January 2007

The Arcade Fire – Black Mirror MP3

January 10, 2007

Black Mirror is the first track released from The Arcade Fire’s upcoming album, Neon Signs, due out March 6th on Merge Records. Their sound is growing bigger and more confident. The Arcade Fire – Black Mirror Tweet

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HearYa in AZ: Ohio State Buckeyes Script Ohio

January 8, 2007

I’m out in Arizona for the big game today! Ohio State’s marching band is truly amazing. Here’s the script ohio from the Michigan-OSU game. OSU won that game… [youtube]d-TQcqRWbDA[/youtube] Tweet

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Rolling Stone’s Saddam Hanging Playlist

January 8, 2007

If you get a moment, check out Rolling Stone’s Special Weekend Playlist: Saddam’s Hanging, The Musical. There are some great comments, including some readers that are calling for someone to be fired at Rolling Stone. Lots of opinions and lots of whining. Tweet

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The Final Word

January 6, 2007

Over the holidays I was in my hometown and ran in to an old friend of mine, Darren, that I hadn’t seen since high school. Over the past twenty years we have both led very fulfilling and yet very different lives. As you can guess the thing that reconnected us was music. Darren started talking [...]

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Trainwreck Riders – Lonely Road Revival

January 4, 2007

A buddy of mine suggested I give these guys a listen and I must say I appreciate the recommendation. The SF based band released their first album, Lonely Road Revival in ’06 on Alive Records. At first listen, I was immediately reminded of Uncle Tupelo as they succeeded in combining the twangy appeal of alt-country [...]

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Summer Hymns – Backyard Masks

January 3, 2007

Summer Hymns is a band with a sound exactly like their name describes. On Backyard Masks, they put out light, breezy, summer afternoon harmonies similar to the Pernice Brothers / Scud Mountain Boys with vocals like Romeo Stodart from the Magic Numbers. The album isn’t bad. On a turbulent flight over the Rockies, it’s calming [...]

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Wooden Wand and The Sky High Band – Second Attention

January 1, 2007

Wooden Wand (James Toth to his mama) is one singer-songwriter to get excited about. I haven’t heard any of his previous efforts, but the aptly titled Second Attention gets better and better every time I hear it and I can’t stop listening. This is not the type of album you’d expect from a modern day [...]

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