For ramblings on how I came to compile this list go here . And for commentary on previous selections: [ #50-46 ] [ #45-41 ] [ #40-36 ] [ #35-31 ] 30. Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams (2000) The argument that most of the world's greatest art is derived from sadness is one that I've always worked hard to refute, but a guy like Ryan Adams doesn't make it easy for me to do so. It doesn't [...]
NORAH JONES TO PERFORM "CHASING PIRATES" ON CBS LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN TONIGHT PERFORMANCES ALSO CONFIRMED ON ABC GOOD MORNING AMERICA, COMEDY CENTRAL THE COLBERT REPORT & ABC THE VIEW; INTERVIEWS CONFIRMED ON ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE, CNN HEADLINE NEWS & NPR MORNING EDITION CRITICS RAVE ABOUT JONES' NEW ALBUM "THE FALL" SET FOR RELEASE ON EMI'S BLUE NOTE RECORDS NOVEMBER 17 Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Norah Jones will kick off a run of TV appearances tonight, November 11, on CBS Late Show With David Letterman with a performance of "Chasing Pirates," the lead single from [...]
MUSIC NEWS - p Norah Jones ' premiered her new video for " Chasing Pirates ", her single off of her upcoming new album, Chasing Pirates p!p Filmed in Norah's hometown of NYC, the video was directed by Rich Lee (Fergie, Michael Buble) who worked on the visual effects for all three Pirates of the Carribbean movies. p "Chasing Pirates" will begin to air on the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown on October 31. pClick here for a behind-the-scenes look at the making [...]
VH1 PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE OF NORAH JONES' "CHASING PIRATES" VIDEO JONES ANNOUNCES TV APPEARANCES ON LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, COLBERT REPORT, GOOD MORNING AMERICA & THE VIEW IN SUPPORT OF HER NEW ALBUM "THE FALL" VH1 will present the world premiere of the music video for Norah Jones' "Chasing Pirates," which debuts online at VH1.com today Tuesday, October 27, and will air on VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown at 9AM ET on Saturday, October 31. "Chasing Pirates" is the lead single from Jones' highly anticipated upcoming album The Fall, which will be released by EMI's Blue Note [...]
Another great week of cool music! On Thursday there are some awesome choices: there's the legendary Al Green at the House of Blues (hopefully you took advantage of reduced tickets thru Live Nation), great indie rock at the Middle East Downstairs with The DoDos and The Ruby Suns, The Ego and the Oracle (aka Jim of Jim's Big Ego) at the Burren, the reclusive cult figure Daniel Johnston at the Paradise and more, how to choose? Friday brings Art Brut to the Middle East, Reverse to Church and the Spendid Nobodies to Toad; all are great choices. On Saturday you [...]
One of the highlights of my fabulously sunny, Indian-summer October weekend in California was seeing the legendary Gillian Welch with David Rawlings at the free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Saturday at Golden Gate Park. I'd never gotten to see her sublime and lovely music live, and it positively sprouted wings under the San Francisco cypress trees. The Emmylou Harris made a surprise appearance with her and David to clutch a lyrics sheet and sing a wide-smiled version of "Didn't Leave [...]
150 - Band of Horses Everything All the Time 149 - Ray Lamontagne Trouble 148 - Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 147 - The Acorn Glory Hope Mountain 146 - Richard Thompson Front Parlour Blues 145 - Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days 144 - Robert Wyatt Comicopera 143 - Leonard Cohen Ten New Songs 142 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell 141 [...]
This month's Uncut Magazine has a list of their 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century so far (i.e. the best ones of the decade or noughties or whatever), and so far I've been unable to locate the full list online. Therefore I'm going to take the time to type them all out for you, and maybe even provide a little review or opinion piece at the end. 150 - Band of Horses Everything All the Time 149 - Ray Lamontagne Trouble 148 - Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand [...]
photos by Ryan Muir So we played a few shows over the weekend. We hadn't played shows for a long time and it felt GREAT! We really wanna thank everyone that came out. [below] is a clip of House of Jealous Lovers at the Prada Store from last Thursday . On our way down to Jersey and Baltimore we had a lot of great music to listen to. One of the albums was The Idiot by Iggy [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: David Ryan Harris : 2009-09-06, Birmingham [mp3,ogg,flac] "Superman" [mp3] other David Ryan Harris posts at Largehearted Boy Harvey Danger : 2000-10-20, Toledo [mp3,ogg,flac] "Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)" [mp3] other Harvey Danger posts at Largehearted Boy Justin Townes Earle : 2008-03-27, Omaha [...]
If Pioneer Square is Portland's living room, the Oregon Zoo amphitheater is its backyard. And on pretty nearly perfect summer nights like Friday's, the amphitheater attracts Portland residents to the grass like bees to honey. "We got here at three o'clock and there was already a line!" reported one concert-goer. When I arrived at half past six, I was lucky enough to lay claim to a narrow strip of green on the upper lawn way back by the elephant house. The bustle and hum around me make me feel part of a whole even as I sat alone [...]
If Pioneer Square is Portland's living room, the Oregon Zoo amphitheater is its backyard. And on pretty nearly perfect summer nights like Friday's, the amphitheater attracts Portland residents to the grass like bees to honey. "We got here at three o'clock and there was already a line!" reported one concert-goer. When I arrived at half past six, I was lucky enough to lay claim to a narrow strip of green on the upper lawn way back by the elephant house. The bustle and hum around me make me feel part of a whole even as I sat alone [...]
Earth Wind & Fire, Chicago @ Citizens Business Bank Arena Elbow, Mellowdrone, Jesca Hoop @ Wiltern No Doubt, Paramore @ Gibson Amphitheatre Lacuna Coil, Kill Hannah, Seventh Void, Dommin @ House of Blues (Sunset) Moody Blues @ Pacific Amphitheatre The Weakerthans, Jason Collett @ The Roxy Billy Boy On Poison, The 1912A, Vas Defranz, Din Caliber @ The Troubadour Voxhaul Broadcast, Union Line @ Pershing Square David Ryan Harris, Isaac Russell, C Vincent Plummer, Derek Evans, Andrew Vladeck @ Hotel Cafe The Movies, Manhattan Murder Mystery, The Health Club, Stab City [...]
And lo, the flock of hipsters descended upon their annual roost on Chicago's near west side, drooling over a weekend of music deemed just weird enough to be cool (or just cool enough to be weird?). Getting off the Green Line at Ashland this one weekend of the year is like becoming part of a living blob of flannel and tight denim, chattering and adjusting eyeglasses. Yes, it's that time of the year again. The Pitchfork Music Festival returned to Union Park once again, but this time it had even more hype than it ever has. [...]
--- From drunken angels to grievous ones, this post is a continuation of sorts from the path I started beating yesterday. After posting the Lucinda Williams performance of "Drunken Angel" taken from her appearance on Sessions @ West 54th , I started browsing through the available videos from some of the other artists who had made appearances on the show during Sessions ' run on PBS in the late 90's. I don't think I ever saw any of the shows after they first originally aired and while there were a host of standout appearances, [...]
Club NME: The Veils, Luke Top, Other Girls @ Spaceland The Love Festival Los Angeles 2009 @ Los Angeles Sports Arena David Ryan Harris, Charlie Mars, The Spring Standards, Kristina Train, Fiona Landers @ Hotel Cafe Mere Mortals, Actress @ Silverlake Lounge Evan Way, Brittain Ashford, Rejouissance, Red Tag Rummage Sale @ Echo Curio Luluc, Rachael Cantu, Real George @ Bootleg Theatre Natalie Cole @ Hollywood Bowl Nosaj Thing @ Airliner Fol Chen, 60-Watt Kid @ Pershing Square Sneaky Pinks, Nobunny, Audacity, Rough Kids, A.M., Schatzi & Hazeltine @ The Five [...]
Sergio Mendes, Eddie Palmieri, Poncho Sanchez @ Hollywood Bowl Dirty Projectors, What's Up? @ Troubadour RootBeer, U-N-I, Boombox Ninjas @ The Echo Old 97's @ Music Box Club NME: Army/Navy 73 release, White Arrows, Thee Mighty Angels @ Spaceland The Monthlies, Purple Melon, The Faraway Places @ Silverlake Lounge The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo at Coronet Unwritten Law (Acoustic) - Guests the 3rd Degree & Which Ways Quicker @ Sutra Lounge David Ryan Harris, Zachariah & The Lobos Riders, Ernie Halter, Danny Chaimson, Derek Evans @ Hotel Cafe Tortoise on [...]
[Folks, today is 07/08/09, and maybe a numerologist could explain it to me, but I remember have a distinctly crappy 06/07/08 and 05/06/07. So I might not get out of bed today, even to wish Beck a happy 39th birthday.] The acclaimed Brooklyn avant-pop group Dirty Projectors hit town tonight behind their new release "Bitte Orca," which has an eccentric beauty to go along with its rather stubborn penchant for outsmarting itself. The sextet visits the Troubadour, supported by What's Up [Download: "Harper" ]. ... [...]
Lucinda Williams' blend of folk, rock, blues and Americana has earned her legions of fans over a 30 year Grammy award-winning career as a songwriter and performer. Lucinda has worked with a multitude of artists including Steve Earle, Elvis Costello, David Crosby and Ryan Adams and her songs have been recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris and Tom Petty. Her 2008 release [...]
The summer concert season is upon us and the Hidden Track staff know that it's virtually impossible for us to afford every show we want to hit, and still be able to pay our insanely expensive New York City rents. Luckily for us, there are a plethora of fantastic free concerts throughout the summer that don't cost a dime. We decided to weed through them to give you our 2nd Annual NYC Free Summer Concert Picks. Let's take a look... HT Recommends: M. Ward / Mike Watt & Nels Cline [...]
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Just wanted everyone in L.A. looking for a to do this Thursday night, to check out a great show, from London-Transplant, now L.A. inhabitant Samuel Stewart. He is the offspring [...]More about Vampire Weekend
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Beck pays tribute to sound architect Harry Partch with 10 minute opus, defends Radiohead who pay respect to WWII British solider Harry Patch. Beck -"Harry [...]More about Beck
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I tell you man these Swedes are unstoppable with this music thing, I can’t tell you how many times a good song leads me back to the [...]More about Kanye West
Before the verdict came down, Wayne put this freestyle on wax and it’s everything you’d expect from Lil Wayne on a big beat. Listen up. Via Nah [...]More about Lil' Wayne
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The Cribs - We Share The Same Skies
k-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
nekocasefallon
Animal Collective - Graze (Fall Be Kind)
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
Bobby B's Top 50 Albums Of The Decade (#25-21)
new music from vampire weekend – cousins + music video
