Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines [highly rec'd!]I've always admired Okkervil River's ability to self-reflect, to bring you into a song's desolation with Will Sheff and Jonathan Meiburg's deep vocals, fraught with dismay. Though "Lost Coastlines" sounds as though it could be a b-side from The Stage Names, I suspect that the song heralds the use of natural imagery in The Stand-ins. Or maybe I'm just dreaming.
"Cause who said sailing is fine?The Stand-ins will be released on September 9. Watch a trailer on their website.
Leaving behind all the faces that I might replace
if I tried on that long ride, looking deep inside
but I don’t want to look so deep inside yet."
The Broken West - Auctioneer [highly rec'd!]"Auctioneer" is at least as good as the best track on I Can't Go On, I'll Go On which makes me hopeful. The instrumentation is less brassy, more acoustic, and the band seems to be experimenting with more melodies than ever. So I'm psyched.
You can hear more tracks from Now or Heaven on their myspace.
The Little Ones - Morning TideThough their debut full-length Morning Tide was released two or so weeks ago in the U.K., I'm waiting until it's U.S. release in October to listen to the whole album, rather than getting a leak. This song has me particularly excited that the album, though less intensely pop-y than the EP's, will be sweet as ever and thoughtful to boot.
The guys got dropped from their label earlier this year, so go buy one of their EPs!
Labels: okkervil river, the broken west, The Little Ones
Voxtrot, Georgie James, whimpy Congressional Dems, etc.
3 Comments Published by Kate on Wednesday at 5/23/2007 10:53:00 AM.
Voxtrot's first album, self-titled and all, was finally released yesterday to a big collective blogger sigh, seeing how we've all been waiting for this album for about/over year now. Another sigh too, because it's not quite as brilliant as I'd hoped. But still pretty good.Voxtrot - Kid Gloves
Buy Voxtrot from Amazon.com
Just an FYI - They'll be heading to the Black Cat in DC on June 13th (more dates).
Meanwhile, the reason I'm back to posting again is that finals are over and I'm back in Virginia, though still working on unpacking.
Limbeck - Home (Is Where the Van Is) (download or die)
Georgie James, who have been looking for a record label for a few months now, finally settled on Saddle Creek, and changed the planned name of their album without telling anybody. Supposedly before it was "Hello" but now it's Places, and it'll be released in September.
Georgie James - Cake Parade (live)
Buy Georgie James records/singles from Dischord records
Their Website / Myspace
Ted Leo's got some more tour dates, the Little Ones have a new EP coming out with a new track "There's A Pot A Brewin" and some remixes.
A final music-related plee: someone, anyone, please stop by the Satellite Ballroom on your tour this summer.
More of the inside scoop on Giuliani from one of his former NYC admin officials; McCain goes at it with Romney. Hillary can't decide what U2 or KT Tunstall song she wants for her campaign.
Congressional Democrats are whimps and that's all I have to say about that.
Bonus: Wilco - Impossibly Germany
(for a friend who's out of the country at the moment and won't be reading this post)
Labels: Georgie James, Giuliani, Hillary, McCain, Romney, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Little Ones, Voxtrot, Wilco
the Little Ones: Daytrotter Sessions
0 Comments Published by Kate on Thursday at 4/26/2007 03:31:00 PM.
Coming off of SXSW, the Little Ones were generous enough to run over to Daytrotter to record some live versions of songs from their Sing Song EP, as well as an unreleased song...Exciting, no?
The Little Ones - Gregory's Chant
Get the rest here.
Buy the Little Ones' Sing Song EP. I know I did, and it was worth it!
Meanwhile, Bob Dylan is DJing again and touring, and Interpol's given us some info about their upcoming album, Our Love To Admire.
Bonus: Feist - Past In Present
Labels: Bob Dylan, Interpol, The Little Ones
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