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Monthly Archive for January, 2007

Hosted Live Download: Vic Chesnutt; October 21, 2004

Vic Chesnutt
October 21, 2004
Knoxville, TN

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Hosted Live Download: Vic Chesnutt; July 26, 2003

Vic Chesnutt
July 26, 2003
Columbus, OH

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Hosted Live Download: Vic Chesnutt: April 21, 2003

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Vic Chesnutt
April 21, 2003
St. Paul, MN

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Notes: This is a great “Silver Lake” era recording. There are a couple of rarities here. First, Vic duets with M. Ward on the opener “Where Were You”. At the end, he encores with a Nina Simone cover (who had passed away that day).

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Hosted Live Download: Vic Chesnutt; February 16, 1997

Vic Chesnutt
February 16, 1997
Munich, Germany

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Sonic Youth - Destroyed Room: B-Sides And Rarities


2006, Geffen

In the past, after an initial taste, Sonic Youth virgins might’ve expressed anything from intrigue to a fight-or-flight reaction.

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Kaki King - Until We Felt Red


2006, Velour Recordings

Kaki King ditches her normal acoustic thrash-plucking and makes Until We Felt Red—the most conventional album of her career.

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William Elliott Whitmore - Songs Of The Blackbird


2006, Southern Records

William Elliott Whitmore’s voice is gruff, he’s a deft picker, and his banjo is lovely, but this much-celebrated Iowan might not be for everyone.

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Joseph Arthur - Nuclear Daydream


2006, Megaforce

Nuclear Daydream is another in a long line of bland pop albums from pretentious singer/songriter/artist Joseph Arthur.

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Yusuf Islam - An Other Cup


2006, Atlantic/Wea

Consider this a holy war—against middle-of-the-road pop.

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Mastodon - ‘Blood Mountain’ Video Game

Mastodon - Blood Mountain Video Game
2006, Matador
B

I thought that playing an old school, NES-like video game ostensibly based upon Mastodon’s awesome new album would be pretty fucking cool. I was kind of right.

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Martin Luther King, Jr., Born January 15, 1929

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
- Maya Angelou
from “Still I Rise”
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The Owl & The Bear Podcast vol. 21

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Hosted Live Download: Loose Fur; December 7, 2002

Loose Fur
December 7, 2002

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Hosted Live Download: Ugly Casanova; July 7, 2002

Ugly Casanova
July 7, 2002
Austin, TX

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Hosted Live Download: Modest Mouse; September 21, 1998

Modest Mouse
September 21, 1998
Seattle, WA

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