By Sarah on January 22, 2011
I’ve been a bad music blogger lately. Â It’s cold and time to hibernate, and writing has been slow. Â As an apology, I bring you Aleksandr Hrustevich, playing the hell out of his accordion: Be right back, need to go weep for my wasted life. Check out more of this guy’s videos on Youtube; wonder why […]
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By Sarah on January 17, 2011
A little late with this today, but that’s what happens when you are a) still sick and b) have random days off. A lot of great shows are happening this week featuring local artists. Check them out and support local music. Also, Thursday’s Empty Bottle show is CHIRP Radio’s one year anniversary shows, which you […]
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By Sarah on January 13, 2011
Who knew that death could be so cheerful? Here’s my favorite track off of Jeremy Messersmith’s The Reluctant Graveyard. The song is catchy and the animation in the video is — pardon the pun — to die for.
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By Sarah on January 10, 2011
Tomorrow Never Knows 2011 kicks off this week, with shows at Schubas, Lincoln Hall, and Metro. Some year, I’ll be able to do something wacky like go to a show every night. This is not that year. I’ll be at the Marketa Irglova show for my one TNK 2011 stop this year. Should be good.
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By Sarah on January 8, 2011
As I mentioned on Twitter recently, the guys of Cadillac Sky have gone on an indefinite hiatus. I’m very glad that I was able to discover them when I did, and that I saw what have turned out to be some of their last shows. They’ll all be pursuing other projects, and I imagine that this solo side project by the delightfully bearded David Mayfield is just one of those sorts of projects.
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How A Poem Became The Best Music Criticism I’ve Read In The Last Three Months
By Mel on January 6, 2011
The best piece of music criticism I’ve read in the last three months is a poem by a guy who builds cabinets in West Virginia. It is called “The Denunciation of Ricky Skaggs From On High,” it is by Steve Scafidi, and it lives on page 137 of the 2010 Oxford American music issue. The […]
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