RW: Scrumdiddlyumptious
By Cody | July 3, 2009
I swear, anything Pogo makes is just gold. The last time I wrote about him was with the remix/original piece “Alice“. The man is beyond talented, and he’s done it AGAIN!
This time Pogo uses the original (and better) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Again, I’m speechless. How else do you sum up such genius?
This will surely make your ears bleed all weekend long. Ω
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Tags: pogo
Beck’s New Record Club
By Nathan | July 2, 2009
Thanks to Pasta Primavera, I just discovered a new section that has been added to Beck’s website called Record Club. The Record Club is an “informal meeting of various people to record an album in a day.” The first album chosen to be recorded was The Velvet Underground & Nico, which I think was a fantastic choice. I’ve actually been listening to that album a ton lately (along with a lot of other phenomenal albums from the 60’s). Here is the first track from this spontaneous recording session that Beck has chosen to share with us.
Record Club: Velvet Underground & Nico ‘Sunday Morning’ from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.
Beck – Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground)
In case you were wondering, Beck’s studio compadres this time around were Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, Brian Lebarton, Bram Inscore, Yo, Giovanni Ribisi, Chris Holmes, and from Iceland, special guest Thorunn Magnusdottir. And here is another great cover by Beck that I adore.
Beck – True Love Will Find You in the End (Daniel Johnston)
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Tags: beck, the velvet underground
Microsoft Bundling Nickelback with IE8. (Crap + Crap = HOLY CRAP!)
By Cody | July 1, 2009
Well in the world of tech stuff, which as the administrator and web designer of this site I spend a lot of time in, the newest version of firefox came out today. Our site is best viewed in Firefox, just so ya know.
Why should you switch to firefox instead of using internet explorer? Because the newest version of Internet Explorer is bundled with a nickleback song
NO JOKE.
Oh brother.
This Public Service Announcement brought to you by firefox.
Snow Patrol – Set The Fire To The Third Bar
Topic: IHYEB News, Music | No Comments »
Tags: firefox, internet explorer, nada surf, nickleback, snow patrol
ACL Preview – Sara Watkins
By Nathan | June 29, 2009
For the next artist in our ACL Preview series, I have chosen a very lovely and talented musician that I have seen perform twice before. Both times, she played more of a supporting role. Once with her former band Nickel Creek (it’s kind of hard for anyone to be in the spotlight for long with Chris Thile sharing the stage with you.) The second time was actually at ACL in 2oo6. She joined Ray Lamontagne on stage for several songs during what turned out to be my favorite performances of the weekend.
The 27 year old singer-songwriter and fiddle player has just recently released her first solo album. Although there isn’t hardly anything “solo” about this record. This album was just as much, if not more of a collaborative effort than any of the albums she released with Nickel Creek. Produced by former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, this self-titled debut finds Sara surrounded by an array alt-country friends and stars such as Gilian Welch and David Rawlings, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, and Elvis Costello drummer Pete Thomas, as well as both of her Nickel Creek bandmates.
The album has a nice combination of original pieces along with several covers and traditional pieces. I really love her rendition of the traditional hymn “Give Me Jesus.” It has long been a favorite of mine, and I think her and Thile’s instrumentation definitely does the song justice. But the standout track for me was the closing track “Where Will You Be,” an original by Watkins. It is a very honest and lovely song that that asks a simple question that anyone can relate to. Overall the album is very enjoyable.
She is likely to find herself surrounded by a group of talented musicians this year at ACL. I would definitely put her on my list of artists to see. She has a lots of charisma and a great stage presence. She will put on a great bluegrass show that will be a grand ole time.
Sara Watkins – Long Hot Summer Days
Sara Watkins – Where Will You Be
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Tags: david rawlings, elvis costello, gilian welch, led zeppelin, nickel creek, sara watkins, tom petty
Dark Night of the Soul
By Nathan | June 28, 2009
Danger Mouse and Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) have apparently teamed up with direct David Lynch to release an album. The initial idea was for the album to be released packaged with a series of photos taken by Lynch. But due to a some indisclosed legal issues with EMI, for the time being, the album will be released as the booklet of photographs along with a blank recordable CD-R that will be labled as such: “For legal reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.” Hopefully they will get these unfortunate issues worked out soon so they can release the record for all to hear. Until then, you can go to NPR for an “Excluse First Listen.” I listened to the album once through and it was definitely dark and haunting. But it was also very beautiful and multifaceted. This album was able to evoke a plethora of emotions in me in just a 45 minute span.
Although Danger Mouse and Linkous were the brains behind this project and did the bulk of the songwriting, they weren’t without help. Dark Night of the Soul is filled with many vocal guest stars, including The Flaming Lips, Black Francis, James Mercer of the Shins, Iggy Pop and more. One of the highlights of the album for me was actually one of the more chipper and lighthearted tracks, “Daddy’s Gone,” sung by Linkous and Nina Persson of The Cardigans. But there was hardly a song I didn’t enjoy. So head on over to NPR and check it out.
Topic: Music | 1 Comment »
Tags: danger mouse, david lynch, iggy pop, sparklehorse, the cardigans, the flaming lips, the shins