With its upbeat charm and infectious chorus, “Sick Muse” is probably the best song on Metric‘s new album Fantasies, and now there’s a video for it. If you have half as much fun watching it as the band did making it, you’ll still be having twice as much fun as you should today. Also, if you didn’t get tickets to see Metric with Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Blacks Keys at the sold out FM 94/9 Independence Jam next week, don’t worry, because your friendly neighborhood Owl&Bear news team will be there to cover the happenings for you. Now, now, there’s no need to thank us.
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Whispers or Screams / C.T.M. / Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen) (aborted) / Like a Photograph / Little White Cottage / No Church Tonight / Chain of Broken Hearts / Puzzle Heart / Venus Stopped the Train / Gorilla, You’re a Desperado (Warren Zevon) / Watching Junior Drive / My Darlin’ / Talk to Me / Shakin’ Sugar / Forgiven / Saturday in the Park (Chicago) (aborted) / Everything I Own (Bread) / One Too Many Mornings (Bob Dylan) / Drinking on Your Dime / Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets) (Neil Young) / California Stars / Link
As news of his passing spread across the Internet, many people made sincere and moving tributes to Jay Bennett, the polarizing but astoundingly influential former member of Wilco who died unexpectedly on May 24, 2009.
In the search for our own fitting tribute to Jay Bennett, we decided to round up some of his best live performances from the Wilco Archive and let his talent speak for itself. We polled members of Wilco’s ViaChicago fan community, and they obliged with eloquence. Continue reading →
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Like a Photograph / C.T.M. / Whispers or Screams / Puzzle Heart / Shakin’ Sugar / No Church Tonite / My Darlin’ / Forgiven / Little White Cottage / Fireworks / Watching Junior Drive / It Hurts / Link
As news of his passing spread across the Internet, many people made sincere and moving tributes to Jay Bennett, the polarizing but astoundingly influential former member of Wilco who died unexpectedly on May 24, 2009.