Bon Iver from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo. Bon Iver and his Wisconsin winter heartbreak speak volumes to me. This song in particular Creature Fear speaks to the highs and lows one wants to express but can’t. These Black Can Sessions seem to capture the best out of so many artists. The Black Cab session …
Category Archive: Music
Feb
16
You can never hold back spring Video Tom Waits
As winter plunges ahead in all it’s glory. For those who are like me waiting for the thaw to hit the water, I thought I would post this melancholic Tom Waits video to remind us all that spring is in your heart. I know mine is a little weepy right now…
Feb
08
The Black Keys, Girl is on my mind Video
The Black Keys, Girl is on My Mind, Live at the Fillmore in Detroit from Keith Wikle on Vimeo Let this video stand as tribute to drunk college girls everywhere. And let this quote stand for all time, “21 year old girls should be allowed to drink, they should also be allowed to attend rock …
Feb
02
Gaslight Anthem on Letterman Video
Lest you think that I have gone all soft on posting about music. The young turks, Gaslight Anthem graced David Letterman this week. I will be fortunate enough to go see the Gaslight Anthem with Heartless Bastards April 23 in Chitown. I think this will be one H-E double hockey stick of a show.
Dec
04
Best of 2008 Music
In the spirit of the end of the year and best of lists, I am trying to jump the gun. For most of these bands, I either saw them this year, or the album came out this year. Except the Jam, gotta have an oldie. I really just needed to get my list out before …
Dec
02
Horse Feathers-Curs in the Weeds Video
This new band Horse Feathers has a certain panache. It is certainly a Red House Painters panache, but I am buying what they are selling. I like the strings and the instrumentation. To add insult to injury, I think that is my dream Volvo Wagon in the background. A Silver Volvo SL 1990′s wagon! Put …
Nov
26
Bonnie Prince Billy-Take However Long You Want
This man has been able to say everything that ails a man in his quiet subtle way for as long as I care to remember. I remember first hearing the Horses/Stable Will 7″ in 1993 and quietly going mad in my small room in East Lansing thinking, this guy gets it! I’ve seen Will Oldham …
Nov
24
Brian Eno on NPR-Singing for a long and healthy life
Brian Eno as a maker of many instrumental ambient recordings, (music for airports, music for films, feel the warm jets and so forth) may have surprised some with his pronouncement about singing as a key to happiness and long life on NPR’s This I believe segment. Having been interested in Brian Eno through his work …
Nov
20
New Beach House Single and Video-Used to Be
Dreampop Band Releases Killer Single and Video Beach House released an eponymous LP in 2007 and then a new album, Devotion this year. While I actually shudder to type the word dream pop as a label for the band Beach House, it does seem wildly appropriate. This single and video seems like a whiteout dream …
Nov
12
Two more Broken Social Scene Videos-One is a Cadbury Commercial!
Just when you thought I would stop with the Broken Social Scene… This Cadbury Commercial using Broken Social Scene’s venerable Stars and Sons is pretty dead on. This is one of my favorite tunes actually. I love the bass line, it’s pretty stellar. The commercial is pretty whack with everyone showing up in a park …
