I've been trying to see Sigur Ros for the past five years! Every time I find they're coming to town, the tix are already sold out, or I can't get out of something! BAH! One day, before I die, I will see these guys live. But for now, I'll settle with AT&T Blue Room's webcast. Bah.

I remember the first time I heard these folks was on a old Riffage. ( Read more... )

I'm getting a jump on this, but I can't wait until their set! I have a feeling they're going to be playing a lot of song from Spirit If... and their upcoming Brendan Canning album, but I'm really really hoping for a lot of song from their self-titled, specifically "7/4 (Shoreline)," "Windsurfering Nation," "Ibi Dreams of Pavement," "Super Connected ( Read more... )

Of all the new albums this year (and there are many), his is one of the ones I'm looking forward to the most. He had a really exciting set, and at one point was a little sad (he retired "Bitches Ain't Shit"). I'm a little disappointed in his keyboard for some issue it had which prevented him from trying to play the infamous "brown note," robbing ( Read more... )

Cat Power Edit (now its own post):

Chan Marshall has such presence on stage, even when she's obviously burning up and glazed with sweat under hot stage lights. Somewhere in the back of my mind I was nervous that she would faint from heat exhaustion, especially when I noticed that it didn't look like she was hydrating much on stage. Thankfully she ( Read more... )

As my iPod restoration project continues, I'm only going to cover Cat Power and Ben Folds, but may possibly chime in for Iron & Wine and Gogol Bordello, depending on how weary I am trying to recover all the files from my iPod.

I don't think I'll make a bunch of individual threads again, rather I'll just throw everything into this one and edit. I ( Read more... )