Gonna Be a Beautiful Day

 So nice to start off the week with some fresh Animal Collective tastiness...

The Heart of Stone

Neil Gaiman's short film Statuesque featuring Bill Nighy and Amanda Palmer had it's debut at the Boston Pops New Year's celebration in which Palmer took the lead (and Gaiman offered a blessing and benediction!).  It's a touching fable of love unrequited with a bit of a twist. Enjoy!

Great Songs: Beatles "Two of Us"

Holy #$%&!!!

Ring in the New Year with a mega-mix tape of remixes from DFA's Holy Ghost! As they put it so well, "what better way to ring in the new year than with a mix tape. we offer you ‘holy ghost! the remixes vol.1′ for download HERE. chalk full of plenty of shout outs and a stellar hip hop doubles style intro by prince language."

New Year's in Boston

A little taste of how we spent our New Year's Eve!  What a show! Amanda Palmer was fantastic with the Boston Pops kicking off the Twenty Tens with grace, style, and subversion!  We also got to see our friends Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade both pre and post countdown, scoring their lovely and tasty new record Darling, Oh Darling.   Ooh ooh ooh, so good.  But, without further adieu, here's Amanda:

Beta Vision

Hot new act from New London towne Straight to VHS beats the physical release of their new tunes with a straight to youtube spectacular. Check it, yo!

This is just to say...

It doesn't reveal a lot but this teaser vid delivers the simple news that we'll have a new MT Bearington slab out on Safety Meeting Records in 2010.  And that's news enough for us! 


"Love Buttons" by M.T. Bearington from mtbearington on Vimeo.

Great Songs: Booker T & the MGs "Green Onions"

Weight of the Moment

I'm a sucker for Elvis Costello's Spectacle.  Unfortunately, I have yet to catch any of the new season but this clip is surely gonna get me back on the task of my viewing duties!  Featuring Elvis himself with Levon Helm on traps and other luminary guests including Richard Thompson, Nick Lowe, Allen Toussaint, and Ray LaMontagne, this cover of The Band's classic track "The Weight" is a keeper.

Another Beautiful Take Away

 The amazing people over at La Blogotheque continue to amaze as they coax the most beautiful performances out of some of our most important (or at least soon to be important) artists for their Take Away video series.  The Antlers set is no deviation to this wonderful pattern.  Quite simply: beautiful.  Enjoy!


The Antlers - Two / Epilogue - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Great Songs: Spacemen 3 "Lord Can You Hear Me"

Tasty Mashed Potatoes

Stereogum and team9 present MySplice 4, their annual mash up of the year's best up against some, errm, classics.  Some of this is actually quite tasteful indeed.  Personally, digging the Cure and Phoenix track. Without further adieu, for your listening pleasure, we present...  


Great Songs: Patsy Cline "She's Got You"

Great Songs: Chuck Berry "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"

Amanda Palmer Has Yr New Year's Set

Amanda Fucking Palmer has the perfect plan for a perfect night to kick your New Year's celebration off this Thursday evening.  The erstwhile progenitor of all things burlesque will throw her estimable talents and trickery into a unique concert experience with the Boston Pops that is sure to please.  Special guests for the night include the wonderful Miss Tess & the Bon Ton Parade (who we hosted this past summer at our annual Traditions festival), Sxip Shirey, Adam Matta, and a world premier of a short film (starring AFP herself alongside Bill Nighy!) by none other than Neil Gaiman.  A gourmet boxed dinner (if such a thing actually exists!) is included in the ticket price.  What's not to like about that?

Get your tix:
http://www.bso.org/bso/mods/perf_detail.jsp?pid=prod3500019

Moby's Pads

Moby gives us a tour of his incredible drum machine collection.

New London Archives: Low-Beam - Charge of the Light Brigade

At long last, we are happy to announce the digital release of Low-Beam's Charge of the Light Brigade.  The New London group's magnum opus was recorded over several years with Michael Deming (Lilys, Pernice Brothers, Silver Jews) at the helm at Studio .45 in Enfield, CT.  The record has fantastic new takes on the band's classic material including Airstream, Tuffy Rhodes, Fathom, Parabellum and more.  Though the band is not currently playing live, the tunes still hold the test of time and the collection will be a much welcomed addition to anyone's catalog of the early 2000s' scene in New London.  You can stream the record below or visit the Mystic Music Archive for full downloads.  A limited edition physical release is in the works over at Cosmodemonic Telegraph.

Great Songs: The Kinks "Tired of Waiting"

Do You Know the Way....

I would hit this for sure just to hear the world debut of Flaming Lips covering Dark Side of the Moon.  The recording is out today via iTunes but throw in the live performance, the biggest balloon drop ever, a huge disco ball, thousands of wide-eyed (cough cough) fans, and that's a New Year's extravaganza, errrm FreakOut! not to be missed.

Palmer doth Protest

Wherein Amanda Palmer discusses the state and role of the female performer through a ukulele tune and finds the continuum between Lady Gaga, herself, and Madonna.