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SONG: Free Josh Ritter cover + a bunch of Josh Ritter covers!

September 8, 2010 in PLAYLIST, SONG by Tobler | No comments

Hey everyone! It’s hard to believe, but this is our 400th post here at WiAC. Kind of crazy, I know. And I couldn’t think of better news to grace this very historic post (not really), than the news that Josh Ritter just released a free song on his website – a cover of an old Hedy West song called “500 Miles” (no, not that 500 Miles). It’s pretty lo-fi, very pretty, and features Dawn Landes on vocals. Check it out:

Link: Josh Ritter & Dawn Landes – 500 Miles (Hedy West cover)

And because just a single link didn’t seem like a sufficient milestone post, here’s a few other Josh Ritter covers that I happen to love. Thanks for reading guys! Hope to see you all in 400 more!*

mp3: Josh Ritter – Blame It On The Tetons (Modest Mouse cover)

mp3: Josh Ritter – Mexican Home (John Prine cover)

mp3: Josh Ritter – Moon River (Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini cover)

mp3: Josh Ritter & Sarah Harmer – Long May You Run (Neil Young cover)

mp3: Josh Ritter – Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (Leonard Cohen cover)

mp3: Josh Ritter – Daddy’s Little Pumpkin (John Prine cover) – live

mp3: Josh Ritter – The River (Bruce Springsteen cover) – live

mp3: Josh Ritter & Blake Hazard – Tonight You Belong to Me (Billy Rose/Lee David cover)

mp3: Bridget Matros & Josh Ritter – Angel From Montgomery (John Prine cover)

*actually “hope to see you” is pretty loose for “hope you’re still reading this little blog on the internet anonymously” – but that sounds a lot less pleasant…

Tags: Blake Hazard, Bruce Springsteen, Dawn Landes, John Prine, Josh Ritter, Leonard Cohen, Modest Mouse

PLAYLIST: Shuffler.fm is neat

September 3, 2010 in PLAYLIST by Tobler | No comments

I’ve been really loving this new site called Shuffler.fm the past week or two. It’s kind of like Pandora, but instead of your music tastes going into an algorithm that predicts what you might like, it’s just keyed into various music blogs and spits out songs based on the genre you plug in – kind of like walking into a world-wide-web-sized independent record store. It’s way more random than most internet radio, and a whole lot of fun.

It definitely has some kinks to work out (the same Gillian Welch song came up for me 5 times in one sitting), but overall I’m really loving it. So I made a mix. About half of the songs below I found via Shuffler – either by groups I’d never heard of before (The Vaccines), or by groups I’d heard of but hadn’t given a chance yet (The Roadside Graves – holy cow, look for more on them soon). The rest is just some stuff I’ve been enjoying lately. Take a listen, then go try out Shuffler.fm for yourself.

mp3: The Vaccines – If You Wanna

mp3: Clean Equations – Buried Translations

mp3: First Aid Kit – Hard Believer

mp3: Icarus Himself – Digging Holes

mp3: Dax Riggs – Say Goodnight To The World

mp3: Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s – New York City Hotel Blues

mp3: Joey Kneiser – Adelina

mp3: Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues

mp3: Abner Trio – You’re Gorgeous, Believe It!

mp3: The Roadside Graves – Liv Tyler

Tags: Abner Trio, Clean Equations, Dax Riggs, First Aid Kit, Icarus Himself, Joey Kneiser, Justin Townes Earle, Margot & The Nuclear So and So's, The Roadside Graves, The Vaccines

PLAYLIST: A 2007/2010 Comparison

July 12, 2010 in PLAYLIST by Tobler | 1 comment

I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s noticed this… but a lot of the artists who made records that rocked my world in 2007 have happened to also make records that are rocking my world in 2010. It’s like they’re on the same creative cycle or something. I thought I’d throw a few of them together for you:

mp3: Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb (2007)

mp3: Spoon – Written In Reverse (2010)

mp3: LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum (2007)

mp3: LCD Soundsystem – Pow Pow (2010)

mp3: Josh Ritter – The Temptation Of Adam (2007)

mp3: Josh Ritter – The Curse (2010)

mp3: The National – Green Gloves (2007)

mp3: The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio (2010)

mp3: The New Pornographers – Challengers (2007)

mp3: The New Pornographers – If You Can’t See My Mirrors (2010)

mp3: Arcade Fire – Intervention (2007)

mp3: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (2010)

mp3: Panda Bear – Comfy In Nautica (2007)

mp3: Panda Bear – Tomboy (2010)

So admittedly, those last two are a bit anticipatory – I’m only hoping that their new albums are as amazing as their 2007 counterparts… but I’m not too worried. Now we just need another record from Feist, The Moonbabies, and Radiohead (maybe!?) to round off my list…

Tags: Arcade Fire, Josh Ritter, LCD Soundsystem, Panda Bear, Spoon, The National, The New Pornographers

Playlist: Studious

April 21, 2010 in PLAYLIST by Niels | 3 comments

This past month has been a little rough here in Las Vegas, where I attend dental school. This is the last semester I have of real intense bookwork… and because it’s the last one, the professors decided to end with a bang (13 exams in 5 days, with a few presentations thrown in for good measure). Needless to say, I spent a lot of time studying. The one thing that keeps me sane during those long nights in front of my computer screen is, as you would guess… music. Under normal circumstances, I can focus just fine listening to anything in my library. However, after very few hours of sleep for not so few days, I stick to the instrumental stuff. Lyrics seem to take my focus off of what I’m attempting to study/memorize sometimes. As I went about my studies there were a few songs in my all-instrumental “study mix” that were so good, they still grabbed my attention. I’ve decided to post a few. It’s a little different than the usual genres you see around here, but it’s good to expand your horizons, right?

mp3: Lang Lang – River Waltz
from the album The Painted Veil

mp3: John Williams – Doctor, Lawyer, Lutheran
from the album Catch Me If You Can

mp3: Ennio Morricone – The Mission
from the album The Mission

mp3: Yann Tiersen – Mother’s Journey
from the album Good bye Lenin!

mp3: Explosions In The Sky – Your Hand In Mine (With Strings)
from the album Friday Night Lights

mp3: Bjork – Overture
from the album Selmasongs

Tags: Bjork, Ennio Morricone, Explosions in the Sky, John Williams, Lang Lang, Yann Tiersen

PLAYLIST: To all my friends

March 9, 2010 in PLAYLIST by Tobler | No comments

You might have noticed yesterday that we have a brand new face around here! Our very good friend Niels is going to be a regular contributor from now on, popping up as much or as little as he likes. So be sure to give him a warm-whale-in-a-cubicle-welcome so he’ll feel at home on here!

Niels has been a close friend of mine and Logan’s for a long time, and a big part of our musical taste for just as long. In fact, I’m pretty sure the first time the three of us hung out was going to a concert in Park City, so there you have it. Music friends 4L. <3’s up in here. Well here’s a little playlist to celebrate Niels getting on board, and to just celebrate all of my (our) amazing friends. I have no doubt that I’ve got some of the best friends in the world, and I know that Niels and Logan feel the same way, so this is for all you guys/girls. Enjoy!

mp3: Mason Jennings – Living In The Moment

mp3: Iron & Wine – Friends They Are Jewels

mp3: Mates of State – Like U Crazy

mp3: LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends

mp3: Camera Obscura – I Need All The Friends I Can Get

mp3: Joe Cocker – With A Little Help from My Friend

mp3: Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends

mp3: The National – Green Gloves

mp3: The White Stripes – We’re Going To Be Friends

mp3: Adem – These Are Your Friends

mp3: Lagwagon – To All My Friends

PS: That Lagwagon song on the end happens to be one of my very favorite songs from my youth. It’s a little out of character for this site, but punk rock was a big part of my teenage years (AKA: my bros before nice-young-ladies years) – and punk rock, with all it’s angst and us-againt-the-world pathos, also happens to be one of the most friends-centered genres of music out there (ahem, Bro Hymn). And you know what? In it’s drunken juvenile sort of way, this song is just as affecting as the more eloquent ones on here.

Tags: Adem, Camera Obscura, Iron & Wine, Joe Cocker, Lagwagon, LCD Soundsystem, Mason Jennings, Mates of State, Simon & Garfunkel, The National, The White Stripes

PLAYLIST: It’s finally here….

February 2, 2010 in PLAYLIST, VIDEO by Tobler | 4 comments

That’s right. Tonight’s the night. The night we’ve all been waiting for. Oh man oh man. It’s actually ridiculous how excited I am for this. I’d be lying if I said I’ve been thinking of anything but this for like 2 weeks. Because I haven’t.

mp3: Coldplay – Lost!

mp3: Rilo Kiley – Plane Crash In C

mp3: The Whitest Boy Alive – Island

mp3: Loney Dear – I Got Lost

mp3: Joshua James – Soul And The Sea

mp3: Hurricane Bells – Monsters

mp3: The xx – Islands

mp3: The Beach Boys – I Know There’s An Answer

(video via Videogum)

Tags: Coldplay, Hurricane Bells, Joshua James, Loney Dear, Lost, Rilo Kiley, The Beach Boys, The Whitest Boy Alive, The xx

WiAC’s Top 25 Albums of 2009

December 7, 2009 in BEST OF, PLAYLIST by WiAC | 6 comments

Well it’s that time again. It’s been a good year in music for sure – so much so that we’ve bumped our list up to 25 albums this time around, and even then we were having to painfully cut out some clearly great records.

Remember, this list represents our favorite albums of the year, not necessarily the best albums of the year. If we had to pick what we thought were the very best albums critically, this would probably be a very different list. But we’re no critics, so that’s not what we’re going to do. These are simply our very favorite albums of the year – the ones that made us laugh, cry, dance, smile, press repeat, wet our pants, etc. This is what we’ll remember when we look back on 2009.

Here we go:

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Tags: A.A. Bondy, A.C. Newman, Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, Camera Obscura, Charles Spearin, Dark Was The Night, Fanfarlo, fun, Grizzly Bear, Harlem Shakes, Joshua James, Karen O, Laura Gibson, Le Loup, Loney Dear, M. Ward, Passion Pit, Portugal. The Man, The Antlers, The Decemberists, The Dodos, The Mountain Goats, The National, The xx, Winter Gloves

MONTHLY MIXTAPE: November

November 30, 2009 in MONTHLY MIXTAPE, PLAYLIST by Tobler | No comments

About half of these I just discovered this month, and about all of them are groups you should be listening to. This month I leaned a little more on the folk-y side of things (with a couple exceptions for sure), which pretty well represents the kind of stuff I’ve been into this Fall. Enjoy!

mp3: Yeasayer – Ambling Alp

mp3: Clare & The Reasons – Ooh You Hurt Me So

mp3: Saintseneca – God Bones

mp3: The Subjects – Winter Vacation

mp3: We All Have Hooks For Hands – Be Love, Be Wild

mp3: Langhorne Slim – I Love You, But Goodbye

mp3: J. Tillman – Crosswinds

mp3: Lisa Hannigan – Lille

Tags: Clare & the Reasons, J. Tillman, Langhorne Slim, Lisa Hannigan, Saintseneca, The Subjects, We All Have Hooks For Hands, Yeasayer

MONTHLY MIXTAPE: October (sorta)

November 12, 2009 in MONTHLY MIXTAPE, PLAYLIST by Tobler | No comments

So it’s a couple weeks late, and it covers some stuff we’ve been listening to over the last 3-4 months. But we’re still counting it for October, and I’m sure you’ll still like it! I swear!

mp3: Dirty Projectors – Cannibal Resource

mp3: Le Loup – Grow

mp3: The xx – vcr

mp3: The Swell Season – In These Arms

mp3: The Blow – Parentheses

mp3: Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms

mp3: The Mountain Goats – Genesis 3:23

mp3: DM Stith – Thanksgiving Moon

Tags: Dirty Projectors, DM Stith, Le Loup, Neon Indian, The Blow, The Mountain Goats, The Swell Season, The xx

PLAYLIST: Twilight Concert Series in SLC

May 20, 2009 in Black Joe Lewis And The Family Band, Bon Iver, Iron and Wine, Jenny Lews, M. Ward, Okkervil River, PLAYLIST, Sonic Youth, The Black Keys, Toots and The Maytals by WiAC | 2 comments

I give you this year’s Twilight Concert Series. Remember, all of these concerts are outdoors and FREE.

July 9:
Bon Iver – mp3: For Emma (from The Myspace Transmissions)
Jenny Lewis - mp3: Acid Tongue

July 16:
The Black Keys - mp3: Wicked Messenger (Bob Dylan cover)
Human Highway

July 23:
M. Ward - mp3: Chinese Translation
Land of Talk

July 30:
Sonic Youth – mp3: Sacred Trickster
Awesome Color

August 6:
Q-Tip
B.o.B.

August 13:
Toots & The Maytals – mp3: True Love is Hard to Find (w/ Bonnie Raitt)
N.A.S.A.’s Intergalactic Circus

August 20:
Iron & Wine – mp3: The Devil Never Sleeps (demo)
Okkervil River – mp3: Pop Lie

August 27:
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears – mp3: Sugarfoot

Too bad I have to be at school, in INDIANA, on July 7th, two days before all this amazing-ness starts. Talk about bad planning.

ALSO: The Iron & Wine song I included above is from an EP of acoustic demos he’s giving away for free on his site. Go grab it.

PLAYLIST: We’re on the radio!

May 14, 2009 in Break Thru Radio, PLAYLIST by WiAC | 2 comments

WiAC’s on the radio! As part of Break Thru Radio’s weekly Anatomy of a Blogger series, they’re streaming a radio show featuring us and a few tracks we’ve picked out for you over at their website. You’ll have to sit through a little of our awkward banter, but we think the music makes up for it. Enjoy!

To listen, go HERE. The player’s on the left side of the screen and looks like the one below:

You can either scroll down and find the Anatomy of a Blogger program in the list, or click “Program Guide”, and then click on the Anatomy of a Blogger program from Thursday’s schedule.

So go have a listen and let us know if we have a future in online radio. Or if we should just stick to blogging, let us know too. We can take it.

Here’s the playlist (with a few mp3’s):
mp3: Phoenix – 1901
Dent May – Meet Me In The Garden (post)
mp3: Mates of State – Now
mp3: Grand Archives – Miniature Birds
mp3: Blitzen Trapper – Furr
Harlem Shakes – Sunlight (post)
mp3: Patrick Park – Here We Are
Charles Spearin – Anna (post)
Phoenix – Lisztomania
mp3: M. Ward – Jailbird
Chad VanGaalen – Willow Tree (post)
mp3: Jason Collett – Out Of Time
Grand Archives – Index Moon
Robyn Hitchcock – Up To Our Nex (post)
The New Pornographers – Failsafe
mp3: Mason Jennings – Drinking As Religion

A few of these we’ve featured on some recent posts, so I put the links on instead of re-posting the mp3’s. Also, they cut out of the show one of my favorite tracks by Mason Jennings so I included it on the end. Enjoy!

MONTHLY MIXTAPE: APRIL

April 30, 2009 in APRIL, Andrew Bird, Dent May, Harlem Shakes, M. Ward, MONTHLY MIXTAPE, Matt And Kim, Neko Case, Noisettes, PLAYLIST, St. Vincent, The Boy Least Likely To, The Henry Clay People, The National by WiAC | 1 comment

So I think we’re gonna start putting together a mixtape at the end of each month. It’ll be made up of some of the stuff that’s been rocking our cubicle. Here’s the first one.

mp3: Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele – Meet Me In The Garden
mp3: The Henry Clay People – You Can Be Timeless
mp3: The Boy Least Likely To – Every Goliath Has Its David
mp3: Harlem Shakes – Strictly Game
mp3: M. Ward – To Save Me (with Jason Lytle)
mp3: Andrew Bird – Heretics (early version)
mp3: Matt & Kim – Lessons Learned
mp3: The National & St. Vincent – Sleep All Summer (Crooked Fingers cover)
mp3: Neko Case – I’m An Animal
mp3: Noisettes – When You Were Young (Killers cover) Live

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