I Hope Your Ears Bleed » greg laswell http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com Music so good, you bleed. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:31:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ain’t Nothin’ for Free (5.4) http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2010/05/10/aint-nothin-for-free-5-4/ http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2010/05/10/aint-nothin-for-free-5-4/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 09:01:58 +0000 Brad http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/?p=3693 Boy, do I have a gold mine for you all this week! I’m a little giddy if you can’t tell.

Firstly, one of our favorites, Peter Bradley Adams, has one, “For You,” for download right now. You don’t even have to add yourself to one of his email lists or anything. And yes, I know that if you’ve used Pandora for more than two hours you’ve heard of him before, but you probably didn’t know about this, so here it is!

http://sarathan.com/free/peterbradleyadams/PBA/ForYou.mp3.zip

Second-of-ly, Urban Outfitters has its own nice little 25 song download on their site right now. There’s some pretty cool stuff on their like Surfer Blood and The Morning Benders.

I’d go for it if I were you (and I’m talking about the song mind you).

http://lstn.urbanoutfitters.com/9/

iTunes:

Single of the Week: “Cool my Heels” – Nikki Yanofsky (2.7) This is a nice poppy jazz song with some bright vocals.

Discovery Download: “Change of Time” – Josh Ritter (4.3) This is where it gets “awesome,” in the words of Tracy Jordan. Josh Ritter is one of the best song writers of our day. “The Temptation of Adam” might be my favorite song of all time. He keeps it up here even busting out Leviathan. If you like finger picking, lyrics, and a good vibe, you like Josh Ritter. Also, his new album is on sale at Starbucks right now.

Video of the Week: “Take Everything” – Greg Laswell (4.0) It keeps rolling here. A pretty cool, “in reverse” video to a very likable song. I really love Greg (@Justin does too! He interviewed him a while back), especially his voice. He’s a little like a cross of Mat Kearney and Andrew Bird and somewhere in between how good those two artist are as well. Definitely a find!

Canción de la Semana: “Muérdete la Lengua” – Francisca Valenzuela (2.5) This is a lot like a slower Addison Road song in Spanish. Maybe something like a Fiona Apple song without piano…is that even fair? I don’t, but anyways, it’s okay.

That’s all I’ve got!

Bleed on mi compadres!

Bradley

]]> http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2010/05/10/aint-nothin-for-free-5-4/feed/ 1 The Weekly Reaping (2.May.2010) http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2010/05/09/the-weekly-reaping-2-may-2010/ http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2010/05/09/the-weekly-reaping-2-may-2010/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 05:25:59 +0000 Nathan http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/?p=3685 Thus far, May is taking the cake for 2010 when it comes to music releases.  Plenty of great releases this week from both new and veteran acts, including the fantastic Josh Ritter album, that is available for purchase on Amie Street for only $5.  Yet even with all these excellent releases, my top two most anticipated releases of the year are yet to come.

We finally got official notice that the great Christopher Nolan will be giving us another edition to his brilliantly revamped Batman franchise. No word yet on who the villian will be. It’s gonna be hard to top the the previous two performances by Cillian Murphy and Heath Ledger.

Apparently Letterman has decided to get into the music business.  His new record label is launching this summer with the release of their first signed band, Runner Runner.  I’m curious to see what kind of impact this might have on Late Night and the music featured on the show.

On a more unfortunate note, it was announced just the other day that the recent acquisition of Lala by Apple, will result in the shutting down of the music streaming site.  I’m pretty bummed, but hopefully it will lead to iTunes giving us more than a 30 second preview.  Here is a site worth checking out as a possible replacement, My Friends and Music.

4.May.2010

Broken Social Scene

Forgiveness Rock Record

Full Album Stream (courtesy of Spinner.com)

Greg Laswell

Take a Bow

The Hold Steady

Heaven is Whenever

Full Album Stream (courtesy of Spinner.com)

Josh Ritter

So Runs the World Away ♥

Josh Ritter – Change of Time

The New Pornographers

Together

Full Album Stream (courtesy of Spinner.com)

Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt

I Love You! I Love You! I Love You and I’m in Love with You! Have an Awesome Day! Have the Best Day of Your Life!!

]]> http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2010/05/09/the-weekly-reaping-2-may-2010/feed/ 1 Vanguard Holiday Sampler http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2009/12/11/vanguard-holiday-sampler/ http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2009/12/11/vanguard-holiday-sampler/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:07:39 +0000 Nathan http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/?p=3152 Vanguard Records - Holiday SamplerIndie label, Vanguard Records, got caught up in the Christmas spirit and decided give to us a free Holiday Sampler.  It has tracks from some the best artists that they represent, from Brandi Carlile to Josh Ritter to Dar Williams to Greg Laswell…well you get the point and you can see all their names on the album cover to the left.  Not all of the tracks are Holiday themed, but it is still a great mix for the holiday season.  Click here to get this joyous holiday mix.

]]> http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2009/12/11/vanguard-holiday-sampler/feed/ 1 A Bloody Interview with Greg Laswell http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2009/03/02/a-bloody-interview-with-greg-laswell/ http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2009/03/02/a-bloody-interview-with-greg-laswell/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:07:21 +0000 Justin http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/?p=1818
A Bloody Interview with Greg Laswell from Justin Metcalfe on Vimeo

All music by Greg Laswell
greglaswell.com

Thanks to Vanguard Records
vanguardrecords.com

Greg Laswell – What A Day

Greg Laswell – That It Moves

If you are a band (or know of a band) coming through the Atlanta area we would love to have A Bloody Interview with you!  Just send us an e.mail with a link to your music to nathan@ihopeyourearsbleed.com.

]]> http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2009/03/02/a-bloody-interview-with-greg-laswell/feed/ 1 Justin’s Top 10 Albums of 2008 http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2008/12/30/justin-metcalfes-top-10-albums-of-2008/ http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2008/12/30/justin-metcalfes-top-10-albums-of-2008/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:07:38 +0000 Justin http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/?p=1120 Check out this video for my picks of the top 10 albums of 2008:

Here are some full-length versions of some of the songs you just heard on Justin’s Top Ten presentation.

Conor Oberst – Souled Out!!!

Greg Laswell – How the Day Sounds

Dr. Dog – My Friend

Samantha Crain – The River

TV on the Radio – DLZ

The Silent Years – Aging Gracefully

Right Away, Great Captain! – Cutting Off the Blood to Ten

Bon Iver – Re: Stacks

Anathallo – All the First Pages

Colour Revolt – Ageless Everytime

]]> http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2008/12/30/justin-metcalfes-top-10-albums-of-2008/feed/ 4 Song of the Day – Greg Laswell http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2008/11/21/song-of-the-day-greg-laswell/ http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2008/11/21/song-of-the-day-greg-laswell/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:07:37 +0000 Nathan http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/?p=708 It’s been a while since I posted a cover song on here and boy do I have a great one for you today.  My good friend Justin first introduced you all to Greg Laswell a little over a month ago with his most recent video starring none other than Elijah Wood, the hobbit himself.  If you haven’t seen that yet you gotta check it out.  This cover is exactly what a cover song should be.  Taking the basics of another artists song and then molding it to fit your style of music.  Now this only works if at its core the song was already solid.  Some of you may disagree, but I think that Cyndi Lauper definitely deserves some credit.  Laswell didn’t create something out of nothing here.  Now I would choose to listen to his version a thousand times or more before I ever go back to the original, but that diamond was there to begin with.  Laswell just did some of the dirty work and polished it out so that it actually can be heard. I don’t if any of that made any sense.  But what I do know is that this is a fantastic cover song, which I am sure you will enjoy.

I hope you head for the hills.

Greg Laswell – Girls Just Want to Have Fun (removed 2/13/09)

]]> http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2008/11/21/song-of-the-day-greg-laswell/feed/ 0 MVW: Greg Laswell “How the Day Sounds” http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2008/10/13/mvw-greg-laswell-how-the-day-sounds/ http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/2008/10/13/mvw-greg-laswell-how-the-day-sounds/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:07:05 +0000 Justin http://www.ihopeyourearsbleed.com/?p=737 First thing I want to say about this video: for a guy that once played a hobbit, Elijah Wood sure is funny.

Second thing: I cannot get enough of the opening shot in this video.  Its not all that original, but it just sets the tone and feel of the video so effectively.

Finally: Does anyone know who that 3rd fellow is?  I am too lazy to do the research…

Greg Laswell – How the Day Sounds (removed 2/13/09)

Ears=bleeding.

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