Directed by Matt Amato for The Masses - January 2008 - Fall Creek, Wisconsin
Download:MP3: Bon Iver :: Skinny LoveMP3: Bon Iver :: Wolves (Act I and II)--------
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If you somehow manage to avoid the sophomore slump in music, all eyes immediately shift to see if there's the junior jinx. Kathleen Edwards avoided that slump by creating a more nuanced and textured version of her debut with Back to Me in 2005, but you can only reshuffle the same deck so many times. Her third album, Asking for Flowers, plays down the rockier elements of her first two albums in favor of a more maudlin, less insular set of songs that add up to a tremendous album, even . . .
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God bless the "event album." Each year I can (usually) look forward to a few of these by some of my favorite artists. Even now, in the era of instant-everything, a new album, from someone whose work I have been following for years, instills a sense of anticipation and urgency. Stephen Malkmus is one such artist.
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"I saw the writing on the wall, with the Americana movement...I started to see country-western reproduction shirts at the Gap, and once something gets that big, it's over." - Darin Wald, Big Ditch Road.
"Do you mean Gram Parsons is dead?" - Larry Oster-Burg (Michael Shannon), Grand Theft Parsons
Historical periods, art movements, ice ages; you're never really sure when one begins or ends. Art especially, with its constant action/reaction sequences, is vaguely defined from one movement to the next. We do tend to agree, however, that there is a start . . .
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Tonight: We hit up the second night of The Magnetic Fields SF stint, at the Herbst Theatre, as we will not be back in L.A. next week for Field's Henry Fonda shows. As expected Stephen Merritt and his posse served up both a mix of the old and the new, highlighting some of our favorite moments on the recent become a member or log in.
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.
SIRIUS 38: Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space ++ Serge Gainsbourg - Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M’en Vais ++ The Duke . . .
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Just got back from the Blitzen Trapper/Fleet Floxes show at Bottom of The Hill. Blitzen Trapper delivered, per usual, and Fleet Foxes first out-of-town show made the audience wish their Sub Pop debut was coming out right now and not months from now. Something to look forward to. Oh, heads up, our friends at become a member or log in.
Off The Record is a recurring feature, here on the Drunkard, that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native.
Off The Record gathers some of my favorite artists, asks them to reflect on their city of residence, and choose a handful of places they could not live without, be them bookstores, bars, restaurants or vistas.
This week's edition of Off The Record finds us . . .
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Drove up to San Francisco yesterday, immediately following White Denim's performance on my Little Radio show (do see them live), and arrived in the city about 10:15. Got to The Independent for the Broken West/Walkmen show, just as The Walkmen were taking the stage. That boy can play the drums (see above video).
Anyone in town for Noise Pop
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Our favorite Austin export, White Denim, will be stopping by the Aquarium Drunkard show tomorrow at Little Radio. Tune in, live, and be sure to check out the streaming video of the performance. See the band live @: Noise Pop (San Francisco), Plug Awards (New York City), SXSW (Austin) or a town near you.
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The new Aquarium Drunkard/Autumn Tone HQ is now located in downtown L.A., on the office side of Little Radio's operations, aptly entitled, SPACES. Being that it is a converted warehouse, the digs can get (yes, even in Los Angeles) chilly from time to time, but that's where J. Tillman's upcoming album, Vacilando Territory Blues, comes in. And note that I use "upcoming" in the most . . .
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As a rule of thumb, I tend to avoid most greatest hits packages. The logic behind this being that if one's career is such that it **genuinely warrants a "hits" retrospective, than there is most likely a solid record, or three, to peruse on their own. But like any rule, there are exceptions. Reading Duke's recent post on Badfinger reminded me of this, as I only own the single disc, incredibly solid, collection
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"Howlin' Rain make music to beat the steering wheel of your van to, or sing along with while drinking whiskey in the bathtub, on a Saturday night, with your dog." -- Ethan Miller (Howlin' Rain)
Yeahhh, bring on the rock show. The above quote was taken from the initial Birdman Records press sheet, upon the release of Howlin' Rain's 2006 become a member or log in.
Big kudos to the folks at Cinefamily, who have taken over L.A.'s Silent Movie Theater, bringing a tasteful, eclectic batch of films, of every genre and era, to the city. Last night I checked out their screening of Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together, which documents three generations of New Orleans piano legends coming together for the first time (Tuts Washington,
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