July 2009

Sometimes there’s a song set to a scene in a movie that makes you want to wet your pants in excitement. They just don’t put progress to music in movies like they used to, nor do they let people lip sync nearly enough. I miss those days. But now that there’s YouTube, we can watch these scenes as many times as we want. Here are some of the best around.

Michael J. Fox as Scott Howard – Surfin USA (Teen Wolf)
I could only find this en Espanol. No problemo. Stiles crushing beers + 1 million werewolf backflips + wide stance guitar playing = Awesome in any language. The only thing that would have made this better is if Boof were somewhere in the scene. See video.

Lou Diamond Philips as Ritchie Valens – La Bamba (La Bamba)
“Here’s a bit of a rattlesnake.” Flipping awesome. I’m not joking about this one. See video.

Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi – Japanese Blues (Karate Kid)
(Chuck Norris + Jean Claude Van Damme + Carl Weathers) * Steven Segal = Would Lose in a Fight to Mr. Miyagi ^1000 Sake Bombs. See video.

Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa – Training Montage (Rocky IV)
This song makes me want to punch through drywall and accidentally hit a stud and eat a Russian’s face off. See video.

Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly – Johnny B. Goode (Back to the Future)
Michael J. Fox strikes again. Boy this guy had a flair for the dramatic. The Enchantment Under the Sea dance looked incredible – Marty totally would have gotten some play if his mom hadn’t ruined the whole thing. See Video.

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deer tick

Damn. I’ve been fighting battles with hosting companies, blogging software, airports, airplanes and bi-coastal trips. It’s good to sit down with a drink and listen to some music again.

“Smith Hill” is the second track offered up by Deer Tick and their recent release Born On Flag Day. Get in there while I track down my sanity.

Deer Tick – Smith Hill

Previously posted:

Deer Tick – Easy

They are also still touring like crazy:

Sat-Aug-01‚ ‚ ‚  Great Barrington, MA‚ ‚ ‚  Bella Terra Festival
Sun-Aug-02‚ ‚ ‚  Newport, RI‚ ‚ ‚  Geroge Wein’s Folk Festival 50
Fri-Aug-07‚ ‚ ‚  Brooklyn, NY‚ ‚ ‚  Prospect Park Bandshell *
Thu-Sep-03‚ ‚ ‚  Uncasville, CT‚ ‚ ‚  Mohegan Sun – The Wolf Den
Sun-Sep-06‚ ‚ ‚  Ithaca, NY‚ ‚ ‚  Stewart Park #
Mon-Sep-07‚ ‚ ‚  New York, NY‚ ‚ ‚  Rocks Off Concert Cruise – aboard the Jewel %
Tue-Sep-08‚ ‚ ‚  Pittsburgh, PA‚ ‚ ‚  Club Cafƒ© %
Wed-Sep-09‚ ‚ ‚  Bloomington, IN‚ ‚ ‚  Video Saloon %
Thu-Sep-10‚ ‚ ‚  Chicago, IL‚ ‚ ‚  Bottom Lounge %
Fri-Sep-11‚ ‚ ‚  Iowa City, IA‚ ‚ ‚  The Mill %
Sat-Sep-12‚ ‚ ‚  Lincoln, NE‚ ‚ ‚  Bourbon Theatre %
Sun-Sep-13‚ ‚ ‚  Morrison, CO‚ ‚ ‚  Monolith Festival
Tue-Sep-15‚ ‚ ‚  Centralia, WA‚ ‚ ‚  Olympic Club
Wed-Sep-16‚ ‚ ‚  Portland, OR‚ ‚ ‚  Kennedy School
Thu-Sep-17‚ ‚ ‚  Gearhart, OR‚ ‚ ‚  Sand Trap
Fri-Sep-18‚ ‚ ‚  Portland, OR‚ ‚ ‚  Mississippi Studios / MusicFest NW
Sat-Sep-19‚ ‚ ‚  McMinnville, OR‚ ‚ ‚  Hotel Oregon
Wed-Sep-23‚ ‚ ‚  Bend, OR‚ ‚ ‚  Old St. Francis School
Thu-Sep-24‚ ‚ ‚  Seattle, WA‚ ‚ ‚  High Dive
Fri-Sep-25‚ ‚ ‚  Vancouver, BC‚ ‚ ‚  Biltmore Cabaret
Sat-Sep-26‚ ‚ ‚  Forest Grove, OR‚ ‚ ‚  Grand Lodge
Sun-Sep-27‚ ‚ ‚  Troutdale, OR‚ ‚ ‚  Edgefield
Sat-Oct-03‚ ‚ ‚  Austin, TX‚ ‚ ‚  Austin City Limits Festival
Sat-Oct-10‚ ‚ ‚  Joshua Tree, CA‚ ‚ ‚  Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival
Sun-Oct-11‚ ‚ ‚  Joshua Tree, CA‚ ‚ ‚  Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival
Thu-Nov-05‚ ‚ ‚  Wallingford, CT‚ ‚ ‚  The Space
Sat-Nov-07‚ ‚ ‚  Northampton, MA‚ ‚ ‚  Iron Horse
Sun-Nov-08‚ ‚ ‚  Boston, MA‚ ‚ ‚  Church

* = w/ Grace Potter and The Nocturnals
# = w/ The Hold Steady, The Felice Brothers
% = w/ Jonny Corndawg

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Be back soon…

by oz on July 30, 2009

You may have noticed a slow down on HearYa over the past few days, both in the frequency of posts and the performance of the site. We’ve been having a few technical issues that have required more attention and patience than I would like. We seem to be doing better and will be back to our regular programming shortly.

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The Dexateens – Live Session #51

by Woody on July 28, 2009

The Dexateens

Alabama vets, The Dexateens were to kind enough to stop by our studio earlier this summer. My appreciation for this band has grown over the years and the turning point was when they worked with Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) on Hardwire Healing. Patterson is one of the icons of the alt-country genre and his influence is ever present in the music of The Dexateens.

Their latest effort, Singlewide, has enjoyed steady play in my rotation this summer. I’ve said it before but it bears repeating – it is the perfect evening album for the summer. It’s easy-going vibe is the perfect transition as day turns into night and the kids head off to bed.

The boys laid down four live tracks during their visit to Chicago. “Granddaddy’s Mouth is a tune that didn’t really stand out‚  during my countless album spins, but it was the one that knocked my socks off.‚  It has a nice mid-70s Stone vibe, back when they weren’t trying too hard to be the Stones. Thanks for listening enjoy the downloads.

The Dexateens – Trail

The Dexateens – Can You Whoop It

The Dexateens – Grandaddy’s Mouth

The Dexateens – Down Low

Video: The Dexateens – Grandaddy’s Mouth

Dexateens – “Grandaddy’s Mouth” – HearYa Live Session 5/20/09 from HearYa.com on Vimeo.

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Frankel – Anonymity Is The New Fame [Album Review]

July 27, 2009

Michael Orendy is an LA musician that operates under the moniker of Frankel. Aquarium Drunkard compares Frankel’s sound to the likes of Hary Nilsson and Richard Swift, but I also hear quite a bit of Elliot Smith in the sound. Anonymity Is The New Fame is out now via Autumn Tone Records and their description [...]

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The Builders And The Butchers – Golden And Green [New Video]

July 24, 2009

The Builders and The Butchers recently premiered their first music video for “Golden And Green” at Spinner. Their latest album, Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well, is slowly becoming one of my favorites of ’09. You can catch them at Lollapalooza. Click here to view video. Tweet

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The Brilliant Mistakes – Distant Drumming [Album Review]

July 23, 2009

I’m a little late to the party on this excellent NY act called The Brilliant Mistakes. Distant Drumming was released last year, five years after its predecessor Dumb Luck. And it was dumb luck that allowed me to find Distant Drumming as it was a recommendation on eMusic. It took one spin to become enamored [...]

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Papercuts – You Can Have What You Want [Album Review]

July 22, 2009

Jason Quever of Papercuts is the indie music version of Kevin Bacon – he’s separated from every other indie artist by less than 6 degrees. The San Franciscan has worked with Port O’Brien, Skygreen Leopards, Vetiver’s Andy Cabic, and Alex Scally of Beach House. After releasing 2007′s Can’t Go Back, Papercuts is back with You [...]

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Monsters of Folk release free download, Say Please [new mp3]

July 21, 2009

Monsters of Folk, the collaboration between Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and singer/songwriter M.Ward will be releasing their first album, self-titled, on September 22nd. I’ve been anxiously waiting for another supergroup since the Traveling Wilburys…and of course, Damn Yankees. The band has made a track called “Say Please” [...]

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These United States – Everything Touches Everything [Album Review]

July 21, 2009

I first wrote about These United States when reviewing their last album, Crimes. I said that listening to them is like meandering along the bourbon trail. You’ll taste some mainstream flavors, but you’ll also get lost along the way and sip on some home-distilled shit in some backwoods cabin. That description of the band still [...]

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