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Left Lane Cruiser - Bring Yo? Ass to the Table
2008-01-05 18:07:00 In Left Lane Cruiser , Alive Records finds another swampy blues act with a heavy dose of pedal steel and grizzly, low-fi vocals. LLC won?t seduce you with poetic lyrics, but they?ll start you off with a whiskey on the rocks to warm you up on the intro track, ?Wash It,? and then run you over ... More About: Table
SXSW 2008 - More bands added. I can?t keep up.
2008-01-04 17:54:00 The buzz is most definitely starting in a big way for SxSW 2008 . The Austinist announces the following bands: REM, My Morning Jacket, Daniel Lanois, The Black Keys, The Kills, My Brightest Diamond, Pato Banton, Vampire Weekend, Joe Lean + The Jing Jang Jong, Jens Lekman, Sia, $olal, Tech N9ne, and Mala Rodriguez Austin 360 reports the ... More About: Bands
REM, Daniel Lanois, The Vines at SXSW 2008
2008-01-04 06:25:00 I guess REM has a new album coming out in April of ‘08 (yawn) and they’ll also be a showcase at SxSW 2008 . Stephen Shirk fav, Daniel Lanois (pictured above), is also rumored to announce his plans to show up in Austin, along with The Vines . All of this according to Undercover.com.au.
iTunes? Best-Selling F@%#*! Songs of 2007
2008-01-03 16:41:00 Has anyone noticed how much cursing is in today?s music? I have. It?s ridiculous. There?s more cursing in today?s music than a truck driver with Tourette?s syndrome. Balls! Tonight when I got home, I decided to take a look at iTunes best-selling 100 songs from 2007. Guess how many had ?explicit? lyrics. Thirty. Isn?t that crazy? ... More About: Selling , Songs , Itunes
SXSW 2008 Band List, Updated
2008-01-02 17:02:00 The Austinist has posted a list of the rumored acts to appear at SXSW in a few months. Here’s the list of bands they’ve posted, but head over there for more details, including some showcases. Bon Iver, the Dodos and Plants and Animals are the big standouts for me. AA Bondy A Place to Bury Strangers Birthday ... More About: Band , List , 2008
XM Tracks: Coconut Records and Octoberman
2008-01-01 18:12:00 XM Tracks highlights my new music discoveries via XM Radio, mostly pulled from one of these stations: X Country, XMU or The Verge. These are the two most recent songs that stayed in my head long after my head has left my car. Coconut Records - “West Coast” As a general rule, I try to avoid any ... More About: Cord
Top 5 Songs of 2007
2007-12-31 17:17:00 Every list is subjective, and while these are probably not the “best” 5 songs of the year, they continuously found their way into my playlist in 2007. Some of them made our Top 50 Albums of 2007 and some didn’t, but all are awesome. In no particular order, here are my Top 5 Songs ...
The Wire - Cole?s Wake, The Pogues ?Sally Maclennane?
2007-12-29 17:44:00 There isn’t a better show on TV than The Wire on HBO. It’s returning on January 6th, so I spent most of December watching past seasons and ran across this superb and touching scene called “Cole ’s Wake ” about Baltimore cops sending off a fallen comrade. The scene features the song “Sally Maclennane” by the ... More About: Music Video , The Wire
Get Excited for NYE, My Morning Jacket Covers
2007-12-28 16:49:00 Recorded live at the Fillmore last New Year?s Eve, see below for some ridiculously sweet My Morning Jacket covers of songs that make you wish you were partying. Archive.org credits a man by the name of Kory Johnson, who took the time to tape this show so your ears could get moist. This Trilogy of ... More About: Covers , Excite , My Morning Jacket
One Track at a Time - Aesop Rock (f. John Darnielle) - Coffee
2007-12-27 16:36:00 Despite my Iowa upbringing and lanky, pale stature, I believe I’m the unofficial rap writer at HearYa. There’s something about a well produced beat and some clever lyrics that get me going, and I have absolutely no problem making that known. And while you won’t ever catch me doing the Solja Boi, I do ... More About: Coffee , Time , Rock , John , Track
Christmas is for drunks and whores too!
2007-12-22 07:53:00 I’m heading out to Kansas City to visit the family for the holidays, so HearYa may be on hiatus until next Wednesday-ish. If you’re out caroling this holiday season, here are a couple of unconventional songs you should throw in the mix alongside the fa-la-la-la-la’s and pa-rump-a-pum-pum’s. You may need to stagger up to ... More About: Christmas , Music Video , Whores
Okkervil River and Cold War Kids - Free EP?s
2007-12-21 17:47:00 Okkervil River and Cold War Kids have offered up two free albums this holiday season. Okkervil’s is available on their site and you can find the Cold War Kids’ Mulberry Street EP at RCRD LBL. Download: Okkervil River - Golden Opportunities Mixtape Cold War Kids - Mulberry Street EP - Download it over here. More About: Free
Someone in Marketing Thinks I Like Hip Hop or Rap or Whatever It?s Called
2007-12-20 16:50:00 Apparently I?m old, stiff, and have trouble ?navigating the culture and spotting trends,? but a marketing person from Complex the magazine culled my name from a database anyway. The magazine says it?s ?A Marck Ecko Production? and claims to be ?the #1 cultural navigator and trendspotter for young men.” This month?s issue features Lil Wayne ... More About: Marketing , Some
HearYa Live Session 11: The Spider Bags
2007-12-18 16:43:00 A couple weeks ago, my son and I made it down to Shirk’s studio for his second “concert.” While not as physically appealing as The Gore Gore Girls, Teddy was still in for a treat with Chapel Hill’s The Spider Bags . The bags hauled their shit up Shirk’s steps and fueled up with some coffee ... More About: Hear , Live
The Snake, The Cross, The Crown - Cotton Teeth
2007-12-17 17:14:00 The Snake The Cross The Crown is one of those bands that I’ve been listening to for nearly the entire year, yet haven’t written a single word about them. The same thing happened to The Broken West. Regardless, I included tStCtC on my Best of 2007 list, so its only fair I say ... More About: Teeth , The Cross , Cotton
Best Albums of 2007 with MP3?s
2007-12-16 19:48:00 Here’s the series of posts if you’d like the lengthy version of our top albums of 2007 with cover art, videos and mp3’s. I’ve summed it all up below. 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 1. Okkervil River ? The Stage Names 2. The National ? Boxer 3. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger 4. Band of Horses ? Cease to Begin 5. Port O?Brien ? The ... More About: Albums
HearYa?s Top 50 Albums of 2007: 1-10
2007-12-15 17:35:00 1. Okkervil River ? The Stage Names Okkervil River - Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe 2. The National ? Boxer The National - Fake Empire 3. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger Ryan Adams - Two Ryan Adams - Everybody Knows 4. Band of Horses ? Cease to Begin Band of Horses ... More About: Music Video , Albums
HearYa?s Top 50 Albums of 2007: 11-20
2007-12-14 16:58:00 11. The Avett Brothers ? Emotionalism The Avett Brothers - Will You Return? 12. Mother Hips ? Kiss the Crystal Flake The Mother Hips - Time Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear 13. Radiohead ? In Rainbows Radiohead “Last Flowers” Live Video (Thom Yorke Solo) 14. Bruce Springsteen ? ... More About: Music Video , Albums
HearYa?s Top 50 Albums of 2007: 21-30
2007-12-13 19:24:00 21. Or, the Whale ? Light Poles and Pines Or, the Whale - Call and Response 22. White Stripes ? Icky Thump 23. Golden Bear ? To the Farthest Star Golden Bear - Darkness Sets In 24. Spoon ? Ga Ga Ga Ga Spoon - The Underdog 25. ... More About: Music Video , Albums
HearYa?s Top 50 Albums of 2007: 31-40
2007-12-12 17:16:00 31. Radio Moscow ? Radio Moscow Radio Moscow - Frustrating Sound 32. Wrinkle Neck Mules - The Wicks Have Met Wrinkle Neck Mules - The Wicks Have Met (Song Clip) 33. Ola Podrida ? Ola Podrida Ola Podrida - Cindy 34. Bishop Allen ? The Broken String Bishop Allen - Rain Bishop Allen - ... More About: Albums
Die! Die! Die! at SXSW 2008
2007-12-12 06:57:00 The New Zealand trio, Die! Die! Die! has announced that they’ll be at SXSW 2008 . Die! Die! Die!- Sideways, Here We Come
The Dodos at SXSW 2008
2007-12-11 17:06:00 The Dodos will be in Austin at SXSW 2008 according to their myspace page. The Dodos - Fools
HearYa?s Top 50 Albums of 2007: 41 - 50
2007-12-11 16:53:00 Most lists I’ve seen around the blogosphere (god I hate that word) are only about 10 to 25 albums deep. Our list topped off at cool, refreshing 50. Stay tuned for a daily countdown to the top album of 2007. Since the music always speaks louder than commentary, we did our best to include an ... More About: Albums
HearYa?s Best EP?s of 2007
2007-12-10 16:45:00 Let’s kick off our best of 2007 series of posts. This list of our best EP’s will be followed up with a series of posts for our top 50 albums of 2007. This year’s best EP was an easy decision. Alberta Cross put forth a powerful effort with The Thief and the Heartbreaker. It’s never ...
Sunday MP3 Roundup, 12.9.07
2007-12-09 18:37:00 The tracks discussed last week… The Sadies - Anna Leigh Jose Gonzalez - Down the Line (courtesy of KEXP) Jason Moran - Snake Stance Jason Moran - Jump Up Cave Singers - Seeds of Night Port O’Brien - I Woke Up Today Or, the Whale - Call and Response Plants and Animals - Lola Who? Nina Simone - Sinnerman Cracker live tracks: Cracker - Lonesome ... More About: Roundup , Sunday
Andrew Bird - Another Show I?ll Miss Tonight
2007-12-08 19:13:00 Andrew Bird is playing tonight at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco. This is the second show this week I won’t be attending and this video makes it painful. That guy is one helluva whistler. More About: Music Video , Show , Miss , Tonight
Plants and Animals - with/Avec EP, SXSW 2008?
2007-12-07 16:30:00 I recently picked up the excellent debut EP by Montreal’s Plants and Animals . It’s a short record, but each of the four songs feels epic in nature. “Faerie Dance” stars off so slow that it lulls you to sleep for the first two and half minutes before slowly building with some heavy-handed piano and strings over ... More About: 2008
On eMusic: Our Live Session with The Gore Gore Girls
2007-12-07 08:20:00 Our session with the Gore Gore Girls is now up on eMusic, for free as usual. Head on over to download it if you’d like. These ladies are tough as nails. We’ve also got two more live sessions in the hopper, so be on the lookout for a new one next week. More About: Hear , Live , Emusic
I Can?t Believe I?m Missing This Show?
2007-12-06 16:30:00 I’m in Scottsdale, AZ for work tonight and I can’t begin to explain how upset I am that I’m missing this show at the Rickshaw Stop. Port O’Brien, The Cave Singers, and Or, the Whale are all there. Cave Singers - Seeds of Night Port O’Brien - I Woke Up Today Or, the Whale - Call and Response The ... More About: Music Video , Show , Missing , Missi
There ain?t nothing wrong with Cracker, cracker-ass cracker!
More articles from this author:2007-12-05 16:43:00 Cracker played a big part in shaping my musical tastes. Camper Van Beethoven was a bit before my time, but Cracker’s 1993 release Kerosene Hat introduced me to the discography of both bands. Part punk, rock, country, alternative, ska…anything else? Pretty much anything I listen to these days has a little bit of ... More About: Wrong , Cracker 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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