The Low Anthem, live in Baeble's Guest Apartment [video]

How do you fit an upright bass, an ancient pump organ, and a set of crotales in a tiny room? Whiskey. Observe.


Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.com

Houston, We Have A Mixtape

Today's latest from the pleasure-centers deeply embedded in my brain. The rest is clogged malted hops and bong resin...

8Tracks of goodness from one of the dopest blogs

8Tracks of delight from http://swill-merchant.blogspot.com/

Joe Pug, Live at Schuba's Tavern

First and foremost, go and buy Joe Pug's EP, Nation of Heat. It's incredible. It's more than a little Dylan, but with, well, feeling? Smart, emotive, real songs, with actual meaning. In fact, if you like it, head to his website. He's got an offer for you. His first full-length comes out sometime this year, and I can't wait.

Joe will be joining one of the strongest Newport Folk Festival's ever on August 2 this summer at Fort Adams in Newport RI. You'll need to go. That's not an option, that's a must.

Here's Joe Pug, live at Schuba's in Chicago

Joe Pug
Schuba's Tavern
5-1-2009

01 How Good You Are
02 Hymn 35
03 I Do My Father's Drugs
04 Banter
05 Call It What You Will
06 Lonely Heart
07 First Time I Saw You
08 She's A Messenger
09 The Door Was Always Open
10 Nobody's Man
11 Speak Plainly Diana
12 Tuning
13 Not So Sure
14 Hymn #101
15 Bury Me Far>Nation Of Heat
16 Ol' 55 (Tom Waits)

Thanks to the taper, Justin, who can be thanked at eradicatore@gmail.com

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Lucero plus Jim Dickinson equals the Coldwater Sessions

Some bands can sing inside a barn or on a door step or in a trashcan and it'll sound good. Ben Nichols owes a lot of that to his voice. At once grizzly beyond his years and drowned in a bottle, Nichols' pipes create imagery of a dusty americana. Of graveled roads and pickup trucks, whiskey bottles and jukeboxes. That's all I need to hear. Cue the record. Get me a beer.

These tracks represent the rough mixes for Lucero's first s/t album, along with some unreleased tracks from the same session. They were invited to record at Jim Dickinson's Coldwater, Mississippi farm/recording studio, just a step outside Memphis (and near Hernando, for you North Mississippi All Stars fans). Dickinson -- who built his reputation as a session player for the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, a producer for Big Star and the Replacements, a sometime solo artist, and patriarch of a small musical dynasty that includes sons Cody and Luther Dickinson -- remains a spellbinding raconteur and sharp-tongued sage of Memphis music.

LUCERO - Coldwater Sessions [2000/2001]

01 Poor Heartache (Coldwater Sessions)
02 All The Same To Me (Coldwater Sessions)
03 A Dangerous Thing (Coldwater Sessions)
04 Dodgin Bullets (Coldwater Sessions)
05 Drink 'Till We're Gone (Coldwater Sessions)
06 Was That You I've Been Kissin? (Coldwater Sessions)
07 It Gets The Worst At Night (Coldwater Sessions)
08 All Sewn Up (Coldwater Sessions)
09 Raising Hell (Coldwater Sessions)
10 Banks Of The Arkansas (Coldwater Sessions)
11 Better Than This (Coldwater Sessions)
12 All These Love Songs (Coldwater Sessions)
13 Hold Fast (Coldwater Sessions)
14 No Roses No More (Coldwater Sessions)
15 Instrumental (Coldwater Sessions)
16 Blue And Gray (Coldwater Sessions)

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Jimmy Fallon and Mos Def get all 'Tricky' on the Roots

Mos Def visited Jimmy Fallon this week, and delivered a searing version of his new track "Casa Bey", complete with full on Roots integration. But up first, Jimmy and Questo get Tricky... all Jimmy needs is the beat....watch.



And after the jump.... Mos Def and The Roots performing "Casa Bey", a.k.a. there's still real hip hop music being created (just turn off the radio).

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Bret Michaels Eats Stage Prop, Stage Prop is My Hero

A Tony Award stage prop does something that I've been trying to do for ages... punch Poison's Bret Michaels in the face.



Bret was good-natured backstage about the gaffe, but he was treated later for a fractured nose, and a bruised ego.

I've watched this about 5 times today, and I'm lovin it.

Red Sox Prospect Loves The Phish [via Glide]

I always knew there was something even MORE promising about Lars Anderson than his hitting abilities. Currently playing for the Red Sox's Double A affiliate Portland Sea Dogs, Lars speaks with a reporter about having to miss the Fenway debut of on of his favorite bands....

Thanks to Mike Dixon for digging this one up for me!



http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/red-sox-prospect-loves-the-phish/
via
http://necn.com/Boston/Sports/2009/06/06/Sox-prospect-Lars-Anderson-not/1244333106.html

Playing For Change: Song Around The World "War/No More Trouble"

Alright, so I don't really care for U2. Anything after Joshua Tree, actually. Ok, well, let me be honest, I just don't like what Bono has become. I can't stand him. Maybe, just maybe, it's his pretentious image and 1200 dollar sunglasses, or maybe it's his unquenchable need to use his name, face and star-status to hoch every single cry-for-humanity worldwide. If a tree falls in Nairobi, Bono's gonna be there to cry about it and to raise money to fix it. Sorry if I'm being insensitive. I'll stop. I'm sure he's a good man at heart, but a ton of people donate their time and money, and don't necessarily try to draw THAT much attention to themselves. Just sayin'.

But, as a counterpoint, this "Playing For Change" thing seems to be taking off nicely, and I've gotta say, it's pretty cool. I'm not gonna elaborate on the concept, because a) you prolly already know about it, and b) if you don't know about the concept, then the video does a pretty good job of explaining.

This clip showcases many artists from around the world, playing Bob Marley's "War/No More Trouble". It's one of my favorite my favorite Marley song, and the video is excellent. Even the presence of Mr. Bono can't unhinge the beauty that lies in the message of this project. Enjoy.

Dan Auerbach - KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic 2009

As evidenced by several posts in the last couple months, there are very few things floating in the blogosphere that have hit my ears quite like Dan Auerbach's album Keep It Hid.  In fact, "When The Night Comes", the centerpiece of the set that follows, will be featured prominently at my wedding reception later this month.  Here's his set on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic from earlier this year.  I love it when the people in charge are also big fans.  Take a listen. Enjoy!!!

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Dan Auerbach - Live In Session On KCRW FM 2009

KCRW Radio FM Broadcast
Santa Monica, California.
Source: FM Broadcast

Live In Studio Session @ Time Of Broadcast

AIRED: Monday, March 16, 2009
STEREO CAPTURE 

Lineage: FM > Onkyo HT-R520 > Analog Out >
HHB-CDR 800 > CDR.WAV > TSSTcorpCDDVDW
SH-S202N > EAC
> CD WAVE Tracking > Flac.8)-> WAV >mp3

01.(=Intro=)
02.Mean Monsoon
03.My Last Mistake
04.Money & Trouble
05.Prowl
06.(=Interview=)
07.I Want Some More
08.Real Desire
09.Streetwalking
10.Keep it Hid
11.(=Outro1=)
12.When the Night Comes
13.(=Outro=)

The Band:

Dan Auerbach - Guitar/Vocals
Abraham Villanueva - Keys
Patrick Hallahan - Drums/Percusion
Jaime Villanueva - Drums
Rene Villanueva - Bass
Dante Schwebel - Guitar

Related Links:

http://www.myspace.com/danauerbachmusic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Auerbach
http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/dan-auerbach

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[Video] Dan Auerbach - "Heartbroken, In Disrepair"

There are so many good things going on in this song, and in this video. So many, in fact, that I'll just leave it at this: I'm stone cold sober, and I feel like I'm two whiskeys in. Cheers.

Sad,Sad,Sad,Sad,Sad day R.I.P. Jay Bennett

Excerpted from Jim Derogatis's article in the Chicago Sun Times :

Jay Bennett, a rock musician with deep ties to Chicago best known as a former member of Wilco, died early Sunday morning in downstate Urbana, where he had been running a recording studio, according to a spokesman for his family.

The singer and multi-instrumentalist was 45 years old.

"Early this morning, Jay died in his sleep and an autopsy is being performed," said Edward Burch, a friend and musician who collaborated with Bennett on the 2005 album "The Palace at 4 a.m." "The family is in mourning and is unavailable for comment at this time."

Born in the Chicago suburb of Rolling Meadows, Bennett began playing in bands as a teenager. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and earned multiple degrees in secondary education, math and political science. In between, he co-founded the Replacements-like power-pop band Titanic Love Affair, which released three albums during the alternative-rock heyday between 1991 and 1996, when it was dropped from its label.

Bennett was working at a VCR repair shop in Champaign when he was tapped to join Wilco as it toured in support of its first album, "A.M." A talented arranger and versatile musician who could play virtually any instrument he picked up, from mandolin to Mellotron, Bennett formed a fruitful partnership with Wilco bandleader Jeff Tweedy. His contributions over a seven-year period were key to the albums that resulted in the band's national breakthrough, including "Being There" (1996), "Summerteeth" (1999) and "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (2002).

Relations between Bennett and Tweedy, both painstaking perfectionists, soured during the latter recording, as documented in the film "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart," and Bennett left the band. Earlier this month, Bennett filed a lawsuit against Tweedy for breach of contract and unpaid artist's royalties, stemming in part from his role in the film.

In late April, Bennett wrote on his MySpace blog about dealing with intense pain from a hip injury suffered during a dive from the stage while playing with Titanic Love Affair. He was....

cont. at http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2009/05/jay_bennett_dead_at_age_45.html

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