Category: podcasts
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AV Club Undercover Video Series
Not sure how I missed this, but a series the AV Club at the Onion has been doing since 2010, in which bands come in and do cover songs in the AV Club offices in Chicago. Here’s the YouTube playlists: A.V. Club Undercover 2010 A.V. Club Undercover 2011 A.V. Club Undercover 2012 A.V. Club Undercover…
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Untitled
I’m on Contrast Podcast! My first contribution, to 246 Untitled, just got published. I went with Sinead O’Connor’s version of Shane McGowan’s “Song with No Name.” So excited to be part of the podcast, and looking forward to the Best of 2015 (so far) coming up next.
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Contrast Podcast – New York
Another excellent episode of Contrast Podcast, on the theme of New York City. My favorites were the Cat Power (New York) and Dylan (Talkin’ New York). What I should have submitted: Fear – New York’s Alright (If you Like Saxaphones) R.E.M.’s version of First We Take Manhattan
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Contrast Podcast Returns
Very happy to see the return at long last of the Contrast Podcast: The Contrast Podcast is awake and has shaved, showered and shaken off it’s sleepiness with a strong shot of something seriously caffeinated. Let your ears celebrate the start of a whole new era of contrastitude! Almost happy enough to not point out…
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Tom Waits Covers (Drunk Covers VII)
The fine folks at The Waiting Room recently resurrected Drunk Covers VII. The original Drunk Covers series was one of my favorite parts of The Waiting Room, and it was great to have an encore performance of “The Waitsing Room II: Cruel Variations,” which was originally aired back in July 2008. (Which, so far as…
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis in Tiny Desk Concert
This has got to be my favorite Tiny Desk Concert of the year. Macklemore has so much energy and enthusiasm – but still manages to pull off the performance without knocking over anyone’s desk. They do “Same Love,” their pro-gay-marriage (really anti-discrimination) anthem, but also “Thrift Shop” and “Can’t Hold Us” (with Ray Dalton).
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Reignwolf live on KEXP
Wow. That’s really about all one can say about Reignwolf. Kind of a one man White Stripes meets the child of Page and Hendrix on the spot where Robert Johnson sold his soul. Play this somewhere you can play it really loud: headphones, your garage, your office when no one else is at work. Worth…
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Using Yahoo! Pipes to get Podcast Feed from Official.fm
(This post is a bit more geeky, in the coding sense, than the usual goatless fare – but it is about music in the end). One of my long time favorite podcasts is The Waiting Room, by One Half of Drunk Country and The Woman of the House. They were on WOXY.com, they were on…
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Other Lives
So I’m sometimes convinced I should just turn this blog into an auto-re-posting feed of everything that comes into my podcast client: between KEXP‘s Music That Matters, Live Performances, and Video of the Week; KCRW‘s Morning Becomes Eclectic; and NPR Music‘s All Songs Considered, Tiny Desk Concerts, and Live in Concert, I’m never going to…
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Well Rounded Radio
Just discovered this local music interview podcast to help folks discover new music. Very eclectic set of artists, genres, and other interviewees: everything from Amanda Palmer to Larry Lessig to Yoko K. (Ok, just realized the Amanda Palmer interview goes all the way back to 2008 – guess I haven’t been paying enough attention!). Subscribe…
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Coverville Countdown FTW!
Brian Ibbott of Coverville allows encourages people each year to send in brief “intros” to each of the top 40 songs in the Coverville Countdown. This year I took him up on the offer – and he used my entry! Check out part III of the 2007 Coverville Countdown (assuming you’re not already a subscriber).…
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Aquarium Drunkard
Another fantastic mp3 blog and podcast which has have been lamely late in recommending (this post has sat in draft mode for over six months now) is Aquarium Drunkard. As the name suggests it is heavily influenced by “alt. country” artists, but with a pretty eclectic mix of classic and indie. The podcasts are sometimes…
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Is Kevin Cole reading my mind?
How else does he know all the music I like, sometimes even before I do? Check out the track list for Music That Matters Volume 43: Cloud Cult – Take Your Medicine Wax Tailor – We Be !!! – Must Be the Moon Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Unwanted Things Panda Bear –…
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Milling Gowns Flophouse Sessions
Favorite new, unexpected gem of the week: Flophouse Sessions 51: The Milling Gowns. The Flophouse Sessions is a wonderfully cool show produced by Andy Guthrie and Jen Kelley, podcasters extraordinaire and Somerville residents behind Band in Boston. Band in Boston covers all kinds of music, not just local artists – where the Flophouse Sessions focus…
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More time to call your representatives
(via ars technica) Good news: Internet radio will remain safe and sound, at least through July of this year, on account of a new decision by the US Copyright Royalty Board. This means more time to call your representative and urge them to back HR 2060, the Internet Radio Equality Act.
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Save Internet Radio!
As you’ve likely seen reported, the Copyright Royalty Board decided to dramatically increase royalty rates for internet streaming, and changing the way that such royalties are calculated. This will make it cost-prohibitive for many online steaming stations to continue. From SaveNetRadio.org: The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have…
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Peter, Bjorn & John
[Update – Peter Bjorn and John will be live on NPR Monday, April 30th – often these shows are available for download after the fact if you miss the live show] Continuing on the Scandinavian theme (Under Byen) are Peter, Bjorn & John, who’ve recently appeared on both Morning Becomes Eclectic and KEXP’s Live Performance…
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Irrational Public Radio
Via High Touch I stumbled upon Irrational Public Radio. Go listen to the demo – if you’ve ever been a steady listener to NPR, you will find the whole thing very funny.