A few of my favorite videos of the moment. The (above) La Big Vic session at Newtown Radio is really something special. Hi-fi to the max, this is them peaking on a song I've been hearing them jam locally for a long while now. Couldn't be more excited for the LP to drop (Ed note: there is a song called "Bobka Jam" on the Actually Shout out Russ & Daughters!). Also, sick video for "Mr. Broken Bird" by Mr. Luke Wyatt below. Watch out.
Outer Space recently ripped arpeggios throughout the Schoolhouse and Market Hotel. The latter encounter left me with mild brain damage for 26 hours. I woke up the next day with mind ooze all over my pillow, kinda flabbergasted as to how I got home. Shout out Dunkin Donut's Egg & Cheese on Croissants.
Tequilla Rambo homieLieven Martins brought his Dolphins into the Future enterprise to NYC for the first time in a few years. The result was a cosmo-coral submergence, not unlike the time I went diving in Thailand and this Dutch dude named Remi put a sea urchin in my hand and it stung me and I had to squeeze purple poison out of my hand for, like, 10 minutes while breathing underwater. This video from Sydney is sublte, and awesome.
"Warning: This Video Contains Flashing Lights" Bjork "Wanderlust"
It's been a good year for music videos. We like them. They make the work day go by that much faster. And with the exception of "Parisian Goldfish", they probably won't get you fired. Here are some of our favorite videos from 2008. Enjoy.
M83 "Graveyard Girl"
M83 "Kim & Jessie"
Flying Lotus "Parisian Goldfish"
Hercules & Love Affair "Blind"
Evangelicals "Midnight Vignettes"
Efterklang "Illuminant"
My Morning Jacket "Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2"
"May you one day carry me home" Anyone who knows me knows I have a major crush on Emmylou Harris. Not only does she have one of the most pristine voices I've ever heard, she's also one hell of an American beauty. Today just so happens to be Emmylou's 61st birthday and in celebration I thought I'd share some of my favorite Emmylou collaborations. Of course, this was no easy task as Emmylou has a knack for remarkable collaborations. Whether it be her timeless work with Gram Parsons, the Trio records with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, or her backing vocals on Dylan's Desireand Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, Emmylou's sultry voice is so immaculate it could make doves cry. While her catalog spans decades, one of my personal favorites is a rather recent track she recorded with Ryan Adams. The two met while filming a Gram Parsons tribute for the old PBS program Sessions at West 54th. As the story goes, Ryan was so nervous about performing with Emmylou that he vomited after singing the first line of "Grievous Angel" during rehearsal. Of course, he got over it in time to film an exquisite cover of one of my favorite Gram Parsons songs (see video below). The two must've hit it off, as Emmylou sings backup on Heartbreaker's "Oh My Sweet Carolina", a classic example of how her flawless vocal can make a sad song 'oh so sweet'.
One of her most famous collaborations is the only studio track from The Band's Last Waltz. Yes, The Last Waltz was the Band's last concert, and the Band did perform "Evangeline" on that fateful Thanksgiving night in 1978. However, Harris, who was asked to perform by Robbie Robertson, had prior touring commitments and couldn't make it, even going as far as suggesting "Why don't you get Dolly Parton?" Weeks later Robertson's vision of performing the song with Emmylou came true as she gathered with The Band at MGM studios for a post-concert shoot to be included in the film. The song, just over 3 minutes, ended up taking over 18 hours to shoot. No, that is not a typo. Harris says in the Last Waltz liner notes "If I had any thoughts about going into the acting business, they were squelched right there." Luckily, Martin Scorsese finally got a good take, and like David Fricke says in the liner notes, Emmylou "shimmered like an Appalachian angel in an ice-blue chorister's gown, her voice radiating chastity and sensuality in equal measure."
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