We wish Taylor from Music for Kids… happiness for his wedding this weekend. Congratulations!
Zeon Music has a host of covers plus a leaked Lily Allen demo.
You Ain’t No Picasso reviews an Elf Power show in a small venue.
Yellow Stereo has the lowdown on the upcoming Of Montreal album, due in November, and a tour plus [...]
Wow, an actual rock band from Mississippi–I guess there are a few! (I’m allowed to say things like that because I grew up there) The five members of the Weeks also look like, if all their ages were added together, they’d have only a few more years than I have by myself. Well, [...]
Uncle T, our Dallas connection, saw Tom Waits in concert a couple of weeks ago, and today shares the experience. Waits, with over 30 years’ worth of recordings, provides us with a time-traveling setlist.
Tom Waits at the Palladium, Dallas, 6-23-08
The band:• Tom Waits: vocals• Omar Torrez: guitar• Larry Taylor: upright bass• Casey Waits: [...]
It’s difficult to keep up with Joe Arthur these days. He has released four EPs this year, culminating recently with Foreign Girls. Put these together, and it’s the equivalent of a double album. I confess I haven’t listened to all of them even though Arthur is worthy of the time.
Arthur created the [...]
I have to get out of the habit of looking out the window. The little house is empty now. The family moved out yesterday. I watched them, and I was happy for them. But I have gotten so used in the past two months to watching them come and go and [...]
And finally…my personal life has allowed me to return to this blog to bring Alt-gramma a well-deserved break and bring you this week’s Finally Friday, which has been on hiatus with me. I’m glad to be back to co-writing this blog, but I’m waaaay out of the loop, since I haven’t been listening to [...]
I am always thrilled to hear when we’ve found an artist just starting out, and then they begin to move up the ladder of success. It makes me feel kind of smug and validated, like, hey! I know what I’m talking about here! Let’s catch up with two of them:
Hearts of Palm UK
Their [...]
This week’s Time Travel Tuesday features an unusual combination of very, very old music and a young musician who brings it to life for today’s audiences.
I heard from another member of the audience that Frank Fairfield, the young man who opened the Fleet Foxes’ two Los Angeles-area shows at the end of June, arrived at [...]
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A Piece of What You Need is Teddy Thompson’s fourth album, released June 17. He has worked with both of his famous parents, Richard and Linda Thompson, opening shows [...]
The Dutchess, the Duke and Donnie
Seattle three-piece The Dutchess and the Duke have been opening shows for the Fleet Foxes on their current tour. These photos are from their show with Fleet Foxes at the Echo on June 28. Kimberly Morrison and Jesse Lortz are the two title characters, with Donnie Hilsdat assisting [...]
