May 2009

The Gaslight Anthem w/ Heartless Bastards @ Masquerade in Atlanta [Concert Review]

May 13, 2009

The Gaslight Anthem make me want to dance like Kevin Bacon in Footloose. Do you know the scene I’m talking about? He flails his arms at the steering wheel, dramatically blows cigarette smoke into the air out of his mouth and nose holes and then chugs a beer before run-dancing his mother effing ass off [...]

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Steve Earle album, Townes, available for $2.99

May 13, 2009

A couple weeks back I wrote review of Townes by Steve Earle. It’s available on Amazon for a limited time for only $2.99.‚  Click here to pick it up. Steve Earle – To Live Is To Fly Tweet

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New Wilco album now streaming…

May 13, 2009

Wilco is streaming their new album right now. Click here. Tweet

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Bowerbirds release new track, Northern Lights [new mp3]

May 12, 2009

Bowerbirds have released the first single from their upcoming sophomore album, Upper Air. The album is due out on July 7th. “Northern Lights” is a love song with acoustic guitar, piano and vocal harmonies similar to The Avett Brothers. Bowerbirds – Nothern Lights Tweet

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HearYa Live Session 46: Blind Pilot

May 11, 2009

I’ve loved music as far back as I can remember. Can’t play a lick of anything, but my absence of talent is balanced by my passion as a fan. Over the course of the last two years, I have learned more about music than in the past 25+ years due to hanging out with our [...]

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Royal Wood – The Lost and Found EP [Album Review]

May 11, 2009

Ever since the Royal Tenenbaums, I’ve marveled over how cool it would be to have the first name of Royal.‚  It sounds so, um¦regal. There’s a new Royal that’s come to my attention recently and his bio reminds me of the Wes Anderson characters. This Royal, Royal Wood, is a former child prodigy that began [...]

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Sunday mp3 Roundup, 5.10.09

May 10, 2009

Here are the tracks we discussed this past week. This week we’ll be posting our live session with Blind Pilot. Akron/Family – River Ha Ha Tonka – Walking On The Devil’s Backbone Ha Ha Tonka – Close Every Valve To Your Bleeding Heart Floating Action – 50 Lashes The Wooden Birds – False Alarm The [...]

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Generationals – Angry Charlie [new mp3]

May 8, 2009

It’s been a rough week‚ of travel for me, so HearYa posts have been a bit spotty. We should be back on track next week. I’m still cleaning out the inbox and finding some mp3 gems. Here’s “Angry Charlie” from New Orleans’ Generationals, a band that just signed to Park The Van Records. They’ll be releasing [...]

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False Alarm from The Wooden Birds [new mp3]

May 7, 2009

The Wooden Birds are releasing their debut album, Magnolia, via Barsuk Records on May 12th. They have an ambient acoustic sound with breezy vocal harmonies. They just offered a second taste of the album with a free download of “False Alarm.” The Wooden Birds – False Alarm Previously posted: The Wooden Birds – Sugar Tour [...]

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Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears – Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is![Album Review]

May 6, 2009

Way back in the day when I was in college, I would occasionally reunite with my high school friends and get all sorts of fucked up. Inevitably The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, would wind up on the stereo and a bunch of suburban kids would dance around with the white man’s overbite and just [...]

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