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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…

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.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DtGQOAMkAA So…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Reignwolf live on KEXP

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Under Byen

As I’ve said before, KEXP rocks. Latest find, courtesy of KEXP’s live performances podcast, which recorded them at SXSW, is a Danish band called Under Byen. They remind…

Music that Matters

KEXP has a podcast series called Music That Matters. You should immediately go download them all, if you haven’t been listening to them already. The music is all…