Yer Bird Records owner, Morgan King, put on his interviewer's cap on behalf of Aquarium Drunkard and got behind the scenes with Nashville based singer-songwriter Matthew Ryan. The following is a candid Q&A conducted via email...--------------- AD: Over the past year you've become a lot more interactive with your fans online through become a member or log in.
John Hermann's 2001 Fat Possum Records debut, Smiling Assassin, combines Hermann's love of "cowboy chords" with the barroom rock & roll he heard (and played) in and around Oxford, MS since 1987. Enlisting an intimidating backup band, Hermann aurally eases his way through the deep South one song at a time. Preview these tracks below -- record available through Fat Possum and/or eMusic
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The White Session, France 2005 - AcousticDOWNLOAD:MP3: Josh Rouse :: My Love Has Gone MP3: Josh Rouse :: Winter In The HamptonsMP3: Josh Rouse :: StreetlightsMP3:
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If you did not grab the Jens Lekman US/AUS tour eps from The Perm & Skullet last week, not to worry as they have been posted to Lekman's website for download, along with recordings he made at 15 (I didn't bother listening to those, let me know if they are interesting). Here are the tour-only ep tracks I have been enjoying thanks to P . . .
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"I've seen more tears fall from your eyes than all the showers of April."DOWNLOAD:MP3: Allen Toussaint :: From A Whisper To A Scream----------Amazon: Allen Toussaint - The Allen Toussaint Collection
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When beck signed to Geffen it was with the caveat that he could still release albums under other labels. Such was the case with 1994's One Foot In The Grave, released on Washington state's K Records. A bare bones lo-fi freaked out folk album if there ever was one. Since it's release Beck has hinted at this style many times, but rarely so precise and concentrated.
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Plastic Ono Band: A seething, frightened, angry glimpse into an artist's pained soul. Arguably John's best solo output, if completely misunderstood at the time of it's release. Exorcising his demons as the tapes rolled -- the analog offspring of the Primal Scream therapy he was undergoing at the time. Post-Beatlemania and post-divorce . . .
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M. Ward's May 6, 2004 visit with KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic host Nic Harcourt. I was lucky enough to see Ward open up for My Morning Jacket later that weekend, at the Avalon in Hollywood, performing most of the songs below. The cover of Bowie's "Let's Dance" was the highlight of his opening set, in which he . . .
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photo: kathryn yuThe Acrobat is it's own little universe. A quiet, vulnerable place where it rains most of the time and the inhabitants rarely speak above a whisper. Coffee is served all day, and everyone tends to stay up late and think too much. Lights are used sparingly, and there is no such season as Summer here. The music only plays on turntables and the tone is thick . . .
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DOWNLOAD:MP3: Magnolia Electric Company :: Leave The City MP3: Magnolia Electric Company :: Don't This Look Like The Dark ----------Amazon: Magnolia . . .
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New Album: Captain WIld Horse (Rides The Heart Of Tomorrow)"The new album hits hard for such gentle music. Short wrings every drop of emotion from story-songs like "Goodbye Old Morning" and "Like Anything, It's Small" and delivers lovesick meditations like "Pullin' Pullin'" and "Wild Wild Horses" with almost painful tenderness. But she isn't sure how best to describe her sound. "I think I would have to say folk -- I suppose that's . . .
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DOWNLOAD: MP3: Sonic Youth :: The Goo Interview (deluxe)---------- Amazon: Sonic Youth - Goo (deluxe redux edition) www.sonicyouth.com
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I am a big fan of most of Steve Earle's material -- the post-prison/post-addiction stuff in particular. While I do agree with some of the man's politics, some of it does get a little heavy handed for my taste. That's when a song like "I Thought You Should Know" comes in to save the day. A good old fashioned down and out, lovesick tearjerker in the midst of a political album.DOWNLOAD:MP3: become a member or log in.
The music of Simon & Garfunkel has been with me for a long time. I first bought their greatest hits compilation in the sixth grade after overhearing it at a friend's house while his mom listened as she did whatever it is mom's do. I think it was the first "adult" music purchase I ever made...before then my tastes were more along the lines of Ratt and Motley Crue, Zod bless 'em both. I admittingly don't listen to them all that much anymore, but sometimes . . .
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Highway 61 Revisited Revisited
In September of 2005 Uncut magazine released a tribute CD covering Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited album. The pronounced Americana/roots-rock lineup does a fine job covering the iconic album each in their own unique way.
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