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Step Out Into The Light: Fourteen Covers Of Daniel Johnston's "True Love Will Find You In The End"
What is it about this song? Like almost all the music of Daniel Johnston (whose first album in six years, Is And Always Was, came out last week), it's so much more massive than the sum of its parts—just this man and his springy guitar and wavery, unsteady voice. But the words are so reassuring, so deeply comforting, promising us something that we all really want to be true, that it's really hard not to love it. And that, paired with its astounding simplicity (it ain't no "Stairway to Heaven," that's for sure), makes it ripe for the covering. Here... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayStaff Picks - Nate Douglas (music sales director)
Yay! Best of 2008 Lists! Ok, so I found out Hail Mega Boys was released in '07, but I'm leaving it on the list anyway.1. Annuals - Such Fun (Red Ink)2. Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) (Earthology / Rebel Group)3. J. Roddy Walston & The Business - Hail Mega Boys (Morphius)4. M83 - Saturdays = Youth (Mute)5. Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (New West)6. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy)7. Slow Runner - SHIV! 8. The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale (Chocolate Industries)9. Spiritualized - Songs in A &... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VStaff Picks - Mark DiCristina (production coordinator)
I like to believe that there's a certain objectivity to my list. Maybe you don't agree, but that's just because you don't know what you're talking about. 1. Deerhunter - Microcastle2. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago4. Spiritualized - Songs in A & E5. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III6. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea7. M83 - Saturdays=Youth8. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes9. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In the Light10. Subtle - ExitingARM... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VNick Cave writes book, curates/headlines Aussie ATP
Nick Cave sure is busy these days. After the critically acclaimed release of Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (accompanied later by a little book) and a tour filled year, Cave has announced plans to release a new book entitled The Death of Bunny Munro. This will be, of course, his second work of fiction after releasing And the Ass Saw the Angel in 1989.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsLive Review: Spiritualized @ Metro 9/8
Fire, death, the soul, drugged-up bliss: Jason Pierce, the force behind Spiritualized, navigated his favorite heavy topics at Metro on Monday, but even during the deepest of lyrical explorations Pierce remained composed, hidden behind sunglasses, standing in profile to the crowd.... read more
Found in: Paste:LocalPitchfork Fest '08 Day Three: Lights & Music
(Tim Harrington plays music, really. Courtesy of Jeremy Farmer)The buzz and short attention spans I spoke of in Day One, and the newfound diversity heralded in Day Two, these things imploded upon each other the final hours of Sunday, with one holy rockness middle ground rising up from the rubble. The moment can be pinpointed actually, if you were to witness Les Savy Fav’s punk-maestro, Tim Harrington, careen his bald dome into a city garbage can, demanding the crowd hoist him, and his new stage, into the air so he could finish his song.Post-set comment from a fan:Dude wanted up,... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusBruce Springsteen and so many more cover Suicide
It's like a bad sitcom plot. He's a working-class musician from Jersey with millions of fans across the world. They're semi-obscure city musicians from the '70s who were routinely booed off stage. This summer, watch as one attempts to cover the other...to hilarious results! Check your local listings.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSpiritualized preps A&E, sets tour dates
Has it really been almost five years since the last Spiritualized record? Sure, Jason Pierce (aka J Spaceman) has kept busy recording soundtracks to beautiful-looking, idiosyncratic indie films and touring the world a bit, but five years without a mind-expanding, heroin-use-referencing, orchestra-arranging Spiritualized record is at least three years too long.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJ. Spaceman, Sun City Girls pen Mr. Lonely soundtrack
In a match made in a version of heaven where everyone is depressed (hell?), Spirtualized frontman Jason “Spaceman” Pierce and director Harmony Korine—the latter known for the feel-good indie hits Kids and Gummo—have teamed up for the director’s latest, Mr. Lonely. Joined by the Sun City Girls, J. Spaceman and Co. provide the soundtrack to Korine's first foray back into feature films since penned the script for 2002's Ken Park, which never received U.S. distribution and was banned in Australia for all kinds of graphic sex. Mr. Lonely centers around a Michael Jackson impersonator in Paris who stumbles upon a... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSpiritualized wraps up new album, tours
Back when Spiritualized last graced us with an album and tour, George W. Bush was president, the San Antonio Spurs were NBA champions, and a CD cost only $15. Okay, so it's only been four years. But for those who twitter with excitement every time band leader Jason Spaceman's foot touches an effects pedal, we have big news for you. The group has finished work on its follow-up to 2003's Amazing Grace, which should see widespread release some time next year. In the meantime, Spaceman and Co. has scheduled a handful of American dates. Even though it's a brief schedule... read more
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