Destined to make your Sunday a little more fun
Listen to Your English is Good by Tokyo Police Club. You can find it on their myspace page, or on the old machine. Here’s the video.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=738rwTEJFFQ[/youtube]
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Listen to Your English is Good by Tokyo Police Club. You can find it on their myspace page, or on the old machine. Here’s the video.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=738rwTEJFFQ[/youtube]
Some great shows happening in Toronto tonight, I’m pretty sure a lot of people had to make that choice.
On one end of the city, Caribou with Born Ruffians
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S13JQjBhH2c[/youtube]
Sandy by Caribou
and on the other?
Battles with White Williams. I wish I had writers, I’d send them.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU[/youtube]
Atlas by Battles
Both shows are being put on by RMS, Toronto’s best booker in my opinion.
Anyone heard Marissa Nadler‘s cover of Cowgirl In The Sand? It’s here at her myspace page for download. When I first heard her voice, I couldn’t remember how it sounded familiar. Then I realized she performed a cover of one of my favorite songs. She sang the haunting cover of Radiohead’s No Surprises for Stereogum’s 10 year anniversary OK Computer compilation.
Her most recent record is called Songs III: Bird on the Water; dark and atmospheric songs revolving ‘around the demise of a love relationship as well as eulogies and dirges‘. Think dreamy mix of folk, dream pop and sadness. And I bet her voice will grab you.
Find a couple new tracks here at Daytrotter. Here is Diamond Heart.
Marissa Nadler – Bird On Your Grave
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyKnNNGXbGE[/youtube]
While checking some of my favorite blogs, I ended up with a couple mp3s on my computer by Tim Williams.
Kudos to Dovecote Records for putting out Tim’s latest record When Work Is Done. A home to Aberdeen City and Mason Proper, I’ve always thought this label has a good ear for talent. Do you think he looks a little shaggy?? Someone took off with his beard trimmer, his glasses and his computer (which had close to 100 of his demos on it) after his Brooklyn apartment was broken into. This was a day before he was set to do pre-production on this record. Deciding to hurdle this challenge, Tim recalled 50 or so songs and recorded them on a four-track recorder, 25 were selected to be laid to tape with UK producer Dave Lynch (The Duke Special, The Late Greats).
The result is “a strikingly confident work that boldy drifts from keyboard-laden marches (To And From Tomorrow), to earnest Americana (Lessons) and fuzzed-out electro balladry (Out There)“. Sounds kind of like Ryan Adams and something else I can’t quite figure out right now. Can you?
Check out Novel. Here’s the video. Find more of his songs at his website, myspace, or two old songs I found at his label.
You might know this track from the new Radiohead album In Rainbows. Here’s the solo version, Thom on the piano, from the basement. Still digesting new Radiohead. So far though, they’re still my number one band.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0MI3gtaqfY[/youtube]