I just finally heard The Hold Steady’s version of Bruce Springsteen’s “Atlantic City.” It came out on the War Child Heroes charity compilation this year, featuring artists covering other major artists’ work. As you might expect, not every track is a masterpiece. If you’re not familiar, “Atlantic City” is about a down on his luck [...]
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The Hold Steady – Atlantic City
Posted in Review, Song Review, tagged Beck, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Craig Finn, The Band, The Hold Steady, War Child on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I Miss God Street Wine
Posted in Personal Notes, tagged Aaron Maxwell, Aaron Maxwell's Intimacy Workshop, Aubrey Dayle, Bruce Springsteen, Dan Pifer, God Street Wine, Grateful Dead, Irving Plaza, Jason Crosby, Jimmy Buffett, Jon Bevo, Jon Bevo's Love Orchestra, Lo Faber, Miami Dolphins, No Name Defense, Paradise Rock Club, Pete Levin, Phish, Rhinecliff Hotel, The Band, Tomo, Wetlands on March 19, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I’ve got that tune, stuck in my head, driving my crazy. I lie awake in my bed. The telephone rings. I ain’t answered in days. No one can reach me, when the melody plays. It’s funny how it doesn’t take the best lyrics, the best guitars, the best singing or the best anything else to [...]
Ray LaMontagne – Gossip in the Grain
Posted in Album Review, tagged Andrew Urbanetti, Ben Klein, Bonnaroo, Coffee and Cigarettes, Jack White, Jim Jarmusch, Meg White, Ray Charles, Ray LaMontagne, The Band, White Stripes on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Meg White I saw you on the big screen Oh, Jack was king, but you stole the scene I’ve seen Ray LaMontagne perform twice. The first time was in the back of the Downtown Crossing Borders in Boston in 2004 or 2005. I’d been hearing “Trouble” on the radio and I needed so see this [...]
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
Posted in Album Review, tagged Belle and Sebastian, Crosby Stills and Nash, Duran Duran, Fleet Foxes, Jim James, Josh Groban, My Morning Jacket, Pirooz Bahmaie, Robin Pecknold, The Band, The Decemberists, The Shins on December 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If I want to oversimplify this band, I can tell you that they sound like Jim James singing The Shins. But then I’d have to start throwing in references to Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Band and maybe the Decemberists. It kind of falls apart, you know? The truth of the matter, is that it [...]
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