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Best Cover Songs of 2013
Paste today put out their list of the 15 best cover songs of 2013. It’s got some of the expected items – Fiona Apple’s “Pure Imagination” from the creepy chipotle ad, for example – but also a few I really dug: The first is Iron & Wine, Glen Hansard, Kathleen Edwards, and Calexico doing The…
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Ben Sollee – The Hollow Sessions
Ben Sollee is a wonderful cellist from Kentucky who plays all kinds of music not traditionally played on the cello. The Hollow Sessions is a recent free download of covers, including The Zombies’ This Will Be Our Year and Paul Simon’s Obvious Child. We saw Ben at the ICA last month (through World Music /…
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Elvis Costello Friday
Two quick Elvis Costello videos. First a9bove), the lead single from the upcoming album in collaboration with The Roots, “Will You Walk Us Uptown”: Second, a video from the ONE project, Elvis Costello with Mumford & Sons, doing Bruce Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad “(with a bit of Woody Guthrie’s “Do-Re-Mi” thrown in for…
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Chucklehead Farewell Show, Mama Kins, November 1997
Fantastic video, with remastered audio, of the Chucklehead Farewell show at Mama Kin, in November 1997 (above). Video cuts out in the middle for ~30 minutes but it’s well worth watching all the way through. (New version posted which doesn’t cut out). If you just want audio, check out the Board Tapes list on Chucklehead.com…
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Anti Records Summer Sampler 2013
Not sure it is exactly a fair trade for the horrid heat wave we’re currently suffering in the Northeast, but Anti Records has released its 2013 Summer Sampler, which you can download for free via Noisetrade (or just listen in the widget below): Tracklist: Neko Case – Man Mavis Staples – I Like The Things…
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David Byrne & Jherek Bischoff – “Eyes” Video
Via Stereogum Earlier this year, composer and member of Amanda Palmer’s Grand Theft Orchestra Jherek Bischoff released a massive orchestral album Composed, featuring guest appearances from David Byrne, Tropicalía luminary Caetano Veloso, and others. Byrne’s cut, “Eyes” is a sweeping strings soundscape punctuated with a modern take on 1950s pop. The video is filled with…
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New Music – Homeless by Quietly Concerned
Via Rathole Radio Episode 103 and Jamendo I was delighted to find this new EP, Homeless, by South African musician (and vegan) who records as Quietly Concerned. He reminds me a bit of José González (in a good way). His own artist statement says it better than I could: Quietly Concerned is a solo folk…
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Opening Soon in Allston: Root
(Photo from Root on Facebook) According to Eater Boston, a new plant-based restaurant called Root is due to open in Allston in the next few weeks, in the space formerly occupied by one of my favorites Peace O’ Pie: Root could open in the second week of July in Allston’s Union Square, bringing another plant-based…
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Night of the Furies – New Album from the Rosebuds
The Rosebuds, who earlier put out a free album of Sade covers titled Love Deluxe, have a new album out now on Bandcamp – Night of the Furies Night Of The Furies by The Rosebuds
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David Byrne & St. Vincent – Free EP
In support of promotion for the “Love this Giant” tour 2013, David Byrne and St. Vincent have posted a tour video and a free EP. The EP has one song that didn’t make it on the record (a waltz featuring some lovely glass harmonica), a couple of energized remixes of some of the album tunes…
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Bring it on Down to Veganville
Nice to see Justin Timberlake in a Tofu suit on SNL in which the vegan isn’t the butt of the joke! (Via too many sources to count)
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Live from Newport Folk: Free Music from Paste
Via Noisetrade and Paste, an album of live tracks from the Newport Folk Festival: They’ve also got a set of videos from Newport at the Paste site.
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New Year’s Day U2
Got a promotional email from Wolgang’s Vault pointing to U2’s September 18, 1987 show at the Boston Garden, from the Joshua Tree tour. Thanks to a well placed note in the comments, found the same show over at U2Start.com: 1987-09-18 – Boston, Massachusetts. You can register at U2start.com free, and then download the show –…
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History of Man in 3:30
Great animation from Steve Cutts. MAN from Steve Cutts on Vimeo. Animation created in Flash and After Effects looking at mans relationship with the natural world. facebook.com/SteveCuttsArt twitter.com/#!/Steve_Cutts www.stevecutts.com
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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…