April 29, 2013

Some brand new (to me) songs from a brand new (to me) band. Oh, and some brand new (to everyone) songs by an old favorite. And then some others thrown in for fun. Extra points for the songs that bring tears to my eyes.


Augustine - We Are Augustines
Headlong Into The Abyss - We Are Augustines
Book of James - We Are Augustines
New Drink for the Old Drunk - We Are Augustines
Patton State Hospital - We Are Augustines
Strange Days - We Are Augustines
Barrel of Leaves - We Are Augustines
Be Free, A Way - The Flaming Lips
Always There, In Our Hearts - The Flaming Lips
Sun Blows Up Today - The Flaming Lips
Mercy - Shiny Toy Guns

April 26, 2013

Not good times. Betrayal. Silence. The dreaded specter of rejection. And yeah, I'm finding solace in depressing music and early albums by The National.



Pain - Sparklehorse (feat. Iggy Pop)
Everytime I'm With You - Sparklehorse (feat. Jason Lytle)
Daddy's Gone - Sparklehorse (feat. Nina Persson)
Dark Night of the Soul - Sparklehorse (feat. Vic Chesnutt)
Beautiful Head - The National
Cold Girl Fever - The National
John's Star - The National
Theory of the Crows - The National
29 Years - The National


More to Come

April 25, 2013

These are mostly old songs that resonate.


Intervention - Arcade Fire
Windowsill - Arcade Fire
Breathing Under Water - Metric
Ghost Town - Shiny Toy Guns

More to come.

April 22, 2013

It's a busy time, but here are a few songs that caught my attention. The new album from the Flaming Lips looks terrific as usual.



Myth - Beach House
You Lust - The Flaming Lips
Try to Explain - The Flaming Lips
Sex - 1975
Your Life, Your Call - Junip
Teach Me - Keaton Henson


More to come.

April 12, 2013 (Addendum)

And because I wanted to finish out the ones I liked from the SXSW NPR 1000 before the weekend... here is one more post....


San Francisco (Little Daylight Remix) - The Mowgli's
Mexico - The Staves
But We Did - Thomas Dybdahl
Peace and Quiet - Waxahatchee
Sandy - Whirr
Balled of the Golden Hour - Widowspeak
Dropla - Youth Lagoon


And this weekend I note that Coachella, the annual gathering of rich, pretty, afficianados of good music in the California desert, is taking place. Damn do I wish I was there. It's the first major music festival of the summer and thanks to the marvelous people at Youtube as well as the gods of the world wide web, many of the shows can be seen streaming from my living room. I will be up way too late every night this weekend, and will be tempted to completely withdraw from life with my ear buds pounding, but I should have heard some new music by Monday.

The search for new music never ends.

April 12, 2013

And even more SXSW.



Year Of The Glad - Marnie Stern
Headache - Metz
Shout It Out - Mikal Cronin
Roboter-Hohlenbewohner - My Education
Ramona - Night Beds
What's Your Name - NO
Ghosts - ON AN ON
Stoned and Starving - Parquet Courts
The Emasculated Man and the City That Swallowed Him - Quiet Company
I Want To Be Relieved - Spirit Family Reunion
Ghosts & Creatures - Telekinesis
Dressing Room - The Away Days
Mary Ann Nichols - The Calm Blue Sea
The Match - The Eastern Sea
Snake Eyes - The Milk Carton Kids

More to come...

April 11, 2013

Back to work after a couple glorious days off in the sunshine. Also listening with a brand spanking new pair of ear buds. Got a great deal on a pair of Klipsch Image S4's on Amazon so I'm enjoying sparkling clear sound. Not sure what to think about the importance of burn-in. I guess I'll see if I notice any improvement in the sound quality in the coming months. We'll see.... Anyway, more music from SXSW.

Ode to Mom - Hannah Georgas
Bright Stars Burning - Hey Marseilles
Boreal - Hundred Waters
Born to Win (Part One) - Hurray For the Riff Raff
I am Haunted - Indians
Running for Cover - Ivan and Alyosha
Love For Long - Jenny Owen Youngs
Born To - Jesca Hoop
Nomads - Joe Banfi
You're A Animal - Jonathan Boulet
Julie (Come Out Of The Rain) - Josh Rouse
Plant White Roses - Kelly Hogan
Roman Ruins - Line and Circle
Turn It Around - Lucius


More to come...

April 8, 2013

... and more from the NPR Austin 100. These leftover SXSW songs are helping me get through some pretty rough days and weeks at work. Music is like that. And in other news my cheap earbuds are just about done. So I'm looking around for a good price and some money to spend to get some decent, and hopefully longer lasting set of in-ear phones.You never know what you have until it's gone. I need that direct injection of music into my brain. It's important....



How Long Have You Known - DIIV
Property Lines - Dusted
Heavy Moon - Elephant Stone
Boy - Emma Louise
Don't Tell Me - Empress Of
James - Ex Cops
I am Not Waiting Anymore - Field Report
Matter of Time - Fierce Bad Rabbit
San Francisco - Foxygen
State Hospital - Frightened Rabbit
Silver Linings - Guards
Bad Reputation - Haley Bonar


More to come...

April 4, 2013

More songs coming out of NPR's Austin 100. Some intriguing and fascinating new music.

America's Son - Air Review
You Know Me - Air Traffic Controller
Elephants - Blaudzun
Shake, Shake, Shake - Bronze Radio Return
Late Nights - Brown Shoe
In The City - Caveman
High School Lover - Bigfoot
Among the Grey - Cheyenne Mize
Days and Days - Chic Gamine
Lake Charlievoix - Dana Falconberry


More to Come...

April 2, 2013

Some new things I've run across....

You Don't Know Me - The Polyphonic Spree
This Ladder is Ours - The Joy Formidable
Heartbeat - The Kopecky Family Band
Illusions  - Shout Out Louds
I Know it (I Feel it, Too) - The Soil and The Sun
Born to Kill - The Thermals


As always - more to come...

April 1, 2013

Another long gap. There's still lots of music floating around my head - as always. Just too many other things to keep up with. I'll try and list a few of the things that are making life pass a little more pleasantly right now


Plastic Cup - Low
Song For Zula - Phosphorescent

Lost - Amanda Palmer

Bottom Feeder - Amanda Palmer
Madness - Muse

Now is Not the Time - CHVRCHES

Wait For Me - Shiny Toy Guns

La Pared - Ileana Mercedes Cabra

Demon Dance - Surfer Blood

Look... The Sun is Rising - The Flaming Lips

Hopefully much more to come later.