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  • Talking Heads at the Capitol Theatre 1980

    Talking Heads at the Capitol Theatre 1980

    (Via Aquarium Drunkard) – Talking Heads live in New Jersey in 1980. Also from Aquarium Drunkard – Talking Heads Live in Rome 1980:

  • Colin Meloy “Carolina Low” Live at WFUV

    Colin Meloy “Carolina Low” Live at WFUV

    Colin Meloy “Carolina Low” Live at WFUV

  • Millennium Restaurant Closing

    Millennium Restaurant Closing

    Sad days. Just got an email from the Millennium Restaurant mailing list, which reads in part: After more than 20 years in business, and with the end of our lease, we will serve our last meal as Millennium at 580 Geary St on April 30, 2015. We are so grateful to our co-workers, family, farmers…

  • José González Covering TLC’s “Waterfalls”

    José González Covering TLC’s “Waterfalls”

    (via Stereogum via Pitchfork) Love it – there’s also a cover of John Lennon’s “Woman” from later in the show, starting at 51:05:

  • Coming Soon: Beast Burger from Beyond Meat

    Coming Soon: Beast Burger from Beyond Meat

    (Photo from BeyondMeat on Instagram – believe it was taken for the Outside magazine). Outside Magazine is running a great article online and in the January edition of the magazine on the latest offering from Beyond Meat – the Beast Burger: “The Top-Secret Food That Will Change the Way You Eat.” Loved this from the…

  • Willkommen Foxswap

    Willkommen Foxswap

    Free download from Willkommen Collective (via The Waiting Room Extra 14). Features 19 Wilkommen artists covering 19 other Wilkommen artists. Tracklist: Emma Gatrill plays Thousand Ships by Dancehalls Laish play Moth in the Motor by Rachael Dadd Kristin McClement plays Dust Disturbed by Eyes and No Eyes (formerly Tristram) Dancehalls play Yo Mama by Peggy…

  • Culture (NY Times Building)

    Culture (NY Times Building)

  • Hello, Mr. Soul :: Neil Young Covers, 1967-1978

    Hello, Mr. Soul :: Neil Young Covers, 1967-1978

    Fantastic collection via Acquiarium Drunkard: Hello, Mr. Soul :: Neil Young Covers, 1967-1978

  • Metropolis at BSA Space

    Metropolis at BSA Space

    Coming up January 9th, 2015, 6pm at BSA Space, 290 Congress Street. Fritz Lang’s Metropolis as restored in 2010 with 25 minutes of additional footage.

  • Weird Al Gets Tacky

    Weird Al Gets Tacky

    Via Nerdist, the (vegan) Weird Al Yankovic takes on Pharrell’s Happy. Al will be releasing 8 videos in 8 days on his site, promoting his new album Mandatory Fun.

  • New Mary Gauthier

    New Mary Gauthier

    My wife and I were just talking the other day about it being time for some new music from Mary Gauthier, and today I got an email that she announced her new album, Trouble and Love, due out in May, and included this video of her performing one of the songs from it. The audio…

  • Best Cover Songs of 2013

    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…

  • Ben Sollee – The Hollow Sessions

    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 /…

  • Elvis Costello Friday

    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…

  • Chucklehead Farewell Show, Mama Kins, November 1997

    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…

  • Anti Records Summer Sampler 2013

    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…

  • David Byrne & Jherek Bischoff – “Eyes” Video

    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…

  • New Music – Homeless by Quietly Concerned

    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…