Laura Veirs

don't you hate it when you get songs stuck in your head?  it doesn't happen all that often for me, but in the past 24 hours i've had a few:

Darren Hayes, "I Forgive You" - woke up with this on the brain
Jewel, "Daddy" - lyric just popped into my mind early
Tori Amos, "Drive All Night" - one of the worst songs from the new album, but somehow still rewarding

i believe i have discovered a new project: cataloging all the rock shows i've ever been to over the past 14 years at last.... MORE

"LAURA VEIRS Galaxies When you sing, when you sing The stars fill up my eyes Galaxies pour down my cheeks Galaxies…they flood the street Galaxies When we dance, when we dance Eels and sea grass float on by I'm 10,000 leagues beneath the sea 10,000 leagues…beneath the green 10,000 leagues When we kiss, when we kiss Bears and boulders vibrate through the air Gravity is dead you see No gravity…all I need is beating red No gravity…"

Really beautiful new album from Laura Veirs. Here's a little from my Dusted review, up today: “'Sorry I was cold, I was protecting myself,' Laura Veirs begins, the first line in the first song (“Pink Light”) of her sixth luminous album, in a voice that is clear and pure and vibrato-free with just the hint of a child’s blurry vulnerability at the edges. It sounds personal, confessional, unadorned and yet with the next line the verse turns fancifully metaphoric. 'Drifting... MORE

Laura Veirs has an excellent new album, Saltbreakers, and this song, "Don't Lose Yourself," is on it.

I find myself putting this song on repeat from time to time... and getting sick of it isn't on the agenda.

She's got a number of good songs, this is one of my favs... Love it?

this past saturday night i talked late into the evening, or early into the next morning, with my best friend. we have known each other for twenty-six years; longer than any relationship either of us have been in, and longer than our parents were ever married. because of the longevity of us we know each other in ways better than anyone knows us, often better than we even know our own self. anytime we get the opportunity to have those kind of conversations that traverse ar... MORE

Laura Veirs just released a wonderful new album called "Saltbreakers". I think it's her best yet. There's one song in particular on there that I've been playing pretty much nonstop: "To The Country". It has a choir on it and it just blows my mind... Here's a videoclip of "Cast a hook in me", also on the same album.

I just happened upon this Laura Veirs concert on npr.org. There is a complete recording of her acoustic concert from her tour with Colin Melloy. Here's a link where you can download the complete concert: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5171264

A dark winter's night swirls around you as you walk past an endless line of car headlights waiting to be shuffled into order at the busy junction ahead. It’s the end of the week and whilst a part of you wants to be home, the other part is willing to linger a while longer, as through your headphones the pure, fragile voice of Laura Veirs is singing a lullaby just for you. It was August of 2005 that her last album Year of Meteors came out and though I didn’t really discove... MORE

very much digging this new discovery. i always was a sucker for those bookish chicks.

"Where gravity is deadAnd the airplanes fly aroundAbove the roaming beesAnd the buzzing townAbove the tattered flagsAnd the rotten show postersAbove the clubs and microphonesAbove the jealous mouths That’s where you’ve found yourselfRiding into the sunOn a raft made for one Red painted radio Towers sing you songsNot, not that something’s wrongYou’ve got ‘em in your headBut doesn’t it get lonelyRiding up there to the sunOn a single raft for oneDon’t you wish for someone... MORE

My new piece on Laura Veirs just went live on MSNBC. This was one of those cases where there was just too much interesting stuff to say about the band. I had a great interveiw with her producer, Tucker Martine, too, but was obliged to only include the material relevant to this project. Laura is a talented songwriter, and her lyrics are very poetic. Seems like she could be Suzanne Vega's little sister. Everyone in this band seems to have a part in the mid-90s Seattle... MORE