Wow, That’s a Good Song: Laura Marling, “Sophia”
Laura Marling, who has been previously featured on this site, is one of the artists at the forefront of England’s folk revival movement of the past several years. The young singer-songwriter is due out with her third album, A Creature I Don’t Know, slated to come out on September 12. “Sophia” is the first single […]
Wow, That’s A Good Song: Gotye, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
Australian multi-instrumentalist Gotye returns with new album Making Mirrors, his first of all original material since 2006’s Like Drawing Blood. The second single, “Somebody That I Used to Know”, features New Zealander Kimbra on vocals. Gotye’s music has a vaguely experimental, electronic feel to it, and this song is no exception. Â The video is vaguely […]
Concert Review: Andrew Bird, Colorado Chautauqua (Boulder), 8/10/11
We’re having fun guessing where Andrew Bird’s sock monkey ran off to, because there was no monkey in front of the Janus horn tonight, either. Current frontrunner theories: a holiday in Mallorca, getting another bespoke monkey suit made, off seeing Rise of the Planet of the Apes. But I think I can manage to put […]
Concert Review: Andrew Bird, Arvada Center, 8/9/11
There is something pretty magical about Colorado in the summer. That goes double for concerts in the quasi-outdoors. Arvada is a suburb to the northwest of Denver, and it’s a place where fields with horses are interspersed with strip malls. Crickets were audible during the performance — something Andrew Bird commented on tonight. “It sounds […]
This Week in Great Music: 8/8 – 8/14
Lollapalooza’s over, and now the city as a whole collapses into a post-Lolla nap. For the whole week. I mean, really. Is it just me, or is there really very little of note going on this week? Monday, August 8 My Brightest Diamond with Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free Robbie Fulks, […]