Neko Case covering Chuck Berry
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=qiKz3D1cQz0[/youtube] As the result of some sort of weird musical karma, I’m sure, ever since making a slight dig on Neko Case for acting like a diva when I saw the New Pornographers live, I’ve found myself in the mood to listen to her. (Not that I would ever really truly put down a fellow...
T-Sides Elsewhere, May 12th Edition
Bullz-Eye: It’s Death Cab for Cutie bonanza over at Bullz-Eye, where I wrote a review of their new album, Narrow Stairs, as well as a Deep Cuts feature and a Bio/Entertainer page. Also check out my review of the new OURS album, Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy). Popdose: Recent reviews include...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Fleetwood Mac, “Silver Springs”
When I was in middle school, I had a lot of ideas for music videos. Generally these ideas were boring and tame – mostly because at the time, I was listening to a lot of really sappy, sad music (I changed from a private school to a public school between seventh and eighth grade and...
Destroyer @ Bowery Ballroom, Wednesday, April 23rd
Image courtesy flickr user forklift The New Pornographers put on one of the worst concerts of recent memory at the Bowery Ballroom last August. It was so unbearable that writing a review would have been like rubbing alcohol on an open wound. A.C. Newman was acting like a real prick in-between songs, talking for longer...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Da Real One, “If U Like Pina Colada (Pina Colada Song)”
When you’re young, the desire to fit in can be a very, very dangerous thing. Sure, this applies to drugs, sex, alcohol, violence and all those things parents worry about – but it also relates to music. I came across Da Real One’s version of “If U Like Pina Colada (Pina Colada Song)” during eighth...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Helplessly Hoping”
This song is Spring. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: “Helplessly Hoping” (download) It’s easy enough to point to nearly any Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and say that – “Judy: Blue Eyes,” certainly. “Guinnevere,” absolutely. “Our House,” you bet. But “Helplessly Hoping” is it, the most Spring of any of their songs. This is it....
T-Sides Elsewhere, April 20th Edition
Bullz-Eye: I conducted an interview with Jimmy Gnecco of OURS, whose long-awaited album Mercy (Dancing For The Death Of An Imaginary Enemy) is finally out on April 15th. Popdose: I reviewed the Sun Giant EP from Seattle’s Fleet Foxes, who are stirring up the blog hype lately. Portishead: “Wandering Star” (download)
Devendra Banhart, Is That You?
Oh, hey Devendra Banhart, I didn’t realize you were in that new movie, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. What, that’s not you? Okay, if you say so. Pretty close resemblance, though. But I guess I can understand if you’re embarrassed and don’t want to lose your cred. Devendra Banhart: “Seaside” (download)
T-Sides Elsewhere, April 2nd Edition
As T-Sides Domination continues expanding, “T-Sides Elsewhere” will likely become a somewhat regular feature every couple weeks. On Bullz-Eye: My review of the Heart of the City Tour (Jay-Z & Mary J. Blige), the new Destroyer album, Trouble in Dreams, and I wrote about the book Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop for the Rock of Pages...
Lost MP3 of the Week: The Animals, “House of the Rising Sun”
The first music, in general, that I remember loving and growing up with was from “the Music Man” – as in the movie with Robert Preston, which I would watch repeatedly, to the point of annoying my mother, when I was about four years old. But memory is a tricky thing, and a lot of...
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