December 2009
8 posts
I feel might fine y'all / I've got music on my...
You know that song “Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas” by Okkervil River? Bet you can’t guess how I’m spending my Christmas Eve this year. mp3: Otis Redding - White Christmas mp3: Otis Redding - Merry Christmas, Baby It just wouldn’t be Christmas without Otis. I also have Jimmy Stewart to thank for instilling some much-needed holiday cheer into my...
Strung out like some Christmas lights, out there...
Heather over at Fuel/Friends recently re-posted that gorgeous Daytrotter recording of “I Won’t Be Found” by The Tallest Man on Earth that I stumbled across and shared with you here. She wrote about how the slow piano version of the song kicked her legs out from under her, similar to the first time that she heard Ryan Adams’ “Avalanche” from 2004’s Love is...
use your eyes / the world goes and flutters by
Today was already a pretty great day… and then I heard this. mp3: Jónsi - Boy Lilikoi from Go Jónsi, a.k.a. Jón Þór Birgisson of Iceland’s Sigur Rós, will release his first solo album, entitled Go, on March 22nd. I try to avoid overusing the word “stoked,” but indeed, that is exactly what I am. My love for Sigur Rós runs deep, and as always, I am happy to share...
Gonna run out in the meadow to catch the silence...
When most people make mention of The Tallest Man on Earth, they are referring to this Turkish dude. There is, however, another man who has earned this title. Although Kristian Matsson only stands at 5’8, his gorgeous folk songs (that shamelessly have Bob Dylan’s influence written all over them) could easily make him tower over any Guinness World Record holder. I am positively in love....
if you would come back home / we could start all...
If I’m going to be perfectly honest, it’s been an unexpectedly cold, emotionally trying week. Nothin’ that some sad, wintery William Fitzsimmons tunes can’t fix though. Brutal honesty is probably my most-loved characteristic of music and William’s lyrics are impossibly sincere the same way that Sam Beam or Elliott Smith’s are. I am even more intrigued after...
you can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight...
Fact: I love Billy Bragg so much it hurts. I mean this quite literally — every time I listen to his music I get this unbearable pain my heart that can’t possibly be explained (I know you’ve felt it too). He has written so many of my all-time favourite songs (protest songs + love songs = the way to my heart) and he has one of those voices that so effortlessly welcomes you into...
while we're living / the dreams we have as...
A child running home in the destroyed city of Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina in the hot summer of 1995. View more of Thom Hoffman’s photos here. This week saw the release of War Child: 10, a collection of previously released War Child tracks put together to recognize the 10 year anniversary of the charity’s founding in Canada. If you are unfamiliar with the work that the NGO does, I urge...
So where do the waves go, my love?
I have to apologize for the lack of posts of late. I find it a little ironic that working at a music store during the holidays leaves me so little time to listen to new music (or at least, new music I would voluntarily listen to). With that said, I couldn’t believe it when I realized that it was already December 1st today; before I can even say would-you-like-a-gift-receipt-with-that the...