June 2009

Sunday MP3 Roundup, 6.7.09

June 7, 2009

Here are the tracks we discussed this past week. First, our live session with Eulogies. Exclusive: Eulogies – Day To Day Exclusive: Eulogies – Under The Knife Exclusive: Eulogies – This Fine Progression Exclusive: Eulogies – How To Be Alone Exclusive: Eulogies – Bad Connection Click here to download all the songs as a zip. [...]

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The Everybodyfields bid us farewell.

June 6, 2009

The Everybodyfields posted this letter on their website. The abbreviated version is “Thanks. We’re done. Come out and see our solo projects.” Dear friends, We have had such a blast playing for all of you in the past five or more years.‚  We have slept on your couches, floors, patches of grass, and the occasional [...]

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Vetiver – Strictly Rule [new mp3]

June 6, 2009

Vetiver just released a second free mp3 from their latest album Tight Knit. The San Francisco band also has a few tour dates left, including Pickathon 2009 just outside Portland, OR. Tour dates: Jul 28 Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO Jul 29 Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT Jul 30 Neurolux, Boise, ID Jul 31‚  – [...]

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The Roadside Graves – My Son’s Home [Album Review]

June 5, 2009

The Roadside Graves, a criminally overlooked New Jersey band, is back with a massively ambitious release. After 2007′s No One Will Know Where You Have Been, the boys have landed on Autumn Tone Records which is also home to J. Tillman and The Henry Clay People. My Son’s Home is 18 tunes strong and, while [...]

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My daughter thanks our sponsor.

June 5, 2009

Whelp, we finished our 50th live session and have a bit of a backlog due to a hard drive crashing – yeah, that one that contains video from Ha Ha Tonka, Horse Feathers and Other Lives. We’ll have it restored asap, but this feels like a great time to thank Beer Nuts for sponsoring our [...]

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Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears – I’m Broke [New Video]

June 4, 2009

Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears won me over when they opened for Lucero. The boys just released their second video for “I’m Broke” off of their debut album, Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is! You can see the video for “Sugarfoot” here and you can download the mp3 for free here. Buy the album [...]

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Devil Makes Three in Chicago, session + show at Beat Kitchen

June 3, 2009

Devil Makes Three are high-tailing into the Windy City from Minneapolis and will be stopping in for a quick session before their show at Beat Kitchen tomorrow (Thursday night). I once described their sound as gypsy-punk-hillbilly-bluegrass-blues gospel. I still haven’t seen them live, but their shows are said to be a great party and they [...]

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New Lucero tracks via live bootleg

June 3, 2009

Lucero has been on the road performing new songs and Heather over at Fuel for Friends compiled a nice collection of live versions to download. The quality (other than this one) aren’t great, but it’ll give you a flavor of what to expect. Lucero – Hey Darling, Do You Gamble (Acoustic) Head over to Fuel [...]

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HearYa Live Session 47: Eulogies

June 1, 2009

Eulogies gave away a free EP called Homespun Sessions not too long ago and that was my first introduction to the band. The album consists of acoustic versions of their recent release Here Anonymous and it’s amazing. From the first few lines uttered by lead singer Peter Walker on “Bad Connection,” I was locked in [...]

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The National @ Kool Haus, Toronto [Concert Review]

June 1, 2009

Photo courtesy of Chart Attack. The National kicked off a summer tour last Thursday rolling through Toronto’s unfortunately named Kool Haus, a rather antiseptic venue, part warehouse and part hipster club.‚  This is a band that is definitely bringing it’s A-game right now coming off of two consecutive outstanding albums and contributing significantly to the [...]

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