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What’d I Say

Sean — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:06:49 +0000

This is one of the best interviews with Tom Waits we’ve ever heard.

(Jesse Dylan)

In God’s Country

Sean — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:53:07 +0000

We love this song from Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland’s Whitehorse project.

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Melanie — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:32:35 +0000

Tom Waits‘ first album of all-new material in 7 years, Bad As Me, hits retail next week, and terrific press is beginning to roll in. The Jon Pareles feature in the New York Times is thoughtful and wonderful.

You Don’t Know Me at All

Melanie — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:31:33 +0000

The New York Times is hosting an exclusive full album stream of Nick Lowe‘s The Old Magic, out next week on Yep Rec. It’s one of a select few albums to premiere on the Times‘ site to date. Listen here.

Larry Rohter will also do a feature on Lowe in the paper next week.

Lowe’s tastes run deep, as evidenced by a recent guest DJ appearance with Bob Boilen on NPR Music.

Boomer’s Back

Sean — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:18:09 +0000

Ry Cooder is near the top of our all-time-faves list and we are so excited to share this new tune from his forthcoming Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down which hits the street on August 30.

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Berlin Wall

Sean — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:58:05 +0000

We dig the Bay Area band The Heavenly States and their clever, melodic wordplay. Check out “Berlin Wall” with Spoon’s Britt Daniel on vox!

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Love Me Two Times

Sean — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:26:49 +0000

The great Drive-By Truckers played Letterman this week and David liked their soulful rendition of Eddie Hinton’s “Everybody Needs Love” so much that he asked them for a reprieve to close out the show. Great stuff!

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Ocean of Noise

Melanie — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:33:59 +0000

Largehearted Boy has culled an impressive number of audio streams, performance videos, and downloads from Bonnaroo. If you’re curious about the sets from Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, Buffalo Springfield, the Black Keys, etc., this is the place to find them.

Happy with You

Melanie — Tue, 24 May 2011 20:33:40 +0000

It was great to see so many of you at the Non-Commvention in Wilmington. Here is a list of the songs we played in the Music Meeting on Saturday:

	Blind Pilot	“We Are the Tide”
	The Jayhawks	“She Walks in So Many Ways”
	Motopony	“King of Diamonds”
	Bon Iver	“Calgary”
	The Bewitched Hands	“Happy With You”
	Gillian Welch	“Scarlet Town”
	Gary Clark Jr.	“Bright Lights”
	Vetiver	“Wonder Why”
	Theophilus London	“Wine and Chocolates”
	The Heavenly States	“Berlin Wall”
	Dionne Bromfield	“Yeah Right”
	Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.	“Simple Girl”

I’ve Seen My Palette Blown to Monochrome

Melanie — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:06:12 +0000

Check out this wonderful short essay from NPR Music‘s Ann Powers about the blurring of racial and cultural lines in indie rock, and the benefits reaped from those blurred lines as evidenced at SXSW.

TV on the Radio at SXSW 2011