solace

this Saturday!

terrible 128kbps rip with skips tho waiting for the band to put up a higher quality stream soon

so... i know a few folks at our local MPR indie station that got to hear the new album on Friday and said it's unbelievable and sounds nothing like the last record thank god

new material is quite different... and his new touring band is 7 or 8 members now

if i decide to go to the box office and avoid the fees ($79 before fees), it'll mostly be because Glen is opening too

he's the only person i've paid over $100 for ($120 and $140, but both were 2nd and 4th row tickets), but i agree $150-250+ is just ABSURD

$95 after fees

yes sorry, social anxiety is it the snowflake line? that seems to be the one people are getting hung up on... he addressed that on twitter a while back. fwiw, if you look through the first record and EP, there's some lines that are pretty damn bad on paper too tho (like i said, i never really paid his lyrics any attention even on the first record)

if the melodies and harmonies move me, i don't need there to be that great of lyrics usually.

i actually dig the lyrics to Helplessness Blues and i've never really paid much attention to Robin's lyrics before. it's clearly about his antisocial disorder "If I know only one thing is that everything I see of the world outside is full of such wonder that often, I barely can speak Yeah, I'm tongue-tied and dizzy and i can't keep it to myself what good is it to sing helplessness blues? Why should I wait for anyone else"

the Rock The Garden lineup is always pretty fun... last years wasn't amazing (MGMT/Sharon Jones/OK Go/Retribution Gospel Choir), but previous years have been: Decemberists/Calexico/Yeasayer/Solid Gold Andrew Bird/New Pornographers/Cloud Cult/Bon Iver David Byrne/Antibalas Wilco/The Bad Plus/Fog Medeski, Martin & Wood Sonic Youth/Stereolab i have a strong feeling Phantogram might be the second act this year

that Kurt Vile album is fabulous imo. his vocals sound like Lou Reed meets Thurston Moore, not like those are exactly the most "in key" singers ever (plus, i'll take his vocals over the nasally whine of the RAA singer any day... (i do like them tho) oh well. still my favorite album on the year, and easily the best of his 4 albums.

SHUSH YOU. they played Chicago last year... last time they played Minneapolis? October 2008 they can add a 2nd show on the 16th then

04/17 – Lexington, KY @ Memorial Coliseum at University of Kentucky 05/20-22 – Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Festival 06/02-05 – Ozark, AR @ Wakarusa Festival 06/02-05 – Hunter Mountain, NY @ Mountain Jam 06/09-12 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival 06/17 – Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theatre 06/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Pantages Theatre 06/24 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater 06/26 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre 06/28 – Portland, OR @ Edgefield 06/29 – Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum 06/30-07/03 – Quincy, CA @ High Sierra Festival 07/11 – Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus 07/12 – Montreal, QC @ Metrpoli

not quite as awesome as the title track, but still really nice

oh man... how cool is this??? Dawes will back Robbie Robertson on some upcoming performances for his new album... http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/robbie-robertson-hires-new-live-band-dawes-20110315

right... minus 'Picky Buggers', those are among the great songs i alluded to, but overall i think it's def their weakest effort if i'm being honest. still a really good album though

nah. the last one is one of their best Leaders wasn't all that great besides a few songs imo. my faves are Asleep In The Back, Seldom Seen Kid & Cast of Thousands.

one of my favorite bands, and I like it a lot.. but hoping it grows on me more. would put it at #3 or #4 in their catalog at this point.

def still my fave record this year so far. listened to it on vinyl over the weekend... SO good.

as someone who isn't loving the new one, this is good news...

Wayne has been INSANELY friendly the few times i've met him.

i saw him in Mpls the Monday before the Oscars, and it was just AMAZING. 34 songs over 2 sets. played everything i wanted to hear and then some. my favorite show of the year by far. here's our setlist: First set: It’s Money That I Love Birmingham I Miss You/ Mama Told Me Not to Come Short People Marie The Girls in My Life Part 1 The World Isn’t Fair Living without You Great Nations of Europe Harps and Angels Real Emotional Girl I’m Dead (But I Don’t Know It) God’s Song Political Science Second set: Last Night I Had a Dream Burn On Louisiana 1927 In Germany Before the War Baltimore You

sadly besides a few songs i'm not feeling this thing a ton... not awful, but not great either

i used to adore that 'Heavy Metal Love' tune back in the day