The Raindogs
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Raindogs – Under The Rainbow I do love my country rock records. This track from The Raindogs fits the mold, but what really makes it special it the Celtic-like violin. The violin solo in the second half is truly the best part. The original poster, Captains Dead, is [...]
Damien Jurado – Arkansas
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Damien Jurado – Arkansas There were so many Seattle artists that I never came to appreciate. Damien Jurado is near the top of that list – up there with David Bazan. And even this new album isn’t very compelling. The songs sound too same-y when queued up as an [...]
The World Atlas
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] World Atlas – Girl on a Boys’ Bike World Atlas‘s self-titled EP sounds like it is a lost Belle & Sebastian EP from the Jeepster years that has finally been released in the States after years of being a highly sought rarity. In fact, it sounds so much [...]
Solomon Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me
Despite years of reading articles, I know almost nothing about Solomon Burke that is not contained within his album Don’t Give Up On Me. The control and power in his voice carries a constant sorrow. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Solomon Burke – Sit This One Out In 2001, when Rev. Burke recorded [...]
The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Wins
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize Last year I discovered The Flaming Lips’s Yoshimi Wins live release on the dear, departed Lala. When the service shut down, this is the first album that I downloaded from eMusic so I could keep spinning it at work. The pace [...]
Live Wilco
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Norah Jones – Jesus Etc. (Live) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Wilco-California Stars (Live) Captains Dead posted the mp3s for two Wilco shows last week. I’d never heard Wilco live before and they were playing during what I consider the prime years – Mermaid Avenue / [...]
White Ravens – Sparks
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] White Ravens -Sparks I’m still undecided about what this song. Fun or obnoxious? Lively or dull? Scissor Sisters style hooks with, with – with what? I leave it to you. From the forthcoming album, Gargoyles And Weathervanes. Via The Mad Mackerel.
Johnny Flynn – Sweet William EP
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Johnny Flynn – Trains [Rose, Mary, and Time][Audio clip: view full post to listen]Johnny Flynn – Drum Brashness and swagger are necessary parts of the job for Mr. Flynn. The press has him carrying the banner of Anti-Folk in Britain almost singlehandedly. A burden he neither shirks nor disavows. [...]
Jeremy Messersmith – Wasting Time
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Jeremy Messersmith – Wasting Time From the amount of polish on this song, it is hard to believe that it is a cast off b-side from an album still being recorded. I can’t wait for the full album from the collaboration between Jeremy Messersmith and Dan Wilson, formerly [...]
Josh Ritter – Blame It On The Tetons
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Josh Ritter – Blame It On The Tetons Blame It On The Tetons is a very Modest Mouse tale of emotional dissatisfaction and escapism. In fact, it is a Modest Mouse song off of Good News for People Who Love Bad News. But ever since I heard this cover, [...]
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