Video: Always For You - The Album Leaf

The Album Leaf is a solo project founded by Jimmy LaValle, whose musical style emulates many of its Sub Pop counterparts. The California-based post-rock band's latest album, 20102s A Chorus Of Storytellers , is a mellow affair that thrives on synth, ambient noise, and occasional acoustic guitar. Each song has a decently long build up and instrumental layering that should intrigue any fan of the post-rock genre; the lyrics, on the other hand, are rarely complicated (lines such as "One day we began/To fly again/And now we start/To fly and then" are pretty much par for the [...]

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The most underrated music festival and the supplier for one of my favorite weekends of music in 2010, Midpoint Music Festival is celebrating it's tenth anniversary this weekend. Think SXSW or CMJ, but in Cincinnati. The programers have excellent taste and the upcoming 2011 festival features fresh new talent and bigger names sure to impress. Due to scheduling conflicts and being in Los Angeles, I won't make it this year, but it's one of the three music festivals I even considered making the lengthy trip for. If you live anywhere in driving distance, drop [...]

LOW, BACHELORETTE ( Aladdin Theater , 3017 SE Milwaukie) For the past 18 years Low has provided us with intimate and personal soundtracks to everything from heartbreak to Christmas. The widely influential trio is currently touring in support of C'mon —full-length number nine for the Duluth, Minnesota band—and they are bringing along the lovely, '60s-inspired sounds of Bachelorette . EAC THE ALBUM LEAF, SISTER CRAYON ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) There are very few [...]

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"Always For You" is a track from the Album Leaf's 2006 record *Into The Blue Again* on Sub Pop Records. This video was directed by Aaron Stewart. This 10 minute documentary created by Holiday Matinee goes behind the scenes into the making and recording of The Album Leaf's new record "Into the Blue Again" on SubPop Records. It features extensive interviews with Jimmy Lavalle and the single "Always for You." [...]