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[mp3] Punch Brothers Pickathon 8/6/10

October 11, 2010

Here is an antifogmatic for your ears on this dark and dreary post ACL fest Monday morning. This is a Punch Brothers set from this past August at Pickathon indie roots festival in Portland. The dynamic range of the Punch Brothers is awe inspiring. In this set they cover The Strokes, Norman Blake, Radiohead and [...]

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[mp3] Breathe Owl Breathe – The Rock Shop – Brooklyn, NY 9/27/10

October 5, 2010

Its logical that Breathe Owl Breathe comes from Michigan. If you told me that they were from somewhere like Arizona, California or Florida I’d have a heard time believing you. This is because their music sounds like something composed with several feet of snow on the ground outside. Something about the aesthetic paints a “held [...]

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[mp3] Beck & The Flaming Lips Beacon Theater 10/30/02

September 29, 2010

This is one of the most epic performances from one of the most epic music collaborations of the last decade. I remember seeing their Austin City Limits performance and being completely blown away by what seemed like such an unlikely collaboration. By the end of the episode it made perfect sense. The Flaming Lips complement [...]

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[mp3] Townes Van Zandt at The Whole Coffeehouse 9/9/73

September 25, 2010

If you’ve ever wondered what it might be like to sit down next to Townes in your living room and listen to him play some tunes take a listen to this. I’d be surprised if there were more than 20 people in attendance at this performance and the space must have been minuscule. Townes Van [...]

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[mp3] Stevie Ray Vaughan Mr Clean

September 23, 2010

I’m very excited to share this mighty fine SRV show. This is a flawless soundboard recording from New Year’s Eve 1986 in Atlanta’s historic Fox Theatre. You can feel the energy in the room when you listen and although all of Stevie’s performances were jaw dropping there is something different about this one. It probably [...]

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[mp3] Jimi Hendrix Winterland Arena 10/10/68

September 19, 2010

Fourty years ago yesterday Jimi Hendrix left this world. The impact that he had on music is immeasurable and I’m convinced that there will never be another blues stringer that will change the game as much as Hendrix did. The man wrote the book. I’ve always appreciated how unique he was stylistically and although many [...]

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[ACL Preview] The Strokes

September 13, 2010

Of all the headliners at ACL 2010 the one that I’m most excited to see is The Strokes. After being on hiatus since 2006 The Strokes are back with an album scheduled to be released early next year. They’ve been touring through Europe and Australia this past spring/summer and made their first US appearance in [...]

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The Moondoggies

September 7, 2010

The Moondoggies are an excellent group from Seattle that have been dominating my ear buds for the last week or so. They’ve got the perfect culmination of songwriting, vocal harmonies and organic instrumentation. I’m pretty pumped to hear their new album Tidelands is set to be released on October 12. Here is a sample track: [...]

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[mp3] Pearl Jam Acoustic Set + Live In LA 92

September 4, 2010

Here’s a most excellent Pearl Jam bootleg I’ve been wanting to share for quite some time. I don’t know much about it other than the label on the actual disc that says “Acoustic Set + Live In LA 92.” It consists of 6 acoustic cuts and an electric set with a smoking finale of Rockin’ [...]

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[mp3] Songwriter Delight

August 30, 2010

I have just what you need to make manic Monday not so manic. Here are some superb live tracks from three of the finest songwriters that are making up tunes today: Ryan Bingham, Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO September 8, 2009 Tell My Mother I Miss Her So Depression White Freightliner Blues Sweet Louisiana Justin Townes [...]

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