Artist: Damien Jurado Album: Caught In The Trees Release Date: 27/10/08 Label: Secretly Canadian Link: www.myspace.com/damienjurado Jurado's album is nicely schizophrenic. He plays the country boy, the pessimistic poet, Neil Young, Kurt Cobain…and that's only in the first five tracks. We get to see every facet of his personality in song form. All thirteen remind me of a different artist,.
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Check out the latest installment of our new video newsletter that can be found every Thursday on our new YouTube Chanel! - The 405 Team
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Sorry to be so obtuse...but I am a bit tipsy and I had a revelation that I am not able to put into words right now. I mean I don't think I could actually type well enough to get my point across.I will just say that second chances are far and few between...and for whatever reason I was granted one...and now its time to make it count. Stay tuned....more to come...carpe diem,
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Siem Reap is Cambodia's international gateway to Angkor Wat. which is a fancy way of saying we tourists got to go through this little town to get to those ancient temples. which begs the question: what to do in Siem Reap when the temples are closed for viewing.i joined a last-minute road trip from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap last Monday. 4.5 hours by land going (ETD 1pm ETA 5:30pm); overnight stay ...
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I'm blaming january. Every year this months makes me depressive. It's grey, rainy, windy and cold. I walk around daydreaming trying to make days pass. I feel sorry for my family.............they have to put up with this every single year.January 23 was the day. I've enjoyed my time hear although I don't post as often as I used to. Thanks to everyone who've become friends and thanks to everyone ...
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I was listening to a 9/30 edition of a WNYC Soundcheck podcast featuring a live performance by Damien Jurado playing songs from Caught in the Trees. Although he's a fantastic song-writer, the interview is what I found more intriguing (see link below). As the story goes Jurado, over the years has written primarily in character form; however, due to some tough and dark times over the past year ...
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Do you ever have that feeling of rediscovery? An album you loved years ago but then forgot about. Or, in my case, misplaced in a never ending stack of CD’s spread across rooms, cars, etc. Unexpectedly I found it, scratched to hell; perhaps punishing my negligence. Ah. This reminded me of other not-so-fun times. Like when I loaned a CD out and got it back broken in half.Luckily this story ends d.
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i'm in tin top, texas. it's not so near denton. nor anything, for that matter. there's a freeway, then a paved road, then an unpaved road, and then: tin top. miles of flatness, a gun store, a few sheds and a handful of cows. this week, tin top's been soaked through by thunderstorms, the kind that sneak in and unleash. I've driven up & down the unpaved roads today, watching the rain and the sun ...
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The newest Damien Jurado album, "Now That I'm In Your Shadow," has been out for sometime but I'm late to the show, as usual. To me, this is Mr. Jurado's strongest effort since "The Ghost of David" and that was a few albums ago. There's something very comforting about Damien's soft spoken folk songs. Even when he's lamenting about cheating husbands and killers he still makes you quietly tap you...
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Damien Jurado and pinkfish(Photo by pinkfish)Damien Jurado - 2006 October 19Hotel Cafe - Los Angeles, CA01: Hoquiam02: And Now That I'm In Your Shadow (false start)03: And Now That I'm In Your Shadow04: There Goes Your Man05: Denton, TX.06: Tragedy07: Gasoline Drinks08: Abilene09: What Were The Chances10: Gillian Was A Horse11: Lottery12: December13: MontesanoGig rating: 7.5/10Recording quality...
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Pinkfish and I caught Damien Jurado at Hotel Cafe in LA last week. Here's some dark video from my camera ... the audio recording came out great and will be available for download in a few days ...Note: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License.
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My good friend Ryan Hanson loves Damien Jurado. Not for the his quietly raspy croon or his earnest lyrics, but instead because “Damien Jurado is ugly as hell.” Now I don’t really know by what standards Ryan is judging Jurado, or even what Damien Jurado looks like, but I think I understand the appeal. Doing the singer-songwriter thing is a hard thing to do well, but Damien Jurado does it in s
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New Wax Seattle's Damien Jurado has cemented himself as a veteran of indie folk-rock and his recent releases have been predominantly somber journeys so the more upbeat feel of his new album Caught In The Trees seems like a sensible respite for the songwriter. Background vocalist Jenna Conrad adds an interesting element to the material and the rock-out knob is turned a few notches up from ...
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And Now That I am in your Shadow- Damien JuradoDisciples of California- Skygreen LeopardsEverything All the Time- Band of HorsesBeware of the Maniacs- Dodo BirdPassover- The Black AngelsMosaic- Woven HandAvatar- Comets on FireMeek Warrior- Akron/FamilyTo Find Me Gone- VetiverFuturesex- Justin Timberlake (my guilty pleasure)I saw an assload (?) of great shows this year, we live in the greatest m...
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Damien Jurado's new album Caught In The Trees drops this Tuesday, September 9th, via the Secretly Canadian label. That evening, here in Los Angeles, AD is presenting the second night of his Fall tour at Spaceland. We have three pairs of tickets for the show. Hit up the comments below with your name and a [...] ~~
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