At least according to NPR’s All Songs Considered listeners. They’ve managed to find some real gems, which is kind of refreshing - I feel like I haven’t heard any good “new” music in ages.
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I discover so much great new music when I listen to KCRW’s music stream, like the Marcin Wasilowski piano trio whose jazzy, instrumental version of Prince’s Diamonds And Pearls
The song ‘Not Going Home’ by The Elected is one of my favoritest discoveries of SXSW 2006. Today I happened upon their set Dec 5, 2005 set on Morning Becomes Eclectic and fell in love all over again.
The Elected is headed up by Blake Sennet, guitarist of Rilo Kiley, another band I have no exposure to but possibly should.
Yeah, I’m always a little late to catch on to good music. But usually I get there.
Have a listen. If you like what you hear, listen some more:
Tim introduced me to PandoraJam, a little piece of Mac OS X shareware that’s so sweet I bought the license (a bargain at $15).
PandoraJam is essentially Pandora.com as a standalone application, with keyboard shortcuts and the awesome ability to stream tunes through our Airport Express. Cooler still is its ability to record the stream as mp3, splicing and tagging the songs for iTunes goodness. Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen, but I’ll just enjoy it until it does.
Prince is not only playing 21 gigs in London this summer, but he’s also giving away a free copy of his new album (unavailable in stores) with the
The music.
Where else in the world can you find a line-up as amazing as that of this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Massive Attack, String Cheese Incident, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, the Flaming Lips, Jose Gonzales, John Mayer, the Raconteurs, the Shins, Ween, Los Lonely Boys, Gnarls Barkley, Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band, Secret Machines, Gomez, Kathleen Edwards, Wolf Parade, Jack Ingram, Sparklehorse, Thievery Corporation, Ben Kweller, G. Love and Special Sauce, Matisyahu, Damien Rice, Kings of Leon, Iron & Wine, Kasey Chambers, Aimee Mann, Nickel Creek, Damian Marley, Calexico, the New Pornographers, Son Volt, Guster, Galactic, KT Tunstall, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Centro-matic, Marah, Nada Surf, I Love You But I
Sadly, he hasn’t made it into the U.S. main stream, and so most of his albums are priced at spendy import prices. (Someone in the UK wanna hook me up? wink! wink!) But KCRW’s podcast is almost just as good. The interview is quite charming, as well.
Some reviews that should make you want to listen to Lewis Taylor RIGHT NOW:
The Guardian: “Taylor… can transform one man’s world-weariness into his own anthem, His time cannot be far away”
The Times: “Here’s a bloke with an abundance of talent…dazzling us with his cerebral, convoluted chord structures…made all the more impressive when you realise that he played every instrument and wrote all its songs.” Album of the Week
Time Out: “This is the soundtrack of sun, ice cream and bronzed bodies. Smooth.”
A cold front blew into Austin last night and made for very chilly fingertips on the bike ride in to work this morning. I was around 24th and Rio Grande when Morning Becomes Eclectic started up, featuring the Clientele.
I challenge you: tell me what could be more perfect for the changing season than the Clientele?
Now I want to make myself a cup of tea, wrap an afghan blanket around me, and cozy up with someone special.
Yes, it’s that good.
The first song on the podcast is actually about autumn, but I can’t seem to locate the lyrics or the album that this song belongs to. Is it new? I love it, and I must have it!
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