So a little further prodding provided me with a bit more detail on Beck’s next release. It seems that:
1. The new album may (or may not?) be called Modern Guilt, and may (or may not?) release in June.
2. Danger Mouse (the non-singing half of Gnarles Barkley) may be responsible for much of the delicious [...]
Category Archives: Music
Beck + Danger Mouse = Awesome Sauce?
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Sweet Mother of Mighty Music!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
As if I didn’t already love The A.V. Club, I just read happy news on their site about upcoming albums from two musical acts which I dig.
Apparently Sigur Ros is dropping a new album on June 24th, and - this one really has me pumped - BECK is expected to release a new album [...]
Vitamin Records
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
On this past weekend’s episode of This American Life (the radio program) I caught two string quartet arrangements of some Led Zeppelin music - “Stairway to Heaven” and “Dazed and Confused” - so, naturally, I had to find out who performed the songs.
It turns out to be a group called The Vitamin String Quartet, which [...]
Pork and Beans and Everything Else
Friday, May 23, 2008
Okay, so Weezer has fallen out of my favor because of everything they’ve spewed from the Green Album forward, but this video is actually pretty sweet - a sort-of YouTube retrospective of the last several years:
(via Adam and Jeremy)
Hang Ten
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Below is musician Manu Delago playing an instrument called the Hang…
This instrument is a fairly recent development by Swiss makers in 2000, and seems most commonly to be played with hands or other percussive implements.
Leo Kottke: Live at The National Theater
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Having just returned from tonight’s show, I’m blown away both by the musicianship I witnessed and the venue in which it took place. This was my first show at The National Theater as well as my first Leo Kottke concert, and now I wish I’d seen both sooner.
Now I’ve heard plenty of Kottke’s music [...]
Mixwitless
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
So reading through USA Today’s website, I found out about some other online mixtape service called “Mixwit.”
This thing stinks of venture funding and dreams of monetizing.
Sure, Mixwit beat Muxtape to the punch by several weeks, at least based on each app’s blog. But Muxtape has developed into a clean, easy to use system of [...]
Jazztastic
Monday, May 12, 2008
I’ve just assembled a new Muxtape painting a picture of my jazz collection with broad strokes.
Ladies and gentlemen, Jazztastic:
The Bad Plus - Big Eater
Astrud Gilberto - It Might As Well Be Spring
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Strange Meadow Lark
Miles Davis - Blue in Green
Taylor Barnett - What Do You Think Of Me?
David “Fuze” Fiuczynski & Rufus [...]
A Concert Effort
Monday, May 12, 2008
This Thursday I’m going to see Leo-freaking-Kottke perform at The National. Valerie is joining me, and I’m looking forward to having my face melted, acoustic style.
Anybody that reads my site ever been to The National yet? Is it any good as a venue?
