Spent the weekend on an island for my cousin's bachelorette party. It was lovely, but I feel ready to drop dead upon returning... We were treated to not just guests' playlists but the host's neighbors were also having a backyard party and had a live folk band ensemble, which was just delightful. And then we listened to some more good selections this morning over brunch and Uno. One of which was the following, which has always been a favorite, and is kind of a nice selection for pre-wedding festivities (or at a wedding).
Rave on, it's a crazy feeling
And I, I know it's got me reelin'
When you say I love you, rave on
Rave on, it's a crazy feeling And I, I know its got me reelin' I'm so glad that you're revealing your love for me Rave on, rave on, tell me, tell me not to be lonely Tell me, you love me only, rave on to me
"Rave On" - M. Ward (Buddy Holly cover). What do we think of the papercut/3d animation? I think it's adorable. Cutesy without going too overboard. Enjoy this warm embrace of a song as you start your week!
Willie Nelson is a national treasure. Gonna see him tonight at the fair, and I am sooooooo thrilled.
The man is a gem.
His latest, Just Breathe - is an amazing, earnest Pearl Jam cover (the original, below, is also a gem). Not too shabby.
Here is the original with Eddie Vedder's melty voice....
Back to Willie, I actually have also always had a soft spot for the still recent (for him) Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me) and it's cheezy video feat. Luke Wilson. It's so ridic. But beardy Luke Wilson lookin' cute and dopey!
And of course we couldn't enumerate all his many songs, for there are thousands, but how could anyone resist a song titled Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die:
And finally - one of my favorite songs - originally written/performed by Willie and then covered by the excellent and beloved band Cake - which is how I first heard and fell in love with it - Sad Songs and Waltzes. Swoon.
I was kind of hoping the many announcements were leading up to a tour, as Tom Waits is on my list of people I want to see before I die, but I guess a bleak video is good too!
"Hell Broke Luce" - Striking, grim, sad... got the anti-war thing going on...
It's just Dark and almost horror movie feeling, which seems to be the point. I love the boxy shark/subs. It's quite an epic video, and I think the image of him dragging that house around will stay in my head for a while. A not-so-cheerful way to start your day!!
I am slightly in love with Mirah. I like her duo work with her friend Thao, but her solo stuff is just lovely and almost perfect (You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This was just such a strong, classy debut). Great voice, and her lyrics are usually nice, thoughtful, sometimes very earnest, maybe a little sad at times.
The last line in the first verse of "Sweepstakes Prize" is what won me over. And this is the song of hers (because it was the first I heard, I think) that is often stuck in my head.
You remind me of a firework, boy, You touch the ceiling, you touch the floor, You sparkle and burn, but you take your time And I bet I could carry you across state lines.
"Don't Die in Me" - an interesting handpainted fan vid...
"The Garden" - was featured on SYTYCD, I guess?
And in case you have nothing better to do, here is that performed on that show, just for the LOLZ -
More recently, she has been performing in Thao & Mirah - they are both talented and the songs are good, but I still think I prefer Mirah solo. "Little Cup"
... that means you, readers. Because it will be sad when this post languishes here sans any participation. Really sad.
But I can't stop listening to this song and I think it would make for fantastic movie montage music. (Yes, people already know this, it has been on like Grey's Anatomy and etc...)
The UK version of this video is more fun than the US version because she strips in a spaceship (cuter than it sounds). The US version has her 'breaking rules' which just comes off lame.
The operatic sampling, the build/climb of it... Tension, action, preparation! Regret? There are an awful lot of "I'm sorry"s...
So my challenge is - what scene in your long-cherished secretly half-written movie does this music score?
Personally, I see it as good building/action background music, as it kind of climbs and has that nice operatic sampling going on - so I see some kind of action or preparation going on. And I also read some dark but glowy evening sky and a lot of snow. Or a nice sparkly wet city scene, our heroine stalks through the city in her black trench coat while crowds flow around her and city lights cast deep shadows on her... The "I'm sorry" parts could lend itself to a tone of regret... I think the heroine maybe has to do something unpleasant - bad, or just morally grey... maybe set something in motion that she would rather not - rig something, play along with some kind of trick, find someone unsavory she needs, play a part she'd rather not to get something, revenge plot, leave something/someone behind... Admit she needs someone? Frame someone? (Someone who deserves it, naturally).
Final shot - something goes up in flames, while she stands in the background.
Cliché? Too dull? Your turn! (50 gold stars to the winner(s))
Ahhhh Superfreaky Memories... only one of the best songs ever. It has found its way on to many an ancient mix cd that I have made. I not-so-recently let go of my beloved truck (my first vehicle, had it from age 17, paid for it myself and everything *sniff* memories *tear*), and I had to clean it out. Then I had to sift through the assorted decade+ of crap that had been floating around in it forever. I found quite a a number of old cds (obviously my truck only had a tape player, but there are workarounds). Anyhoozle, so I've been listening to a lot of my old cds and reminiscing. I am a huge fan of a good mix tape/cd/playlist and I am always thinking of posting some here. Maybe someday.
But for now, please enjoy this favorite of mine.
This reminds me of being a lot younger, the wonders of the internet (and getting my brother to let me use napster on his computer and leaving it running all night) and the sheer joy of music discovery. Discovering things I liked. Liked by myself, without input from others.
Like cool warm mellow indie dreampop. (And some elegant strings.)
This song has been stuck in my head recently. I love folk/roots old-timey songs, and it feels like that kind of Sunday afternoon to me today. Love the notion of young people embracing the classics - you can be hot young and armed with every modern convenience, but the world still is full of misery! Some things never change. Something about the sad soulfulness of strings (and their happy furious joy at times as well)... resonates with me (I know,bad string pun, sorry I had to do it).
"The Littlest Birds" - The Be Good Tanyas
Also by The Be Good Tanyas:
I also like this one (no official video) - "Only in the Past"
And then there's - "Scattered Leaves"
Even an animated video - "Human Thing" - it's so calm and quiet...
A more modern take on this style can be found in The Civil Wars (I can't decide whether I give them point for the name or points off for it... LOL).
"Birds of a Feather" - her kind of leaning-stompiness in this really bugs me. But she can sing!
"Forget Me Not" - Love the old-fashioned feel of the song... But not a fan of the just walking along thing.
"Barton Hollow" - I do feel like they could have done more with this video, but at least it comes across very visually striking (and nicely, a little bit menacing), and has more than just them standing around!
They also cover Elliott Smith's "Between The Bars" which is one of my favorite songs. I think they do a good job. Nowhere near as good as the original, of course! But their folksy take allows for a lot of melancholy/misery to shine through. However, I can't bear to look at their smug faces singing this.
Old Crow Medicine Show also cranks out charming folk rock. I could listen to them forever... I saw them in Seattle and it was quite the show, much more energetic and wildly delightful than I would have guessed (you can see glimpses of that in the Cocaine song below). It was a pleasant surprise.
"Wagon Wheel" - This song was originally written (unfinished, the chorus part) by Bob Dylan, and then they filled it in and made it their own. I don't know about the video's sideshow setting and scantily clad ladies, but the song is great. (This video abruptly cuts off towards the end, click here to see them perform it at Coachella in full). Truly, some people were born to be fiddlers in old-time stringbands...
"Cocaine Habit" - The best YT comment on this video is:
The base player looks like a shark and the six string banjo player looks like a clown but it sounds great IantheSuperSaiyan
"New Virginia Creeper" - a hilarious song, but at its best when performed live (when I saw it there was much in the way of crazy train impressions, shaking about, etc... I can't really even describe it, but it was magic. MAGIC.) Partial live video:
And finally, I humbly submit that there is not much better in life than reallllllly hot string playing. Exhibit A: the classic American song "Soldier's Joy" -
"I Hear Them All" - I guess if you're old-timey, you are obligated to do a video with shots of like New Orleans streets and cemeteries? But again, great song.
I know there's TONS more great young bands out there rocking the old-time vibe - I just started with my current earworm and went from there...
But do feel free to hit the comments with your favorites/links to great songs! Bonus gold stars to anyone who digs up more hot fiddling (preferably by good looking young men, but I won't discriminate).
Another wasted weekend of laying about and reading and drinking my weight in tea (it was all thunderstormy and I didn't feel like going out). I have been trying to scope out if I can see any good shows in the near future, but I have reached the point in every hermit's life where I am in DIRE need of a new all-purpose concert buddy. It's a sad state.
One of the upcoming shows I want to see is Beirut, as they have been in pretty heavy rotation over here for quite some time. I am kind of picky about what I want to see live (what is worth the hassle? People at shows get more terrible every time I go. I think that's a sign of getting old.) But Beirut = so much win. Strummy, folksy, excellent use of brass (!!), a little EasternEuroGypsyTrashy... all things I adore. Vehemently. Pretty sure at this point I would brave the PacNW hipster scene to see them.
"Elephant Gun" - oooh mustachio! Love the song, but I find this video just much too performance-artsy... as if they all brainstormed the most cliched things possible - lingerie and trucks then group dancing? O RLY? That's the best they could do? I guess since there's a lot going on in the music already, that I can (kind of) see the desire to match that in visual form... Or something. I don't care. I just love the troubled face of the singing mustache horn guy (especially that opening, preciously pained). I could just watch him and be happy.
"Postcards from Italy" - Another great song, but an even more meh video. I don't really care too much for music videos that are done like memories/clips, but that sort of goes with "postcards"... I guess I don't hate it. I just feel like it could be more interesting, tell more of a story... Favorite part is the spanking (1:46).
"Mimizan" - This appears on the lovely compilation album "Dark Was the Night". Couldn't find a real video for this, but it doesn't matter, the song is just too good to pass up.
I know I have been slack in posting, but there are semi-legitimate reasons, like how hard it is to type with a lapful of kittens. Yes, I got new kitties! They are adorable and keeping me busy. They have each other to tear around the house with all day while I'm at work, and they still have plenty of energy at night to terrorize me. Also it's summer and I find it hard to post while trying to enjoy the elusive warmth. Friday started off with crazy monsoons, then warmed up, and went out with a bang. Literally. Freak thunderstorms! So strange.
Enough excuses! Post!
So yesterday I was at work and feeling the summer Friday afternoon doldrums, which are, naturally, much worse than the normal afternoon doldrums. And I was not even feeling very into my music... Just sitting there trying to work on things and feeling meh. Then this song came on, and I was like, YES. YES. YES.
Which song? Surprisingly, it was "Sleep" - The Dandy Warhols, which I have not heard in agggggeeesss. I like them, but not religiously. They have a pretty fair representation in my standard shuffle playlists and my generic party one. So this is gonna be a long post. Be warned.
Have you seen "Dig!"? It is a rather interesting documentary chronicling the relationship/rivalry between The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. It's weirdly fascinating. The narration from Courtney Taylor-Taylor (The Dandy Warhols) comes off as kind of... you know... dickish? But not totally, you can see they are friends, but there's so much swagger involved there has to be conflict? You can see the talents of everyone involved. It's dark and troubling in a lot of ways also. It kind of made me want to listen to more BJM, even though Dandy Warhols is more my style of music.
And of course I, like every '90s teen, totally loves "Bohemian Like You" (who doesn't?). And, well, actually I really like a lot of their songs... the more I thought about it... So I dug through my iPod to listen to what I had and it was actually quite perfect for that afternoon, just what I needed. They have that slick jaded too much on purpose posturing thing down cold (which invites both love and hate).
Charming points? A) They were hipsters mocking hipsters before it was cool. That alone should win them a lot of gold stars. B) Veronica Mars theme song is their "We Used To Be Friends"... and he shows up in one ep, soooo there's that. C) They have some really stellar songs.
Not so charming points? Hipsters mocking hipsters = Smug. Trying too hard. Abovementioned dickish sort of rivalry. There is A LOT of vitriol floating around out there directed towards them. Lots of internet hate.Watching Dig! is amazing but also kind of off-putting... there are valid points to be made against them.
Looking for music videos of their stuff, one can see lots of fanvids, LOL, which I think speaks to how much people must secretly/not-so-secretly love them. Also, let's be real, a lot of their work does have that "chill" & cinematic quality that occasionally shines through. If I ever make my own twee mumblecore movie (you know that'd be my niche), I am totes putting in stuff like Sleep. But then again, if you read the comments you see both the love and the hate, people picking their sides. Is it cool, not cool, so not cool that it's cool again... etc. They have a major cred issue... But that shouldn't really matter... As long as the songs are good? Or at least some of them are? Why do we demand so much from a bunch of musicians? They are in interesting case.
"Sleep" - The Dandy Warhols are sometimes (often) compared to The Velvet Underground in style/sound/etc. It definitely comes out in certain songs (the aptly titled "(Tony This Song is Called) Lou Weed") I think on "Sleep" they also really bring it - it gives me almost the same feeling as VU's "Sunday Morning", that soft sound, that perfect sleepy/sleepless-warm-fuzzy music-to-kill-yourself-by vibe. Let's all go to sleep in your dirty dirty distressed arms, Courtney Taylor-Taylor....
Sadly, no brooding official video to go with this. (Confession, were I making this I would shoot this vampire-y, even though that, like heroin, is so passé.)
"You Were The Last High" - As featured in the movie, 9 Songs. Track co-written by Evan Dando, if that helps some of you (huzzah; I should really do a Lemonheads post!). I have not seen the movie. But the song is quite nice. No good video.
Ok, on to actual videos - warning, some of these are almost unwatchably terrible/cringe-inducing... the outfits, the mugging... Yet, at least mostly interesting? Amusing. Trainwrecky.
"Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" - an amusing confection in which I cry for the years of my life I spent wearing those babydoll tshirts, ill-fitting pants and chokers (only half kidding). And if you saw Dig! you know the drama about this song (and check out the BJM reply "Not If You Were The Last Dandy On Earth".Both rather delicious in their own ways.)
"Every Day Should Be A Holiday" - I hate videos that tie into the movie they are featured in. Gross. But I do like claymation, and the riffs in this song burrow into your brain.
"Get Off" - hmmmm, where should a video for a song with this theme be shot? Western brothel! (Between the standing in-front of the flag and his face, it reminds me a little of One Headlight, even though they are wildly different songs featuring wildly different singers. I dunno, they have similar eyebrows? The pouty lips, stick out your jaw thing? Jakob Dylan is like 100x hotter. Sorry. Random face digression.)
"Godless" - Sharing mainly because: hula hooping dude. The video is quietly cinematic (but ultimately dull) and the song, very very smooth. (Note: As it's a song with the word god in the title, I recommend you avoid the YT comments on this at all costs.)
"Ride" - motorcycles.
"Good Morning" - in case you needed your dose of late '90s posturing! I know I sometimes do. My favorite YT comment on this is:
"I'd start with the keyboard cutie and work my way from there. -10 points for not knowing her name. To use West Coast dialect, she's hella wicked rad."
LOLwut?
"Plan A" - A newer offering. Still just as much face-making. Never change. Please, never change.
"We Used To Be Friends" - familiar to all the VM fans out there. His faces are so ridiculous, but I appreciate his armpit hair.
"Bohemian Like You" - the ultimate song of trying-too-hard. And their most famous. It's perfection. The video is spot-on. Exactly the kind of thing you would imagine for such a song. (Confession: I would probably stab someone in the face to be able to say I was in a video/song this hilarious. Any of you creative types out there, call me when you shoot anything so sublime/dorky.) And more hula hoop!
Random tidbits -
1) Also, well, ummm, they covered "Blackbird" after Michael Jackson died. Because they said they would in an earlier song? Yeah. I don't really like it, LOL. Decide for yourself.
2) ANDDDD apparently Courtney Taylor-Taylor has written a graphic novel? About a fantasy krautrock band? Ohhh the things I am learning today! I love this idea. ENJOY.
"Transmission" - One Model Nation
3) Somebody used "Love Is The New Feel Awful" (how can you resist such a great title) and put it with Midsummers Night Dream old footage? It's weird and delightful.
"because portland is to new york exactly what the dandy warhols are to the velvet underground"
It is not to be missed. I just laughed hysterically for like 10 minutes straight. Genius.
And most importantly,
5) Open referendum on his face & swagger in the comments! GO! (Also, you know, their talent, pop v. indie v. sellout v. Dig! struggles! And Trying too hard! v. Trying too hard to try too hard v. Trying too hard to try too hard! ad infinitum. And whether or not this is all smug or there's a sense of humor underlying? (Yes?) And Zia!)
Galaxie 500 - "Fourth of July" - I totally forgot about this song but it appeared in a great Pajiba post about better patriotic clips for your fb. Awwww Galaxie 500! One of my first indie band discoveries back in the dark dark days of dialup and leaving napster on... (don't worry, kids, I pay for all my music now.)
Excellent list from The Hairpin - Songs about musical genres that are not done in the style of said musical genre. Often list posts are just dull, but this is a my-kind-of-music list! One that I can get behind, as they have the excellent Blame it on the Bossanova as their opener, and include The Mountain Goats, The New Pornographers, Mogwai, Dean Martin, etc... perfection.
Going through some of my older songs. Trying to find ones I was obsessed with, which led me to one of my first posts here, which included old fav by Maximo Park. So then I had to go listen to some bits from their albums, and some video searching. And they have a new album coming out that I am eagerly awaiting.
And then I remember that I had RT'd the video from the new single a few days/weeks ago? So I should probably be posting that here as well (though I don't keep up with every thing I RT). It's cute. Lots of dancing around by a very British boy.
"Hips and Lips"
Because let's be real, sometimes you just need to watch some dancing/thrashing around. "Our Velocity" has that energy (and some to spare).
"Going Missing" has some nice thrashing as well (undressing, hitting things, jumping, seated, I love the twitching... when I saw them live there was also awesome dancing. They are not afraid of committing to the the crazy dance. And far, far, far, above average face-making. I adore that. Gold stars.)
"Books from Boxes" is less dance-able (given the subject matter), but only slightly less so. I love how she seems to float/slide in front of him the whole time, especially the bit from 1:11-1:29 where they appear to be in some kind of old-fashioned garden/cemetery or something... it's very romantically bleak.
They go a bit introspective with "The Coast is Always Changing" - I am young and I am lost.
Anyhoo, that's it for now. For my few loyal readers, heads up - posting will be even more sporadic than usual through June.
It's Morrissey's birthday today! I know it's silly to celebrate (or even note) the birthdays of celebrities. However, Moz has long been a sustaining force in my life, so... here we are!
A few selections of this charming man himself, swanning around and being his awesomesauce self.
"There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" - The Smiths (my favorite song ever; note: the dancing of the people in the crowd is really the best part of this video though - it's... yeah).
"The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" - The Smiths
"The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" - Morrissey - Hit those lights, baby.
"Suedehead" - Morrissey
"Let Me Kiss You" - Morrissey - Close your eyes, and think of someone you physically admire. And let me kiss you. Let me kiss you.
Assembled this post on Friday night, whilst everyone is out partying. Which meant I was home drinking cheap wine and watching crap on YouTube. So a nice random selection.
If you are going to shoot a video, you might as well include pogo sticks. And bikes. And a marching band. And a pineapple.
"Travelling" - Paper Lions
And then this one is like everything you could want in an indie vid. Bookstore/library meetcute, romantic map, the use of a compass (anytime anyone whips out a compass that's like 25 gold stars in my book), tent, lights, pipe, cat, train tracks, suspenders, nature... they basically checked off everything on the hipster list. It kinda works. I want to dislike it because it's so twee, but I really can't.
"To Be With You" - The Honey Trees
This guy really works a beard and STRINGS. You know my love for good strings. They bring good strings. I am not 100% on the singing bits, but I kinda like the whole effect. Name is too long though, and the song too short. Too much gimmick, needs more cello.
"I See Things That You Don't See And That Is Blue, Blue, Black And Dylan" - Sweet Sweet Moon
These peppy assholes frolic in an apple orchard. I actually like the song, and I feel the good intentions but really find it cloying. Too much cheer, too much folksy apple hijinking... The best YT comment is the person who asks:
"Is this a Levis Jean commercial?"
"The Light Is You" - Said The Whale
This song has no words. But lots of great strings... and solemn/sad figure ice sculptures, which are amazing. The whole thing is strikingly simple, beautiful, and evocative. "The Winter" - Balmorhea.
And I will close with "Kisses" - The Shivers - if you haven't heard"Beauty" by The Shivers, you haven't lived (I got the song online like a hundred years ago from a livejournal site, of all places... and was instantly smitten and then had to get the album). My mother thinks the singer is "thinks he is Dylan" (with an implication of "he's not" and "trying too hard" - my mom is oftentimes kind of a great indie rock critic), but I kind of love that. I love this song as well. The video is clearly something someone just put together? Lots of stills of band and then kisses... but just go with the song.
I hope you were all out doing happy things! Enjoy the weekend! Hit the comments with any random music you ended up clicking-through-to this weekend.
Hey guess what!!!!??? It's almost time for EUROVISION 2012!! YAY!!!! One of my favorite times of year. I just love how crazy it can all get.
This year seems to be so far dominated by more of a political drama surrounding host country Azerbaijan. But regardless, I am sure the show will go on! While you could go to the actual site or YT for the whole selection, I will just post ones with good videos, or that I like, or etc. For instance, I will not post full video of the UK entry by the ancient Engelbert Humperdinck - "Love Will Set You Free" - because he just stands there, and it's an ok but boring straight treacly platitudes type song. The same goes for Serbia, with"Nije Ljubav Stvar" - Željko Joksimović -which is only mildly noteworthy because it incorporates sign language (which is nice, but since I don't speak it, it doesn't help me). "Suus" - Rona Nishliu from Albania, is only interesting because she is a statue(?) and there are slightly creepy children.
Then there are ones like the very strange "Euro Neuro" - Rambo Amadeus.From Montenegro, which is just a really random rap/talk thing. You should probably watch it and be confused, as I was. But points for calling yourself Rambo Amadeus.
What *IS* more exciting? Italy. "L'Amore É Femmina (Out of Love)" - Nina Zilli. Super cheery and she has that smoky-jazz swingy quality (perhaps going for a poppy Amy Winehouse thing?). I like it. I especially love her herd of male dancers (also the staircase dancing is a nice touch). You go girl.
Cyprus - The song here is very standard pop. "La La Love" - Ivi Adamou. But I like this video, because she has a little bit of a Liv Tyler/Arwen look and the whole thing is trying very hard to be Gaga-fairytale. I appreciate that in a video - try to tell a little bit of story, even if it's just ripping off Snow White, that's OK. I wasn't bored, and I love the outfits/makeup and that it ends and they don't even look too happy. A little grim, let's be real. I may also be biased in favor of this video because the parts with the girl running through the forest remind me a little bit of the video to one of my all-time favorite jams (and very first post here!) - "Send Me an Angel". Anyways. I enjoyed this. And while I don't want you to steal the idea, since few people read this and I am a happy singleton, I feel it's safe to share that I would totally use the "awkward pose in a tree with paper lanterns" shot for an engagement portrait idea (2:28). SSHSHH.
Then there is Israel - "Time" - Izabo, which does its part as far as strange and crazy Eurovision antics are concerned with the oddly-popular Circus theme. I swear, every year someone has a circus themed video. Give it up, people, circuses are CREEPY, not cheerful or sexy.
And also there is the delightfully trashy entry from Romania(one of my personal favorite things to do in Eurovision season is try to picture the video that would come from blending that of the countries represented in my heritage - it would be a disgusting Englebert (UK for Scotland)-Israeli circus-and THIS, with some boring and bad-dancing from Sweden as well. MMMM. EPIC terrible mix). "Zaleila" - Mandinga starts with her singing her own name (WHICH I HATE in all songs) and is basically going for some kind of horrible horrible awful American hiphop Kardashian thing. But she earns mega points for working in both a cute piper with bagpipes AND accordion.
And if that wasn't quite ridiculous enough, just wait for it. The entry from Turkey - "Love Me Back" - Can Bonomo - they start off so well!! Slaves rowing a boat? Way to draw me in immediately! Then some kind of epic palace and traditional instruments and lots of possible dancers... we could be going places.... Aaaaaand then it starts - and it's some dopey kid and the song is dumb. Good music, love the instruments, the people sitting around in water and etc, love the use of umbrellas and nice shots. All around excellent settings and support. The song? The singer? Not so much. But hilariously so.
Lest we close on something less than stellar, thank God for Iceland - "Never Forget" - Gréta Salóme & Jónsi . They are at an advantage because they have secret weapon Jónsi (of the delightful Sigur Rós). Iceland is too cool (harharhar). While I don't think this song is great like SR stuff (for instance, if you don't feel anything in your heart when you listen to "Starálflur", you should check if you have a pulse. Or a soul. J/K. Partly.), I do think that the video is excellent. Bleak and empty, you can almost feel the frostbite creeping up your toes. Excellent use of strings and desolation. And it comes off feeling (to me) that there is a lot more to the story that you are not seeing/hearing. Maybe she's a thousand year old vampire or an ice goddess or lost/vengeful spirit or returning ghost of a murdered child or something. I like it. A lot.
Hit the comments with your thoughts, votes, and any entries you think I should have featured! Bets?
So this just came out! I <3 you Blitzen Trapper. I really want to see them in Idaho or Montana or wherever else they are touring with Wilco (who are amazing live) and I think that's just a Naomi double-bill of ultimate happysadness.
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - just some gorgeous Alaska scenery and loneliness.
"...As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart." Proverbs 25:20 (KJV)
This could be interpreted as bad - corrosive, acid; or as a good thing - effervescent, cleansing.
It probably depends on the song and the heart.
(Disclaimer: videos are posted from outside sources that are beyond my control, I cannot assure what copyright protection practices each individual site may have.)
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