Kurt Vile cohort steps out on his own. Doing the title track from his swell 2014 release. Antwerp, Belgium, 2014.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEgYIG-ISGw
You can tell he's listened to a lot of the great English folk guitarists--Davy Graham, Bert Jansch, Richard Thompson, etc.
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Loading... Arpège Duo is George Durham on cello and Kihwa Lee on harp.
Wonderful piece played beautifully and shot with style.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAwtpy_qBFQ
I've been listening to a lot more classical music of late. Continue reading Arvo Pärt – Fratres for Cello and Harp
(9 votes, average: 8.89 out of 10)Loading... Oslo, Norway, 2014
A big shout-out to Will Oldham for making me aware of the dark ambient music of Norwegian artist Helge Sten, who goes by the moniker Deathprod. The whole of "Treetop Drive" is three movements that clock in at over a half an hour. This is a truncated version. This became one of my favorite pieces to paint to last winter. I also nicked part of it for a short film I put together last Fall.
(5 votes, average: 7.20 out of 10)Loading... LA, CA, 2015
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p14pOJlu30 Continue reading The Replacements – Whole Food Blues
(4 votes, average: 6.25 out of 10)Loading... Live in Philly, 2006. Epic in scope. His childhood buddy Micky Melchiondo* plays some wicked guitar on this.
Kind of a cult figure from Pennsylvania, I was first turned on to Mr. Harford when Peter Jesperson used to play his record Be Headed on the old REV105. It's long been an unsung favorite of mine.
*Dean Ween Continue reading Chris Harford & The Band of Changes –
(7 votes, average: 7.86 out of 10)Loading... I was the king of the alley, mama
I could talk some trash
Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1975.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS5uyOPTGuE
There were reasons behind the hype that landed Bruce on the covers of Time and Newsweek simultaneously in 1975. Continue reading Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band – It’s Hard To Be A Saint in the City
(5 votes, average: 7.60 out of 10)Loading... Nashville guitarist conjures up the open road on this lovely instrumental.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx1l5W6YSMs
(5 votes, average: 7.20 out of 10)Loading... Live at her alma mater: Cal Arts, June, 2015.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCy7X5bzlis&list=PLk1bxwjXwDYZKl_Q2RZmMLHAlynmxOxCN&index=6
This song will appear on her highly anticipated fall release Have You In My Wilderness. Video for the first single from the upcoming album after the jump Continue reading Julia Holter – Silhouette
(3 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... Ed: Many thanks to Zack for a kickass week. It was so good, the painter wanted to pay tribute, which we will happily tag on.
The most romantic song about a nightclub fire as you'll ever hear. KEXP, 2012.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0UpQkmLIoA
Ms. Holter is indescribable. Avant Garde? Classical? Pop? Ambient? I dunno. Just call her brilliant.
And because she can't be pigeonholed: Continue reading Julia Holter – City Appearing
(2 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... I honestly thought this whole "reunion" thing was a big mistake. Trying to recapture that youthful magic seemed like a bad idea, even if it was for charity. Man, I'm glad they didn't ask for my opinion.
22 years after hanging it up following a show in Chicago, they walked out onto a stage in Canada and did this.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DKUERkMDWY
The pic ain't much, but the sound is awesome. TURN IT UP!
Continue reading The Replacements – Takin’ a Ride
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