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July Shows We Recommend in Chicago & Atlanta
Well, Taste of Chicago is going full throttle at the beginning of July, and I’m still waiting for someone to tell me something other than how horrible it is. I’ve probably talked to 100 people about Taste of Chicago during my time here, and not one person has good things to say about it. Yet somehow it draws over 3 million people annually. You figure it out. It’s kind of like those survey results you see on the news. They always manage to survey tens of thousands of people, yet somehow I’ve never talked to anyone who has been surveyed. You’d think after 30 years on this earth and seeing thousands of survey results, I or someone I know would have been surveyed by now. They must be surveying the same people who love Taste of Chicago.
CHICAGO
Black Mountain / David Vandervelde – Lincoln Hall – 7/1
John Hiatt / Levon Helm – Ravinia Festival – 7/1
Skybox – Taste of Chicago – 7/1
Joe Pug – Fitzgerald’s American Music Festival – 7/2-3
Henry Clay People – Aragon Ballroom – 7/3
The Heavy – Taste of Chicago & Lincoln Hall – 7/3
Passion Pit / Alejandro Escovedo – Taste of Chicago – 7/4
Spoon – Old St. Pat’s – 7/10
Islands – Lincoln Hall – 7/12
Pitchfork Music Festival – Union Park – 7/16-18
Titus Andronicus – Subterranean – 7/16
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Drive-by Truckers – United Center – 7/17
The Local Natives – Lincoln Hall – 7/18
Patrick Park – Schubas – 7/20
Scott H. Biram – Double Door – 7/22
Tapes ‘n Tapes – Lincoln Hall – 7/22
Backyard Tire Fire – Double Door – 7/23
Langhorne Slim / Ha Ha Tonka – Lincoln Hall – 7/23
Heartless Bastards / Peter Wolf Crier – The Bottom Lounge – 7/24
Futurebirds / The Empty Bottle – 7/25
The Gaslight Anthem w/ Tim Barry / House of Blues – 7/27
The Dead Weather / Harlem – Congress Theatre – 7/30
Tift Merritt / Dawn Landes – Lincoln Hall – 7/30
Cotton Jones / The Parson Redheads- Schubas – 7/31
ATLANTA
Frontier Ruckus – Eddie’s Attic – 7/3
Heartless Bastards / Peter Wolf Crier – Masquerade – 7/6
Delta Spirit / David Vandervelde / The Romany Rye – Masquerade – 7/9
She & Him – Atlanta Botanical Garden – 7/9
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes – Variety Playhouse – 7/10
Rooney – The Loft at Center Stage – 7/10
Joe Pug – Eddie’s Attic – 7/13
Chuck Prophet – Eddie’s Attic – 7/22
Clem Snide – The EARL – 7/22
Grace Potter And The Nocturnals – Variety Playhouse – 7/23
Chris Knight – Smiths Olde Bar – 7/24
Deer Tick / Dead Confederate / Futurebirds – Buckhead Theater – 7/31
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Sunday MP3 Roundup, 9.7.08
Congrats to Megan from Louisville for winning the tee shirt and wallet from Indie Nation!
Here are the tracks discussed on HearYa last week…
Langhorne Slim – Restless (from the HearYa Live Session)
Power of County – Ain’t Going Back To Jail
Exclusive: Joe Pug – Hymn 101 (from the Joe Pug live session)
Exclusive: Ha Ha Tonka – Caney Mountain (from the Ha Ha Tonka live session)
Backyard Tire Fire – The Places We Lived
Two Cow Garage – Your Humble Narrator
Ben Folds Five – Song For the Dumped (Live)
From our live session with Jukebox The Ghost…
Exclusive: Jukebox The Ghost – Mistletoe
Exclusive: Jukebox The Ghost – Hold It In
Exclusive: Jukebox The Ghost – Beady Eyes On The Horizon
Exclusive: Jukebox The Ghost – Good Day
Exclusive: Jukebox The Ghost – It’s A Beautiful Life
From the inbox…
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Delta Spirit – Ode to Sunshine
I am a busy man. I own my own business, have three kids, a dog and then I moonlight as a writer on HearYa.com. As a result, I sometimes fall very far behind on some of the other websites/blogs that I really enjoy. So one night in December while my wife was at a Christmas party I decided to go back through the ’07 Daytrotter archives to see what I missed.
I was puttering around when I noticed the band Delta Spirit. The write-up sucked me in, so I scrolled down to see what cover tune Delta Spirit may have played (Side note: The National’s “Pretty In Pink” on Daytrotter could be one of my favorite covers of all time). Delta Spirit performed Paul Simon’s “Duncan” and knocked it out of the park. I consider myself to be a fairly big Paul Simon fan and this is his most underrated tune.
I gobbled up the four tracks off of Daytrotter and loved each and every one of them. The next day I downloaded their album, Ode To Sunshine, and I think I have listened to it every day since, including three times in a row after making the purchase.
Ode To Sunshine is a 40 minute soulful, rock and roll experience that fits in just perfectly with other HearYa favorites like Parson Redheads and Dr. Dog. A couple of my favorite tracks include “Trashcan” which has a fantastic piano hook and the slow meandering “House Built For Two” which sounds almost Beatlesque. If you like proper rock and roll that is full of heart, soul, and feeling then I would suggest making this purchase a priority. My only regret is that I discovered them a week too late for our top 50 of ’07. They would have been in my top 15 or 20 for sure.
Delta Spirit – Children (courtesy of Spin)
Delta Spirit – Give Me Some Motivation (from I Think I’ve Found It)
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Best Albums of 2007 with MP3′s
Here’s the series of posts if you’d like the lengthy version of our top albums of 2007 with cover art, videos and mp3′s. I’ve summed it all up below.
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
1. Okkervil River – The Stage Names
2. The National – Boxer
3. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
4. Band of Horses – Cease to Begin
5. Port O’Brien – The Wind and the Swell
6. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
7. Ha Ha Tonka – Buckle in the Bible Belt
8. O’Death – Head Home
9. Elvis Perkins – Ash Wednesday
10. Josh Ritter – The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
11. The Avett Brothers – Emotionalism
12. Mother Hips – Kiss the Crystal Flake
13. Radiohead – In Rainbows
14. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
15. Menomena – Friend and Foe
16. Blitzen Trapper – Wild Mountain Nation
17. Kings of Leon – Because of the Times
18. Great Lake Swimmers – Ongiara
19. Iron and Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
20. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
21. Or, the Whale – Light Poles and Pines
22. White Stripes – Icky Thump
23. Golden Bear – To the Farthest Star
24. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga
25. Ryan Bingham – Mescalito
26. Vietnam – Vietnam
27. Dr. Dog – We All Belong
28. Deadstring Brothers – Silver Mountain
29. Eddie Vedder – Into The Wild
30. Jason Isbell – Sirens of the Ditch
31. Radio Moscow – Radio Moscow
32. Wrinkle Neck Mules – The Wicks Have Met
33. Ola Podrida – Ola Podrida
34. Bishop Allen – The Broken String
35. Nathaniel Mayer – Why Don’t You Give It To Me?
36. The Sadies – New Seasons
37. Your 33 Black Angels – Lonely Street
38. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
39. Two Cow Garage – Three
40. Grayson Capps – Songbones
41. Pale Young Gentlemen
42. The Record Low
43. The 1900′s – Cold & Kind
44. The Cave Singers – Invitation Songs
45. The Snake The Cross The Crown – Cotton Teeth
46. Felice Brothers – Tonight at the Arizona
47. Soulsavers – It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s Where You Land
48. The Parson Red Heads – King Giraffe
49. Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
50. Spider Bags – A Celebration of Hunger
Okkervil River – Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe
Band of Horses – Is There a Ghost
Port O’Brien – I Woke Up Today
Exclusive: Ha Ha Tonka – St. Nick on the Fourth in a Ferver
Josh Ritter – To the Dogs or Whoever
Josh Ritter – The Temptation of Adam (Live from the El Rey Theatre)
The Avett Brothers – Will You Return?
The Mother Hips – Time Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear
Blitzen Trapper – Wild Mountain Nation
Iron and Wine – Boy With a Coin
Iron and Wine – Innocent Bones
Or, the Whale – Call and Response
Golden Bear – Darkness Sets In
Vietnam – Priest, Poet and the Pig (from Daytrotter)
Deadstring Brothers – Meet Me Down at the Heavy Load
Radio Moscow – Frustrating Sound
Bishop Allen – Click Click Click Click
Two Cow Garage – Should’ve California
Grayson Capps – I Can’t Hear You
Pale Young Gentlemen – Fraulein
The Record Low – Southern State (from HearYa Live Sessions)
The Record Low – Keep Up (from HearYa Live Sessions)
The Cave Singers – Seeds of Night
The Snake The Cross The Crown – Behold the River
Felice Brothers – Ballad of Lou the Welterweight
The Parson Red Heads – Forever
Best EPs:
1. Alberta Cross – The Thief and the Heartbreaker
2. Tulsa – I Was Submerged
3. Ryan Adams – Follow the Lights
4. Illinois – What the Hell Do I Know?
5. Cracklin Moth – My Heart is Leaking
6. Sea Wolf – Get to the River Before it Runs Too Low
7. The Morning Pages – The Company You Keep
8. Plants and Animals – w/ Avec
9. The Rumble Strips – Alarm Clock
10. Arizona – Fameseeker and the Mono
Exclusive: Illinois – Alone Again (from the HearYa Live Sessions)
Cracklin Moth – My Heart is Leaking
Exclusive: Cracklin Moth – Eulogy for Bashu (from the HearYa Live Sessions)
Sea Wolf – You’re a Wolf (live from MOKB Sirius Blog Radio)
Exclusive: The Morning Pages – The Company You Keep (from the HearYa Live Sessions)
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HearYa’s Top 50 Albums of 2007: 41 – 50
Most lists I’ve seen around the blogosphere (god I hate that word) are only about 10 to 25 albums deep. Our list topped off at cool, refreshing 50.
Stay tuned for a daily countdown to the top album of 2007. Since the music always speaks louder than commentary, we did our best to include an mp3. Enjoy!
41. Pale Young Gentlemen
Pale Young Gentlemen – Fraulein
42. The Record Low
The Record Low – Southern State (from HearYa Live Sessions)
The Record Low – Keep Up (from HearYa Live Sessions)
43. The 1900′s – Cold & Kind
44. The Cave Singers – Invitation Songs
The Cave Singers – Seeds of Night
45. The Snake The Cross The Crown – Cotton Teeth
The Snake The Cross The Crown – Behold the River (from Daytrotter)
46. Felice Brothers – Tonight at the Arizona
Felice Brothers – Ballad of Lou the Welterweight
47. Soulsavers – It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s Where You Land
Soulsavers – Through My Sales (from Pitchfork)
48. The Parson Red Heads – King Giraffe
The Parson Red Heads – Forever
49. Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond
Dinosaur Jr. – Been There All the Time
50. Spider Bags – A Celebration of Hunger
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Feel as Good as a Boner Mix
It’s hard to believe I haven’t written anything since SXSW 2007, otherwise known as the 2007 Bad Hair Convention. It’s been the perfect storm for me – four out of town trips, long hours at the office, and a recent move, all punctuated by some sort of severe case of malaria/scurvy that I’m just getting over. I’m back and ready to rock, though.
I’ve been listening to some good happy music lately, primarily uncovered by Oz and Woody and written about on HearYa over the past few months. I pulled from this music the other night and randomly made a mix CD for a couple friends before heading over for dinner. As I hurried out the door, I pulled out the Sharpie and scribbled “Feel as Good as a Boner” on the face of the disc. I saved the playlist in iTunes and have been listening to it nonstop ever since.
There are two things I like about boners: 1) They are free, and 2) They make you feel pretty good. That’s what the mix I made the other night accomplishes. All the songs are downloadable for free on HearYa, and they’re generally happy songs that are perfect for the nice weather that’s been sweeping through the Midwest.
Without further ado, the “Feel as Good as a Boner” mix for your downloading pleasure.
Lovers Who Uncover – The Little Ones
Forever – The Parson Redheads
This Other City – The Record Low
Mardy Bum – Arctic Monkeys
Sky Blue Sky – Wilco
Crazy for Leaving – Catfish Haven
Energy – The Apples in Stereo
Another Sunny Day – Belle and Sebastian
While You Were Sleeping – Elvis Perkins (my new favorite song)
With the Lord – The Morning Pages
Everytime I Make a Girl Cry I’ve Done My Job – Band Marino
Technology – The Whigs
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The Parson Red Heads – King Giraffe
If you like The Magic Numbers and all their harmonizing but wished they rocked just a bit harder, then I have the band for you – The Parson Red Heads. Apparently everybody in Parsons Redheads is related or grew up with each other. If you check their MySpace page, they all have the Parson stage name and for all I know they wear black Nikes and purple shrouds, and you know what? I could care less. This is a phenomenal album that really showcases the California folk scene.
Evan Way is the lead Parson and has a wonderful voice that would fit in well on any 60′s compilation. Surrounded by the 4 piece harmonies and fantastic backing band, it will have you thinking of Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Byrds and other 60′s psychedelic folk acts. With each spin I find little nuances that make me enjoy it more than the previous listen.
For me, the best song on the disc is hands down, “Forever.” Other stand-out tracks include “Full Moon,” “Mossback” & “Punctual As Usual.”
Fire them up and let the warm, soulful sounds put a smile on your face.
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