's always someone who clearly has the talent and work ethic to beat the best, but it just hasn't come together for some reason. That's the sort of thing you read about Jeffrey Lewis, who is [...]

Twisted Folk presents: Stornoway and Beth Jeans Houghton - UK Tour in February 2010 Over the past four years, Twisted Folk Tours have become known for adventurous, hand picked line-ups representing the best in modern folk and twisted popular music. It's Twisted Folk who put together this year's highly successful collaboration between UK pastoral pop group Tunng and Malawian desert bluesmen Tinariwen . Who assembled Nina Nastasia, Jeffrey Lewis and William Elliot Whitmore for an [...]

remixes max tundra - which song (passion pit remix) the xx - shelter (death to the throne remix) florence & the machine - raise it up (switch remix) the temper trap - fader (jakwob remix) fool's gold - surprise hotel (mad decent remix) [...]

Recommended Show: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2009 TALIBAM! @ ZEBULON 258 Wythe Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 FREE, 9:30PM As are almost all shows at Zebulon, tonight's Talibam! performance is completely free. We enjoyed their latest album , so be sure to check out their live show tonight. If their weird chaos of their sound isn't really your thing, there are plenty of other shows going on...even on a Sunday night! Fula @ Carnegie Hall (day) Awesome Color @ Glasslands Liturgy @ Le Poisson Rouge The Rhodes @ Mercury Lounge Neko Case @ [...]
Neko Case @ All Points West in August ( more by Chris La Putt ) Shrinebuilder tonight in NYC * Suzanne Fiol Day * Holden @ Sycamore * Talibam!, Chris Peck, Living Things @ Zebulon * Metallica, Lamb of God @ Madison Square Garden * Shrinebuilder, Rwake, Liturgy @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Neko Case, [...]

photos by Bryan Bruchman After an exhausting CMJ full of shows including the BV party at Pianos on Thursday (10/22) , Surfer Blood are back as part a tour that keeps them on the road for the next month. They open shows for both Art Brut and Japandroids along the way. The Florida band is one of two openers for Art Brut at Brooklyn Bowl tonight (11/13). The other is Midnight Masses . [...]

W ith Primavera Club (aka Primavera Sound 's little winter brother) less than a month away, I for one am getting mightily excited. I'm flying to Barcelona in a little under two weeks, (Eliza will follow a little later) and we'll be spending the holiday season there (at my mom's house), only returning home in early January. I've collected ten tracks that I'd like to see played over the five days of the festival.. 1. So Cow [...]

Animal Collective - My Girls Clean - In The Dream life You Need A Rubber Soul Wild Beasts - All the Kings Men Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks Faunts - Hurts Me All The Time Field Music – Measure [...]
15 November, 2009 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm Who: Art Brut , Jeffrey Lewis, Murder Mystery Where: Bowery Ballroom Show Info: 18+, 7:30pm, $16 Watch: Art Brut - "Alcoholics Unanimous"
Heartless Bastards @ APW ( more by Chris La Putt ) tonight in NYC * Rev. Vince Anderson @ Union Pool * Olof Arnalds @ Rockwood Music Hall * Steve Miller & the Les Paul Trio @ Iridium * Ben Perowsky's Moodswing Orchestra @ Nublu * Ray Lamontagne, Dave Gutter @ Beacon Theater * Cass McCombs, Acrylics, The Bad Girlfriends @ Bowery Ballroom [...]

Recommended Show: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 JASON ANDERSON @ CAKE SHOP 152 Ludlow Street Manhattan, NY $6, 8PM 10002 We've recommended Jason Anderson 's live show before, so we won't bore you with the details about how awesome it can be. And, despite the other shows going on tonight, which include some heavyweights, you won't find a better way to spent this Monday night. The Answering Machine @ Pianos Rev Vince Anderson @ Union Pool Ray LaMontagne @ Beacon Theatre Old Ceremony & Modern Skirts @ Mercury Lounge Peter Bjorn and [...]

Revenus de notre mission outre atlantique, on en a plein les yeux, plein les oreilles, alors on vous en fait profiter: beck -stranger song (of leonard cohen)- the drums -saddest summer- jeffrey lewis & the junkyard -whistle past the graveyard- vampire weekend -horchata- the national -so far around the bend- tv on the radio -stork & owl- lcd soundsystem -bye bye bayou- [...]

Dino Jnr shredding. The first batch of artists for the 2010 Golden Plains festival was announced this morning. Obviously, Pavement's headline slot was already known , but there are still plenty of lovely inclusions in the fast round. Pavement Dinosaur Jr Dirty Projectors The Big Pink Midnight Juggernauts Tame Impala Super Wild Horses Optimo Calexico Monotonix Gaslamp Killer Nashville Pussy Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard [...]

Dino Jnr shredding. The first batch of artists for the 2010 Golden Plains festival was announced this morning. Obviously, Pavement's headline slot was already known , but there are still plenty of lovely inclusions in the fast round. Pavement Dinosaur Jr Dirty Projectors The Big Pink Midnight Juggernauts Tame Impala Super Wild Horses Optimo Calexico Monotonix Gaslamp Killer Nashville Pussy Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard [...]
AN EVENING WITH TONY LUCCA & JOSH HOGE Featuring Matt Lowell Tony Lucca and Josh Hoge will embark on a 22-city US tour through December that will also feature Matt Lowell. The tour will kickoff on November 28th at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville, TN and end in Newport, KY at the Southgate House on December 22nd. Tony Lucca is an innately gifted singer/songwriter with a resume any musician would find gratifying. He's written and self- produced five studio albums, three EPs, several live recordings and a popular DVD. He's won the L.A. Music [...]

Low - Words Saturday Looks Good to Me - Typing Sandbox Astronomy - Lost Languages Jeffrey Lewis - Alphabet Jordaan Mason - What's In Your Head Radiohead - These Are My Twisted Words Please tell me you're one of those people who love looking up words in dictionaries. Good. Thanks for that. I like to imagine that all our readers are the kind of people who [...]