Yea, baby, I'm back. And you're asking for it.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5hae6PlPYA
(5 votes, average: 8.20 out of 10)
Loading... This song takes me back to my youth. I can remember singing along to the chorus while my folks drove us to Itasca state park one summer. I had no idea how sad this song really was.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BraCxgRDGc
(2 votes, average: 9.50 out of 10)Loading... let's put a little groove in your step this saturday.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRVSSwJYqh0
1976
(4 votes, average: 8.50 out of 10)Loading... httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y21vWkDQjPk
British Hippity Hoppity.
(1 votes, average: 6.00 out of 10)Loading... obligatory...
that said, dave brubeck, in all his incarnations, is (not was) one of my favorite jazz musicians. he seemed to have this mad scientist approach to jazz; this strange mathematical deconstruction of the music. an innovator in key structure and time signatures (i'm still not 100% sure which time this is in... 6/8?), he deserves all the credit he received and will receive in the coming days.
here's a cut from the quintessential brubeck album time out. you will be missed.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPwLP8wGi4
1964
one of my favorite cuts after the jump...
Continue reading The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Three To Get Ready
(6 votes, average: 9.67 out of 10)Loading... httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTqluPUOkfI
That's a lot of band smashed into a funk taxi.
(1 votes, average: 6.00 out of 10)Loading... the brooklynite band guards with a stripped down take.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9TZYeFoBaw
(2 votes, average: 6.50 out of 10)Loading... httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqHPDEGEgfg
The Evens is just another Ian MAcKaye joint. Experimental noise rock from just two folks. Their new album, the odds, is out to good reviews. Something about Ian's voice really takes me back to my punk rock youth.
2006, Amherst MA
(1 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10)Loading... no words necessary, really.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIssqxixYp0
(6 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0UISCEe52Y
A lot of me really wants to hate this band*, but I'm really digging this tiny desk concert.
*h/t to jobu
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