Sunny Day Real Estate, Jimmy Eat World and Glassjaw shared the same stage in Australia last night, that is an epic line-up. Photo is of Dan Hoerner, he doesn't get enough love. Here is a review of the show.
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Australia
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mewithoutYou at Cornerstone
Pretty random entry, but I was going through a lot of old photos recently and came upon this one, which I love. It is outside the Encore 2 tent at Cornerstone 2007.
The new Fair album is out, and as you can tell from Last.fm, I have been listening to it constantly. BUY IT.
20100206
Roy Ira
If this picture isn't enough to intrigue you, then go check out Roy Ira's songs at Myspace or Facebook. Much different than most music I listen to, but equally as good. This description should help you decide whether or not you are interested, taken straight from the band's Myspace: "Sounds like: hank williams and the carter family meet will oldham, perhaps. but not nearly that good. maybe beck 'one foot in the grave' runs into the johnny cash american recordings outtakes. hopefully something like that."
They just recently recorded a new 6 song EP, and you can hear all the songs online. They are performing Feb. 20 at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, TN.
20100205
Reason to buy vinyl #2: Thrice- Beggars
DETAILS:
Artist: Thrice
Album:Vagrant Records
Release date: 12/15/09 (Vinyl; digital release 8/11/09 and CD on 9/15/09)
Tracks: 10
Free digital copy? Yes, includes download card.
Vinyl: 1 LP, clear blue. Pressing limited to 2000 copies, 500 of each color.
Artwork: Contains 24 page 11" x 11" full-color book. Features full lyrics, extensive liner notes, comments by each member of the band on each song, and photography by Matt Wignall. Far more extensive than CD release.
How to buy: www.vagrant.com
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emusic expansion
As much as love vinyl, it is the most expensive form of music. Completely worth the money, but when it comes down to it, if you want a lot of music, and you plan to buy it legally, emusic is the way to go. And emusic just expanded greatly. I won't go in to the details, but you can get lots of "mainstream" music that was never available before. Unfortunately the prices have gone up, but emusic's .40 or .50 a song is still well cheaper than iTunes or Amazon's .99 or 1.29 a song.
Here are today's emusic acquisitions, all but the first are older albums that had not been available on emusic until 2010. The first album is of course the new release from Spoon which dropped two days ago.
Spoon- Transference
Oasis- [What's the Story] Morning Glory
The Offspring- Smash
The Frames- For the Birds
Rilo Kiley- More Adventurous
Tegan & Sara- This Business of Art
20100112
Fair "Disappearing World" Single
I am typically not a huge fan of buying singles, because I end up paying for the song twice when I later buy the album. But I want to support the band Fair, and their new single is out today! You can buy it here.
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Reason to buy vinyl #1: The Appleseed Cast- Sagarmatha
CD and Digital album cover:
DETAILS:
Artist: The Appleseed Cast
Album: Sagarmatha
Label: Graveface Records (Vinyl), The Militia Group (CD and digital)
Release date: 02/24/09
Tracks: 10 (one bonus track only available on vinyl)
Free digital copy? Only for the bonus track unfortunately, because of the different record labels.
Vinyl: 2 LPs, maroon and purple splattered (first pressing, 1000 copies, out of print). First 250 copies were hand numbered. Current/second pressing is black vinyl.
Artwork: Exclusive to vinyl and drastically different than CD/digital version. Honestly mind-boggling that they didn't use the vinyl artwork for all releases; it is far superior.
How to buy: www.graveface.com
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