Hooray for Covers! Bodia, “Little Lion Man”
I found this on Tumblr, which is usually just a pit of animated GIFs and poorly edited screencaps. Â Thanks, Tumblr, for being useful. Bodia consists of two cousins, Mark Thorn (piano, keyboards) and Mickey Campbell (guitar, vocals), based in New Hampshire. Â Their take on Mumford & Sons’ “Little Lion Man” gives it an interesting electronica […]
This Week in Great Music: 2/7 – 2/13
Good morning, internet. Another quiet week here – I’m guessing all the bands are hibernating? I’d sure like to be hibernating. I’ll be at the Justin Townes Earle show on Thursday, and am thinking about heading to Old Town School of Folk Music on Sunday. Maybe. We’ll see. Monday, February 7 Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 […]
Hooray for Covers! Andrew Bird, “Trials, Troubles, Tribulations”
I didn’t have a stake in last night’s game, so congratulations to all the cheeseheads and sympathies to Steelers fans. There’s probably not much point in speculating how many of my coworkers will be in with vicious hangovers, as they were through drowning their Broncos-related sorrows several weeks ago. Still, any national spectacle of weekend […]
Concert Review: My Brightest Diamond, Lincoln Hall, 2/4/11
A show by My Brightest Diamond, the band/project/experience fronted by Shara Worden, is an experience, half performance art, half prog rock experimental showcase. Â Worden is an expert at wielding her voice like a weapon, not afraid to use her full range in her songs. Â As a vocalist myself, she’s someone who I would love to […]
Recommended Reading: Presidential Campaign Songs, Reviewed
Paul Constant, the books editor of Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger, is taking on presidential campaign songs on Line Out, The Stranger’s music blog. It’s good stuff. For example, on James Madison: Any song with Huzzah in the title should be a balls-to-the-walls party through and through. “Huzzah for Madison” fails at that. It feels perfunctory. […]
January in Review
Now that I’ve found a more reliable place for you to stream my delightful mixes, I’ll be resuming my monthly mix of awesome songs.  Here’s January’s.  It’s even on time, too. Bundle up and stay warm in all this snow, my Midwestern friends. Listen to my ten songs on repeat while you watch the snow fall.