Katie stumbled on what promises to be a great concert at McMenamin’s Edgefield this summer: The Decemberists with special guest Andrew Bird. Personally, I would reverse the billing, but that is just my preference. I love both bands, and we are excited to go. It has been a long, long time since I have bought [...]
I got a listen to the new album from Neko Case, Middle Cyclone, at NPR.org, and it is yet another great one from her. The stream is down now that the album has been released, but here are a few MP3s for ‘ya. Neko Case – People Got A Lotta Nerve Neko Case – Middle [...]
Back in August of 2008, Richard Swift released a digital only EP, “Ground Trouble Jaw” for free download. Several songs made quick rounds on the mp3 blogs I watch. One in particular has been cracking me up for months now. Katie and I were listening to it in the car again today, and even months [...]
I’ve been in love with Andrew bird since his ‘bowl of fire’ days back in 1997. And I fell in love again with “Weather Systems” in 2003, when he introduced whistling as an instrument. Every album has been fantastic, and his new one, “Noble Beast”, is no exception. But what is truly amazing to me [...]
Yeah, it is a bit late to be posting a ‘best songs of 2008′ summary, but think of it this way – most companies have only just finished reporting Q4 earnings and you still haven’t finished your taxes. 2008 is far from over. And I’m going to propagate 2008 just a bit longer. My criteria [...]
I held off on buying CDs for too long… and now I’m swimming in them. Here are a few of my favorites. Oh, and by the way, I decided to use “Taragana’s Del.icio.us” mp3 player plugin for wordpress. So far, so good. What I like about it: Shows the actual mp3 link so that it [...]