From another record of the year candidate.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzVsP35UlCA
In addition to being an excellent song, this clip is a nice break from winter's icy grip.
(4 votes, average: 6.50 out of 10)
Loading... As a kid, I thought this song was about NBA All Star Walt Bellamy. I was pretty disappointed to find out it wasn't.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED87HYX9gXc
Today, however, it's definitely about him. Rest in peace, Walt Bellamy.
Continue reading Tee Set – Ma Belle Amie
(3 votes, average: 5.67 out of 10)Loading... Brooklyn's finest rockin' the bike shop. SXSW, 2012.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQAMCOm2wyo
Thanks for letting me empty out a folder, DJs,
Now back to your regular programming.
(5 votes, average: 6.40 out of 10)Loading... With her stellar combo (cello, violin, horn and drums) in London, 2013. My favorite new artist. She's definitely not easy listening, but if you have an adventurous ear-you just might fall for her experimental mix of dream pop, classical and free jazz. I sure did. Call it space age chamber music.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra1Cj_ac2fc
This whole Cecil Sharp House show is excellent. After the jump, a few Continue reading Julia Holter – Four Gardens
(3 votes, average: 8.67 out of 10)Loading... Ty Segall cohort steps out on his own and tears it up. KEXP studios, 2013.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o04lZgivyoQ
His MCII is certain to be on my Best Of 2013 list.
(6 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10)Loading... Here's hoping the Wolves season is more like the song title and less like the band's name.
Titus Andronicus singer joins Nashville-based rockers for a four(!) guitar assault on the Springsteen classic. 2013.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCkWB7tLA8s#t=272
More Diarrhea after the jump. Continue reading Diarrhea Planet w/ Patrick Stickles – Born to Run
(3 votes, average: 6.33 out of 10)Loading... Chuck Klosterman wrote more eloquently than I ever could about the man. I'll just play a few clips, instead. You were a legend, Lou.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUUANzSB2Uc
I linked to this in the comments yesterday, but since this joint appears to be a ghost town, no one will notice. (The look Lou gives Antony at the end of this performance is just perfect.)
Continue reading RIP Lou Reed 1941-2013
(6 votes, average: 8.17 out of 10)Loading... Someone is asleep at the switch... Great Thin Lizzy cover by a couple indie stalwarts, 2013.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79SiY3C_oy4
(6 votes, average: 6.67 out of 10)Loading... Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes... well, he eats you.
Other times you have some M&Ms, a Donut, and maybe one of those little chocolate Snickers bars. Then you wash it all down with a bunch of White Russians. Oh, and the room is filled with Flowers.
(Good thing the boys won tonight, this might have caused a few nightmares.)
Oklahoma City really needs to work out the Kinks if I'm gonna cover my bet.
Brooklyn, 2011
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ScH8K-Jmwc&feature=related
Picture quality blows, but the audio is pretty sublime.
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