http://www.songlinesmusic.com Songlines Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:55:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's the hot-off-the-presses video for She & Him's new single, "In the Sun." It's every ounce of the sweetness and light you'd expect. [youtube W18_OO8TD78] http://www.songlinesmusic.com/2010/03/11/in-the-sun/ I don't know anyone who doesn't delight in the pleasure inherent in watching a Rube Goldberg device flow through its motions to a successful conclusion. Though OK Go has been around for a relatively short time, they've quickly become known for their creative videos. Their latest, for "This Too Shall Pass," ... http://www.songlinesmusic.com/2010/03/10/get-it-together/ If I talk to you regularly, or if you have other friends in Pittsburgh, Philly, Baltimore, or DC, you've no doubt heard about the overwhelming amounts of snowfall and cold that we've experienced this winter. Here in the 'burgh, we had our first major accumulation of snowfall on December 16, ... http://www.songlinesmusic.com/2010/03/08/comin-down-the-mountain/ Spoon continues to garner universal critical acclaim for their latest album, Transference. Last night, they performed on Letterman, offering up a blistering version of "Got Nuffin'". As Stereogum put it best: they got swagger. [youtube MI6SNNeojw8] http://www.songlinesmusic.com/2010/03/05/i-feel-like-im-dreaming/ It's been just over a year since I was making the commute from Manhattan out to the Songlines office in Westchester County. As many of you probably remember from talking to me back then, the daily trek wasn't particularly challenging in nature -- only in length. It took about an ... http://www.songlinesmusic.com/2010/02/19/block-party/ So much is being blogged, Twittered and said about John Mayer's recent interviews in Rolling Stone and Playboy. Check out this interesting discussion from yesterday's Los Angeles Times online between veteran music journalists Ann Powers and Rob Tannenbaum (the man who conducted the interview for Playboy). Tannenbaum discusses the two ... http://www.songlinesmusic.com/2010/02/13/955/ Our lives seem to be flying by at an increasingly rapid pace. I often wonder about the little details I'm missing, and take an inordinate amount of pleasure from the information that I actually retain by the end of each day. Maybe this notion is the reason why I find Al ... http://www.songlinesmusic.com/2010/02/10/walking-to-new-orleans/ Each day this week, Hype Machine has been posting 10 of the top 50 albums of 2009, calculated based on the top 10 lists of 550 music bloggers, to reveal an altogether different sort of an end-of-year rundown. For Triple A programmers and listeners, this list is worth a look ... http://www.songlinesmusic.com/2010/01/08/believe-the-hype/ It took me a long time to jump on the Twitter bandwagon. I scratched my head at its usefulness until I bit the bullet and signed up to see what all the fuss was about. Quickly, you realize that it's more about what you get than what you post. David ... http://www.songlinesmusic.com/2010/01/06/twitterpated/ Check out NPR Music's terrific memoriam of important musicians lost in 2009. http://www.songlinesmusic.com/2009/12/30/late-for-the-sky/