fitting that mayer hawthorne comes from michigan originally, as his neo-soul debut album a strange arrangement fits in rather nicely with the motown aesthetic. those horns, those hand claps, that beat, our hips...mayer hawthorne - your easy lovin' ain't pleasin' nothin'hawthorne is reputed to play all of the instruments on the record. hopefully, for his current tour a band's been cobbled togeth...
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our other current song obsession, the song that's entrenched itself at the head of every playlist in the past month or so, the song that we really think you must hear, comes from british columbia's lightning dust:lightning dust - i knew"i knew" comes from the recently released and quite excellent infinite light, which we heartily recommend you pick up. and you can catch the group live and in livin
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little birdy - brother"my brother, he taught me how to fly.my papa, he taught me how to cry."and so begins one of our two latest song obsessions (the other coming tomorrow), the plaintive, raw & oddly infectious opening track of australian foursome little birdy's third album confetti. be sure, if you haven't heard this one yet, to hang on till about the minute forty mark; you'll see what we're ...
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claire denamur - in the mood for l'amourms. denamur, a parisian who sings, in this song at least--as you likely guessed from the title--in both english and french, released her first album earlier this year. as we understand it, "in the mood for l'amour" was, and remains, quite a hit. have a listen and you'll see why.you can hear more from claire over her space.
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interesting video, and song, from montreal-based monogrenade:monogrenade - ce soir
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the one and only d has agreed to fill the closing night spot of the upcoming (and much anticipated) outside lands festival vacated by the beastie boys. color us excited.tenacious d - tribute
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thanks to jamie for pointing this one out: more rafael casal.
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go and see a.g. friend & terrific local singer and songwriter wolf larsen tomorrow (monday) night for a showcase event at the hotel utah. if you ask politely, she may even play this soulful, transfixing m.j. cover for you:wolf larsen - billie jean
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the band - look out clevelandbecause our mind's in cleveland tonight, gang, we sought out this song by the band and have been listening to it on repeat. man, these lot were good...
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sunday night live returns this week with another band slated to appear next month as part of the outside lands festival (tix). here are a couple of songs from a set by the national at last year's oya festival.the national live at the oya festival, norway 7 august 2008the national - baby, we'll be fine (live)the national - slow show (live)
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speaking of outside lands, sad news recently out of the beastie boys camp that adam yauch has been diagnosed with cancer. obviously the band has cancelled all of its upcoming shows--including their closing night date at outside lands--and postponed the release of their new album. you can watch a video of adam relating the news here.beastie boys - sabotage
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before they storm into golden gate park for outside lands next month, pearl jam has begun streaming the first single, "the fixer," from their upcoming album backspacer, which you can listen to below.
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the avett brothers played an intimate 3 song set in the npr music offices back in early june (the video of which has recently been posted), including the terrific "laundry room" off their forthcoming album i and love and you, and that set is this week's installment of our sunday night live series.the avett brothers live in nyc 10 june 2009the avett brothers - laundry room (live)the avett brothe...
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another quick one this week, gang: fiona apple covering jimi hendrix. sources deep within the bowls of the a.g. reference library tell us this version is of unknown provenance. but that doesn't mean you can't still enjoy it.fiona apple - angel (live)listen to previous editions of the sunday night live series.
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"i talk to myself a lot. it bothers people, though, because i use a megaphone."for this week's edition of our regular sunday night live we have a performance by one our favorite comedians, king of the non sequitur; playful dissector of language and custom; always the driest man in the house, the hilariously droll steven wright.steven wright live
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in honor of wilco's sold out show at the greek tonight (of which we caught a few wayward strains wafting through the neighborhood streets) enjoy this fine rendition of "via chicago" by jeff tweedy and the late jay bennet at the old town school of folk festival back in 1999:jeff tweedy & jay bennet - via chicago (live)
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it was a lovely day today, here in berkeley, and productive too. but this flight of songs seemed to scratch an itch.j. tillman - when i light your darkened doortiny vipers - dreamerjustin vernon - hazeltonthe urban aesthetics - see the sunshine through the haze
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montrealer patrick watson issued a new album earlier this spring called wooden arms, and the occasion returned the following song (from his previous album close to paradise) to the forefront of our playlist - where it has solidly remained for some time now. it's a gorgeous piece of music well executed:patrick watson - man under the sea
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check out these terrific acoustic performances by annie clark for the lake fever folks:st. vincent - oh my god (lake fever session)
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