Sonic Youth: One of my longtime crushes. Their last two albums have not only been good, but some of the best music of their storied career. The latter of the two, 2004’s Sonic Nurse , continues […]
Month: November 2005
Getting Low P1 :: Tim Buckley
DOWNLOAD:MP3: Tim Buckley – Buzzin’ Fly MP3: Tim Buckley – Dream Letter ———–Amazon: Tim Buckley – Happy/Sad
Cameron Crowe :: A Soundtrack Enthusiast III
Part III of the Soundtrack Enthusiast Series. For the most part I have enjoyed the majority of Cameron Crowe’s films…not so fast Elizabethtown. Having said that, Elizabethtown’s soundtrack — as the norm with all Crowe’s films — was good, especially […]
Touring The Blogroll :: Highlights Today
The Rambling Canuck highlights some of his favorite underrated artists The Big Takeover Twenty-Five Years On: A Silver Anniversary Interview Sunny (Brooklyn) waxes poetic on New Orleans’ musical legends Between Thought & Expression tells us a bigass iPod is on the way Big Rock Candy Mountain continues it’s excellent Christmas tunes feature Exile On Hicks Street spreads the gospel of forgotten bands Bows + Arrows – New to me. Good shit. Beat The Indie Drum says some nice things about a Drunkard Team Clermont I.M.s with musician Paul Duncan Coolfer links up with Chicago Tribune on how to convert your vinyl to digital Crazy Talk celebrates it’s milestone: 50,000 Hits Diddy Wah’s Part II of the Alan Lomax Legacy feature Gorilla Vs. Bear – See his Top 50 Albums of ’05 AND his ’05 Holiday Mix-Tape My Old Kentucky Blog – Dodge has his Top 25 Albums of 2005 up Indie Interviews – Feature Sub Pop’s Band of Horses interview Medication highlights musician Greg Ashley (of Gris Gris) Kevin at So much Silence covers The Silver State (on S.O.M. too) Thrasher’s Blog has the Jeff Tweedy PASTE magazine interview up L.A. blogger Be the Boy continues to be a favorite daily treat Muzzle of Bees interviews Chris from Gorilla vs. Bear There’s that. Look for my other links “highlighted” on the blogroll next time. Also, am I missing out on some great blogs & daily reads? Feel free […]
Maximum R&B :: The Who..The Kids Are Alright
Kathleen Edwards :: Thanksgiving Leftovers
Stone Roses :: Fool’s Gold Alt-Mixes
DOWNLOAD:MP3: Stone Roses – Fool’s Gold (grooverider’s mix) MP3: Stone Roses – Fool’s Gold (rabbit in the moons mix) ————–Amazon: Stone Roses – Fool’s Gold (single/import)
Last Week’s Albums:: eMusic Downloads
So I am curious to hear who got on board with eMusic , and what albums you procured. Last week I downloaded GBV “Under The Bushes, Under The Stars,” Sun Records “The Sun Essentials,” and Fugazi’s […]
Thad Cockrell :: Redux
I posted about Thad back in June and referred to him as “a phenomenal north carolina singer/songwriter working the twang….hate to make comparisons, but imagine the quieter moments of a young whiskeytown-era ryan adams sans hubris.” Still fairly apt, but having spent several months digesting his catalog (and seeing his and Caitlin Cary’s duets tour this past October) I want to […]
RobertPollard.Net :: The Tracks
DOWNLOAD:MP3: SOMEWHERE SOMETIME MP3: YOU’RE NOT THE QUEEN ANYMORE MP3: THINGS I WILL KEEP DEMO MP3: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL DEMO MP3: THE OFFICIAL IRONMEN RALLY SONG DEMO MP3: WRINKLED GHOST DEMO MP3: GONNA NEVER HAVE TO DIE DEMO MP3: PERFECT THIS TIME DEMO MP3: LOOK AT YOUR LIFE MP3: DOLPHINS OF COLOR ————- www.robertpollard.net
The Star Room Boys :: A One-Off Reunion Show
One of my favorite honky tonk acts of the last decade, The Star Room Boys, got together last week at The Caledonia Lounge in Athens, GA for a one-off reunion show. I would have paid top dollar to […]
Phosphorescent :: Athens Southern Warble
Presently touring the West coast (played L.A.’s Hotel Cafe’ last night) is Matthew Houck, aka Phosphorescent, out of Athens, GA. Imagine a younger Will Oldham and you’re on the right track. Houck & co. have a new […]
Johnny Cash :: Under The Covers II
DOWNLOAD:MP3: Johnny Cash – In My Life MP3: Johnny Cash – Personal Jesus ———–Amazon: Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around
