Hey, it’s Mike again, you know the friend of Sarah’s from way back who occaisionally fulfills her need for a list of albums because she spends 90,000 hours agonizing over her own. (Do I really like this Andrew Bird album more than this other Andew Bird album?) Ha. I keed. So I did this thing last year, and since I mentioned Paper Route, and Gavin (Paper Route’s drummer) tweeted a link to the site, I gave Sarah a bunch of traffic, so she owes me, and that’s why you get the: . . . → Read More: Guest Post: Seven Albums That Came Out in 2010 That Mike Listened To and Enjoyed the Most
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The first show after the release of A Friend of A Friend was at the Melting Point in Athens, Georgia, and I was there. They went on an hour late — because, Rawlings said, he was trying to make a set list and eventually just threw up his hands and figured it’d all work out somehow. The result then, and in every tape I’ve heard and show I’ve seen since, was something only slightly more formal than a jam session — which is important. . . . → Read More: Album Review: Dave Rawlings Machine, “A Friend of A Friend” Happy is the day that itchy fingers get some new vinyl, especially when it comes from Mr. Bird. Originally part of the special edition of January 2009′s Noble Beast, today marks the release of the bonus disc, titled Useless Creatures, as its own LP. You can see my copy chilling there against the crate. . . . → Read More: Three Takes on Andrew Bird’s “You Woke Me Up” The trio steps into an old tradition of storytelling and instrument swapping. Genuine Negro Jig is a bonafide bluegrass record; even their cover of 2001 pop hit “Hit ‘Em Up Style” sounds like it’s straight out of a scratchy 1920’s record. . . . → Read More: Carolina Chocolate Drops, “Genuine Negro Jig” The first review I wrote of Mavis Staples’s new album, You Are Not Alone, wasn’t wholly positive. The problems I see with the album are still there on the seventh or eighth listen, but they’re not bothering me as much as they did last week. . . . → Read More: Album Review: Mavis Staples, “You Are Not Alone” |
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Album Review: Bob Dylan, “Christmas In The Heart”
Pretend you’re Bob Dylan and it’s 2009.
You’ve been doing your thing for somewhere in the neighborhood of fifty years. You get nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for your lyrics. Somebody made a lightly fictionalized movie about you where you’re split into six different characters, because that’s how many distinct personas people . . . → Read More: Album Review: Bob Dylan, “Christmas In The Heart”